If you have anger issues, this one is a great tool (h/t mindyourbusiness)
October 1
“Does the light of a lamp shine and keep its glow until its fuel is spent? Why shouldn’t your truth, justice, and self-control shine until you are extinguished?”
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 12.15
How do I let my truth, justice, and self-control shine? I am not one for public displays to impress people. I do it more by just living according to my principles and the Stoic philosophy. If nobody notices, that’s fine, but I have had comments made to me that show others have noticed that I have managed to control my anger better as well as not allowing external forces to stress me out. My wife was impressed with my ability to remain calm while I was fighting with replacing the belt on my air compressor. I could not figure out how to move the electric motor enough to tighten the belt, make it straight and tighten the bolts all at the same time.I know in the past, I would have cursed or thrown a wrench, but this time, I was able to laugh every time it slipped and eventually got it in position without stress.
October 2
“But the wise person can lose nothing. Such a person has everything stored up for themselves, leaving nothing to Fortune, their own goods are held firm, bound in virtue, which requires nothing from chance, and therefore can’t be either increased or diminished.”
—SENECA, ON THE FIRMNESS OF THE WISE, 5.4
I try to live in this state of mind, but it is difficult. I think the only thing that could really devestate me would be if something happened to my wife. Other than her, everything I own is not vital to my life. I know this is easy to say when there are no threats to them, and I hope I can maintain that attitude if something does take some or all of my assets away from me.
October 3
“Meditate often on the interconnectedness and mutual interdependence of all things in the universe. For in a sense, all things are mutually woven together and therefore have an affinity for each other—for one thing follows after another according to their tension of movement, their sympathetic stirrings, and the
unity of all substance.”
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.38
This is a reminder that I am not designed to be by myself all the time. I went to visit my brother, he is still an active duty Marine. In my daily life, I don’t hang out with people, and my wife is the only person I really talk to. Outside of Glib meetups, usually when I do visit with other people, I get along with them, but I don’t really fit. It was nice to hang out and drink beer with my brother and his friends and we all got along great. It’s been years since I drank beer with other Marines. Makes me almost wish I had friends that lived closer to me.
October 4
“That which isn’t good for the hive, isn’t good for the bee.”
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.54
This one makes me think of all the government responses to COVID and climate change that are neither good for the bee nor the hive. It is also not good for the community to have adults with kids not being parents and that has a detrimental effect on the children. It is also true that just because how I live my life works for me, it will not necessarily work for everyone.
October 5
“Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue.”
—ZENO, QUOTED IN DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 7.1.26
I try not to say things I will regret. As long as I am in control of my emotions, this is not a problem. When I let my anger get too strong, it is easy to lash out. If I say something cruel, no matter how I try to atone, it was still said by me and may never be forgotten.
October 6
“It’s in keeping with Nature to show our friends affection and to celebrate their advancement, as if it were our very own. For if we don’t do this, virtue, which is strengthened only by exercising our perceptions, will no longer endure in us.”
—SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 109.15
When I was active duty, trying to get promoted to E-7 in a job with 2 openings and 17 eligible people, a friend of mine got selected and I got passed over. In all honesty, he deserved it more than me, I was a very good Marine, but he was a phenomenal one. I congratulated him, and managed to be celebratory with him even though it hurt my feelings. A couple others we knew were not so gracious and unable to hide their jealousy and resentment. Acting like a child when someone you know does better than you definitely will not improve your circumstances and could cost you a friendship.
October 7
“The person who does wrong, does wrong to themselves. The unjust person is unjust to themselves —making themselves evil.”
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.4
Thieves and liars have been an anathema to me as long as I can remember. When I was younger, seeing how people reacted when they figured out my dad wasn’t trustworthy really stuck with me and gave me a desire to never be like that. Luckily all of my brothers seemed to have learned the same lesson. My wife says we all take after his father because he was a very upright person and I know he did not approve of my dad’s character. he has ruined his life through his actions and I am 100% sure that I will be remembered by my children much better than he is currently thought of by us.
