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Hi! It is so nice when I see in the morning - in my inbox - new substack from you...Not just yours, also Edwards, ETs, Carters, GCitizens....But you always make me laugh. And thank you for that. In this crazy situation - laugh is always good cure. And also, make my day a lttle bit happier. So, you write about 6000 followers, or subscribers - I say: let it be 10000 till the beggining of summer. I do my best here, in my surroundings, to tell my friends about your writing, I do it now every day. They need to know, and there is much things they can learn here, in your substack. Long live marcionism. Much greetings from Croatia. God bless you

P.S. one nice song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk7t4LhKCw4

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bless you too and thank you!

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I would be very interested if Rurik and Riley watched the 20 Days in Mariupol film, which just won an Academy Award and did a podcast about what they thought of it.

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I didn't even hear about this movie. Maybe reason can be - many years I don't care abot Academy, so much money in film industry, and no quality at all (I think in at least 10 years). But, thank for information, I'll try to find film - also it is so sad, but propaganda level of both sides become - yes, some kind of movie set. Bye

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Yes, I totally agree.

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Mar 13Liked by Rurik Skywalker

Thanks for the treat, Rurik. If one were to change a few words, this song could easily apply to the not war. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcW7rQoCnJg

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I'm afraid this video ends in the midst of the ongoing discussion. I hope the conclusion will be made available or will be grafted onto this one.

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anyone else having this problem?

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Yeah cuts off mid sentence

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well i can try reuploading it as an ogg.

this is a cursed recording.

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what a brilliant guy this Dr Livci. Could you please invite him more often, Rurik.

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https://www.politico.eu/article/adolf-hitler-quit-1938-vladimir-putin-ukraine-russia-war-lithuania-gitanas-nauseda/

Hitler didn’t quit in 1938 and Putin won’t stop at Ukraine, Lithuanian leader warns

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda

Is he reading a script, just following the narrative, or original thought?

The imagery is very clear and this particular narrative is being adopted by several NATO states..

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Unfortunately this manoeuvre of provoking a response and using that as confirmation/justification for further action as all too familiar.

This is a very bad sign.

This can get real.

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It will be interesting to see what Macron says tomorrow.

We seem to be at a pivotal point.

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https://twitter.com/EndGameWW3/status/1767957227678162974

French, German and Polish leaders to meet on Friday to discuss Ukraine

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Can you point me to what Zanon is? Cant find a search bar. Im aware of qanon but dont see the parallell.

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Mar 13Liked by Rurik Skywalker

Rurik is a writer of irony so he doesn't always explicitly define his terms. Do you recall how the Qanon movement in the US figured that Trump always had things under control, that any setback to him or idiocy he committed was just a move in the 4D chess game that Trump was playing. Zanon is a reference to a parallel line of thinking that Putin and the Russian government are always in control and that any seeming setback is part of a grand Russian government strategy. The most explicit article I could find was https://slavlandchronicles.substack.com/p/are-you-or-a-loved-one-recovering?utm_source=%2Fsearch%2Fzanon&utm_medium=reader2

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Ok i get it. I kinda put Putin and Trump in the same camp, like following the same script (scripture??)

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