tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post8565522903735166136..comments2024-03-29T04:38:14.302-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Wet Work Redux (the Saudi Sanction)Leigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-46208011565000874042018-10-24T23:16:07.938-04:002018-10-24T23:16:07.938-04:00Once again, I'm fascinated by your take, David...Once again, I'm fascinated by your take, David. It's an impressive ability to take apart a situation and show the pieces for what they are.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-60856088948104811502018-10-24T13:33:21.740-04:002018-10-24T13:33:21.740-04:00"This isn’t incoherent. It reflects a clear p..."This isn’t incoherent. It reflects a clear principle: Only the president and his allies, his supporters, and their anointed are entitled to the rights and protections of the law, and if necessary, immunity from it. The rest of us are entitled only to cruelty, by their whim. This is how the powerful have ever kept the powerless divided and in their place, and enriched themselves in the process." - Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, "The Cruelty Is the Point"<br /><br />Replace "the president" with "Putin" or "the Crown Prince", and it is still completely accurate.<br /><br />https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelty-is-the-point/572104/Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-32483381615583310262018-10-24T12:38:55.328-04:002018-10-24T12:38:55.328-04:00Chilling information. "Rebranded Stalinism&qu...Chilling information. "Rebranded Stalinism" is a good description of the Putin thug.O'Neil De Nouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03142721824657611738noreply@blogger.com