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The New Russophobia 2
ikosmos
Putin-bots! Because freedom says you have to censor them! You cannot make this shit up.
the Guardian mods are terrified the 'Putinbots' will turn us all into pod people
off Guardian wrote:
We urge everyone to check out the Guardian's latest and strangest attempts to build a wave of terror in its readership about Putinbots. In the thin guise of "discussing" (i.e. hyping) a book about how evil Putin controls the Russian web, they roll out their usual complement of ̶R̶u̶s̶s̶o̶p̶h̶o̶b̶e̶s̶ objective non-agenda-driven journalists to warn us not to listen to anyone who questions the official western geopolitical narrative , because they are all – all – working in the same Kremlin basement, and if we listen to anything they say they will zap us with Putinbot mind rays and we'll turn into pod people.
This is why the Guardian has to silence them. Not because it is defending an indefensibly narrow imperialistic perspective, but because these people are dangerous and want to wreck our way of life.
Sapping our vital bodily fluids! Flouridating the water! Stop them at once! Because freedom!
More on Putin trolls:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/sep/08/russia-troll-army-red-...
Uh, nicky I already linked to that Guardian "story" above. See "the Guardian's latest and strangest attempts to build a wave of terror in its readership about Putinbots", etc.
Here's something new. The Guardian has a new approach to debate. Check it out...
The Guardian is unraveling. Having tried to manage its own readers with draconian moderation, it now admits even that policy is a humiliating failure and – today – it tries a new angle – banning comments completely
It obviously isn't putting its full weight behind this idea at this point, because it chooses Jessica Valenti to float the idea, and she's not someone you'd entrust with anything but a fairly forlorn hope. Her role at the Graun is to talk interminable nonsense on a wide variety of "social issue" clickbait topics, with a special reference to reality-reversal victim narratives. So she's ideal for a test-run on this latest bit of "consensus totalitarianism" the management trust has come up with. Let's skim through what she says. It's not clever, but it is revealing…
aha ha ha ha. Reality reversal victim narratives. Like some fading monarchy on the eve of revolution.
Off with their heads.
lagatta
nicky, I knew that was coming.
Actually, many publications are doing away with comments sections because there is simply too much nastiness, not to mention the web troll brigades (which may be Russian, Ukranian, Zionist, hidden advertising or many other things).
I have no opinion on Jessica Valenti, but she is correct about the degree of misogyny in comment sections. I've also seen (and reported) death threats against cyclists.
At the fighting MRA-masculinists thread, I reported on death threats against feminists at University of Toronto on a web thread...
ikosmos, your link shows that the Guardian has not banned comments. In fact, the Guardian article linked from the link has lots of comments below. It is an argument that comments on newspapers should be banned because they are breeding grounds for enabling misogyny.
The words "Russia" and "Putin" do not appear in it.
The National Post has recently decided to ban anonymous comments, forcing commenters to use their facebook accounts instead. Should comments be banned? Maybe, maybe not. Worth a thread. But, by the evidence, not an issue of Russophobia, Russophilia, or anything to do with Russia.
Lots of things are not about Russia, in fact.
I'm really glad the issue of trolling and online misogyny was raised. Because there are feminists who have adminstered a lesson to Jessica Valenti. Read the damn article.
OffGuardian tells Jessica Valenti why 'Comment is Free' matters (because she apparently doesn't know)
What we're got here is some fucking liberal uncomfortable with debate that differs from her own obstinate and indefensible views.
And it's nice to see other feminists not misled by her shit.
Valenti: …It shouldn't be a surprise that I'm not fond of comments sections. I think you'd be hard-pressed to find many female writers who are….
BlackCatte: Ok, two sentences in and I have to interject. Jessica – I'm a female writer, and I am fond of comment sections. Actually, if we can think bigger than our own personal comfort zones for just a moment, I firmly believe comment sections, forums, and all places online where information is freely exchanged are an incredible step forward in the liberation of human thought.
Me: No way! Down with rabble.ca/babble! Because freedom!
Valenti:…On most sites – from YouTube to local newspapers – comments are a place where the most noxious thoughts rise to the top and smart conversations are lost in a sea of garbage….
BlackCatte: True. We all get garbage, and trolls, and spam, and idiots hawking insane ideas. But that's free speech. It includes the freedom to talk garbage. So why not woman-up and take it. And don't forget we also get insight, thoughtful criticism, challenges to our group-think, facts or points of view we might otherwise never be exposed to. With the advent of the internet for the first time in human history ordinary people can become part of news dissemination. In the comments section they can correct mistakes (or lies), add links to other sources of information, debate the ideas being put across.
