In fact, Russia’s main ally in the region is Iran which is a mortal enemy of Israel.

Some days Putin and Netanyahu are frenemies, other days Putin and Netanyahu are frenemies. Business is business as they say.

“had ties”

The whole fucking Island was a huge Kompromat operation

My dudes, we have nothing to lose but our chains

I remember looking for porn for the first time at a buddies house and we couldn’t even figure it out. It never dawned on us to type “porn” into the search engine. Just two 13 year olds going “type in girls, damn, ok, try babes. Nothing? What about chicks?”

But, nothing will happen because YOU and I aren’t doing anything.

True dat. Only we can help us.

I haven’t really looked deeply into this issue but what caught my eye was the claim that a 30% fee was excessive. I’m no insider into video game publishing but 30% is the standard retail markup for many things. If you bought a candy bar today, it probably cost the mini mart you bought it from 70% of what they’re charging.

I haven’t really looked deeply into this issue but what caught my eye was the claim that a 30% fee was excessive. I’m no insider into video game publishing but 30% is the standard retail markup for many things. If you bought a candy bar today, it probably cost the mini mart you bought it from 70% of what they’re charging.

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Did they explain why moving to another country ment anything?

It’s a movie critics job to launder money?

Why would movie critics go to see a money laundering attempt?

I’d imagine in a society like China with tight control of information and restrictions on criticism of government and officials, they’re be many isolated incidents that would be swept under the rug like all scandals rather than warrant a specific conspiracy. But then it’s hard to get a feel for where things are since the Chinese started using technology to clamp down on corruption by low level party officials.

So you don’t think, maybe, some groups of men are more likely to be rapey than other groups?

Sure. And in a given society, they gravitate to positions, lifestyles, and occupations that help them rape much like pedophiles are often drawn to teaching or being youth pastors.

I think, actually, some political movements are worse than others

People with a right wing outlook on life are, in my opinion, way more likely to be rapey.

It’s almost like their early fund raising was selling Mao’s little red book to college students.

Black Panthers supported community defense, being a community defense group themselves, and that’s not exactly on brand for Tankies.

Most Tankies are MLs but not every ML is a Tankie.

There’s a difference between serving the oligarchy at large and personal loyalty in a cult of the personality.

Not necessarily within small groups but within any given political movement. Law of averages; there’s a few creepy rapey (usually but not exclusively) men in every large grouping of people.

Many state communists oppose open borders. The USSR, China, and Cuba all had/have citizenship privileges and controlled migration,

Fair enough, the USSR restricted movement within their territory more than many other countries restricted their borders.

Wouldn’t you think that such a person would naturally seek out positions of power

You’ve never heard of Joseph Stalin?

Also, where are the Jeffrey Epsteins of Cuba, Vietnam, and China

Well, Jeffrey Epstein was a blackmailer who used his Island to gather Kompromat on people. In that regard, the communist equivalent would be the KGB. If you mean in regards to using power to achieve sex, there were historically large numbers of corrupt lower party officials in China with mistresses’ prior to reforms. If you mean specifically raping kids, then Mao Zedong was alleged to fuck 14 year olds.

1. It’s not their system
2. Chomsky is a member of the Intelligentsia with celebrity giving him unique access to the upper echelons of society far above what would otherwise be “his station” even when his expressed political beliefs are in opposition to what they believe.