RSSHey AK, should we be losing our shit over this:
https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/crazy-cryosphere-record-low-sea-ice-an-overheated-arctic-and-a-snow
There has been a wave of “westernization” (for lack of a better word) in Moskwa recently. Local authorities have been showing an uncharacteristic level of competence, reconstructing streets, roads, minor infrastructure. A dull soviet neighbourhood can turn into something an alt-righter might describe as “SWPLy” over the course of a week. This is a very recent (post-Crimea) development. If you have an opportunity to land in one of these neighbourhoods, you should consider taking it. Seeing your soviet craphole turn into one of those feels like using a cheat code in real life.
Christ, my rayon is dark green on the map of tolerance. Reason #595476284 to firebomb low T Yabloko-voting Mos Kwa.
Not nearly as much whining and complaining from Western media entities compared to what we have experienced in 2011. Western kremlinology certainly grew in scope and sophistication over the last few years (Snowden was working for SVR all along; Putin is the richest man in the world; Trump is Putin’s agent). Instances of minor voting fraud do not seem very sensational in comparison.
PS glad ur not ded
A lot of promises of imminent retribution in crypto-silovik twittersphere yesterday. Now, 24+ hours later, nothing of note seems to have happened. Hot air?
Looks like Trump’s campaign is failure cascading. President Hilldog means aggressively anti-Russian foreign policy. If Putin wants to grab a bigger piece of Novorossia, he better do it before the inauguration. (And it would be smart to kill off at least some of the larger rebel groups in Syria, but because of Putin’s spontaneous pull out of our forces, it’s probably way too late for that).
We'll see.
Now, 24+ hours later, nothing of note seems to have happened. Hot air?
I got like 15 new followers the day after AK posted a screencap of that tweet.
Wrong term and not directly related to Putin. Actually, Russian immigration situation, while not an easy one, is generally under control. Nothing like 1990s or early 2000s when it was basically uncontrolled. It is a very complex issue and it CAN NOT be separated from the Soviet legacy. Many of those Muslims are pretty much second iteration of Soviet Middle Asia citizens and very many of them do integrate quite well, know Russian and many not only become Russian citizens but actually call themselves Russians. I know this first-hand since my sister-in-law married Uzbek guy in 1985 and all her children are already Russian citizens, well-educated and wonderful humans. Love them dearly. Despite being nominally Muslim they are fairly secular, outgoing, hard working and are true benefit to Russian society. There are very many of those Muslims in Russia. It couldn't have been otherwise--Russia is an enormous economic and political center of gravity. Are there problems with Muslims in Russia, yes, there are but it is a work in progress. This is my short opinion.Replies: @Marcus, @Eskaton
he’s abetted
Actually, Russian immigration situation, while not an easy one, is generally under control. Nothing like 1990s or early 2000s when it was basically uncontrolled. It is a very complex issue and it CAN NOT be separated from the Soviet legacy. Many of those Muslims are pretty much second iteration of Soviet Middle Asia citizens and very many of them do integrate quite well, know Russian and many not only become Russian citizens but actually call themselves Russians. I know this first-hand since my sister-in-law married Uzbek guy in 1985 and all her children are already Russian citizens, well-educated and wonderful humans. Love them dearly. Despite being nominally Muslim they are fairly secular, outgoing, hard working and are true benefit to Russian society. There are very many of those Muslims in Russia.
You don’t get it. The fact that central Asians can assimilate to Russian ways actually makes things *worse*, not better. These people are completely worthless from human capital point of view. They have no economical value. HBD consensus tells us that this won’t change. The successful assimilation will make sure that the process of importing millions of immigrants from Earth’s HBD garbage dumb will not stop.
It seems that inviting hordes of worthless migrants from former colonies (as well as countries that used to in the “sphere of influence”) is how the remnants of old empires choose to die. UK and Pakistan, France and northern Africa, Germany and Turkey, Russia and the -stan shitholes. Eventually the Uzbeks and other central Asians will become the same cancerous presence as blacks are in the United States or the inhabitants of french no-go zones. Arguably, this already happened in Moskovskaya Oblast’… I heard stories.
Things got so bad that I’m actually relieved to hear that the economy is not doing so well — after all, this means that at least some of the migrants will go back home; and for a while I won’t feel like a stranger in a city I was born in. How did the kremlinoids managed to fuck things up so badly that I have to cheer for bad economy? I bet when future historians (a 100 years from now) will study the current events they will fail to notice any substantial differences between the politics or ideology of Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin.
Actually, it is not that simple, especially when you review Help Needed sections of Russian newspapers. Let me put it this way--a huge demand for people with actual industrial skills from CNC operators to G-Code programmers and Electronics specialists.
Things got so bad that I’m actually relieved to hear that the economy is not doing so well
Assuming the coup leaders were americaphiles, them launching a coup, almost succeeding, committing minor (but very graphical) atrocities and eventually being defeated by Erdogan… This is pretty much the best possible outcome, isn’t it not?
Thanks for shilling for me on Twatter (ironically, I was on a semi-break from social media, building up a content pile to start my own blog). Looks like there are even fewer reasons to open TweetDeck now.