It's a quiet revolution that has entirely broken the mainstream's monopoly on creating consensus. It's a small miracle and a huge achievement for human emancipation.
And yet here you are, advocating for closing it down.
Here's a real juicy one...
Valenti: …There's a reason, after all, that the refrain "don't read the comments" has become ubiquitous among journalists.
BlackCatte: Yes there is – but I don't think it's a good reason. I think the institutionalised fear and hostility and avoidance you all feel towards your own readership is quite shocking. Does it not occur to you that you should listen to them, engage with what they say? You come over as baffled, angry and out of touch, like some fading monarchy on the eve of revolution.
Just a beau-tiful drubbing to someone who richly deserves it. Read the rest of it.
BlackCatte wrote:
But wait a moment, Jess…I'm a woman too. Which means I'm also a victim of – well, everything, and also entitled to not be harassed by people whose opinions totally piss me off.
People like you for example. The kind of jargon-wittering, agenda-hyping, bandwagon-jumping "feminist" that none of us need speaking in our name; one of the "me-me" crowd who confuses vacuous narcissism with personal politics, self-appointed victimhood with equality and vindictive gender-rage with challenging the patriarchy. People who are paid to promote fuzzy ideas of personal entitlement that require the dissolution of other people's freedoms in order to be effective, and to exploit the exploitation of women and minorities for the promotion of Stalinist notions of social control which strip everyone of their basic human rights in the name of protecting them.
There ain't no Stalinist like ... a liberal tilting at Stalinist windmills .... acting like ... a Stalinist!
Here's arguably the best line...
"When they close down free speech on the internet it will be to protect us all from harassment. That way no one will be able to complain. And if they do they can be arrested. For harassment."
oh yeah. What a richly, richly deserved, etc..
I read the article and comments. Again, certainly worth debating. Worth a thread. But again not, in any way, about Russia or "russophobia."
swallow wrote:
Excuse me. A Guardian "writer" has a significant column about closing comments at the Guardian website. This follows the lurid Guardian stories about Putin-bots and how some opinions are more "equal" than others. There's a direct connection.
In fact, the debate taking place at off Guardian includes plenty THAT HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM THE GUARDIAN WEB PAGE.
Well, I won't be able to convince you, then. Go well.
US Foreign Policy Goes Retro: Hating on Russia - by Justin Raimondo
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2015/09/15/us-foreign-policy-goes-ret...
"Russophobia is the latest fashion that's all the rage in the corridors of power. Putin is an ogre both right and left can agree to hate. Russia is the ideal bogeyman: It's big, it's 'bad', and can Putin is easily caricatured.
The discontent of restive voters can be funneled into war hysteria and hating 'foreigners' - while the political class continues to rule over us all, laughing all the way to the bank."
The Russian Question for Dummies.
It was inevitable. Even idiots, sometimes, don't wish to be, well, idiots.
Incidentally, "Klyukva-free" refers, I think, to the "cranberry-ization" of discussions about Russia (where negative AND positive stereotypes rule).
The following is also interesting...
The two eternal Russian questions are as follows:
What shall we do?
... and, from Russian literature, "Who am I?" with its uniquely Russian flavour. Cheers.
Why West Paints Putin as Villain and Russian Media His Evil Servants (and vid)
http://www.rt.com/op-edge/317524-west-syria-ukraine-putin-propaganda/
"Minutes after Russia began strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria, Western media began reporting that Russian jets were hitting the 'moderate' Syrian opposition.
Sputnik International's political observer Dmitry Babich explains why anti-Russian rhetoric has taken over Western media."
"Fears are growing in Western capitals of an alliance between Russia, the Islamic State, and the Ebola virus."
Bwa ha ha ha!
A Media Primer on the Art of Writing Russian Scare Stories
It's quite good, really, how to lie without even trying, etc., and some of the "journalists" at The Guardian, etc. seem to have read the Primer quite carefully.
Putin Hits Sochi Ice on Birthday
https://youtu.be/MLLqIyWy_FA
Russian President spent his 63d on ice in Sochi playing hockey. (Scores 7 goals)
Daily Beast = Hysterical Beast.
