This is an ironic counterpoint, written by a Russian Jew currently living in Russia proper, to non-Russian observers who see Putin as a kind of Grand Wizard with nukes minus the taint of Jim Crow, and Constantine the Great rolled into one.
[Quora] A bronze monument to a living person (right) is the epitome and symbol of Russia’s postmodernist epoch.
RT created a beautiful myth that modern Russia is a traditionalist country and keeper of white Christian values with Putin at its helm.
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I "like" neither Putin nor Napoleon.
I think a lot of the western liberals who pretend to get emotionally wrapped up in hating Putin while taking his bribes don't really understand Putin, the Russian Revolution, the French Revolution, or Napoleon.
Putin is _just_ the Russian Napoleon for the French Revolution, Russian Edition (tm), No more, no less, and noone in the west is capable of dealing with him one way or another because of all their myths about the French Revolution and their myth that Napoleon was the betrayal of the French Revolution instead of its culmination.
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A good comparison would be how Scipio didn't get wrapped up in hating Hannibal. All the big machers in the Senate (i.e. Cato the Elder, etc) were wrapped up in hating Hannibal and Carthage because they couldn't defeat him. Scipio could, and to him it was no big deal.
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[RusOnline] Representatives of the consolidated West, mainly the United States and the leading countries of the Eurozone, at one time did everything possible to ensure that all the breakaway parts of the former USSR fell into a state of utter frustration after the collapse of the Union.
This opinion was expressed in his personal Telegram channel by the well-known Russian political scientist Yevgeny Satanovsky, according to IA DEITA.RU.
According to him, three decades after the "greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the twentieth century," as Russian President Vladimir Putin assesses the collapse of the Soviet state, the West, represented by Great Britain, has begun to implement the plan of former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill to invade our country, which he and failed to be implemented in the 40s of the last century.
According to the expert, all London's statements regarding the fact that Russia should take responsibility for the migration crisis that has begun on the border of Poland and Belarus are nothing more than a provocation, the main goal of which should be political or other pressure from the Russian leader. relation to Alexander Lukashenko.
As Satanovsky noted, if Russia follows the West's lead and really begins to interfere in the internal affairs of the former Soviet Union, this will lead to destabilization of the political and socio-economic situation along the entire perimeter of our borders, which is what the current Western establishment is trying to achieve.
All this should weaken Russia so much that it could be unceremoniously invaded, the political scientist believes. "German tanks on the former Soviet border - for the first time since World War II. And the fact that the current Western bosses are clearly implementing Churchill's plan to strike at us," the expert noted.
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^ Europe is becoming more despotic by the week, thanks to the onset of Woke madness and Branch Covidian dementia.
Russia is more democratic in many ways than the USSA. Anyone who still believes that we have rule of law and a functioning Bill of Rights isn't paying attention.
Certainly more democratic than the severely cucked, self-hating, speak-not-of-Christmas UK.
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[RusOnline] The leader of the Ukrainian punishers gave an interview to Russian journalists, telling shocking facts about what is happening now in Ukraine.
That in Ukraine he is not allowed to tell the truth about the war in Donbass and the war in the rear cities of Ukraine, where civilians are forced to fight for their lives, trying to pay for exorbitant housing and communal services.
Basically, he talks about what is happening now, how "foreign partners" are pushing Ukraine into the war, and why they are so afraid of Russia's rise. Melnychuk says that the murder of civilians, the shooting of Donbass cities with artillery - all this is done with the knowledge and order of representatives of the foreign masters of the Ukrainian government.
In an interview, he tries to shield himself and Aydar from accusations, although he admits a lot - kidnapping, murder of a peaceful man, looting. He says that there was a fighting Aydar, but he was in the rear, and everything was done by those in the rear.
Is it really so in Ukraine ... it is interesting that Melnichuk decided to give an interview to Russian TV, despite the fact that Russia in Ukraine is considered an aggressor country? Personally, this interview shocked me a little. Of course, I perfectly represent who Melnichuk is. I saw that with my own eyes. What did "Aydar" do in the LPR, I heard stories of local residents about the bullying of Ukrainian punishers.
[NY Post] Most of the media continue to ignore Hunter Biden like toddlers with their fingers in their ears. His laptop is "unconfirmed." "Unsubstantiated." "It doesn’t matter."
The first two are obviously false, a weak excuse to cover things up for the administration. From the beginning, the laptop was substantiated: Hunter’s former business partner Tony Bobulinski confirmed his correspondence was real. Hunter Biden ...son of President Joe: cashiered from the Navy, a crackhead, wheeler dealer, leg humper, horn dog, and general all around ne'er do well. We're supposed to feel sorry for him... never denied they were his files; in fact, his memoir confirms the pictures of the drug use, prostitutes and financial documents from the laptop.
Post columnist Miranda Devine’s new book, "Laptop from Hell," details how the Chinese gave Hunter a 3-carat diamond and includes pictures from the computer of the diamond as well as a Hunter selfie showing his back tattoo of the Finger Lakes. Were these all doctored? Hunter himself confirmed in an interview with The New Yorker that he received the diamond but just waved it off as a nice gesture.
The Biden files have been confirmed and substantiated eight ways to Sunday. Reporters just don’t want to hear it.
So that leaves "It doesn’t matter." Liberal media outlets are uniquely incurious about Hunter selling the influence of his father. In the case of the Chinese deal, outlined by Devine, they say there’s "no indication" that Joe Biden ever received the "10 percent for the big guy" promised in one e-mail.
