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BaronChocula

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16. It's what brought down the Soviet Union

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 04:48 PM

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Economists and planners went with scripts that sounded optimistic and made superiors happy rather than the truth.

Certain people credit reagan with bringing down the USSR. Not me.

(And the rebounding economy after reagan's giant recession was actually the desktop/PC tech boom.)

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I'm the Foreign Minister of Sweden. Don't Overestimate Russia. [View all] marble falls 15 hrs ago OP

Recommended. H2O Man 15 hrs ago #1

If he does that before the election, he'll see his supporters in the US government lose in a wholesale loss ... marble falls 15 hrs ago #2

I agree. H2O Man 14 hrs ago #3

So Diaper Don is following his mentor's lead in grossly exagerrating the economy's success? johnnyplankton 14 hrs ago #4

He was not sharp enough to figure it out by himself. marble falls 14 hrs ago #5

I don't know. Apparently he was one of the few people who knew that "dumb" was spelled with a "B" johnnyplankton 11 hrs ago #20

Remind me again... BurnDoubt 13 hrs ago #6

Arbitage is the name of the game. A nation of speculating day traders. marble falls 13 hrs ago #8

Putin has tied his political legitimacy to this war he created Torchlight 13 hrs ago #7

In the late 60s, after Walter Cronkite said he saw no way to "victory" for the US in Viet Nam ... marble falls 13 hrs ago #9

As soon as the population runs out of multigraincracker 12 hrs ago #17

kicked. AllaN01Bear 12 hrs ago #10

But but but... MoseShrute 12 hrs ago #11

Then what's holding the little twit from packing up and moving there? marble falls 12 hrs ago #12

The reality that he doesn't want to live there. mr715 11 hrs ago #21

None of these Putiniks want to go except for asswipes like Stevie Segal, Edward Snowdon, Grard Depardieu (who ... marble falls 10 hrs ago #22

I'm sure you read the story of the Texas family... mr715 10 hrs ago #24

An Austin guy in his 60s went and joined the Russian Army. He was involved in several actions - shot at and shot back .. marble falls 7 hrs ago #28

They are also often criminals or ill mr715 7 hrs ago #29

He's a crazy fox. He released 10,000s of prisoners and they went directly into the meat grinder that made 30,000 ... marble falls 6 hrs ago #31

This is the family i'm talking about: mr715 6 hrs ago #30

This is the guy I'm talking about ... marble falls 6 hrs ago #32

That is grotesque on so many levels. nt mr715 6 hrs ago #33

Looks like a plumper me when I was his age. I identify with a lot of his life. Not the Russian part. I was in the ... marble falls 6 hrs ago #34

Putin is obsessed. Ukraine is his white whale. tblue37 12 hrs ago #13

I always felt Putin was smart but depended on being cunning. How did he wrap around the axle of Ukraine? ... marble falls 12 hrs ago #15

I listen to Dr. Anna Danylchuk's daily vlog, "Anna From Ukraine". She niyad 12 hrs ago #14

6 Billion Rubles is $14 mr715 10 hrs ago #23

My error. Six TRILLION, about 100 dollars. .She says "roubles niyad 10 hrs ago #25

Well, that is indeed a bit of cash... mr715 10 hrs ago #26

It's what brought down the Soviet Union BaronChocula 12 hrs ago #16

Reagan challenged Russia to an arms war their economy couldn't handle. That's how Ronnie got them to Helsinki ... marble falls 12 hrs ago #19

in short, fuck the russian government RT Atlanta 12 hrs ago #18

Putins greatest achievement is not mucifer 7 hrs ago #27

The devils biggest trick ... marble falls 6 hrs ago #35