Putin is sending Russian agents into American liquor stores with fake $100 bills? Why? Is this really going to undermine our financial system? Might it be that these guys are journalists, and about as honest as most journalists here? Counterfeiting money and counterfeiting news are equally lucrative.
currently Russians staying in town who are entitled to diplomatic immunity...
They may have some left over.
When Germany surrendered in WWII, nuclear material from a U-Boat that was originally headed for Japan was unloaded at Portsmouth.
And, of course, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard did build nuclear powered subs at one time, the USS Thresher being the most unfortunate.
And, Seabrook Station, the last nuclear power plant commissioned in the US is right down the road.
OK. So we've establisehd that Russians have lousy taste in whiskey.
Geez. A bottle of Laphroig will set you back almost a hundred. What kind of crap were they trying to buy?
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I wonder if it matches the North Korean Superdollars?
Must be some of Putin’s crew from Brighton Beach, NYC.
Putin Says Soviet History Less Bleak than U.S. History
June 28, 2007
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the history of the Soviet Union has had fewer black pages than the US. “Sure, we had purges, gulags, liquidation of the Kulaks, enforced starvation in the Ukraine, the pact with Hitler that started World War II, the Katyn Forest massacre, the attempt to assassinate the pope, the repression of Eastern Europe, suppression of freedom and impoverishment of the Russian people, the bankrolling of criminal lunatics like Mao, Pol Pot and Castro, and aid to terrorists, among other things” Putin admitted while pausing for breath. “But these offenses pale in comparison to those committed by America over this same time period.”
The list of worse offenses cited by Putin was headed by what he called “the American assault on good taste.” “The Americans have saturated the media with trash,” Putin complained. “The news cycle is polluted with repeated stories about morons like Paris Hilton and Tom Cruise. Theaters are infested with idiotic and pornographic films. Rap has dragged music to the depths of depravity. Communism may have taken millions of people’s lives, but American culture is taking billions of people’s souls. I ask you, which is the greater crime?”
read more...
http://www.azconservative.org/Semmens1.htm
It is not illegal for diplomats to pass counterfeit currency. Diplomatic Immunity, you know. They have even MURDERED some people, and just been sent back to their home countries.
It is too bad the store owner was not able to give these gentlemen some Chinese scotch. There’s a rumor it’s tainted but who knows?
I understand both the Kittery and Portsmouth liquor stores just got these devices to check for fake $100 bills just because they knew Putin was coming to visit. (Right!) I wonder if the security guard even knew it was fake or if he thought us Mainers were just a bunch of log cutters and clam diggers who wouldn’t know the difference?