@unenlightened agree?

California to Oregon used to be Mexican, besides Texas. Of course much of California was like the Baja California then and not many people besides native Americans lived their. — ssu

I was referring to the names themselves, and implying the places were under Castilian rule.

It's not as if "San Francisco", "San Diego" or "El Paso" are English names, afer all. — Manuel

They're not Mexican, either. Lol

I reckon he probably will soon

I think everyone here should watch this:

@Shawn agree?

My work here is done. — frank

(info on kremlin propaganda and authoritarianism gone haywire)

the world will look at them as pariahs — RogueAI

what about my last question to you tho?

. The big loser in terms of strategic outcome here is Ukraine. — Baden

But are they really losing if they're fighting against another corrupt putin-puppet being in charge of their country?

Nothing to do with me. — Baden

Yes, not you. You seem to be looking for some middle ground here - which is commendable. I've no idea what that ground looks like, though.

According to some posters in this thread, all the coverage back in February on Russia being about to invade Ukraine was also 'Western propaganda'... :rofl:

Is anyone still listening to this? I occasionally listen to an episode before sleeping

@Baden @frank calm down pls

CCP did that.

you nicked that off the aboriginals...

Londongrad + Manhattangrad = Absurdistan! :fire:

"When after all
It was you and me ..." — 180 Proof

:up: a good watch.

@praxis agree?

I wonder how the ceasefire talks are going...

putin and his 'inner circle': "You have to submit to authoritarian, kleptocratic rule."
Ukraine: "Yeah... we don't want that."

What is a viable solution to this conflict?

are you averse to including evidence/sources with your posts?

"We will multiply them by zero."

they're conscripts. Lost, wretched souls brought up in an environment of extreme bullying and violence.

I didn't know anything about the Maidan that happened in 2014.

The Ukrainian people had had enough of being controlled by putin; now they have to fight for that right of freedom. Poor bastards...

Strange and unproductive: — jorndoe

Long term, around 2100, I wouldn't be totally shocked by these borders. Mandate of heaven indeed. — Count Timothy von Icarus

Bear in mind this is a Mercator projection.

Getting weird — Noble Dust

I listened to that, but I don't think I agree. Shoegaze is a good genre though

@jamalrob agree (surprisingly, you seem like the most muslim person here)

@Noble Dust agree

this "blame NATO" game is being played all over the interwebs and in traditional media as well. — Olivier5

I think it is to an extent. However, the fact that putina has now escalated everything to all-out war means that his 'hybrid warfare' is no longer covert and it's now out in the open how much of a prick he is. This should lead to more unity in the liberal West after years of fragmentation.

More silver linings...

because of your Finnish-ness, I can't tell if you're being sarcastic... :chin: