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I remember when Canada moving to stop protests was described as fascism by some on the (American) right.

@George-K said in Moscow Marjorie:

You're being sarcastic, right?

Actually no. LOL Didn't do my homework. Just took the summary from the congress webpage. I do see the language from above when looking at the full text.

I remember the first day of my first Soviet history course in University. The prof, a former officer in the British Army, I touched himself to the class and then said “in this course you will come away with the understanding that the Soviet Union is characterised by a national inferiority complex mindset and a people who sleep with a history book under their pillow”.

Too much fun.

@Renauda Thanks. That was interesting reading teh article.

@George-K said in Fiscal Approaches - California vs Texas:

That video was fact-checked.

Patently false because the governor of Texas is in a wheelchair, and he would not be jogging on a nature trail.

You're welcome.

That occurred to me as well.

You know, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar...

Fiddling while Rome burns.

@jon-nyc said in Why Russia Embraces Tucker Carlson:

@Horace said in Why Russia Embraces Tucker Carlson:

@jon-nyc said in Why Russia Embraces Tucker Carlson:

I guess I see intellectuals as a more or less distinct class from activists and mere pundits like the names you mention. But maybe Loury and McWhorter should be so considered.

I wouldn't be too precious with the word. People like Ezra Klein and Jonah Goldberg and VDH are public intellectuals.

Yeah but the “public” in front of it makes them a bit more pundit-y.

In practice, I take it to mean that they think and communicate serious, well-informed thoughts about cultural issues. As opposed to people who think and communicate serious, well-informed thoughts about things with no cultural valence. The word "public" distinguishes those two sorts.

Skunk weed!

And since the upcoming Turkish election was mentioned, it seems that the outcome may be of great interest to the Kremlin:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65574312

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And yet...The military says the Pentagon is too small and they want to build a bigger building. Seems to me, the right hand has no idea what the left hand is doing, so why do we need more hands?

Men underground, wives and children inside the bullseye.

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RIP

In a similar vein here is an interview with Stephen Kotkin that was made a couple of weeks ago.

Kotkin presents a frank assessment of the present global reality and possible outcome of the war in Ukraine and America’s paramount role in global security. China and Taiwan figure prominently in his argument.

Again, worth the time and effort to listen:

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Jeff and the Stones playing Freddy King’s Goin’ Down:

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