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RainCaster

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March 1, 2022

Russian op-ed on Putin

Link here
[T]here are far fewer people actually out protesting. You have to understand that ordinary people in Russia are scared out of their minds. On the first day of the conflict, almost 1,000 protesters were jailed across Russia for walking outside with as little as a piece of paper that said: “I don’t want war.” According to the independent media source OVD-info, in the first four days of the war more than 5,200 people were arrested.

My friend spent time in jail for walking down the same street as the protesters. A professor of sociology, Grigory Yudin, was arrested in the centre of Moscow and reportedly beaten up in the back of an autozak (police bus).
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Putin, who is so keen on history, is unknowingly digging his own grave. With Russia cut off from Swift and facing sanctions from the EU, the US, and the UK, it’ll take only a few years before it runs into extremely hard times. And when it does, people will not be afraid any more. If history teaches us anything, it’s that people – even ones as stubborn and patient as the Russians – will not tolerate a lack of food. When the money runs out, so will Putin’s clock.

And we – the new generation of Russians – will be waiting.
February 27, 2022

Will the sanctions be applied to Belarus, too?

Now that they have pledged support to Putin and are going in to Ukraine.

February 24, 2022

Definition: woke

Woke-adj.
The sudden realization that conservatives have been screwing you for a long time.

February 14, 2022

What happened to that SB ad about shooting POTUS

and a few other Dems? Did that happen? I didn't see it.

February 9, 2022

Thank you for the hearts

I don't know you, but all of you made my day.

Edit: plural changes to original ty note

January 23, 2022

Hooray, Kaaron Rogers lost

13-10

January 18, 2022

The eyes of Tammy Faye

An absolute train wreck of a story. The gospel of prosperity since long before Joel Osteen was known.

January 1, 2022

Anyone watch King 5's NYE show?

What did you think of the "virtual reality" aspect?

IMO, it sucked. There was so much "Virtual" on the screen, I couldn't see the fireworks or the Space Needle.

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About RainCaster

A Reformed Republican who saw evil and shook its hand. (Nixon) He now spends his time trying to change the world for the better.
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