Tucker Carlson: America's 21st Century "America First Committee"

Tucker Carlson stuck his thumb in the mainstream media's eye, and we loved it! He is unafraid to say uncomfortable things, and he is certainly not a fan of the regulatory state or its cousin, the heavy-handed authoritarian state that we are rapidly approaching.

Except...his credulousness about Russia after experiencing a no-doubt carefully curated slice of Moscow life is simply embarrassing. 20% of Russians don't have indoor plumbing, but Carlson is gushing like a schoolgirl about the superiority of Russian grocery stores, and by extension their standard of living. He is "radicalized" now!

Tucker Carlson goes shopping at a Russian grocery store. pic.twitter.com/TJR3JnUElH
— Catch Up (@CatchUpFeed) February 15, 2024

Hey Tucker! Those groceries were 25% what they cost in America? Okay, but Russians make less than 20% of what Americans make, so if you had done your elementary homework you would have suggested something quite different...that it is MORE expensive! But good old Tucker is on a "America Is Sh*t" kick, and relishes beating us about the head with that message. America is evil for supporting Israel (however tepidly) and not demanding a cease fire? Yes, America has lost its way with respect to our foreign policy. The quagmire of Ukraine is a perfect example. And our involvement in every dirty little war on the planet is extraordinarily expensive...in both treasure and blood...and we get very little in return. Well, the elites get their graft, but that's about it.

But supporting Israel is a good thing. They are the tip of the spear against militant Islam, and they are doing the work and spilling the blood that the West is unwilling to spend. Tarring every foreign involvement with the same brush is reflexive isolationism that is not productive in any way. America cannot withdraw completely from the world, lest we cede our trade routes to the Russians and the Chinese and the Indians. Is that in our long-term best interest?

A wiser analysis of our government's follies would find that we do have legitimate global interests that must be nurtured and protected. That does not mean having boots on the ground in 150 countries, many of which are our enemies who simply love our financial largesse. It does mean evaluating everything on its merits, rather than simply declaring that "America is evil! Emerson was correct when he said that "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."

But Tucker seems to have lost sight of our global interests, having been subsumed in his increasingly paranoid view of America as the ultimate evil. Perhaps he should cast his gaze at the perpetrators of our mistakes, rather than praising Russia for its imaginary superiority.

What's next...a visit to China where he waxes poetic about how organ transplants are readily available?

Posted by: CBD at 11:50 AM

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1 Some of TC schtick is okay; but, mostly I'm annoyed by his 'incredulous look'.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 11:53 AM (B7bb6)

2 Oh... and FIRST!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 11:54 AM (B7bb6)

3 I'll go fetch them.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 11:54 AM (B7bb6)

4 It's fine. Soon enough, we'll be just as free as the Russians if the dems get their way.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 18, 2024 11:55 AM (sOln2)

5 I thought the TC subway/trainstation was great, hey Tucker how many people in that city?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 11:56 AM (B7bb6)

6 The moment I knew TuCa was not with me on Israel vs hamas, I stopped watching and listening.

What a fucking asshole.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at February 18, 2024 11:56 AM (KiBMU)

7 He's stepped in a few piles this week.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 18, 2024 11:58 AM (R4t5M)

8 Interesting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2024 11:58 AM (di6C2)

9 What's next...a visit to China where he waxes poetic about how organ transplants are readily available?

Posted by CBD

Maybe how peaceful Tibet is now?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 11:58 AM (B7bb6)

10 Does this country need so many deodorants? How about peanut butter? Which peanut butter?

Bernie

Posted by: BignJames at February 18, 2024 11:58 AM (AwYPR)

11 Good morning again horde
( isn't this supposed to hit in afternoon?)

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2024 11:59 AM (fwDg9)

12 11 Good morning again horde
( isn't this supposed to hit in afternoon?)
Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2024 11:59 AM (fwDg9)

Well, just now it is afternoon.

Afternoon.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2024 12:01 PM (di6C2)

13 I was in Bogota when this clip was filmed in Moscow, and even Bogota Colombia had a better series of shops and markets than this.

The local WinCo is starting to look like this now

http://tinyurl.com/25hxvdt2

Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2024 12:01 PM (D7oie)

14 What about his point on crime? I took that as the bigger point. We can shut down street crime, but choose not to. That was a big part of his "radicalization." Like SF liberals when Xi came to town.

Posted by: Kyle Coplen at February 18, 2024 12:01 PM (pPp7N)

15 Cold warriors gotta Cold War, I guess.

I don't know how you know Russians don't have plumbing, or how much their GDP is. Other than American data.

News flash: Your government lies.

As for Israel, I think people miss the point by a mile, when they criticize Tucker for his position. The tipping point of that discussion, WHICH NEVER GETS DISCUSSED, is how much the U.S. should be funding the thing.

I think the number of dollars sent to Israel should be zero.

Others don't. But you get called all kinds of names when you hold my position, and Tucker's, which is tiresome and dishonest.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 12:01 PM (GtZ7X)

16 When your head gets in a bubble it's over as far as objection will get.

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2024 12:01 PM (fwDg9)

17 thought the TC subway/trainstation was great, hey Tucker how many people in that city?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 11:56 AM (B7bb6)

If wiki is to be believed Moscow has a population of 13 million.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at February 18, 2024 12:02 PM (l7Kbv)

18 ( isn't this supposed to hit in afternoon?)
Posted by: Skip

FWP, Food, GT, and ONT, and a bonus CBD rant!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 12:02 PM (B7bb6)

19 @15

Agree 100%

Posted by: brak at February 18, 2024 12:03 PM (i3UvU)

20 od morning again horde
( isn't this supposed to hit in afternoon?)
Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2024 11:59 AM (fwDg9)

mebbe he's in Australia with Pixy !

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2024 12:03 PM (T4tVD)

21 20% of Russians don't have indoor plumbing,

-
What do you think the ratio is in San Francisco?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 18, 2024 12:03 PM (FVME7)

22 For the record, I'm not all in for Tucker. His lavish praise for Trump gets old fast. But I don't really understand why Tucker is getting so much hate for this. Also with the vending machine shopping carts that dominate Europe but not the US.

I understand the point he's making on food costs is sort of dumb, things are simply cheaper in poorer countries. You go down to Mexico and you can get a nice dinner for way less than it costs to the US. That doesn't mean their system is superior to ours.

I think he's crudely making the point that despite all the sanctions and global pressure to break Russia, they still enjoy a way lower cost of living that we do.

Posted by: Blago at February 18, 2024 12:03 PM (XJs7O)

23 If wiki is to be believed Moscow has a population of 13 million.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert

I remember Heinlein's observations when he visited with his wife. They looked at the river, truck, and rail traffic and said nope, no way USSR was reporting correct populations. I have no idea if it correctly reported now.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 12:04 PM (B7bb6)

24 Does he plan to move there?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 18, 2024 12:04 PM (NBVIP)

25 Yeah, I really think Tucker has lost it, just like Candance Owens has lost it when it comes to Israel. It's a shame because I used to be a huge fan of both of them. News flash: just because libs (now) think Russia is bad doesn't automatically mean Russia is good. I like what Douglas Murray said recently in answer to a Jew who is dismayed by the anti-antisemitism on the left, but conservatives, yucky. Murray said, how about simply standing with the truth of an issue rather than making it about what team you want to be on?

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at February 18, 2024 12:04 PM (HabA/)

26 The moment I knew TuCa was not with me on Israel vs hamas, I stopped watching and listening.

What a fucking asshole.
Posted by: Mr Gaga

Yeah, that's a hard character flaw to overlook.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 18, 2024 12:05 PM (FVME7)

27 I think Carlson's pulling everyone's leg. It's an over the top comparison of the bullshit we have to deal with vs. the bullshit the Russians have to put up with.

OTOH every media baby I've ever seen or heard is very, very gullible and easy to con.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 18, 2024 12:06 PM (Q4IgG)

28 The people of Russia have enough pride to not allow their Capitol city to look like a bum’s toilet, and their subways stations were designed with beauty and functionality not the moved up cash grab they tend to be.

As for America’s global interests, our global interest is to not be broke and overrun by foreigners.

Posted by: ThmsMgnm at February 18, 2024 12:07 PM (RS7Dx)

29 OTOH every media baby I've ever seen or heard is very, very gullible and easy to con.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 18, 2024 12:06 PM (Q4IgG)

Well I never!

Posted by: Geraldo Rivera at February 18, 2024 12:07 PM (PiwSw)

30 Remember that time when leftist pundits all circled around and took shots at a highly popular leftist pundit for making a point or using a method they didn't agree with?

Yeah, me neither. Only conservative pundits get their kicks by making uncharitable and unprovoked attacks on their fellow right-leaning commentators.

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at February 18, 2024 12:08 PM (4+3qm)

31 Who you sayin' is easy to con?

Posted by: Dan Rather at February 18, 2024 12:09 PM (NBVIP)

32 I've only watched this one clip, and I wonder if he's playing a longer game. He is not stupid. The RESPONSES to his piece--from inside Russia and out--will make for a good debate. He has picked the topic.

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 12:09 PM (1BWJp)

33 It's 3:09am in Brisbane Australia

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2024 12:09 PM (fwDg9)

34 Who you sayin' is easy to con?
Posted by: Dan Rather

Not a con if you're part of the act.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 12:09 PM (B7bb6)

35 What a busy bee!

1 Some of TC schtick is okay; but, mostly I'm annoyed by his 'incredulous look'.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 11:53 AM (B7bb6)

2 Oh... and FIRST!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 11:54 AM (B7bb6)

3 I'll go fetch them.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 11:54 AM (B7bb6)

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 12:09 PM (1BWJp)

36 A former friend of mine, a big lefty, went to Red China with his cray cray old lady and adopted a chinese girl blah blah blah. He gushed about how great Red China was, clean, with super duper trains and so nice. When I told him he should have adopted an American child and that he only saw what his commie minders wanted him to see he got all butt hurt.

Fuck him and Red China.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 18, 2024 12:10 PM (R/m4+)

37 I am not saying Israel funding should be zero. I'm not saying anyone's funding should be zero. I think every country needs to be evaluated (including Israel) on a case by case basis. Does the country need help? Yes or No. Is the aid we give them just allow them to spend their money on other things of questionable value? (and remember this is a question we can ask if you are expecting us to write you a big fat check.)

I think Israel is one of those things that generates an emotional response. People disengage their reasoning when questions arise in light of things like 10/7 (or the past 30 years of fuckery we have done regarding their statehood and relations with their neighbors.)

Hell, the Israelis might be better off without us stirring their pot and hall monitoring them at every turn.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2024 12:10 PM (di6C2)

38 What a busy bee!

Posted by: m

Heh, I thought Skip would be in there!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 12:10 PM (B7bb6)

39 I saw (new to me) Katie Phang on mslsd this past week, talk about yer militant anti Trumpers.

Posted by: BignJames at February 18, 2024 12:11 PM (AwYPR)

40 Good journos shop, bad journos shop
Shopping, shopping from A to Z

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 18, 2024 12:11 PM (FVME7)

41 What Hamas apologists on both the left and the right overlook k is that Iran, Russia and China are all singing off the same hateful sheet of music when it comes to Israel. They ALL hate the existence of the ME's only democracy. It doesn't make any sense to condemn China and give Russia a pass (what Carlson does). It also makes no sense to hate Russia and give Iran and China a pass (the left). They're working together against Israel and Western civ.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at February 18, 2024 12:11 PM (HabA/)

42 I think that when TC says, "We're all Americans here [in this shopping group he's splitting the bill with]," he's giving us this hint: They are Americans inside Russia at the moment and it is to no one's advantage to do the rah-rah America thing.

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 12:11 PM (1BWJp)

43 I think he's crudely making the point that despite all the sanctions and global pressure to break Russia, they still enjoy a way lower cost of living that we do.

Posted by: Blago at February 18, 2024 12:03 PM (XJs7O)

Given that it is now the explicit position of the U.S. government, that our funding this war is to bleed Russia dry, Tucker is letting people know... it's not working. It's not going to work.

Russia is a self-sustaining nation, unlike the U.S. They can keep this up forever, if they want to. And they'll just wait for us to lose interest, give up, and walk away. Which we will.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 12:11 PM (GtZ7X)

44 Eh, I'll still watch him. The latest episode 75 with Mike Benz is very very revelatory.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 18, 2024 12:12 PM (MeG8a)

45 Tucker is aware of the concept of "Potemkin things."

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 12:12 PM (1BWJp)

46 These are 2017 numbers, but Texas and Russia had the same GDP: $1.6 Trillion.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 18, 2024 12:13 PM (NBVIP)

47 When's the last time anyone heard Putin in his own words, or saw anything of Russia reported, other than curated government propaganda? You can ignore Tucker's commentary just like you can ignore Rachel Maddow's commentary. But everyone's ideas about Russia come from what our government tells us. And for the past 8 years, they've used Putin/RussiaRussiaRussia as a scapegoat and justification for absolutely everything. Everything. So Tucker is actually putting a camera on it. And adding his own commentary, which you are free to agree or disagree with. But the people lining up to take cheap shots at him and double down on the US intel agencies' propaganda is really staggering.

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at February 18, 2024 12:14 PM (4+3qm)

48 Ever notice also there are times we act like Dems when a black guy goes off message and does not toe the party line?

Funny how people work.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2024 12:14 PM (di6C2)

49 26 The moment I knew TuCa was not with me on Israel vs hamas, I stopped watching and listening.

What a fucking asshole.
Posted by: Mr Gaga

Yeah, that's a hard character flaw to overlook.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 18, 2024 12:05 PM (FVME7)

Yeah, character flaws...
https://youtu.be/EngMYI95zkA&t=53s

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 18, 2024 12:14 PM (ynpvh)

50 "Our global interests" include an awful lot of very nasty things, wars, color revolutions, and the people behind these "interests" are not nice people at all. I can't think of any of our "interests" without a mental image of a cackling Hillary coming to mind.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 18, 2024 12:14 PM (MeG8a)

51 Tucker is aware of the concept of "Potemkin things."
Posted by: m

The world's 'most deliberative body' 2 party schtick is a sham too.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 12:16 PM (B7bb6)

52 I am not saying Israel funding should be zero. I'm not saying anyone's funding should be zero. I think every country needs to be evaluated (including Israel) on a case by case basis. Does the country need help? Yes or No.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2024 12:10 PM (di6C2)

My position is, the answer is always no.

