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Category Archives: Russia
The Energy Stars (3-20-22)
00:00 The situation is the boss 03:00 The power of emotional energy, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=142897 07:00 Elliott Blatt joins 12:00 Karen Carpenter, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Carpenter 15:00 How did Ukraine become sacred? 25:00 Stalemate in Russia v Ukraine 52:10 Who’s Who in the Dissident Right: … Continue reading
Putin Seems Disrespectful Of Human Rights, Bro (3-1-22)
00:00 The moral lens on the Russian invasion of Ukraine 03:00 Colin Liddell joins, https://affirmativeright.blogspot.com/2022/02/putin-has-lost.html 05:00 Why does the dissident right revere Putin? 07:00 Broad revulsion at Putin 10:00 Putin is not Hitler 12:00 The late life crisis 13:00 The … Continue reading
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What Does Putin Want? (2-23-22)
00:00 Putin at war (choppy audio first two minutes) 03:00 PROFESSOR JOHN MEARSHEIMER: THE SITUATION IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbj1AR_aAcE 45:00 Ricardo vs Kyle 49:00 Kyle on the importance of alliances 57:30 Is China more likely to invade Taiwan with … Continue reading
McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld
Misha Glenny writes in 2008: “When the Russians came, they forced the new Bulgarian mafia out of Hungary and into Czechoslovakia,” explained Yovo Nikolov, Sofia’s leading expert on Bulgarian organized crime. “It started off with car smuggling but then the … Continue reading
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USA & Russia
Comments at Steve Sailer: * Speaking as a traditionalist, not an alt-righter, we don’t have an ethnic animus towards Russians. When they were part of the evil empire USSR, we opposed them due to ideology. Now that they dropped that … Continue reading
Trump – Putin
Comments at Steve Sailer: * Seriously – when did Vlad Putin become “the worst man in the world?” Didn’t Barack Obama once boast that he would meet with any foreign leader, anywhere, with no preset conditions? Didn’t the Democrats chastise … Continue reading
Helsinki, The World Cup & Toxic Femininity (7-16-18)
* From VDARE: Populists Aren’t Organizing. Is It Because They Won’t… Or Because They’re Not Being Allowed To? * Heather E. Heying writes: Hotness-amplifying femininity puts on a full display, advertising fertility and urgent sexuality. It invites male attention by, … Continue reading
The Fringe Vs The Core In Russia
Comments at Steve Sailer: * The Jews hated the Czar due to the pogroms and were active in the socialist movement. The Georgians also hated the Czar due to the suppression of local nationalism and were active in the socialist … Continue reading
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Putin’s Revenge
I enjoy PBS Frontline’s documentaries. They’re beautiful to watch, even if they’re often bonkers, such as the production of the last two weeks. I don’t recall one realist being interviewed. Shorter Putin’s Revenge: Putin loves Russia and hates its enemies. … Continue reading