Last week I learned that only true vegans support Stalin.

BE is a troll who wants people to debate him and raise his profile. He says stuff like this to get attention.

Finding out that their founder, Nataliya Vitrenko, is a fan of Lyndon LaRouche is the least shocking thing ever.

Charlotte is one of my closest cities, so there is an intense feeling of letting Iryna, her family and Ukraine down, but the response is pure, naked opportunism.

How is this the 3rd time today I've heard someone mention Huntington’s The Clash of Civilizations, when I haven't heard anyone mention that in 14 years?

The other two were vatniks trying to convince me that Odesa belongs to Russia's civilization.

Reminds me of Mikhail Yuriev explaining Russian isolationism: a.) It isn't expansionism, it's an act of self-recolonization and b.) that builds up our internal structures, so we can isolate ourselves, but we might have to expanding more, to continue our non-expansionist isolation.

I didn't think I'd break down crying in the middle of the day.

Time to candy flip like it's 1997.

According to Maria Zakharova's Telegram:

И про буквы перед американским посольством. Лампочки меняют. Чтобы виднее было.

With Vodafone you can connect to anyone, anywhere in the world, but not that way.

Still, sometimes I test the waters and toss out the anti-American half of Russian talking points. To my astonishment, people who chant "USA! USA! USA!" to drown out criticism, will suddenly scream, "Maybe this country needs to be destroyed!"