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, I was just going to suggest that ask the folks in the three Baltic states, the Swedes, Finns, Poles, Ukrainians, ... It's been covered in other thre...
February 26, 2025 at 22:44
Now they just have to find a way to get their hands on that good stuff in Donbas. Extortion (and on Putin's wishlist): Exclusive: US could cut Ukraine...
February 26, 2025 at 22:35
FYI, here's a chat I had with someone fairly intelligent ("AA"), that I know. I sent them roughly this message (Feb 15, 2025) (names and such removed/...
February 25, 2025 at 22:50
Conflict of interest? Musk/DOGE recommended firing federal workers at ? FDA, which oversees Neuralink ? FAA, which oversees SpaceX ? USAID, which prob...
February 25, 2025 at 15:56
I'll just note (again), that Europe isn't some monolithic entity. The EU is part of Europe, Norway (mature democracy), Hungary (mostly democratic), .....
February 24, 2025 at 17:06
Let me just put on a tinfoil hat for a moment. The US Vice President, J D Vance, is a fan of Curtis Yarvin, who is anti-democracy, and coined "RAGE" (...
February 24, 2025 at 05:34
, FYI, I updated an old post (Feb 15, 2025); the dictator (illegitimate president) thing originates at the Kremlin.
February 23, 2025 at 19:45
Clever. :) Zelenskyy says he would step down if Ukraine can join NATO, blasts Trump mineral pitch — Cybele Mayes-Osterman · USA TODAY · Feb 23, 2025
February 23, 2025 at 18:00
Hill spoke at the Helsinki Commission 22 days before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Why Putin Invaded Ukraine: A Crisis Manufactured to Rewrite...
February 22, 2025 at 07:07
LIVE on the Senate Floor — Senator Bernie Sanders · Feb 20, 2025 · 21m:40s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTO3XDt2gUs Sanders is the real deal, genui...
February 21, 2025 at 20:36
, if cooperating sufficiently, Europe can deal with Putin (keeping it out of NATO offices), including in Ukraine. Except: There's also a matter of US ...
February 20, 2025 at 22:40
:up: Poilievre is susceptible enough
February 20, 2025 at 18:28
, in campaigning and otherwise, Poilievre is too much into loud political mudslinging at others, and seeking applause. Like a primary modus operandi o...
February 20, 2025 at 17:59
hah I thought this was a joke, but apparently not :D ‘LONG LIVE THE KING’: Trump increasingly embraces monarchical imagery — Danny Nguyen · POLITICO ·...
February 20, 2025 at 06:04
I'm Jutlandian and have lived in Canuckia for a couple of decades. I can tell you with some confidence that Trump has, in my experience, insignificant...
February 20, 2025 at 03:47
, even though he's a nuisance, hasn't Poilievre expressed a "No" to Trump?
February 20, 2025 at 02:05
And North America (Canada). ;) I'm guessing things would have to keep up pace with Trumpistan, though, at least in some respects.
February 20, 2025 at 01:42
Elon Musk says journalists 'deserve a long prison sentence' as spat with CBS 60 Minutes continues — Reanna Smith · Irish Star · Feb 18, 2025 Discredit...
February 20, 2025 at 01:00
(from an earlier comment, Sep 10, 2024, evidence-collection and observations continue) NATO was an excuse Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, and sta...
February 19, 2025 at 18:34
Sorry, I just meant in that one election, and, given the campaign trails, and evidence that has since come about, I'd expect most Canucks (by far) to ...
February 19, 2025 at 15:50
Pistorius wasn't so happy with Vance: Orlins is worried:
February 19, 2025 at 15:39
, I'll just go ahead and add some observations. In 1939, Stalin and Hitler made a deal. In 2025, Lavrov and Rubio met, and Putin and Trump made a deal...
February 19, 2025 at 06:27
If P01135809 keeps bullying Canada to become part of the US, then I suggest Canadian voters first be allowed to vote on the US candidates from the las...
February 18, 2025 at 23:39
European leaders gather for an emergency meeting after Trump snub — Raf Casert, Sylvie Corbet, Dusan Stojanovic, Vanessa Gera, Justin Spike · AP via D...
