And so what -- why do you care? Do you really believe the people in Russia are dreaming of a western invasion to liberate them from a psychotic tyrant? I'm sure they have lots of complaints but would take him over anyone we would install.
Relevant to Ukrainians, who have been facing the choice between Russian autocracy and European democracy since independence and who -- to Putin's anger -- keep rejecting the Russian offering.
The whole point of the article on polling, which has been misrepresented as showing "support for Putin", is that the people of Russia aren't allowed to have enough information, to even consider the possibility that the "psychotic tyrant" could be removed. The people of Ukraine did have more information, and deliberately made the choice not to be dominated from Moscow - which is why Putin invaded.
Just 10 years younger than Joe Biden. And just a coupla years younger than the candidate sitting in court rooms and featuring in daily news bulletins and satirical late nights programs.
Gosh. Kinda throws adult behaviour into sharp perspective, doesn’t it??
This guy is one year younger than Biden and 3 years older than Trump and doing a 16 city tour of the US and Canada over the next couple of months.
You don't know if he spoke with them or not. He implies he gave them and opportunity to respond. We know they did not respond denying something.
I asked nan twice in this thread for her source for stating that Ukrainians were divided half and half by language before Russia’s 2022 invasion. Nan didn’t respond. I can now ethically and responsibly report that nan did not deny she posted a falsehood.
Geoff Duncan, a Republican who was lieutenant governor of Georgia when then-President Donald J. Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election results there, endorsed President Biden for re-election on Monday.
“I am voting for a decent person I disagree with on policy over a criminal defendant without a moral compass,” Mr. Duncan wrote in an opinion piece in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
He must be doing better in the polls. They have the sharp knives out.
have you ever been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia?
Mental health professionals no longer use the term paranoid schizophrenia. It's also not a good response to nan's points even if you disagree with her.
Holy ****, Steve Albini! RIP to the fuckign man! Apart from Big Black being a massive influence on me, he produced some of the best albums of my early twenties, when he was in his late twenties. I followed his funny and sometimes poignant posts on Twitter and immediately followed him again on Bluesky when I moved over there. His political views, his musical knowledge... Heck I didn't know him and I'm gonna miss him. 7 years older than me. Jesus.
No official contacted for this article – including former CIA chief John Brennan and senior State Department official Victoria Nuland – disputed any of his claims.
The thing is, nowhere in the article does is appear that Brennan or Nuland provided any response to Mate, or that they even acknowledged a request for comment. Indeed, later in the piece he writes
Brennan and Pyatt did not respond to a request for comment.
So while it is technically true that neither Brennan nor Nuland "disputed" any claims, the reason for that seems to be that they didn't talk to Mate at all.
I find his phrasing misleading and unethical. It's the sort of thing that makes me suspicious of anything he writes -- if he's willing to spin a "did not respond to requests for comment" as "proof that what I'm saying is true," then what else is he spinning? He's an untrustworthy writer.
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The whole point of the article on polling, which has been misrepresented as showing "support for Putin", is that the people of Russia aren't allowed to have enough information, to even consider the possibility that the "psychotic tyrant" could be removed. The people of Ukraine did have more information, and deliberately made the choice not to be dominated from Moscow - which is why Putin invaded.
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Saw this one on Bluesky today.
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cat on a cold slate roof.
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This guy is one year younger than Biden and 3 years older than Trump and doing a 16 city tour of the US and Canada over the next couple of months.
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I asked nan twice in this thread for her source for stating that Ukrainians were divided half and half by language before Russia’s 2022 invasion. Nan didn’t respond. I can now ethically and responsibly report that nan did not deny she posted a falsehood.
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These examples are so rare I feel they're worth highlighting -- some Republicans show that they can put country before Party:
Geoff Duncan, Georgia Republican, says he will vote for Biden (NYT)
https://www.ajc.com/opinion/geoff-duncan-why-im-voting-for-biden-and-other-republicans-should-too/LFLE5YWCBBA6VDGJAJKMNPCDKQ/
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Mental health professionals no longer use the term paranoid schizophrenia. It's also not a good response to nan's points even if you disagree with her.
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Holy ****, Steve Albini! RIP to the fuckign man! Apart from Big Black being a massive influence on me, he produced some of the best albums of my early twenties, when he was in his late twenties. I followed his funny and sometimes poignant posts on Twitter and immediately followed him again on Bluesky when I moved over there. His political views, his musical knowledge... Heck I didn't know him and I'm gonna miss him. 7 years older than me. Jesus.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/08/steve-albini-us-alt-rock-musician-and-producer-dies-aged-61
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In the Mate piece, he says this:
The thing is, nowhere in the article does is appear that Brennan or Nuland provided any response to Mate, or that they even acknowledged a request for comment. Indeed, later in the piece he writes
So while it is technically true that neither Brennan nor Nuland "disputed" any claims, the reason for that seems to be that they didn't talk to Mate at all.
I find his phrasing misleading and unethical. It's the sort of thing that makes me suspicious of anything he writes -- if he's willing to spin a "did not respond to requests for comment" as "proof that what I'm saying is true," then what else is he spinning? He's an untrustworthy writer.
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