Anyway, to get things back to Putin, I'm not sure the picture of him as a mastermind pulling all the strings is entirely accurate. More likely, to my mind, is that Russian businessmen began cultivating a relationship with Trump years ago, he got deeper and deeper into bed with them, and Putin saw a good opportunity to damage the electoral process and humiliate Clinton. I thought this was a pretty excellent article by Julia Ioffe: What Putin Really Wants
I think there are a few more ingredients to socialism, but, hey, who doesn't like Thor, or Scottish vikings?
Vikings from Norway settled in northern Scotland. So they're Norwegian and they're vikings, and they're in Scotland. (shrug)
That I know.... But that doesn't make them Scottish vikings.... That makes them Norwegian vikings... Living in Scotland. Just as just because trump is president.... It doesn't follow trump is presidential.......
To be clear I'm not asking for sympathy. I knew what I was doing and I knew the risk. Let me just say this. When have you heard of someone dying from a marijuana overdose? You haven't because it doesn't happen. But how many die of alcohol poisoning every year? How many end up in the ER with alcohol poisoning? How many die of liver failure and other alcohol related illnesses every year? A lot. Yet alcohol is legal. Why don't we ban it? Oh I forgot we already did. Prohibition didn't work out so well. Need I say any more.
Some of them yes. but like I say he is a businessman. He starts out with the most hardline stance and negotiates from there.
And no he is not a businessman - he is POTUS and needs to start acting like one instead of a petulant manchild
I do hope you aren't saying marijuana is better for you than drink, as we've already discussed MAP's policy where drugs are concerned. I think as we are discussing Trump & Putin then that's what we should stick to. If either of then have a particular stance on drug or alcohol abuse that's fine, but beware.
To be clear im not saying you should smoke pot. Im not saying its good for you. Im just saying neither is alcohol.
I have heard of plenty of people killing people behind the wheel of a car when high or industrial accidents happening for the same reason - granted alcohol does this too, but because one is not as bad as the other does not make it good "The lesser of two evils is still evil"