Music is from one of my favorite singers, Ronnie James Dio. I saw him open for Iron Maiden in 2003. He put on a hell of a show.
This is technically a Black Sabbath song, but it is 100% Dio.
I love how calm he is when the fan crashes the stage at the beginning.
Another song that is not a Dio song, but really is.
This London concert from 2005 is outstanding, I might have watched it a few times.
https://gf.com/careers/opportunities-in-us/
sorry ’bout that.
Thanks.
This one in particular:
https://globalfoundries.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Malta/SMTS-Data-Engineer-DevOps_JR-2200539
This is a Job Level 8 position. JL8 is difficult to get promoted to, so best to get hired there. It’s higher than most managers.
I think the bounty for referring to someone for JL8 is like $6k, so be sure to mention me.
The problem with that plan is, I lack most of the skillset for that job. I’ve got the BS and experience with Unix scripts but I know fuck all about data warehousing, databases, and modern code development practices.
Google some buzzwords and fake your way through the phone interview.
Most JL7+ spend most of their time in meetings anyway.
If their interviewer is even as competent as I am at sniffing out fakes, I wouldn’t make it to the phone interview.
I found a JL9 opening, it requires being evil and supreme schmoozing skills. The pay is probably fantastic.
Refer yourself? I’m sure the referrer bonus on that one is even bigger. Might even earn the proper style points.
Per diem for hookers and blow?
Where is it? I probably qualify lol.
Dang…that is an executive perk!
That sounds like: “Be an accomplished bullshit artist”.
Pretty sure that’s code for hookers and blow funding.
ensure the right level of executive relationships are developed from the CEO down
Definitely hookers and blow territory.
Travel 75% to visit partners and build relationships
I’m out.
100% or bust?
Depending on the cabbage available I could be persuaded. Sounds like a do it from anywhere job near an Airport.
Apply anyway.
What’s the level of https://globalfoundries.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/details/Principal-Site-Reliability-Engineer_JR-22003728 ?
6
That wasn’t the kind of reliability I was thinking it was. More IT than ELFR.
https://globalfoundries.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/jobs/details/MTS-Reliability-Engineer_JR-21006904?q=reliability&locationRegionStateProvince=9819bf0148e54f89adb255aa7bead635
Ab Initio (and most ETL tools like informatica) are the VisualBasic of ETL. I had to use Informatica for years. It makes easy things really easy and hard things impossible. Python with cx_oracle was a better solution.
If there are any people willing to work long hours and take orders from me, I do have a lab tech job open:
https://globalfoundries.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/jobs/details/Sr-Chemical-Analysis-Technician_JR-2200935?q=chemical&locationRegionStateProvince=9819bf0148e54f89adb255aa7bead635
Can i bring my gun to work?
Officially, no. Unofficially, I’ve never been searched.
My employer is realizing that people don’t particularly want to move to the desert, so they are offering incentives, including making some jobs completely remote. I know the NNSA National Field Service has elected mostly to stay remote.
https://www.nnss.gov/pages/NFO/EmploymentJobs.html
Well 10 years ago it was great but mismanagement of water resources has finally caught up to them…
I try to live in this state of mind, but it is difficult.
Isn’t that true about stoicism in general – it is a highly refined approach at odds with all of our baser instincts?
100%
It’s why the reminders to fight our base instincts are so important.
“Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue.”
This is a tough one for me. My first reaction to a lot of people is snark, followed by sarcasm, with scorn rounding out the trifecta of “oh fuck, that was probably a bad idea.”
I’d blame You People, but I was like this before I met you.
It’s definitely improved with age – and is pretty much absent in professional settings – but pre-thought and precise language are important.
Thanks, Ron!
“Meditate often on the interconnectedness and mutual interdependence of all things in the universe. For in a sense, all things are mutually woven together and therefore have an affinity for each other—for one thing follows after another according to their tension of movement, their sympathetic stirrings, and the unity of all substance.”
Once again, this is a very Buddhist thought. I wonder if there were bits of philosophy traded at the time.
I’m a believer in universal truths.
