Let’s Be Flexible With Symbolism Department:
Russia has traditionally been symbolized by a bear, Ukraine by a sunflower. But if the bear doesn’t have heart, it can be defeated by, well, non-bears. Just look.
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If only wishes were whatever it is we’re supposed to wish they would be in that saying. Alas. But bullets are more effective.
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Hey does anyone here post comments on YouTube? I’m totally confused by its comment approval algorithm. Some comments of mine are visible, others hidden. Is it an autobot thing or something the channel owner does? No rhyme or reason to it. The only thing that comes close it the NYT comments process. Sometimes your comments are approved and post right away, other times it takes a day or never. Makes having fluid discussions impossible.
Ovsyannikova stressed that a majority of Russians are against the war on Ukraine.
Kind of like how the majority of Americans support Democratic ideas. It doesn’t matter when you have your hands on the controls of the machine. GOP — Russians… What’s the difference?
Not much as far as I can see.
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You may never hear the human spirit expressed quite as clearly as here. You may never understand quite as clearly why we matter. Listen.
Not everything works out in life. Not everyone gets what they deserve. But I know they will never defeat these people. Never.
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… pre-recorded an additional explanatory statement … made this sign … carried the sign through the studio & onto the news set … got into the right spot to be seen …adjusted position to be seen even better … got ample time for the entire sign to be thoroughly read … and for it to be easy for anyone to do a screen grab…
… sure … she was spontaneously acting … and acting alone.
Put all of this together & you have a plot line similar to “the dog that did not bark”
Seriously doubt that Putin cooked this up … while he utilizes “false flags” his mania would not allow any outright attacks on him … too close to the truth.
But suspect that various individuals knew of her plan … and none stopped her and some cleared a path for her …and all silently cheered her on.
…and she will not implicate anyone.
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Now if only this were broadcast in Russia. Not very likely. They’ll stick to Tucker.
So I have heard through some Ukrainians a disbelief that the Russian “news” is ever actually broadcast live. if they do it live then the censor’s risk this happening all over the place. If not, then they would have had to intentionally let this stay in. And why would they do that? To make it seem (tot he West, to the natives) like people have the freedom to express themselves.
I have no idea if any of that suspicion is well-founded. I do know that those folks are steeped in the tactics of full-time state propaganda methods and we are not. So who knows.
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Did you sleep through the Bush years and have never watched Fox? 
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Brave woman.
She certainly has more intestinal fortitude and is more morally grounded than the worms who work at Fox “news”.
Like nobody could walk behind Fucker Carlson with a sign saying he is a dangerous liar and full of shit?
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For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause
–William Shakespeare