From a Kremlin propagandist:
Trump was sent to us by God as a weapon that Putin will use to destroy all evil in the world, once and for all.
A Weapon of God
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Opinions, art, debate
From a Kremlin propagandist:
Trump was sent to us by God as a weapon that Putin will use to destroy all evil in the world, once and for all.
Clarissa's Blog 
Oh God. Everything is so terrifying already!
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Seeing how happy and smug Putinoids are is adding insult to what already is a pretty bad injury.
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It is very funny, is it not?
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Very until we remember what it means for Ukraine.
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Also, after reading about Putin’s successes on your blog, I got the impression he is capable of being a much better president than Trump. If he ever wanted to be one, of course.
Right now it looks like Putin is both smarter and with higher degree of self-control.
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The organization that put Putin in power is, indeed, composed of very smart people. The trick with the fake losing of the Cold War was brilliant. And propelling right-wing ultra nationalist governments to power in Europe and the US is very well-done.
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On an unrelated note, could you advise please which resources to use in order to explain the technique of close reading of a short story (to a beginning univerity student)? I tried to explain, but failed. Probably since I do not have some kind of algorithm myself.
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How do you know what to pay attention to, how to begin?
I identify the themes of the story and then look how they are connected, whether some significant words (with several meanings, probably) appear in an excerpt / story.
How do you teach it?
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Unfortunately, I’m very very bad at teaching how to read. It happens automatically for me and I find it hard to explain the mechanism.
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“Unfortunately, I’m very very bad at teaching how to read. It happens automatically for me and I find it hard to explain the mechanism.”
-I don’t know, you explained it to me once very well. You told me to start by finding lines and passages that really resonate. I usually start there, and then figure out what exactly resonates with me and why. Then I go through the work again and look at ways the text surrounding the really powerful passages support that. I look at flow and syntax in particular (the last class I did close readings for was a poetry workshop), as well as line breaks and alternative meanings of lines and particular words/phrases. That’s about what I do when I have an assignment. It doesn’t break down that nicely when I don’t have to mark the text or plan a paper or something.
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Putinoids may indeed be happy, but not Putin himself. (In Russian)
http://v-n-zb.livejournal.com/9521489.html
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Funny. ☺☺☺
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