Posts Tagged ‘Venezuela’

Things More Worrisome than AGW: The Terrible Triangle: Russia, Iran and Venezuela

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Source:  http://www.uncoverage.net/2010/10/the-terrible-triangle-russia-iran-and-venezuela/

By Jane Jamison

Russia, Iran and Venezuela are intensifying their mutual military collaboration in a very rapid and aggressive way, right under the nose of the Obama administration, and no one seems to notice or care.  Instead, Barack Obama is flying around the country trying to help Democrats who are clinging to their office curtains.

It is to our great detriment that no one is heeding the terrible triangle of Hugo, Dmitry, and Mahmoud.

Late last week, Russia announced a deal to build Venezuela’s first nuclear power plant. Of course, it is ostensibly to be for “peaceful” purposes.  One of the world’s leading oil producers suddenly concerned about an alternate source of energy? (more…)

Is the European police state going global?

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

From The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley in Copenhagen

Today the gloves came off and the true purpose of the “global warming” scare became nakedly visible. Ugo Chavez, the Socialist president of Venezuela, blamed “global warming” on capitalism – and received a standing ovation from very nearly all of the delegates, lamentably including those from those of the capitalist nations of the West that are on the far Left – and that means too many of them.

Previously Robert Mugabe, dictator of Rhodesia, who had refused to leave office when he had been soundly defeated in a recent election, had also won plaudits at the conference for saying that the West ought to pay him plenty of money in reparation of our supposed “climate debt”.

Inside the conference center, “world leader” after “world leader” got up and postured about the need to Save The Planet, the imperative to do a deal, the necessity to save the small island nations from drowning, etc., etc., etc.

Outside, in the real world, it was snowing, and a foretaste of the Brave New World being cooked up by “world leaders” in their fantasy-land was already evident. Some 20,000 observers from non-governmental organizations – nearly all of them true-believing Green groups funded by taxpayers – had been accredited to the conference. (more…)