The government you elect is the government you deserve. Thomas Jefferson
The Russian circus crazy news update: Indoctrination in Russian schools ramps up, food lines are back in Russia, inflation soars, House speaker Mike Johnson tells a crowd god told him that he is a Moses like figure
Duma wants to introduce a ministry of happiness, Russian women don’t need higher education, FSB introduces new bot named “search for bad people”, Duma member Svintsov suggests flogging Russian anti war artists in Red square
Come on in everybody! We are back in the Russian Circus! Today, with a special guest from the USA. The Russian Circus welcomes Mike Johnson.
He fits in perfectly with the nut jobs in the Russian Duma. Sadly, he hasn’t joined them there.
We will come back to “Moses” Johnson later. The circus director Vladimir wasn’t happy with the latest attempt by his lion tamer to overthrow him.
Prigoshin had attempted to make Vlad disappear through a hoop of fire. The circus director was not amused. He made Prigo disappear in a large fireball instead.
“Any government is evil if it carries within it the tendency to deteriorate into tyranny. The danger of such deterioration is more acute in a country in which the government has authority not only over the armed forces but also over every channel of education and information.” Einstein
The Roman statesman Cicero said “The closer an empire is to its collapse, the crazier its law are”
The Russian Duma is a bunch of incompetent, functional alcoholics and serfs. Their job is to interpret Putin’s will, at their own peril.
The Duma is full of stupid, chaotic, and inventive evil actors. The Dumas ensures that this circus doesn’t run out of material for its audience.
The show must go on, at least for now
The Duma masquerades as a “parliament.” Putin’s absolutist system allows roughly as much freedom as the Duma had in 1906.
Putin ensured that there was nothing Federal about the Russian Federation. Nobody in Russia holds any power unless Putin grants this power to them.
The Circus director is paying for Duma’s upkeep. He affords this luxury to keep his audience entertained. This way, both the circus director and the Russian subjects can pretend that Russia hasn’t reverted back into Tsardom.
Individuals confirm the system fulfil the system make the system, are the system. Vaclav Havel
This circus is a one man show
Your life depends on how funny Vlad considers your performance to be.
Putin and his friends believe that someday the world will find this display of wanton cruelty funny.
No one is laughing. I suppose at least the devil enjoys the show.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of a lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance. Clement Stone
The first act of lunacy comes from the upper chamber speaker of the Russian Duma
She proposes to create a ministry of happiness that should approve all laws to ensure that they make people happier. I suppose if people aren’t happier, some torture will do the trick.
Maybe some Russian wives are happier with their abusive husbands being gone? The dystopian Russian world will surely investigate it.
George Orwell spins in his grave. His book 1984 is used as a field manual
The Ministry of Love, Plenty, Peace and Truth.
The 1984 party slogan is:
War is peace, freedom and slavery and ignorance is strength.
War is peace means unity in the hatred of an enemy.
Freedom is slavery means finding freedom by serving the party.
Ignorance is strength encourages party members to blindly trust the party.
The Ministry of Finance and Rossstat serve as the ministry of Plenty
“The Russians are getting richer, inflation goes down, and the economy is growing.” No lie is fantastic enough for those that work there.
The Ministry of Defense is the Russian Ministry of Peace that wages war.
The Ministry of Culture and Education is the Ministry of Truth.
The Kremlin and its intelligence services are the Ministry of Love that tortures those who disagree with the circus director.
The Ministry of Education in Russia introduces a new school subject in all schools. It is called “conversations of important issues”
That’s one hour of indoctrination a week for all children in Russia. There, they will be brainwashed with the supposed greatness of Russia and the justification of Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine. This filth shall be taught in all subjects.
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct them to hold those in high esteem that think alike rather than those that think differently. Kant
The circus needs more visitors in the future. What better way to achieve high attendance than to brainwash your own youth. The Russian society has failed their own kids
Russia doesn’t have that many breakthroughs to show. So what if there are none? The ministry has the answer. Just be creative and make something up!
For example, in geography class, the teacher could simply say the sun rises in the east because all the goods come from China, our cars, food, clothing, and our electronics.
It is not thoughts that need to be taught but thinking. Kant
The sun sets in the West because that’s where the evil satanic West is. Something like that.
The Ministry Minister of Education Sergey Kravtsov, or rather one of his regional heads, Alexei Pahonov, has more great stories to tell
"School teachers should never be paid high salaries similar to Moscow. They do it because they love the profession."
