Thank you, Greg. Cults of personality don't usually end well. Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Mao, Kim the Nork, Reagan, #MangoWanker the Turdking .... Vlad must think about them all, every day.
Yeah we zowie. I don’t know which I like best, Rodentine, Obdurate or your reference to the Pine Barrens episode, one of my favorites.
But let’s talk turkey here.
That smarmy little scumbag made a veiled threat on the life of our new president. It is time we respond accordingly.
In context, I am the granddaughter of Russian immigrants who spent time in Saint Petersburg as a delegate an an exchange of judges, family law experts and mental health professionals. I was there when Russian people were celebrating the reopening of their Christian churches and first able to return to open and joyful worship.
His good shall be interred with his bones. Sooner the better.
As to the Doofi, I found myself pondering how conservatives—who’d made fools of themselves hounding out fellow citizens as *Commie Pinkos* during my twenties—could become closet *Commie Groupies* by the time I'm pushing eighty. Very likely it's sex n' drugs n' rock n' roll. But I sense there's something bigger lurking up in there. Something like a Global White Conspiracy to counter the Asians.
Tragic that a person, probably born with the intellect of an Einstein, uses it for deadly and vile purposes. Aspergers Syndrome (if that is what Putin has, and one of your sources makes a clear case for it) is not an inherently evil condition. There is a trade off for that genius gene though, physically, emotionally and socially including: difficulty reading faces and gestures - or a room, touch avoidance since even a handshake can cause sensory overload, and having to process emotions intellectually rather than automatically. I started to write "naturally", but someone with Aspergers sees those of us without it as "neurotypical" - most people "do emotions", they don't. A person with this "high end autism" can appear arrogant, when in fact he or she is anxious. Connecting to people is a real challenge (but to dogs and horses it is wonderfully therapeutic). I suspect, most people with Aspergers are never diagnosed, and probably don't need to be.
Why one person with this condition becomes a benevolent billionaire, while another grows up to be a malevolent dictator, is a question for the ages and early childhood specialists. What is clear, though, is how to respond to them, and it sounds as if our defense and diplomatic experts have tutored all our powers-that-be on how to do just that.
I find it curious, looking back at American history to the present, that we have elected presidents who probably had Aspergers. Experts in neuropsychology suggest Thomas Jefferson had it, for example - a man whose brilliant contributions have grounded us in democracy for 2 1/2 centuries. More recently we have had candidates who may share some of those characteristics. Although they did not win, they would have been superb presidents.
Yes, nothing says "STRONGMAN" like a lovely, bespoke, cream-colored turtleneck with a perfectly contrasting teddy bear jacket. Expect Don Jr. to find something similar to wear the next time some publication wants to take pictures of him in the woods. Sometimes I feel like I'm micro-dosing anesthesia -- this shit can't really be happening, but there it is!
After I read this article to my husband I circled back to the article you wrote in Feb 2020 referencing Mueller’s 2011 speech. I had saved the article-something about “Taxonomy”. I had looked at it several times. The article had disappeared into thin air. No fooling. It makes one feel he is being watched.
I liked the article because it dovetailed so succinctly with what Craig Unger said in both his books. This thing was planned thirty years ago. They have infiltrated every nook and cranny of American society.
I liked what Mueller said in that speech about healthcare costs, mortgage rates, the cost of gas. The Russians control it all.
It’s easy to throw darts at Putin. (What did he learn from his sambo/judo philosophy?) He is owned by “Brainy Don.”
Why isn’t Unger’s new book being promoted?
Why aren’t CNN and MSNBC yelling about this?
Does no one care? So long as we can live the “good” life, why worry that Putin is a killer?
I have spent over 60 years with a career in Russia area studies. Most of the people I know, old and young, don’t know what the Gulag is. The American public needs too much educating.
To what extent are the Russians involved in liberal media?
Take a look at Heather Cox Richardson’s daily post, which just appeared. She actually references a Vanity Fair article in the endnotes which questions whether the NRA’s $30million support of Trump’s campaign in 2016 was Russian money.
"Hello, my name is Roland. I am OCD. I am an addict."
