Comments on: The 8 Coolest Things About The Alleged Russian Spy Ring

By: oldspook

oldspook — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:39:30 +0000

I’m not sure how old Michael Scherer would be and have little interest in finding out. The mere fact that he can’t spell Canadian and the spelling error was missed by subeditors speaks volumes.

As a former FBI according to its of mine said, during the depths of the Cold War, which seems to have escaped the current generation, with the risk of nuclear destruction always at the back of the mind, there’s nothing cool, groovy or out of the ordinary about Russian spies.

This case proves quite conclusively that the Russians have never stopped spying on the US and its allies despite the collapse of the Soviet Union. The lifestyles of those in court may appear to be very ordinary even humdrum but that is the art of being an illegal agent for a foreign power. There is no room for jocularity in this case and I hope as much information as possible is revealed.

By: michaelfury

michaelfury — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:20:57 +0000

How “cool” is this?

http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/gentlemans-agreement/

By: lollupaandi

lollupaandi — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:12:21 +0000

Here is the 9th coolest thing. They have the Russian version of The Matrix…Pravda.

By the way, if a big conglomerate like the TIME magazine opts to use the simple free opensource WordPress for it’s publishing, what’s wrong with “Russian spies talk just like you expect spies to talk.”

By: deconstructiva

deconstructiva — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:24:09 +0000

Don’t flaunt your ignorance here, milas. You don’t look too good when doing so.

By: constantweader

constantweader — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:23:00 +0000

It’s hard to reckon how Scherer listed the “8 coolest things about the alleged Russian spy ring” & never mentioned seductive Anna Chapman.

The ConstantWeader at http://www.RealityChex.com

By: apr2563

apr2563 — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:01:53 +0000

Henry Luce would love this. He would consult with Whittaker Chambers and then conjure up all sorts of Commie threats.

By: erieangel

erieangel — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:10:48 +0000

Rusty is the only person in the world who thinks the president has been condescending to the British.

The Queen certainly doesn’t think so.

On every US visit during the Bush years, the Queen refused to be housed at the White House, preferring to sleep in a room at the British Embasy. But the plans for her next trip, later this year, do not include a room at the embasy. She and her grandson–Britian’s next and future King–will be sleeping in the White House.

By: milascurtains

milascurtains — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:37:51 +0000

to deconstructiva: what are You doing here, idiot/
Your place is on Faux news

By: patricksartor

patricksartor — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:34:04 +0000

You know what is cool about this case:
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First, according to NPR, these agents never came close to getting anything classified.
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Second, despite, apparently, being extremely believable in almost every way, they got caught.
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Although real-life intelligence work usually involves the many layers between the covert agent or the person they buy out and the president/ MP/ Party Secretary, etc, watch the movie No Way Out again if you do not remember it (or never saw it). Like these real life agents, a real agent can do their jobs incredibly well and still come back empty handed.

By: deconstructiva

deconstructiva — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:32:03 +0000

Fear not! Rusty, “Dr.” Earl, Freepa, and others are literally diving into save us from the Russians firsthand! Yay! Yes, that is our friend Rusty with the jetpack.
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…and since the battle is off the Florida coast, they’ll later swim over to finally plug the BP oil leak forever. How are you going to stop the leak, Rusty?

By: patricksartor

patricksartor — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:15:40 +0000

Here’s more research for you rusty:
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“Stanley Ann Dunham (November 29, 1942 – November 7, 1995), the mother of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, was an American anthropologist who specialized in economic anthropology and rural development. Dunham was nicknamed Anna,[2][3] later known as Dr. Stanley Ann Dunham Soetoro,[1] and finally Ann Dunham Sutoro.[1] Born in Kansas, Dunham spent her childhood in California, Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas and her teenage years in Mercer Island, Washington, and much of her adult life in Hawaii and Indonesia.”
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“Nationality American
Ethnicity White English”
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Dunham
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You are saying our president hated his own mother?
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Hey, just because your kids hate you doesn’t mean that our president didn’t love his mother.

By: patricksartor

patricksartor — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:05:43 +0000

“Jeremiah Wright for example, “nothing more than some crackpot “Uncle”, right?”

