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US Threatens Russia Over Petrodollar-Busting Deal
Zerohedge ^ | 04/05/2014 | Tyler Durden

Posted on 04/05/2014 6:51:12 AM PDT by Rusty0604

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1 posted on 04/05/2014 6:51:12 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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I am sure Odumbo has our back on this one. Yeah Right.


2 posted on 04/05/2014 6:54:58 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: Rusty0604

Its hard for the WH to get a piece of the deal when its barter. VJ must be annoyed her Tehran friends are cutting them out.


3 posted on 04/05/2014 6:57:51 AM PDT by FlyingEagle
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Don’t threaten with what you cannot back up with actions. And the world now knows this President has nothing to back himself up with, No morals, No core values that are worth defending at all costs.

So he presents himself as a toothless tiger and the world just humors him as he gums away on the things they’ll let him play with.


4 posted on 04/05/2014 6:58:31 AM PDT by The Working Man
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This Clown is giving all kinds of ideas for skits on SNL and other late night shows. As the Brits used to say, the only way anybody would follow this guy is out of sheer curiosity.


5 posted on 04/05/2014 6:58:59 AM PDT by mortal19440
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To: Rusty0604

This is the sort of economic warfare that can quickly lead to actual warfare.

We are way, way out on a limb with the dollar. If it loses its status then we sink along with it.


6 posted on 04/05/2014 7:00:41 AM PDT by Bobalu (Four Cokes And A Fried Chicken)
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Actually the BRICS have been on this course for awhile albeit it has been virtually missing in the press which only gets its news from the Odumbo proclamations, you know, the ones that say Odumbo has commanded the tide not to rise.

The harm here is simple, as the demand for dollars drops, so does the value of the dollar in a free floating marketplace. As such, the price of imports rises which is directly felt on the inflation front. Want to see the budget deficits skyrocket further, watch when the interest rates also sky rocket to accommodate the declining dollar. The only “good” that will come from that is his royal eminence will be fully in the same league as Carter when he leaves office, hopefully on a rail.

7 posted on 04/05/2014 7:03:45 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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Any individual or country that poses a credible risk of threatening the ‘World Reserve Currency’ status of the US Dollar had better make sure their life insurance premiums are paid up. That’s about the quickest way to get an Aircraft Carrier parked in the ocean nearest to their country. We can be sure the subject came up during 0-Tard’s latest travels abroad. Though he may despise our country in many ways, don’t think for a second that even 0bama doesn’t know where his real political/economic power comes from. With the debt we’re in and the deficits we run, if the oil producing countries abandoned the dollar for their transactions, we would be quickly brought to our knees. THAT’S the position our reckless leaders over the years have put us in.


8 posted on 04/05/2014 7:08:50 AM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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I am sure Odumbo has our back on this one. Yeah Right.


He’s got the backs of gays, muslims, and blacks. Other than that, I don’t believe he cares much.

The man is the biggest dipsheet to ever happen to the United States.


9 posted on 04/05/2014 7:10:06 AM PDT by boycott
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Very true. The Chinese and others have been rumbling about the dollar for a few years now. The way the US has been printing money to finance social agendas causes loss of faith in the dollar.


10 posted on 04/05/2014 7:10:07 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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So he presents himself as a toothless tiger and the world just humors him as he gums away on the things they’ll let him play with.

MUST we discuss Obama's sex life on EVERY thread?

11 posted on 04/05/2014 7:11:19 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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We need to move with all speed to gain energy independence and build the facilities needed to export LNG. The more we can export energy while retaining independence, the more we effectively end the threat from those who rely on energy exports for supporting their governments and agressions. That includes Russia, Iran and the Saudis.

We need to compete with Russia in Europe before the pipeline to China is completed.


12 posted on 04/05/2014 7:12:27 AM PDT by meatloaf (Impeach Obama. That's my New Year's resolution.)
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“The man is the biggest dipsheet to ever happen to the United States.”

Right, and shame on all those who refused to listen to those who said he was ineligible to be president. I still strongly believe he should not have been inaugurated. Not only is he not a natural born citizen, he has no values steeped in US tradition. I’d like to see him “transformed” into a pillar of salt.


13 posted on 04/05/2014 7:13:59 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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There is a conspiracy theory that a reason Obama doesn’t want US to become totally independent on oil is that if we didn’t have to purchase oil from other countries, it would reduce the amount of dollars circulating and would cause less foreign debt purchases and inflation.

I don’t think he is that smart.


14 posted on 04/05/2014 7:15:42 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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Ah the famous mac daddy red line threat with many many many more to follow.

Putin rides a motorcycle in black leather pant and jacket

Mac daddy rides a tricycle in a pink bra, pink silk panties and pink lipstick

That will work - sure.


15 posted on 04/05/2014 7:16:39 AM PDT by chiefqc
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Very true. The Chinese and others have been rumbling about the dollar for a few years now. The way the US has been printing money to finance social agendas causes loss of faith in the dollar.


And who could blame them for wanting to get away from the dollar? Quantitative easing may fool a lot of the clowns that put Obama in office but it doesn’t fool people with common-sense.


16 posted on 04/05/2014 7:17:12 AM PDT by boycott
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Ah the famous mac daddy red line threat with many many many more to follow.

Putin rides a motorcycle in black leather pant and jacket

Mac daddy rides a tricycle in a pink bra, pink silk panties and pink lipstick

That will work - sure.


17 posted on 04/05/2014 7:17:25 AM PDT by chiefqc
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Not only is he not a natural born citizen, he has no values steeped in US tradition. I’d like to see him “transformed” into a pillar of salt.


I think more highly of salt. He’s just a big heaping pile of donkey dung.

I guess we shouldn’t expect someone raised in Indonesia by a transsexual nanny to have traditional American values. There is absolutely nothing normal about this evil bastard.


18 posted on 04/05/2014 7:22:14 AM PDT by boycott
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If the USA behaves aggressively in any way, let alone militarily attacks other countries because they don’t want to route their trade through a US controlled racket, almost the entire world will be united against us.

The anglo-media(US/UK) is badly misleading the America people about how much support our gov’t has in the “international community” and downplaying the massive resentment that most people in the world feel about decades of Fed Gov coercion, bullying and thuggery.

Most countries in the world would like to see the US taken down a notch and their governments only pretend to like our government because of all the coercion and bullying that happens behind the scenes.

We are not in a posistion to act the way our gov’t has been.

Debt does matter, despite what Paul Krugman or Dick Cheney want you to think.


19 posted on 04/05/2014 7:33:22 AM PDT by Monmouth78
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We cannot possibly export enough LNG to weaken Russia.

Remember, using up our gas faster means we have less later when prices will likely be higher.


20 posted on 04/05/2014 7:35:44 AM PDT by Monmouth78
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