Thursday, December 02, 2010

Werq

In language candid and bald, the cables reveal an assessment of Mr. Putin’s Russia as highly centralized, occasionally brutal and all but irretrievably cynical and corrupt. The Kremlin, by this description, lies at the center of a constellation of official and quasi-official rackets.

-The Times
Boy, that is certainly the pot calling the kettle a highly centralized, occasionally brutal, all but irretrievably cynical, and corrupt. The White House, by this description, lies at the center of a constellation of official and quasi-official rackets. Le Palais d'Elysée se trouve au milieu d'un réseau des escroqueries . . . I mean, really. Physician, bribe thyself.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Uh, I'm sure Sarko is totally on the take, but why is Lillian Betancourt's metal health an affair of state...?

Anonymous said...

The IOZster's one of those glib, semi-educated, fundamentally provincial dudes who typify our "meritocracy," which is why it's sorta funny to see him kick around that fat piece of shit Yglesias (it's funny when anyone kicks around that fat piece of shit Yglesias)

It's like: Yeah, the US is a brutal, shitty empire that I sincerely hope to see fall apart in my lifetime, and I'll what I can to make it happens. And yet, having spent the last quarter of my life living in Russia, I must say that this here profound blawg post strikes me as glib glib glub glub suck my bawlz, boring boring facile BOring.

Would be good if there was a Whole Foods in Moscow, dig.

IOZ said...

Who thinks the anonymous commenter who spent "the last quarter of his life living in Russia" is the same guy who's "lived in Europe for almost ten years"? Arguments from fictional authority are awesome.

Professor Coldheart said...

As someone who's been Dmitry Medvedev for the last ten years, I object to this report.

NutellaonToast said...

But our bribes are like lightsabers; a more elegant weapon for a more civilized time.

George Jones said...

Is saying Russia's state in some ways resembles our own the same as saying the experience of living in America is exactly the same as that of living in Russia?

George Jones said...

Is saying Russia's state in some ways resembles our own the same as saying the experience of living in America is exactly the same as that of living in Russia?

Anonymous said...

On the other hand arguments from fictional authority may be just the thing in discussions of Russia.

Josh said...

In Soviet Russia, arguments from fictional authority make you!

Yhesterday said...

Everything is exactly the same!

But still, if I have to live within a region controlled by a monopoly agency of force that goes around killing people (and let's face it, we do), I would prefer to live in the US.

t.m. said...

Would be good if there was a Whole Foods in Moscow

why?

Anonymous said...

So the so-called 11119 muscovite has not visited a peasant produce market.

Yeah, he sure been to Moscow. Been to Moscow long time.

Capt'n Obvious

mandt said...

Yep, authoritative, fictional, false equivalency, anonymous sources! Is this a great country or what?

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Myles SG said...

The IOZster's one of those glib, semi-educated, fundamentally provincial dudes who typify our "meritocracy," which is why it's sorta funny to see him kick around that fat piece of shit Yglesias (it's funny when anyone kicks around that fat piece of shit Yglesias)

Monsieur IOZ went to Oberlin. Calling someone from Oberlin "semi-educated" and "fundamentally provincial" is fucking hilarious, in the same way it would be if Mlle. Bristol called someone a "redneck".

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