'Russia Is An Aggressor Again'? (and vid)
http://thesaker.is/russia-is-an-aggressor-again/
BBC Newsnight - Syria Oksana Boyko and some nutjob Neo-Con from America
Oksana to BBC and other Russophobic louts: "Come get some. "
hashtag YouGoGirl
"Objective" Western MSM: 'I think it was Russian!' – Media Pushing Baseless Claim That 'Putin is Bombing Civilians' in Syria
If you shovel enough of this shit, some is bound to stick!
This is meant to distract from questions surrounding Canada's complicity in the destruction of Syria and support for Takfiri terrorism.
The Russian MoD has called the Western (and Saudi) allegations of civilian airstrikes "stove-piping". "The Russian Ministry of Defense has summoned military attaches of NATO countries and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, asking the officials to clarify their countries' allegations that Russian airstrikes in Syria have hit civilian targets." it is not just the bought-and-paid-for MSM, but the Western regimes themselves making these outlandish and unsubstantiated claims.
Nothing, of course, about US air strikes on DWB hospitals in Afghanistan, nor Saudi attacks on Yemei infrastructure, wedding parties, etc., etc.. Because freedom.
RT wrote:
"Today we invited military attaches from the US, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the NATO bloc to ask them to give official validation to their statements, or make a rebuttal," Defense Ministry deputy head Anatoly Antonov said on Tuesday.
The co-ordination of the mass media and the sabre-rattling, bellicose Western regimes themselves is noteworthy. So is their apparent willingness to attribute to others what they themselves seem to do on a regular basis.
Put up or shut up: Moscow demands US-led coalition in Syria 'prove or deny' allegations Russia is 'bombing civilians'
This really is the same crap as the claim about "Putin shot down the airliner over Ukraine", etc., "Put killed my mom", etc., etc. There's no need to back up such incendiary claims. You just quote one of your minions, and then others quote you, and "voila!", it's a story with "multiple" sources. Because freedom.
Incidently, on Syria itself, Julain Assange has recently remarked that the US, and satellite, plan for Syria has been a kind of "strategic depopulation" (sounds like Afghanistan; freedom for opium and the heroin crop, and TNCs planning to gobble up, on the cheap, Afghanistan's natural resources, etc.) , robbing the country of the needed technical, managerial, professional cadre necessary to run a country of that size.
We really are part of the most monstrous Empire in history.
Yes, but you'd never know it here. I already posted the Assange observations to the refugee thread - and agree with your conclusions on our part in the monstrousness of imperialism - yet notice how studied the indifference of Canadian 'progressives' and tight focus instead upon the puerile politics of mickey-mouseland..
supplemental:
Russian Dep Def Minister Antonov quoted wrote:
The Russian Defense Ministry is "closely monitoring and analyzing these statements," he added. According to him, Russia is bringing Russian and international communities to the notice about the Russian aviation's actions in Syria on a daily basis.
"If our partners have some additional information, we have long called on them to share it with us."
He added that if no evidence on civilian deaths in Russian airstrikes in Syria was provided in a few days, Moscow would come to a conclusion that the claims were part of the information warfare against Russia.
"But if there is no evidence [of civilian casualties in Syria] or official refutal, we will consider that these anti-Russian media hoaxes are part of the information war against Russia."
Yeah, it really is that bad. Not just the MSM, but the Western regimes themselves just make up shit, fling it in Russia's direction, and hope some will stick. Good on the Russians for calling them on this steaming pile of animal droppings, and challenging them publicly.
Read more: http://sputniknews.com/politics/20151027/1029182572/moscow-summons-nato-envoys-syria.html#ixzz3pnNsx34L
Forget Syria, Russia's Muscle is Moving Closer To Canada's Doorstep - by Brian Stewart
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-pacific-arctic-brian-stewart-1.3297267
"...It's our feisty northern neighbour and our relations are in the pits. Canada was reportedly even seen in Moscow as the most anti-Russia nation on Earth in the more recent Stephen Harper years."
And it will only get worse:
Justin Trudeau Says He Would Tell Off Vladimir Putin 'To His Face'
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-trudeau-putin-1.3268798
"Canada needs to keep pushing back against the Russian 'bully' Liberal leader says."
CrossTalk: Russia-Bashing (and vid)
http://thesaker.is/crosstalk-russia-bashing/
Nina Kouprianova (Nina Byzantina) wrote:
"Being a political prisoner in today's Russia is really hard, but he keeps trying and trying. The same attention whore, who previously nailed his 'manly parts' to the Red Square and then ripped off Van Gogh-lite by cutting his earlobe, set the doors of the Federal Security Building (former KGB HQ) on fire, but only got detained for hooliganism."
