I think it's rated Teen though.

To be clear, Israel took a bit, but Turkey took most and stands to gain a lot.

I think people here get confused. My contention is the following:

-The globohomo NGOs do exist to spread globohomo.

-like all globohomo libtards, it's horribly ineffective. See Afghanistan "hearts and minds".

I think if people consider their interactions with government for a bit they will realize they are generally incompetent.

Georgia is a country long leaning towards the US, so much so that George Bush is considered a hero there. We might disagree with that, but it is reality.

Eh, Georgia has a long history of conflict with Russia. Russia already took a big chunk of Georgia before, and salted the ground on the way.

Georgia has for that reason had one of the largest groups of fighters in Ukraine.

This is Russia trying to finish the Georgia takeover, which is not really popular there. People vastly overestimate the West's ability to create a coup.

Well, not entirely true. Capitalism didn't exist for most of human history. Mercantalism was the much more common predecessor to capitalism.

Capitalism just feels like the default in "The West" because they didn't have generations crippled by Communism and fascism like much of the rest of the world.

Ah, thanks. Damn auto crocodile got me.

They are no paper tiger. They will find your opponent if you are on the naughty list.

Or release your Epstein Island tapes.

Well, I have great respect for you and your opinions generally here, but you are simply wrong and lack experience in the region.

I have friends (and family) on both sides of that conflict. Anecdotally, all my Russian friends had to flee the draft (even those who spoke positively about the "special military operation"). All my Ukrainian friends stayed and took up arms. Even the women. It was a brutal blitzkrieg style at that the beginning.

Most all of those in eastern Europe know very well what happens when Russia takes over: mass murder of families and non Russians. Recently Georgia went through this in Abkhazia, most of the towns simply wiped out.

Further back the baltics still have monuments to the folks rounded up and shot, the KGB rooms still having bullet holes in them.

The Russian government is far, far more brutal than the American mind can comprehend.

This still hasn't happened in the years you have been claiming it to be the case.

Ukraine was always going to fight until the end.

The war is a "victory" in a sense however, in that a dead slave on either side is points to them. WEF Putin could well feel that way too.

"The 1980s called, they want their policy back." -Obama

They might have stricter rules, but bribing officials in Russia is normal practice. Enforcement is highly dependent on your ability to pay off inspectors.

This. And they stuff it full of cream cheese.

If you go all the way to Vladivostok you can get decent sushi, but forget about it in Moscow.

Yeah, some folks can't be saved. Against all observable evidence they are continuing on a path to insanity.

If they destroy each other, isnt that in the US's best interest?

5D backgammon?

Cape Town is/was one of the last bastions of Afrikaners in SA. It is absolutely beautiful beyond belief, but judging by this article it too has now fallen.

R.I.P.

I can't even describe how beautiful this land is and it saddens me to think that the beach penguins will likely be another casualty.

This explains everything.

This is why I support Trans Rights. Just identify as a woman. Problem solved. Go change in the women's locker room and dare them to stop you.

Ride that clown car all the way over the cliff; pedal to the metal.

You vastly overestimate their intelligence and perception abilities. They see what they want to see, that's why they can see men as women.

Trumps attitude is the wrong way, and he's elected and not civil servant like we are talking about anyway.

Think more like the shadowy council spokesman in XCOM2.

You have to keep that under wraps. The right has not been smart about that at all. Look for small ways to move the needle rather than trying to eat the whole salami at once.

Unpopular opinion, but the right needs to start flooding these applications with their own people to recapture these organizations and bring them to sanity.

Search those gov jobs. Get in and try to get other like minded folks in

I have found a fair amount of luck comparing them to the crazy fire and brimstone preachers on the street claiming the end of the world. It seems to strike a chord as it's also something they've been taught to hate.

This. Also realize that most Dems rate the current economic situation as just fine.

https://x.com/zerohedge/status/1829534104137986248

What is the background of Vivian? I never understood how she came about.