The Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has cut supplies of natural gas to neighboring Ukraine after price negotiations broke down overnight.
Gazprom says it has increased supplies to other countries, in an effort to circumvent a repeat of the January 2006 crisis. Then, several Western European countries went without fuel after price negotions broke down and Russia cut off supplies.
European countries, anticipating an incident such as this, have bulked up on gas reserves to prevent a wintertime fuel shortage. Ukraine has promised to not circumvent has distribution from Russia to Western Europe going through its territory.
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MESSAGE TO EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS:
When counting the electoral votes, either Congress finds by 1/8/09 that Obama, not being an Article II “natural born citizen”, fails to qualify as President whereupon Biden becomes the full fledged President under 3 USC 19 (free to pick his own VP such as Hillary) or thereafter defers to the Supreme Court to enjoin Obama’s inauguration with Biden becoming only Acting President under the 20th Amendment until a new President is duly determined.
The preferable choice, at least for the Democrats, should seem obvious.