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    But "he's being constrained" surrenders the conventional truth that it is not his decision (another 'norm' bites the dust) and…
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    • It seems nine tenths of our social and cultural troubles could be solved by all concerned accepting their agency (and…
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    • Unless by "ill prepared and poorly educated" you include non compos mentis. Then it is arguable.
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    • It is all just one, long con. All of it. And his 'supporters' are the chumps. All we are expected…
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    • Trump would allow corporations that have stashed their profits overseas to pay just a fraction of what the companies owe…
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    • A worthwhile read: When you start hearing about them making a registry of Muslims; yes, that should make you remember…
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    • It seems to me the discussion of how the Democratic party recovers elides the essential point that with the appointment…
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    • "...wearing too big trousers." Or none at all!
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    • Winter is coming.
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    • Wow. Just wow.
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    • Vladimir Vladimirovich it is then. Thanks.
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    • Arguably, the nuttiest neoconservative idea - among a long list of nutty ideas - has been to destabilize nuclear-armed Russia…
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    • Agree he's no Hitler, he lacks conviction; siloviki ex-KGB Colonel, bloodless and calculating but quick to strike. A Himmler with…
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    • Rule #1: Believe the autocrat. Masha Gessen - Autocracy: Rules for Survival New York Review of Books 12 Nov 16
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    • Remember that awkward business with the server in Trump Tower quietly burbling messages to a server in Moscow, at Alfa…
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    • Wise person your wife. Athens and Sparta also. When I read Plato's Republic I thought to myself, "I'll bet Hitler…
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    • Two sides, three sides. Is your argument that the West provoked Putin in these aggressions; that he would not otherwise…
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    • My purpose isn't to lecture Russia. Nor catalogue the current and historic imperfections of the USA. I'm making the observation…
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    • Another small sample: Lithuanians and other Baltic nations have been concerned since Trump rose to prominence as a candidate about…
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