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Started by Syt, August 01, 2012, 12:01:36 AM

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Razgovory

#1110
December 25, 2014, 03:14:34 PM
Well if we are going to start making up titles, I'll be Marquis of of the Missouri Midlands and Minister Plenipotentiary of Mopery.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Martinus

#1111
December 25, 2014, 04:29:19 PM
Quote from: Syt on December 25, 2014, 12:19:21 PM
Well, Putin has the support of the exiled nobles ...  :huh: :hmm:

http://rt.com/politics/217551-russia-emigrants-letter-history/

Ah. Pity the Soviets did not get them all.

Razgovory

#1112
December 25, 2014, 06:08:20 PM
Quote from: Martinus on December 25, 2014, 04:29:19 PM
Quote from: Syt on December 25, 2014, 12:19:21 PM
Well, Putin has the support of the exiled nobles ...  :huh: :hmm:

http://rt.com/politics/217551-russia-emigrants-letter-history/

Ah. Pity the Soviets did not get them all.

I used think the same thing about you. :hug:
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Ed Anger

#1113
December 25, 2014, 07:39:48 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 25, 2014, 03:14:34 PM
Well if we are going to start making up titles, I'll be Marquis of of the Missouri Midlands and Minister Plenipotentiary of Mopery.

I demand you swear fealty to me or suffer the consequences.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Razgovory

#1114
December 25, 2014, 08:37:14 PM
I didn't say king, boss.  Just Marquess.  The Marquee de la Razee.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Ed Anger

#1115
December 25, 2014, 08:38:27 PM
Thy lands are forfeit!

WAR!
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Razgovory

#1116
December 25, 2014, 08:43:11 PM
I don't think you really want central Missouri.  Not unless soybeans make you hard.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

sbr

#1117
December 25, 2014, 08:44:47 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 25, 2014, 08:43:11 PM
I don't think you really want central Missouri.  Not unless soybeans make you hard.

He lives in Ohio, can't big too big a step down.

Ed Anger

#1118
December 25, 2014, 08:48:24 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 25, 2014, 08:43:11 PM
I don't think you really want central Missouri.  Not unless soybeans make you hard.

Good demand for soybeans. $$$$
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Razgovory

#1119
December 25, 2014, 09:03:43 PM
Quote from: sbr on December 25, 2014, 08:44:47 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 25, 2014, 08:43:11 PM
I don't think you really want central Missouri.  Not unless soybeans make you hard.

He lives in Ohio, can't big too big a step down.

Prepared to be surprised.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Ed Anger

#1120
December 25, 2014, 09:05:30 PM
Too many blacks.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

PDH

#1121
December 26, 2014, 12:58:14 AM
All I know is that I will invade where Sulla says I should invade.  Then I will dine on pheasant livers.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

The Brain

#1122
December 26, 2014, 04:19:58 AM
I was at a great peasant shoot last year.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Syt

#1123
December 26, 2014, 12:31:52 PM
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

OttoVonBismarck

#1124
December 26, 2014, 01:04:14 PM
I've come to feel more and more Putin is just stupid, he's tactically crafty but he's so dumb on what makes countries prosperous and powerful in the real 2014 that his actions can only be explained via stupidity. He can push for closer ties with China or Iran all he wants, if you do things that make Russia "closed for business" with the West you can't just drop China in as a replacement. China has already shown that when it steps into this role for Russia it expects a discount--as well they should, because Russia has lost potential customers the remaining customer will always have bargaining power. China is a much more pragmatic country, while they're going to be fine bending Putin over a barrel by extracting cheaper and cheaper natural resource purchasing agreements, China is not in anyway going to join any kind of broader anti-American political movement.

Putin is really just running the Chavez/Maduro game plan but with a much bigger/more powerful country.
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