we should really rename "midlife crisis" to that period that exists between pretending you've outgrown yourself to realizing you haven't, because outgrowing one's self is an incoherent idea.

the clinton segment of this is worth rewatching a few times. pegged it...

this is how you do this. maduro doesn't have the same military status that chavez did. in the end, whomever gets military backing rules the country.

if i was running things, i'd invade saudi arabia and steal *their* oil.

rt needs to do a better job separating the three aspects (grassroots hippies, fascists, establishment conservatives) from each other.

ok. but, what factor did the authority in the right sector play, given their integration with the conservative party?

ok, but is it infighting, the authorities trying to stamp out a threat or a putsch?

“you'll be the first to go"

good.

a test of his popularity?

the country elected a socialist to reverse the disastrous policies of sarkozy, and got sarkozy 2.0 instead. kind of like bush/obama.

now, he's despised, and the country is practically boycotting them...

in the medium term, that means social unrest is a virtual certainty. the country has given up on the ability of the political system to accomplish anything.

sure. the socialists get elected and act like conservatives, leading to widespread voter apathy.

memo to the pseudo-left: if you want people to vote for you as an alternative to the fascist right, stop behaving like the fascist right.

wow.