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by frabbit 5y ago
> Those channels were toxic propaganda, psyops designed to divide and weaken Russia's enemies. How do you know that if you can't see them? And if you have been looking at them and have made a judgement why can't other peo
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by frabbit 5y ago
No. Your fist is a biological weapon.
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by frabbit 5y ago
Completely in agreement. But it's important to note that we have more power over what happens to Assange than we do over Russia. Empty condemnation of Russia while we simultaneously prosecute the publisher of information which helps u
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MI6 message: Stay in the East; We will fund rebels; Sanctions will bite(youtube.com)
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by frabbit 5y ago
I clicked on this by mistake at work: I thought it said pornological.
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by frabbit 5y ago
That's okay. We can always play with semantic definitions of what it means to be a journalist -- and lock Julian Assange up without trial.
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by frabbit 5y ago
Wow! That should be the real headline story. "Western" (w.t.f. does that mean?) state destroys freedom of speech in order to save it from Russia.
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by frabbit 5y ago
This speculation on likely Putin successors interesting though https://youtu.be/kF9KretXqJw?t=3406
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by frabbit 5y ago
This video is the gift that keeps on giving¹. "The notion of lie and truth works differently in Russia. Examples: The Terijoki government (Russian attempt to make puppet government to Finland in 1939) had a story that the working popul
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by frabbit 5y ago
The more I watch this the more I distrust the presenter. Lines like¹ "'A little warfare in the border areas is needed to maintain a patriotic spirit.' This was said in the 1800s century, bu this could have been said in the 2
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by frabbit 5y ago
Sidenote: regardless of the merits of the book or its criticisms I thought this was a funny line: "This book is a weak one professionally. Factually, it is so bad as to be beyond criticism. "
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by frabbit 5y ago
> I think if you try to take everything in his descriptions of the Gulag system as literal fact, you'll find historical discrepancies What ones stand out for you? I am relatively ignorant on the subject. Your comment stimulated me
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by frabbit 5y ago
https://youtu.be/kF9KretXqJw?t=347 After he has already kicked off with the dubious statement that during the Mongol occupation "the only ways to survive were lying, corruption and violence" he follows up with the
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by frabbit 5y ago
To be honest the first 5 to 6 minutes are very offputting: the presenter (some ex-military PhD guy) claims that we need to understand the Russians through the genetic lens of the Mongol invasion of Russia! There may be other worthwhile poi
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by frabbit 5y ago
You need to be careful with calling things that are awkward "propaganda". Truth or falsity really should be the only criterion you apply, because some true things are inconvenient. As in this case, where this very calm account de
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by frabbit 5y ago
According to this¹ Polish and Ukranian authorities are treating refugees that look like they are African appallingly. 1. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/28/nigeria-condem...
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by frabbit 5y ago
Bombing comes after you have tried starving them or preventing medical supplies getting in. If you have further questions about these points please see what happened to the Iraqi women and children (and yes, also men). Great minds and mora
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by frabbit 5y ago
Admit to the Ukranians that they have been cruelly used as a cat's paw to prod at the Russian and there never was any "Western" intention to support them. Make it clear to Ukraine that their only hope really is being a neutra
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by frabbit 5y ago
I can imagine Putin saying that to the Ukranians.
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by frabbit 5y ago
It may or may not be a baseless idea but it is not what I said in the comment to which you are replying.
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by frabbit 5y ago
And? That statement occurred 4 or 5 months before the USA had withdrawn from the ABMT. I don't know enough about Russia's changing attitudes towards the USA: how much of it was hope that they could work things out together to joi
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by frabbit 5y ago
NATO has been steadily moving in towards Russia, picking off ex-Soviet satellite states one by one, and withdrawing from the treaties that kept the EU safe: This was one of the pivotal moments: "US President George W Bush, in 2002, pul
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by frabbit 5y ago
Isn't this partially why armies are routinely sent out on "war games" or "joint manoeuvers? You're never sure whether the Chinese submarine is "exercising its rights to international waters" or is prepari
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by frabbit 5y ago
In case anyone did not catch this: ""Resolve this:" Gov. Whitmer calls on Canadian government to reopen Ambassador Bridge" https://wwmt.com/news/state/resolve-this-gov-whitmer-calls-o... A s
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by frabbit 5y ago
Is there any move towards an investigation of some sort into whether Trudeau will face penalties of some sort for invoking these extreme measures without the justification of there being no other law to address the issues? Specifically I am
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by frabbit 5y ago
Just so that we`re absolutely clear on what you are saying: you think that this protest is something started by the Russians somehow?
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by frabbit 5y ago
Calling someone's opinions incendiary is incendiary.
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by frabbit 5y ago
Do you think Gretchen Whitmer told Trudeau what to do again?
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by frabbit 5y ago
Jean Charest is being floated as a contender, I don't know what organization he has, but it might be popular in QC https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jean-charest-conservative-l...
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by frabbit 5y ago
Fair enough. It's better than nothing, but probably not good enough. We'll be seeing more of this sort of problem as living standards decline under climate destruction and the buffers separating us from more direct conflict of in

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