We Really Had a Wonderful Life...

[amdx]

> https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/

                                              Mikek


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[Phil Allison]

amdx wrote:
============

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/

** Nice bit of creative writing - dripping with irony.

The \"mid terms\" will give US voters a chance to have their say.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_elections

The worst govt, pres and vice in US history may get a big shocks.


...... Phil

 

[Tom Gardner]

On 12/03/22 22:53, amdx wrote:
>> https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/

I glanced at that and thought it was a sarcastic parody.
Then I saw \"American Greatness\", and I guess otherwise.

Idly spending a few minutes browsing the quotes of someone
who was a modern master of his trade yields these insights.
Modern propagandists have studied them.

\"If you tell a lie, tell a big one.\"

\"If you tell a lie long enough, it becomes the truth.\"

\"Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty.\"

 

[Cursitor Doom]

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 16:53:33 -0600, amdx <amdx@knology.net> wrote:

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/

                                              Mikek

It didn\'t take Usurper Joe long to wreck everything, did it? The guy
just resembles a re-animated corpse compared to the life-amfirming
vigour of the previous fellow.

 

[Anthony William Sloman]

On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 12:32:24 AM UTC+11, John Doe wrote:
> Bozo is the Boziest clown of them all.

John Doe can\'t say why, but he\'s convinced that his opinion is worth posting anyway. He got a lot of opinions, and none of them are worth posting.

<snipped recycled opinions carried over from previous threads>

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

 

[server]

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 16:53:33 -0600, amdx <amdx@knology.net> wrote:

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/

 
                                             Mikek

https://www.voanews.com/a/clouds-over-merkel-s-legacy-as-russian-invasion-lays-flaws-bare/6481942.html


Diplomacy is a very poor substitute for common sense.

Trump, while thoroughly obnoxious, had and used CS. Being a newcomer
to politics and diplomacy, he still had some left.



--

I yam what I yam - Popeye

 

[Cursitor Doom]

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:07:51 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 16:53:33 -0600, amdx <amdx@knology.net> wrote:

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/

 
                                             Mikek


https://www.voanews.com/a/clouds-over-merkel-s-legacy-as-russian-invasion-lays-flaws-bare/6481942.html


Diplomacy is a very poor substitute for common sense.

Trump, while thoroughly obnoxious, had and used CS. Being a newcomer
to politics and diplomacy, he still had some left.

Unfortunately, in the case of that Ukrainian president, being a
newcomer to politics and diplomacy has resulted in the current fiasco
- that we\'re all paying for, one way or another.

 

[Anthony William Sloman]

On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 1:33:59 AM UTC+11, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:07:51 -0700, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:
On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 16:53:33 -0600, amdx <am...@knology.net> wrote:

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/

https://www.voanews.com/a/clouds-over-merkel-s-legacy-as-russian-invasion-lays-flaws-bare/6481942.html

Diplomacy is a very poor substitute for common sense.

Trump, while thoroughly obnoxious, had and used CS. Being a newcomer
to politics and diplomacy, he still had some left.

Unfortunately, in the case of that Ukrainian president, being a newcomer to politics and diplomacy has resulted in the current fiasco - that we\'re all paying for, one way or another.

Cursitor Doom has been reading - and believing - Russia Today. Zelensky could have been an absolute genius at politics and diplomacy but it wouldn\'t have made any difference to Putin\'s desire to get the Ukraine back under Russian control.

The main problem is that Zelensky is reasonably honest, and Putin isn\'t, and Putin is well aware that having a well run and not too corrupt regime in an adjacent country does highlight the flaws in his own rapacious administration.

--
Bill Sloman, sydney

 

[server]

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 14:33:47 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:07:51 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 16:53:33 -0600, amdx <amdx@knology.net> wrote:

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/

 
                                             Mikek


https://www.voanews.com/a/clouds-over-merkel-s-legacy-as-russian-invasion-lays-flaws-bare/6481942.html


Diplomacy is a very poor substitute for common sense.

Trump, while thoroughly obnoxious, had and used CS. Being a newcomer
to politics and diplomacy, he still had some left.

Unfortunately, in the case of that Ukrainian president, being a
newcomer to politics and diplomacy has resulted in the current fiasco
- that we\'re all paying for, one way or another.

No, the problem is Putin. His is Dictator For Life. His entire life
has been politics and power. He is totally insulated from reality and
cares nothing about actual people. He keeps people at absurd physical
distances.

The US is smart in having term limits for top leaders. We need more.

Power corrupts. And destroys common sense.