Whether it's Israel, or every one of Israel's enemies, who we are also funding, every other nation on the planet, except this one.

We're a nation on the brink of collapse, and the "money" we send everywhere is another dollar not spent here, trying to keep this country from falling apart. And it's not the government's money, of course. It's ours, and our children's, and our children's children, and their children, and so on and so forth, for generations yet to come.. if we make it that far as a species.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 12:16 PM (GtZ7X)

53 It ain't easy to be objective.

Posted by: davidt at February 18, 2024 12:16 PM (SYTee)

54 Watch Russian movies on Amazon if you can. They are more western in their aspirations that most of Europe. You can call it their version of PR, but PR is the message they aspire to. It doesn't have to match the reality, or it wouldn't be inspirational. And this is their entertainment for themselves, not foreign public relations

Posted by: Tom at February 18, 2024 12:16 PM (ZvGil)

55 Tucker is not a deep thinker. He is willing to voice a contrarian view, but typically from a common-sense perspective. When things are complex or nuanced, he force reduces the complexity into something simple that fits his worldview. He believes the military-industrial complex promotes wars that are not in America's best interests, so is susceptible to Russia's marketing of itself as civilized and reasonable.

Posted by: iandeal at February 18, 2024 12:17 PM (w0PR/)

56 I remember Heinlein's observations when he visited with his wife. They looked at the river, truck, and rail traffic and said nope, no way USSR was reporting correct populations. I have no idea if it correctly reported now.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 12:04 PM (B7bb6)

I was thinking about this when I got up today. Heinlein was a numbers and logistics guy, and was pretty competent at it. I think that was part of his navy training, as well as engineering. The one thing he didn't know was the amount of food and goods that moved on the black market, which he couldn't see and was hidden on purpose.
Gorbachev had the fairly opaque joke "what is long and green and smells like sausage?" that no Americans could understand, and the answer was the trains. Moscovites traveled out of town to get black market meat they couldn't buy in the stores in Moscow because the prices were fixed and the supply was never good. The black market is a more open market and matches price to available quantities.
without that understanding, Heinlein was never going to get a good estimate to match the population with consumption.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2024 12:17 PM (D7oie)

57 "Our global interests" include an awful lot of very nasty things, wars, color revolutions, and the people behind these "interests" are not nice people at all. I can't think of any of our "interests" without a mental image of a cackling Hillary coming to mind.
Posted by: gourmand du jour

I don't think the word 'Our' as used above has anything to do with many of us.
Just like the LNG BS is going to put money in a Lib's pocket so the money can be sent back to the ruling junta's lackies.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 12:19 PM (B7bb6)

58 Pick a country that we all agree is a steadfast US ally and you share a connection with and harbor zero racial or religious animosity with.

I still think the US funding for such a country should be zero.

Posted by: Blago at February 18, 2024 12:21 PM (XJs7O)

59 Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 12:16 PM (GtZ7X)

Let them self fund. Especially Ukraine. Zelenskyy and Kolomoisky have plenty of money, so do Fink and Gates. Let them pay for the war they want.

Posted by: GOP sux at February 18, 2024 12:21 PM (Zzbjj)

60 47 When's the last time anyone heard Putin in his own words
Posted by: Mad Max in VA at February 18, 2024 12:14 PM (4+3qm)

When Tucker interviewed him.

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 12:22 PM (1BWJp)

61 One point beyond doubt is that Russia has beat the pants off of the USA, western europe, and NATO economically since they invaded the corrupt Ukraine. It is not even close.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 18, 2024 12:22 PM (17s+e)

62 Is there a single political or media figure who checks all the boxes?

No. There is not.
Will there be?
No.

So. I just have to pick the person or candidate who makes the fewest grave errors.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2024 12:22 PM (gVbFl)

63 Yeah, that's a hard character flaw to overlook.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 18, 2024 12:05 PM (FVME7)

Yeah, character flaws...
https://youtu.be/EngMYI95zkA&t=53s
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 18, 2024 12:14 PM (ynpvh)

Ah, character flaws.....

I only just learned this weekend, Kristen Stewart is claiming to be gay. Apparently everyone other than me knew it, and those icky pics she took for Roiling Kidney Stone are to promote a lesbo movie.

Whatever. She's still pretty. And prolly smells nice. Try as she might, she can't hide it.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 12:22 PM (GtZ7X)

64 "He believes the military-industrial complex promotes wars that are not in America's best interests..."

That should be evident to anyone paying attention for more than a couple of years. Eisenhower warned us in the 1950s.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 18, 2024 12:23 PM (MeG8a)

65 The black market is a more open market and matches price to available quantities.
without that understanding, Heinlein was never going to get a good estimate to match the population with consumption.
Posted by: Kindltot

The time spent garnering supplies from the rural areas is time wasted. It's just like the lines in front of any 'free' stuff, there is an opportunity cost which must be factored into that calc.
As you note R.A.H. was a logistics guy and he did see the trains, freight or passenger.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 12:23 PM (B7bb6)

66 Watch Russian movies on Amazon if you can. They are more western in their aspirations that most of Europe. You can call it their version of PR, but PR is the message they aspire to. It doesn't have to match the reality, or it wouldn't be inspirational. And this is their entertainment for themselves, not foreign public relations
Posted by: Tom at February 18, 2024 12:16 PM (ZvGil)

My wife watches the soap operas. there are no minorites.
Unlike the mandatory minorities in Western productions.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2024 12:24 PM (D7oie)

67
Russia is a self-sustaining nation, unlike the U.S. They can keep this up forever, if they want to. And they'll just wait for us to lose interest, give up, and walk away. Which we will.
Posted by: BurtTC

The USA can keep it up LONGER than forever!

Posted by: Modern Monetary Theory at February 18, 2024 12:24 PM (63Dwl)

68 Pick a country that we all agree is a steadfast US ally and you share a connection with and harbor zero racial or religious animosity with.

I still think the US funding for such a country should be zero.

Posted by: Blago
==

As senator Kennedy says, or close to it, I don't think we should have to pay the world to hate us, they should do it for free.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 18, 2024 12:25 PM (17s+e)

69 >>> Those groceries were 25% what they cost in America? Okay, but Russians make less than 20% of what Americans make, so if you had done your elementary homework you would have suggested something quite different...that it is MORE expensive!

Conversely, Russia will now be a top tourist and retirement destination for those in areas with a much higher cost of living!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 18, 2024 12:25 PM (cOq4q)

70 Since Tucker had the audacity to go and interview Putin you knew the MSM would go nuts, as well as some of the FedGov mouthpieces. They called him a traitor.

I sort of understand the schtick he pulled, gushing over Russian shops, the clean cities, etc. It further pisses off all the right people.

If he's sincere, well like I said up thread, all the media babies I've heard and seen are easily conned. In the grand scheme of things I doubt it matters what Tucker Carlson's true feeling are regarding Russia.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 18, 2024 12:25 PM (Q4IgG)

71 This may not be a popular opinion, but I don't expect everyone to agree with me on things. This is not nor will ever be a disqualifying point as to whom I read or listen to.
My qualifications are am I being given a truthful opinion or information, will this person correct themselves later publicly if in error, and do they favor freedom over safety or power.
I don't think Tucker is pro Russia, I think he's anti world government. I could be wrong, but asking uncomfortable questions or pointing out uncomfortable circumstances do t bother me nearly as much as people whom get mad at the questions.

Posted by: Inogame at February 18, 2024 12:25 PM (KCCqb)

72 Tucker is not a deep thinker. He is willing to voice a contrarian view, but typically from a common-sense perspective. When things are complex or nuanced, he force reduces the complexity into something simple that fits his worldview. He believes the military-industrial complex promotes wars that are not in America's best interests, so is susceptible to Russia's marketing of itself as civilized and reasonable.
Posted by: iandeal at February 18, 2024 12:17 PM (w0PR/)

Or, some things really aren't complex, or nuanced.

When he says he objects to foreign wars, because our government is stumbling its way into situations that pose an existential threat to himself and his family, that's not very complex or nuanced.

Seems pretty basic and clear to me. And those who want to make it complex or nuanced, he happens to think there's evil behind that. And I find that hard to argue with.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 12:27 PM (GtZ7X)

73 Attacking tucker for this sounds JUST LIKE A DEMOCRAT.

Posted by: dude1394 at February 18, 2024 12:27 PM (3exmE)

74 I always despised the phrase black market. It is an attempt to delegitimize private transactions, the alternative to highly regulated highly TAXED transactions. It's the main focus of those new 87,000 new IRS agents, who have guns, BTW.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 18, 2024 12:28 PM (MeG8a)

75 The point of Tucker's visit was not that Russia is good or bad, or that putin is great, it was "your media is lying to you, look what I found", and compare and contrast to the info you are being fed.

Posted by: runner at February 18, 2024 12:28 PM (V13WU)

76 Since leaving Fox, Carlson has no restraints or collaborators…. That’s usually not a good thing, no guardrails. I think he was probably better at Fox but there he had too many constraints.

There’s a guy out there (forgot his name and I’m too lazy to search) who has like 220 IQ…. Maybe the smartest person in the world (as measured by IQ) and he’s trying to do theoretical physics all by himself; he’s not at a university so no collaborators…. Bottom line he’s not doing anything useful or making breakthroughs. He may be brilliant but he needs collaborators…. So does Carlson.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 18, 2024 12:28 PM (xT8gx)

77 The USA can keep it up LONGER than forever!
Posted by: Modern Monetary Theory at February 18, 2024 12:24 PM (63Dwl)

Yup, printing press go brrrrrrr!

And that thing you think that looks like inflation? That's not inflation, that's your own greedy eyeballs lying to you.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 12:29 PM (GtZ7X)

78 74 I always despised the phrase black market. It is an attempt to delegitimize private transactions, the alternative to highly regulated highly TAXED transactions. It's the main focus of those new 87,000 new IRS agents, who have guns, BTW.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 18, 2024 12:28 PM (MeG8a)

Funny enough, those agents aren't after the rich and connected. Imagine that.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 18, 2024 12:30 PM (ynpvh)

79 I will say this, Tucker is probably the smartest conservative commentator out there right now. Sort of puzzled he's made so many stupid errors lately.

I think you can say the war in Ukraine is bad without trying to prop up Putin. Or pretend the standard of living in Russia is great.

The interview with Putin was total cringe, he just filibustered the whole time. Then after Tucker largely giving a softball interview, Putin slams Tucker for giving him a softball interview.

Posted by: Blago at February 18, 2024 12:30 PM (XJs7O)

80 A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."

******

Key word being foolish

As contrasted to a consistency based on a foundation of experience, wisdom and the tests of time and subject to moderation only under the most rigorous criteria.

This is what conservatism should be.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 18, 2024 12:31 PM (991eG)

81 The time spent garnering supplies from the rural areas is time wasted. It's just like the lines in front of any 'free' stuff, there is an opportunity cost which must be factored into that calc.
As you note R.A.H. was a logistics guy and he did see the trains, freight or passenger.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 12:23 PM (B7bb6)

The point is that it was a centrally controlled economy with even more inefficiencies baked into the mix. Part of that was intentional because shortages hid the inflation that the Ruble was suffering, and part of that was because a centrally planned or command economy is always screwed up because there is little or no feedback through pricing and availability.

"wasted time" is pretty callous way of saying "the only way I can have meat for my kid and husband is to get gristle at the state store after standing in line for an hour, or going to buy in the country.
Black markets spring up because of screwed up markets due to government.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2024 12:31 PM (D7oie)

82 There’s a guy out there (forgot his name and I’m too lazy to search) who has like 220 IQ…. Maybe the smartest person in the world (as measured by IQ) and he’s trying to do theoretical physics all by himself; he’s not at a university so no collaborators…. Bottom line he’s not doing anything useful or making breakthroughs. He may be brilliant but he needs collaborators…. So does Carlson.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 18, 2024 12:28 PM (xT8gx)

Rob Reiner?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 18, 2024 12:31 PM (PiwSw)

83 Tucker's new nickname should be 'Tool' ... just sayin' ...

Posted by: Dr_No at February 18, 2024 12:31 PM (ayRl+)

84 82 There’s a guy out there (forgot his name and I’m too lazy to search) who has like 220 IQ…. Maybe the smartest person in the world (as measured by IQ) and he’s trying to do theoretical physics all by himself; he’s not at a university so no collaborators…. Bottom line he’s not doing anything useful or making breakthroughs. He may be brilliant but he needs collaborators…. So does Carlson.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 18, 2024 12:28 PM (xT8gx)

Rob Reiner?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 18, 2024 12:31 PM (PiwSw)

IQ, not waist size.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 18, 2024 12:32 PM (ynpvh)

85 The point of Tucker's visit was not that Russia is good or bad, or that putin is great, it was "your media is lying to you, look what I found", and compare and contrast to the info you are being fed.

Posted by: runner at February 18, 2024 12:28 PM (V13WU)
===

^^^^1000 TIMES THIS^^^^

That is my take on this episode of Tucker.

We are not in 1950-1990 USA anymore but that is what the leftists are trying to sell and too many on our side are buying it up lock, stock, and barrel.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 18, 2024 12:32 PM (17s+e)

86 67 Russia is a self-sustaining nation, unlike the U.S. They can keep this up forever, if they want to. And they'll just wait for us to lose interest, give up, and walk away. Which we will.
Posted by: BurtTC

The USA can keep it up LONGER than forever!
Posted by: Modern Monetary Theory at February 18, 2024 12:24 PM (63Dwl)

Nice nic!

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 12:33 PM (1BWJp)

87 The "journalism" we get today is akin to shopping at soviet stores back in the 80's. If you want quality stuff, you have to go outside what the Gov't controls.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 18, 2024 12:33 PM (ynpvh)

88 75 The point of Tucker's visit was not that Russia is good or bad, or that putin is great, it was "your media is lying to you, look what I found", and compare and contrast to the info you are being fed.
Posted by: runner at February 18, 2024 12:28 PM (V13WU)

I find this so obviously true that I'm mystified how many conservatives are missing this and twisting themselves in knots. It's like the left's perpetual brainwashing has worked on them. Next I assume they will start joining in with the left and calling effective conservatives racists.

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at February 18, 2024 12:33 PM (4+3qm)

89 Oh Nurse, I think this needs to be on your reading list:

https://is.gd/tyN5Kn

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 18, 2024 12:34 PM (PiwSw)

90 86 67 Russia is a self-sustaining nation, unlike the U.S. They can keep this up forever, if they want to. And they'll just wait for us to lose interest, give up, and walk away. Which we will.
Posted by: BurtTC

The USA can keep it up LONGER than forever!
Posted by: Modern Monetary Theory at February 18, 2024 12:24 PM (63Dwl)

Nice nic!

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 12:33 PM (1BWJp)

Our current monetary policy: "To Infinity and Beyond!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 18, 2024 12:34 PM (ynpvh)

91 The big reason, the ONLY reason the war in Ukraine is so damned important to the politicians in DC is because the US is deeply deeply involved in a LOT of very nasty business there. You name it, bio labs, sex trafficking, election hijacking, placing relatives of DC pols on boards of directors of businesses for which they are objectively not qualified, the list is very long.
These must never come to light, and so WAR it is.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 18, 2024 12:34 PM (MeG8a)

92 As far as dollars for Israel I’ll just be up front and admit I support it because of my religious views. The good book says the Jews are God’s chosen people and if you bless them I’ll bless you but if you curse them I’ll curse you. That’s good enough for me…… as for aid for all other countries my answer is probably no but I’d consider on a case by case basis. Ukraine at this point is a hard no for me

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 18, 2024 12:35 PM (xT8gx)

93 Willowed0 re: typewriters

The Ghost in the Machine - a limerick

My ma died in twenty-thirteen
But she still is occasionally seen
Her wisdom for the ages
Still dances 'cross the pages
Of her Underwood writing machine

Posted by: Muldoon at February 18, 2024 12:36 PM (991eG)

94 If he's sincere, well like I said up thread, all the media babies I've heard and seen are easily conned. In the grand scheme of things I doubt it matters what Tucker Carlson's true feeling are regarding Russia.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 18, 2024 12:25 PM (Q4IgG)

Bingo. I believe he would agree with you. You shouldn't let his opinions be your own, without thinking.

His "schtick," which is what really bothers the powers that be, is to put things out there, let people see for themselves.

It's the antithesis of the misinformation/malinformation game, and it isn't necessary to agree with everything said by anyone who is willing to do that.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 12:36 PM (GtZ7X)

95 As for Israel, I think people miss the point by a mile, when they criticize Tucker for his position. The tipping point of that discussion, WHICH NEVER GETS DISCUSSED, is how much the U.S. should be funding the thing.

I think the number of dollars sent to Israel should be zero.

Others don't. But you get called all kinds of names when you hold my position, and Tucker's, which is tiresome and dishonest.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 12:01 PM (GtZ7X)

I think it should be zero, but not for the typical reasons. We've discovered over the last 50 years or so that anything that takes money from the Feds inevitably comes under the control of the Feds. And DC as a whole does *not* have Israel's best interests at heart. Even when the President does, the State Department certainly doesn't, and the CIA doesn't, and a million other things don't.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 18, 2024 12:37 PM (FD5dr)

96 62 Is there a single political or media figure who checks all the boxes?

No. There is not.
Will there be?
No.

So. I just have to pick the person or candidate who makes the fewest grave errors.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2024 12:22 PM (gVbFl)

It is the nature of humanity to not be perfect. Tucker was never gonna be perfect, either, as much as we wanted him to be.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 18, 2024 12:37 PM (exHjb)

97 How bout some Russian private citizen sit down with a mic and a camera crew for two hours with Joe Biden?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 18, 2024 12:37 PM (NBVIP)

98 the media and, let's face it, those who control it, are pissed because Tucker did not carry water for them. in his interview he covered 3 things - one, what are you doing in Ukraine, and Putin explained (but not to Western Media's satisfaction!), two - is there a prospect of resolution, ceasefire , and Putin went over that, and three - can I take the American journalist home now. And Putin told him how that can happen.

Posted by: runner at February 18, 2024 12:37 PM (V13WU)

99 Back in the 70's, they talked about stores in the Moscow basically for people with "hard currency" (back when the US dollar still meant something) where they could get almost anything, including items from the West. Since most Soviet citizens had no "hard currency" they were de facto restricted from these stores.

Since Tucker was 20 when the wall came down, I can only guess that he never heard about these stores.

Posted by: SMOD at February 18, 2024 12:37 PM (RovqD)

100 I must confess that I'm not a TuCa listener. I've just never made time. My take is no one is perfect and folks need to be able to sift information from all sources, not throw away the wheat that Tucker delivers on our corrupt deep state and the uni-party pols in DC along with his chaff that America should not have any foreign involvements or should demand only of Israel that they not smash their mortal enemies.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 18, 2024 12:38 PM (3cGpq)

101 The interview with Putin was total cringe, he just filibustered the whole time. Then after Tucker largely giving a softball interview, Putin slams Tucker for giving him a softball interview.
Posted by: Blago at February 18, 2024 12:30 PM (XJs7O)

When someone you approved of says something that disagrees with your opinion, the stupid thing is to shout that he has betrayed you and claim it was always a scam and nothing he ever says in the future will mean anything.

The smart thing to do is to figure out what he is actually saying, or at least identify what he said causes you to disagree. Is it factual? if so you can find a lot of supporting information and decide what is best fit for reality. Is it what it implies about you and what you hold important? Then you might reassess what your principles are and consider if they are holding up against contrary facts.

Just saying "he's a skank because he is wrong" is not a good look. Tautologies are always suspect, and very, very pre-enlightenment logic.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2024 12:39 PM (D7oie)

102 I call bullshit on 20% of Russians don't have indoor plumbing. Cite please.

Russians are highly urbanized people. About 75% of Russians live in urban areas. All urban areas have indoor plumbing. For CBD number to be right almost all rural people live without indoor plumbing.

Every village I've been to, the homes have well water and a septic type system.for indoor plumbing.

It's true that some deep villages, the people still have outhouses and communal wells. No way does that make up 20%. Those places are more closely related to our tribal reservations. I live in Appalachia and how many people here live in cabins, trailers or RVs without running water?

Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at February 18, 2024 12:39 PM (UWRAE)

103 There’s a guy out there (forgot his name and I’m too lazy to search) who has like 220 IQ…. Maybe the smartest person in the world (as measured by IQ) and he’s trying to do theoretical physics all by himself; he’s not at a university so no collaborators…. Bottom line he’s not doing anything useful or making breakthroughs. He may be brilliant but he needs collaborators…. So does Carlson.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 18, 2024 12:28 PM (xT8gx)

You know who else isn't doing anything useful, or making breakthroughs?

Everyone who is funded by the Physics Industrial Complex. The gatekeepers keep it that way, on purpose.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 12:39 PM (GtZ7X)

104 75 The point of Tucker's visit was not that Russia is good or bad, or that putin is great, it was "your media is lying to you, look what I found", and compare and contrast to the info you are being fed.
Posted by: runner at February 18, 2024 12:28 PM (V13WU)

Yes, this is Tucker's point. With the proviso that "your media" is ALL media.

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 12:39 PM (1BWJp)

105 Save your vitriol for the real enemies.

Posted by: Dark Force Thirsting For Power at February 18, 2024 12:40 PM (QY+6a)

106 Since Tucker was 20 when the wall came down, I can only guess that he never heard about these stores.

I was younger than him when the wall came down and I've heard of those stores. It's not too different from current America where the elites have access to things many people don't even know exist.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 18, 2024 12:41 PM (FD5dr)

107 I think the guys name is Christopher Langan

A good will hunting type character

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 18, 2024 12:41 PM (xT8gx)

108 Back in the 70's, they talked about stores in the Moscow basically for people with "hard currency" (back when the US dollar still meant something) where they could get almost anything, including items from the West. Since most Soviet citizens had no "hard currency" they were de facto restricted from these stores.

Since Tucker was 20 when the wall came down, I can only guess that he never heard about these stores.
Posted by: SMOD at February 18, 2024 12:37 PM (RovqD)

East Germany had the Konsum stores which were run by the state, essentially hard currency for western products. They were a legal black market, and run because East Germany desperately needed western currencies to buy needed stuff overseas. It encouraged East Germans to get remittances from their relatives in West Germany so they could buy stuff they needed.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2024 12:42 PM (D7oie)

109 The point of the supermarket visit, in my opinion, was to show what effect the sanctions (that are greatly contributing to OUR inflation) are having. Looks like not much. But we are the ones paying 3x for groceries because of govt international follies - policies that are not having an effect.

Posted by: runner at February 18, 2024 12:42 PM (V13WU)

110 I can remember a finance minister from one of the Eastern bloc countries at my college telling stories about how ... people would go to the butcher store .. they would be there .. the meat would not be there.

Back in the 80's, there were these stories of Russian immigrants going to a supermarket in North Jersey and becoming completely perplexed in the toilet paper isle. In Russia, they would go to the store .. either they had toilet paper or they didn't. In the US, there were multiple brands and qualities of toilet paper. They had no idea how to choose.

Posted by: SMOD at February 18, 2024 12:43 PM (RovqD)

111 74 I always despised the phrase black market. It is an attempt to delegitimize private transactions, the alternative to highly regulated highly TAXED transactions. It's the main focus of those new 87,000 new IRS agents, who have guns, BTW.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 18, 2024 12:28 PM (MeG8a)

At least some part of the black market is filled by fenced stolen goods--like all the stuff being walked right out of stores in NYC. Those parts are black and illegal and all the bad words.

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 12:44 PM (1BWJp)

112 "There’s a guy out there (forgot his name and I’m too lazy to search) who has like 220 IQ…. Maybe the smartest person in the world (as measured by IQ) ..he’s trying to do theoretical physics all by himself; he’s not at a university so no collaborators"

There are a lot of people like this out there. You just don't know about them because no one really cares about that shit.

Posted by: pawn at February 18, 2024 12:44 PM (QB+5g)

113 I like Tucker and agree with hmi most of the time... I don't see anything wrong with the Russian visit..

Posted by: It's me donna at February 18, 2024 12:44 PM (Akjoo)

114 48 Ever notice also there are times we act like Dems when a black guy goes off message and does not toe the party line?

Funny how people work.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2024 12:14 PM (di6C2)

Groupthink is not exclusive to the left by any means.

Posted by: You must think and speak as I, or thou art heretic! at February 18, 2024 12:44 PM (/IAkV)

115 105 Save your vitriol for the real enemies.
Posted by: Dark Force Thirsting For Power at February 18, 2024 12:40 PM (QY+6a)

This has been my point with Mike Johnson. He is so obviously our friend, and doing his best with a bad hand, and yet still delivering us a few wins, the 1st we've had in decades. So, I'm not tossing him out, either, if he gets backed into a corner or rolled on a CRA (which I expect to happen, b/c Rs would discharge that...and you only need 3)...

I'm hoping folks won't do that, either, and will instead vote for Mike Johnson endorsed folks for the House in 2024.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 18, 2024 12:44 PM (exHjb)

116 I think it should be zero, but not for the typical reasons. We've discovered over the last 50 years or so that anything that takes money from the Feds inevitably comes under the control of the Feds. And DC as a whole does *not* have Israel's best interests at heart. Even when the President does, the State Department certainly doesn't, and the CIA doesn't, and a million other things don't.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 18, 2024 12:37 PM (FD5dr)

Oh, I agree with that completely. Anyone who believes the U.S. government is "supporting" Israel because we care about their people, is incredibly naive.

Whatever the outcome of the decades long disagreements over there, the basic question can be asked: Have we helped make anyone's lives in the Middle East better, by funding everyone over there?

Seems pretty self-evident to me.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 12:45 PM (GtZ7X)

117 So called "think tanks" are operating with info from the 80s. Great.

Posted by: runner at February 18, 2024 12:46 PM (V13WU)

118 79 The interview with Putin was total cringe, he just filibustered the whole time. Then after Tucker largely giving a softball interview, Putin slams Tucker for giving him a softball interview.
Posted by: Blago at February 18, 2024 12:30 PM (XJs7O)

And yet all of that information that wanted to be free was made free.

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 12:46 PM (1BWJp)

119 "Save your vitriol for the real enemies."

The self-righteousness here can be overwhelming at times.

Posted by: pawn at February 18, 2024 12:46 PM (QB+5g)

120 Putin then trolled Tucker by saying he asked softball questions.

Sometimes Tucker is wrong and he needs to take a good look in the mirror and not let his own ego get the best of him.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 18, 2024 12:47 PM (NpAcC)

121 Except...his credulousness about Russia after experiencing a no-doubt carefully curated slice of Moscow life is simply embarrassing. 20% of Russians don't have indoor plumbing, but Carlson is gushing like a schoolgirl about the superiority of Russian grocery stores, and by extension their standard of living. He is "radicalized" now!

You know those cars Obama had destroyed for money, the Cash for Clunkers?

the bodies got sold at scrap prices overseas, and got fitted with replacement motors. Moscow traffic has ungodly numbers of late model Toyotas, Fords, Hondas and you name it.
that is how backwards they are.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2024 12:47 PM (D7oie)

122 119 "Save your vitriol for the real enemies."

The self-righteousness here can be overwhelming at times.
Posted by: pawn at February 18, 2024 12:46 PM (QB+5g)

Well I NEVER!
*clutches pearls*

Posted by: Fetch the huff so I can leave in it! at February 18, 2024 12:48 PM (/IAkV)

123 I call bullshit on 20% of Russians don't have indoor plumbing. Cite please.

Yeah, that's BS, given how urbanized Russia is.

