Part One: Alexander Lukashenko: The Dictator of Belarus | BEHIND THE BASTARDS

[@dwaynezilla]

"All have to do to keep being a dictator is not-terrible things" _"The gang does terrible things"_

[@ilessthan3bees]

Ariana grande is just a 20oz Rhianna. Everyone knows that.

[@nani2155]

About Stalin Repeession. Brother of my great grandma (she was Ukrainian) was killed at 14, because when playing snowballs he accidentally threw snawball on Stalins portrait, the next day they took him and nobody saw him again....

[@bryanemilius1606]

What the hell?

[@daniellundberg2875]

"Better than Bashar al-Assad" is not a particularly high bar.

[@dwaynezilla]

The American measurement system is so weird; how many millilitres are in an _'Ariana Grande'_ ??

[@TheDarthbinky]

My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!

[@ravenoferin500]

​@@TheDarthbinkyThe most American measurements while driving is cigarettes per drive. Measurements also factor in the traffic typical with the drive well as distance as well as potential hazards plus deer.

[@dwaynezilla]

Raythecons - premium deadphones

[@petebondurant58]

My dad was an executive at Raytheon, and he has an awesome pool house that he lets me live in between my rehab stints.

[@daverogers8283]

Trying to make those "master in the house" lyrics scan with "master of the house" from Les Mis, I don't think I'm musical enough though...

[@SgtKaneGunlock]

is this the first Garrison Episode?

[@stinkytoy]

Garrison: Robert's Child Soldier: Origins My preferred episode title

[@shy-watcher]

26:00 As an outsider (ru), never heard either of those rumors. Maybe I'm not subscribed to the right (wrong) channels. The one insulting nickname I know is "cockroach", because he has a mustache, he's super survivable, and because of "Tarakanische" by Korney Chukovsky. 29:55 To be fair, isn't this literally "we should improve society somewhat"? Not every criticism of Soviet corruption is anti-soviet (in fact, criticizing corruption and inefficiency on the lower levels was very normal and commendable, at least in some periods of USSR's existance). Just like not every American who criticizes "to big to fail", the real estate bubble, or the telecom monopolies is obliged to immediately come out as communist. 30:30 Some people think fast reform was a good idea: the economy was already dead either way, better to move on fast. What didn't help was that post-soviet leaders seemingly kept most soviet ideas about *how* capitalism works: USSR lied to us about capitalism=bad, actually it's good. Let's build it in the image that we all have in our heads! Basically "Neznayka on The Moon", but as an instruction manual. 34:30 Yep, this is what I've heard analysts say too: Lukashenko is an actual politician, he won his first presidency; Putin is a bureaucrat, he was appointed to his first presidency. This is why Lukashenko might outlast Putin.

[@petebondurant58]

@shy-watcher Yuri Andropov led a massive anti-corruption campaign, which led to several people actually being executed.

[@MatthewBanks100]

Would love an update now that he is complicit in the invasion of Ukraine

[@kristinfrostlazerbeams]

Ah yes, Luckystinko. He's a hoot. A real fun guy. 😂

[@jakegarvin7634]

30:53 like when chernobyl blew up?