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Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing


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This is my first post on BlueNC, but I've been a long-time fan of this site.

I would like to invite you to petition Charles Taylor to do something nice for his mom, and help a Senior Citizen attain a life-long dream in the process.

We hear a lot these days about Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea, and even China. But, you know who we don't hear about? Russia. Remember them? Remember all those missiles? I understand they still have some.

Estimating the size, composition, and status of the total Russian nuclear stockpile has always been difficult due to the lack of official information. Based on the best available data, we estimate that the current stockpile of intact warheads is around 16,000. With just over one-third (about 5,800) considered active and operational, the balance occupies an indeterminate status. Some may be officially retired and awaiting disassembly; others may be in short- or long-term storage, similar to the U.S. categories of "responsive force" or "inactive reserve."

Marina Bolshakova is the wife of Boris Bolshakov, former Minister of Foresty and KGB leader. The couple are partners with Charles Taylor in the Bank of Ivanovo, and Mrs. Bolshakova is administrator of the funds appropriated by Charles Taylor. In this photo she stands with a Russian student.

The Hill: "Rep. Charles Taylor (R-N.C.) used earmarks to create an overseas study program for Russian business students coordinated by his friend and business partner, an ex-KGB general’s wife and onetime English teacher.

{cross posted from Scrutiny Hooligans}
Charles Taylor is, first and foremost, a businessman. A banker, to be more precise, who survived a fraud scandal at his Blue Ridge Savings Bank due to a change in ethics rules in 1997. A banker who purchased 80% control of a Russian bank in September 2003. A banker who, when presented with an opportunity for more democratic reforms in Russia voted against it.

Ed Cone has the goods on the NC mountains' crookedest representative:

NC 11th district Congressman Charles Taylor, famed for his disappearing vote against CAFTA, has won a Golden Galaxy Award from the American-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry for furthering economic relations between the two countries.