Russians are looking forward to a "Khrushchev Thaw", after Vladimir Putin retires

jerryk · 2024-04-26T15:40:34+00:00

Putin isn't Hitler. Putin is a wise old man, simply trying to secure traditional Russian territory for his people. He certainly will stop with Ukraine, he will be too old to remain in office after his current term expires. The Russians may pursue some additional territory in the Baltics conceivably, or Moldova, but, these are tiny countries of little concern to other nations.

jerryk · 2024-04-22T19:53:34+00:00

However, it is an aspect of defense, if anything, and, thus, implicitly, a part of the U.S. defense budget.

jerryk · 2024-04-22T15:49:42+00:00

Yeah, I guess so!

jerryk · 2024-04-19T01:29:38+00:00

Actually, this doesn't really seem like that big a deal to me. Much ado about nothing.

jerryk · 2024-04-19T00:47:17+00:00

I just did. Basically, they're just saying if you're sixteen, you're old enough to work legally as a prostitute, in California.

jerryk · 2024-04-19T00:33:50+00:00

OK. So, the "child" still has to be at least 16 years old. So, all they're really saying is if you're sixteen, you're old enough to be a prostitute.

jerryk · 2024-04-18T23:12:08+00:00

So, does this mean that pedophilia is now legal in California, as long as the sex is paid for, and it isn't actually a forcible rape? If so, that means what is a capital offense in Florida, is now perfectly legal in California. Can we really run a united country this way?

jerryk · 2024-04-17T23:38:00+00:00

Mediaeval kings had very little power over their subjects, military technology didn't allow them to project their power, that's why feudalism became popular -- everyone was dependent and worked for their local lord, not the King. Effectively, Universities acted like local Monasteries, largely independent of any central authority.

jerryk · 2024-04-17T23:34:04+00:00

Government controls the purse strings though, and, that completely undermines any university independent research. In the middle ages, government was too decentralized for any control of funding to universities.

jerryk · 2024-04-17T21:15:28+00:00

OK. But, that means any oppressive government law constrains people at universities as much as anyone else, thus potentially restricting freedom of speech and experiment at universities.

jerryk · 2024-04-12T21:32:56+00:00

What you feel really doesn't matter much, buddy. They aren't convicting any teachers of relationships with students in Russia, that I've heard of. Let me know if you find otherwise.

jerryk · 2024-04-12T21:31:53+00:00

If you read the article, the guy they're inducting into the military, and is expecting to get Russian citizenship, is on the run for a kiddie porn conviction in the U.S. The Russians obviously don't care. Actually, most countries have much lighter sentences, if any, for kiddie porn. In Canada, sentences are rarely more than a few months.

jerryk · 2024-04-10T19:42:11+00:00

Not according to the Bible. According to the Bible, Man is made in God's image, Woman is made from Man's rib.

In any case, God sucks dead Buffalo dicks, all the time. I'm sure you agree, don't you?

jerryk · 2024-04-10T19:40:42+00:00

In Russia, a child is six, not sixteen. And, apparently, they don't really care about kiddie porn, at all.

jerryk · 2024-04-08T23:55:28+00:00

Well, it would depend on how badly the U.S. wanted them. Israel is enough under the U.S. thumb that they would probably hand over anyone the U.S. really wanted, if the U.S. insisted on the point. The Russians, on the other hand, couldn't possibly care less what the U.S. wants!

jerryk · 2024-04-08T23:32:56+00:00

True. However, the Americans would certainly be able to extradite from Israel. Not so, with Russia!

jerryk · 2024-04-08T20:22:47+00:00

Maybe. But, I suppose we could all apply for token black or Muslim status, in this particular case.

jerryk · 2024-04-08T19:38:56+00:00

No. But, given how ridiculous the sex crime laws here are, who knows what could happen? And, if that happened to me, I would probably move to Russia. It's nice to have options, you know. I would certainly recommend to people on the sex crime registries to move to Russia, wouldn't you?

jerryk · 2024-04-08T19:25:35+00:00

Sure. That works too, of course.

