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You’re very misinformed.. there is NO “state church” in the Russian Federation. In fact there was no state church even under the darkest days of Bolshevism in the Soviet Union. The only state church of relevance today is the Chinese patriotic church which is subordinate to the communist party of China.

The present Russian Orthodox Church has 110 million members and has been building three churches a day for the last 10 years for an increase in 30,000 communities. Meanwhile, in Ukraine, Her Zelenski introduced a law, adopted August 20, 2024, which prohibits the Russian Orthodox Church from operating in Ukraine and bans any religious organization in Ukraine with ties to it or any other religious organizations based in countries “engaged in armed aggression against Ukraine.” It authorizes the State Service to jail priests, confiscate property and harass and persecute believers. And the Russian Orthodox Church is the biggest denomination in Ukraine.

Like most zeepers, you’re confusing the Soviet Union which is a historical footnote, with the modern Russian Federation which reconsecrated St. Basils cathedral and rebuilt the incredible Cathedral of Christ the Savior which was destroyed by Stalin in the 1930s. Russia revers Jesus Christ, while Ukraine worships Stefan Bandera.

Russia is the largest country in the world rich in resources and home to at least 100 ethnicities living together is peace. Why would they “invade” violent, foreigner flooded, economic basket case countries in western Europe? What would be the advantage? It’s a preposterous scenario.

Totally true. Choosing Epstein +Zelenski over MAGA = 100% midterm defeat and the lawfare and chaos that follows will make the Biden years seem tranquil. It will be the end. The richly deserved epitaph will read:

“Here lies America which formally chose money laundering through the CIA and deep state over it’s citizens.”

Wth are you talking about? Russia is a Christian nation. Much more so than Ukraine with its chosen reverence for its Nazi roots and Nazi heroes.

The true sign of tyranny is the combination of pettiness and terror. I’m reading a book called “I will bear witness” by a German professor during the 1930s-1940s who was secretlyhalf jewish and barely survived the ordeal. I’m at the part where a decree comes from the government that all Jews were suddenly forbidden to own pets, and those that had pets had to bring them to the nearest vet to be immediately euthanasized. Maybe that’s next for AfD members.

“This message brought to you by British Petroleum and Operation Ajax”

Isnt ANYONE going to to question the wisdom of embarking on yet another regime change debacle-this time with a nation of 88 million people - for the benefit of a ethnostate of 8 million in direct contradication to the campaign promise to end forever wars that are sucking the lifeblood out of America? Anyone??

The Ukrainians will just have to suffer until they learn some basic facts of life. I hope they wake up this year instead of 2028 when their country will be a fraction of its current diminished size and minus a few more hundred thousand more dead men.

If Canada votes for a 4th liberal term I fully support America doing a desert storm 2.0. on us. It’s the only way forward.

Official Ukrainian defence dept reports 95-98% of missiles and shaheds are shot down so what’s the problem?

Number 6 is an attitude cultivated in Stoicism - it’s hardly a toxic belief

Putin is executing a Fabian strategy and bleeding Ukraine slowly but surely. It’s working so why stop?

We need to make gain of function experimentation a capital offence- that’s the only way to restrain the smartest guys in the room from killing us all.

He’s upset that the post was losing its non-partisan truth seeking objectivity and the last straw was when Bezos wouldn’t let them endorse Karmala.

Liberalism is a mental illness.

Putin has the winning Fabian strategy-he just has to hold the line for a few more months while the men and materiel collapse in Ukraine.

The way forward is for Zelensky to continue to ignore reality and go full Fuhrerbunker and draft all 14-18 year olds for the defense of Kiev.

At this point Trump should distinguish two Americas-1.0 and 2.0 because exposing the corruption of the deep state distorted 1.0 is so humiliating on the world stage.

Canada is, as usual, a dollar short and a day late….

Russian Ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov said that the format of the Seven Group (G7) is outdated and Russia has no desire to return to it.

“What is called the G7 today is an outdated format. It is naive to think that it decides something in new international realities ” - said Stepanov.

️ He emphasized that Russia is betting on formats such as BRICS, SCO and Group twenty (G20), which, in his opinion, are real global control mechanisms.

There’s the little matter of the theft of $300 billion in Russian assets by the proposed arbitrator as well as the undiscussed problem that the cause of the war in the first place: the CIA and deep state intelligence agencies which are currently rogue and completely unaccountable to the executive branch. Until that’s resolved, Russia will always be “the enemy” beset with broken agreements, economic warfare, military provocation and color revolutions. The US needs to reflect on why a handful of decrepit deep state warriors have declared that Russia is an “enemy” to be destroyed in the first place. Until Russia is accepted as equal with a right to exist, and a right to her sphere of influence, peace is not possible. There’s not much in this proposal that’s compelling to Putin, and he knows that any agreement West offers can be torn up when it suits us. We are a long, long way from peace.