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  • #616
    Re: Global War on Terror Version 6 - Perpetual Motion Machine

    Originally posted by Spartanforlife4 View Post
    Pentagon says Putin has Asperger's.

    For some reason the script that is used for the link box keeps freezing my browser, so I'll just have to post it in HTML form.
    http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...agon/22855927/
    Is anybody questioning whether the reporting is misquoting the Pentagon and they were actually calling him an assburger?
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    • #617
      Re: Global War on Terror Version 6 - Perpetual Motion Machine

      Originally posted by Kepler View Post
      No reason he can't be both.

      Putin's a classic "Strongman." Eastern Europe seems to really dig them. Their weather sucks and they're mostly poor. If Minnesota had a 200-year long depression, they'd wind up ruled by Putin.
      Right. Hitler (yeah, yeah, Godwin's Law) was a classic example. He most definitely was a megalomaniac who believed it was Germany's (and thus his) destiny to rule the world. He also happened to be a raving lunatic with several disorders which became worse as the Germans started losing the war. Good thing he was a loon. A competent man with that much power would be incredibly dangerous. Imagine if he had been smart enough to finish off the Brits before invading Russia and hadn't declared war on the United States after Pearl Harbor.

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      • #618
        Re: Global War on Terror Version 6 - Perpetual Motion Machine

        Originally posted by Kepler View Post
        Putin's a classic "Strongman." Eastern Europe seems to really dig them. Their weather sucks and they're mostly poor.
        Russia may dig strongmen. Its better said that the rest of Eastern Europe is easily exploited by strongmen. Preference vs. victimization.

        Originally posted by Kepler View Post
        If Minnesota had a 200-year long depression, they'd wind up ruled by Putin.
        Interesting question about MN. At first, I'd figure with it being one of the most liberal states and among the least blindly patriotic today that didn't make sense. It has been one of the most successful states for its size. I guess who knows...W VA makes an interesting example.
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        • #619
          Originally posted by 5mn_Major View Post
          Russia may dig strongmen. Its better said that the rest of Eastern Europe is easily exploited by strongmen. Preference vs. victimization.



          Interesting question about MN. At first, I'd figure with it being one of the most liberal states and among the least blindly patriotic today that didn't make sense. It has been one of the most successful states for its size. I guess who knows...W VA makes an interesting example.
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          • #620
            Re: Global War on Terror Version 6 - Perpetual Motion Machine

            Originally posted by Spartanforlife4 View Post
            Pentagon says Putin has Asperger's.

            For some reason the script that is used for the link box keeps freezing my browser, so I'll just have to post it in HTML form.
            http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...agon/22855927/
            I'm surprised GW didn't catch that when he examined Putin's soul through his eyeballs or whatever.
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            • #621
              Re: Global War on Terror Version 6 - Perpetual Motion Machine

              Originally posted by 5mn_Major View Post
              Russia may dig strongmen. Its better said that the rest of Eastern Europe is easily exploited by strongmen. Preference vs. victimization.
              The region seems to fall pretty easily into the authoritarian, nationalist, "traditional values" bereznianka. The Belarussians have a guy who makes Putin look like Thoreau, and the right-"center" parties throughout the region run on the "no gays or feminists and we're not all that wild about the Jews now that you ask" platform (the far right parties aren't so subtle).
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              • #622
                Re: Global War on Terror Version 6 - Perpetual Motion Machine

                Originally posted by geezer View Post
                I'm surprised GW didn't catch that when he examined Putin's soul through his eyeballs or whatever.
                Asperger's is characterized by aberrant cognitive development. Dubya has natural immunity.
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                • #623
                  Re: Global War on Terror Version 6 - Perpetual Motion Machine

                  Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                  Asperger's is characterized by aberrant cognitive development. Dubya has natural immunity.
                  by "catch" I mean "discover." If you can see his soul in there, Asperger's should be hard to miss.
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                  • #624
                    Re: Global War on Terror Version 6 - Perpetual Motion Machine

                    Originally posted by geezer View Post
                    by "catch" I mean "discover." If you can see his soul in there, Asperger's should be hard to miss.
                    It's a spectrum. High functioning aspys are indistinguishable from engineering students.
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                    • #625
                      Re: Global War on Terror Version 6 - Perpetual Motion Machine

                      Putin has a soul?

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                      • #626
                        Re: Global War on Terror Version 6 - Perpetual Motion Machine

                        Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
                        Putin has a soul?
                        Not anymore. It's in a briefcase carried around by John Travolta and Samuel L Jackson.

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                        • #627
                          Re: Global War on Terror Version 6 - Perpetual Motion Machine

                          Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
                          Putin has a soul?
                          We're all God's children.
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                          • #628
                            Re: Global War on Terror Version 6 - Perpetual Motion Machine

                            Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                            The region seems to fall pretty easily into the authoritarian, nationalist, "traditional values" bereznianka. The Belarussians have a guy who makes Putin look like Thoreau, and the right-"center" parties throughout the region run on the "no gays or feminists and we're not all that wild about the Jews now that you ask" platform (the far right parties aren't so subtle).
                            You don't even have to go all that far east. This is my favorite anti-immigrant ad that was plastered everywhere when I lived in Geneva:

                            http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image...lack-sheep.jpg

                            Think that would fly in Arizona? (you know, once they lightened the color of that one sheep just a little bit)
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                            • #629
                              Re: Global War on Terror Version 6 - Perpetual Motion Machine

                              Originally posted by LynahFan View Post
                              You don't even have to go all that far east. This is my favorite anti-immigrant ad that was plastered everywhere when I lived in Geneva:

                              http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image...lack-sheep.jpg

                              Think that would fly in Arizona? (you know, once they lightened the color of that one sheep just a little bit)
                              Didn't the rural cantons try to outlaw mosques, too?

                              There are xenophobes everywhere, but for whatever reason right wing ideology is their ideal petri dish.
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                              • #630
                                Re: Global War on Terror Version 6 - Perpetual Motion Machine

                                Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                                Didn't the rural cantons try to outlaw mosques, too?

                                There are xenophobes everywhere, but for whatever reason right wing ideology is their ideal petri dish.
                                Please. Just minarets, not mosques. We're not talking about 8th century barbarians, here!
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