Lessons in Education, Democracy and Western Civilization from a Great Man
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37 responses to “Lessons in Education, Democracy and Western Civilization from a Great Man”
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Their guy is a former comedian.
Our former guy was a clown.-
Our current guy is soft in the head with dementia and his deputy is a brain dead virtue signal. It’s a sad state of affairs all around.
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Well, guess there’s only one thing to do. You go first.
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I presume you mean to the voting booth in November. I’ll go twice if it will save you the bother.
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I have oft believed that voting serves two purposes — venting and absolution.
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If I go for you which one do you want? I’ll take the other.
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Z-man is also a lawyer
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Yeah. Ukrainian law. Does that really count when compared to, oh say, Louisiana?
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Zelenskyy is a puppet and tool of the neo-con and neo-liberal elites who are running our crusade against Russia that we will pursue to the last Ukrainian. There is nothing great about him, he is an actor playing a role scripted for him by British and US propagandists.
More Ukrainians are killed each day than in all the mass shootings in the US in a year. To paraphrase our president, when in God’s name will we stop sending more guns to the Ukraine?
If we spent the $40B just appropriated for the Ukraine on mental health and school security we could keep own kids from being killed and would not facilitate killing Ukrainian kids. It would be a win win.
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What part of the US would you cede to China? Or Canada?
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We’ve already ceded our ability to function as a country to China. I’d like to see much of that come back through re-onshoring manufacturing. It won’t happen any time soon. There are no indications that Canada has any interest in having any more to do with us than it has to.
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Nah. We own China. The orange man hisself said so. “If you borrow a million dollars, the bank owns you. If you borrow a billion, you own the bank.”
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Great. What does $30T buy us?
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WalMart inventory.
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We’ll find out how true that is when the Chinese start dumping the $1T+ they’ve got in Treasuries. It would not be pretty. It encourages us to be nice to them. Taiwan, who’s that?
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California.
They couldn’t do anything that wouldn’t be an improvement.
What part of the US would you cede to China? Or Canada?
It must be tough being you for even just one day.
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Sometimes, but it is always a relief not to be a lemming for propaganda.
A politician who has outlawed all his political opposition parties and forced all media to consolidate under his state-run entity….. jus sayin…..
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and we are getting a pretty good start on those same actions here….
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and we are getting a pretty good start on those same actions here….
I went to the beach today. It was beautiful. Apparently only trolls remained inside.
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If you spent a little more time inside you would at least have the opportunity to be better informed, but that might not be as beautiful. Apparently you think that is a good trade off. Others mileage may vary.
I infer you like the idea of Ryan being the arbiter of what is permissible information. Curious. Some of us value free speech. We believe that more speech, good speech is the antidote to bad speech.
In addition I believe that UVA in Charlottesville should not be the tax supported center of censorship. That possibility never occurred to me before I read Ryan’s sycophantic suck up to Zelenskyy. Thank you for bringing that to my attention. I hope someone in the Gov’s office sees it and takes offense too.
If this be trollsion make the most of it.
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Your inference is wrong. If you listen to Zelesnskyy’s response, he said fight lies with truth.
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Oh, you do not approve of Ryan’s offer of censorship? That is comforting.
Zelenskyy did say fight lies with truth too, and that is what I am doing.
However, Zelenskyy’s statement is part of the mountain of lies and propaganda that his Brit and US handlers have programmed him to spout in support of his commandeering of Ukrainian media and banning of political parties. Those acts are the antithesis of free speech, and freedom itself.
Ryan’s offering up UVA as an arbiter of “disinformation” is in service of lies and repression of both speech and freedom itself. Mr. Jefferson may be rolling in his grave,
It is sad that you have swallowed Zelenskyy’s disinformation whole. Maybe you would be happier if you spent full time at the beach. It is much prettier there than here in reality.
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You are welcome to your views.
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Please tell me, do you believe Ryan should deal with the Ukrainian and Zelenskyy’s disinformation where they claimed Russian atrocities for murders the Ukrainian Azov Nazis committed in Bucha?
Here’s the timeline:
Wednesday – Mayor of Bucha announces the Russians have withdrawn
Friday – town spokesperson announces Ukrainian Azov Battalion is coming to “cleanse” the city
Saturday – The New York Times visits Bucha and photographs Azov Nazis
Sunday – Bodies show up in the streets – apparently nobody saw them for the better part of a week until they were going to church?