The funny thing is that it's Ukrainians who gleefully cite this, as if rural Ukraine isn't even more impoverished than rural Russia.

Hint: nominal per-capita GDP in Russia is $13,000 - nominal per-capita GDP in Ukraine is $5,000.

Posted by: The ARC of History at February 18, 2024 12:48 PM (YAtuc)

124 It's like they are stuck in Zbigniew Brzezinski's brain and unable to get out.

Posted by: runner at February 18, 2024 12:48 PM (V13WU)

125 Thx CBD, great post. Carlson is one of the few "journalist" who still report unpleasant things . He gets out over his skis when comparing our system to others . Unfortunately all other "journalists" are way over out over their skis and tumbling down hill.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 18, 2024 12:48 PM (aYFzn)

126 Boris Yeltsin's visit to a US grocery store near Houston in 1989:

http://tinyurl.com/mr49c3d8

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 18, 2024 12:49 PM (NBVIP)

127 89 Oh Nurse, I think this needs to be on your reading list:

https://is.gd/tyN5Kn

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

Looks like the start of the FUTURE grand baby book collection!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2024 12:49 PM (zpJdl)

128 When someone you approved of says something that disagrees with your opinion, the stupid thing is to shout that he has betrayed you and claim it was always a scam and nothing he ever says in the future will mean anything.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2024 12:39 PM (D7oie)

I think it's tantamount to the sportsball fan who cheers on his team when they score, and when one or more of the players flub a play, they're now bums who must be booed.

Fine, you're entitled to your opinion, and I guess in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter whether your team wins or losing at sportsball, but it's your kneejerk reaction, that this person has somehow let YOU down by not performing up to your wishes, that's what comes across as silly.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 12:50 PM (GtZ7X)

129 101 The interview with Putin was total cringe, he just filibustered the whole time. Then after Tucker largely giving a softball interview, Putin slams Tucker for giving him a softball interview.
Posted by: Blago at February 18, 2024 12:30 PM (XJs7O)

... they used to call this the "bear hug"
you would smother your adversary at length
Soviet party chiefs used to give 3 and 4 hour speeches, so nobody had time to think about anything else

Posted by: SMOD at February 18, 2024 12:50 PM (RovqD)

130 Don't care and you can't make me.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2024 12:51 PM (IG4Id)

131 But what does Tay-Tay think?

Posted by: Karen McWinebox at February 18, 2024 12:51 PM (NBVIP)

132 Putin then trolled Tucker by saying he asked softball questions.

==

That is not what he said. What he did say was that Tucker is a dangerous man. He was interviewed by a Russian journalist after, and said "Your (then explained that he meant your as in journalism family) man Tucker is a dangerous person. Being half serious when he did. Because Tucker perplexed Putin.

Posted by: runner at February 18, 2024 12:52 PM (V13WU)

133 Lots of words suggesting you still trust these people. Pass.

Posted by: DOYLE at February 18, 2024 12:53 PM (Z8Yh2)

134 *peeks in*

Seems a bit cranky in here

Posted by: Doof at February 18, 2024 12:53 PM (eNASR)

135 It's true that some deep villages, the people still have outhouses and communal wells. No way does that make up 20%. Those places are more closely related to our tribal reservations. I live in Appalachia and how many people here live in cabins, trailers or RVs without running water?
Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at February 18, 2024 12:39 PM (UWRAE)

I'm of the belief, the people claiming Rooshia has 20% without plumbing as the same ones claiming they've had 315,000 killed in this war.

Yeah.... I don't believe those things, if your lips are moving, government, I take it for granted you're lying to me.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 12:53 PM (GtZ7X)

136 then , of course, the western media helpfully translated the part about Tucker not asking the expected questions, and framed it as a minus. People ! When will you learn to read between the lines ?!

Posted by: runner at February 18, 2024 12:54 PM (V13WU)

137 Hey Tucker! Those groceries were 25% what they cost in America? Okay, but Russians make less than 20% of what Americans make, so if you had done your elementary homework you would have suggested something quite different...that it is MORE expensive!

That's not...exactly...how that works.

But I think the larger point here is that from comparative point of the US v Russia in 1991, or the media image of Russia in 2024, these vague comparisons should be impossible.

Taking the two parts of it:

When communism fell it fell in large measure because the American capitalist system was better in just about every way then the Soviet socialist system. So the argument the US is 5% better off now or even *only* 500% better off would astound an American of 1991 - how did we lose so much ground they would ask?!?!

And then in regards to the media in 2024 there are endless stories on how Russia is on its last legs with this war and will soon collapse and...that's just not true.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2024 12:54 PM (ibTVg)

138 Trafficking in stolen goods is already highly illegal.
If I have a toaster and you want to buy it for 5 bucks that should not be illegal, but the government has other ideas about that.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 18, 2024 12:54 PM (MeG8a)

139 Candace Owens also let her ego get the best of her.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 18, 2024 12:54 PM (NpAcC)

140 Mebbe Tucker jus f***in witcha

Posted by: Don Black at February 18, 2024 12:55 PM (geLO8)

141 @126 that is one of my favorite stories. People on the plane phone said Yeltsin was mumbling that the entire Soviet system was a lie and he had been lied to

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 18, 2024 12:55 PM (aYFzn)

142 The point of the supermarket visit, in my opinion, was to show what effect the sanctions (that are greatly contributing to OUR inflation) are having. Looks like not much. But we are the ones paying 3x for groceries because of govt international follies - policies that are not having an effect.
Posted by: runner at February 18, 2024 12:42 PM (V13WU)

But but but... he showed a Snickers bar. I bet it has 20% less peanuts than American Snickers bars!!!!

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 12:55 PM (GtZ7X)

143 134 *peeks in*

Seems a bit cranky in here
Posted by: Doof at February 18, 2024 12:53 PM (eNASR)

Stay out of the Kitchen!!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Freelance Pickleball Coach at February 18, 2024 12:56 PM (PiwSw)

144 Candace Owens also let her ego get the best of her.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 18, 2024 12:54 PM (NpAcC)

Unlike that paragon of modesty and self-restraint Ben Shapiro

Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2024 12:56 PM (D7oie)

145
The funny thing is that it's Ukrainians who gleefully cite this, as if rural Ukraine isn't even more impoverished than rural Russia.

One of my co-workers had to go to Kiev in the 00s for work. Said it was beyond primitive and...he's been to India as well.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2024 12:56 PM (ibTVg)

146 That is not what he said. What he did say was that Tucker is a dangerous man. He was interviewed by a Russian journalist after, and said "Your (then explained that he meant your as in journalism family) man Tucker is a dangerous person. Being half serious when he did. Because Tucker perplexed Putin.
Posted by: runner at February 18, 2024 12:52 PM (V13WU)
******
Do you think Tucker asked him tough questions?

Posted by: redridinghood at February 18, 2024 12:57 PM (NpAcC)

147 Seems a bit cranky in here
Posted by: Doof at February 18, 2024 12:53 PM (eNASR)

Stay out of the Kitchen!!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Freelance Pickleball Coach at February 18, 2024 12:56 PM (PiwSw)

Are you now a member of the pickleball cult too??

Posted by: Doof at February 18, 2024 12:57 PM (eNASR)

148 Plane home not plane phone. Gaaack

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 18, 2024 12:57 PM (aYFzn)

149 So, I got a glimpse of the New Era in Portland last night - my wife and I went to the Oregon Symphony to see Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with a prominent internationally-known violinist.

The marquee over the entrance to symphony hall, which usually is illuminated advertising the night's program, was dark.

Normally, the ticket takers merely scan your ticket and you walk in, but last night you had to go through metal detectors, and pass through a security checkpoint. We weren't stopped by the security people, but they were closely scrutinizing everyone coming in.

Why? The prominent internationally-known violinist is Israeli.

Real 1920's Berlin vibes.

Posted by: The ARC of History at February 18, 2024 12:57 PM (YAtuc)

150 Im old enough to remember Bernie Sanders saying the same thing about the USSR in 1984. Tucker just shite all over his self... Its seems like a Psyop...

Posted by: Fisht at February 18, 2024 12:58 PM (BHEHK)

151 that is one of my favorite stories. People on the plane phone said Yeltsin was mumbling that the entire Soviet system was a lie and he had been lied to

I once interviewed an immigrant to the US from China in the 90s. She was a math prof, so she was a Chinese 1% (allowed to get that level of education in China!) and when I asked her what shocked her the most she said grocery stores. All that food...at reasonable prices...for normal people?!?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2024 12:58 PM (ibTVg)

152 My biggest Russian mystery is in those videos on YouTube of Russian car crashes.

The Russian cars when they hit each other seem to emit what looks like chucks of phone books or ceiling insulation. US videos just don't have this stuff falling out of the damaged autos.

What is that stuff falling out ?

Posted by: SMOD at February 18, 2024 12:58 PM (RovqD)

153 There are a lot of people like this out there. You just don't know about them because no one really cares about that shit.

Posted by: pawn at February 18, 2024 12:44 PM (QB+5g)

Eric and Bret Weinstein hammer on this point a lot. How the university/government funding has stifled research, to the point where lots of really good scientists have given up and walked away from it.

Because there's nothing useful being done by the millions and billions of dollars being spent on keeping the elites in control of science.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 12:58 PM (GtZ7X)

154 Dennis Prager has said over the years (and I think it’s a great point): credibility is like a bank account where you make deposits over the years. One or two mistakes shouldn’t destroy one’s credibility. Yeah Carlson has flubbed a few recently but at least for me he’s built up credibility over the years. I’ll still listen to him despite his flubs… I think he’s still a valuable voice.

Let’s just hope he doesn’t drain his account down to zero

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 18, 2024 12:58 PM (xT8gx)

155 @134 get off my lawn

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 18, 2024 12:58 PM (aYFzn)

156 It occurs to me that Tucker's togue bath of Russian life is pretty much the exact same bullshit the media pulls on us every fucking day.

You know, water's dry and ice is hot. Trust us, we're propaganda professionals and would never lie to your ugly face.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 18, 2024 12:58 PM (Q4IgG)

157 The Russian cars when they hit each other seem to emit what looks like chucks of phone books or ceiling insulation. US videos just don't have this stuff falling out of the damaged autos.

What is that stuff falling out ?

Lizard people egg sacs.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 18, 2024 01:00 PM (CsUN+)

158 Remember kiddos, talking to Vlad, the leader of a country we are NOT at war with, who has NOT killed any Americans is treason.

However not just talking to, but intentionally spreading Taliban, Baathist, or Iranian propaganda is an important civic virtue.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2024 01:00 PM (ibTVg)

159 138 Trafficking in stolen goods is already highly illegal.
If I have a toaster and you want to buy it for 5 bucks that should not be illegal, but the government has other ideas about that.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 18, 2024 12:54 PM (MeG8a)

Yes, and the government's point is, I think, where's the paper trail.

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 01:01 PM (1BWJp)

160 @134 get off my lawn
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 18, 2024 12:58 PM (aYFzn)

*steps on STG's lawn*

Make me, Gramps!!

Posted by: Doof at February 18, 2024 01:01 PM (eNASR)

161 However not just talking to, but intentionally spreading Taliban, Baathist, or Iranian propaganda is an important civic virtue.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2024 01:00 PM (ibTVg)

What are we, chopped liver?

Posted by: The Gaza Health Ministry at February 18, 2024 01:01 PM (PiwSw)

162
You know, water's dry and ice is hot. Trust us, we're propaganda professionals and would never lie to your ugly face.

I've been watching "weird extra-solar planet" videos on youtube.

There is one on the list "How long would you live on a Hot Ice planet". I assume very high pressure to keep water in a solid state while the temperature is high or something like that.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2024 01:01 PM (ibTVg)

163 Do you think Tucker asked him tough questions?
Posted by: redridinghood at February 18, 2024 12:57 PM (NpAcC)

Define tough.

Posted by: runner at February 18, 2024 01:01 PM (V13WU)

164
Yes, and the government's point is, I think, where's the paper trail.
Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 01:01 PM (1BWJp)

Unless you're the Biden Grift Family

Posted by: It's me donna at February 18, 2024 01:02 PM (Akjoo)

165 One of the funnier stories about plenty v shortages came from the NHL. Some of the wives of the first Russians to play here were taken by other wives of Canadian/American player to go food shopping. They Russian wives were stunned by the groceries available and started filling up their carts with meat. The NHL wives had to explain that the amount of meat was always at the store and they could come at anytime and get what they wanted

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 18, 2024 01:02 PM (aYFzn)

166 One of my co-workers had to go to Kiev in the 00s for work. Said it was beyond primitive and...he's been to India as well.

The reason why Ukraine is being kept out of the European Union is the assumption that a large fraction of the Ukrainian work force would decamp to Western Europe, given the opportunity.

Remember all the complaints about "Polish plumbers" in Western Europe - Ukraine has close to the same population as Poland, but Poland's per-capita GDP is 22K - more than four times Ukraine's per-capita GDP.

Posted by: The ARC of History at February 18, 2024 01:02 PM (YAtuc)

167 @160 don't make me get off this couch. No , really don't do that

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 18, 2024 01:03 PM (aYFzn)

168 Whatever the outcome of the decades long disagreements over there, the basic question can be asked: Have we helped make anyone's lives in the Middle East better, by funding everyone over there?

Seems pretty self-evident to me.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 12:45 PM (GtZ7X)

Biden stopped supporting Israel for one simple reason... they were actually going to solve a problem.

Politicians get votes and money by telling you they will solve a problem you care about. If it is solved, that revenue stream on that issue, dries up.

That's why global warmering is such a winner for them... they convinced people there is a problem that really, does not exist, and ergo, cannot actually be solved.

Posted by: Earth at February 18, 2024 01:03 PM (xaFKb)

169 Oh and for the larger point, if we are a country with a representative government it is absolutely imperative that the average voter hear and understand our rival's view of the world.

