“It reelected Vladimir Putin, in the way Tibetan monks pick the same Dalai Lama each time, regardless of the human form he’s taken.”

Like, this would be a good comparison, if the Dalai Lama were in power in Tibet, which he isn’t, and if Tibetans credited their economic boom (a subset of the Chinese boom) to the Dalai Lama, which they don’t. Russians reelected Vladimir Putin (or rather, somebody they thought was the next best choice) because they like him and the vector of development during his time in power, and they want that vector to continue. Thus, instead of being a good comparison, it’s really, really stupid.

“They include the kind of insults that have found their way at a purportedly, academic oriented venue, which included a remark claiming vodka consumption relative to the stated analysis.”

try to bear in mind this is the same guy who said above:
”I’m way too good for this shit.”

Mike, that has to be the worst scentence ever written in the history of FSU punditry, and I include the Moscow Times in that. Mike, you make me sound like Flann O’Brien. Its simply atrocious and there’s no getting away from it.

OK, point taken. Dean Koontz maybe?

The cut-and-pasted quote?

Dude, you can’t write. Face reality. For instance, stop saying “specified” or “mentioned” or “above cited” before every goddamn word. It’s ridiculous. Also, learn to use punctuation. Commas and semicolons serve a purpose; they are not randomly interjected into text.

Exhibit A:

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way–in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.”

Exhibit B:

“They include the kind of insults that have found their way at a purportedly, academic oriented venue, which included a remark claiming vodka consumption relative to the stated analysis.”

OK. Who wrote what?

For shitz and giggles I checked that specified quote and it’s a misquote of what’s on-line.

He has the gall to critique others.

‘They include the kind of insults that have found their way at a purportedly, academic oriented venue, which included a remark claiming vodka consumption relative to the stated analysis.’

Wow, Just, wow.”

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Look who is taliking. A freak, who often posts comments at blogs without writing formal commentary of his own.

Someone who repeatedly claimed that “there’re” isn’t valid shorthand for “there are”.

meantime, a valid pont was raised about that remark directed at Vlad Sobell. There’s a certain DC based area individual known for privately lecturing some on niceities. those lectures seem to be politically stilted.

American Chronicle does quite well.

Much better than Untimely Thoughts.

I agree with your point, Ger. For the sake of accuracy, though, I have to say that I cannot describe myself as a biologist. I have not worked as a field biologist (very little lab work) in years and years…..