August1991 Posted July 15, 2023 Report Posted July 15, 2023 Both have big egos. Who blinks first? ===== How has the world in the 21st century come to this. 1 Quote
August1991 Posted July 15, 2023 Author Report Posted July 15, 2023 In the western media. Putin is the devil/Hitler. In the American MSM, Biden is good - possibly confused. Quote
August1991 Posted July 15, 2023 Author Report Posted July 15, 2023 And yet in the Western Media, Lee Quan Yew has a positive view. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/22/singapore-lee-kuan-yew-dies-91 Quote
Nationalist Posted July 15, 2023 Report Posted July 15, 2023 Russia has Putin. His leadership has seen huge gains in Russian prosperity. In the west we have Ol' Joe, Pixie-Dust, Macaroon, Boris "The Disheveled" Johnson and a cast of yes-men and women. Their leadership has seen economic disaster and a level of 3rd world "refugee" acceptance that is diluting our cultures and societies. Ya gits wut ya pays fer. Quote Its so lonely in m'saddle since m'horse died.
Aristides Posted July 15, 2023 Report Posted July 15, 2023 2023 Per capita GDP. USA, 7th Russia, 63rd Quote
Moonbox Posted July 16, 2023 Report Posted July 16, 2023 (edited) 13 hours ago, Nationalist said: Russia has Putin. His leadership has seen huge gains in Russian prosperity. Yeah when oil was booming and before he started invading his neighbours. Since then, NOPE. 13 hours ago, Nationalist said: In the west we have Ol' Joe, Pixie-Dust, Macaroon, Boris "The Disheveled" Johnson and a cast of yes-men and women. Their leadership has seen economic disaster and a level of 3rd world "refugee" acceptance that is diluting our cultures and societies. Ya gits wut ya pays fer. Truly some kindergarten babyshit you're talking there. ? Edited July 16, 2023 by Moonbox 1 Quote "A man is no more entitled to an opinion for which he cannot account than he is for a pint of beer for which he cannot pay" - Anonymous
Nationalist Posted July 16, 2023 Report Posted July 16, 2023 6 hours ago, Moonbox said: Yeah when oil was booming and before he started invading his neighbours. Since then, NOPE. Truly some kindergarten babyshit you're talking there. ? Hilarious... Quote Its so lonely in m'saddle since m'horse died.
-TSS- Posted July 16, 2023 Report Posted July 16, 2023 I don't think Biden is going to run for re-election even though he says now he will. He is clearly getting worse by the day and dementia is not something which would heal with time, quite on the contrary. The idea of him getting re-elected and lasting until 2029 is just not believable. The important thing though is that he completes this one term so that there's not goibg to be that cackling Kamala as president. Who's going to be president in 2025? Trump? No! He will be banned. Everybody is saying that Newsom would be the candidate but California has not really lately been a state that others would like the entire country to become like. Quote
OftenWrong Posted July 16, 2023 Report Posted July 16, 2023 21 minutes ago, -TSS- said: is that he completes this one term so that there's not goibg to be that cackling Kamala as president. Indeed, one can envision her laughing all the way to global thermonuclear war ... and you people applauding it. (not you, TSS). 1 1 Quote
Guest Posted July 16, 2023 Report Posted July 16, 2023 On 7/14/2023 at 11:08 PM, August1991 said: Who blinks first? Biden can barely keep his eyes open. Thats an unfair fight. Quote
August1991 Posted July 17, 2023 Author Report Posted July 17, 2023 On 7/15/2023 at 9:46 AM, Nationalist said: Russia has Putin. His leadership has seen huge gains in Russian prosperity. In the west we have Ol' Joe, Pixie-Dust, Macaroon, Boris "The Disheveled" Johnson and a cast of yes-men and women. Their leadership has seen economic disaster and a level of 3rd world "refugee" acceptance that is diluting our cultures and societies. Ya gits wut ya pays fer. In Russia, and around the world, this is how many people view the world. ===== JFK/NIxon/Reagan - you Americans won the world. Now, you want to make us all like you. Quote
August1991 Posted July 17, 2023 Author Report Posted July 17, 2023 There is a play, Shirley Valentine - a movie. When I think of Americans, I am reminded of a few phrases from this play. "You speak of summer. And the next you know, you're talking of winter." Quote
Nationalist Posted July 17, 2023 Report Posted July 17, 2023 20 minutes ago, August1991 said: In Russia, and around the world, this is how many people view the world All over the world. People have eyes and ears. Quote Its so lonely in m'saddle since m'horse died.
