Archives for April 2010

Translation: On Liberasts and Liberasty

This , in about Politics, and tagged , , was written by on April 24, 2010 . 17 Comments

So I decide to write about Putin’s mistakes to counter my public image as “ein strammer Putin-soldat“, and guess what, the first comment I get denounces me as a “completely naive and/or delusional person” for daring to “take “Russia’s corruption trends” seriously” (I suppose it proves the old dictim that you can’t please everyone all of […]

In which I Criticize Vladimir Putin

This in about Politics, and tagged , , was written by on April 22, 2010 . 22 Comments

I’ve been accused of being a “Russophile cockroach”, an “amoral Putin lackey”, and overall bad guy. Guilty as charged! Yes, I do like Russia and don’t have much good to say about the Western media’s coverage of it. Yes, I don’t give much of damn for the moralistic posturing that any vapid idiot Kremlinologist can easily […]

Book Review: Peter Turchin – War and Peace and War

This in about History, and tagged , , , , , , was written by on April 8, 2010 . 21 Comments

Then you might get something like Peter Turchin’s War and Peace and War, which I’ve finally read on the recommendations of Kolya and TG. Ranging from Ermak’s subjugation of the Sibir Khanate to the rise of Rome, Turchin makes the case that the rise and fall of empires is reducible to three basic concepts: 1) […]