"I realize that free advertising is what these characters want, but I'm posting this anyway because I have such disdain for these people, and not even (not just) for their shallow politics. I remember these 'misunderstood arteeeests' from, well, art school. I'd slave on an assigned drawing for a hundred hours, they'd splash paint the night before all Jackson Pollock-y and claim some brilliant theory.
"Of course, in today's world it's harder and harder to get attention in the art world, when everything has been done using every disgusting method and every bodily fluid, so he got into anti-Kremlin politics. Sure way to sell himself just like his buddies, Pussy Riot. He, too, wants to take selfies with Hillary Clinton and hang out at the European Parliament."
Jonathan Jones in the Guardian tells us arson is ok when you do it to Russians
Russia's Letter to the West: You Look Wonderful in That Iron Curtain Dress (Not Really)
Sergey Armeyskov wrote:
Dear Ms. West!
I wanted to write this letter long ago. I even started writing something several times but the words that I wrote faded like flowers before I could finish my letter. Hopefully, this one will make it.
I've always looked up to you. You know it. I wanted to be like you. It doesn't mean that I wanted to become you but rather be as good as you. Your style, your looks, your manners. Everything was impeccable about you. Was. But then something happened. I don't remember when exactly it started and when I noticed it.
You remember my ex-husband Boris, right? He had a problem with alcohol. You've always made fun of it. Yes, it was funny indeed. Waiting for an ambulance on a New Year's Eve when your husband had a heart attack.
But it's not about him or my current husband Vladimir. It's about us.
And then I saw THIS. I saw you on the cover of a magazine wearing my old iron curtain dress which I left near a rubbish dump decades ago. Darling, are you OK?
Honey, you can say that I'm bitter. You can say that I'm a jealous loser bitch. You can say that I'm tripping. Unfortunately, you are the only one who's (ego) tripping here. It's been awhile so I don't know whether rehab helped you. It looks like you're back on that nose candy again. I also heard rumours that you became a leader of a sect and you preach that you will bring "peace and democracy everywhere". I don't believe paparazzi and yellow press. I hope it's all lies and just the "haters gonna hate" thing.
Treat this letter as a reality check. Wake up! It's never late to take your iron curtain blinders shades off and throw this ugly rusty iron curtain dress away. Trust me, it won't bring you happiness.
I'm sorry if I offended you. I know you are a proud woman. I wanted to write this letter in a calm tone but then I decided to speak my mind. I know you'll call it 'whataboutism' (your favorite word!) anyway. Take care.
Mother Russia.
Slumberjack
Seems like the internal security services have lightened up considerably from the way things were in the old days. I see that as a good news story. But what makes setting the Federal Security Building on fire so unwarranted?
It does sound pretty disgusting. The worst of all of that being selfies with Clinton, in terms of the proximity required for a selfie alone.
Some have it that Art is essentially a political expression, and that a painting of bowl of fruit, a vase of flowers, or the latest funky look constitutes marketable reprersentations of Art, but is likely not Art itself because in the reproduction, the communication element that is a prerequisite to the object having a political context may have been taken over by a third party, materialism.
Obama Ignores Russian Terror Victims - by Robert Parry
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/33856-obama-ignores-russi...
"...Apparently the political imperative to diplay disdain for Russian President Vladimir Putin trumps any normal sense of humanity. Both Obama on Tuesday and Friedman on Wednesday, treated these Russian dead at the hands of the Islamic State or other jihadists as Putin's comeuppance for intervening against terrorist gains in Syria."
Russophobia as a part of the Western mass culture
The article has an extensive historical survey, going back 400 years. Yup, 400 years. The article also outlines some historical and national elements - including regions where Russophobia doesn't really exist at all - which are interesting as well.
6079_Smith_W
Not everyone buys that anti-Putin agenda:
http://theslot.jezebel.com/trump-on-putin-killing-journalists-hes-a-lead...
"Well, I mean, it's also a person who kills journalists, political opponents, and invades countries," Joe Scarborough countered. "Obviously that would be a concern. Would it not?"