I am as well. If I see the same thing in a few different places, that’s a big indicator there’s something to it and I should pay attention.
“But the wise person can lose nothing. Such a person has everything stored up for themselves, leaving nothing to Fortune, their own goods are held firm, bound in virtue, which requires nothing from chance, and therefore can’t be either increased or diminished.”
—SENECA, ON THE FIRMNESS OF THE WISE, 5.4
And what if the other party to a transaction makes egregious misrepresentations? What has stoicism to offer on the topic of revenge plots?
Revenge is a dish best served untracable.
Make sure no one can figure out it was you.
The answer is further down the page:
“The person who does wrong, does wrong to themselves. The unjust person is unjust to themselves —making themselves evil.”
He’ll get his.
That seems to be more a declaration of faith than something backed up by observation.
Yep.
So what? You shoot the fucker in the face and all is well? The whole point of these exercises is to attain a higher level of moral performance.
In other words “Be better than them” fine, I get that. Absent a theological framework, the claim that they are doing themselves wrong when they wrong you doesn’t stand up.
Do you see stoicism as a theological framework?
I see bad people generally as miserable fucks. That’s observable. No real friends, family hates them.
Sounds kind of like hell to me.
I see a lot of bad people quite happily enjoying their ill-gotten gains.
Is Hunter Biden miserable? I know I’d be if I were in his shoes, but is he miserable? I’m not sure.
I think it’s also worth distinguishing between low functioning evil (usually associated with lack of impulse control) and high functioning evil (usually associated with manipulation and sociopath).
sociopathy*
What difference does it make in your life if bad people are happy or sad?
And all the harm that e’er I’ve done
Alas, it was to none but me
[lyric from The Parting Glass]
My goddam phone wants me to sign up for plague exposure alerts.
WTF? The plague is over.
They want to do more data harvesting, and people fall for the scam.
No, it’s not! There’s a lot more nuance and context to “the pandemic is over”. That doesn’t mean what you think it means.
“It depends on your definition of ‘over.'” /Blackberry
Suburban Cook County. 3 deaths since Sept 17. – Sept 27. Incidentally when I checked yesterday there were zero Covid Deaths from Sept 17-Sept 27. *Shrug* I’m sure the data was just late in getting reported.
Cases are hovering around the 200 cases per day mark.
We’re ready for the next one:
First death associated with monkeypox reported in Ohio: Weekly update
I’m guessing comorbidities like…
Sounds like AIDS.
The pandemic was over before it was announced. The plandemic remains in full effect.
If you click on it, you will be routed to a Nigerian Prince who has COVID and needs a small donation from your bank account.
Make sure no one can figure out it was you.
That will be pretty tough to do when I go after his real estate license.
For some reason today, I feel like making my Friday afternoon satellite radio music party feature SiriusXM’s ’40s channel. Maybe it’s because the early ’40s, at least, were a rough time in history that we managed to survive.
I like the ’70s channel too, but we’re getting way too much ’70s stuff in the current economy, and I don’t want any more reminders of that. 😒
Got just the thing for you.
Dio went through groups like a hot knife through butter. My fav: Kill the King.with Man on the Silver Mountain a bit behind.
Shit. MotSM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORnvO1VyYMk
Oops. missed it in the article. Please nevermind.
This is ridiculous
Fox News host Tucker Carlson weighs in on the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian and calls out liberals and lawmakers for blaming climate change
Joyless Reid compared American citizens leaving FL for other states to get out of the path of a hurricane to illegal aliens invading the country for economic purposes. These people are next level dishonest.
Ms Reid, I know you’re not going to see this, or even register what I’m saying, but people who flee a hurricane intend to go back afterwards and rebuild their devastated homes. Illegal Aliens don’t plan to go back, and won’t fix up the homes they left. Maybe once upon a time it was otherwise, but once the welfare spigots were opened for people who don’t belong, there were far fewer hard workers among the hordes and caravans.
Maybe once upon a time it was otherwise
It wasn’t that long ago. Migrant farmers existed into the early 90s.
That was an Evan ago!
