The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

    Putin Delves Back Into American Culture Warring

    By artappraiser on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 6:24pm |

    In a speech to Russia's federal assembly, Putin tried to get the attention of right-wingers in countries allied with Ukraine.

    Feb. 21, by Josh Kovensky (Kovensky is based in New York. He previously worked for the Kyiv Post in Ukraine, covering politics, business, and corruption there)

    Comments

    Compare Biden's Warsaw speech:

    Full video thread on Biden's historic speech in Warsaw, Poland https://t.co/SB5tV5IWCS

    — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 21, 2023

     


    by artappraiser on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 6:27pm

    notably:

    A dangerous escalation you may say. But President Biden delivered a stack warning to Russia…

    “Let there be no doubt the United States commitment to Article 5 is Rock Solid”. The choice between chaos and stability, between building and destroying, and the brutal handling of the… https://t.co/aDBoAbVh3A pic.twitter.com/Ej9YGSTFr7

    — What About U ? (@petershoneye) February 21, 2023

    and a reminder

    DJT didn't understand how NATO works and Not only did Trump repeatedly undermine the alliance, but he also admitted he was ready to ignore Article 5 of the NATO treaty altogether.
    Trust in the US as an ally going down the drain wit DJT at the helm...https://t.co/PPDU8ZARO9

    — Lover of Nature (@grnbrggrn) February 20, 2023

    by artappraiser on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 6:39pm

    Zelensky's tweeted reaction to Biden's speech


    by artappraiser on Wed, 02/22/2023 - 1:16am

    Also by Kovensky:


    by artappraiser on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 6:33pm

    Senator Jon Testor a week ago:


    by artappraiser on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 6:44pm

    Though I don't think WWIII is about to start, this chart is helpful as to the current situation:

    Italian newspaper Libero has created a nice wee graphic to give perspective of how the play board will look when WWIII inevitably starts. pic.twitter.com/k99MRohhtC

    — The Real Joker (@EvilArthurFleck) February 6, 2023

    Edit to add: crosslinks to

    Lula Can't Tell Vladimir from Volodymyr

    and

    ANC has lots of Russia sympathizers in its ranks


    by artappraiser on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 7:01pm

    oh my, what a surprise, NOT!

    has me thinking back to Bush-era blogosphere days, when Tankies (who weren't known by that name then) would use the word hegemon every other sentence, blissfully unaware how they had been heavily parodied already in art like Paddy Chayefsky's movie Network. Back then they didn't get that lingo from foreign-infiltrated social media, must have come from like Chomsky or Mao's Little Red Book....


    by artappraiser on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 9:52pm

    Rebecca Solnit's thoughts:


    by artappraiser on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 10:11pm

    see whole thread starting here

     


    by artappraiser on Wed, 02/22/2023 - 9:36pm


    by artappraiser on Thu, 02/23/2023 - 8:24pm


    by artappraiser on Thu, 02/23/2023 - 9:27pm

    DOH! (Ashamed to admit I didn't connect the two)

    They certainly would make up part of this 28%


    by artappraiser on Mon, 02/27/2023 - 7:48am

    It's not just an American culture war, tho:


    by artappraiser on Mon, 02/27/2023 - 3:46pm

    Dresden was Pootie's old stomping ground.


    by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 02/27/2023 - 6:32pm

    RU as China resource colony
    Vlad's led them to such great heights.


    by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 03/21/2023 - 4:38am


    by artappraiser on Thu, 03/23/2023 - 4:42pm

    interesting


    by artappraiser on Sun, 04/02/2023 - 12:17pm


    by artappraiser on Sun, 04/02/2023 - 3:21pm

    Video from the scene of St Petersburg explosion. It took place during an event featuring pro-Russian military blogger from Donbas Maksim Fomin (Vladlen Tatarsky). He is dead, according to Dva Mayora TG channel. Over a dozen people injured. pic.twitter.com/GJE2VbPL8F

    — Leonid ХВ Ragozin (@leonidragozin) April 2, 2023

    Moment of explosion pic.twitter.com/a5i4Fu86CO

    — Leonid ХВ Ragozin (@leonidragozin) April 2, 2023

    Russian state broadcaster Vesti says the bomb was planted in a statuette which a young woman presented to Fomin (Tatarsky) during the event held at a cafe.

    — Leonid ХВ Ragozin (@leonidragozin) April 2, 2023

    Scenes inside the cafe destroyed by the blast pic.twitter.com/4N3AeSnvsu

    — Leonid ХВ Ragozin (@leonidragozin) April 2, 2023

    Maksim Fomin served sentence for armed robbery at a Ukrainian prison in Donbas but the war that began in 2014 set him free. He reinvented himself as one of the most popular pro-Russian military bloggers. Pioneered the genre really. Very prolific - in writing and on video. pic.twitter.com/WoZiWaWSTJ

    — Leonid ХВ Ragozin (@leonidragozin) April 2, 2023

    Russian TG channels are now posting the photo of a woman who is alleged to have undertaken the bombing attack. With all the CCTV and face recognition equipment in big Russian cities, she stands few chances.

    — Leonid ХВ Ragozin (@leonidragozin) April 2, 2023

    Fomin was an off-putting character, but celebrating acts of terrorism and other violent events is against Twitter rules as well as laws in various countries. People/bots who are doing that in this thread should be reported.

