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thanks karl..

what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger and as we see with russia, this is indeed the case... the hostile and negative attitude of the west towards russia has cemented russias determination and desire to overcome the pettiness of the west...

hey you ended your post with that word 'empire... i thought that wasn't the best way to frame the usa or did i get that wrong?

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It's a failing empire or one in decline or whatever term you want to apply. Russia acknowledges its Imperial past, but the USA can't summon the courage to admit what it is and has always been--an Empire--although there are a few exceptions.

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So much good sense in this talk.

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You present a good education with the words unaltered for people to think for themselves.

Open to to change without the hot breath of war breathing down one’s neck is a nice and so sensible move considering the vast pace of changes humanity is experiencing.

We need our wits about us or we Weill perish.

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The Valdai Club is Russia’s version of a think tank. The annual meeting is only one of many events held year-round. I don’t publish its extracts here as much as I did at VK.

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Whew. That sure is some massive verbiage.

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There's much more to come. Compared to previous Valdai Club events, this is the norm.

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That's great! It starts with an earthquake

Birds and snakes, an aeroplane

and Lenny Bruce is not afraid

Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn

World serves its own needs, don't mis-serve your own needs

Speed it up a notch, speed, grunt, no strength

The ladder starts to clatter with fear of height, down height

Wire in a fire, representing seven games

In a government for hire and a combat site

Left of west and coming in a hurry

With the furies breathing down your neck

Team by team reporters baffled, trump, tethered crop

Look at that low plane! Fine, then

Uh oh, overflow, population, Common Food

But it'll do. Save yourself, serve yourself

World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed

Tell me with the rapture and the reverent in the right, right

You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright light

Feeling pretty psyched

It's the end of the world as we know it

It's the end of the world as we know it

It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine

Six o'clock. TV hour

Don't get caught in foreign tower

Slash and burn, return

Listen to yourself churn

Lock him in uniform and book burning, bloodletting

Every motive escalate. Automotive incinerate

Light a candle, light a votive

Step down, step down

Watch a heel crush, crush

Uh oh, this means no fear; cavalier

Renegade and steer clear!

A tournament, a tournament

A tournament of lies

Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives

And I decline

It's the end of the world as we know it

It's the end of the world as we know it

(It's time I had some time alone)

It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine

(It's time I had some time alone)

I feel fine

Continental drift divide

Mountains sit in a line

Leonard Bernstein, Leonid Brezhnev

Lenny Bruce, and Lester Bangs

Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly beans, boom!

You symbiotic, patriotic, slam, but neck, right? (Right!)

It's the end of the world as we know it

(It's time I had some time alone)

It's the end of the world as we know it

(It's time I had some time alone)

It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine

(It's time I had some time alone)

Haha. I just had to. Can you find "Trump" among the verbiage?

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nm

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"Even a trained swimmer will not go very far upstream, regardless of the tricks or even doping they might use.

The current of global politics, the mainstream, is running from the crumbling hegemonic world towards growing diversity, while the West is trying to swim against the tide.

This is obvious; as people say, there is no prize for guessing. It is simply that clear."

Vladimir Poutine

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Thanks Karloff, I was ( WE we're) waiting for it

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