More Argie Bargie

[Axionknight]

muffinmenace said:

" He said, Argentina as an independent and economically self-sufficient country with abundant reserves of oil and gas is of interest to Russia."

Russia, that oil and gas strapped nation...

Have Argentina sorted their bond issue out yet? 'that' self-sufficient country

Well they aren't one, are they?

[jmorgan]

Looks like they tried for a domain grab.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/26/falklands_...

They were after the .fk They failed.

[hidetheelephants]

And so the petulance continues.

[MartG]

If we were the US, by now we would have armed the remains of Argentina's indigenous population and fomented a rebellion.....

[perdu]

MartG said:

If we were the US, by now we would have armed the remains of Argentina's indigenous population and fomented a rebellion.....

What?

All those Patagonian Welshmen?

Yep, that'll work

[Einion Yrth]

jmorgan said:

Looks like they tried for a domain grab.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/26/falklands_...

They were after the .fk They failed.

If it's .fk it's the falklands; it's British.
Were it a territory of Argentina it would be Las Malvinas, presumably .mv or similar. Fail to see the issue

[Fishtigua]

Don't forget the Russian Jews who became gauchos. Imagine 1000 Dustin Hoffmans/Woody Allens turning up on scruffy ponies, kvetching about the state of the Govt.

[Asterix]

Fishtigua said:

Don't forget the Russian Jews who became gauchos. Imagine 1000 Dustin Hoffmans/Woody Allens turning up on scruffy ponies, kvetching about the state of the Govt.

They could have their own Superhero - SuperJew, Up, Up and Oy vey!

[Sir Humphrey]

Einion Yrth said:

If it's .fk it's the falklands; it's British.
Were it a territory of Argentina it would be Las Malvinas, presumably .mv or similar. Fail to see the issue

We could always bribe Moldova to claim it as an alternative to .md. Problem solved

[jmorgan]

Einion Yrth said:

jmorgan said:

Looks like they tried for a domain grab.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/26/falklands_...

They were after the .fk They failed.

If it's .fk it's the falklands; it's British.
Were it a territory of Argentina it would be Las Malvinas, presumably .mv or similar. Fail to see the issue

Cyber squatting.... Getting it changed to .mv?

Don't know how this domain stuff works but seems a bit of a spoilers was in the works perhaps.

[MartG]

And off we go again....

http://rt.com/news/270205-argentine-falklands-asse...

Seizing the Argentinian assets of UK, US, and Italian companies isn't going to help their cause - I suspect that a US Navy task force may appear in the area to look after their interests

[CrutyRammers]

Especially since those assets are not in argentinian territory, so they can do precisely fack all, unless they want to commit another act of war.

[jmorgan]

MartG said:

I suspect that a US Navy task force may appear in the area to look after their interests

I would believe that when I see it, I got the impression El Pres of the North was trying to butter up the south.

[MartG]

jmorgan said:

MartG said:

I suspect that a US Navy task force may appear in the area to look after their interests

I would believe that when I see it, I got the impression El Pres of the North was trying to butter up the south.

Not if they are seizing US company assets

[jmorgan]

Further reading seems to indicate it is an empty threat.

Edit. Which may or may not be true. Wonder if it is.

[NicD]

will be fun to watch:

Foreign Minister Hector Timerman told local newspaper Tiempo Argentino on Sunday that on Monday he will formally request that the stock exchange regulators in London and New York implement the judge's order.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/06/28/uk-argent...

[dirk01]

From the linked article

article said:

It remains unclear how these companies’ assets are supposed to be appropriated from territory officially under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom. The companies in question do not generally hold any assets in Argentina or use Argentine waters, a source told Reuters.

However, the Argentine prosecutor’s office said it “had identified the assets of the foreign companies and discovered that one of them, the US firm Noble Energy, has a local office registered in Argentina.” Authorities will move to freeze those assets, it said.

So they can freeze 2 printers and 5 desks
The storage costs will cost them more than the value of the items inside a month.

[NicD]

and the magic words : US firm.

They wont go there.

[Ayahuasca]

Second Argentine invasion fails!

Front page of the Buenos Aires paper today is about a sailing boat full of hotheaded Argentine students intent on landing on the Falklands. Didn't go terribly well. A storm blew up, the students abandoned to a life raft. An Argentine military aircraft coordinated a rescue but was chased off by an RAF Typhoon.

Stick to the Rugby, my friends. You have more of a chance of winning!

[jmorgan]

Problem is innocent people will end up getting killed to death in stunts like this because that bitter and twisted old crone witch of the south is banging on about it and she will use that to her advantage. She is nasty.

Putin is yet to emerge down there yet? Bet he is still whispering sweet nothings in her ear and promising her stuff.