--

I yam what I yam - Popeye

 

[Dimiter_Popoff]

On 3/13/2022 17:05, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 14:33:47 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:07:51 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 16:53:33 -0600, amdx <amdx@knology.net> wrote:

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/


                                             Mikek


https://www.voanews.com/a/clouds-over-merkel-s-legacy-as-russian-invasion-lays-flaws-bare/6481942.html


Diplomacy is a very poor substitute for common sense.

Trump, while thoroughly obnoxious, had and used CS. Being a newcomer
to politics and diplomacy, he still had some left.

Unfortunately, in the case of that Ukrainian president, being a
newcomer to politics and diplomacy has resulted in the current fiasco
- that we\'re all paying for, one way or another.

No, the problem is Putin. His is Dictator For Life. His entire life
has been politics and power. He is totally insulated from reality and
cares nothing about actual people. He keeps people at absurd physical
distances.

The US is smart in having term limits for top leaders. We need more.

Power corrupts. And destroys common sense.

All true of course, but there is more to it than just Putin, who
managed to discard the term they had and would have saved the
world the trouble he is now.
The Russians are an extremely patient folk and apparently there
is something with their mass psyche, too many psychopaths
make it too often to the top job there. In essence, they (and not
just they but they are large enough to matter) have not yet had
their magna carta, let alone the subsequent social development.

 

[Cursitor Doom]

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 08:05:59 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 14:33:47 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:07:51 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 16:53:33 -0600, amdx <amdx@knology.net> wrote:

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/

 
                                             Mikek


https://www.voanews.com/a/clouds-over-merkel-s-legacy-as-russian-invasion-lays-flaws-bare/6481942.html


Diplomacy is a very poor substitute for common sense.

Trump, while thoroughly obnoxious, had and used CS. Being a newcomer
to politics and diplomacy, he still had some left.

Unfortunately, in the case of that Ukrainian president, being a
newcomer to politics and diplomacy has resulted in the current fiasco
- that we\'re all paying for, one way or another.

No, the problem is Putin. His is Dictator For Life. His entire life
has been politics and power. He is totally insulated from reality and
cares nothing about actual people. He keeps people at absurd physical
distances.

The US is smart in having term limits for top leaders. We need more.

Power corrupts. And destroys common sense.

As you know, John, I always defer to you on electronic matters (for
obvious reasons) but when it comes to geopolitics, you\'re making a
fatal error.
The real problem stems from the breach of an undertaking NATO made to
Russia after the old Soviet Union collapsed 30 odd years ago. Russia
sees its buffer states being absorbed by NATO in an insideous Eastward
march. Ukraine cozying up the West was the last straw for Putin. He
had to draw the line somewhere and now we are where we are. I see
Putin as being in the same position JFK was in in \'62 and he has no
choice but to say \'enough is enough.\' We\'re pushing him into a
position where he may simply have to push the button.

 

[Cursitor Doom]

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:14:16 +0200, Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com>
wrote:

On 3/13/2022 17:05, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 14:33:47 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:07:51 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 16:53:33 -0600, amdx <amdx@knology.net> wrote:

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/


                                             Mikek


https://www.voanews.com/a/clouds-over-merkel-s-legacy-as-russian-invasion-lays-flaws-bare/6481942.html


Diplomacy is a very poor substitute for common sense.

Trump, while thoroughly obnoxious, had and used CS. Being a newcomer
to politics and diplomacy, he still had some left.

Unfortunately, in the case of that Ukrainian president, being a
newcomer to politics and diplomacy has resulted in the current fiasco
- that we\'re all paying for, one way or another.

No, the problem is Putin. His is Dictator For Life. His entire life
has been politics and power. He is totally insulated from reality and
cares nothing about actual people. He keeps people at absurd physical
distances.

The US is smart in having term limits for top leaders. We need more.

Power corrupts. And destroys common sense.



All true of course, but there is more to it than just Putin, who
managed to discard the term they had and would have saved the
world the trouble he is now.
The Russians are an extremely patient folk and apparently there
is something with their mass psyche, too many psychopaths
make it too often to the top job there. In essence, they (and not
just they but they are large enough to matter) have not yet had
their magna carta, let alone the subsequent social development.

For once I\'m largely in agreement with you. The common perception
among Lefties in the West is that the 1917 Russian Revolution would
have ushered in a utopia were it not for the advent of Joe Stalin.
Just about all the ills of the old Soviet Union were blamed on Uncle
Joe. But if you read into it, you\'ll see that Lenin was instituting
pogroms against ordinary Russians as early as Spring 1919. The dream
died well before Uncle Joe came on the scene, I can promise you that.
But you\'re right to say that pyschopaths do very well and rise to the
top in Russia for some reason. And not just in government, but in the
Organs of State as well.

