Redbrickbear said:

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trey3216 said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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BylrFan said:

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Realitybites said:

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Trump lowing the boom on President Borat.

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Kissing putin's ass is no better. Regan is rolling over his grave right now.

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Reagan hated Communists....not Russians

He would probably be cleaning out the nest of radical Leftists at the USAID and in DC

While he tried to recruit Russian Nationalists away from China so he could confront the Communists in Beijing (the real danger to the USA's long term interests)

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Reagan hated Communists and didn't trust Russians. Big difference.

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What is there to Trust?

If they get the ethnic russians areas of Donbas and Crimea (areas Kyiv can't retake)

And Central and Western Ukraine get to join the EU (areas Moscow can not take)

Then no trust is needed....its a good deal...and the only one that makes sense

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Redbrickbear said:

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ron.reagan said:

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What an absolute trash pile of a person. I know he doesn't think these things through but he is at a point where he is willing to keep a dictator in power for the right price

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Are you talking about Zelensky or Putin?

lol

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ron.reagan said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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ron.reagan said:

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What an absolute trash pile of a person. I know he doesn't think these things through but he is at a point where he is willing to keep a dictator in power for the right price

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Are you talking about Zelensky or Putin?

lol

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Maybe just think about it a little longer

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trey3216 said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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trey3216 said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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BylrFan said:

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Realitybites said:

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Trump lowing the boom on President Borat.

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Kissing putin's ass is no better. Regan is rolling over his grave right now.

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Reagan hated Communists....not Russians

He would probably be cleaning out the nest of radical Leftists at the USAID and in DC

While he tried to recruit Russian Nationalists away from China so he could confront the Communists in Beijing (the real danger to the USA's long term interests)

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Reagan hated Communists and didn't trust Russians. Big difference.

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What is there to Trust?

If they get the ethnic russians areas of Donbas and Crimea (areas Kyiv can't retake)

And Central and Western Ukraine get to join the EU (areas Moscow can not take)

Then no trust is needed....its a good deal...and the only one that makes sense

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Because as soon as 'talks' are over, Russia will try again to take the entire nation.

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ron.reagan said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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ron.reagan said:

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What an absolute trash pile of a person. I know he doesn't think these things through but he is at a point where he is willing to keep a dictator in power for the right price

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Are you talking about Zelensky or Putin?

lol

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Maybe just think about it a little longer

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Redbrickbear said:

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trey3216 said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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trey3216 said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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BylrFan said:

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Realitybites said:

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Trump lowing the boom on President Borat.

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Kissing putin's ass is no better. Regan is rolling over his grave right now.

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Reagan hated Communists....not Russians

He would probably be cleaning out the nest of radical Leftists at the USAID and in DC

While he tried to recruit Russian Nationalists away from China so he could confront the Communists in Beijing (the real danger to the USA's long term interests)

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Reagan hated Communists and didn't trust Russians. Big difference.

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What is there to Trust?

If they get the ethnic russians areas of Donbas and Crimea (areas Kyiv can't retake)

And Central and Western Ukraine get to join the EU (areas Moscow can not take)

Then no trust is needed....its a good deal...and the only one that makes sense

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Because as soon as 'talks' are over, Russia will try again to take the entire nation.

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Which they can't do.....they have been trying for years to do that and failing.

And if they broke the agreement then the US starts letting weapons flow again.

(maybe this time with DOGE keeping track Zelensky will get all the money instead of $100 billion stolen)

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trey3216 said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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trey3216 said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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trey3216 said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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BylrFan said:

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Realitybites said:

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Trump lowing the boom on President Borat.

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Kissing putin's ass is no better. Regan is rolling over his grave right now.

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Reagan hated Communists....not Russians

He would probably be cleaning out the nest of radical Leftists at the USAID and in DC

While he tried to recruit Russian Nationalists away from China so he could confront the Communists in Beijing (the real danger to the USA's long term interests)

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Reagan hated Communists and didn't trust Russians. Big difference.

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What is there to Trust?

If they get the ethnic russians areas of Donbas and Crimea (areas Kyiv can't retake)

And Central and Western Ukraine get to join the EU (areas Moscow can not take)

Then no trust is needed....its a good deal...and the only one that makes sense

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Because as soon as 'talks' are over, Russia will try again to take the entire nation.

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Which they can't do.....they have been trying for years to do that and failing.

And if they broke the agreement then the US starts letting weapons flow again.

(maybe this time with DOGE keeping track Zelensky will get all the money instead of $100 billion stolen)

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There wasn't $100bn stolen. There was never 100bn in actual money. There likely wasn't 20bn in actual$$ and that was to keep critical infrastructure operating

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ron.reagan said:

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What an absolute trash pile of a person. I know he doesn't think these things through but he is at a point where he is willing to keep a dictator in power for the right price

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ron.reagan said:

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The_barBEARian said:

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ron.reagan said:

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What an absolute trash pile of a person. I know he doesn't think these things through but he is at a point where he is willing to keep a dictator in power for the right price

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Awww... what's the matter?

