We watch the two-hour Tucker-Putin face off and discuss Putin’s newfound confidence and swagger, his grievances, his Russian nationalist view of history, and the things he doesn’t talk about. But before we get to that we talk about David Lynch and the dark side of LA’s caste system for Hollywood professionals.
Seems like Tucker was asking him why he waited until now with a reference point of the 2014 - 2021 timeframe and was trying to get Putin to talk about the various negotiation attempts, Minsk accords, proposals for a broad Russia-EU "security architecture", being rebuffed up until January 2022, etc. I think Carlson was somewhat up to speed on all that, but no way he was asking or giving Putin a chance to explain why he hadn't tried to annex any portions of Ukraine prior to that. No way Tucker is cognizant of the broader and more far-reaching history of post-Soviet Russia and Eastern Europe. IOW, I think that while TC was totally unprepared for a 30 minute lecture on Russia-Ukraine history, he has the correct baseline from which to frame a conversation. And I personally don't believe Putin even wanted Russia to absorb any of the territory they have claimed since 2022. Crimea is debatable, but again, in the framework of the US persistently refusing to participate in good faith on security (ex. why Russia never invited to NATO? Because NATO is a "protection" racket for the MICIMATT and Wall Street that needs a good enemy) and Putin's role as a nationalist revanchist it was understandable with what was happening in Ukraine post-Maidan. Listening to the rest now and will update.
Update: Good conversation. The audio was better than usual. Very easy to hear and it seems like you might have been using different settings than before?
It's funny you mentioned how he smelled to me. One time 12 years ago or something. I bought a cologne in particular because of the sales pitch of the counter person ,(or maybe it was their pleasant disposition, so I just told them to pick one) . They said "this particular cologne had a dark mellow smell for a professional person that didn't have time to have more than one cologne. It would be used by someone powerful like Vladimir Putin".
Now I wonder how I would be affected by the same marketing.
Too bad that Vlad didn't take the little hope of convincing anyone with clout as an opportunity to go lateral and baffle Tucker some more: skip 1000 years of Russian history and, instead, expand on the importance - for the leader who wears the pants, and tight ones at that - of exercising superior erection control, in particular when interviewed by a flirtatious news anchor such as CNBC's Hadley Gamble back in 2021. Complement that with an expression of all-encompassing shagging-anything-that-moves love of humanity. That would have been a departure from the gay warrior vibes of his bare-chest outdoor antics and potentially the running start of a total image makeover.
The podcasts are always great but I had a particular fondness for some David Lynch/Los Angeles time.
Seems like Tucker was asking him why he waited until now with a reference point of the 2014 - 2021 timeframe and was trying to get Putin to talk about the various negotiation attempts, Minsk accords, proposals for a broad Russia-EU "security architecture", being rebuffed up until January 2022, etc. I think Carlson was somewhat up to speed on all that, but no way he was asking or giving Putin a chance to explain why he hadn't tried to annex any portions of Ukraine prior to that. No way Tucker is cognizant of the broader and more far-reaching history of post-Soviet Russia and Eastern Europe. IOW, I think that while TC was totally unprepared for a 30 minute lecture on Russia-Ukraine history, he has the correct baseline from which to frame a conversation. And I personally don't believe Putin even wanted Russia to absorb any of the territory they have claimed since 2022. Crimea is debatable, but again, in the framework of the US persistently refusing to participate in good faith on security (ex. why Russia never invited to NATO? Because NATO is a "protection" racket for the MICIMATT and Wall Street that needs a good enemy) and Putin's role as a nationalist revanchist it was understandable with what was happening in Ukraine post-Maidan. Listening to the rest now and will update.
Update: Good conversation. The audio was better than usual. Very easy to hear and it seems like you might have been using different settings than before?
I also wanted so see if anyone had an opinion on this, which is germane to the topic of Putin (from 2014): https://catherinebrown.org/deconstructing-russophobia/
...with your daughter, you could qualify as The Russians Tripartite Podcast....
How can Tucker make that “I’m interested” face for so long? If I saw someone giving me that face I’d figure they weren’t listening.
It's funny you mentioned how he smelled to me. One time 12 years ago or something. I bought a cologne in particular because of the sales pitch of the counter person ,(or maybe it was their pleasant disposition, so I just told them to pick one) . They said "this particular cologne had a dark mellow smell for a professional person that didn't have time to have more than one cologne. It would be used by someone powerful like Vladimir Putin".
Now I wonder how I would be affected by the same marketing.
May be of interest https://youtu.be/-LmH3ARlnCM?si=LUTLN5HrJdW1nliE
Too bad that Vlad didn't take the little hope of convincing anyone with clout as an opportunity to go lateral and baffle Tucker some more: skip 1000 years of Russian history and, instead, expand on the importance - for the leader who wears the pants, and tight ones at that - of exercising superior erection control, in particular when interviewed by a flirtatious news anchor such as CNBC's Hadley Gamble back in 2021. Complement that with an expression of all-encompassing shagging-anything-that-moves love of humanity. That would have been a departure from the gay warrior vibes of his bare-chest outdoor antics and potentially the running start of a total image makeover.
Off topic? Maybe.
Russian psychiatrist Lev S. Vygotsky delivered his most significant ideas about play. Online journal: https://www.museumofplay.org/journalofplay/issues/volume-15-number-3/