We still get a few in my area, but not like before.
Some of our teens close friends are/were illegal and were heads on fire screaming when Trump was elected. I told them, you aren’t who he is talking about. You have children in school that you fight to assimilate while holding onto your culture and you operate two businesses.
It was common practice for Mexican laborers to walk across the border and work the fields in California. They would save up their money and return home at the end of harvest to live with their families.
Then the US decided to lock down the border. So laborers would find a way to get across the border, work the fields, and then pay someone to bring their families over.
So the US turned migrant workers into permanent immigrants.
The rest is modern history.
So what you’re saying is, we should have secured the border before both side became dependant upon cross-border migration.
No. I am not saying that at all.
It was common practice for Mexican laborers to walk across the border and work the fields in California. They would save up their money and return home at the end of harvest to live with their families.
I remember them coming up into Pennsylvania. They’d shop at the local grocery stores during harvest times.
The bracero program, subject of the very good Ricardo Montalban movie Border Incident.
As non-stoic as it is – I can’t wait for that cunte to die a slow, painful, miserable death.
Server Error is pissing me right the fuck off, today.
Anger issues this week.
Had crazy power issues at the house, surges that blew breakers and then stuttering outages. Probably someone messing with transformers who was not properly trained. It hit several houses around me too. Naturally, it messed up equipment, including the beloved Pi computer I do my writing on. I reminded myself this was out of my control and spent 30 minutes checking for other damage. In the end I had to make a new Ubuntu card for the PI. I didn’t let it wreck the entire day or send me into a cursing spiral.
Nice job. Might be time to invest in surge protectors for vulnerable parts. Who knows when they’ll mess with you again.
It was all surge-protected. And they did the job. One now requires replacement! That’s quite the hit. The issue is I did not have a battery backup. So when the power stuttered, it turned the Pi on and off again until the memory card corrupted. I am looking into battery solutions now for the thing. I wanted it to be somewhat portable anyway.
Nice prep then and heck of a surge.
Holy Diver
This link is to test Ron’s stoicism.
Holy Driver
He was on my fantasy football team!
You shoot the fucker in the face and all is well?
Who said anything about shooting anybody in the face? I just want to do what I can to prevent this asshole from swindling any more little old widder ladies like the previous owner of this property. I look upon it as my civic duty.
That’s the right way. I wasn’t referring to your situation, but revenge in general.
Well, shooting him in the face would accomplish your goal.
We are taught or learn to be selfish. We don’t want to share our parents with our siblings. We want our toys. We are jealous of our friends and family when they seem to have nicer things than we do or better and more presents under the tree. It’s OK, if it gives us a reason to work harder or do better and can change things for ourselves. It is not a license to steal.
This morning I had coffee with a friend my age who has done very well, pulling himself up by his bootstraps and is a very kind and generous person. He was lamenting about how the stock market has been treating us as of late. I reminded him that he was still way comfortable, he has his trust payable to Mayo Bros, where he and his wife have had good experiences. He and his wife have serious medical problems but never complain. I will miss them but on the other hand maybe he’ll miss me first.
cats: https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1574037254552621058
and dogs: https://twitter.com/CasuallyGreg/status/1573420524772143104
I would like to play with that puppy.
Has to be jelly cause jam dont shake like that.
lulz
I could not figure out how to move the electric motor enough to tighten the belt, make it straight and tighten the bolts all at the same time.I know in the past, I would have cursed or thrown a wrench, but this time, I was able to laugh every time it slipped and eventually got it in position without stress.
I had my moment yesterday. I was trying to get a Mauser bolt apart. The extractor collar wouldn’t spin like it should so the bolt was hard to work and I couldn’t get the extractor off. I thought I had screwed up, and instead of cursing, I decided this would be another for the batch of guns I want to send to a gunsmith. I walked away. Then later in the day, I had some ideas. I managed to get the extractor off. I got some oil into the collar and it spins like it should now. The bolt works like it should. And I didn’t curse once.