 

[server]

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 17:33:25 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 08:05:59 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 14:33:47 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:07:51 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 16:53:33 -0600, amdx <amdx@knology.net> wrote:

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/

 
                                             Mikek


https://www.voanews.com/a/clouds-over-merkel-s-legacy-as-russian-invasion-lays-flaws-bare/6481942.html


Diplomacy is a very poor substitute for common sense.

Trump, while thoroughly obnoxious, had and used CS. Being a newcomer
to politics and diplomacy, he still had some left.

Unfortunately, in the case of that Ukrainian president, being a
newcomer to politics and diplomacy has resulted in the current fiasco
- that we\'re all paying for, one way or another.

No, the problem is Putin. His is Dictator For Life. His entire life
has been politics and power. He is totally insulated from reality and
cares nothing about actual people. He keeps people at absurd physical
distances.

The US is smart in having term limits for top leaders. We need more.

Power corrupts. And destroys common sense.

As you know, John, I always defer to you on electronic matters (for
obvious reasons) but when it comes to geopolitics, you\'re making a
fatal error.
The real problem stems from the breach of an undertaking NATO made to
Russia after the old Soviet Union collapsed 30 odd years ago. Russia
sees its buffer states being absorbed by NATO in an insideous Eastward
march. Ukraine cozying up the West was the last straw for Putin. He
had to draw the line somewhere and now we are where we are. I see
Putin as being in the same position JFK was in in \'62 and he has no
choice but to say \'enough is enough.\' We\'re pushing him into a
position where he may simply have to push the button.

The Russians could be peaceful and prosperous europeans. There is no
need for NATO or for a buffer zone.

Russia could cozy up to the West.



--

I yam what I yam - Popeye

 

[server]

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:14:16 +0200, Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com>
wrote:

On 3/13/2022 17:05, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 14:33:47 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:07:51 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 16:53:33 -0600, amdx <amdx@knology.net> wrote:

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/


                                             Mikek


https://www.voanews.com/a/clouds-over-merkel-s-legacy-as-russian-invasion-lays-flaws-bare/6481942.html


Diplomacy is a very poor substitute for common sense.

Trump, while thoroughly obnoxious, had and used CS. Being a newcomer
to politics and diplomacy, he still had some left.

Unfortunately, in the case of that Ukrainian president, being a
newcomer to politics and diplomacy has resulted in the current fiasco
- that we\'re all paying for, one way or another.

No, the problem is Putin. His is Dictator For Life. His entire life
has been politics and power. He is totally insulated from reality and
cares nothing about actual people. He keeps people at absurd physical
distances.

The US is smart in having term limits for top leaders. We need more.

Power corrupts. And destroys common sense.



All true of course, but there is more to it than just Putin, who
managed to discard the term they had and would have saved the
world the trouble he is now.
The Russians are an extremely patient folk and apparently there
is something with their mass psyche, too many psychopaths
make it too often to the top job there. In essence, they (and not
just they but they are large enough to matter) have not yet had
their magna carta, let alone the subsequent social development.

The Russians, like the Chinese, have far too much respect for and fear
of authority. And are too tribal around their culture and language.
Sociopathic lunatics like Stalin and Mao and Putin and Xi take
control.

Their dictator is insane and is hurting them, and killing their
Ukrainian friends, but what\'s most important is that he\'s Russian.

The USA got lucky in that it was and is a nation of mixed immigrants,
which dilutes tribalism. Everybody is eating every kind of food and
marrying every sort of person.

(My wife is ITALIAN from BOSTON!)



--

I yam what I yam - Popeye

 

[Cursitor Doom]

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:40:51 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 17:33:25 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 08:05:59 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 14:33:47 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:07:51 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 16:53:33 -0600, amdx <amdx@knology.net> wrote:

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/

 
                                             Mikek


https://www.voanews.com/a/clouds-over-merkel-s-legacy-as-russian-invasion-lays-flaws-bare/6481942.html


Diplomacy is a very poor substitute for common sense.

Trump, while thoroughly obnoxious, had and used CS. Being a newcomer
to politics and diplomacy, he still had some left.

Unfortunately, in the case of that Ukrainian president, being a
newcomer to politics and diplomacy has resulted in the current fiasco
- that we\'re all paying for, one way or another.

No, the problem is Putin. His is Dictator For Life. His entire life
has been politics and power. He is totally insulated from reality and
cares nothing about actual people. He keeps people at absurd physical
distances.

The US is smart in having term limits for top leaders. We need more.

Power corrupts. And destroys common sense.

