Not sure which is weirder, gas prices rising due to some microregion of the world having its independence recognized, or the idea that the contents of the pocketbooks of Americans are dictated by Russia's freaking Duma.
I'm going to invent a term. At least, I think I'm inventing it: Financial Shamanism. Instead of economies based on reality, base them on omens and signs.
In slightly related news,
Sean had a funny observation on his blog today: (and one I've been making forever, but less poetically...)
That is the real beauty the Russians. When we need them to be incompetent bunglers who are mired in perpetual backwardness, they're there to play the part. When we need them as conniving, master plotters with their evil claws ready to "pull the strings," they play that role too. You gotta love their dramaturgical range.
LOL. "Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
When we need them to be incompetent bunglers who are mired in perpetual backwardness, they're there to play the part. When we need them as conniving, master plotters with their evil claws ready to "pull the strings," they play that role too. You gotta love their dramaturgical range.
That's pretty funny and oh-so-true. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
