Random Nuclear Strikes

It it going to all depend on just how either ruthless or accommodating Vladimir Putin can be

Vladimir Putin faces signs of mutiny in own government as protests break out in east

Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, faces signs of an unprecedented mutiny within his own government that threatens to undermine his once unassailable authority.

Subordinates have begun openly to defy Mr Putin, a man whose diktat has inspired fear and awe in the echelons of power for nine years, according to government sources. Meanwhile a rift is emerging between Mr Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev, the figurehead whom he groomed as his supposedly pliant successor.

As Russia’s economy begins to implode after years of energy-driven growth, Mr Putin is facing the germs of an unexpected power struggle which could hamper his ambition to project Russian might abroad.

Mounting job losses and a collapse in the price of commodities have triggered social unrest on a scale not seen for at least four years, prompting panic among Kremlin officials more accustomed to the political apathy of the Russian people.

The unease was deepened yesterday after thousands of protestors marched through the Pacific port city of Vladivostok and other cities, including Moscow, demanding Mr Putin’s resignation for his handling of the flailing Russian economy.

One way or the other, “change” will come to Russia.

Either a new head of government or a moderate to massive population decrease. And if it is the latter, expect the western sinestra to declare that Russia an example of “how democracies commit mass murder”, just as they use the German National Socialist Party as an example of “right wing” politicians.

Of Britain

They keep saying “it could never happen here”. And yet, it looks like it is about to start.

Couples who have more than two children are being “irresponsible” by creating an unbearable burden on the environment, the government’s green adviser has warned.

Jonathon Porritt, who chairs the government’s Sustainable Development Commission, says curbing population growth through contraception and abortion must be at the heart of policies to fight global warming. He says political leaders and green campaigners should stop dodging the issue of environmental harm caused by an expanding population.

A report by the commission, to be published next month, will say that governments must reduce population growth through better family planning.

“I am unapologetic about asking people to connect up their own responsibility for their total environmental footprint and how they decide to procreate and how many children they think are appropriate,” Porritt said.

“I think we will work our way towards a position that says that having more than two children is irresponsible. It is the ghost at the table. We have all these big issues that everybody is looking at and then you don’t really hear anyone say the “p” word.”

The “P” Word?

Pillock? Prick? Postulating pussbag?

I can think of a lot of words that begin with the letter “P” to describe this asshole. Oh sure, he means “population”, but I could care less what this pontificating piss-stain thinks.

The Optimum Population Trust, a campaign group of which Porritt is a patron, says each baby born in Britain will, during his or her lifetime, burn carbon roughly equivalent to 2½ acres of old-growth oak woodland – an area the size of Trafalgar Square.

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Porritt, a former chairman of the Green party, says the government must improve family planning, even if it means shifting money from curing illness to increasing contraception and abortion.

Because not curing illnesses with kill of the adult population faster, so there’ll be no need to worry about that.

Madness. Pure madness.

I would also like to publicly wonder why Poritt and his fellow members of the Optimum Population Trust don’t just off themselves one-by-one in public as examples of the Proper Procedure for Population Principles?

Found via Counting Cats