As you know, John, I always defer to you on electronic matters (for
obvious reasons) but when it comes to geopolitics, you\'re making a
fatal error.
The real problem stems from the breach of an undertaking NATO made to
Russia after the old Soviet Union collapsed 30 odd years ago. Russia
sees its buffer states being absorbed by NATO in an insideous Eastward
march. Ukraine cozying up the West was the last straw for Putin. He
had to draw the line somewhere and now we are where we are. I see
Putin as being in the same position JFK was in in \'62 and he has no
choice but to say \'enough is enough.\' We\'re pushing him into a
position where he may simply have to push the button.


The Russians could be peaceful and prosperous europeans. There is no
need for NATO or for a buffer zone.

Russia could cozy up to the West.

It won\'t. There\'s no appetite for neo-liberalism in Russia. And there
are far more belicose actors waiting in the wings to oust Putin if he
ever showed any weakness. I mean *real* ultra-nationalist nut cases of
the worst kind. We should be grateful we only have the moderate,
level-headed Putin to deal with. Don\'t fall for the CRAP they say
about him on fake news channels like CNN.

 

[Joe Gwinn]

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:49:34 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:14:16 +0200, Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com
wrote:

On 3/13/2022 17:05, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 14:33:47 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:07:51 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 16:53:33 -0600, amdx <amdx@knology.net> wrote:

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/


                                             Mikek


https://www.voanews.com/a/clouds-over-merkel-s-legacy-as-russian-invasion-lays-flaws-bare/6481942.html


Diplomacy is a very poor substitute for common sense.

Trump, while thoroughly obnoxious, had and used CS. Being a newcomer
to politics and diplomacy, he still had some left.

Unfortunately, in the case of that Ukrainian president, being a
newcomer to politics and diplomacy has resulted in the current fiasco
- that we\'re all paying for, one way or another.

No, the problem is Putin. His is Dictator For Life. His entire life
has been politics and power. He is totally insulated from reality and
cares nothing about actual people. He keeps people at absurd physical
distances.

The US is smart in having term limits for top leaders. We need more.

Power corrupts. And destroys common sense.



All true of course, but there is more to it than just Putin, who
managed to discard the term they had and would have saved the
world the trouble he is now.
The Russians are an extremely patient folk and apparently there
is something with their mass psyche, too many psychopaths
make it too often to the top job there. In essence, they (and not
just they but they are large enough to matter) have not yet had
their magna carta, let alone the subsequent social development.

The Russians, like the Chinese, have far too much respect for and fear
of authority. And are too tribal around their culture and language.
Sociopathic lunatics like Stalin and Mao and Putin and Xi take
control.

There is a school of thought that concludes that Stalin was a Paranoid
Schizophrenic, based on reports of experiencing the \"praecox feeling\"
in Stalin\'s presence.

I have had personal experience with having the praecox feeling when I
met someone in Baltimore in the 1970s. It\'s not at all subtle, it\'s
being hit by a dead fish in the face. You instantly know that this
person just isn\'t right in the head. When I later recounted this
experience to a psychiatrist I met at a party, she immediately said
that this was diagnostic of Schizophrenia.

Their dictator is insane and is hurting them, and killing their
Ukrainian friends, but what\'s most important is that he\'s Russian.

The USA got lucky in that it was and is a nation of mixed immigrants,
which dilutes tribalism. Everybody is eating every kind of food and
marrying every sort of person.

I\'ve always thought that the US was fortunate in that their revolution
arose from the elites of that day, and not from the traditional
starving unlettered rabble.

Our founders were mostly learned men who were familiar with history
and law, and could afford private libraries. So they knew how this
and that legal concepts had turned out in European countries, and in
the empires of the past, using this knowledge to shape our
constitution to prevent these evils most ancient.

So far their experiment is working, despite all predictions.


>(My wife is ITALIAN from BOSTON!)

Is this cultural misappropriation?


Joe Gwinn

 

[server]

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:25:39 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:40:51 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 17:33:25 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 08:05:59 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 14:33:47 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:07:51 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 16:53:33 -0600, amdx <amdx@knology.net> wrote:

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/

 
                                             Mikek


https://www.voanews.com/a/clouds-over-merkel-s-legacy-as-russian-invasion-lays-flaws-bare/6481942.html


Diplomacy is a very poor substitute for common sense.

Trump, while thoroughly obnoxious, had and used CS. Being a newcomer
to politics and diplomacy, he still had some left.

Unfortunately, in the case of that Ukrainian president, being a
newcomer to politics and diplomacy has resulted in the current fiasco
- that we\'re all paying for, one way or another.