jerryk · 2024-04-02T17:49:44+00:00

Well, yeah, you could it that way, as well!

jerryk · 2024-04-02T01:32:47+00:00

This is precisely how they built the entire Russian Empire, in the past. This is precisely how Russia became a large, and powerful nation. Those weren't lightning campaigns, they were long, bloody contests, over years, or decades. As far as that goes, how do you think the U.S. defeated the native Indian population? Long, bloody campaigns, over years, or decades. That's "how the West was won", my friend!

jerryk · 2024-04-01T19:13:57+00:00

Correct.

jerryk · 2024-04-01T17:52:23+00:00

You understand my point, then. I'm an American, but, obviously, America is in no position to accuse the Russians of being incompetent or undemocratic these days, are they?

jerryk · 2024-04-01T17:41:13+00:00

There are similarities. But, fact is, Iraq is rather more under U.S. control now, than it was before, isn't it?

jerryk · 2024-03-23T20:12:32+00:00

Might work better than Starship. Can't work any worse.

jerryk · 2024-03-23T15:17:20+00:00

Careful. It sounds like you're advocating "electoral genocide" for the Liberal Party of Canada. They might come and get you for that!

jerryk · 2024-03-23T15:16:25+00:00

Actually, I might!

jerryk · 2024-03-23T15:15:21+00:00

Indeed. I grew up there. They're OK for kids, but, they treat adults like kids too. Retarded kids!

jerryk · 2024-03-15T22:36:19+00:00

True. But, even poor, uneducated Canadians, who have the courage to buck the utterly corrupt and inept Canadian government, would make very good Americans!

jerryk · 2024-03-15T22:04:32+00:00

Cool. I guess every cloud has a silver lining, then.

jerryk · 2024-03-15T21:57:09+00:00

You may well be right. We should welcome them, they'll be good Americans.

jerryk · 2024-03-15T21:56:43+00:00

You may well be right. We should welcome them, they'll be good Americans.

jerryk · 2024-03-15T20:59:35+00:00

Well, you know, from the Canadian government's point of view, the Jews are advocating the genocide of the Palestinians, so, that would be a quite reasonable possibility, don't you think?

jerryk · 2024-03-12T21:32:45+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJzoicql6Yw

jerryk · 2024-03-12T21:03:09+00:00

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/06/russia-ukraine-zelensky-missile-strike-odessa/

jerryk · 2024-03-12T19:57:13+00:00

It was reported all over the world, and witnessed by the Greek President. Why do you think it was fake news?

jerryk · 2024-03-12T19:56:29+00:00

I think it's meaningless to argue with you because you seem to be firmly in the pro-CIA propaganda bubble. For your information, Russia limits its attacks to military assets and important infrastructure in Ukraine, and in Odessa. These Russians online are telling the simple truth -- Russia wants to win this war, and is doing so.

jerryk · 2024-03-12T19:25:59+00:00

You're skeptical? Fair enough. Where else but Odessa could the drone boats be launched from, in the large scale and systematic way necessary, given that Russia controls all other ports on the Black Sea? So, they're in Odessa. If the controllers and factories were out in the open, Russia would have destroyed them all, long ago. So, they're hiding. Where else could they hide, except in the civilian apartment buildings, and why would the Russians be wasting valuable missiles on destroying civilian apartment buildings unless they contained important military assets like these?
You have some other explanation? Mine makes perfect sense, I believe.

jerryk · 2024-03-12T18:48:03+00:00

Sorry, I'm not CIA. I don't think like a CIA op, and neither do most Americans. I prefer to avoid wars, not encourage them. There's no World War III when Russia gets to Poland, they won't fight Poland if Poland is strong enough. It's just a natural border for NATO. No problem. Peace through strength, in Poland.

jerryk · 2024-03-12T18:44:37+00:00

Interesting possibility. Actually, by this stage, I think the Russians may be finding Zelensky somewhat useful because he's such a total moron. Zelensky may be providing Russia with both the political rationale, and the means -- in terms of his total incompetence -- of taking over Ukraine in its entirety, something that they had not been planning, initially. So, they're letting Zelensky live, in order to use his absolute incompetence in leading Ukraine to advance their own agenda now -- total conquest of Ukraine.

