Sunday, July 5, 2009

Subterfuge

Subterfuge-Is that the correct spelling of the word?


Palin resigns. Does she have a media contract, other political aspirations, more time with family...?


June 12, 2009 http://abarrelfull.com/main/modules/wordpress/2009/06/12/trans-canada-exxon-mega-pipeline-project/

TransCanada Corporation today announced that TransCanada and ExxonMobil have reached an agreement to work together on an Alaska gas pipeline.



http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSLC82719820090612
Q+A-Analysis on Russia's oil, mining sector

...Russia's gas export monopoly Gazprom (GAZP.MM) faces similar problems. In order to finance all its new projects (LNG initiatives, development of Yamal and Eastern Siberian deposits and the Pre-Caspian, Nord and South Stream pipelines) Gazprom would have to spend $30 billion annually for the foreseeable future. Even at times of high oil prices, Gazprom's investment programme rarely exceeded $4 billion. With $60 billion debt ($10 billion due in 2009) and exports halved because of the fall in demand, it is in no position to continue expanding. More to the point, major Russian banks' credit lines with Gazprom have reached their limits. It is possible that Gazprom will postpone development of capital-intensive Yamal and Eastern Siberian deposits and will concentrate on Shtokman, Nord Stream and South Stream projects, which are also politically significant for the Kremlin....



http://www.reuters.com/article/OILPRD/idUSB71763020090604

... Oil company Rosneft will take over Trust investment bank in return for debt forgiveness, and unify it with its own banking assets, Kommersant writes. ...
Jun 04, 2009



Are the attacks on Mayor Dixon a subterfuge or are they an example of stubbornness on the part of the State Prosecutor that says 'even if I lose, I'll win'?

It doesn't make sense, does it (that is the comparison)?

That's the point.