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Why don't we wait for the dust to settle and see for ourselves in who actually believes in something clearly. Best case situation for Putin is staring at a super expensive, painful insurgency of real scale (past all the sanctions heaped on his core and the vassalage to PRC thats going to crush...

This world has some level of flat-earthers too and some really far out conspiracy theories and cults. There really is no limit to human stupidity, just like there is no limit to its potential too. Multiply big country population by some % factor and there you go....thats your raw putty of lost...

Its about knowing your place in the world well (past, current, future)...and do the most constructive thing possible with that. Russia sits on a massive nuclear arsenal....its final security is always guaranteed for forseeable future from external threat Makes no sense to impulsively risk this...

Time for more VDV to save the next day then...

It depends in the end what the powder keg and pressure cooker actually is underneath Putin in Russia. That is a big factor of dynamic grey that no one can really predict at this point....and its very important to the final equation. CCP in China have watched it at some great discomfort before...

If anything PRC will nickel and dime Russia pretty brutally now. There will be a bargaining power you gave to (especially) shanghai oligarchs....they will be a supplier monopoly and buyer monopsony to Putin's Russia (assuming Putin stays past the event horizon going on). Russian oligarchs...

Its always best to look inside, STFU as much as possible (externally) and build yourself up to be strong.....and commit that final strength only when principled and called for. Rather than risk it all over some small issue.... and showing all the weakness you have....and that now you will be...

Folk songs (like keel row) , ballads and shanties run quite deep here as well... @DAVEBLOGGINS and @Ted Barnes might get a kick out of this (lot of Canadians would, esp those connected to Navy): Retired RCN bud of mine reminded me recently they learn/memorise this song in basic heh.... much...

First french song I ever learned as a young kid was sur le pont d'avignon.....a good 5 years before I learned the marseillaise I think haha...

Amadeus ... yep.

great movie....one of those you remember the feeling watching for the first time... tom hulce's giggle helped inject extra levity lol... @xenon5434 you watched it all yet after I recommended? yah I meant more picking just one "ultimate" among the great composers.. Within Mozart's...

I'll tell you quite bluntly what I think/know. In the end its about authoritarians having: a) an inner attraction to other authoritarians...no matter the skin deep political slant and what they blab outside to you b) a big drive to undermine the existing establishment at all costs (to create...

You really should watch and let us know what you think about krauts video on greek debt he put out (when you have some time): He touches such things as the junta and PASOK etc in quite some depth from the larger context he is coming from....

Dogs can indeed be realllllly derpy.... (compared to cats that mature and get wary of stuff lot more)... Even this donkey had a laugh/bray at it....

Yep varroa is problem here too, thats the kind of tips I get from my friend much more in the know, he has helped others with managing their varroa problem. It is a good hobby community here to be part of, especially when starting out when there is lot of stuff to learn and get good at.... I...

Sometimes you got to peel the layers a whole lot and you do end up in "Germany" again regarding some tunes... Going OTOH a bit....sorry if I got any of this wrong (its quite possible): DDR Matrosen Von Kronstadt (one of my favourite "military" songs)..... Comes from the famous soviet tune...

Haha.... that kind of stuff was parodied in a children's TV show by Robin williams of all people....the silly walks of british officers.... I fondly remember such things now (and I miss Robin so much too) Later, more grown up.... I saw the monty python sketches mocking the same. Its all just...

I absolutely hate goosetepping lol. I cringe each time I see the Chinese do it...that stuff should have stopped at the urals. If you arent an -ussia of some kind, dont goosestep please.

I can understand why....on many levels.

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