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Posted: Tue, 30 Jun 2009, 1:11pm Post subject: wtf russia
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Posts: 2127
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Location: Gainesville
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Posted: Tue, 30 Jun 2009, 1:35pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Posts: 3557
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Location: at your tables, calling your bets
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Well if people go to the desert to gamble then maybe they'll go to the tundra too?
To be honest this thread title could have referred to any number of things Russia has done lately, Putin is just dead set on running the country into the ground. |
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Posted: Tue, 30 Jun 2009, 2:06pm Post subject:
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Flush
Joined: 12 Sep 2007
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| mcatdog wrote: | Well if people go to the desert to gamble then maybe they'll go to the tundra too?
To be honest this thread title could have referred to any number of things Russia has done lately, Putin is just dead set on gaining control of the country's burgeoning oil industry, which is currently too private and/or corrupt to be within his control. In order to gain that control, this right Machiavellian muddafuckah is striking at the sources of capital his rivals have, chief among them gambling revenues. What will Putin do once he's nationalized the oil industry? Use Russia's economic influence to force the UN and US to allow him to take over all the breakaway republics formerly under Soviet control.
And why will he do that? Because for the most part, they are oil and resource rich countries, control of which will only solidify Russia's (and, by extension, Putin's) influence and intensify a strategic trading partnership with China thanks to both geographic proximity and potential exclusivity. This essentially ensures Russian superpower status until such time as China decides it doesn't need anyone else and destroys the rest of the world...that is, until the robots take over.
But, I'm skipping ahead. Why does Russia need to be an economic superpower? To build hockey playing robots with lasers for eyes, good at killing penalties, {acronym Renton hates}. These are not the robots that will eventually take over, however. Only the Chinese are smrt enough to build those. |
FYP. Dude, it's like you don't even read National Geographic. |
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Posted: Tue, 30 Jun 2009, 2:44pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 24 Sep 2004
Posts: 1553
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Location: Nest of Douchebags
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| Yeah, Mcat, best learn yoself |
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Posted: Tue, 30 Jun 2009, 3:54pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 16 Jan 2007
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Location: Viva la Puteria! / Nar Shaddaa Red Sector obv.
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Posted: Tue, 30 Jun 2009, 4:12pm Post subject:
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Flush
Joined: 12 Sep 2007
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| I've read poker is exempt from this ban as it is considered a sport in Russia and not a gambling game. Sadly, as far as FTR is concerned, there will be no effect on the freetroll population. |
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Posted: Tue, 30 Jun 2009, 7:49pm Post subject:
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Full House
Joined: 30 May 2006
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ooooo bennys a politard
a man after my own heart |
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Posted: Tue, 30 Jun 2009, 7:58pm Post subject:
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Flush
Joined: 12 Sep 2007
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| wufwugy wrote: | ooooo bennys a politard
a man after my own heart |
AHA! So you finally admit it! |
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