Did you and the other four "absolute trash piles of people" just get your gravey trains cut off?

I know you people don't actually care about Ukraine, because you had four years to join its foreign legion...

You are a bunch of war profiteers who collect piles of easy government money at the expense of your fellow hard working Americans who get buried under high taxes and high inflation.

**** you "ron.reagan." You absolute scumbag. You are the real enemy of the American tax payer.

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lmao, I can hear how fat you are. Go for a walk

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Redbrickbear said:

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sombear said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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trey3216 said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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BylrFan said:

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Realitybites said:

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Trump lowing the boom on President Borat.

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Kissing putin's ass is no better. Regan is rolling over his grave right now.

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Reagan hated Communists....not Russians

He would probably be cleaning out the nest of radical Leftists at the USAID and in DC

While he tried to recruit Russian Nationalists away from China so he could confront the Communists in Beijing (the real danger to the USA's long term interests)

---

Reagan hated Communists and didn't trust Russians. Big difference.

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What is there to Trust?

If they get the ethnic russians areas of Donbas and Crimea (areas Kyiv can't retake)

And Central and Western Ukraine get to join the EU (areas Moscow can not take)

Then no trust is needed....its a good deal...and the only one that makes sense

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No. If NATO peacekeepers is now a nonstarter as Russia is publicly proclaiming, then Trump will be trusting that Russia won't invade again.

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If they step over the line then the proxy war starts again

So return to the status quo antebellum (the proxy war is back on)

A war that is costing russia hundreds of thousands of men (dead & wounded)......billions in lost equipment....sanctions hurting their economy and turning them dependent on China....and a war that has them at a standstill

I seriously doubt they want that....and I very much imagine they want out of this conflict with some kind of face saving option (AKA keeping Crimea and Donbas)

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J.R. said:

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Realitybites said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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The Europeans have more in common with the Russians than they think....

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I would much rather live in Moscow than Berlin, Paris, or Loondon.

Actually, the double O was a typo, but rather than correct it I left it alone as it seemed to be fairly accurate.

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great to hear. You buy your passport as I'm fairly sure you don't have one and I will pay for a 1 way ticket to Moscow for you. Meanwhile, I'll go to Paris. (I've lived there). Have you been to Berlin, Moscow, London or Paris?

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ATL Bear said:

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Realitybites said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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The Europeans have more in common with the Russians than they think....

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I would much rather live in Moscow than Berlin, Paris, or Loondon.

Actually, the double O was a typo, but rather than correct it I left it alone as it seemed to be fairly accurate.

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You're ****ing crazy.

And some of you have never sniffed an actual 3rd world country or have any idea how China or Russia operates domestically.

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sombear said:

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J.R. said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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J.R. said:

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Realitybites said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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The Europeans have more in common with the Russians than they think....

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I would much rather live in Moscow than Berlin, Paris, or Loondon.

Actually, the double O was a typo, but rather than correct it I left it alone as it seemed to be fairly accurate.

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great to hear. You buy your passport as I'm fairly sure you don't have one and I will pay for a 1 way ticket to Moscow for you. Meanwhile, I'll go to Paris. (I've lived there). Have you been to Berlin, Moscow, London or Paris?

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I would love to visit Moscow. A friend did - he said it was the only place he's ever been with virtually no English - that was a long time ago, but I doubt it has gotten more English friendly in 15 years. I cannot imagine any city better than Paris.

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Moscow is great to visit. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Wouldn't live there, though. Paris is hard to beat from my experience. Lived there almost 2 yrs in an apartment and operated like a local...learned the language, no English menus , kids had to speak French (13 and 14), rode the Metro everywhere. Met friends. daily shopping at different markets as they rotate by day. And no, like many on this board would, I did not order "Freedom Fries"! lol

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I posted something similar years ago, but timing is good for a repost. I work for one of the O&G majors. We of course operate all over the world. I cannot stand Moscow, and it has nothing to do with my political views. In fact, I wanted to like it, because my wife's family are Russian immigrants.

But setting my views aside, our company studies all international assignments. One thing we do is track employee satisfaction relative to where they live and work. We consider many factors, but one of the more interesting is comparing expectations before an assignment with sentiment after the assignment. Keep in mind we operate in some truly awful place to live, but also some of the nicest. Think the worst of Africa and the Middle East, but also places like Paris, London, Berlin, Singapore, Australia, Buenos Aires.

Anyway, out of hundreds of areas we operate and send employees, Moscow ranked very near the bottom, having one of the widest gaps between expectations and post-assignment sentiment. In fact, even just plain overall approvals, it ranked far lower than most would expect.

