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Post by theevan on Mar 1, 2022 14:46:13 GMT -5
Most powerful POOP song ever
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Post by theevan on Mar 1, 2022 6:14:59 GMT -5
The US laid the groundwork for this. From Rod Dreher's blog today:
You know how the hive mind says that we are now forbidden to consider the ways the West contributed to Putin’s unconscionable and utterly indefensible attack on Ukraine? Matt Taibbi, who cut his reporting chops as a gonzo journalist in 1990s Russia, is not letting folks get away with that. From his blockbuster Substack essay,after Taibbi quoted DC think-tanker Ben Wittes saying that we need to do “regime change” in Russia. Taibbi says he wouldn’t care if Putin were shot into space, but:
Thus follows a long list of detailed ways the West facilitated the rise of Putin. Honestly, I knew very little of any of this, though as Taibbi documents with quotes and links, much of it was out there in the press back in the day. Here he’s talking about actually covering Russia in the Wild West Nineties:
Taibbi recalls that the Russian oligarchs’ hold on post-Soviet Russia was settled at a 1996 Davos meeting at which their looting of the country was ratified internationally. Yep, Herr Great Reset himself had a hand in that. Now, if you have read anything about the 1990s in Russia, you know that for 99 percent of all Russians, it was a horror show of poverty, decline, misery, and humiliation. I remember thinking at the time that well, democracy and capitalism are messy, but it’ll all work out. What a fool. I was buying the same wishful thinking propaganda appearing in our media. Taibbi says that independent Russian journalists in the 1990s — some of them friends of his — risked their lives to tell the truth about what was happening to their country. That’s not the picture we had in America. We huffed hopium and looked the other way.
When he took power, Putin stabilized things. He did it crudely and cruelly, but he had overwhelming support from ordinary Russians who couldn’t take anymore of the chaos and suffering. Taibbi said Putin used to be our bastard, but then he became his own bastard, and here we are today.
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Post by theevan on Mar 1, 2022 6:03:55 GMT -5
Go pick the "new" car today. Highlander Limited AWD. Pumped!
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Post by theevan on Feb 28, 2022 20:55:59 GMT -5
Goran is the real deal.
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Post by theevan on Feb 27, 2022 7:29:19 GMT -5
Great song
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Post by theevan on Feb 26, 2022 19:34:53 GMT -5
We are still waiting. I first shopped one in Vienna (Austria) then in Wichita and Waco. Small store, great prices, unique merchandise. Not like TJs.
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Post by theevan on Feb 25, 2022 17:47:49 GMT -5
Honestly, all of this makes me a bit nervous about going on Le Grande Tour we are planning for March/April out West. I'd hate to get stuck somewhere up a creek without the paddle.
But, since we're driving and we are taking Wendy's older, non-tech, Highlander, it seems the worst would be high gas prices.
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Post by theevan on Feb 25, 2022 9:55:55 GMT -5
As for the confirmation process, it will be played like all confirmations are played.
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Post by theevan on Feb 25, 2022 9:55:18 GMT -5
I know nothing of her and she may be a great choice. My beef is with Biden announcing it was going to be a black woman before the choice was even made. What has that anything to do with judicial appointments?
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Post by theevan on Feb 23, 2022 8:34:06 GMT -5
But why?
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Post by theevan on Feb 23, 2022 8:33:18 GMT -5
Unless there's some way the same folks who shut down our economy found a way to profit from it. Say it isn't so!!! (Profit in more ways than just monetary)
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Post by theevan on Feb 23, 2022 5:01:28 GMT -5
I've never had a dog, but I've witnessed the pain. I'm sorry, Mike.
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Post by theevan on Feb 22, 2022 18:27:49 GMT -5
I enjoy the wit here, though it was more fun back when.
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Post by theevan on Feb 22, 2022 4:54:23 GMT -5
Yeah, it's a beautiful place.
My original home was 53 Montgomery Place, in view of the park and quite close to Howard and Viv's place.
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Post by theevan on Feb 22, 2022 4:50:25 GMT -5
I don't mean the lady, or the coffeeshop owner. I mean the emergency powers orders, the freezing of accounts and the other draconian measures. The vow to punish even the ones who donated to the cause. That's what I'm asking about. Those things aren't real?
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Oh Canada!
Feb 21, 2022 21:09:25 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by theevan on Feb 21, 2022 21:09:25 GMT -5
Okay, so none of this is happening? Nothing to see here?
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Post by theevan on Feb 21, 2022 18:11:29 GMT -5
Le Creuset and Staub are both spendy, but you buy them once, and your kids will be passing them on to their kids. Mike True, we have a Chinese made enameled cast iron pot. It works fine but needs more work to clean and the enamel won't last. We do more cooking with a few old cast iron pieces (not enameled) and our T-fal non stick pan.
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Post by theevan on Feb 21, 2022 18:00:03 GMT -5
I presumed James and/or Russell would be in to challenge the source. Fine.
Were banks given the authority under emergency powers to freeze accounts? Were they told to work together with law enforcement to identify protesters and their supporters?
Are you okay with this, Rick?
Yanks, would we be okay with such emergency powers?
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Post by theevan on Feb 21, 2022 12:29:45 GMT -5
PS: The price depends on size. A nine-quart Le Creuset is about $400. I don't know the capacity of ours but it's certainly not nine quarts. Ours is the 9 quart
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Post by theevan on Feb 21, 2022 11:13:11 GMT -5
A long time customer of Wendy's gave her a La Crueset Dutch oven. If you did any shopping you know that that is high cotton. We use it for anything you would cook in a cast iron pot. I love the thing
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