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Woland

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  1. That’s the way Trump would play it and he’s pretty good at that game. Perception is more important than reality.
  2. In the Russian-government-controls-discussion department… a Russian friend related that if the word “war” is used in communication, the communication is abruptly cut off. She is here in the states, so I don’t if that applies to general communication in Russia or just external to internal.
  3. A long time ago we took in for a few weeks an exchange student from Uzbekistan. She had Asian features but also had blue eyes and freckles. Her great-grandfather had been a Polish officer who was captured and he and his family were sent to Uzbekistan. The officer and his wife died leaving a young daughter who was sold to be a wife for a wealthy Uzbek. The daughter was the exchange student’s grandmother.
  4. The terms of the Budapest Memorandum are being misrepresented so that Biden can be blamed for not following through with American commitments.
  5. Pollo a la Brasa. Salsa Aji Verde.
  6. In case anyone wants to read another view point concerning Putin’s thinking. I’ve subscribed to Russian Life for years… they sent an email out today stating they would be suspending publication out of fear for the safety of their correspondents in Russia. https://www.russianlife.com/stories/online/why-putin-invaded-ukraine/?goal=0_2e99ba62b2-aff19223f1-191233569&mc_cid=aff19223f1&mc_eid=690e8fa84a
  7. That doesn’t describe energy independence. The United States was still connected to the world market.
  8. Not new and quite old, going back to Tsarist Russia - Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality
  9. The Patriarch really is a lap dog for the state.
  10. Zyuganov is a clown and not taken seriously in Russia.
  11. Into the mind of Putin: Ivan Ilyin https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russian-federation/2015-09-20/putins-philosopher
  12. Good advice. If you rope drop and use Genie+ you will be fine. Also, don’t go in thinking you will do everything. There is so much to do now you have to set priorities.
  13. Not only competent but the best president of their lifetime… and Biden is the worst.
  14. He was the most moderate in the primary.
  15. Red Cavalry is a good read. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  16. It’s divided like Ukraine with the Russians controlling Transnistria.
  17. Krushchev was surprised when his end came. He didn’t see it coming.
  18. There is that Third Rome part as well.
  19. As far as continuity, it’s part of the job of everyone who works on the film to insure continuity is maintained.
  20. Watch some Godard and Ozu and then do some study of their film techniques and how they broke the rules.
  21. Watched two Errol Morris films last weekend: Gates of Heaven and Vernon, Florida. The younger son is still running the pet cemetery in California but they are rebuilding after a fire swept through the area.
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