August1991 Posted July 17, 2023 Author Report Posted July 17, 2023 (edited) I remember when I watched Yeltsin resign - I saw his face across many TVs in a Moscow electronics store. It was in December 1999. Yeltsin said that he wanted to be remembered as Russia's first president. ==== For modern history. this century. the events of August 1998 are perhaps more significant. Edited July 17, 2023 by August1991 Quote
Guest Posted July 17, 2023 Report Posted July 17, 2023 Putin is an incredibly calculated cold blooded killer. I don't believe for a second that he is crazy. Removing him from power, removes the stable force he has, and likely puts a loose cannon in his place. If Putin was a loose cannon he would have already nuked Ukraine, or been far more reckless with bombings. Quote
August1991 Posted July 25, 2023 Author Report Posted July 25, 2023 On 7/17/2023 at 11:12 AM, Perspektiv said: Putin is an incredibly calculated cold blooded killer. I disagree. ==== Putin is doing what any Russian leader has done. Quote
Moonbox Posted July 25, 2023 Report Posted July 25, 2023 3 hours ago, August1991 said: I disagree. Cool. You disagree. You disagree on a lot of things, but rarely provide any reasoning behind it. 3 hours ago, August1991 said: Putin is doing what any Russian leader has done. So...are all Russian leaders cold-blooded killers then? ? Quote "A man is no more entitled to an opinion for which he cannot account than he is for a pint of beer for which he cannot pay" - Anonymous
August1991 Posted July 25, 2023 Author Report Posted July 25, 2023 36 minutes ago, Moonbox said: Cool. You disagree. You disagree on a lot of things, but rarely provide any reasoning behind it. So...are all Russian leaders cold-blooded killers then? ? This horrific civil war could have been avoided. Moonbox, Many innocent people have died, been displaced. ===== All of this could have been avoided. 1 Quote
August1991 Posted July 25, 2023 Author Report Posted July 25, 2023 (edited) Nixon/Carter remind me of Wilson at Versailles. Great pic. Clueless. Versailles in 1918 decided nothing. ==== Like 1789 and 1815, the European world changed between 1914 and 1945. Yalta, Potsdam were significant. Edited July 25, 2023 by August1991 Quote
Moonbox Posted July 25, 2023 Report Posted July 25, 2023 7 hours ago, August1991 said: This horrific civil war could have been avoided. Moonbox, Many innocent people have died, been displaced. It’s not a civil war you goof. 7 hours ago, August1991 said: ===== All of this could have been avoided. Yes, if Putin didn’t invade. ? 1 Quote "A man is no more entitled to an opinion for which he cannot account than he is for a pint of beer for which he cannot pay" - Anonymous
Nationalist Posted July 25, 2023 Report Posted July 25, 2023 8 hours ago, Moonbox said: Cool. You disagree. You disagree on a lot of things, but rarely provide any reasoning behind it. So...are all Russian leaders cold-blooded killers then? ? LOL Quote Its so lonely in m'saddle since m'horse died.
August1991 Posted July 27, 2023 Author Report Posted July 27, 2023 (edited) On 7/25/2023 at 8:55 AM, Moonbox said: ---- Yes, if Putin didn’t invade. ? Moonbox, It was not an "invasion". ==== In 2014 or so. I flew from Moscow to Simferopol. (I recall the weird/removed customs desks.) I travelled around Crimea. Yalta, of course. The famous photo is in a small courtyard. -this was the dacha of Nicholas II. It is remarkably small. A bit larger than a monster home in Markham, smaller than a place on Toronto's Bridle Path. -Stalin arranged FDR to be in a dacha close by -Churchill was in a dacha further away Edited July 27, 2023 by August1991 Quote
Moonbox Posted July 28, 2023 Report Posted July 28, 2023 On 7/27/2023 at 7:15 PM, August1991 said: Moonbox, It was not an "invasion". If it wasn't an invasion, then the Earth doesn't orbit the sun either. On 7/27/2023 at 7:15 PM, August1991 said: ==== In 2014 or so. I flew from Moscow to Simferopol. (I recall the weird/removed customs desks.) In 2014 I flew to Mexico from Toronto. I drank a bunch of Mexican beer. On 7/27/2023 at 7:15 PM, August1991 said: I travelled around Crimea. I travelled around the Mayan Riviera. On 7/27/2023 at 7:15 PM, August1991 said: -Stalin arranged FDR to be in a dacha close by -Churchill was in a dacha further away Margo Robbie said that sometimes you have to be a beauty and a beast. Quote "A man is no more entitled to an opinion for which he cannot account than he is for a pint of beer for which he cannot pay" - Anonymous
August1991 Posted July 30, 2023 Author Report Posted July 30, 2023 On 7/28/2023 at 7:39 PM, Moonbox said: If it wasn't an invasion, then the Earth doesn't orbit the sun either. Disagree. --- Crimea is no more part of Ukrainia or Russia than the Westmount is part of Quebec or Canada. Quote
August1991 Posted July 30, 2023 Author Report Posted July 30, 2023 (edited) Curious? I have been to all these places. Cities (or remnants of them). With my own eyes Konigsberg. Danzig, Chernoviitz I no longer trust Wikipidia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernivtsi Edited July 30, 2023 by August1991 Quote
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