No, the problem is Putin. His is Dictator For Life. His entire life
has been politics and power. He is totally insulated from reality and
cares nothing about actual people. He keeps people at absurd physical
distances.

The US is smart in having term limits for top leaders. We need more.

Power corrupts. And destroys common sense.

As you know, John, I always defer to you on electronic matters (for
obvious reasons) but when it comes to geopolitics, you\'re making a
fatal error.
The real problem stems from the breach of an undertaking NATO made to
Russia after the old Soviet Union collapsed 30 odd years ago. Russia
sees its buffer states being absorbed by NATO in an insideous Eastward
march. Ukraine cozying up the West was the last straw for Putin. He
had to draw the line somewhere and now we are where we are. I see
Putin as being in the same position JFK was in in \'62 and he has no
choice but to say \'enough is enough.\' We\'re pushing him into a
position where he may simply have to push the button.


The Russians could be peaceful and prosperous europeans. There is no
need for NATO or for a buffer zone.

Russia could cozy up to the West.

It won\'t. There\'s no appetite for neo-liberalism in Russia. And there
are far more belicose actors waiting in the wings to oust Putin if he
ever showed any weakness. I mean *real* ultra-nationalist nut cases of
the worst kind. We should be grateful we only have the moderate,
level-headed Putin to deal with. Don\'t fall for the CRAP they say
about him on fake news channels like CNN.

Are those bombed-out buildings and dead people in Ukraine fake news?

How about those 50-foot long conference room tables?



--

I yam what I yam - Popeye

 

[Phil Allison]

jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
=================================

The Russians are an extremely patient folk and apparently there
is something with their mass psyche, too many psychopaths
make it too often to the top job there. In essence, they (and not
just they but they are large enough to matter) have not yet had
their magna carta, let alone the subsequent social development.

** Russians have never adopted nor experienced parliamentary democracy.
The culture is still essentially medieval.

The Russians, like the Chinese, have far too much respect for and fear
of authority.

** See above, no democracy means citizens have no sense of power.

> And are too tribal around their culture and language.

** So are the French.

> Sociopathic lunatics like Stalin and Mao and Putin and Xi take control.

** Dictatorial systems *always* reward that sort of person.
Happens anywhere: govt bureaucracies, clubs, businesses and especially HOAs ....

The USA got lucky in that it was and is a nation of mixed immigrants,
which dilutes tribalism.

** No, it actually encourages it.

> Everybody is eating every kind of food and marrying every sort of person.

** ROTFL !!



........ Phil

 

[Phil Allison]

Joe Gwinn wrote:
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There is a school of thought that concludes that Stalin was a Paranoid
Schizophrenic, based on reports of experiencing the \"praecox feeling\"
in Stalin\'s presence.

** Churchill was one such.
Being around Stalin \" ... made the hair stand up on the back of my neck \".
Considered him a very dangerous psychopath.
Was very concerned that Pres Roosevelt did not have the same reaction and actually trusted the lunatic.


..... Phil

 

[Joe Gwinn]

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 13:11:43 -0700, Don Y
<blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:

On 3/13/2022 12:32 PM, Joe Gwinn wrote:
There is a school of thought that concludes that Stalin was a Paranoid
Schizophrenic, based on reports of experiencing the \"praecox feeling\"
in Stalin\'s presence.

I have had personal experience with having the praecox feeling when I
met someone in Baltimore in the 1970s. It\'s not at all subtle, it\'s like
being hit by a dead fish in the face. You instantly know that this
person just isn\'t right in the head. When I later recounted this
experience to a psychiatrist I met at a party, she immediately said
that this was diagnostic of Schizophrenia.

+1

I\'ve met two people for which that I\'d make that claim; one is diagnosed
schizophrenic... the other (who was SCARILY so!), I don\'t have first-hand
confirmation.

[I discount numerous folks I knew at school as \"being odd\" was sort of
The Norm]

Right. Simply being odd is nowhere near the praecox feeling.

However, using this sort of \"feeling\" as a *diagnostic* seems dubious;
I\'d use it as a *hint* to go looking for other confirmation.

Back in the day, the praecox feeling was considered sufficient unto
itself. Most people sensed it, and the person giving the feeling did
not need to say anything for this to happen.

I don\'t know if a video is enough the cause a praecox feeling, but I
don\'t get the feeling from old news reels of Stalin et al at Malta.

This whole phenomena has to be very deeply rooted in the ancient parts
of the brain, being older than reason. As are many instincts.

Now days, there are questions about evidence and provability and so
on, but I would not pay that any mind. If you get that feeling about
somebody, exit immediately, debate later. Do not argue with yourself.

Joe Gwinn