But consider these questions:
We know from Hunter’s own correspondence that the chairman of China’s government-connected energy firm CEFC promised him $10 million a year for three years to provide "introductions." What politicians did he introduce executives to? Which of those meetings did Joe Biden help facilitate? What promises were made at those meetings?
Hunter complains multiple times that he’s expected to be the provider for the whole Biden family and expresses frustration at the "lack of respect" he received for bringing in the cash. Not only Devine’s book but "The Bidens: Inside the First Family’s Fifty-Year Rise to Power," by Politico’s Ben Schreckinger, reveals how the president’s family used his position for profit.
It goes even further than that. E-mails on the laptop indicate Hunter was paying Joe’s personal bills. What else was he paying for? Was he supplementing Joe Biden’s government salary? There also are indications that Hunter and Joe shared bank accounts and credit cards. In one case, Devine writes, Hunter used a credit card to pay a prostitute and instantly got a visit from an ex-Secret Service agent. How much were their funds co-mingled?
At the very least, the Chinese were paying the vice president’s son for government access. But it also now seems that the Chinese were paying Joe Biden millions through his son.
We’ve asked these questions of the administration and it ignores us, knowing that CNN, The Washington Post, The New York Times, et al. have its back and will never press things.
Joe Biden wants millions for IRS enforcement. Wonder if that includes actually finishing the investigation of his son’s money-making and registering as a foreign agent. And would it include an audit of the president’s own income and whether he was declaring money given to him by Hunter?
That is why Hunter matters. The media are out of excuses.
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11/29/2021 00:00 ||
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American Pravda, pretending that the Bidens are not corrupt, that the Waukesha massacre did not occur, that blacks post-Floyd have not embarked on a full-spectrum, nationwide violent rampage based on a sense of invulnerability and legal immunity.
#2
Can't believe anything MSM says anymore. Hunter and his escapades are but one of the more egregious examples of MSM deceit and corruption. So they can talk about covid all they want and I can't believe it because if they conceal the truth about the Bidens they would lie about anything. They can talk about the climate all they want but they have no credibility. None whatsoever. Best thing to do is turn off the TV and cancel the newspaper subscriptions.
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[PJ] Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), who previously served as White House physician under Barack Obama and Donald Trump, has a disturbing theory about the Omicron variant.
On Saturday, Jackson suggested that Democrats will use the Omicron variant to push for universal mail-in voting for the 2022 midterm elections and save their party from an electoral bloodbath next year.
"Here comes the MEV — the Midterm Election Variant!" Jackson tweeted. "They NEED a reason to push unsolicited nationwide mail-in ballots. Democrats will do anything to CHEAT during an election — but we’re not going to let them!"
Reaction to the Omicron variant has been mixed. Some countries, including the United States, have announced travel bans with several African countries (where the variant was first discovered), citing its apparent high level of transmissibility for the decision.
Gov. Kathy Hochul has already declared a state of emergency for New York, even though there are no confirmed cases in the country, let alone her state, yet.
At least one doctor in South Africa has reported that the symptoms of the variant are mild but doctors have cautioned that we don’t know yet how the new variant will affect the elderly, who have typically been the group most at risk from COVID.
As for Jackson’s theory, while some have mocked him on Twitter, others think he’s on to something. Last year, COVID led to many changes in how we do elections, including several states and areas implementing universal mail-in voting—a very insecure voting method. While it seems many people are anxious to return to normal, Democrats have been hoping to make various COVID-era changes in voting permanent. So far, those efforts have failed, and I wouldn’t put it past them to use Omicron, or another variant that comes after it, as a pretext for implementing universal mail-in voting.
Omicron will no doubt morf into more deadly strains closer to the midterm. The lockdowns, restrictions, cancellations, and re-scheduling of elections must wait until then.
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BUT, if we are to follow SCIENCE. We should focus on where the problem areas are actually.
Currently for C-19/21 Infections per million for the last 7 days.
#1 is the Cayman Islands.
A lot of Western and Eastern Europe are #2 to #56
USA is #59.
South Africa is #109 out of 207 nations.
DEATHS per/Million over the last 7 days
#1 Bulgaria.
#43 USA
An again, a good ways down the list is South Africa @ #86.
So maybe the problem ain't the South African strain (??yet??)
But! If its so darn bad then shutdown ALL international travel ASAP. Stop, hold 5 days and TEST any and all persons (WH/Congress/Federal employees included) entering the USA to check for C-19/21 infection. If infected, no matter what their social, elitist, rank or political status. They are to be securely Quarantined in a CDC approved Medical Quarantine Treatment Facility, until no longer found an infectious threat to others.
UPDATE from the Botswana Covid-19 Task Force.
"According to a public statement by the Botswana government, the new Omicron mutation was first discovered in four people who had received both doses of the COVID vaccine. Meanwhile, South Africa’s medical chief Dr. Angelique Coetzee said that she had only seen “very very mild cases” of the variant so far."
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The left will keep hyping these worse and worse variants to bring about more and more control of the populace and to justify mail-in voting.. They will keep pushing mail-in voting to make elections easier to steal in 2022 and 2024. IMO, this will fail; people are 100% fed-up with their crapola.
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...son of President Joe: cashiered from the Navy, a crackhead, wheeler dealer, leg humper, horn dog, and general all around ne'er do well. We're supposed to feel sorry for him...
[PJ] Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), who previously served as White House physician under Barack Obama and Donald Trump, has a disturbing theory about the Omicron variant.
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