The United States' lunacy display — Comey, Gazprom and Putin's Trump puppet

© 2017 Peter Free

 

04 April 2017

 

 

The Great American Stupendous Stupidity Carnival?

 

Recall that the United States is currently immersed in its fabricated "Trump is a Russian Puppet" hysteria — courtesy of our lobotomized and reality-denying Democratic Party.

 

Simultaneously warming our silly hearts is knowledge that FBI Director, James Comey — famed for interfering in the 2016 presidential election — is now heading the investigation that seeks to confirm or deny that President Trump is, was or may have been doing Russian President Putin's bidding in (or before) the White House.

 

 

Also showing on the Stupidity Meter

 

Even more laughably — but admirably honestly —Director Comey admitted (in Congress) that he does not have a clue what Gazprom is.

 

 

See his testimony at:

 

© 2017 Information Clearing House, FBI and NSA Directors: Russia is Our Adversary: Video and Transcript, www.informationclearinghouse.info (20 March 2017) (scroll down to 17 paragraphs before the end of this long transcript)

 

You can view the same thing on YouTube, here.

 

 

OMG, we don't know "shit"

 

America's head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation does not know what Gazprom is?

 

If one is concerned about Russian puppet-manipulation abroad, one had better know Gazprom. The gas company is one of the Russian Federation's chief ways of coercively fulfilling its national interests near its borders.

 

Consider the implications of these facts:

 

 

Gazprom was created in 1989 when the Soviet Ministry of Gas Industry was converted to a corporation, retaining all of its assets. Although it is a private company, the Russian Government holds a majority stake in the company.

 

Gazprom is involved in the Russian Government's diplomatic efforts; setting of gas prices, and access to pipelines.

 

In 2011, Gazprom produced . . . 17 percent of the worldwide production and 83 percent of Russian production.

 

Gazprom's ability to supply natural gas has relied to a large extent on imports from Central Asia.

 

In 2011, Gazprom's proved and probable reserves of natural gas . . . 18.3 percent of the world's proved natural gas reserves.

 

Gazprom's Unified Gas Supply System . . . . is the largest gas transmission system in the world.

 

Gazprom delivers gas to 25 European countries, the only major exceptions being Spain and Portugal. The majority of Russian gas in Europe is sold on 25 year contracts.

 

In late 2004, Gazprom was the sole gas supplier to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Finland, Macedonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Serbia and Slovakia.

 

It provided 97 percent of Bulgaria's gas, 89 percent of Hungary's gas, 86 percent of Poland's gas, nearly 75 percent of the Czech Republic's, 67 percent of Turkey's, 65 percent of Austria's, about 40 percent of Romania's, 36 percent of Germany's, 27 percent of Italy's, and 25 percent of France's gas.

 

The European Union receives about 25 percent of its gas supply from Gazprom.

 

Gazprom is a national champion, a concept advocated by Putin, in which large companies in strategic sectors are expected not only to seek profit, but also to advance Russia's national interests. For example, Gazprom sells gas to its domestic market at a price less than that of the global market.

 

In 2008, Gazprom's activities made up 10 percent of the Russian gross domestic product.

 

© 2017 Wikipedia, Gazprom, en.wikipedia.org (visited 04 April 2017) (excerpts)

 

 

Does it get any more embarrassing (for Americans) than this?

 

FBI Director Comey:

 

 

interfered in the 2016 American presidential election,

 

apparently does care much about extended real world ramifications of his actions,

 

is evidently equally clueless regarding (at least some) pivotably important world affairs — including the exercise of highly prominent Russian economic levers,

 

and

 

now has to head an investigation into (other people's idiotic) allegation that Russia is puppeting the American presidency.

 

 

Even if Director Comey is the competent and ethically upstanding person he reportedly has been — Washington DC's insanely toxic essence has manipulated him into damaging professional positions.

 

 

The moral? — Wall to wall institutional imbecility

 

The United States has predominantly morphed from a once purported City upon a Hill into a malevolent cancer that sucks life and intelligence out of pretty much whatever it touches.

 

And — for the many rock-heads in our leadership and media — this trend was glaringly evident before President Trump was elected by understandably angry voters.

 

We're just getting more of the same now, but absent its nauseatingly hypocritical Obama-Bush2 (et al) camouflage.

 

For an enjoyable sense of how incomparably brainless we have become (institutionally speaking) — take a look at comedian John Oliver's take on Congress' supposed (Devin Nunes-led) investigation into the Trump-Russia Connection:

 

 

Jethro Nededog, John Oliver slams 'Devin f---in' Nunes' for his role in Trump's 'stupid Watergate', Business Insider (03 April 2017) (with embedded Last Week Tonight video clip)