Hey, I appreciate that info, I listen to these Russians all the time on YouTube. They do sound a lot more reasonable to me than the idiots in the western press.
The citation of Mercouris sparked some curiosity, given that in both criminal and civil trials, testimony by even hostile witnesses can be heard, if valid.
In that regard, I did some searching around:
As to Mercouris, he was indeed disbarred, but the subsequent legal actions did not end as implied:
Mercouris was in fact "Disbarred - Costs: £786.00"The Legalcheek (a website registered in England and Wales) citation from two years earlier does not finish the story. The above does.Mr Alexander Stamatis Mercouris Past disiplinary findings
Ms. Jamous' law suits came acropper...
"The balance of the application dated 22 March 2019 is dismissed as totally without merit." And later "...Mrs Jamous is on real risk, should she attempt to continue to issue applications such as some of those she has issued in the past [13]. of being made the subject of a Civil Restraint Order."
Jamous V Mercouris England and Wales High Court, 5 July 2019.
As to the Duran, one finds odd remarks:
"...the Duran demonstrates a conservative bias with frequent articles denigrating the left..."Isn't it interesting that some sites avow that this Duran is conservative? And isn't it also interesting that "conservative" seems to mean different things to different people."History Founded in 2016, The Duran is a strongly right-leaning news and opinion website with ties to Russian state media."
What seems wise is to take in much "testimony," and then make one's own critical decisions, rather than just rubber-stamp any one?
After all, idiot media once told us about Barack Obama, conservative Washington Post, 22 November 2019.
As to conservative versus "Obama and Biden," I have found some seeming conservatives on these threads cite a Biden-endorsing retired general, which seems such a "Leftist" thing for a "conservative" to do. I have also found some few Freepers who express views far outside the norm of our Judaeo-Christian American heritage, such as "I would rather the world end in nuclear war than yield to Little Pukin."
Sometimes, rhetoric becomes heated. Sometimes discussion is conducted only in assertions without citations and sources.
But the notion that some views "do sound a lot more reasonable to me than the idiots in the western press," that seems an accurate assessment.
As Mr. Robinson said of the Ukraine-Russia war, there is "a difference of opinion whether or not the US government should be involved in a controversial foreign war where we were not attacked."
Rather a number of differences of opinion, one finds. Controversy, to be sure.
Timber Rattler probably has a shrine to Alexander Vindman in his bedroom.
BTW, what New Hampshire doink, snek?