Why pay them at all? The Soviet Union is coming closer with every single day. It can’t be long now until the 5-year plans are re introduced.
The next outstanding performance comes from one of the most special clowns of Putin’s Russia. Magerita Pavlova wants to revise the Russian “family value system
The Soviet Union had many faults. Equality between men and women wasn’t one of them. They had basically the same rights, the same education, the pay was the same, they shared the same poverty.
Of course, there was a little catch, the Soviets ignored that there were male and females and rather referred to them as “equal comrades.” This way, people are easier to control.
Let’s hear about the great idea from Pavlova herself
"Women stop being women they took on the roles of men. Men stopped seeing them as women. She must first study, get an education, a house, and then marry. As a result, we have 40 plus year old women who are unhappy. Who are neither accomplished as a mother at the hearth nor in their careers. Their ability to bear children is lost. Women should stop receiving higher education." Pavlova Russian Duma
Isn’t it ironic that this comes from a woman who has received higher education?
In Putin’s Russia, there is one set of rules for the serfs, and another for the Boyars and the Tsar himself. The key phrase of her ramble is the word “child bearing function.”
The reasoning behind this might be that uneducated people in rural areas will get more children earlier
That means more soldiers for Putin's insane expansionist dreams. Is that calculus objectively sound? Yes, most likely. Is it vile and evil? Of course. Does anyone in Russia care? Nope.
In a totalitarian dictatorship, the control of women and the female body is something Fascists, Nazis etc. aimed for pretty early on. Russia is copying the Nazis law by law and step by step.
There is a new FSB bot that is currently tested in Belgorod. It’s unique name is "the search for bad people" bot. This bot allows residents of the Belgorod province to report citizens with "anti Russian sentiments.” Because in Russia, it is a crime to be against the party line.
"The red terror of the 1930s anyone? It's coming up" Konstantin Inside Russia
One of such crimes was committed by a 46 year old man and his underaged son
There are still those in Russia who disagree with the program of this circus. One of them was a man in Tolyatti, a Western-Russian city in the Samara Oblast with 680k pre-war inhabitants.
This awful criminal dared to throw stones and dirt on selected billboards that showed pictures of participants in Russia’s invasion.
Russian CCTV cameras had recorded this heinous crime, and the FSB made this its top priority, and its top criminal case
He was arrested for discrediting the army, vandalism, and involving a minor in his crime. His actions might land him up to 6 years in a high security prison. The dirt was then washed off by the FSB. (KGB)
India says Russia has about 49 billion dollars in Rupees that are stuck in their banks
India has offered a list of assets to Russia that they could invest in. That would be roads, bridges, railroads etc. Russia can expect returns in 10 years. Putin’s empire won’t even exist in 10 years. The other option that was offered is buying Indian long-term government bonds.
India received oil at a discount. Russia can develop India with these rupees stored in Indian banks. The circus director is a stable genius.
Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox church, says you aren’t Russian unless you attend the Russian Orthodox church. Any citizen that isn’t Orthodox is officially not Russian any longer.
Only 40 percent of the Federation’s subjects are Russian Orthodox. There are roughly 14 million Muslims in Russia. Kiril seems to map out his own plans for a civil war in Russia with his religious conversion plans.
The inflation on vegetables and fruits is sky rocketing in Russia
Since the beginning of the year, the price for bananas went up by 42 percent, cabbage 22 percent, tomatoes 21 percent, and tangerines by 70 percent.
“You can add 20 to 30 percent on top of that because Rosstat always lies.” Konstantin
The UAZ ( Ulyanovsk Automobile Plan) added an extra delivery fee unless you pick your car at the UAZ plant. If you want it delivered to the dealer, you have to give them an extra 50k rubels. I suppose if you pick it up there and pay a little extra, then you will even get a steering wheel, etc.
The Russian senator Andrey Svintsov suggested that critics should be flogged with whips on Red Square
He suggests that artists who criticized Russia should have 90 percent of their income taken away and given to the Russian treasury. Then, they should receive forgiveness for disagreeing with the lunatics in the Kremlin.
“I am obliged to report that, at the present moment, the Russian Empire is run by lunatics.” Maurice Paleologue, French ambassador “
Siberian miners are no longer allowed to read books of foreign agents
Russia labels writers such as Solschenizyn and others as foreign agents. Books such as Animal Farm or the Gulag Archipelago are automatically labeled 18 plus.
