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The Best Health Care You Can Afford
“No, I mean I’m sorry that you’ve inherited such a miserable, collapsing Old Country. A place where rich Bankers own everything, where you’ve got to be grateful for a part-time job with no benefits and no retirement plan, where the … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Economy, Education, Government
Tagged corporation, economy, Education, government, greed, Politics, role models
386 Comments
Europe is Fundamentally Unserious About Mending Fences with Russia.
Certain European communities – usually from the business sector, but occasionally high-ranking politicians like Sigmar Gabriel – have publicly expressed resolve to make things up with Russia, and at least arrive at some sort of truce which will allow Europe … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Education, Europe, Government, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Strategy, Trade, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin
Tagged economy, Education, government, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Trade, Ukraine
671 Comments
We All Live on Savushkina Street Now.
“A lie’s true power cannot be accurately measured by the number of people who believe its deception when it is told, it must be measured by the number of people who will go out after hearing it trying to convince … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Government, Politics, Strategy, Terrorism, Trade
Tagged economy, Education, government, opinion, Politics, Russia, Technology
331 Comments
The Politics Of Desperation
Those who are regular readers here know what I think of Shaun Walker, the British Austin Powers lookalike and blabbermouth-at-large who scribes Russophobic nonsense for The Guardian, The Independent and whoever else will pay him. Naturally, since he sometimes actually … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Economy, Government, Law and Order, Military, Politics, Russia, Strategy, Trade, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin
Tagged economy, Education, government, Military, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Trade, Ukraine, War
2,771 Comments
The Credibility Gap That Ought To Be
Leap aboard the Lyttenburgh Omnibus; what follows is a looonnngg guest post by Lyttenburgh, one which is going to be like the blind men who are trying to describe an elephant. “An elephant is like a rope”, says the one … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Economy, Education, Europe, Government, Law and Order, Middle East, Military, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Strategy, Trade, Vladimir Putin
Tagged economy, Education, government, liberal opposition, Military, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Trade, Ukraine, War
1,914 Comments
It Is What It Isn’t: Fake News Comes of Age as Ideology Trumps Evidence
Our deeds still travel with us from afar; and what we have been makes us what we are. George Eliot, Middlemarch We have arrived, in my opinion, upon the moment in the course of human history which marks the nadir … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Europe, Government, Military, Politics, Russia, Strategy, Terrorism
Tagged Education, government, Military, Politics, role models, Russia, War
1,330 Comments
A Trial of Spiritual Resolve: Sergey Lavrov’s Speech to the Military Academy of the General Staff
“Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root… Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used, for the ultimate determinant in the struggle … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Education, Government, Law and Order, Middle East, Military, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Strategy, Trade, Western Europe
Tagged economy, Education, government, Military, Politics, role models, Rule of Law, Russia, Trade
1,782 Comments
What Does Freedom Mean to You? Putin at Valdai, 2016
American protest songs, lyrically at least, showcase that as an expression of national consciousness, Americans lost their understanding of what freedom means somewhere in the early 1970’s. Sentiment against dictatorships and enslavement of populations gave way to more America-centric problems, … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Economy, Europe, Government, Law and Order, Politics, Russia, Strategy, Trade, Vladimir Putin
Tagged economy, Education, government, Politics, role models, Rule of Law, Russia, Trade, tragedy
2,432 Comments
Olympian or Politician? Make Up Your Mind.
The latest Olympian to shoot off his cakehole to the world and bray his catastrophic ignorance is Canadian swimmer Mark Tewksbury. He tweeted earlier, although he has since taken it down, his extreme disapproval that ‘doper’ Yelana Isinbayeva had been … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Politics, Russia
Tagged Education, government, opinion, Politics, role models, Russia, swimming
1,875 Comments
Putin is Weaponizing Popularity: Newsweek is not Amused.
“The mind, placed before any kind of difficulty, can find an ideal outlet in the absurd. Accommodation to the absurd readmits adults to the mysterious realm inhabited by children.” – André Breton How appropriate, to say nothing of au courant, … Continue reading
Posted in Alexei Navalny, Boris Nemtsov, Corruption, Economy, Europe, Government, Law and Order, Military, Politics, Russia, Strategy, Vladimir Putin
Tagged Alexei Navalny, Boris Nemtsov, economy, Education, government, liberal opposition, Military, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Trade, War
2,623 Comments
The Kremlin Stooge 