I have a pen pal who lives in Russia. He made a comment to me today.

[BigBearJohn]

"Our president is a fucking Hitler"

[dhol82]

1. Well obviously some legitimate news is filtering into the motherland.

Thank goodness.

[Tommymac]

2. From some polls I've seen 30% of the Russian people are sane.

They don't support Putin.

The other 70% not so much.

Almost an exact reversal from the '70 against/30 for' US split on TFG.

[dhol82]

3. Yes, I've seen some video of the opposition.

Sadly, over there they an be liquidated rather easily.

[L. Coyote]

4. That's a two way street.

Albeit established power has the advantage, when your political system is based on killing the opposition, ....

you need really long tables.

Link to tweet

[dhol82]

8. Old maxim:

When you dine with the devil, bring a long spoon.

[calimary]

19. His table's name is Pinocchio!

[I_UndergroundPanther]

22. that's hilarious

those long tables putrid has are ridiculous.

a little photoshop and they become epic ridiculous.

[lagomorph777]

13. Polls? In Russia?

Completely meaningless.

[onetexan]

23. LOL my thoughts exactly

[druidity33]

15. FWIW, my understanding is it's more like 50-50. nt.

[JohnSJ]

7. For those that want to hear it. I doubt fox viewers want to "hear the other side"

[KS Toronado]

5. Hope Russians have nicknamed him "PUTLER"

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

6. It's dangerous to say anything in public, in Russia, talk is YouTube will be blocked/taken off line

The YouTubers I watch, Natasha and Daria are fearing imprisonment, sad to see their last vlogs , they can't say anything, one already left Russia

[Tickle]

9. Wow 70%

That’s a high number. I figured the 30% would be followers not 70%. We’re all going to hell in a hand basket

[Cosmocat]

14. This is where we are headed

The right here is more entrenched than ever, and the "middle" is bombarded with negative framing of the left - so to what extent they might agree with us on many issues, that is get over ridden by the generalzations, and all it takes is ONE thing that they agree with the right on, and they lean right ...

All in all, it is being stupid as fuck generally, and willing to cede common sense and decency to whatever lesser aspect of the human spirit that the right may appeal to them on.

[onetexan]

24. I saw on msnbc yesterday an antiputin russian journalist

Say only about 20-30% of russiana actually believe the propaganda put out by the regime. The majority do not support the war.

[Initech]

10. Right on the money!

[RDJackson]

11. I prefer the name

RussPutin

[soldierant]

17. I see what you did there

and I love it.

[jaxexpat]

12. That sounds about right. Our former guy was a fucking Mussolini wannabe.

And just like the original Mussolini, he kissed Hilter's ass every chance he had.

[Aussie105]

16. In retrospect, it's quite clear #45

was looking for 'how to' instructions from Putin in raising himself to 'dictator for life' status.

#45: "Help me, oh mighty Putin, for I want to be just like you!"

Fishing for the same from 'little rocket man' too, at one stage. Nice 'love letters', and all that.

Putin has gone quite mad since he was cut off from some of the important friendlies in the USA.

But I imagine it is a 3 way split in Russia, 1/3 of the population see Putin's regime as some sort of security blanket, 1/3 hate it, and 1/3 just don't care.

[jaxexpat]

26. That split sounds about like the USA.

1/3 want democracy, straight up, no ice
1/3 want fantasy MAGA, all the bells and whistles
1/3 don't care, too busy, too tired, too happily uninformed

[Grins]

18. So was our last one!! NM

[yourmovemonkey]

20. Your friend is braver than mine

I was told in an email that his country had to invade in order to destroy the Nazis. He seemed sincere.

It made me very sad because he is a very good and kind man.

I'm still not certain whether he just wrote that because he was worried any email to an American might get read by his government before it was delivered. I'd like to believe he was just playing it safe.

He did say that there is no sugar or salt left in the stores. So the sanctions are already having an effect.

[lame54]

21. Postmarked June, 2019...

Gotta get DeJoy out of there