[group responds] "Hello Roland."
My obsession and compulsion is around society and social issues.
My number one obsession, and my joy, is my story project. How does world society return to harmony with the planet, the environment? Right now I am actively engaged in a particularly gnarly challenge in that sci-fi story project. I have hit a wall. The muse is not cooperating. But because I do not feel oppressed, rather I feel blessed by my mission, it feels like a challenge, an opportunity, a "mission impossible" task bestowed upon me. I know that success will come. It must.
If I knew of a Substack community whose subject is the planet and the environment and humankind's relationship with same, I would probably be a member.
My other obsession is current society, U.S. and world society. My presence here on Greg's site and also on Lucian Truscott and Heather Cox Richardson is a gift. I feel so grateful, so blessed, to have an outlet for my thoughts. As mentioned, I am an addict. I am obsessed by these subjects, and those thoughts and feelings compel me to voice them. So I cherish this forum, and HCR and LT.
As my wife has reminded me, the current state of society is the prequel to my book-and-movie, the foundation and basis of my story project. My vision of a better and brighter future begins in the present.
These are my passions. In college during my engineering program I remember thinking "I am a social engineer." That does not mean a eugenics expert or Orwellian apparatchik. It means a visionary, a person who is imagining the next steps for humankind, a utopian and an idealist, not an agent of a dystopian future.
I call myself "OCD" because I am compelled to think and write about these matters.
And now to the subject at hand.
Vladimir Putin is one of my pet peeves. I think the man should be removed from power. Period. He is one of the few global sponsors of assassination, along with the occasional manhunt by the Saudis and by North Korea's baby blowhard. And China, of course, has a global system of oppression and blackmail and extortion as well for its ex-patriate citizens, its dissidents.
I am an addict. I am fixated, obsessed. In the past few years I have been thinking constantly about the one-term twice impeached ex-president, and Putin, and the CCP (Chinese Communist Party), and the global financial system which is corrupt and severely flawed.
Of course, it's not just one man. Putin is not alone in deserving blame. The Russian people are complicit.
Over on HCR, the topic today is the NRA and gun ownership in America. Because Heather Cox Richardson limits herself closely to internal matters and rarely ventures into foreign affairs, she almost never mentions Putin. Curiously, however, the final media reference in her standard endnotes to her daily post is a Vanity Fair article entitled "The NRA Spent $30 Million to Elect Trump. Was It Russian Money?"
In this century, Putin has been spending a fair amount of resources on meddling in U.S. affairs, probably beginning with his hatred of Hillary when she was Secretary of State, because what big swinging-dick guy isn't going to love it when a woman in her power tells him where to shove it. A certain orange-haired jerk also comes to mind.
The story of Maria Butina paints the picture. She was tasked with cozying up to the NRA, because clearly that agenda and approach to messing in U.S. politics has been front-and-center for a long time for the KGB and FSB and whatever other CIA-like acronym agencies are out there in Russia.
Here's a curious piece of trivia: if you look up the name of Putin's family members, the name "Putina" shows up. There must be a suffix or variation in the Russian language for the surnames of females. It turns out that "Putina" and "Butina" are closely related surnames, springing from a common source.
Putin needs to be shackled. He needs to be removed from power. Messing in foreign politics is not acceptable, and I am not excusing the CIA in this, I am no hypocrite, the CIA's meddling in foreign affairs is also despicable and inexcusable and completely unacceptable.
Today's article by Greg gets my attention because, to me, the Case of Vladimir Putin, Dictator, is up there in importance and priority with The Case of the Chinese Communist Party and The Case of the Saudis, A Pseudo-Royalty Dictatorship.
Any nation that exports assassination, and I include the USA, needs to be criminalized and muzzled and slapped. The Mossad is another of these heinous groups.
It’s TUESDAY🎉🎉🎉 Today’s favorite nugget is “dirty rubles” - great book!
Thank you, Greg. Cults of personality don't usually end well. Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Mao, Kim the Nork, Reagan, #MangoWanker the Turdking .... Vlad must think about them all, every day.
Yeah we zowie. I don’t know which I like best, Rodentine, Obdurate or your reference to the Pine Barrens episode, one of my favorites.
