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Well I was reasonably happy when he took office because he seemed competent and might hold Russia together rather than see more turmoil. I don't recall asking myself under what authority Yeltsin handed over the reins of power to a man of his choice(hardly democratic) I didn't foresee his craze for power and his amorality.

Have there been any polls yet to indicate how many (in the US) will openly support the attempted military take over of Ukraine by Putin's Boy Soldiers? (They would be a Trump constituency I'd have thought,)

Cometh the moment ,cometh the man (and the people) They have already won by their example. Time for the Russian people to step up? (I agree the Russians have security concerns,but not at others' expense)

Are you serious? That might be one of the better outcomes,but I would not wish it on Ukaine who deserve better for sure. Best outcome would be for Russia to get their monkey off their back.

Really?Source please.

Well I hope for a 100% to 0% body count in favour of the Ukranians with that 100% being zero from here on in because the hostilities would have ceased for whatever reason. In the real world I hope the Russians get a bloody nose and join the queue of the rest of us finding our place in the world.

Now I have reported your earlier post.

https://youtu.be/ReW9uUYm-DA John Fahey Poor Boys Long Way From Home

I wonder where the analogy breaks down. Or is the question so trivial and pointless that an analogy can cover it seamlessly?

Can we also talk about "my determinism in your RF and "your determinism in my RF"?(following the analogy)

How would that differ from free will being an illusion? I mean,anyone other than the subject of the experience can judge the claim of others to free will as unjustified . The subject of the claim is the only person who finds that claim appealing. Others will say they agree (that everyone has free will) but this is based on grounds of "well I feel I have free will so you must also have free will because we are so similar " But they could turn that around and say "because I judge you not to have free will ,then I can deduce that neither do I ** ,because we are so similar" **against my innate feeling

When it comes to sanctions,will Putin's game be to wait for Biden's term to end and then make apparent concessions in the hope of getting Trump back in office. I understand he has the coffers to tide Russia over for a few years .

Am just wondering what might be the contribution of the Maxwell Demon scenario to this question Can one have any kind of a will without information and is that information of an external nature? Would that give the lie to any concept of a free standing (absolutist) "will" ?

Good points but you should apologise for your outburst earlier.Your language and intent was deplorable.

The Russians and the Germans in recent history have bulldozed their neighbours in this way Both have lived to regret their short term gains The populations they trampled over did not forget and to this day Germany is vulnerable to rebukes from the likes of Greece when they need an easy scapegoat Russia is storing up resentment and scorn over the coming generations, especially as it does not have the wherewithal to have an uncontested empire like the British once did It feels to me that the people around Putin are not free to speak their minds even if they realize that Russia is going down the wrong path ( "wrong" in the sense of "against its own interests")

Is it too early to begin to wonder who the Russians will try to get to collaborate with them the areas they take? I remember back in 68 when one of my classmates was defending the invasion of Czechoslovakia.(don't recall his arguments)

We should not get down into the gutter with Putin and wish ill of his family. I think those of Putin's ilk turn upon those they consider should be on their side Maybe some pity for the people of Russia.

Unlike today?

We have seen Trump's pitch on the Russian move into Ukraine. "Isn't Putin smart?But I am pally with him and together we will come to an arrangement that suits the two of us and shithouses like Ukraine will do as they are told when I am elected" A fair paraphrase? How likely that he will gain (enough) support for his Make Trump and Putin Great Again project ?

A bit of an exaggeration He would just be negotiating with Russia over upgrading the embassies and coordinating military and intelligence cooperation He might even send his political opponents on assignments in NoroRussia so as to put manners on them

I hope your universal translator has double speak installed ,(apparently Ukraine is part of Russia) Has Putin a chance of turning Ukraine into a satellite state of Russia in the immediate or medium term?

I believe you.I have just been listening to some John Fahey guitar performances on German TV back in the day.He certainly created his own version.

Does it have to be either or? And what if we create our own reality?

Quite an eye opener "Ministry of Truth" indeed. Did Lewis Carol inspire Orwell or was he just reading from the Totalitarian playbook?

Are those nuggets of order the bits of grit in the oyster shell around which the orderings that characterize living systems might form? (life being "pearl"of ordered existence in the cosmic oceans of disorder could be a pleasant way of looking at it) Brings to mind Will Shakespear's "sceptered isle" lines. That Ramsey theorem sounds like a formalized Shakespeare -Monkey Typewriter theorem to me.