Monday Zelenskyy and US media start howling about Russian atrocities in Bucha
How do you like shilling for Nazis and monsters who are willing to kill their own people in a scheme to blame Russia? Is that part of your beautiful day on the beach?
Will Ryan and UVA deal with this disinformation? Do UVA and Ryan have a position on atrocities committed by the “great and remarkably insightful man” Zelenskyy as you call him?
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Wow. You do have a different opinion. That must be quite a chat room.
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No chat rooms. It is simple fact from press reports, but not Zelenskyy’s, Biden Administration’s and US MSM propaganda.
To their credit, the NYT did report from Bucha and did not report piles of bodies in the streets and did report Azov Nazis several days after the Russians left.
You just have to be willing to read and to use your head for something besides a hat rack.
Bet you were among those who put American flag decals on the fenders of their Buicks after we invaded Iraq because WMDs.
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See that far right outlet CBS news https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-russia-war-azov-battalion-putin-premise-war-vs-nazis/ “The Azov Battalion: How Putin built a false premise for a war against “Nazis” in Ukraine”. You will note that the Azov Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard was the most successful armed unit of Ukrainians fighting against the Russians in Donbas since 2014. As such, it was financed in part by wealthy Ukrainians of Jewish descent more concerned with its combat effectiveness than the politics of its members. Damn Nazis, tricking those gullible Jews and the Jewish President of Ukraine.
The battle of Bucha was part of the Kyiv offensive in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine for control of the city of Bucha. The combatants were elements of the Russian Armed Forces and Ukrainian Ground Forces. The battle lasted from 27 February 2022 to 31 March 2022 and ended with the withdrawal of Russian forces. The Azov Nazi’s as you designate them were in Bucha after the Russians left because they were the troops that drove them out. Damn Nazis, driving the Russians from Bucha.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/05/20/world/russia-ukraine-war/2136c01d-e63b-54e3-9735-4087a55516fe?smid=url-share “A spokesman for Russia’s Defense Ministry says Moscow’s forces have taken full control of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, where Ukrainian forces held out for months. The claim that the plant had been “completely liberated,” which could not be immediately verified, would signal the end of the most protracted and bloody seige of the war. The official, Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, also said that the commander of the Azov regiment had been captured and taken away from the plant in an armored car.” Damn Nazis, defending the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol to the last man.
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Apologist for Nazis, that’s quite a tumble. But it lets us know your values. Seems disrespectful on Memorial Day.
Still got your flag decal on your Buick? “It won’t get you into heaven any more, it’s already over crowded from your dirty little war.”
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“Apologist for Nazis”. How often are you blindsided by satire? Must happen a lot. Probably thought Mel Brooks’ “Springtime for Hitler” scene was a homage.
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I was referring to your immediately prior post where you denied there were Nazis in Ukraine and quoted CBS and the NYT. That was satire???
Stepan Bandera, WWII Ukrainian Nazi war criminal is Azov’s patron saint.
Note the Nazi flag, Azov Battalion flag, NATO flag, Nazi salute and blacked out faces to keep them from being identified as war criminals. If you do not understand that you have not been paying attention.
“Jesus don’t like killing no matter what the reason’s for. Your flag decal won’t get you into heaven any more.” Especially not your swastika.
Our remembrances today of and gratitude for the sacrifices of the 400+ thousand Americans and 26.6 million Russians who gave their lives to defeat the Nazis.
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https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2018-07-09/ty-article/rights-groups-demand-israel-stop-arming-neo-nazis-in-the-ukraine/0000017f-e080-d7b2-a77f-e3870e1c0000
Haaretz on rights groups demanding Israel stop arming neo Nazis in Ukraine.https://consortiumnews.com/2022/05/30/scott-ritter-phase-three-in-ukraine/
Scott Ritter, ex Marine and former arms control inspector on what is happening in the Ukraine and what the issues are going forward. Sensible and not propaganda for anyone.https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/05/rape-allegations-against-russian-troops-in-ukraine-were-fake.html#more
Ukrainian Russian rape charges debunked and the human rights ombudsman who made them was fired by the Ukrainian parliament. Where was Ryan and UVA in combating this disinformation?
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From the linked article: Ryan asked Zelenskyy what role American universities could play in combating misinformation and disinformation about the war.
Zelenskyy said information had been weaponized. He called the
dissemination of false news and reports a “pollution of the information
space.”
Do we really want UVA deciding what is misinformation and disinformation? Does that come under the heading of becoming an adjunct of the Disinformation Governance Board? Is that a good use of our Virginia tax dollars?
Ghost of Kyiv.
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