But let’s talk turkey here.
That smarmy little scumbag made a veiled threat on the life of our new president. It is time we respond accordingly.
In context, I am the granddaughter of Russian immigrants who spent time in Saint Petersburg as a delegate an an exchange of judges, family law experts and mental health professionals. I was there when Russian people were celebrating the reopening of their Christian churches and first able to return to open and joyful worship.
His good shall be interred with his bones. Sooner the better.
As to the Doofi, I found myself pondering how conservatives—who’d made fools of themselves hounding out fellow citizens as *Commie Pinkos* during my twenties—could become closet *Commie Groupies* by the time I'm pushing eighty. Very likely it's sex n' drugs n' rock n' roll. But I sense there's something bigger lurking up in there. Something like a Global White Conspiracy to counter the Asians.
Tragic that a person, probably born with the intellect of an Einstein, uses it for deadly and vile purposes. Aspergers Syndrome (if that is what Putin has, and one of your sources makes a clear case for it) is not an inherently evil condition. There is a trade off for that genius gene though, physically, emotionally and socially including: difficulty reading faces and gestures - or a room, touch avoidance since even a handshake can cause sensory overload, and having to process emotions intellectually rather than automatically. I started to write "naturally", but someone with Aspergers sees those of us without it as "neurotypical" - most people "do emotions", they don't. A person with this "high end autism" can appear arrogant, when in fact he or she is anxious. Connecting to people is a real challenge (but to dogs and horses it is wonderfully therapeutic). I suspect, most people with Aspergers are never diagnosed, and probably don't need to be.
Why one person with this condition becomes a benevolent billionaire, while another grows up to be a malevolent dictator, is a question for the ages and early childhood specialists. What is clear, though, is how to respond to them, and it sounds as if our defense and diplomatic experts have tutored all our powers-that-be on how to do just that.
I find it curious, looking back at American history to the present, that we have elected presidents who probably had Aspergers. Experts in neuropsychology suggest Thomas Jefferson had it, for example - a man whose brilliant contributions have grounded us in democracy for 2 1/2 centuries. More recently we have had candidates who may share some of those characteristics. Although they did not win, they would have been superb presidents.
As to Putin, there's something of a Rhesus quality about him...
I suspect Putin is a psychopath, rather than a sociopath. Regardless, he is deadly.
I’ll never think of Putin the same way after seeing him in his teddy-bear suit. Thanks!
Weren't there also some mysterious "falls" from various balconies? Or am I imagining things?
Yes, nothing says "STRONGMAN" like a lovely, bespoke, cream-colored turtleneck with a perfectly contrasting teddy bear jacket. Expect Don Jr. to find something similar to wear the next time some publication wants to take pictures of him in the woods. Sometimes I feel like I'm micro-dosing anesthesia -- this shit can't really be happening, but there it is!
After I read this article to my husband I circled back to the article you wrote in Feb 2020 referencing Mueller’s 2011 speech. I had saved the article-something about “Taxonomy”. I had looked at it several times. The article had disappeared into thin air. No fooling. It makes one feel he is being watched.
I liked the article because it dovetailed so succinctly with what Craig Unger said in both his books. This thing was planned thirty years ago. They have infiltrated every nook and cranny of American society.
I liked what Mueller said in that speech about healthcare costs, mortgage rates, the cost of gas. The Russians control it all.
It’s easy to throw darts at Putin. (What did he learn from his sambo/judo philosophy?) He is owned by “Brainy Don.”
Why isn’t Unger’s new book being promoted?
Why aren’t CNN and MSNBC yelling about this?
Does no one care? So long as we can live the “good” life, why worry that Putin is a killer?
I have spent over 60 years with a career in Russia area studies. Most of the people I know, old and young, don’t know what the Gulag is. The American public needs too much educating.
To what extent are the Russians involved in liberal media?
We need more voices like yours, Greg.
So many friends over here today!! Hi MaryPat‼️ Hi Ellen‼️ Hi MaryB ‼️
Take a look at Heather Cox Richardson’s daily post, which just appeared. She actually references a Vanity Fair article in the endnotes which questions whether the NRA’s $30million support of Trump’s campaign in 2016 was Russian money.