If the voters aren't allowed to understand geopolitics then we can't select a government that will give the voters the international relations they want.

And yes I know that is exactly where we are.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2024 01:04 PM (ibTVg)

170 Posted by: Earth at February 18, 2024 01:03 PM (xaFKb)

Wow, off couple day old stinky sock!

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2024 01:04 PM (xaFKb)

171 The belief that every facet of our lives must have a paper trail is the very definition of tyranny. Just my opinion.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 18, 2024 01:04 PM (MeG8a)

172 157 The Russian cars when they hit each other seem to emit what looks like chucks of phone books or ceiling insulation. US videos just don't have this stuff falling out of the damaged autos.

What is that stuff falling out ?

Lizard people egg sacs.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 18, 2024 01:00 PM (CsUN+)

Thank goodness you were here when we needed that answer.

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 01:04 PM (1BWJp)

173 Do you think Tucker asked him tough questions?
Posted by: redridinghood at February 18, 2024 12:57 PM (NpAcC)

Tucker didn't ask Pootin about his gaffs.

Fail.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 01:05 PM (GtZ7X)

174 I came across a not very widely covered story of what apoears to be another glowy operated "nazi group", all wearing the same clothes with faces covered and carrying identical swatiska emblazoned flags, though downtown Nashville yesterday. The group appears to have been formed in 2020, but only recently started appearing this way. Not at all sus.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at February 18, 2024 01:05 PM (snyZJ)

175
Eric and Bret Weinstein hammer on this point a lot. How the university/government funding has stifled research, to the point where lots of really good scientists have given up and walked away from it.

Because there's nothing useful being done by the millions and billions of dollars being spent on keeping the elites in control of science.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 12:58 PM (GtZ7X)

Terrance Kealey talks about this quite eloquently, he started with Breakfast Is a Dangerous Meal and went from there to talk about the myth of government funded science.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2024 01:06 PM (D7oie)

176 Posted by: Earth at February 18, 2024 01:03 PM (xaFKb)

Wow, off couple day old stinky sock!
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2024 01:04 PM (xaFKb)

Earth is WAY older than that.

Posted by: Like bazillions of years old at February 18, 2024 01:06 PM (/IAkV)

177 Reminder: Communism is when ugly deformed freaks make it illegal to be normal, then rob and/or kill all successful people out of petty resentment and cruelty. The ideology is all just window dressing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2024 01:06 PM (S6gqv)

178 What some here are missing, is that Putin put on a MASTER CLASS on how to control an American Journalist.

He controlled the narrative... totally.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2024 01:07 PM (xaFKb)

179 Im old enough to remember Bernie Sanders saying the same thing about the USSR in 1984. Tucker just shite all over his self... Its seems like a Psyop...
Posted by: Fisht at February 18, 2024 12:58 PM (BHEHK)

Yes, because Moscow 2024 is EXACTLY like Moscow 1984.

If that were true, then capitalism is a lie, just like communism.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 01:07 PM (GtZ7X)

180 though downtown Nashville yesterday. The group appears to have been formed in 2020, but only recently started appearing this way. Not at all sus.

Every neo-NAZI I've met in my life had a certain look.

Most of the government agents I've met also have a certain look though a very very different one.

None of these supposed new neo-NAZI groups have the first look and they ALL have the second look.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2024 01:08 PM (ibTVg)

181 The belief that every facet of our lives must have a paper trail is the very definition of tyranny. Just my opinion.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 18, 2024 01:04 PM (MeG8a)

Those who fill out form 27B-B correctly in triplicate have nothing to fear.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2024 01:08 PM (D7oie)

182 Because there's nothing useful being done by the millions and billions of dollars being spent on keeping the elites in control of science.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 12:58 PM (GtZ7X)

In the vast laboratories of the Ministry of Peace, and in the experimental stations hidden in the Brazilian forests, or in the Australian desert, or on lost islands of the Antarctic, the teams of experts are indefatigably at work. Some are concerned simply with planning the logistics of future wars; others devise larger and larger rocket bombs, more and more powerful explosives, and more and more impenetrable armor-plating...
But none of these projects ever comes anywhere near realization, and none of the three superstates ever gains a significant lead on the others.

Posted by: 1984 at February 18, 2024 01:08 PM (R/m4+)

183 @160 don't make me get off this couch. No , really don't do that
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 18, 2024 01:03 PM (aYFzn)

It's Sunday. I'll respect your laziness.

Posted by: Doof at February 18, 2024 01:08 PM (eNASR)

184 The group appears to have been formed in 2020, but only recently started appearing this way. Not at all sus.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at February 18, 2024 01:05 PM (snyZJ)
~~~~~

They have already been exposed--left wing activists. Surprise, surprise.

https://twitter.com/AmericanHubener/
status/1759204250163564978

Posted by: IrishEi at February 18, 2024 01:09 PM (rw9is)

185 I think Tucker saw how corrupt and antagonistic the GOPe is and overcorrected. There is a middle ground between putting troops in every hotspot and isolationism.
We should concentrate on protecting sea lanes and long term friends (Israel, Japan, S. Korea, Taiwan even Europe). Of course, they should contribute more to their own defense (Europe).
We should neither advance (add Ukraine to NATO) nor retreat (kick out anyone out except Turkey).

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 18, 2024 01:09 PM (roH4R)

186 Some Christians I know thought Putin was better to Christians than our own government is ... they certainly don't force the trans and Woke crap like our schools do.

There are various bloggers in Russia that seem to live a "normal" life, but maybe they are the more elite, idk. Certainly those in more remote areas seem to be left to care for themselves ... so not much "safety net", whereas we give womb to tomb care for selected Woke preferred classes, and illegals.

For now, still time to MAGA, before the oligarchs steal everything, including our children's futures.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 18, 2024 01:10 PM (Cus5s)

187 Yes but do the trains run on time?

Posted by: fd at February 18, 2024 01:11 PM (vFG9F)

188 What are we, chopped liver?
Posted by: The Gaza Health Ministry at February 18, 2024 01:01 PM (PiwSw)

New development in the last few hours: *Everyone* has given up on any more negotiations with Hamas; even Egypt has said they see no point in talking to Hamas directly anymore. Breaking point appears to have been yesterday when Netanyahu offered to spare Rafah from a direct assault in exchange for all the hostages and a cease fire, and Hamas demanded that Israel turn ALL of Gaza back over to them. And with that, negotiations are finally over for good, and Israel has said they will attempt to relocate the civilians, but they are going into Rafah very soon now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2024 01:12 PM (S6gqv)

189 @180 These people look like antifi, fitness-wise. You can't tell me the gray haired wuss in the background didn't vote for Biden. http://tinyurl.com/y63sjxtp

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at February 18, 2024 01:12 PM (snyZJ)

190
Those who fill out form 27B-B correctly in triplicate have nothing to fear.

It is amazing how quickly the left went from:

If the government can look at non-citizen library records then liberty is dead!

to:

If you haven't done anything wrong you have nothing to fear from the government listening to your calls, reading your emails, and interviewing under pain of criminal penalty, da?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2024 01:12 PM (ibTVg)

191 Tucker’s not gushing, he’s trolling. And he’s doing a great job. He got you.

Posted by: Hammer Dog at February 18, 2024 01:12 PM (BUsls)

192 Biden stopped supporting Israel for one simple reason... they were actually going to solve a problem.

Politicians get votes and money by telling you they will solve a problem you care about. If it is solved, that revenue stream on that issue, dries up.

That's why global warmering is such a winner for them... they convinced people there is a problem that really, does not exist, and ergo, cannot actually be solved.
Posted by: Earth at February 18, 2024 01:03 PM (xaFKb)

People who believe the U.S. should fund Israel, I don't really have an argument with them, just a different opinion.

I believe our having tethered ourselves to this thing for as long as we have, has contributed to prolonging it. I don't think there's any real evidence to the contrary.

But I get that this is personal for a lot of people, in ways it's not personal to me. So when I say I'm for zero funding for Israel, I'm also for zero funding of everywhere else on the globe. I expect if we did that, Israel would be much better off, in the long run.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 01:13 PM (GtZ7X)

193 Some Christians I know thought Putin was better to Christians than our own government is

Putin also shows up at the Central Synagogue in Moscow during the High Holy Days - the first Russian leader in history to do so.

Posted by: The ARC of History at February 18, 2024 01:13 PM (YAtuc)

194 The belief that every facet of our lives must have a paper trail is the very definition of tyranny. Just my opinion.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 18, 2024 01:04 PM (MeG8a)

We don't understand. What's paper?

Posted by: Apple and Google at February 18, 2024 01:14 PM (GtZ7X)

195 And with that, negotiations are finally over for good, and Israel has said they will attempt to relocate the civilians, but they are going into Rafah very soon now.

===

.....and then they hit Hezbollah in Lebanon...

Posted by: runner at February 18, 2024 01:14 PM (V13WU)

196 Some Christians I know thought Putin was better to Christians than our own government is ... they certainly don't force the trans and Woke crap like our schools do.

Vlad is a traditional paternal autocrat. He wants to rule unchallenged and he wants his 10%. But...he doesn't see the need to "fundamentally transform" the people of Russia.

Our elites? They also want to rule unchallenged and want their 10%. But...they won't be happy until they build the New American Man, err, Persyn.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2024 01:15 PM (ibTVg)

197 When you go to your own school board to protest the LGBT agenda because fat men dressed as women want to wiggle their naughty bits in front of your children, remember Putin fought this battle first while facing a serious demographic decline. This official state department doctrine is also a big reason the US had to make a hasty skeedaddle out of Afghanistan.
As it turns out, there really is some sh*t you can't force down people's unwilling throats.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 18, 2024 01:15 PM (MeG8a)

198 They have already been exposed--left wing activists. Surprise, surprise.

https://twitter.com/AmericanHubener/
status/1759204250163564978

Posted by: IrishEi at February 18, 2024 01:09 PM (rw9is)

Thank you for that! I *knew* they were a woke Disneyfied version of a "right wing group", but was dying for proof of it. There it is!!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2024 01:15 PM (S6gqv)

199 Putin fought this battle first while facing a serious demographic decline. This official state department doctrine is also a big reason the US had to make a hasty skeedaddle out of Afghanistan.
As it turns out, there really is some sh*t you can't force down people's unwilling throats.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 18, 2024 01:15 PM (MeG8a)

Excellent Point.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 18, 2024 01:16 PM (R/m4+)

200 Tucker extended an interview invite to Zelenskyy. Since Zelenskyy is coordinating with DC, and DC is not sure if that would be hepfull to DC...DC remains silent on the issues, and so does Zelenskyy...

Posted by: runner at February 18, 2024 01:17 PM (V13WU)

201 188 Posted by: The Gaza Health Ministry at February 18, 2024 01:01 PM (PiwSw)

New development in the last few hours: *Everyone* has given up on any more negotiations with Hamas; even Egypt has said they see no point in talking to Hamas directly anymore. Breaking point appears to have been yesterday when Netanyahu offered to spare Rafah from a direct assault in exchange for all the hostages and a cease fire, and Hamas demanded that Israel turn ALL of Gaza back over to them. And with that, negotiations are finally over for good, and Israel has said they will attempt to relocate the civilians, but they are going into Rafah very soon now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2024 01:12 PM (S6gqv)

Good?

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 01:17 PM (1BWJp)

202 What some here are missing, is that Putin put on a MASTER CLASS on how to control an American Journalist.

He controlled the narrative... totally.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2024 01:07 PM (xaFKb)

Which, for those who listened to Tucker's brief comments the same day, he readily admitted. He said every time he tried to interject, Pootin went right back to it, and wouldn't let Tucker turn the subject.

He said it was frustrating, but ultimately he didn't think he could do anything about it.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 01:17 PM (GtZ7X)

203 *issue...

blah

Posted by: runner at February 18, 2024 01:18 PM (V13WU)

204 Tucker extended an interview invite to Zelenskyy.

Since the Ukrainians have put Tucker on their semi-official Death List, I assume that Tucker would like to conduct the interview somewhere outside of Ukraine.

Posted by: The ARC of History at February 18, 2024 01:19 PM (YAtuc)

205 Since the Ukrainians have put Tucker on their semi-official Death List, I assume that Tucker would like to conduct the interview somewhere outside of Ukraine.

==

wait, what ?? that cannot be ! they put an American journalist on a Death List ?! like a totalitarian state would ??!!

Posted by: runner at February 18, 2024 01:20 PM (V13WU)

206 204 the Ukrainians have put Tucker on their semi-official Death List
Posted by: The ARC of History at February 18, 2024 01:19 PM (YAtuc)

huh

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 01:20 PM (1BWJp)

207 I think Tucker saw how corrupt and antagonistic the GOPe is and overcorrected. There is a middle ground between putting troops in every hotspot and isolationism.
We should concentrate on protecting sea lanes and long term friends (Israel, Japan, S. Korea, Taiwan even Europe). Of course, they should contribute more to their own defense (Europe).
We should neither advance (add Ukraine to NATO) nor retreat (kick out anyone out except Turkey).
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 18, 2024 01:09 PM (roH4R)

That's an opinion. I'm of the opinion we should have no military presence anywhere else on the globe, other than at our own borders. Is that an overcorrection? Sure, but I believe an overcorrection is absolutely necessary.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 01:21 PM (GtZ7X)

208 we deserve to lose in Ukraine and Israel can handle it's own business.

Tucker is correct and after 20 years I don't think this blog is for me anymore.

Posted by: Shoey77 at February 18, 2024 01:21 PM (//kQK)

209 Thank you for that! I *knew* they were a woke Disneyfied version of a "right wing group", but was dying for proof of it. There it is!!!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2024 01:15 PM (S6gqv)
~~~~~

Internet sleuths--ordinary Americans--never cease to amaze me and rarely disappoint. I like your "Disneyfied version" description of them. Fits to a tee.

Posted by: IrishEi at February 18, 2024 01:21 PM (rw9is)

210 wait, what ?? that cannot be ! they put an American journalist on a Death List ?! like a totalitarian state would ??!!

