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Top Trumps (A post for those MAGA Hats who mistake me for stupid)

25 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

I just love writing anti-Trump posts, waiting a bit and watching all the Alt Wrong nutters fall over themselves to defend their hero and question both my intellect and education with ad hoc attacks (since they no doubt lack the capacity to argue with...

The Weight of Fire

25 Feb 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"You don't always get what you go after.  But you do getwhat you wouldn't have got if you hadn't goneafter what you didn't get."Blaze Foley   I have reached another level of expat dissociation.  When you live so long with the locals that they talk to...

Joe Biden: The Human Gaffe Machine

24 Feb 2025 2 minute read 3 comments Great White Snark

Since I did a list of some of the stupid things Donald Trump has said and tweeted, it's only fair to do lists for other politicians. To that end, here's a list of "Sleepy" Joe Biden's gaffes: "You're trying your breast, but it's never enough." “Poo...

A realistic story about medical care in the United States

24 Feb 2025 12 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z6xHKjrdAynFAwv8 You've probably come across something that happens at the most inopportune moment in your life. So, I want to tell you how the youngest gave us a surprise and thundered into the...

The dream of a life full of days

24 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z6s4L3V-RRWLoAkt When my financial life is fully adjusted and I will be looking from the observation deck of my house at the ocean, near the pool, grilling an appetizing steak. I'm going to miss...

Zelenskyy is not a dictator - Open letter / response to Charles Hoskinson

23 Feb 2025 8 minute read 7 comments Cryptotexty

Zelenskyy is not a dictator and Elections will happen when there is an appropriate time - Open letter / response to Charles Hoskinson Dear Charles, For many years I follow your Youtube videos. That’s an amazing fact that no other tech CEO provides su...

Public transportation in the USA

22 Feb 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z7jAZquI4E1e5MpY We continue the topic with the cons, but to be honest, I don't like it... Moreover, I don't consider them to be real disadvantages outweighing the advantages. So, of the cons,...

Irresponsible reward for aggression

22 Feb 2025 6 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z63XdpRhLgJ_t_RV My publication argues that the initial conditions for negotiations with Russia should be clearly defined in accordance with international law and fundamental principles of justi...

About the terrible division between nations

21 Feb 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z7bo9WjV5DLmwrSr You know, this is not even about the betrayal of Ukraine, that is, not only about the betrayal of Ukraine... This is generally a betrayal of decency, honor, justice, and trust.....

How will we see the world tomorrow

21 Feb 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z7Wt9Z7XnnF8oU_W The news is getting more disturbing and absurd, the more you read, the more you sink into some kind of gloomy anxiety. Apparently, we cannot avoid a big war in the end, the worl...