re: #52 JordanRules

“Terikova similarly noted that her daughter had no idea what a “hegemon” was and instead sang the similar-sounding Russian word for “hippopotamus.”

I remember confirmation classes in our Byzantine rite Catholic church, being asked “Do you renounce Satan and all his works and all his angels?”

I had no idea who this “Satan” was nor what “renounce” meant, but I replied as taught:
“I do renounce him!”

Yeah, this is fucked-up shit.

This is not a new Cold War, though, this is about restoring the old Russian Empire, which included not only Alaska but the Pacific Northwest (Fort Ross, California, was founded by Russian settlers)