i can't believe it took this long for TM to invoke the word "bilious".

Seriously, do you think the current Russia has more communist leanings than the party you vote for all the time?

I've never been to Russia and have no plans to go, but I can't imagine thinking it had better food and looked better than any place in America.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Flying to Moscow on a private jet is a pain in the ass, so just wanted to give you a heads up if that's in your plans. Moscow was great but it has nothing on the moon which was also a pain in the ass to get to, but worth it if you can swing it.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

I don't know about communism but they essentially have the same people in power that have been there for 100 years (or more)

I know he's had a lot of work done, but Putin doesn't look a day over 70!

I would hope that any major European capital would have better dining and architecture than, like, St. Louis, Cincinnati, or Oklahoma City.

I think my assessment of the laziness of your rhetoric and others who frequently shout, "AMERICA IS THE WORST!" like a petulant child is accurate. You disagree. That's fine

I don't have a problem with criticism of America, of Biden, of the Bears, or me. There are MANY things that I want to see change. My beef is with the frequency of _____ about America being the worst or even the dumbest in the world. It's absolutely ridiculous, and wrong.

Thanks to the Wisemen providing a search function and not nuking my account, anyone can comb the politics section for my thoughts about Trump and his administration's policies. It's doubtful you'll find any with me calling him the worst president ever or even in my lifetime. It's also highly unlikely that you'll find any post with me calling America the worst at anything.

This shouldn't have touched a nerve for you, it's who you are. Your 20 years of posting is filled with negativity and you being opposed to virtually everything. If not opposed, you have some crackpot solutions that have NEVER been tried or worked anywhere in the world. On the rare occasions you share something that you like/love, I usually smile. It reminds me that your heart isn't entirely cold.

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

My first post is a recognition that comments about America's inferior standing in the world relative to other countries have been issued from atypical parts of the political spectrum.

Those who do not love it can be from any political mindset but I used it only to keep my response coherent with the language behind the mistaken belief in your post.

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

Well, you did say and I'm paraphrasing that things have never been good in America.

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

So which period of American history do you define as good?

Unless he had a second cart I'm going to need to see the list of food he bought there that would cost $400 in America.

Because you are stupid, maybe read some books educate yourself.

We walk, talk, and won't shit our pants

I would hope that any major European capital would have better dining and architecture than, like, St. Louis, Cincinnati, or Oklahoma City.

Because you are stupid, maybe read some books educate yourself.

We walk, talk, and won't shit our pants

I’m going need to hear him spin a median income stat to explain why $100 in Russia is amazingly affordable when $400 in the US is unbearable.

Also, I have a family of 5 and would love to know who the fuck spends $400 a week on groceries and what they’re buying.

I challenge you to find a single post where I have ever "shouted" (how that is possible on a message board is a question we'll have to leave for another day) that "America is the worst!"

You may mistakenly perceive that I have said as much because, for the past two decades here, I have been a consistent critic of the dominant political paradigm of our time--neoliberalism. But your misperception only reveals that you have conflated the economic dogma of a corrupt ruling class with the American Republic.

what is he even doing? for what purpose is it good for him to trash america while propping up russia? he's seemingly a KGB agent at this point.

I was too young in the 80s to know but I think the 90s and beyond have been "good".

So which period of American history do you define as good?

1945-1980

You said "naked" and bearing breasts (which are reproductive organs and thus technically "genitals" are they not?) is "naked" for all intents and purposes.

For a family of just 4, Groceries are easily $250-275 a week. To eat healthy meals.

Also, how does he really know how great their restaurant food is if he was eating what he thought was $400 in groceries.

I am guessing he bought groceries in Russia to limit the chance of being poisoned at a restaurant by the handful of FSB agents who were following him the day he landed in Russia.

The trick is making stuff that will last 2 or 3 days for dinner. Every other meal is cheaper.

Yeah, welcome to the Biden economy.

Yeah, welcome to the Biden economy.