I am incredibly excited at seeing an economy like Russia's collapse. It's not very often you can witness such events. If 1991 was bad (people barely had anything to begin with), Monday will feel like the end of everything for the Russian population. Elect insane leaders, get insane results.
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I think you underestimate Russia's love for their Tyrants. Giving Putin more ways to craft the narrative and convince the Russian people he has sent their sons on a picnic to Ukraine will not benefit people around the world or the Russian people.
The Russian people need the truth so they can understand the consequences of a Tyrannical Leader (if that helps).
Are you serious to suggesting we should hear from Putin's personal media outlets for a source on unbiased news coverage?
A sincere question, How do you feel about Hitler and the 3rd Reich, did they deserve more outlets also?
Both sources are controlled by Putin's Government and have been instructed to restrict Invasion/War and hinder coverage of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
The person you are replying to never said RT is unbiased. They only said that free societies should allow people to hear it. Part of living in a liberal society is allowing things you disagree with.
> Are you serious to suggesting we should here from Putin's personal media outlets for a source on unbiased news coverage?
GP didn't say anything about unbiased. RT has literally "Russia" in the name, so I don't think anyone expects them to be paragons of neutrality for the present situation.
RT is under direct editorial control by Putin and his people. Blocking and banning them is denying Putin an amplifier. Nobody suffers or loses a valid place in any discussions.
They may be considered Slavs but the reality is many of them are more Mongolian and very different from Slavs. Even their language shows signs of Mongolian influence. The Mongolians could not pronounce certain sounds properly and the Russian language exhibits these pronunciations.
Makes me think they're actually being truthful when claiming they've killed 1000s of Russian soldiers. If Red Cross accepted but the numbers they reported are far lower, it wouldn't be good for Ukraine
NATO will not come to Sweden's or Finland's aid. I am willing to wager. Europe will hold discussions and issue strongly worded announcements with their displeasure while Putin rains missiles down on Helsinki.
Ukraine is defending all of Europe at this moment. Pray for her.
I don't think Russia is going to stop at Ukraine, but things get much more difficult for them after that. Ukraine is a war they can win, but only if nobody else cares too much.
Finland is not. A war on Finland really is an all-out war, and he will not win that.
Sadly you're correct, unfortunately too many European countries are run by people who have a personal vested interest in Russia. It's alarming how many German (ex)politicians have business relations and this isn't just confined to Germany. The German response to Russia is laughable, we are not going to certify a pipeline that was not certified and lets shut down more reactors so we can become more dependent on Russian gas which makes us politicians who work for Gazprom and other Russian companies richer. Don't think I am not including the USA, Wall St is sweating bullets hoping this all goes away so they can get back to licking Russia's balls.
It's easy to spot which governments are in Russia's pocket. They don't even try to hide it. Today the world can openly see who stands with freedom/Ukraine and who is in Russia's pocket.
>Coconut oil is the least fattening of all the oils. Pig farmers tried to use it to fatten their animals, but when it was added to the animal feed, coconut oil made the pigs lean [See Encycl. Brit. Book of the Year, 1946].
IIRC, that was more from the fact that coconut oil has zero linolenic acid, which is an essential metabolite. Coconut oil is still a huge calorie source for livestock, just that it's also mixed with soybean oil.
Basically, any combination of coconut oil in your diet that isn't 100% coconut oil will lead to calorie gain.
I would hope that there would be a better source than a 75 year old "summary of news book". If this is true there would surely be more recent and thorough scientific studies.