You can bet that if someone buys such a book, the info goes straight to KGB and its new bot. "Search for bad people.” No good people would read these books. I suggest going all the way.
Burn all the books by foreign agents! No, even better. Just burn all the books
As Orwell once wrote, literature derives from emotional truth, therefore it cannot survive under a system that relies on mutilating the truth. Russia doesn’t need any books. They can listen to the glorious speeches of their president instead.
Food lines are back and Russian citizens freeze to death in their homes
Two edlerly women had frozen to death in their homes in St. Petersburg. This is surprising as Petersburg was supposed to be one of the “modern” cities in Russia. Obviously, it’s not modern enough to install heating for everyone.
The heating radiator was invented by Franz San Galli in 1855, a Kingdom of Prussia-born Russian businessman living in St. Petersburg. His invention hasn’t reached every home of the hyper advanced Russian world, yet it seems.
This man, like anyone else in Russia, is in his own way, both a victim and a supporter of this totalitarian Russian state. The Russian system is horrible and inhumane.
The USSR and shortages are coming back to every Russian home
The prices for eggs had jumped by 40 percent year on year. From roughly 70 rubles to 130–140 rubles. A very displeased spectator of the circus has this to say:
“I’m horrified!… What’s going on with the prices is a nightmare, and not just for eggs, but for everything,” 76-year-old pensioner Yelizaveta Shalayevskaya
This egg shortage is a special problem because Russians need them for their Christmas dishes. Food lines have popped up all over the country, for example, in Belgorod.
People stood in the freezing cold for hours to get expired eggs at a discounted price.
Food lines were common place in the USSR. Some Russians wanted the USSR back so badly. Your wishes have been granted. Enjoy the shortages and rising poverty. The rise was likely triggered by a rise in the prices of poultry feed and veterinary products.
Before we leave the circus. I promised you a special guest.
After Trump, Mike is Europe’s second worst nightmare: Please welcome Mike the phantom menace Johnson. His views, thoughts, and actions are indeed special.
“Before I became speaker of the house, God spoke to me and he told me that I will be a new Moses like figure, and I will be leading the US through a red sea moment. I waited, and then the Lord told me to step forward.” Speaker Mike Johnson
Blind belief in authority is the enemy of truth. Albert Einstein
Who knows? Mike Johnson may suffer from main character syndrome. It is definitely delusional to believe that you are Moses. Mike, this wasn’t the Lord that was talking to you. It was the devil.
Johnson entertains ideas of delusion and reference. He pairs them with redirecting meaning onto himself. He should follow up on that with a shrink.
There is nothing wrong with having faith. We all need something to believe in
However, when God talks to you directly, and you claim to hear him, that’s your private matter. Once you are following his commands, and dowhat the voices in your head say, then the journey is headed towards savior complex and religious delusions. Johnson also said he must save a “depraved” America from god’s “wrath and vengeance.” Thanks, Mike, but no thanks.
Other quotes from the Rollingstone article
Johnson said, he believed the heavenly message was: “You’re gonna allow me to be Aaron to Moses,” Me? I’m supposed to be Aaron.” “God wants us to seek Him for the path through the roiling sea.”
Johnson insisted that he is “engaged in a battle between worldviews” and “a great struggle for the future of the Republic.”
“I do not believe in the god of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. His universe is not ruled by wishful thinking, but by immutable laws.” Einstein
Speaker Johnson is self-serving. He will do as the voices in his head and his god command him to do. Ukraine’s fate lies in the hands of a delusional madman.
The MAGA cult in Congress proves incapable of doing the right thing. Conveniently, the will of the invisible god and the lunacy of the individuals seeking his guidance always align perfectly.
In a free, secular, and democratic society, religious fanatics should not hold any political power. Johnson’s religious views cloud his moral and political judgment
Problematically, this inherently intolerant fascist, notorious liar holds a lot of power.
Johnson is acting as an acolyte of god. His utterances indicate that he will put his beliefs before the interest of the US citizens and its security interests.
I am and always was suspicious of authority and authoritarian ideologies
Johnson, Trump, and Putin share similar underlying ideas and ideals on how a state should be run.
They wish to create a world made free. Free of freedom. Dictators want freedom for themselves. The people shall remain enslaved.
“Sir I think you have gone crazy with power.”
“Of course! Have you ever tried going crazy without having any power? That’s boring. No one is listening!” The Simpsons, the Movie
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