"He's running his country and he's a leader," Trump said. "Unlike what we have in this country."
http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-russia-2015-12
Of course, being the hard-hitting investigative journalists they are, perhaps RT has hit on the real reason for this mutual admiration society:
"I like that Putin is bombing the hell out of ISIS," Trump said in October. "I'll tell you why. Putin has to get rid of ISIS 'cause Putin does not want ISIS coming into Russia," he added.
https://www.rt.com/news/326378-trump-putin-comment-honor/
Trump hasn't got a snowball's chance at the Circle Jerk Office.
The Russian President is a bit of a vulgar guy. His annual 3 hour press conference in which he answers all questions for hours and hours (I'd like to see our own Canadian politicians try that! lol. They'd be beaten to a pulp on foreign policy if there were any proper light bulbs and not the dim-wits that staff the MSM in this country.) took place recently, and there were some pretty amusing, if vulgar remarks.
Putin wraps up 2015: Three hours of questions, 1,400 journalists & one star of the show
The 2015 installment of Vladimir Putin's now-traditional end-of-year Q&A lacked some of the sparkle of previous years. However, the Russian President captivated his audience for over three hours and addressed a host of serious issues....
The idea of Josef Stalin, Leonid Brezhnev or Tsar Nicholas II explaining their actions in Town Hall meetings or later utilizing live TV is completely laughable. Even in the 90's, advisors to Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first democratic President, never countenanced anything like it. The potential fall-out from Yeltsin, a bottle of vodka and millions of TV viewers is too appalling to countenance.Hence, while West European countries are used to intense debates where leaders are grilled mercilessly, Russians are not....
Western media often likes to criticize Putin's Q&A as a "stage-managed publicity stunt." If it were so tightly controlled as they allege, why would questions be allowed about his family and alleged corruption among relatives of the Moscow elite? Also, does anybody seriously believe that Barack Obama, to name one Western leader, would survive three hours of unscripted questions without a teleprompter? Whatever you might think of him, there is no doubt that Putin's grasp of his brief is quite remarkable.
Putin's Q&A has elements of a carnival and pure showbiz. Over 1,400 media professionals from all over Russia and the world straining to get the President's attention....
As usual, Putin seemed to revel in foreign policy questions, apparently trolling the West at times. When questioned about relations with Turkey following Ankara's shooting down of a Russian jet, he countered that perhaps the Turks "wanted to lick the Americans in one place." ...
Vulgar. But amusing.
He then seemed to dare Turkey to try it again, now that Russia has sophisticated air defense systems in place. "Turkey used to violate Syrian airspace all the time," Putin said. "Let them try and fly there now," he implored, noting that Russia's S-400 can hit any target in Syria.
In a post-conference huddle, he praised Donald Trump, the US businessman turned Presidential candidate, "There is no doubt that he is a very bright and talented man," he claimed. "It is not our business to assess his merits; that is up to the US voters. But he is an absolute leader of the presidential race."...
When Mikhail Saakashvili, a long time Putin bête noire who led Georgia into a disastrous 2008 war with Russia, was mentioned, Putin couldn't resist poring scorn. Referring to the bizarre re-emergence of Saakashvili in Ukraine - he's a wanted criminal in his homeland - Putin said bluntly: "The US didn't give Saakashvili a working visa, so they sent him to Ukraine. It's a spit in the face of the Ukrainian people." Putin then suggested that Moscow may remove visa restrictions for Georgian nationals.
Putin is still a conservative, it's true, but in terms of foreign policy (the part that should be of most importance to Canadians) he's light years ahead of the cabal of neo conservative zealots that populate Candian foreign policy discussion of whatever party in Parliament: Conservative, Liberal, or NDP.
BUSTED: Fake Info in German Putin Film Could Explode into Major Scandal
Russia is charging that the biggest German channel ZDF hired actors to portray separatist soldiers, allegedly paid by Russia, in a major documentary film about Putin which was released a week ago....
Just when you thought the Russophobic propaganda put out by Western mainstream media couldn't possibly get any worse or more hysterically absurd, German state-run US-sponsored TV channel ZDF has exceeded all bounds.
Not satisfied with the truth of what's really happening in Ukraine's war-torn Donbass region, they decided to hire actors to show exactly what they wanted their audience to believe about Russia's supposed involvement. Or at least that is what Russia's channel 1 is charging in an explosive expose that verges on the unbelievable.
Un-fucking-believable is right. Oh wait. It's Russia. Any lie is OK. Silly me.
Oh, look! It's the Angry Putin game!
"Go Hard Like Vladimir Putin!"
or ... Klyuvka Never Dies
"Any colour you want, as long as Putin is the bad guy".