Lots of Americans are on the Death List.

For some reason, despite the tens of billions of dollars in aid, the Biden Administration seems incapable of putting a stop to that.

Posted by: The ARC of History at February 18, 2024 01:22 PM (YAtuc)

211
wait, what ?? that cannot be ! they put an American journalist on a Death List ?! like a totalitarian state would ??!!

And they tortured and murdered one as well. But but Navalny!

Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2024 01:22 PM (ibTVg)

212 Posted by: Fetch the huff so I can leave in it! at February 18, 2024 12:48 PM (/IAkV)

LOL

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 01:22 PM (1BWJp)

213 Too bad Tucker can't be as perfect as you. Hopefully he'll try harder.

Posted by: sgr at February 18, 2024 01:23 PM (XRPjt)

214 178
'He controlled the narrative... totally.'

Then Mr. Master Class in narrative control fucked it all up by choosing now to bump off one of his critics.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 18, 2024 01:24 PM (roH4R)

215 Here is the problem. HOW MUCH IS BUILT INTO our pricing because of artificial higher costs of energy (when we can be self sufficient, and we have government initiated Inflation because of out of CONTROL Spending)? How about theft? I heard one talking head, said of course it's clean and the market is filled with great products because it was Moscow, and that's where the richer people live. WELL I live in a rich town also. Its called NYC. I will not travel on the subways, I rarely use ANY public transport. Besides the smell of piss and shit, its the possibility I will be assaulted or killed doing so. Did Putin CREATE a Potemkin village in the middle of Moscow? I don't think so... ALSO why is our cost of LIVING so high in the country, its self inflicted. I would rather have an outhouse than walk through one in the middle of NYC. I am NO Putin lover, my family ESCAPED the USSR to come to America. The thought of Putin being in power until 2036 is just as disgusting a THOUGHT as Brandon having one more term. It WASN'T the America first people overheard telling Medvedev he needs 'space' on missile defense, Obama: This is my last election…After my election I have more flexibility.

Posted by: LE MENTRY at February 18, 2024 01:24 PM (mc4MF)

216 I didn't think about the per capita income of Russians, which I should have, when I read Carlson's praise of how cheap groceries are in Russia. But I can ask again: just exactly what kind of groceries are we talking about? Borscht? Cabbage? What do Russian supermarkets offer these days?

Posted by: RebeccaH at February 18, 2024 01:24 PM (Nvors)

217 I like Tucker even though he gores some of my oxen as well. People like what they like and don't like what they don't like and it is foolish to expect complete consistency from them, as scogg likes to point out as though it is revelation that he has had.

Anyways, he's more on my side than my elected officials.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:24 PM (aD39U)

218 For some reason, despite the tens of billions of dollars in aid, the Biden Administration seems incapable of putting a stop to that.

During the Cold War not only was the President judged if any of our nominal allies we were paying harmed American citizens, they were also damned if those people killed their own.

Remember most of the left wanted to impeach Reagan because our central American allies would imprison or kill their domestic socialists.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2024 01:25 PM (ibTVg)

219 I miss the show trails!
Oh, wait we have all the J6 people in Garland's gulag held without bail or charges and Trump being told that he made money for everyone but his business loans were fraud.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 01:25 PM (B7bb6)

220 It's like the left's perpetual brainwashing has worked on them. Next I assume they will start joining in with the left and calling effective
conservatives racists.

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at February 18, 2024 12:33 PM (4+3qm)

I cant believe how many "conservatives" (they are full on MAGA now) I've run into that voted for Obama because they wanted to prove that we could elect a black man, and they weren't racist. And here we are now. I keep thinking that they were brainwashed by the left to prove they weren't racist.

Posted by: Not this shit again at February 18, 2024 01:26 PM (+3lgn)

221 Since the Ukrainians have put Tucker on their semi-official Death List, I assume that Tucker would like to conduct the interview somewhere outside of Ukraine.
Posted by: The ARC of History at February 18, 2024 01:19 PM (YAtuc)

Is Z man ever INSIDE Ukraine?

Someone posted a vid recently, of the female CNN character, the one with angry eyes, who excoriated Tucker before the interview was even aired.

The vid of her interviewing Z man, I'm not exaggerating when I say (initially the sound was off, so I didn't hear what was being said) it looked like she was all but sucking him off. It was embarrassing to watch.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 01:26 PM (GtZ7X)

222
Good?
Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 01:17 PM (1BWJp)

Yes, I think it's very good. Negotiations have just been wasting time and extending the war, this war needs to be finished, and Rafah has to be taken, just like Berlin had to be.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2024 01:26 PM (S6gqv)

223 216 I didn't think about the per capita income of Russians, which I should have, when I read Carlson's praise of how cheap groceries are in Russia. But I can ask again: just exactly what kind of groceries are we talking about? Borscht? Cabbage? What do Russian supermarkets offer these days?
Posted by: RebeccaH at February 18, 2024 01:24 PM (Nvors)

In the clip, he said, "all of the food we would need" for ... a week, I think? So, all four food groups?

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 01:27 PM (1BWJp)

224 Posted by: Blago at February 18, 2024 12:30 PM (XJs7O)

Damn, could you just imagine what kind of Conservatopia we would be living in if everyone was as perfect as you are?

ave ave ave ave blago ave ave ave!

Posted by: Outside of Life at February 18, 2024 01:28 PM (89Sog)

225 LOL.

Politifact says that it is "False" that Tucker was added to the Ukrainian Death List after the Putin interview.

Carlson had already been added to the Death List in 2023.

Posted by: The ARC of History at February 18, 2024 01:28 PM (YAtuc)

226 I wonder if Russian sausages are any good now. I am sure they are better than the Soviet sawdust variety was.

Probably no Conecuh though.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:29 PM (aD39U)

227 >>> Watch Russian movies on Amazon if you can. They are more western in their aspirations that most of Europe.

"To the Lake" shows too broad a cross section to be PR, classic gritty zombie with Eussian flare - vodka soaked zombies (jk).

Not zombie zombies, worth watching once...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 18, 2024 01:29 PM (oSXgL)

228 What do Russian supermarkets offer these days?
Posted by: RebeccaH at February 18, 2024 01:24 PM (Nvors)

The same things ours do.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 01:30 PM (GtZ7X)

229 99
'Since Tucker was 20 when the wall came down, I can only guess that he never heard about these stores.'

I was 21 and I had heard of them. It was very well known for anyone even casually paying attention to the USSR.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 18, 2024 01:30 PM (roH4R)

230 Tucker could next do a "Grocery Shopping in China" story. Real China. I have no idea what real Chinese pay or how much selection they get. But I think it is not as Western as Russia. China's median income is more like $10k/year, I think India's (almost same population) is like $6k.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 18, 2024 01:30 PM (Cus5s)

231 Russia and India have the best war movies now.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:30 PM (aD39U)

232 in case late-arrivers missed this:

157 The Russian cars when they hit each other seem to emit what looks like chucks of phone books or ceiling insulation. US videos just don't have this stuff falling out of the damaged autos.

What is that stuff falling out ?
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Lizard people egg sacs.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 18, 2024 01:00 PM (CsUN+)

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 01:30 PM (1BWJp)

233 105 Save your vitriol for the real enemies.

I do. Boy, do I.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 18, 2024 01:31 PM (roH4R)

234 You know what I love about America? Warning shots! The police fire into the air to warn criminals!
In Russian the police shoot that guy, and thats a warning to the next guy!!

Posted by: Yakov Smirnov at February 18, 2024 01:31 PM (+3lgn)

235 I am not buying this %20 plumbing, Russians seem to have every other modern convenience but forgot plumbing?

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2024 01:32 PM (fwDg9)

236 222
Good?
Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 01:17 PM (1BWJp)

Yes, I think it's very good. Negotiations have just been wasting time and extending the war, this war needs to be finished, and Rafah has to be taken, just like Berlin had to be.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2024 01:26 PM (S6gqv)

Thanks.

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 01:32 PM (1BWJp)

237 In Russian the police shoot that guy, and thats a warning to the next guy!!
Posted by: Yakov Smirnov at February 18, 2024 01:31 PM (+3lgn)

Haha yessssss!

Posted by: Ed McMahon at February 18, 2024 01:32 PM (aD39U)

238 Remember most of the left wanted to impeach Reagan because our central American allies would imprison or kill their domestic socialists.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2024 01:25 PM (ibTVg)

I'm old enough to remember when Most Favored Nation trade status was withheld from Chi Nah because of their brutal treatment of their own citizens.

How quaint.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 01:32 PM (GtZ7X)

239 Mmmm... Conecuh sausage....mmm

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 18, 2024 01:32 PM (NBVIP)

240 How broadly is Conecuh available? I take a Care package to my daughter in WV when we visit because, heretofore, it wasn't available there.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:34 PM (aD39U)

241 I am pretty sure you can get it in the sates surrounding Alabama; GA TN and MS.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:34 PM (aD39U)

242 Russia and India have the best war movies now.

I noticed the new Indian Top Gun movie has an elaborate and long dance scene.

Because...of course it does.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2024 01:35 PM (ibTVg)

243 Just got here. What are we doing now? Bashing Tucker? And we wonder why we can't have nice things.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 18, 2024 01:35 PM (BdMk6)

244 I noticed the new Indian Top Gun movie has an elaborate and long dance scene.

Because...of course it does.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2024 01:35 PM (ibTVg)

Are they trying to curry favor with Americans?

Posted by: Not this shit again. at February 18, 2024 01:37 PM (+3lgn)

245 Just got here. What are we doing now? Bashing Tucker? And we wonder why we can't have nice things.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 18, 2024 01:35 PM (BdMk6)

I haven't bothered to read all the comments yet. At least on the fag end the comments have been mixed.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:37 PM (aD39U)

246 132 That is not what he said. What he did say was that Tucker is a dangerous man. He was interviewed by a Russian journalist after, and said "Your (then explained that he meant your as in journalism family) man Tucker is a dangerous person. Being half serious when he did. Because Tucker perplexed Putin.
Posted by: runner at February 18, 2024 12:52 PM (V13WU)

Tucker's dangerous because--much like Donald Trump--nobody owns him so he does whatever he wants. Unpredictable.

Posted by: CppThis at February 18, 2024 01:37 PM (PZvjL)

247 Tucker could next do a "Grocery Shopping in China" story. Real China. I have no idea what real Chinese pay or how much selection they get. But I think it is not as Western as Russia. China's median income is more like $10k/year, I think India's (almost same population) is like $6k.
Posted by: illiniwek at February 18, 2024 01:30 PM (Cus5s)

I don't recall if it was Epoch Times (funded by Rooskies, oh no!!) or someone else who did the deep dive into Chinese rural communities, and how the government is mostly absent... except when they are.

Looked awfully primitive, and made worse when the local government was essentially unanswerable to Beijing. They just did their own brutalizing, independent of the central government.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 01:37 PM (GtZ7X)

248 Are they trying to curry favor with Americans?

Well they certainly aren't Sihking favor with other countries.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2024 01:38 PM (ibTVg)

249 It's been a good conversation, I think.

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 01:38 PM (1BWJp)

250 Anyone who disagrees with me has lost it.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 18, 2024 01:38 PM (os8zY)

251 and how the government is mostly absent... except when they are.

May you come to the attention of the authorities..

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:38 PM (aD39U)

252 Was It Trump with a "Reset" Button (wrong words in Russian anyway) with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov? No. Same cast of characters Who NATION Build (with our servicemens blood like mortar for their bricks) I served during a USELESS WAR that was propagandized by the CIA controlled Media. I do not want one dime of My money going to Ukraine, that has Nazi's attacking the russian speaking people of eastern Ukraine. They had the President they voted for before 2014 and Vickie Nuland and the usual cast of Deep State Characters (currently serving in the Biden Admin) created a Coup to overturn that Election. They seemed so use to doing this in foreign countries they tried it here in 2020 and succeeded. You want to get bent about TC interviewing Putin and asking him polite questions (like he had any choice?), okay. Hes in a foreign land. But forget it, Putin is not putting on a show for Americans (he was quite nasty to TC at times), he was putting one on for his own people. Sound familiar GWB as he stood on the evidence down at Ground 0? Forget this interview and watch the one recent one with Mike Benz. Do we deserve the end of our Republic for allowing such corruption?

Posted by: LE MENTRY at February 18, 2024 01:39 PM (mc4MF)

253 "242 Russia and India have the best war movies now"

China too

Posted by: Chosin Reservoir at February 18, 2024 01:39 PM (GiNEo)

254 Anyone who drives slower than me is an idiot. Anyone driving faster is a maniac.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:39 PM (aD39U)

255 250 Anyone who disagrees with me has lost it.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 18, 2024 01:38 PM (os8zY)

You're not the boss of us!

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 01:39 PM (1BWJp)

256 Just got here. What are we doing now? Bashing Tucker? And we wonder why we can't have nice things.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 18, 2024 01:35 PM (BdMk6)

Actually it's been a pretty civil discussion.

Until you got here. COMMUNIST!!!!

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 01:40 PM (GtZ7X)

257 224

This is funnier than the reply I considered making.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 18, 2024 01:40 PM (roH4R)

258 Hyperbole in the defenestration of hyperbole is no vice!

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 18, 2024 01:41 PM (BHL6B)

259 "Looked awfully primitive .. Posted by: BurtTC

A lot of their toilets are just a hole in the floor ... squatting is required.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 18, 2024 01:41 PM (Cus5s)

260 nyone who drives slower than me is an idiot. Anyone driving faster is a maniac.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:39 PM (aD39U)

Nobody drives faster than me. I won't allow it.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 01:41 PM (GtZ7X)

261 I would like to have one of those Indian sword whips from the movies. I would probably slice myself to ribbons though.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:42 PM (aD39U)

262 According to the KC mayor calling the parade shooters "thugs" is a dog whistle.

Do feral dogs respond to whistles?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 18, 2024 01:42 PM (os8zY)

263 Nobody drives faster than me. I won't allow it.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 01:41 PM (GtZ7X)

*throws rearview mirror out of the car*

What is behind me is not important..