    — Leonid ХВ Ragozin (@leonidragozin) April 2, 2023

    Fomin will be remembered by this remark at a Kremlin event: “We will kill and rob everyone we need to. Everything’s gonna be all right”. pic.twitter.com/tAMJTMYBf1

    — Leonid ХВ Ragozin (@leonidragozin) April 2, 2023

    Video of Fomin seconds after receiving the statuette, in which the bomb was planted. It sounds like it was a gilded depiction of himself. “What a beautiful guy! A miner with a helmet”, he exclaims. pic.twitter.com/ZUANSgAjds

    — Leonid ХВ Ragozin (@leonidragozin) April 2, 2023

    Reaction from fellow Russian military blogger German Kulikovsky (Older than Edda): “Let the priests and monks pray for warrior Maksim… But we will be killing them day and night, months or - if necessary - years on end until victory”.

    — Leonid ХВ Ragozin (@leonidragozin) April 2, 2023

    Reaction from Ukrainian military blogger Yury Butusov: “Vladlen Tatarsky demonstrated that he hated Ukrainians more than any Russian. It is this hatred that tore him apart”.

    Fomin (Tatarsky) was Ukrainian citizen before the war.

    — Leonid ХВ Ragozin (@leonidragozin) April 2, 2023

    Official Ukrainian reaction - store under “it’s Russians who are pounding Donetsk” https://t.co/C8DM83Wk7J

    — Leonid ХВ Ragozin (@leonidragozin) April 2, 2023

    by artappraiser on Sun, 04/02/2023 - 3:49pm

    Bill Clinton clip on Russia and Ukraine:


    by artappraiser on Wed, 04/05/2023 - 2:02pm


    by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 04/14/2023 - 6:36am

    Earlier today an apparent AI-generated photo showed a fake explosion near the US Pentagon. The news was shared by Russian state-media RT on Twitter, which helped it go viral.

    It was also tweeted by a verified Twitter account called “BloombegFeed” which has now been suspended.… pic.twitter.com/KN1wOptlRb

    — Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) May 22, 2023


    by artappraiser on Mon, 05/22/2023 - 1:47pm


    by artappraiser on Mon, 06/19/2023 - 3:33am

    FWIW, #RussiaIsCollapsing is trending on Twitter; you can go to the link to try to figure out why


    by artappraiser on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 6:03pm

    p.s. here's a good hint (not saying it's true, mind you)


    by artappraiser on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 6:08pm


    by artappraiser on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 9:19pm

    Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner paramilitary group, entered the courtyard of Russia’s southern military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don, seen in video verified by The Times

    from NYTimes Live on topic

    Videos

     

     


    by artappraiser on Sat, 06/24/2023 - 4:33am

    Kamil Galeev thread starts here

    What is happening in Russia?

    The mutiny is real. It is also unlikely to succeed. Most probable outcome is:

    1. The mutiny fails
    2. The regime stands (for a few months)
    3. Upon its suppression, regime becomes increasingly dysfunctional -> falls

    In other words, Kornilov putsch pic.twitter.com/ahczgDqBOW

    — Kamil Galeev (@kamilkazani) June 24, 2023

     


    by artappraiser on Sat, 06/24/2023 - 5:04am


    by artappraiser on Sun, 06/25/2023 - 5:55pm

    Wagner Group families were threatened?

    Also, cholera outbreak?


    by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 06/26/2023 - 2:48am

    Other theories may have more viability


    by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 06/26/2023 - 3:03am

    Prigozhin sparks money xfer ;-)


    by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 06/28/2023 - 3:28am


    by artappraiser on Fri, 07/07/2023 - 4:45pm


    by artappraiser on Wed, 08/09/2023 - 5:48am

    Ex-Ssoviet culture warring heats up

    Where's Pootie? 


    by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 08/15/2023 - 1:53am


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    by artappraiser on Wed, 08/23/2023 - 1:10pm


    by artappraiser on Wed, 08/23/2023 - 1:36pm

    Huh, even Don Jr.!


    by artappraiser on Wed, 08/23/2023 - 2:31pm


    by artappraiser on Wed, 08/23/2023 - 7:36pm


    by artappraiser on Wed, 08/23/2023 - 2:17pm


    by artappraiser on Mon, 08/28/2023 - 1:14am

    Putin playing with fire

     


    by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 08/31/2023 - 6:31pm


    by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 09/06/2023 - 10:44am

    Russian voting hacks forgotten


    by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 09/17/2023 - 2:14am

    WTF NATO?


    by artappraiser on Mon, 09/18/2023 - 5:53pm

    It's all a game, like Yugoslavia west vs east times.


    by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 09/19/2023 - 1:31pm


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    by artappraiser on Mon, 10/23/2023 - 2:57pm


    by artappraiser on Mon, 10/23/2023 - 3:04pm

    Putin joined the KGB in 1975, and in late 1984 was sent for special Moscow training. From 1985 to 1990 he then served in Dresden, East Germany as a liason to the Stasi, before resigning. Now watch this 1984 video clip (suggestion to ignore the actual tweeter of it)

    Dear Gen Z,

    Yuri #Bezmenov The Four Stages of #Communist #Ideological #Subversion (1984)#Leftists have fallen for this...and they don't even realize it!#Democrats #Politics #Woke #Biden #WEF #GreatReset #Globalists pic.twitter.com/kBMxcSgLIj

    —  (@durant_cd) November 6, 2023

     


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