Bottom line, those that say they'd want to live in Moscow really wouldn't want to . . . regardless of what Tucker Carlson says . . . .

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J.R. said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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J.R. said:

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Realitybites said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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The Europeans have more in common with the Russians than they think....

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I would much rather live in Moscow than Berlin, Paris, or Loondon.

Actually, the double O was a typo, but rather than correct it I left it alone as it seemed to be fairly accurate.

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great to hear. You buy your passport as I'm fairly sure you don't have one and I will pay for a 1 way ticket to Moscow for you. Meanwhile, I'll go to Paris. (I've lived there). Have you been to Berlin, Moscow, London or Paris?

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I would love to visit Moscow. A friend did - he said it was the only place he's ever been with virtually no English - that was a long time ago, but I doubt it has gotten more English friendly in 15 years. I cannot imagine any city better than Paris.

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Moscow is great to visit. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Wouldn't live there, though. Paris is hard to beat from my experience. Lived there almost 2 yrs in an apartment and operated like a local...learned the language, no English menus , kids had to speak French (13 and 14), rode the Metro everywhere. Met friends. daily shopping at different markets as they rotate by day. And no, like many on this board would, I did not order "Freedom Fries"! lol

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The_barBEARian said:

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sombear said:

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J.R. said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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J.R. said:

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Realitybites said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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The Europeans have more in common with the Russians than they think....

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I would much rather live in Moscow than Berlin, Paris, or Loondon.

Actually, the double O was a typo, but rather than correct it I left it alone as it seemed to be fairly accurate.

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great to hear. You buy your passport as I'm fairly sure you don't have one and I will pay for a 1 way ticket to Moscow for you. Meanwhile, I'll go to Paris. (I've lived there). Have you been to Berlin, Moscow, London or Paris?

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I would love to visit Moscow. A friend did - he said it was the only place he's ever been with virtually no English - that was a long time ago, but I doubt it has gotten more English friendly in 15 years. I cannot imagine any city better than Paris.

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Moscow is great to visit. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Wouldn't live there, though. Paris is hard to beat from my experience. Lived there almost 2 yrs in an apartment and operated like a local...learned the language, no English menus , kids had to speak French (13 and 14), rode the Metro everywhere. Met friends. daily shopping at different markets as they rotate by day. And no, like many on this board would, I did not order "Freedom Fries"! lol

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I posted something similar years ago, but timing is good for a repost. I work for one of the O&G majors. We of course operate all over the world. I cannot stand Moscow, and it has nothing to do with my political views. In fact, I wanted to like it, because my wife's family are Russian immigrants.

But setting my views aside, our company studies all international assignments. One thing we do is track employee satisfaction relative to where they live and work. We consider many factors, but one of the more interesting is comparing expectations before an assignment with sentiment after the assignment. Keep in mind we operate in some truly awful place to live, but also some of the nicest. Think the worst of Africa and the Middle East, but also places like Paris, London, Berlin, Singapore, Australia, Buenos Aires.

Anyway, out of hundreds of areas we operate and send employees, Moscow ranked very near the bottom, having one of the widest gaps between expectations and post-assignment sentiment. In fact, even just plain overall approvals, it ranked far lower than most would expect.

Bottom line, those that say they'd want to live in Moscow really wouldn't want to . . . regardless of what Tucker Carlson says . . . .

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America was undoubtedly the greatest country to live in 20-30 years ago... but is it still the greatest today?

Are things going in a positive direction?

Or is this country going backwards?

Are we one election away from becoming Mexico?

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The_barBEARian said:

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ATL Bear said:

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Realitybites said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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The Europeans have more in common with the Russians than they think....

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I would much rather live in Moscow than Berlin, Paris, or Loondon.

Actually, the double O was a typo, but rather than correct it I left it alone as it seemed to be fairly accurate.

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You're ****ing crazy.

And some of you have never sniffed an actual 3rd world country or have any idea how China or Russia operates domestically.

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Is America still a 1st world country?

Do we still have a middle class?

How would you define "middle class" in 2025?

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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The_barBEARian said:

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ATL Bear said:

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Realitybites said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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The Europeans have more in common with the Russians than they think....

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I would much rather live in Moscow than Berlin, Paris, or Loondon.

Actually, the double O was a typo, but rather than correct it I left it alone as it seemed to be fairly accurate.

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You're ****ing crazy.

And some of you have never sniffed an actual 3rd world country or have any idea how China or Russia operates domestically.

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Is America still a 1st world country?

Do we still have a middle class?

How would you define "middle class" in 2025?

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Not to be a dick, but America is by definition a First World country.

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sombear said:

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The_barBEARian said:

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sombear said:

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J.R. said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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J.R. said:

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Realitybites said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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The Europeans have more in common with the Russians than they think....

