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cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
Now Putin is declaring war on his own people. Multi-faceted a-hole this guy.


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just like the Germans 90 years ago, or any of today’s theocracies. We’re still medieval.
 

printer

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Now Putin is declaring war on his own people. Multi-faceted a-hole this guy.


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Russia was losing population. Putin is trying to keep the Russian culture alive by converting foreign peopl's into Russians. Having gay people also cuts into the Russian population. Heck, they are trying to limit the amount of alcohol Russians consume in order to prop up the population (people more content drinking rather than having kids).
 

Roger A. Shrubber

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Russia was losing population. Putin is trying to keep the Russian culture alive by converting foreign peopl's into Russians. Having gay people also cuts into the Russian population. Heck, they are trying to limit the amount of alcohol Russians consume in order to prop up the population (people more content drinking rather than having kids).
gotta give people something to live for, if you want them to live. making a bunch of criminal cronies richer while 90% of the country slides further into poverty apparently isn't a good enough incentive to procreate. why doom your children to the same bleak existence you "enjoy" ?
 

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
The US supreme court will be looking to do the same before long so I wonder what that says about the states.

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What it says to me is that the “family values” contingent: dominionists seeking outright theocracy — are having some successes. Reproductive rights are the canary in that coal mine, and the right to sexual identity and expression is the focus of the next stage of attack. The news items about trans athletes and alleged litterboxes in schools attest. Then there is the new war cry of “grooming”.

The Extreme Court is likely to rule in favor of these assailants on our liberty, who display a savage irony by invoking the word freedom early and often.

Yeah, I’m not at all happy about it all.
 

OldMedUser

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Russia was losing population. Putin is trying to keep the Russian culture alive by converting foreign peopl's into Russians. Having gay people also cuts into the Russian population. Heck, they are trying to limit the amount of alcohol Russians consume in order to prop up the population (people more content drinking rather than having kids).
If he wants civil war then cutting off the vodka ought to do it. :D

Looking at most of those russian women I'd think more vodka would help increase the population. The women should try drinking more after seeing the men too. Let's get drunk and screw! :D

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DIY-HP-LED

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Ukraine could supply gas and energy to European countires in the future – energy sector experts

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The Russian strategy to 'freeze Europe' didn't work. On the contrary – the EU countries have filled the gas storages up to their maximum. Also, Ukraine has the potential to become an energy exporter to Europe in the future. Learn more about these prospects – in the following report.
 

DIY-HP-LED

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This is what conservative government looks like in the UK, this is the foreign minister, and the PM is of Indian descent. American "conservatives" are of a different sort, and it has little to do with economic policy.


Britain pledges winter aid to turn the tide on Putin's war

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British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly unveiled millions of pounds in additional support for Ukraine during a visit to Kyiv on Friday (November 25), as the country grapples with Russian air strikes on vital infrastructure with winter setting in. Cleverly, who met President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, condemned Russia for targeting civilians, hospitals and energy infrastructure in attacks that have caused days of blackouts in the capital.
 

DIY-HP-LED

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any government that will arrest you for criticizing it, needs to be ousted and replaced with non fascists.
If they want the youth and populace to turn on them like a pack of dogs, then execute and make martyrs of their heroes. Allah won't save them from their wrath as they burn the Mullahs at the stake in the public squares.
 
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printer

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gotta give people something to live for, if you want them to live. making a bunch of criminal cronies richer while 90% of the country slides further into poverty apparently isn't a good enough incentive to procreate. why doom your children to the same bleak existence you "enjoy" ?
Actually Russia's standard of living has increased over the last 15-20 years. And the people have let the crooks run the country in return. No sense upsetting the apple cart if all it would get you is thrown in jail. The war has upset the apple cart, it was suppose to give Putin a boost in rating as he got in 2014. But the Ukrainians were more prepared than they were in 2014 and did not roll over.
 

DIY-HP-LED

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Actually Russia's standard of living has increased over the last 15-20 years. And the people have let the crooks run the country in return. No sense upsetting the apple cart if all it would get you is thrown in jail. The war has upset the apple cart, it was suppose to give Putin a boost in rating as he got in 2014. But the Ukrainians were more prepared than they were in 2014 and did not roll over.
Just from oil revenue and mostly in European Russia, the Asian hinterland not so much, they should be living like kings, not like shit. Moving forward the economic situation looks dire and the longer it goes on, the more desperate it will become as things like railway locomotives and rolling stock wheel bearings wear out and vehicle parts become rare.. They are in a desperate situation with their natural gas too and shutting down the system would be fatal to the industry.
 

Roger A. Shrubber

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Actually Russia's standard of living has increased over the last 15-20 years. And the people have let the crooks run the country in return. No sense upsetting the apple cart if all it would get you is thrown in jail. The war has upset the apple cart, it was suppose to give Putin a boost in rating as he got in 2014. But the Ukrainians were more prepared than they were in 2014 and did not roll over.
as i understand it, the standard of living has risen for the "russian" russians, the Slavic russians. for the ethnic russians that make up 80% or so of the country, not so much. they may get a little "trickle down" effect, but russia doesn't waste infrastructure investment or social programs on "ethnic" russians...
 

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
Actually Russia's standard of living has increased over the last 15-20 years. And the people have let the crooks run the country in return. No sense upsetting the apple cart if all it would get you is thrown in jail. The war has upset the apple cart, it was suppose to give Putin a boost in rating as he got in 2014. But the Ukrainians were more prepared than they were in 2014 and did not roll over.
from “very bad” to “bad”
 
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