It's not all that new, been a tendency for some time (also in religious demography). The "Idiocracy (2006)" movie takes a humorous shot at that (not r...
:D gave me a good chuckle Strangelove limb control (1964 · 28s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddWNMSUbcGI Putin limb control (2024 · 12s) https://ww...
Not just Girkin. Anyway, Surkov was reportedly one of the godfathers running covert Donbas operations. ... whereas Russia has gone in the other direct...
, you're comparing that to Donbas...? Sure, there are some similarities, and then there are the differences. By the way, the Ukrainian separatists did...
, the Canada-Quebec and Ukraine-Donbas situations differ. Adding to 's comments, a difference that matters has come up a few times in the thread. The ...
, I'm still not seeing how Moscow has been threatened with nuclear bombing (or invasion for that matter). It seems more like they managed to come up w...
, it's sometimes also known as a thingamajig or a gizmo. Unfortunately, no one can be told what it is. You have to see it for yourself. Keep an eye ou...
:o I guess this sort of thing was to be expected Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss DDoS attacks — botnet causes millions...
Is Russia preparing kids for war? Moscow rolls out Soviet-era 'training' to teach children how to use weapons — Srishti Singh Sisodia · WION · Nov 11,...
Let me stop you right there, and apologize for (now leading you onto) this ? side-track: (? see that? focus – "neutrality" – "what might we then have ...
Let me just note (again), NATO nuclear weapons in Ukraine was always and remains unlikely (? Oct 16, 2022). Russian nuclear weapons (and rattling) on ...
Odd. Part of the wellness industry has spotted climate change. Wellness influencers fueled pandemic misinformation. Now they have another big conspira...
Can't recall where I saw this treatment... p) this sentence is false is implicitly the same as q) "this sentence is false" is true and r) this sentenc...
Some division. Some of the rhetoric seems familiar. Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso withdraw from West Africa regional bloc ECOWAS as tensions deepen — C...
Taking a look at Moldova in the present context, there are plausible fingerprints of the Kremlin's grubby hands (modus operandi) across Moldova and Uk...
, check things before you call them (Western) propaganda with a casual handwave. (Since you make it personal, yep, I'm critical, though there's plenty...
Corruption Perceptions Index 2023 (The Wikipedia article has a summary) Somewhere around "the middle" you'll find Hungary and Moldova /uploads/resized...
Regarding EU support of Ukraine: Viktor Orbán's interview with the French daily Le Point (in Hungarian) — Orbán Viktor (interviewer Emmanuel Berretta)...
Russia says West understands ‘Ukraine project’ has begun to fail — Burç Eruygur · Anadolu Ajans? · Jan 30, 2024 A faint whiff of desperation or anger ...
Oh look, another one :D Romanian far-right leader lays claim on Ukrainian regions, Moldova — Martin Fornusek · The Kyiv Independent · Jan 29, 2024 Yas...
Well, they've managed for a good while, almost surrounded by hostiles/unfriendlies in superior numbers on the ground. (Though not exactly all as effic...
Happier relationships without MAGA'ers. :) Authoritarianism, religious fundamentalism, and the human prefrontal cortex. — Erik Asp, Kanchna Ramchandra...
Hence ... Other Minds (SEP) Solipsism and the Problem of Other Minds (IEP) Solipsism (Wikipedia) Solipsism (Uncyclopedia) ... because others' self-awa...
Another of Medvedev's rabble-rousing :fire: outbursts: 'A kind of trolling'. Why Zelenskyy needs decree on Ukrainian lands in Russia: Historian's view...
:o Has that been confirmed? (cans) EDIT Questionable according to Ryan Mcbeth (Jan 23, 2024). Not that Gaza is safe for children. Unusual age distribu...
, if it were to come to that (significant internal US instability/strife), then there'd be a wider impact as well. Authoritarian regimes would have a ...
Working? Better prepared now? Virtual Hatred: How Russia Tried to Start a Race War in the United States — William J Aceves · California Western School...
Why Is So Much Philosophy So Tedious? — David McNaughton · Florida State University · 2007 McNaughton rounds up four "deplorable styles of philosophic...
Checking out on the highway, how many cars have just the driver, one person? I'm guessing more than half, but things change all the time. How many of ...
She comes through as "no-nonsense" personality-wize (if that means much). She's given no good indication of stepping up though, or what her programme ...
, instead of posting a 33m:12s youtube by Campbell showing a talk by Bridgen, why not post whatever studies Bridgen was referring to? (There are bette...
Study and media summary The Effects of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions on COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, and Mortality: A Systematic Literature Rev...
Meeting with veterans of the Great Patriotic War, residents of besieged Leningrad and representatives of public patriotic associations — The Kremlin ·...
Hmm :chin: Direct Realism and the Brain-in-a-Vat Argument (doi) — Michael Huemer · Fake Noûs (Substack) · Apr 23, 2022 Anyway, I keep finding the usua...
, maybe old Joe had coffee :sparkle: the other day...? :) Biden Accedes to Tougher Immigration Policy to Deflect Criticism, Secure Ukraine Aid (Tarini...
Various people/groups have considered what might come to pass in case the Kremlin prevails, you can check the credentials of those below yourself. (Wh...
, it's doubtful that the Kremlin would start a nuclear world war. Casting long shadows on the other hand, well, it's what they do these days, and appa...
Fuelling conspiracy theories :D Putin says past U.S. elections were rigged — Maxim Rodionov, Mark Trevelyan, Kevin Liffey · Reuters · Jan 16, 2024 Puk...
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 10, 2024 (ISW Press) Hmm Not optimistic ... In this thread, I will explain why we are much closer to wa...
Maybe if there's a common, increasing clear and present danger...? At least some parts of Europe (like Scandinavia / the Nordics, the Baltics) typical...
Hmm Maybe that'll do in refining knowledge as justified true belief Internalism and the Collapse of the Gettier Problem — Timothy McGrew, Lydia McGrew...
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