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How about McCain’s minister Rev. John Hagee:
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McCain hates all Catholics: 20% of the United States!
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“And now, dear old Gramps. Imagine that, he hates all things British.”
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Obama never met his paternal grandfather! More importantly, if your guilt through association is right, it should, also, be applied to McCain.
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I’ve got bad news for you: all Catholic Americans are US citizens while all British people are in the British Isles!
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You are total moron, rusty.

By: emit4

emit4 — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:03:33 +0000

Distorted historical facts,just tales and myths.The grandpa must’ve been a homeguard,working for the brits.And they got the lions share of the so called fruits of independence,including flying to USA and UK for ‘studies’.
The ‘spys’ style sounds lyk a nursery skool rhyme to me,love it,on the rocks.!!

By: deconstructiva

deconstructiva — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:57:12 +0000

Good thing the spy ring wasn’t Kenyan. Rusty would probably destroy his keyboard from all the drooling. The House R’s would introduce their already-written Article of Impeachment™ too. At least that would give pretty Jay a reason to stay awake after watching the Kagan hearings. I wonder if Rusty’s neighbors in Galt’s Gulch are celebrating the spy ring news.

By: newfreedomblog

newfreedomblog — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:47:40 +0000

Oh momento and company of fellow liberal loons. I just found it interesting as the article I cited was never played out in our political “vetting” process of all things Obama BEFORE he was elected President.
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Now I know most all liberals could give a rat’s A$$ about what most other liberals have done in their past, but I do find past events in one’s history or even one’s family history does tend to reflect upon how that person may or may not govern as President.
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All of Obama’s associations have been systematically down played by not only the media, but by liberals in general.
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Jeremiah Wright for example, “nothing more than some crackpot “Uncle”, right?
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“Mom and Dad” Obama, both known Communists or at least Communist sympathizers in their respective hey days.
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And now, dear old Gramps. Imagine that, he hates all things British.
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Yup, a great man to occupy the White House indeed.

By: edmundoedwards

edmundoedwards — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:31:33 +0000

They forgot to mention cigarette smoke signals, vodka glass clinking and gurgling in public toilets.

By: spob

spob — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:56:41 +0000

I’m not sure I’d use the word “cool” to describe the means by which these spies did their work.
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In any event, seems that Kagan isn’t exactly above the cloak and dagger stuff.
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http://article.nationalreview.com/437296/kagans-abortion-distortion/shannen-w-coffin

By: milascurtains

milascurtains — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:49:14 +0000

Sure, spying continues.
Everywhere in the World, not just in action movies.
Such kind of job.
So, Russians are Spires and Americans are – Explorers, right?
My American Citizens, I still think, it is not the case for you to bash Our President again.
It is just not American.

By: patricksartor

patricksartor — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:31:54 +0000

Let’s be reasonable and non-partisan about one thing (and wingnuts, remember this later on):
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Obama did not catch the spies.
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Obama did not let the underwear bomber onto the plane.
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Bush did not let the hijackers take over the plane.
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Clinton did not permit McVeigh blow up a building.
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These were law enforcement failures or, this time, successes. It has, basically, no ties to who is in the White House.

By: patricksartor

patricksartor — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:23:02 +0000

rusty,
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There is just one deceased English Statesman Obama, due to his grandfather, is prone to dislike:
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Quelling rebellions in Kenya and Malaya

“In 1952, the Mau Mau rebellion led to a crisis in Kenya; Churchill sent in British troops to deal with the rebellion. As both sides increased the ferocity of their attacks, the country moved to full-scale civil war. In 1953, the Lari massacre, perpetrated by Mau-Mau insurgents against Kikuyu loyal to the British, damaged the rebels’ prestige. Churchill’s strategy was to use a military stick combined with implementing many of the concessions that Attlee’s government had blocked in 1951. He ordered an increased military presence that implemented Operation Anvil in 1954; it broke the back of the rebellion in the city of Nairobi. Operation Hammer, in turn, was designed to root out rebels in the countryside. Churchill ordered peace talks opened, but these collapsed shortly after his leaving office. ”
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He returned the statue to England when he became president since Churchill to Obama would be like having a statue of Oliver Cromwell in the WH for Clinton, Reagan or Kennedy.
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That was the perceived snub, but, it was of one particular gift of a statue of the man who had ordered Obama’s grandfather beaten – not all things English.