February 18, 2025 at 19:47
Brought up in jest earlier (Feb 13, 2025) and by Like a defense alliance of democracies or something? Hey, I'm warming to the idea. In terms of defens...
February 18, 2025 at 16:48
History tells a different story.
February 17, 2025 at 09:38
According to google, the distance between ... Washington DC and Moscow = 7817 km (4857 mi) Washington DC and Kyiv = 7828 km (4864 mi) Washington DC an...
February 16, 2025 at 23:14
Hm. Weird. Canada and Greenland need protection by P01135809 from P01135809's friend. Something did look familiar... Trump’s Schedule F plan, explaine...
February 16, 2025 at 22:30
Trump starts Ukraine peace talks as he and Putin plan Saudi meet — Francesca Chambers · USA TODAY · Feb 12, 2025 Ukraine balks at signing Trump deal t...
February 16, 2025 at 18:11
I wouldn't mind extracting a bit of ehh extra stuff to run my coffee maker. Universal validity of the second law of information thermodynamics — Shint...
February 16, 2025 at 07:47
, , maybe it's about power, like you snap your finger and something happens? In days gone by, he didn't have the power to summon Putin-the-powerful. N...
February 16, 2025 at 02:54
Let's see where experiments/evidence/observations lead... A Postquantum Theory of Classical Gravity? — Jonathan Oppenheim · University College London ...
February 16, 2025 at 02:11
:D Nearly 10,000 fired as Trump and Musk step up government purge — Timothy Gardner, Leah Douglas, Nathan Layne et al · Reuters · Feb 14, 2025 Trump A...
February 16, 2025 at 01:05
So far, P01135809 has followed Putin in some respects: • (pre-emptive) strong appeal to nationalism • gathered/appeased/rallied religious conservative...
February 15, 2025 at 09:19
There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing (archive, archive) — Anne Applebaum · The Atlantic · Feb 13, 2025 Ouch. Is that confirmed? The articl...
February 15, 2025 at 05:18
RFK Jr in Health workers out Regress Who's this good for anyway? Sue Republican?
February 13, 2025 at 23:56
, yep, and furthermore
February 13, 2025 at 18:30
, check the likes of the Unabomber, Torquemada, Capone, Escobar, Mogilevich, the Pagans, neo-Nazis, jihadists, ...
February 13, 2025 at 18:21
Sure they did, or at least they wanted...something. :) (bulldozing education, research, information sources, are among the things they seem to be gett...
February 13, 2025 at 16:08
:D
February 13, 2025 at 15:42
Sure, though the accusations have been drugs murder rape ... that's a few dealers murderers rapists (according to P01135809) ... (and cat eaters or so...
February 13, 2025 at 06:34
Are we talking plain dictatorship now?
February 13, 2025 at 06:15
, why don't you just answer f?o? Anyway, I took their references and their concluding summary seriously enough to think that we better prepare. Unless...
February 13, 2025 at 06:01
:D Propaganda has worked. If a bunch of tools barge into an office, would the office not require a warrant? (Presumably, these are government offices,...
February 13, 2025 at 02:37
, that was your takeaway from the paper? (telling)
February 12, 2025 at 23:01
A few themes seen elsewhere... Why more young men in Germany are turning to the far right — Jessica Parker, Kristina Volk · BBC · Feb 9, 2025 Is it wo...
February 12, 2025 at 21:34
Democracy in Eastern Europe Faces Another Crisis (archived) — Anthony Borden · The Atlantic · Feb 4, 2025 Not really all the surprising, is it? Looks ...
February 12, 2025 at 18:22
, you seem to have extensive information on the topic + keep bringing it up in other threads ... isn't whipping up a thread the next natural move?
February 12, 2025 at 18:08
Since this (counter-propaganda) is making the rounds again ... :D A day in the Life of Sue Republican (— Sonny Vermont · Jul 5, 2022) https://twitter....
February 12, 2025 at 18:01
J D Vance goes for monarchy-oligarchy? You Cant Do That Bro (— Politics Girl · Feb 11, 2025 · 2m:57s) (I don't know the legal details.)
February 12, 2025 at 17:52