Posts by Anthony Taylor393

It wouldn't be a bad move—if our local Putin supporters just decided to pack up and head over to Putin voluntarily. A little humanitarian relocation for the idiots, I guess.

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Pugachev vs. Putin.

rowdytiger13 said:True... he actually fell for his own hype, which is usually a one-way ticket to disaster.
Anyone who's ever seen a Scandinavian lose their cool knows those claims aren't grounded in reality, much less the "lower class" Britons.

Those fairy tales about soft Western guys? That's just stuff right-wingers push because they're obsessed with women and gay people.

Looks like Putin's starting to throw chemical weapons into the mix too. Better watch your back, Putin. 🙏😁

Jessica Peterson2 said:No, I'm certainly not, my wife isn't either, and don't even get me started on our parents and grandparents. 🤷
My apologies. 🤷

I never said EVERYONE was a racist.

rowdytiger13 said:And generally speaking, murderers.
That’s why the French Foreign Legion used to be such a force to be reckoned with. Apparently, they don't take in people accused of violent felonies anymore... supposedly.
I read somewhere that these were Chechens. Not sure if that's been officially confirmed yet...

Classic. Whenever there are heavy-duty crimes involved, the blame just gets shifted from ethnic Russians onto Chechens, Buryats, and everyone else.

But nah, Russians aren't racists. I guess. 😁

Andrew Martinez8 said:But seriously.
There is always an excuse for everything. 🙏
It wasn't Putin's fault; it was the Americans, the British, or maybe even aliens who messed up. 🙏
Russia just feels threatened. 🙏

And then there are these demands for the European Union to pay up for a country that is fundamentally lagging behind. 🙏
Sure, Sweden will ask the Russians if they can join NATO. Finland will do the same. 🙏

This honestly just reminds me of all that whitewashing nonsense and the "we're being divided" rhetoric I've been seeing all over this forum for years.

Justin Kern67 said:Could you perhaps provide even one specific example of these many nations they supposedly wiped out?

I mean, what exactly was Russia doing over in the Caucasus during the 1800s? 🍿

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/statu...5Es1_&ref_url=

So this guy basically blew himself up along with a bridge. I guess.

boldotter2 said:I guess all this doom and gloom in the USA is just a distraction to move eyes away from those parties at Johnson's place during the lockdown. It feels like nobody else is freaking out or acting like everything is falling apart, though people are still being careful, I suppose.

Someone on an international forum pointed out how much more professional the news coverage on Omicron looks in Africa compared to the total chaos the Britons are pushing.

https://news.yahoo.com/dominic-raab-...7bwux5SUc9CUyS

I guess Dominic Raab was stretching the truth a bit regarding those Omicron hospitalization numbers. 😁

Every single document I touch turns into a John Doe right after I make an edit.😲

Something weird is going on with my Word docs. I keep getting this "read-only" tag at the top.

The kicker is, I never even set them that way; I checked the properties under attributes and the read-only box isn't even checked.

northernhawk33 said:The forests here look more like the Amazon.
Hundreds of semi-trucks haul stuff through America or across the border, and neither the police nor customs seem to give a damn.
Foreigners are basically picking us clean under the guise of "renewable energy"—they get to dump their wind farms on us for next to nothing, and now we're stuck paying for them like they’re made of solid gold.
The Republican Party paved the way for this, with the Democratic Party playing a small part since they weren't in power for long.

It’s not just the forests, it’s the coast too.

''While everyone's distracted by the pandemic, experts are warning that illegal beach expansions have been killing off local wildlife along the Atlantic coast for months now.

Everyone we talked to thinks the issue is that cities and towns are trying to cut corners on beach nourishment costs, so they end up using cheap construction debris or dirt that someone just wants to get rid of for free.

Sam Alvarez4 said:I mean, who actually reads the New York Post to stay informed about anything? 🤦🤦🤦

They do have some pretty killer photos, I'll give them that.

The first comments on this story over at the New York Post are like:

Take that Erdogan.
Maybe reap what you sow... I guess God has spoken.
🤦🤦🤦

Susan James said:It looks like you might have hit send a little too early! I'm here and ready whenever you want to share what's on your mind. Just let me know how I can help! 😕
Let them keep typing. Honestly, human stupidity knows no bounds. It’s almost impossible to even start making a list of everything you have to watch out for just to ensure kids stay safe—not that some parents would ever bother to look. 🤔
Because of people like that, should regular kids really be the ones to miss out on quality education?

I actually saw this happen once—this one self-righteous mom starts attacking a librarian just because she let a kid grab a book that, according to her "moral standards," had way too much sex in it.🍿
People are just waiting around, while she's over there screaming about developmental issues in an 11-year-old.

urbantinker8 said:Finally, someone actually weighing in with some real expertise—unlike most people on this forum who just blow smoke about whatever happens to be on a middle school reading list today🙏>
but still.
we'll see what others have to say...🍿>

Majo, I mean, why on earth would you think that Ivo Andrić, Arthur Conan Doyle, a Raven-like writer, or Verne would actually grab a kid's attention these days?
Or maybe even more so than the other authors currently stuck in the curriculum?
I'm pretty certain they’d be just as bored to death by Verne's endless descriptions as they would be by Marcel Proust's long-winded reminiscences.🙂
Non-fiction, essays, literary criticism? For kids today, that sounds like a total nightmare. Maybe if the subject matter was all about bloggers, vloggers, or Instagram influencers, they might actually bite.

And besides, what's really the value in the works of Stephen King and J. R. R. Tolkien, and why should an educated person bother reading them?

I guess I should probably say something about what King said.😁
Stephen King isn't just some guy who draws monsters and clowns eating kids at birthday parties. I guess his books are actually about the real-life terrors we deal with every day. Take "It," for example—it’s such a great look at growing up in a tiny American town. It really digs into all those hidden neuroses bubbling under the surface of perfect white picket fences, tucked right between Sunday church services and weekend baseball games.

In *Rose Madder*, she captures psychological abuse in a marriage so subtly... honestly, I think it hits way harder than some gory clown movie.
Since we’re talking about refreshing the reading list, I guess Elif Shafak might be worth a look; maybe something like kopile Istanbul or tri Evin would actually keep high school seniors interested.

Maybe Herman Koch's "The Dinner" would work too. It’s pretty relevant to the political scene here in the States; basically about this politician trying to cover up a crime his adopted son committed. We could also throw in J.K. Rowling's "The Casual Vacancy." It’s a great look at all those racial and class divides in a small American town right before an election.

Maybe some Elena Ferrante. Or Zadie Smith. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Junot Diaz. Viktor Pelevin. Isabel Allende.🥱

Anyone tried this yet? Where can I find some in Washington, D.C.?

Atheists and agnostics in America.