Must also take into account the systematic purging of defense/intelligence/military leadership to remove anyone who might object to the employment of military force against the regime's political opponents. Which us why discussion of the current situation in traditional terms is impossible.
Alexis Zarkov
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Mathematician, physicist, philosopher, inveterate wiseass.
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Hasn't lost her talent for fellatio, has she?
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On one level, it is embarrassing that a democratic leader facing down military aggression needed “protection” from a U.S. president, but that is the upside-down world we now inhabit—one in which the U.S. is a greater threat to Ukraine than it is to Russia.
They swiftly rose to a challenge, put egos aside, and stood to help defend another leader on the front line in the battle against an authoritarian bully (actually two bullies, but only one waging physical war). open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Undaunted Leaders of the Free World
At least these leaders will stick up for Ukraine
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The plot of the last Indiana Jones movie, and the only thing I liked about it — Indy got to meet Archimedes.
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There seems to be more than one version of what it looked like. Not exactly a surprise, since no photographers from Life magazine were on hand for the occasion.
What Plutarch says is [Dryden's translation]:
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Giant pair of tongs, I think.
No, maybe more like a claw
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Does anyone make those engines Archimedes used to lift Roman triremes out of the water? I should research this shit.
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Do the helicopter next.
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Sarah, a victim/survivor of Epstein/Maxwell, & co-conspirators tells all.
Listen. Feel. Believe. Demand #Justice4Survivors.
#WhereIsTheList
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A Banksy-like poster of Sandwich Guy is popping up around D.C.
“When somebody writes the history of this period, that will definitely be one of the iconic images that comes out of it,” said one expert who specializes in graffiti and street art.
How a thrown sub made ‘Sandwich Guy’ a resistance icon in Trump’s D.C.
A DOJ employee was fired and charged with a felony after chucking a footlong at a federal agent. Now his likeness is a symbol --- and for sale on t-shirts.