Owen Jones and The Guardian's useful idiocy
monty1
ikosmos wrote:
A lot of people aren't willing to wade through a whole website to try to find out your position on Putin. I'm certainly not going to and so I respectfully ask that you write a few words on the issue along with the link you post in order to know where you stand. Thanks.
fwiw, you'll understand my position from my previous post. I invite your comments.
The Demonization of Vladimir Putin
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/01/29/the-demonization-of-vladimir-putin/
"...Putin is not a villain straight from a Bond movie, sitting in a spooky castle somewhere in deepest Russia planning and plotting world domination. For that kind of 'Masters of the Universe' malarkey you need to take yourself to the White House in Washington or maybe CIA headquarters in Langley Virginia.
No, the Russian President is a man who knows his enemy better than they know themselves, and who understands and has imbibed the truth of former Soviet Leader Nikita Khruschev's statement that, 'If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf.'
US/Turkey Planning ISIS Attacks on Russia?
http://sjlendman.blogspot.ca/2016/01/usturkey-planning-isis-attacks-on-r...
"Washington wants Russia marginalized, weakened, destabilized, contained and isolated, its sovereign independence destroyed, transformed into another US vassal state. It wants control over its vast resources, plunder for profit, its people exploited as serfs, its huge land mass balkanized for easier control. Its policies risk direct confrontation, a possible unthinkable war between the world's leading nuclear powers, their arsenals able to end life on earth.
Russian special services have intelligence that certain IS grops are preparing terrorist attacks in Russia and European nations. Reportedly it includes dozens of Russian nationals, returning home after fighting with ISIS in Syria.
Russian border guards and special services aim to stem their flow through Turkey, aided by Erdogan's regime - complicit with Washington and other rogue partners..."
I'm now at the point at which I don't give a what they think of Putin. He's a very popular leader in his country and he is not going to doublecross his people by caving to the US/Nato aggression throughout the world. And we all know that's the only reason why they hate him.
And I'm going to hang onto the idea that Trudeau and his people have sent positive messages to Putin on his stand against the US aggression. Anybody who thinks our P.M. could speak out publicly in defiance of the US/Nato have to be bloody fools or have climbed up their own ideological assholes in their rush to condemn Trudeau.
monty1 wrote:
A lot of people aren't willing to wade through a whole website to try to find out your position on Putin.
If I was Russian then I wouldn't vote for him. There are plenty of left candidates, as well as a large Communist Party [which is still legal], that are worth supporting. The same politics of austerity are supported domstically by Putin that is supported by conservatives and neo-cons here in North America. Russia has a different history in which the citizenry can remember much better social programs, or maybe those programs haven't been cut with the same enthusiastic barbarity as they have here in Canada and the USA, and in some cases there have been public statements by representatives of the Putin government that they "cannot afford" the past generosity of social programs. But I digress.
However, I'm no Russian. My interest in Russian politics is firstly THEIR FOREIGN POLICY AND HOW IT AFFECTS CANADA AND THE WORLD. In that regard, Putin is quite brilliant, advocates a pluralistic or multi-polar world, which I completely agree with, has no ambition for global hegemony, which is also a good thing, and, generally, seems to subscribe to a set of foreign policies that reminds me of the best of the old Soviet regime. This is more than a broken clock being right twice a day.
Of course, I don't share the views of the "State Department left" [that is so well represented here on babble] in which the only good Russian is a dead one, that nothing good ever came out of the former Soviet Union, that Putin's views can be "explained" by his past career in the intelligence agency (KGB), etc., etc., but you probably already knew that.
You wisely point out many of putin's positive attributes but you say you wouldn't vote for him. Why?
And I'll point out the most important one and the one you shouldn't missed. He's a strong leader who is going to stand for his country, come hell or highwater. A lesser man would have liekly crumbled under the US/Nato dirty tricks and pressure put on Russia to hurt it's people and drive the people away from Putin. They won't, and he stands as one of the most popular leaders in the world.
Why wouldn't you vote for him? I'm interested in finding out your reasons.
I don't vote for conservatives. How about you?
Jones also writes for the New Statesman and perusing his posts there, he doesn't look like another born-again imperialist shill like Nick Cohen: http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/owen_jones
He's also proudly gay, which might colour his dislike of Putin.
lagatta wrote:
He's Owen Jones?
Never heard of the guy. I must not be travelling in the right circles. But if true then thanks, I can learn about his whole agenda now.
