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The level of stank that will be on him will prevent polite society from attending.

Can you even imagine how envious that guy must be? And to think he'll never have this. The institutions do not exist for this to be his funeral. Who would stand vigil? His kids? Maybe the strap hangers would say they would but none of them will.

Watching the funeral. This is the absolute culmination of tens of thousands of years of ceremony from the cave drawings and monoliths to the most elaborate possible veneration. I would go out with the Clash's Death or Glory and smashed Boons Farms bottles against the garage wall, but this was amazing to watch.

This is not something we really should do anything about but it is relevant to the ongoing situation. The abject weakness of Russian forces after this war could create the conditions for change. Not all those changes will be positive.

Hence the hording of nuclear secrets about another country and the $2B payout to Jared.

I like this

Ok…what is App State doing today?

JJ's quarter has been not sterling. He's making great plays but the overall production is just a hair below awesome.

Yeah he's solid

Corum and JJ didn't take long

a lot of insider baseball. But all the alt-right friends of vladdie are here

Never forget that Mastriano is a dangerous anti-semite.

My thought about all this is in part Machiavelli: you have to appeal to the feelings of the common man and most of them are going to go to the religious and spiritual when in distress.

and adherence to Catholic faith in Europe. Percent of Catholics in Europe by Country–Pew Research 2011 (no legend) - Catholic Church in Europe - Wikipedia

I'll respond with a quote and another And at the end of the day people are materialistic and survival focused. But the highest point in Maslow's hierarchy of needs is revenge.

Huh

The dilution volumes of the Great Lakes has long been cited as a reason why it was ok to leave all sorts of stuff in the local watershed. Lets not do that anymore, please.

Of course the Stalin quote about the Pope comes to mind.

It’s like asking if Putin was going to win the recent elections. They technically had elections. It looked like democracy but wasn’t.

I think in this case they were just trying to fish in the punters to get them to lay odds. But if Xi is dumped...fwew! I can think of a few bad outcomes but a lot of good ones.

and then actually causes something bad to happen though his overt acts.

My man. Xi has a big CCP congress meeting or Party for the Party if you will, in October. Basically its the trope of all those situation comedies when the wife has to prepare a flawless meal when the boss or bank manager is coming to dinner. Except in this case, Xi is probably dealing with a stacked deck and could have any individual complaining about his leadership sent to a reeducation camp.