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:43 PM (aD39U)

264 Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 18, 2024 01:09 PM (roH4R

I should continue to lurk. This comment sums it up for me. I got nothing to add.

Posted by: Gineo at February 18, 2024 01:44 PM (GiNEo)

265 Today is just a crappy day on the Gulf Coast, damp and cold, well, cold for here. You guys may well be cursed with my presence all day as I don't want to go out and do chores.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:45 PM (aD39U)

266 Just got here. What are we doing now? Bashing Tucker? And we wonder why we can't have nice things.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 18, 2024 01:35 PM (BdMk6)

Actually it's been a pretty civil discussion.

Until you got here. COMMUNIST!!!!
Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 01:40 PM (GtZ7X)

Well. I never...... 😏

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 18, 2024 01:45 PM (BdMk6)

267 265 Today is just a crappy day on the Gulf Coast, damp and cold, well, cold for here. You guys may well be cursed with my presence all day as I don't want to go out and do chores.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:45 PM (aD39U)

Crappie day? Fish puns?

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 01:46 PM (1BWJp)

268 According to the KC mayor calling the parade shooters "thugs" is a dog whistle.

Do feral dogs respond to whistles?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 18, 2024 01:42 PM (os8zY)

I just think it's a shame we have those conservative Christian Republicans running Kansas City, pushing the Missouri (red state) crime stats higher.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 01:46 PM (GtZ7X)

269 Crappie day? Fish puns?
Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 01:46 PM (1BWJp)

Gillty as charged.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:46 PM (aD39U)

270 *throws rearview mirror out of the car*

What is behind me is not important..
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:43 PM (aD39U)

No no, when I'm in Utah, and I pass the car doing 58 in a 65, they flash their lights at me, because I don't use my turn signal.

How am I to know whether to flip them off or not, unless I can see the flash?

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 01:48 PM (GtZ7X)

271 Some days you can feel the cold here in your soul and it makes you flounder around.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2024 01:48 PM (ibTVg)

272 So what is this Quaker Oats sterility scare?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:49 PM (aD39U)

273 Gotta scale 'em back.

Posted by: Fish punz at February 18, 2024 01:50 PM (NBVIP)

274 According to a recent study, four in five Americans tested positive for an agricultural chemical found in several wheat and oat products, including brands like Cheerios and Quaker Oats.

The peer-reviewed study, published in the JESEE journal on Feb. 15, looked at urine samples from American citizens to determine their exposure to chlormequat chloride—a plant growth chemical. Exposure to the chemical can result in lower fertility and harm developing fetuses even at doses below acceptable levels set by regulators. Researchers detected chlormequat in 80 percent of urine samples collected between 2017 and 2023, with “a significant increase in concentrations for samples from 2023.”

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:50 PM (aD39U)

275 269 Crappie day? Fish puns?
Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 01:46 PM (1BWJp)

Gillty as charged.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:46 PM (aD39U)

Glad you took the bait!

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 01:50 PM (1BWJp)

276 A sign of the end times, CBD and I agree on Tucker Carlson.

Tucker is a trustfund baby with Rich Guilt who blames capitalism when people fail to make good life choices and seek his standard of living.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at February 18, 2024 01:51 PM (FRT/w)

277
What do Russian supermarkets offer these days?
Posted by: RebeccaH

The same things ours do.
Posted by: BurtTC

Do they have plastic bags?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2024 01:51 PM (63Dwl)

278 The chemical was detected in “92 percent of oat-based foods purchased in May 2023, including Quaker Oats and Cheerios,” said the Environmental Working Group (EWG), which conducted the study.
Out of 25 conventional oat products tested, 23 had “detectable levels” of chlormequat. One in eight organic oat products had the chemical, while two in nine wheat products had low concentrations of chlormequat.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:52 PM (aD39U)

279 So what is this Quaker Oats sterility scare?
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:49 PM (aD39U)

all those ag chemicals besides round-up are allowed greater use on food crops because big ag needs the margin on what they earn.
FDA sez "ow my balls" is their favorite show.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2024 01:52 PM (D7oie)

280 When Obama first got into office we were told Russia was the tits and we should build more bridges to them. Then they somehow morphed into the enemy and now Putin is worse than Hitler. What changed?

The narrative changed and that's all. I thought Tucker's interview of Putin was great. I got to hear what Putin thinks. I don't need Tucker or anyone else to interpret his words and tell me what to think.

Similarly, I support Israel. Doesn't mean I have to agree with everything they do or that they are above criticism and supporting them doesn't mean an endless flow of our tax dollars either. If I can criticize my own government and hold them accountable for spending I can sure as hell hold accountable a foreign government spending our tax dollars.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2024 01:52 PM (LkLld)

281 275 269 Crappie day? Fish puns?
Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 01:46 PM (1BWJp)

Gillty as charged.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:46 PM (aD39U)

Glad you took the bait!
Posted by: m at February

You people have no sole.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2024 01:53 PM (9GsUI)

282 264
Praise of my commentary is always welcome, Gineo.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 18, 2024 01:53 PM (roH4R)

283 Researchers collected 96 urine samples, out of which 77 showed the presence of chlormequat.

Ooh. 96 samples.

That's Science right there folks.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:53 PM (aD39U)

284 Do they have plastic bags?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2024 01:51 PM (63Dwl)

Yes, only the US now requires everyone to bring the "possible" bag

(Possible it will be in stock: an old USSR joke, you carried the shopping bag with it because it was possible you might find something to buy)

Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2024 01:53 PM (D7oie)

285 Crappie day? Fish puns?
Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 01:46 PM (1BWJp)

Gillty as charged.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:46 PM (aD39U)

Glad you took the bait!
Posted by: m at February

You people have no sole.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2024 01:53 PM

More fish puns? Ich.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 18, 2024 01:54 PM (J3Fnj)

286 *Do they have plastic bags?*

And do they charge you a nickel for each one?

Posted by: The Nanny State at February 18, 2024 01:54 PM (NBVIP)

287
Are they trying to curry favor with Americans?
Posted by: Not this shit again

There will be no meat to the story.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 01:54 PM (B7bb6)

288 Tucker jumped the shark.
It's embarrassing and undercuts him overall.
He should probably take a month off and think about things.

Posted by: Strelnikov at February 18, 2024 01:55 PM (bNiom)

289 283 Researchers collected 96 urine samples, out of which 77 showed the presence of chlormequat.
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Ooh. 96 samples.
That's Science right there folks.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:53 PM (aD39U)

Good catch.

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 01:55 PM (1BWJp)

290 I used to worry about paraquat on my weed. Now I have to worry about chlormequat on my oats.

We're all gonna die.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:56 PM (aD39U)

291 I don't get the Tucker hate, I watched the videos of Russia and he's providing some context and balance to the issue.

Doesn't mean I have to agree with everything he says but doesn't mean I need to go full Tucker Derangement Syndrome either.

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at February 18, 2024 01:56 PM (VTu1l)

292 According to a recent study, four in five Americans tested positive for an agricultural chemical found in several wheat and oat products, including brands like Cheerios and Quaker Oats.

The peer-reviewed study, published in the JESEE journal on Feb. 15, looked at urine samples from American citizens to determine their exposure to chlormequat chloride—a plant growth chemical. Exposure to the chemical can result in lower fertility and harm developing fetuses even at doses below acceptable levels set by regulators. Researchers detected chlormequat in 80 percent of urine samples collected between 2017 and 2023, with “a significant increase in concentrations for samples from 2023.”
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 01:50 PM (aD39U)

I'm sure that report was put on official looking paper with an official sounding name on the header. Probably quoted some experts too.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 18, 2024 01:57 PM (BdMk6)

293 I'd like to thank whoever took out the trash.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 01:58 PM (B7bb6)

294 >>>Except...his credulousness about Russia after experiencing a no-doubt carefully curated slice of Moscow life is simply embarrassing. 20% of Russians don't have indoor plumbing, but Carlson is gushing like a schoolgirl about the superiority of Russian grocery stores
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There are a multitude of Russian Utubes. Videos of back yard rigging of snowmobiles and other toys, 80mph human conveyed gizmos racing up and down ice rivers and all sorts of playful things. Happy was impossible in Soviet Russia. Taken in context Russia has improved quality of life in multiples.

As to the grocery stores. It was standard American propaganda to show Russians in line at empty shelved grocery stores waiting to buy a few loaves of bread.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 18, 2024 01:58 PM (qlMTh)

295 Was it 96 conservatives because the government does want to poison conservatives. Just sayin.

Posted by: Not this shit again. at February 18, 2024 01:58 PM (+3lgn)

296 Shitting on Tucker is a bad look.

Posted by: ballistic at February 18, 2024 01:59 PM (oqH4h)

297 He should probably take a month off and think about things.
Posted by: Strelnikov at February 18, 2024 01:55 PM (bNiom)

Or you should.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 02:00 PM (GtZ7X)

298 Researchers detected chlormequat in 80 percent of urine samples collected between 2017 and 2023

I wonder who has seven year old samples of urine laying around. Howard Hughes?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 02:00 PM (aD39U)

299 Shitting on Tucker is a bad look.

Posted by: ballistic

Disagreeing isn't forbidden here.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 02:00 PM (B7bb6)

300 This ridiculous purity test for an American journalist is fucking gay as shit, CBD.

Posted by: ballistic at February 18, 2024 02:01 PM (oqH4h)

301 >>>I'm sure that report was put on official looking paper with an official sounding name on the header. Probably quoted some experts too.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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The most fertile people on earth are the Gazanians.
Do you have an opinion on Americans lowered sperm count and concomitant lowered birth rate?

Posted by: Braenyard at February 18, 2024 02:01 PM (qlMTh)

302 Disagreeing isn't forbidden here.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 02:00 PM (B7bb6)

*checks AoSHQ Stylebook*

Well, I'll be damned.. AZ Johnson is right!

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 02:02 PM (aD39U)

303 I have watched lots of Russian war movies, it's good stuff

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2024 02:02 PM (fwDg9)

304 This ridiculous purity test for an American journalist is fucking gay as shit, CBD.
Posted by: ballistic

This is getting better!
Obviously a man of letters.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 02:02 PM (B7bb6)

305 297 He should probably take a month off and think about things.
Posted by: Strelnikov at February 18, 2024 01:55 PM (bNiom)

Or you should.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 02:00 PM (GtZ7X)

I'm thinking the nic "Strelnikov" might be a clue to what the poster is saying.

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 02:02 PM (1BWJp)

306 As to the grocery stores. It was standard American propaganda to show Russians in line at empty shelved grocery stores waiting to buy a few loaves of bread.
Posted by: Braenyard at February 18, 2024 01:58 PM (qlMTh)

I'm eagerly looking forward to Covid 24, and everyone fighting each other over toilet paper and Robitussen.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 02:02 PM (GtZ7X)

307 Disagreeing isn't forbidden here.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 02:00 PM (B7bb6)
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Disagree all you want, but building a half-assed narrative about how supposedly pro-Russian and hypothetically pumped about how China sells human organs is gay clickbait.

Posted by: ballistic at February 18, 2024 02:03 PM (oqH4h)

308 The study on chemicals in Quaker Oats products was probably commissioned by a competitor.

If the shit's in one brand, it's in all of 'em.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 18, 2024 02:03 PM (Q4IgG)

309 Dont you think his purpose was to a. show the nearly empty shelves and b. dont trash a country that just beat a political prisoner to death while you are in it.

Posted by: ss at February 18, 2024 02:03 PM (xlrNs)

310 Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 02:00 PM (GtZ7X)

I'm thinking the nic "Strelnikov" might be a clue to what the poster is saying.
Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 02:02 PM (1BWJp)

Seemed a little bit glowie to me.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 02:03 PM (GtZ7X)

311 This is getting better!
Obviously a man of letters.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 18, 2024 02:02 PM (B7bb6)
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Get fucked, dweeb.

Posted by: ballistic at February 18, 2024 02:04 PM (oqH4h)

312 We haz a FIRST THREAD

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2024 02:04 PM (fwDg9)

313 Tucker's comments on Israel seem to be borne out of the fear that it will escalate into a multi-nation conflict and eventually involve nuclear exchange, and also feels the US would be perfectly fine with that because there's no war that isn't too profitable for them.

In that light he has a point, but again any criticism of Israel no matter how valid is always anti-jewish, period.

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at February 18, 2024 02:04 PM (VTu1l)

314 Seemed a little bit glowie to me.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 02:03 PM (GtZ7X)

Horses were sold ... a village was burned. It all works out.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 02:04 PM (aD39U)

315 Chlormequats thrive in their native Bolivian rain forests where they are harvested for their sweet pulp and the rind is ground into powder and sold for its aphrodisiac qualities.

Posted by: Cliff Clavin at February 18, 2024 02:04 PM (NBVIP)

316 Nood food

Posted by: From about that Time at February 18, 2024 02:04 PM (4780s)

317 FWPs up, time to leave this thread to the paid commenters.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 02:05 PM (GtZ7X)

318 Pavel Pavolovich "Pasha" Antipov, also better known as Strelnikov, is the hidden antagonist in the 1957 Boris Pasternak novel Doctor Zhivago, as well as its 1965 film adaptation of the same name.

Pasha is an idealistic, anti-Czarist reformer who slowly drifts into left wing extremism as he becomes a Bolshevik commander named Strelnikov (a figure Boris Pasternak based on Joseph Stalin).

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 02:05 PM (1BWJp)

319 >>>>21 20% of Russians don't have indoor plumbing,

-
What do you think the ratio is in San Francisco?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
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Ha, I was thinking of Mongolia and Siberia and other outer regions.
Taking all of Russia, 80% with indoor plumbing is a pretty good number.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 18, 2024 02:06 PM (qlMTh)

320 315 Chlormequats thrive in their native Bolivian rain forests where they are harvested for their sweet pulp and the rind is ground into powder and sold for its aphrodisiac qualities.
Posted by: Cliff Clavin at February 18, 2024 02:04 PM (NBVIP)

; )

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 02:06 PM (1BWJp)

321 >>As to the grocery stores. It was standard American propaganda to show Russians in line at empty shelved grocery stores waiting to buy a few loaves of bread.

