Vlad the Trad . . . .

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Some interesting comments by Putin.  Can't agree with his view of the USA Electoral College, but that's his Russsian nationalism showing.  Here the States act as a check and balance on the Fed's - well, they certainly ought to.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/09/russia-today/vlad-the-trad/