If I was Russian then I wouldn't vote for him.
Clearly ikosmos is a russophobe!
He might be but I sure wouldn't have thought that by the praise he laid on Putin. Seemed to me that Putin was his choice!
Kissinger's Vision For US-Russia Relations - by Henry A Kissinger
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/kissingers-vision-us-russia-relation...
"Russia should be perceived as an essential element of any new global equilibrium..."
NDPP, It's a great article and I'm assuming you read it. So who or what is he talking for?
One thing I found encouraging was that he mentioned the demonization of each country's leaders which must have been a bit of a shock for the US hawks. What's your assessment on where his loyalties lie? Sounds to me that he's showing confidence in the Obama admin when he says that it won't be around long enough to fix anything. The message I get out of that is that he understands that hope will vanish with the next president.
Your assessment?
A caution from an old monster that recognizes the road to hell.
An old monster who led the way down the road to hell.
But that's not this story and so that comment leaves me cold and wondering again.
'eternally totalitarian, imperialistic, and murderous Russia.'
On January 21st the Wall Street Journal's editors allowed on its editorial pages an opinion piece with one of the most glaring distortions of post-Soviet Russian history and politics ever produced by contemporary American 'rusology.' David Satter issued forth yet another of his caricatures of analysis in an exegesis from which he hoped readers would take away: 'eternally totalitarian, imperialistic, and murderous Russia.'


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Charlotte Brontë's moving masterpiece – the novel that has been "teaching true strength of character for generations" (The Guardian). Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read
A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre has dazzled generations of readers with its depiction of a woman's quest for freedom. Having grown up an orphan in the home of her cruel aunt and at a harsh charity school, Jane Eyre becomes an independent and spirited survivor-qualities that serve her well as governess at Thornfield Hall. But when she finds love with her sardonic employer, Rochester, the discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a choice. Should she stay with him whatever the consequences or follow her convictions, even if it means leaving her beloved? This updated Penguin Classics edition features a new introduction by Brontë scholar and award-winning novelist Stevie Davies, as well as comprehensive notes, a chronology, further reading, and an appendix.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Two breakthrough Finnish designers from Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial will discuss their explorations of design, memory, and making with Triennial curator Andrea Lipps.
Tuomas Markunpoika made his piece Engineering Temporality to honor his grandmother, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease. He welded steel rings over a traditional wooden cabinet and then burned away the wood, leaving behind a lacy shell of blackened metal. Kustaa Saksi creates sinuous textiles inspired by his memories of growing up in Kouvola, Finland. His Jacquard tapestry Reveille employs images of moths, bats, and celestial constellations to visualize the sleeping mind at the edge of waking up.
Event sponsored by the Finnish Cultural Institute's Mobius Fellowship Program.
Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial is made possible by generous support from Edward and Helen Hintz and Madeleine Rudin Johnson.


Motorcycles are a popular mode of transportation all over the United States, including Rhode Island. While motorcycles are popular, riders can be seriously injured when involved in an accident. The following is an overview of drunk motorcycle accidents in Rhode Island and the penalties drivers charged with driving under the influence of alcohol may face.
The number of motorcycles registered in Rhode Island have risen over the years. In 2007, there were 29,144 registered motorcycles in Rhode Island. By the end of 2014, there were 32,216 motorcycles on record.
All of these fatal accidents occurred while the motorcyclist or another vehicle involved had a blood alcohol content of over 0.08 percent or more.
The state of Rhode Island is known for its harsh stance on driving under the influence of alcohol. Drivers are considered too intoxicated to drive a motorcycle or vehicle if their blood alcohol level is over 0.08 percent or more. Those who have not yet reached the legal drinking age of 21 are considered intoxicated at 0.02 percent. Commercial drivers license holders are charged with driving under the influence when they have a blood alcohol content of 0.04 percent or more.
Drivers give their consent to participate in field sobriety tests just by having a drivers license in Rhode Island. If their blood alcohol level is over the legal limit, they are charged with DUI. Drivers can refuse to take the field sobriety test, but this most often results in the automatic suspension of their drivers license for a certain amount of time as determined by the court.
Alcohol is responsible for many accidents, in passenger vehicles and on motorcycles. In addition to jail time and fines, many people are seriously injured or die each year due to alcohol related accidents. If you have been charged with DUI in Rhode Island, it may benefit you to speak with a criminal defense attorney for advice.