The media has been telling us since the start of the war that Russia was on the verge of financial ruin. It was always a lie. Russia has been extremely well during the war selling their oil at record prices.

I saw some minor journalist do a walkthrough of a grocery store in Russia about a year ago and the video was very similar. The only striking thing about the videos is nothing is striking. They average person is not in financial distress anymore than they were before the war and the stores are not running out of food as the rest of the media would have us believe.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2024 02:07 PM (LkLld)

322 317 FWPs up, time to leave this thread to the paid commenters.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 02:05 PM (GtZ7X)

*Paid* commenters?

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 02:07 PM (1BWJp)

323 Embrace the power of "and".
Back when Jon Stewart mocked Carlson for turning Crossfire into a shouting match, he was absolutely right. I had been watching the show for years, and that is exactly what it had degenerated into.
Sure, Stewart was "clown face on, clown face off" with no credibility himself - except in identifying a fellow clown.
But for too many, Carlson was their clown, so how dare the other guy's clown call him out? Worse, how dare he make it clear that they were trained seals clapping for their own clown, ala Hoffer's "The True Believer".
When Carlson started on Fox, he played the same game of talking over his "guests", but again, they supported the wrong things so everybody cheered when Carlson did it.
Carlson's version of the Funny Faces Game was on full display in the Putin interview, with him constantly mugging for the camera in astonishment like typical Stewart on The Daily Show.
Both of them are nothing but entertainers, playing a role for money.
It is not the Carlson has jumped any shark; it is that people are starting to recognize how they fell for his shtick, much the way they realized what Conservative, Inc. was when Trump showed up.

Posted by: Sam at February 18, 2024 02:08 PM (7jMef)

324 I have a little money tied up in a Black Rock Russian fund that they froze about two weeks into current war.

I can't sell it but, it paid a decent dividend at the end of the year so somebody is making money over there.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 18, 2024 02:09 PM (aD39U)

325 Russia's production of goods and materiel exceed ours. Not that we can't out produce Russia but at this time we are not out producing them.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 18, 2024 02:11 PM (qlMTh)

326 Terrain-wise Iran is logistically as hard as Afghanistan. Another forever war we'd lose.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 18, 2024 02:13 PM (os8zY)

327 This is designed to embarrass Americans over the drug filled, festering dirty shitholes our cities have become. And we should be embarrassed.

Russia is super fucked up country but things have been improving for decades while the US is starting to resemble a gas station with nukes. And it’s dirty homeless crime riddled gas station at that. Our cities are Brazil level bad now and the pace of decline is accelerating.

Our GDP numbers are fake. Russia has massively out produced the US and NATO in artillery shells to the point that Ukraine is losing badly. Real wealth is in what finished goods you can produce and Russia real economy is obviously larger than ours when it comes to things that mater like the ability to build weapons of war. We need to view this report as the reality that the US is failing and will crumble if we don’t correct course. Hiding our heads in the sand won’t help.

Posted by: Jack at February 18, 2024 02:14 PM (G92yJ)

328 Track and kill the mullahs like Israel does with Hamas. No need for a protracted war. A majority in Iran want their freedom back.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 18, 2024 02:17 PM (BdMk6)

329 Israel does what is in its own interests which is fine. It has no love for America. Our support for Israel is not vital to American security except where it serves our interests against radical Islam. Support for Taiwan far outweighs that of Israel in terms of American national security interests. Should Taiwan fall the entire balance of power in the Pacific would change and the allegiance of Japan and SKorea would likely shift given the demonstrated unreliability of American steadfastness.

Posted by: Sally at February 18, 2024 02:24 PM (bXvrr)

330 It was a good one, CBD!

Posted by: m at February 18, 2024 02:29 PM (1BWJp)

331 Sure us a lot of shooting the messenger in these comments...
A little surpriised Disinfo Ace hasnt covered Tuckers interview with Mike Benz yet.

Posted by: Foo at February 18, 2024 02:59 PM (Mtvo/)

332 Cognitive Dissonance generates anger. While our eyes say otherwise, we Must .. believe .. USA .. good .. Russia .. bad.

Posted by: Deplorable Dave at February 18, 2024 03:06 PM (4JGHb)

333 Glad to see all of the Americans doing NOTHING to turn things around in this country sit on their asses and bash Tucker. You deserve the country you have!

Posted by: Ozzie at February 18, 2024 03:16 PM (eZ5B0)

334 Saw an old interview with Richard Nixon (the ultimate in political pragmatism/realism) where he noted that Israel itself was not essential to American security concerns but that the American people would support them regardless because of a sentimental attachment.

There is some truth to that depending on where you place radical Islam in the hierarchy of foreign threats. The interview was obvious pre 9/11/01 so Dick obviously didn't have that to add to his assessment.

Israel is important as America's eyes, ears and whip hand in that part of the world but beyond that less so. I'm inclined to support them regardless of where they fall in terms of usefulness.

As for Tucker I'd say one of the great things about him is that he isn't telling anyone what to think. He's about opening up the conversation and letting it go from there.

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at February 18, 2024 03:22 PM (OZjDX)

335 163 Do you think Tucker asked him tough questions?
Posted by: redridinghood at February 18, 2024 12:57 PM (NpAcC)

Define tough.
Posted by: runner at February 18, 2024 01:01 PM (V13WU)

"So, are Russians sneakers as beautiful, classy, and really long lasting as Trump sneakers?"

Posted by: Auspex at February 18, 2024 03:46 PM (j4U/Z)

336 I love when people assume everyone agrees we should have been in World War II as soon as Hitler marched into the Danzig corridor. America First was right about everything. EVERYTHING. Of course, once we were attacked things changed. At any rate, I certainly view our "global interests," whatever the fuck that means, (color revolutions in every country that is not kicking back enough bribe money to our politicians?) to be much more under threat by the book lickers of the military industrial complex than by Tucker Carlson.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson DeSantis/Lake 2024 at February 18, 2024 04:10 PM (55boN)

337 I think Tucker has lost his way a bit and needs time to find his center

But some of his interviews are so HS, no pushback, no probing questions

He actually was better on Fox

Posted by: Gonzotx at February 18, 2024 04:24 PM (MwHgU)

338 The real and true culprit is MONEY!! Specifically, the US Dollar and our control of the world's reserve currency*. I have two offerings for everyone to consider today. Are you ready to laugh at me? Here you go, Learn Bitcoin. Find the book titled, The Bitcoin Standard and read it. Then you will understand. Don't believe me - believe in yourself. Take action.
Second, and not about Bitcoin or money - but related in the general scheme of things. Watch Tucker and listen as he hosts a discussion with Mike Benz. Here's a link you can copy and paste. http://tinyurl.com/3uvnt5ru

*We're losing this status fast and the implications for you, me, and everyone will be profound.

Posted by: Guillermo at February 18, 2024 06:27 PM (558mO)

339 Right now, America is the ultimate evil.

You say China doing organ donation with prisoners is bad?

I agree.

Is it worse than chopping the schlong off a child?

No, its not.

Also, we have a lot more money than China, and we're supposedly Christian.

CBD acts like being 'America First' is bad. This just shows how out of contact with reality he is.

Posted by: Eric2 at February 18, 2024 07:50 PM (q7Vou)

340 Others don't. But you get called all kinds of names when you hold my position, and Tucker's, which is tiresome and dishonest.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2024 12:01 PM (GtZ7X)
==
But he didn't say that we shouldn't fund Israel - well, he did - what he said was Israel should stop fighting. Hence parroting the line of the very government he is ashamed of - because Biden and Blanken are now blathering about two state, stop fighting BS. So he is actually being very stupid - and you are being a bit disingenuous in how you are choosing to advance TC arguments. The palestinians do not want it.

When I saw the reporting of the grocery store I immediately thought Duranty of the 1930s NYTs, and other left wing mental midgets after that. Russia's currency is in worse shape than it has ever been. They have the ability to grow enough food, and generate enough electricity and mine enough gold (which is how they are buying any of that crap he was shown). No one wants the ruble - including the Chinese. TC has gotten caught in his own silo. I'm incredibly disappointed he has thrown away his credibility on real issues regarding how our government operates - like J6.

What a disappointment.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 18, 2024 09:45 PM (UVyKP)

341 The real and true culprit is MONEY!! Specifically, the US Dollar and our control of the world's reserve currency*. I have two offerings for everyone to consider today. Are you ready to laugh at me? Here you go, Learn Bitcoin. Find the book titled, The Bitcoin Standard and read it. Then you will understand. Don't believe me - believe in yourself. Take action.
Second, and not about Bitcoin or money - but related in the general scheme of things. Watch Tucker and listen as he hosts a discussion with Mike Benz. Here's a link you can copy and paste. http://tinyurl.com/3uvnt5ru

*We're losing this status fast and the implications for you, me, and everyone will be profound.
Posted by: Guillermo at February 18, 2024 06:27 PM (558mO)
==
Lol!

No we aren't. The dollar is king whether we want to accept it or not. There is nothing else at scale that can even begin to compete with it. There is much to be worried about in the US. And the fact that we are questioning, legitimately, where are the governmental norms we grew up with, is important. And how the end of globalism moves will bring all sorts of questions.

Right now we are the only game in town.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 18, 2024 09:51 PM (UVyKP)

342 I had no respect for Tucker in his previous incarnations on MSNBC and CNN, and neither did Rush Limbaugh, who often referred to him as Chatsworth Osborne III (a rich kid doofus from the old Dobie Gillis TV show).

It was a different story when Carlson came to Fox. Hard-core lefties, probably expecting the same milquetoast Tucker from his previous shows, readily agreed to appear on his program. Carlson engaged them in debate, ripping then into shreds with his intellect and wit. It was electrifying TV, and Tucker finally became a media sensation.

After a few months, though, the supply of meaty targets dried up because the lefties caught on to Tucker's gambit. He had won his chops, though, and continued to put on a good show.

But eventually Russia and Putin became recfurring topics, and Tucker took an inexplicably soft approach to both. It bothered me greatly, especially since he was so insightful on most other subjects.

Tucker's was one of the very few shows I DVR'ed, and it got to the point where I would fast-forward through segments when he would begin praising Putin or have an Russian apologist as a guest. I just couldn't understand Tucker's affection or respect for the thug.

Posted by: outside adjitator at February 18, 2024 10:33 PM (Qoa6L)

343 (Cont. from 342)
Anyway, I respected Tucker's isolationism at first because I feared America was spreading itself too thin. Hell, I though invading Iraq was a terrible idea before it took place, and the occupation was a mismanaged nightmare.

Still, I think he has taken his America First attitude way too far. Of course, America's well-being is my top priority, but we're a global power. As a result, events and people beyond our borders often have important national consequences.

Support for Israel at this time is essential for obvious reasons. But while many conservatives have turned against aid for Ukraine, I'm all in for arming the Ukes. While I have no fear a triumphant Putin would set his sights on NATO if he took Kiev, abandoning yet another ally would only embolden Xi, the ayatollahs and other bad actors. Don't send any U.S. troops there, but give Ukraine the weapons it needs. (Just, for God's sake, keep close tabs on the aid so it goes to the people and the war effort, not into some corrupt a-hole's pocket.)

Posted by: outside adjitator at February 18, 2024 11:02 PM (Qoa6L)

344 Nic update

Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York and other Blue Shitholes #TruckersForTrump at February 19, 2024 12:50 AM (nCXDi)

345 Nic Update 2

Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York and other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 19, 2024 12:51 AM (nCXDi)

346 Nic Update 3

Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 19, 2024 12:54 AM (nCXDi)

347 @ 15 Agree 100%.

Sure CBD, you’ve been a fool supporting the Biden Administration’s proxy war in Ukraine since the beginning.

These people who claim that Reagan would have supported the Ukrainians the way Biden has are off their meds. They are more demented by Biden.

In the meantime, CBD; you and Ace can take your ridiculous hardon for the Florida Meatball on stilts and jo each other.

Posted by: Not Fat Dumb Ron at February 19, 2024 01:13 AM (KVm/I)

348 America is on a horrible path lately. The mere fact that Tucker is pointing it out is not a crime. We need people with balls unlike yourself. Go ahead vote for biden. Why not? We're screwed anyway.

Posted by: Jjn at February 19, 2024 08:31 AM (Hs8ej)

349 Our elites don't understand Russia or Putin, nor do they want ordinary Americans to understand either. I have been there and speak Russian, so I have seen the local conditions and don't have to wait for voiceover translation (and I have seen other videos of Putin speeches and comments -- whatever you think of him, he is adept at thinking and speaking on his feet).

Putin is a Machiavellian ruler who would be absolutely typical in most any era of European history. It is only since WWI that Europeans stopped unashamedly defending their own nation, culture, and traditions above other nations', and promoting imperial expansion of same. Putin says the same basic things in the same basic language as British, French, and German governments did from e.g. the 12th century all through the 19th. He is Russian, so long-winded historical digressions and explanations are culturally normal. The point of his history lesson is to justify nationalist paternalism which was a part of the Russian mindset since long before Putin.

Tucker obviously was unprepared for this and couldn't turn it back around to a conventional MSM 'gotcha' interview. But it's a better interview because he didn't.

Posted by: craig at February 19, 2024 11:57 AM (nz0QL)

350 Postscript to the above:

While WWI marked the sea-change wherein European nations lost faith in their culture, WWII put a stake through it (as the ensuing independence movements proved). But then Americans themselves picked up the habit from 1945 to about 1968. Reagan's 'we win, they lose' and 'evil empire' talk was scandalous to all the 1980s goodthinkers because it was anachronistic even then.

Sometime between 1991 and 2008, America turned away from promoting our culture and our elites started pumping globohomo propaganda to the whole world. This is stirring up worldwide animosity against us and leading us into failure and disaster. But it the new religion of our elites and so they do it anyway.

Posted by: craig at February 19, 2024 12:16 PM (nz0QL)

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