This one makes me think of all the government responses to COVID and climate change that are neither good for the bee nor the hive. It is also not good for the community to have adults with kids not being parents and that has a detrimental effect on the children. It is also true that just because how I live my life works for me, it will not necessarily work for everyone.
Yes.
And sorta-stoic moment: It looks like I’ll be working the weekend. No cursing, though I am drinking a little Irish Coffee.
🙁
I also have “Battle Beneath the Earth” going in the background. I like that the one Navy officer was driven in a red Mustang.
I thought you would notice that!
They never drive Mopar. Sadness! Ford had those movie contracts tied up!
My urge to kill rose several times this week but is now receding a bit.
Ukraine War Update
Situation Report on the Kharkiv Counteroffensive, the fighting at Lyman and along the Oskol River. How similar were these battles to past military operations?
And this is fine!
One of the things that global communication is good for is these things would be in the dark and decades from now some historians would be looking at the events piecing together how the world ended.
Well, there won’t be any record from the global communications. Those EMPs knocked out all the backups.
Day 10 in a row since going back to my position is in the bag and finally a weekend where I am not on call or going in. I chose the 10 days because when I was manager, I had to deny people leave cause well, we have no people to cover. I went back and covered everyone’s shifts so they can take their much needed time off. #patontheback
Sure this can go here.
Why not?
“It’s in keeping with Nature to show our friends affection and to celebrate their advancement, as if it were our very own. For if we don’t do this, virtue, which is strengthened only by exercising our perceptions, will no longer endure in us.”
^This right here.^
I learned this trait from my dad, but more importantly from my best friend. He is the most positive and successful person I know. He treats every success of his peers and friends as a personal success. He encouraged me to get a advanced degree, push for promotions, recommend me for board positions, and most importantly go after girls. Each success I’ve had was celebrated by him. He does this for everyone around him and i have tried to do the same.
Support and encourage those around you who are putting themselves out there and are succeeding. Have no ulterior motives other than making your peer group and community better.
Russian pipeline leaks spark climate fears as huge volumes of methane spew into the atmosphere
Climate scientists acknowledged that it is hard to accurately quantify the exact size of the emissions and say the leaks are a “wee bubble in the ocean” compared to the massive amounts of methane emitted around the world every day.
Nonetheless, environmental campaigners argue the incident reaffirms that the risk of sabotage or an accident makes fossil infrastructure a “ticking time bomb.”
The narrative must always win out.
I bought this flannel and should get it today, so I’m listening to Supernaut.
https://www.dixxon.com/products/black-sabbath-vol-4-flannel
Best cover of Supernaut:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjho-zVgDXo
I was hoping it was the 1,000 Homo DJ’s (AKA Ministry) one.
It was a great version and a great late 80’s sound to it. So much talent in that super group.
Oooh, I like that.
I saw Dio in 1984 – about 17 rows back in the floor section. Didn’t know much about him at the time and didn’t realize he had been in Black Sabbath or Rainbow until the concert.
The range and power of his voice was a mind-altering experience from that short distance. Man on the Silver Mountain was an encore song.
Nonetheless, environmental campaigners argue the incident reaffirms that the risk of sabotage or an accident makes fossil infrastructure a “ticking time bomb.”
Leave it in the ground! We can heat our homes with dried excrement from our chamber pots.
Nope.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Friday that his nation has formally submitted an expedited application to become a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)….
“Ukraine was and remains a leader in negotiation efforts. It was our state that always offered Russia to reach an agreement on coexistence on equal, honest, decent and fair terms,” Zelensky said in a video message. “It is obvious that this is impossible with this Russian president. He does not know what dignity and honesty are. Therefore, we are ready for a dialogue with Russia, but already with another president of Russia.”
Like Medvedev?
He’s more likely to nuke Ukraine.
Ah yes. Dignity.
“It is obvious that this is impossible with this Russian president. He does not know what dignity and honesty are. Therefore, we are ready for a dialogue with Russia, but already with another president of Russia.”
I’m not sure you’re really in a position to dictate terms to anybody.
