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    Russia is now bombing Ukraine

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    4 hours ago, dcom said:

    There are various definitions for the idiom, I'm using it in the sense of "their mind has stopped working in a normal way and their behaviour has become very strange as a result" - so what I mean is that Putin's invested himself in the war in a way that Lavrov hasn't; Lavrov is a stone-cold shrewd sycophant, but could also be way over his head in the position that he has, and can't back out or back down. Šoigu's been out of the picture for weeks, so he could've developed a conscience and been ousted.

    I would not buy into the idea that any senior person involved in that administration is in over their head or would have a crisis of conscience. They have all been working toward this point for years. The entire state from top to bottom is a criminal enterprise. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_under_Vladimir_Putin#FSB_influence

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    Celebrity Deaths

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    Philip Jeck (1952-2022)

    Jon and Mike are deeply saddened to tell you that Philip Jeck died peacefully on Friday after a short illness. A remarkable man and a wonderful artist, he has been one of the kingpins of our work for 30 years. But with Philip it was never just the work, more the love, the spirit and the dedication. He touched so many with his wit, his zest for life and his wisdom. We will miss him terribly and our love goes out to Mary and Louis.

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    https://touch33.net/news/philip-jeck-1952-2022.html

    RIP

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    Russia is now bombing Ukraine

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    35 minutes ago, zazen said:

    I agree with chenGOD

    And I don't think Hermolia should be censored.

    Some of what Hermolia has posted has been fake/disprovable but then its useful to go through that exercise. And we get to see what propaganda the other side has been seeing.

    Some of what Hermolia has posted is accurate, and then people's objection has been 'why focus on that when you could focus on this other thing' - the implication being that he is posting in bad faith - but he has given good responses to that imho. He hates Putin, supports Ukrainian independence, likes communists, hates nazis. Only one of those things is an unusual position but we should be able to handle that.

    Hermolia will continue to post in this thread about nazis and I think thats fair enough. They are there and we _think_ we have accounted for them (they are a minority, they dont have political power etc) but we need to be kept on our toes with that.

    Much of the world supports Ukraine and so it should .... but we shouldn't get too black and white rah rah rah goodies baddies hero worship about all this. It can get so normative. We need other voices in this thread even if it makes us uncomfortable.

    I don't agree that there is any value in indulging fake news bots or the people who  repost their memes and conspiracies. It's not the same as healthy debate. In this situation, where civilians are being massacred by an invading power - anything but the truth is an attempt to muddy the waters to the benefit of the aggressor. 

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