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[iberias @iberias]

@coaiecrete Google is doing the same in Eastern Europe, pandering to Russia's interests by drawing a dotted line along the border in Crimea and Abkhazia.

[iberias @iberias]

@wwwsinaptica

[iberias @iberias]

@OliverMolander

[iberias @iberias]

@MMKackonas @OliverMolander I know

[iberias @iberias]

@eg_fedorov Бабченко черт конечно, но тут прав

[iberias @iberias]

@nikvolodymir @frmaslm Вася никогда не будет конкурировать в гансом, русачки конкурируют с албанцами, сербами и с турками новой волны.

[iberias @iberias]

@frmaslm ЕС по итогу закроет въезд русачкам по тур визе, позднее и по полит кейсам пускать не будут, но и самое трагичное и богом забытая грузия будет слать накуй русачков.

[Sulkhan Metreveli @Sulkhan]

The West humiliated Russia in the 1990s. This war is the consequence.’

I’ve heard this in every language, from every podium. It is history rewritten backwards.

Recall what actually happened to defeated Russia: no occupation. No reparations. No tribunal. It kept its nuclear arsenal and its UN veto. Its debts were forgiven and refinanced. It was handed IMF billions and a seat at the G8 — a club of democracies admitting a wounded autocracy out of hope.

Now recall an actually humiliated nation: Germany, 1945. Occupied. Partitioned. Cities in ash, leaders hanged, guilt taught to its children by law.

Germany became the most peaceful democracy in Europe. Russia became this.

So spare me the humiliation theory. Russia was not humiliated after the Cold War. It was indulged — and it read every kindness as weakness, every gift as tribute.

The grievance was never mistreatment. The grievance was lost dominion.

Empires do not mourn their wounds. They mourn their slaves.

[iberias @iberias]

@adagamov На месте них воздвигнут казик с шл*хами и блэкджеком и я не шучу, внатуре будет казино

[iberias @iberias]

@AteoBreaking Атео, почем сраку вашу купили?

[toomas hendrik ilves @IlvesToomas]

Sudeten Germans lived on Czech lands since the 13th century, when Muscovy was a far smaller dump of a village.

Perhaps the speaker thinks those "historically" German territories should be ceded too.

[iberias @iberias]

@Civixplorer @grok Kartvelian language group is not related to anything at all? How did this happen?

[Meghan McCain @MeghanMcCain]

The first time I met Lindsey Graham, I was 11 years old in a hotel lobby and he had just attended a political event with my Dad. He sat down next to me and told me that he loved my Dad. I remember liking his deep southern accent and smile and immediately felt comfortable around him - he somehow seemed younger, hipper and more interesting than most of the political figures that rotated around my Dads orbit.

From the time he met my Dad they were fast friends and political comrades. In fact there are few memories I have of my Dad's political career and my life accompanying it that don't somehow involve Lindsey. He and Senator Joe Lieberman spent decades of their lives traveling together, fighting for the same causes on the Senate floor, spending holidays together and fighting for their version of the American dream. Those who followed them know they affectionately referred to each other as "The Three Amigos". My Dad was the soul of the group, Joe was the heart of the group and Lindsey was the fire and humor. Their combination bonded them as friends throughout their lives. That friendship is something that is so rare in politics, it is nearly extinct but I got to witness it first hand. They spent their lives united as friends and allies. They were brothers. 

The memories I will hold dear of Lindsey is that was always the person you hoped you sat next to at a dinner party. Charming, very, very, very funny - like so funny he truly could have had a career in stand up comedy. He had an acerbic quick wit and he could win over even his deepest distractors. He was always full of stories that were always engaging and entertaining. He was literally never, ever boring. At his best he was filled with light and was always the last person to leave any table for work or fun. In fact, I used to joke with my Dad that I couldn't go out to dinner with him and my Dad as an adult unless I didn't have work the next day because they would always stay so long at the table and shut down the restaurant. Lindsey and my dad were also both Hams and would take every selfie, talk to every waiter and person in the place. Life around them was a big and alive in every possible way humans can be.

Lindsey brought humor and loyalty to my Dad's political defeats and was a constant source of support for my mother after my Dad's passing. As a politician his skills were unmatched which is why he won so many elections and was well on his way to winning another. When he spoke to voters he was direct, straight and felt their pain. He also loved people. He wasn’t one of those politicians who had to fake it, he loved being in elected office and serving our country.

The news of his sudden passing is shocking and deeply saddening for me and my family. Like many relationships in life, mine with Lindsey was complex in later years. I choose to remember the endless laughter and joy he brought to my family so many times, in so many ways. These memories are some of the most precious of my life. I hope that he is at peace and I hope he is in heaven drinking a white russian and fishing with my Dad and Joe. 

"For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." — Philippians 1:21

[iberias @iberias]

@luxurybitches Была настолько нишевая, что пикчи с бобровым сохраняла, ну охуеть

[iberias @iberias]

@uyutny @katcyO_o В каком мире? В русском мире, вероятно да, один из лучших, если не лучший

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Speaking of corrupt sports federations… But here the IOC takes Russian cash for Ukrainian blood, not just a goal.

[iberias @iberias]

At the time, the Iraq War may have looked like a mistake. Looking back after all these years, though, I don’t think it’s quite that simple anymore.
Saddam Hussein was responsible for horrific crimes. His regime carried out a genocidal campaign against the Kurds, invaded and occupied Kuwait, and brutally repressed its own population. Even conservative estimates put the number of victims of his repression in the hundreds of thousands. If you also include the wars he started and the humanitarian disasters they caused, the death toll reaches well into the millions, and the full human cost may never be known.

[iberias @iberias]

@PollTracker2024 Compared to Trump, George W. Bush actually looks pretty respectable.