As I’m watching last night’s GlibFlick, I get commercials. Since it is election season, sometimes they are political ads. Usually I ignore all of the ads, but this political ad from one of the Democrat incumbent US Representatives from NH made me laugh.
DRAIN THE SWAMP!
Neglects to mention that the rest of the House Democrats are dropping the legislation until after the mid-term elections.
For once, I have no mental struggles. All my things are packed. I leave this coming week to start my new life. I can focus on my family. I am no longer conflicted about what’s required of me and whether it agrees with my principles. I have found faith again. I feel…free.
I know the honeymoon phase will end, but for now, I am basking in contentment.
Wonderful! Please refresh my alleged memory – new job? New home?
Decided to separate from the military. Bought a home with a few acres out in the country in South Carolina, but close to my parents and brother and his wife. Daughter and wife are there already and love it. Got a new job working in the automotive industry, but I get a month off in between the old and new job. It’s not just getting out of the military, it’s a complete shift in careers and lifestyle that I’ve been seeking for a long time.
🙂
Congratulations. Looks promising.
Good for you!
Not entirely sure how it relates to stoicism, but it has taken a lot of mental fortification. I went back and forth a lot on staying or going because I’m at 12 years, but the last few years I really felt like I was being ordered to do something that conflicted with my conscience. When I had to sit at my desk and interview 14 people seeking religious exemptions from the vaccine, people who shared my beliefs, and then the next week be required to “celebrate gender identities” I decided that’s enough. I will not conduct an inquisition on other Christians and I will not condone the celebration of mental health issues. That was the final straw of many.
So I announced my decision and almost immediately was met with a wave of higher ups trying to convince me to stay, but when no one else was listening they confided in me that they thought the same as me but felt trapped. This made it difficult, but not as difficult as turning my back on a family legacy of military service. I’m a third generation military brat and nearly all served to retirement.
But God opened the doors. We waited for opportunities and lost a few bids for houses until this one happened on us. The owner could have got $50k more for it, but saw my wife and I are vets and immediately agreed to whatever we asked. Then my new neighbor, also a vet, reached out and began helping me find a new job in his company, a major player in the auto industry. I subsequently landed the job.
My wife has been in SC for months taking care of the home while inouptocess and she tells me nearly every day that
Aw dang. Posted too soon. My wife has been in the home for months now and tells me every day that the whole community has been wonderful, faith-based, and friendly.
I know it’s a honeymoon period, but it took some steeling of the mind to get here.
Mind if I ask what general area of SC?
Upstate near Greenville.
Nice. We are looking around Hendersonville area but haven’t quite decided yet.
We looked at Hendersonville as well. We settled near Greenville because we like that it has great restaurant options and felt like “little big city” but we are far enough away that it doesn’t actually affect where we live. We are well outside any city limits.
Build me a BMW!!! Congrats Mustang.
Kick. Ass.
Thank you for your service. Seriously, will today’s military support the jackboots or side with the constitution of it comes to that? Whose side will the F-15s be on?
Whose side will the F15s be on?
Both.
Fuck yes.
Congrats, Mustang! Really happy for you and the family.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux1vBolJf5Q
Sounds like he’s free.
They’re offering the higher level IT exams soon. Application deadline is this coming payday. Should I drop anywhere from $50-$200 to get on the list again. I mean, I’m eligable for the 29 exam this time around. Though the number of available items gets smaller as you go up the grade levels.
Or should I just stick to looking for a real job?
I would play all the options.
Probably the safer route.
Both!
Okay.
I’m just a bit down because I’m pretty sure from what I’m being told (by management) about the next reorg that I’m being sidelined. Or they could be really bad at conveying intent. But I can’t bet on that.
😟 I hope it’s not as bad as you suspect, but if it is, I’d take that as the sign that it’s time for you to move on. Scary as hell, but you’ll never find what’s better on “the other side” until you really go for it.
Follow your heart, UCS. Which makes you happier, money or peace?
“You gotta know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em”
Without money, I don’t have any peace, because my mind goes into overdrive fretting over how I’ll support myself.
Later folks. It’s the end of my workweek. Errands may keep me away until after the lynx drops.
