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It looks like Putiin has changed to soft and mellow - instead of threatening with utter destructing of the Mariupul defenders he now goes for starving them to death wich miight take some time 
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With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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Can anyone say that Putin is still completely sane? If so, he is the most evil MF'er since Hitler"I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003Comment
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Sane ? Well, if the invasion was done back in 2014, it would probably have been a success and Ukraine would have been a Belarus II. Unfortunately, throwing out the russialoving president and the russian invasion of Crimea and Donbas has given the Ukranian army a lot of exercise since then, so it's becoming at bit harder.Originally posted by PLATO View PostWith or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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Nah... not the most evil MF since Hitler, but he can still get there. Pol Pot comes to mind and he's possibly even more evil than Hitler. Hitler was more efficient, but for pure evil...Originally posted by PLATO View PostFounder of The Glory of War, CHAMPIONS OF APOLYTON!!!
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Two months of this ****ty war now. What an achievement
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I don't know, Dick Cheney is pretty evil
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Looks like Putin has lost (the election in France).“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
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It would be nice if Germany stopped buying Russian gas now instead of waiting till the end of the year.
Maybe turn some of the nuclear plants back on?
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Greens have an irrational fear of nuclear power.“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of ManComment
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I understand there are real limits to how quickly they can switch over to a different power source. "Pay utterly bonkers and unaffordable prices for the energy that runs your whole country, in return for further impairing a megalomaniacal monster who has ignored several rounds of ruinous sanctions already" is not that attractive a proposition.Comment
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Elon, what is your take on the whole Patriarch Kirill thing? Is it as simple as a joint land grab for power and money?“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
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Patriarch Kirill is, AFACT, a stooge with the moral authority of a street-corner pimp. He needs to, at a minimum, sell his $30K wristwatch and donate the proceeds to aid for refugees. I am given to understand that the Russian church never really recovered from being sat on (and sometimes staffed) by the Soviets, and the people running Russia today are all ex-Soviet spooks. It's really depressing to reflect that this man is heir to the legacy of 1000 years of Orthodox history, often characterized by stunning bravery in the face of official cruelty. "My, this is a distressing situation, yes, well, let's pray generically for peace and bear in mind that the alternative to all this slaughter is gay pride parades." Bah.
Is the Kirill situation more complex than that? He's another Kremlin toady and presumably has an off-the-books five-story dacha. He just wears a big gold cross and is unfortunately tied up in the apostolic succession, is all.Comment
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So, Kirill is basically just another Oligarch. The only difference is that his “company” is a large and historic church.“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
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Sadly ... kinda, yeah. At least, that's my take, not that I'm super-informed about Russia specifically. Superficially, the ROC seems resurgent, but a century of repression will take a toll, and basically the KGB never left power. The Patriarch knows what side his bread is buttered on. Is he totally insincere? Beats me. Odds are that, like Putin, he believes some of his own hype, which in his case means that he really is the last bastion against decadent homosexual hordes. It would be nice if he had some misgivings about all the butchery, but he's stood by Putin through a number of other atrocities; this one's just against an Orthodox country.Comment
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I don't understand why there isn't an EU-wide oil embargo way sooner, since the deliveries are less than gas, and I read it's the bigger source of income for Russia. A while ago there was also talk that instead of embargos, the EU should just slap hefty import taxes on Russian energy, which would essentially do the same (rob income), but smarter.Originally posted by EPW View PostIt would be nice if Germany stopped buying Russian gas now instead of waiting till the end of the year. Maybe turn some of the nuclear plants back on?
Dunno if that is feasible
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