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I would much rather live in Moscow than Berlin, Paris, or Loondon.

Actually, the double O was a typo, but rather than correct it I left it alone as it seemed to be fairly accurate.

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great to hear. You buy your passport as I'm fairly sure you don't have one and I will pay for a 1 way ticket to Moscow for you. Meanwhile, I'll go to Paris. (I've lived there). Have you been to Berlin, Moscow, London or Paris?

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I would love to visit Moscow. A friend did - he said it was the only place he's ever been with virtually no English - that was a long time ago, but I doubt it has gotten more English friendly in 15 years. I cannot imagine any city better than Paris.

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Moscow is great to visit. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Wouldn't live there, though. Paris is hard to beat from my experience. Lived there almost 2 yrs in an apartment and operated like a local...learned the language, no English menus , kids had to speak French (13 and 14), rode the Metro everywhere. Met friends. daily shopping at different markets as they rotate by day. And no, like many on this board would, I did not order "Freedom Fries"! lol

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I posted something similar years ago, but timing is good for a repost. I work for one of the O&G majors. We of course operate all over the world. I cannot stand Moscow, and it has nothing to do with my political views. In fact, I wanted to like it, because my wife's family are Russian immigrants.

But setting my views aside, our company studies all international assignments. One thing we do is track employee satisfaction relative to where they live and work. We consider many factors, but one of the more interesting is comparing expectations before an assignment with sentiment after the assignment. Keep in mind we operate in some truly awful place to live, but also some of the nicest. Think the worst of Africa and the Middle East, but also places like Paris, London, Berlin, Singapore, Australia, Buenos Aires.

Anyway, out of hundreds of areas we operate and send employees, Moscow ranked very near the bottom, having one of the widest gaps between expectations and post-assignment sentiment. In fact, even just plain overall approvals, it ranked far lower than most would expect.

Bottom line, those that say they'd want to live in Moscow really wouldn't want to . . . regardless of what Tucker Carlson says . . . .

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America was undoubtedly the greatest country to live in 20-30 years ago... but is it still the greatest today?

Are things going in a positive direction?

Or is this country going backwards?

Are we one election away from becoming Mexico?

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I travel the world and love it. But there is nowhere else I'd rather live, not even close. I say a prayer and thank God every time I touch back on U.S. soil.

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The_barBEARian said:

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sombear said:

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The_barBEARian said:

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sombear said:

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J.R. said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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J.R. said:

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Realitybites said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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The Europeans have more in common with the Russians than they think....

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I would much rather live in Moscow than Berlin, Paris, or Loondon.

Actually, the double O was a typo, but rather than correct it I left it alone as it seemed to be fairly accurate.

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great to hear. You buy your passport as I'm fairly sure you don't have one and I will pay for a 1 way ticket to Moscow for you. Meanwhile, I'll go to Paris. (I've lived there). Have you been to Berlin, Moscow, London or Paris?

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I would love to visit Moscow. A friend did - he said it was the only place he's ever been with virtually no English - that was a long time ago, but I doubt it has gotten more English friendly in 15 years. I cannot imagine any city better than Paris.

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Moscow is great to visit. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Wouldn't live there, though. Paris is hard to beat from my experience. Lived there almost 2 yrs in an apartment and operated like a local...learned the language, no English menus , kids had to speak French (13 and 14), rode the Metro everywhere. Met friends. daily shopping at different markets as they rotate by day. And no, like many on this board would, I did not order "Freedom Fries"! lol

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I posted something similar years ago, but timing is good for a repost. I work for one of the O&G majors. We of course operate all over the world. I cannot stand Moscow, and it has nothing to do with my political views. In fact, I wanted to like it, because my wife's family are Russian immigrants.

But setting my views aside, our company studies all international assignments. One thing we do is track employee satisfaction relative to where they live and work. We consider many factors, but one of the more interesting is comparing expectations before an assignment with sentiment after the assignment. Keep in mind we operate in some truly awful place to live, but also some of the nicest. Think the worst of Africa and the Middle East, but also places like Paris, London, Berlin, Singapore, Australia, Buenos Aires.

Anyway, out of hundreds of areas we operate and send employees, Moscow ranked very near the bottom, having one of the widest gaps between expectations and post-assignment sentiment. In fact, even just plain overall approvals, it ranked far lower than most would expect.

Bottom line, those that say they'd want to live in Moscow really wouldn't want to . . . regardless of what Tucker Carlson says . . . .

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America was undoubtedly the greatest country to live in 20-30 years ago... but is it still the greatest today?

Are things going in a positive direction?

Or is this country going backwards?

Are we one election away from becoming Mexico?

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I travel the world and love it. But there is nowhere else I'd rather live, not even close. I say a prayer and thank God every time I touch back on U.S. soil.

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But would you rather live in America circa 1995 or America today?

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