I was wrong, I’m thirteen minutes before lynx.
It used to be a joke that they were trying to turn the NFL into flag football, not any more.
I didn’t think they could make that game any more meaningless, but look at ’em go! 🏈
Right up there with the pre-All Star baseball game’s “Home Run Derby,” AKA batting practice.
Isn’t that really just the whole baseball season now?
Ukrainians flee from Russian annexation – while they still can
As Russia prepares to annex a swathe of Ukrainian territory the size of Portugal after staging what it calls referendums in four provinces, hundreds of Ukrainians escaped through the last Russian checkpoint. Many said they had fled while they still can.
“A lot of people are just leaving everything behind. There are places that are completely deserted,” said Boyko. “Everybody wants to be in Ukraine, and this is why everybody is leaving. Over there is a lawless place. Entire villages are leaving.”
It was at least as legit as the 2020 election in the US.
Apparently ethnic Russians are also fleeing to Russian held territory too, according to Military Summary.
So it either devolves into a WW or civil war for Russia. My guess we are bankin on civil war and think we can control it.
No one really wins a civil war, but that doesn’t stop morons from thinking that.
Well, the partition of India and Pakistan went so well. I’m sure this will be fine.
I would imagine that ethnic Ukrainian enclaves are leaving. That should be about 20% of the population.
Text of Putin’s speech.
Even the shit translation sounds better than Biden on his best day.
https://www.laughingwolf.net/2022/09/30/well-shit/
I noticed he used the phrase “Anglo-Saxon”. Trying to keep the door open to the French or others?
Maybe, the Brits have a hard-on for Russia for 150 years. I have to imagine the feeling is mutual.
Russia gets is land pathway to the Black Sea.
Biden didn’t pretend he won 90% of the vote.
I heard he received every eligible voter since 1865
Heh…
Other votes over previous years in those provinces have always gone towards Russia, or rather away from Ukraine, but Russia didn’t even formally acknowledge the independence vote of 2014 until this year.
The major concern of citizens in the Donbas/Luhansk area earlier this year was that Russia would come in, stall Ukraine, and then leave them high and dry to face the long term consequences by themselves.
While the situation surrounding the vote isn’t ideal, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s not representative of the popular will. That region despises Kiev, and with pretty good reason.
I have been spewing my rage at a therapist I like and is worth the 30-minute drive. I have also been getting weekly massages that are helping me release all the crap trapped in the knots in my back and neck.
I hate to think what you’d spew at a therapist you DIDN’T like! 😳 Srsly, hope it’s helping!
Mmmm!!! Massages! 😌
If I lived near you, Id offer to do both for free. Likely simultaneously.
Clothing optional.
You’re a generous and giving individual.
He is, isn’t he?
Shut the fuck up, Brandon. You’re making it worse.
Because comments on a natural disaster has to end with commenting on bullshit that is none of our business and announcing tens of billions of
funny moneydollars in new spending on a war that is not ours and is on the precipice of spinning out of control into another global conflict because NATO and the US won’t butt the fuck out. ffs…Meh, if we burned it, at least we’d be decreasing the money supply and slowing inflation.
The Europeans might want to consider money furnaces!
BUT THE CARBON!!!
They LIKE burning trees. Somehow that is carbon negative.
https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/exercises/event201/
October 18, 2019. Interesting timing, given that the first COVID cases probably started in December 2019 and we entered the “2 weeks to flatten the curve” by March, 2021.
“The pandemic represents a rare but narrow window of opportunity to reflect, reimagine, and reset our world”
– Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum, June 2020
If there’s one thing my alma mater knows how to do, it’s how to get itself some sweet, sweet government lucre.
And they are very prone to thinking of themselves as the rulers that should be.
Times like this I wish James Bond was real.
Somehow we got just the Bond villains, but no Bond.
Well yeah, the idea of a government agent spoiling the plans of evil billionaires is unlikely… In real life bond works for the evil billionaire.
Folks in various Reopen groups have been talking about Event 201 since mid-2020.
It took place at a… very convenient time.