jerryk · 2024-03-12T18:19:07+00:00

The place to draw the line is Poland, not Ukraine. Ukraine is traditional Russian territory for centuries, Poland is not. We should put ten divisions of U.S. troops in Poland, that will be quite sufficient to keep Russia under control, along with our nuclear deterrent. NATO's current activities in Ukraine are just making Russia stronger, and getting Russia angry. They are not defending NATO, they are making NATO weaker.

jerryk · 2024-03-09T20:59:44+00:00

Not if they were forced. Then the adult is the victim of rape. Are you trying to say it's impossible for a child to rape an adult?

jerryk · 2024-03-09T20:04:36+00:00

Interesting. So, they actually can't defend themselves against boys, because they feel too deeply for them. Very interesting. I wonder if some men actually have that same problem in defending themselves against women?

jerryk · 2024-03-09T17:31:29+00:00

Pretty much!

jerryk · 2024-03-09T16:34:51+00:00

They're also euthanizing the "mentally ill" in Canada now. And, who exactly is "mentally ill"? Anybody the Canadian government says is "mentally ill".

jerryk · 2024-02-24T22:08:50+00:00

Hey, no one's forcing you to read my stuff, buddy! I like to speculate and analyze, something that's encouraged in the U.S., although not necessarily in most other countries.

jerryk · 2024-02-24T21:48:21+00:00

Sure. Putin's a reasonable man, I realize that. However, how do you control a highly violent and rebellious militant population like the Russians are going to find in Ukraine? Even reasonable people will resort to violence and torture if they have no other means to control a rebellious population. If you disagree with me, what do you propose will be Putin's solution? Have the Ukrainians and Russians play Shostakovich chamber music together?

jerryk · 2024-02-24T20:45:20+00:00

Only a small proportion of German POW's survived in Russian captivity during WWII, my friend. You don't really dispute this, do you? The Nuremberg trials are hardly representative of Soviet treatment of the Nazis, in general. Those were show trials.

jerryk · 2024-02-24T17:19:52+00:00

It's my translation, but, this is a standard poem attributed to Stalin, and published in anthologies. You can look it up online. Here's the original.

Ходил он от дома к дому,

Стучась у чужих дверей,

Со старым дубовым пандури,

С нехитрою песней своей.

А в песне его, а в песне –

Как солнечный блеск чиста,

Звучала великая правда,

Возвышенная мечта.

Сердца, превращенные в камень,

Заставить биться сумел,

У многих будил он разум,

Дремавший в глубокой тьме.

Но вместо величья славы

Люди его земли

Отверженному отраву

В чаше преподнесли.

Сказали ему: “Проклятый,

Пей, осуши до дна...

И песня твоя чужда нам,

И правда твоя не нужна!”

jerryk · 2024-02-22T23:08:09+00:00

Well, maybe. But, given how poor she was, and that her husband was a drunk who beat her and young Josef all the time, what else would you expect?

jerryk · 2024-02-22T22:55:22+00:00

Regarding censoring, when I posted this on reddit Historical What-IF, they were not happy with it, at all. It wasn't actually removed, but, it was way, way voted down. An awful lot of people really don't like independent thought, at all. It's very threatening, you know!

jerryk · 2024-02-22T20:31:36+00:00

Maybe. But, remember that Stalin saved the life of poet Boris Pasternak, who later wrote Doctor Zhivago. The KGB wanted to arrest him, but Stalin wrote "Don't touch this cloud dweller." Socrates wasn't really a rebel, just a social critic. Stalin could sometimes be surprisingly tolerant of social critics, who weren't actively trying to overthrow him.

jerryk · 2024-02-22T19:58:32+00:00

Thanks. Certainly, Stalin himself would have compared himself to Socrates, I believe.

jerryk · 2024-02-20T21:33:24+00:00

You know, I grew up in Canada, although I was born in the U.S. That sounds so Canadian! No freedom of speech, all Canadians are supposed to march in lock-step with the government.

jerryk