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  1. Tuco
    The Eastern Orthodox Church does not approve of cremation. So, either that is meant for Ukrainians (to avoid mass grave sites of civilians) or Putin is risking pissing off families who lost their loved ones in battle.
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    Unfortunately the main effect will be an uptick in Putin’s approval rating. Think I’m joking? Hell, Republicans became the pro-Covid party.
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    The one I was always come back to was the Sharpie on the hurricane map. It's just fucking obvious that he is a terrible liar. It's not some deep mystery. You don't need to understand math or history or even weather. It's simply a refusal to acknowledge reality, both from Trump (about the hurricane) and from his supporters (about Trump.)
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    It's a violation. The Ukrainians shouldn't be doing it. The Russian seems sincere, so it's an effective video. Undoubtedly it will result in motivation for the Ukrainians to get similar videos. It's a scenario that is ripe for fuckery, which is why it is a violation. And if I were in a similar situation as the Ukrainians, I would probably do the same.
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    Nope. Putin doesn't get rewarded for invasion. Foreign powers can't just divvy up the country into voting blocks they think are favorable to them and then call it democracy. In the end, it's Ukraine's decision, but that's a candy coated bullshit offer.
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    I think it is more likely we’d just tie an aid package to the donation of tanks. But my guess is there is all sorts of analysis of how much aid we could give without an escalation. Tanks may cross a line. No, Russia hasn’t been good about avoiding civilian casualties, but if he starts carpet bombing Kiev, it’s a different level of crisis.
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    My guess is that it would be unlikely to provide any meaningfully hints to the Russians. But, one, there may be some lucky hint, like they recognize the background and correlate it to some past video he made, and were able to get a good guess on his location. Who knows. But also, two, who gives a fuck. The guy who will most likely die, or be imprisoned, in the next six months just asked you not to. Because he is fighting a proxy war against your enemy without your support. So do what he fucking asks. It’s his life he’s risking, so respect the precautions he wants.
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    Seems random, until you look at FoxNews. It seems like part of the formula for delivering right wing bullshittery is to always have some showgirls in the camera shot.
  9. Tuco
    Certainly. No disagreement there. But the oversimplification as the war drums beat concerns me. It’s the basic structure as other pro war propaganda: “our problems are because of them” and “they’ve already attacked us.” When you see that, it’s good to pause.
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    My cousin was a tank commander in the first gulf war. He said the two biggest surprises of the war was how well our stuff worked and how poorly the Russian stuff did. Granted, that was 30 years ago, and the Iraqis didn’t have the latest and greatest, but the Russian tanks were garbage.
  11. Tuco
    I think the article is filtering for what supports its thesis. Two major issues I have with it: 1. If you’re counting propaganda/destabilization as WW3, then the Cold War should count. The tools are different in the 21st century, but efforts are not. 2. It is ridiculous to blame the rise of global right wing nationalism wholly on Putin. The article doesn’t mention 911. Consider what followed: the normalization of Islamophobia, the invasion of two countries with brown people, the (added) destabilization of the middle east leading to mass immigration (major effects in Europe), 20 years of war and its glorification of the military. I think people underestimate that last one.
  12. Tuco
    That pussy couldn’t stand up to Trump. Not kill him, just get off his fucking knees.
  13. Tuco
    Nope. Putin has no end game here. His country of 140M is going to try to control a country of 40M, with most of the first world feeding them weapons. Maybe he thought he would be greeted as a liberator or some shit, but obviously that's not the case. If Putin retreats, the illusion of Russian power is dispelled forever. If he stays, he gets to look at controlling a country roughly twice the size of Iraq when he doesn't have nearly the military might to do so, and no conceivable way to set up a puppet government that will follow Moscow long term. If this draws out, terrorism in Russia is inevitable. His best hope right now is the try to use the fear of mass destruction and casualties to win the "separatist" regions at the negotiating table. But the price he will pay for those regions is massive. We aren't going to risk WW3 to shuffle the deck. Putin has a losing hand.
  14. Tuco
    Cumming on the tonsils while being "deep" throated? Hey Van, be careful where you point that 2 1/2 inches.
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    Yeah, I remember a few years ago someone was making the case of how bad the US educational system, and had included some chart that showed us behind Portugal. At the time Portugal had something like a 90% literacy rate. If you have 1 out of 10 people who can't read, your education system is shit. But a relatively high percentage drops out of school along the way, so the comparing graduating student standardize tests, it seems like their education system is pretty good. (They've made a huge effort on literacy, and it is more in-line with the industrial world now.)
  16. Tuco
    In Rudy's case, he believes "evidence" includes paper copies of Epoch Times articles. The dude is nuts.
  17. Tuco
    That's the way I've always heard it.
  18. Tuco
    It looks like this is heading for an ugly primary. State Senator Mike Flood has announced a challenge to Fortenberrry, and picked up endorsements from the current governor and a past governor. Last week, Fart came out with an attack ad against Flood: That is referencing a vote ten years ago to not require legal status to receive state-provided prenatal care. The fact that Fart is swinging this hard, this early shows that he doesn't see himself as a frontrunner. If he did, he would be focused on consolidating the Republican vote, not flinging seriously thin shit about pre-natal care. Still won't matter. Still Nebraska. Whether it's Flood or Fortenberry, it's still the idiot death cult. But fuck it, part of me is holding out hope for a GOP schism to give Patty Pansing Brooks the spot for a term. (I really wish she went by "Patricia Brooks"; she is a lovely women, but her name sounds like it's from a Mary Poppins book.)
  19. Tuco
    They frequently reference the Book of Esther. Which, if you know the Bible, is a little terrifying. Short version: Esther is one of the many Jews living in Persia. The Persia king takes an interest in her. She uses him (a non-believer) to thwart a plot to kill the Jews and instead kill the conspirators. So, innocent interpretation is that Christians can utilize a non-believer like Trump. The scarier interpretation extends the prophecy to include the killing of anyone who meant to do the Christians harm - aka, you and me.
  20. Tuco
    I see you have met Evangelical Christians.
  21. Tuco
    Yeah, that article is spin.
  22. Tuco
    Smells like bullshit, but I guess if the editor of the World Socialist Website says it’s true, what am I to believe?
  23. Tuco
    Are you anti-draft, in times of war?
  24. Tuco
    Nothing trying to repeat the same adlib conversation several times. Extra’ing is a fun little hobby. Downsizing was the only Hollywood film, but I’ve also done a couple music videos, a low budget action flick, and an art/dance film. Mostly I get a kick out of watching the film making process. Unfortunately I fucked up and missed out on eating a late dinner Payne had with the extras.
  25. Tuco
    Funny you should say that. A few years ago, I was an extra in Downsizing!. The instructions were to wear plain, neutral-colored clothings. One of my fellow extras showed up in a brightly colored dress, and wardrobe forced her to change into something drab off the rack. Later she was getting a little pissy about how Payne always reinforces the image of Nebraskans being boring. I had to explain to her it was because we were extras; the color choice is so we don't get noticed. (Well, and Payne isn't shooting tourism department promos.)

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