She’s coming around, slowly but slowly.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-23-2021/comments
"Hello, my name is Roland. I am OCD. I am an addict."
[group responds] "Hello Roland."
My obsession and compulsion is around society and social issues.
My number one obsession, and my joy, is my story project. How does world society return to harmony with the planet, the environment? Right now I am actively engaged in a particularly gnarly challenge in that sci-fi story project. I have hit a wall. The muse is not cooperating. But because I do not feel oppressed, rather I feel blessed by my mission, it feels like a challenge, an opportunity, a "mission impossible" task bestowed upon me. I know that success will come. It must.
If I knew of a Substack community whose subject is the planet and the environment and humankind's relationship with same, I would probably be a member.
My other obsession is current society, U.S. and world society. My presence here on Greg's site and also on Lucian Truscott and Heather Cox Richardson is a gift. I feel so grateful, so blessed, to have an outlet for my thoughts. As mentioned, I am an addict. I am obsessed by these subjects, and those thoughts and feelings compel me to voice them. So I cherish this forum, and HCR and LT.
As my wife has reminded me, the current state of society is the prequel to my book-and-movie, the foundation and basis of my story project. My vision of a better and brighter future begins in the present.
These are my passions. In college during my engineering program I remember thinking "I am a social engineer." That does not mean a eugenics expert or Orwellian apparatchik. It means a visionary, a person who is imagining the next steps for humankind, a utopian and an idealist, not an agent of a dystopian future.
I call myself "OCD" because I am compelled to think and write about these matters.
And now to the subject at hand.
Vladimir Putin is one of my pet peeves. I think the man should be removed from power. Period. He is one of the few global sponsors of assassination, along with the occasional manhunt by the Saudis and by North Korea's baby blowhard. And China, of course, has a global system of oppression and blackmail and extortion as well for its ex-patriate citizens, its dissidents.
I am an addict. I am fixated, obsessed. In the past few years I have been thinking constantly about the one-term twice impeached ex-president, and Putin, and the CCP (Chinese Communist Party), and the global financial system which is corrupt and severely flawed.
Of course, it's not just one man. Putin is not alone in deserving blame. The Russian people are complicit.
Over on HCR, the topic today is the NRA and gun ownership in America. Because Heather Cox Richardson limits herself closely to internal matters and rarely ventures into foreign affairs, she almost never mentions Putin. Curiously, however, the final media reference in her standard endnotes to her daily post is a Vanity Fair article entitled "The NRA Spent $30 Million to Elect Trump. Was It Russian Money?"
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/the-nra-spent-dollar30-million-to-elect-trump-was-it-russian-money
In this century, Putin has been spending a fair amount of resources on meddling in U.S. affairs, probably beginning with his hatred of Hillary when she was Secretary of State, because what big swinging-dick guy isn't going to love it when a woman in her power tells him where to shove it. A certain orange-haired jerk also comes to mind.
The story of Maria Butina paints the picture. She was tasked with cozying up to the NRA, because clearly that agenda and approach to messing in U.S. politics has been front-and-center for a long time for the KGB and FSB and whatever other CIA-like acronym agencies are out there in Russia.
Here's a curious piece of trivia: if you look up the name of Putin's family members, the name "Putina" shows up. There must be a suffix or variation in the Russian language for the surnames of females. It turns out that "Putina" and "Butina" are closely related surnames, springing from a common source.
Putin needs to be shackled. He needs to be removed from power. Messing in foreign politics is not acceptable, and I am not excusing the CIA in this, I am no hypocrite, the CIA's meddling in foreign affairs is also despicable and inexcusable and completely unacceptable.
Today's article by Greg gets my attention because, to me, the Case of Vladimir Putin, Dictator, is up there in importance and priority with The Case of the Chinese Communist Party and The Case of the Saudis, A Pseudo-Royalty Dictatorship.
Any nation that exports assassination, and I include the USA, needs to be criminalized and muzzled and slapped. The Mossad is another of these heinous groups.