They see like this all the time.

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Cake day: December 2nd, 2021

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  • Defeatism is rampant in so many circles now. People are incapable of seeing anything as a win, even if it is small. “If he looks like he will win, he won’t. If he does they will kill him. If they don’t they will deport him. If they don’t the something else bad will happen. And if all those things don’t happen and he truly wins then he won’t change anything anyway. And of it looks like he might then we will complain about him not being radical enough.” There simply is no winning for so many western leftists.



  • I agree on the grounds that Putin knows that NATO and the EU will absolutely turn on him at a moments notice, and is rabid to do so. On one end is an ally that will never betray or attack them and on the other end is an org that has spend decades trying to destroy him and will do so as soon as it’s convenient. China will absolutely never stand against Russia in any form unless Russia were to like,go completely insane and attack them. Meanwhile NATO will do everything it can tof fuck them over at a moments notice.

    On the other hand though, he’s smart enough to also know his future, and the future of the Russian oligarchy, relies entirely on not allowing Chinese socialism to influence the Russian proletariat. And that when the west falls, the AES countries will continue to grow more and more.

    So I think he both wants to keep China as an ally, but absolutely knows he can’t last forever with the largest and most powerful socialist nation to ever exist sharing a border. And I don’t think he will ever “go left” as I have seen other dream about. If the oligarchy was every overthrown in Russia, he’s know he would be a dead man.

    So trusting him to always be on China’s side is not something I think anyone should ever do. If he could survive against the west without China he absolutely would abandon them.

    This is just my views on the matter though.














  • Couple things.

    1. As much as I support China and trust them to be the new leaders of environmental protections, unless something is done drastically to start actively filtering out these chemicals and stop putting more into the environment, I truly believe we are doomed. Insect life across the globe has plummeted. I look into my garden and the lack of insects is startling. Add the fact the US EPA regs are getting gutted, any positive movement on China’s part in controlling them is about to be countered by the US increasing its pollution.

    2. Micro plastics are not the same as PFAS I believe? PFAS are quite a bit worse as I understand?

    3. Got… Got a source on the blackberry/, blueberry thing? Cause that sounds dope.

    4. As far as regular (non-PFAS) micro plastics are concerned, you can also rinse foods with small amounts of citrus oils to remove microplastics. Citrus “essential oils” (EOs) are like 98% d-limonene. Which is an extremely effective and volatile organic solvent. One of the best naturally occuring ones on earth. Put a drop of orange oil on a Styrofoam cup sometime and see what happens. The EOs of citrus fruit in a little water will dissolve the normally hydrophobic microplastics on vegetables (usually in the form of pesticides and herbicides. All that shit is basically different forms of plastic). Added note, this is why most cleaners and degreasers are citrus scented. It’s not just for scent. It’s literally part of the cleaner. It’s amazing stuff. I could go on but I’ll stop here. Unless anyone wants more random facts about it. lol