Russia moves to "Nuke first, ask later" policy

[Ed Anger]

Sounds like the US needs a penis pump.

[Viking]

Good to see Obama's strategy already bearing fruit.

having a border with russia these days really increases your confidence.

[Neil]

No, we should just work on making our sphere as massive as possible and work to make sure Russia's is a tiny as possible.

America doesn't have the balls for that.  They only pick on the weak.

[garbon]

Good to see Obama's strategy already bearing fruit.

having a border with russia these days really increases your confidence.

Palin is keeping watch, so I'm not worried.

[jimmy olsen]

Newsweek interviews some Russian university students about Stalin, Americans, etc. Hilarious.

http://video.newsweek.com/#?t=47872955001&l=372181063

[DGuller]

Newsweek interviews some Russian university students about Stalin, Americans, etc. Hilarious.

http://video.newsweek.com/#?t=47872955001&l=372181063

Not hilarious, scary.  The old people are certifiably retarded, conditioned to be good serfs for their whole lifetimes, so the young people are the Russia's only hope.  So much for that.

[Syt]

Should there be subtitles for the responses? I don't see any.

[DGuller]

Should there be subtitles for the responses? I don't see any.

I didn't see any either, I assumed they were cut off at the bottom.  Obviously I myself didn't need any.

[Syt]

Should there be subtitles for the responses? I don't see any.

I didn't see any either, I assumed they were cut off at the bottom.  Obviously I myself didn't need any.

The showed up in IE. I guess it has to do with the adblocker I use in Mozilla, because in Mozilla I didnt get the advert before the interviews, either.

In IE I had to change the window from full screen to windowed, then the video resized and showed the subtitles properly.

[Sahib]

Newsweek interviews some Russian university students about Stalin, Americans, etc. Hilarious.

http://video.newsweek.com/#?t=47872955001&l=372181063

Not hilarious, scary.  The old people are certifiably retarded, conditioned to be good serfs for their whole lifetimes, so the young people are the Russia's only hope.  So much for that.

I watched some Polish show where they interviewed British, American and Russian History/PolSci students about WW2. Russians turned to be the best informed, and in most cases quite aware of stalinist purges and the like.

[Camerus]

To be fair, young people everywhere tend to have foolish ideas that aren't thought through properly.  I imagine if you interviewed people 17-21 anywhere you'd get a lot of half-baked nonsense.

But, on the other hand, 

BtW:  does anyone know to what degree (if at all) Mongolians and other Asians face discrimination in Russia?

[Syt]

BtW:  does anyone know to what degree (if at all) Mongolians and other Asians face discrimination in Russia?

Isn't having to live in Russia not enough?

[DGuller]

I watched some Polish show where they interviewed British, American and Russian History/PolSci students about WW2. Russians turned to be the best informed, and in most cases quite aware of stalinist purges and the like.

What makes Russians scary is that they have abhorrent ideas while generally not being ignorant.

[Camerus]

I think education systems with heavy emphases on facts and light emphases on critical thinking skills will tend to produce such people - people who can recite famous poems word-for-word and have a good knowledge of historical events, and yet gobble up the most ridiculous propaganda.

[DGuller]

I think education systems with heavy emphases on facts and light emphases on critical thinking skills will tend to produce such people - people who can recite famous poems word-for-word and have a good knowledge of historical events, and yet gobble up the most ridiculous propaganda.

That's an excellent description of a typical Russian.