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bucolic_frolic

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1. Politics rather muddled nowadays

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Sat Nov 29, 2025, 07:48 AM

20 hrs ago

Russia still supporting a country called commie by our right wingers. But Russia is private enterprise now, isn't it? Oligarchs and all that? The puppetmasters pull the financial strings for their own benefit, and apply labels as needed.

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Politics rather muddled nowadays bucolic_frolic 20 hrs ago #1

Times have changed. Putin is more ruthless and unrelenting, and certainly more paranoid since Covid shutdown. Passages 19 hrs ago #2

Donny really, really wants a war so he can get that Nobel Peace Prize. tanyev 19 hrs ago #3