Oh noes! Won’t anybody have pity on the poor woman who never had any problem with being married to one of the greatest mass murderers of recent history?
From what I hear, she was no passive beneficiary, making decisions and actively participating in the regime’s crimes.
There’s thousands of people out there with cancer who can’t get the best care, or even adequate care. I hope no one is foolish enough to make her a priority
To be blunt, I struggle to muster absolutely any sympathy for the significant other of an authoritarian dictator.
After reading the article, she is in Russia. I’m sure she will receive the best care moscow has to offer, which is still better than a lot of people.
That’s true. Russia does have really good doctors - if you have money. And you have to be able to withstand yelling and belittling but as a Russian you get used to that.
How many Blyats does the average Russian medical chart contain?
A friend of mine is truggling with that. I wouldn’t have thought that Moscow’s health care was so shitty. I was for some reason expecting the opposite.
I’m so sorry to hear that. I hope they find some qualified care soon. Is the problem the access (money, status) or can’t they find proper treatment for other reasons?
There was a great show about Russian healthcare a while back. Can’t recall the name, but it had Jon Hamm and Harry Potter in it.
A young doctor’s notebook - based on a Russian novel from Michael Bulgakov. I’m so sad they discontinued it 😭 I think about it once a week at least!
But it takes place around WWI, so… Not exactly a 1:1 portrayal of Russian medicine today
what was it…138billion dollars that assad transferred to russia on the day he fled? should do.
That’s a perverted amount of money. But yeah that should do.
So it’s not like she is being denied treatment. She is being denied a specific treatment in a specific prestigious clinic in Britain. But honestly, Russians can cure cancer just as well ( - provided you have the money to pay them). Moscow has prestigious clinics and great resources. I’d much rather get treatment there than in some rural British hospital to be honest.
If he had that much money then surely he’d have been able to pay for a military to defend his position in Syria.
The source on that is sketchy at best. Logically it doesn’t make sense.
you surely know how to find a better source. wsj? LOL.
What is everyone having for dinner today?
Actually, a really nice Dahl as I’m getting over a recent sickness.
I can’t eat solid food (it’s a long story that I’m sure many people are sick of), but I have Amy’s Golden Lentil dahl almost every day. I love it.
Amy must be fuckin starving
I scared my cat from laughing too hard at this
Mustard glazed pork chops and fettuccine Alfredo with spinach.
(Really, SwiftKey??)
Mustard-glazed pork chops sounds amazing. I’m gonna need an update on this one.
It’s actually really simple and easy, and glazed is a misnomer because I don’t know another word, and it works best with bone-in country style ribs. So, either salt and pepper your desired cut of pork beforehand, OR you can put the s&p in the mustard. Not sure which I prefer. Pre-heat your pan; I like cast iron. Liberally baste your pork with Dijon mustard (I have tried other varieties, and dijon works the best). Fry them up in the pan. You will lose a lot of the mustard crust to the pan, and I have not figured out a way around this. That said, the mustard caramelizes in the heat, and you get a wonderful mix of sweet and savory at just the right ratio. That’s basically it. It’s my favorite way to do Country Style ribs.
Ah, Swiftkey just wanted something themselves, that’s okay.
Weird that you have different votes in your view though, I see 27 up, 2 down.Edit: wait, geico is insurance? Be safe op, Swiftkey may be warning you….
Vegan miso vite ramen with kimchi and a spicy ginger beer
Celebrated a bday today, so I got to have Cioppino, and then
Creme BruleeCrème brûlée* for dessertCrème brûlée doesn’t taste the same without the accents.
Gumbo
We had nice Chinese food including braised pork belly, followed by some Christmas pudding. It was great!
My wife made an amazing spiral cut ham with sauteed green bean and mashed taters.
A bit early for New Year’s, but I wanted to try a recipe for yi mein that I think came out pretty good.
I’m wife’s hometown and we’re meeting her childhood friends in a few hours at an izakaya for sushi, fish, and all sorts of stuff. Please have a moment of silence for my liver this weekend.
Macarona bashamel (long story, but it’s good and you should try it) with a dash of dictator tears.
That’s just lasagna when you don’t have the flat pasta sheets right?
But very salty
Awe shucks…Kudos to the UK for denying her entry.
Do they not have cancer treatment centers in Russia or Iran?
This comment leads me to believe that you haven’t had much ‘up close and personal’ experience with cancer… (Not trying to talk down to you in saying that or anything, btw, though you’re super fortunate if that’s indeed the case.)
Just for reference: during the early 00’s I would get a bill for somewhere around $10k each month for my dad’s chemo infusions alone. This went on for at least 2 - 3 years, if memory serves, which - for those who aren’t keeping score at home - ended up totalling nearly $500k by the time he died.
Obviously, not every treatment is created (or priced) equally, but… I think you can probably see what I’m getting at, anyway
Maybe it’s that or maybe it’s that I was pointing out where Assad’s allies are.
… I am not a clever man.
Why is dying in quotes? She has cancer… she’s kinda dying, not ‘dying’.
It’s in quotes because the headline is quoting a source rather than reporting information that the newspaper has evaluated themselves.
ah, that makes sense. Thanks.
Oh no, I seem to have misplaced my tiny violin.
holds both British and Syrian citizenship
lol, not anymore. Stateless guest of Russia now.
Oh no…
Anyway
Why not accept her, treat her, and try her for her crimes?
Has she actually committed any crimes? Yeah, she’s married to a dictator who did but did she have any actual political power or responsibility herself?
I’ve read that she was personally involved in the brutality. Wikipedia gives some details and sources.
Maybe this is just an oversimplification on my part, but I think of it like this: Say that my INSERT RELEVANT FAMILY MEMBER HERE spends weeks/months/decades of their life
violently oppressing a populationjust beating the absolute shit out of someone(s) in order to gain - or maintain - some sort of benefit. I’m fully aware of this activity, yet still have no problems availing myself of these clearly ill-gotten gains year after year. Have I committed any crimes? Yeah, maybe I was, say, married to a dictator who did, but… How responsible am I?To put it another way: If you saw someone attempting to attack/stab/etc someone else across the street from you, do you feel that you have a moral imperative to call 911 even if you do not personally know either party (having no political power or responsibility, say)?
“All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing…”
Being immoral is not the same as actively doing something illegal.
Says every CEO.
Ok, and…? Do you have a point of some kind here, or are we just going to simplistically cut semantic hairs and call it a day? Cuz if it’s gonna be the latter, I don’t really even understand the point of commenting to begin with since we’re apparently just going to go over vocabulary instead of, say, discussing… oh, I dunno, the actual point?
(The actual point of the conversation - and today’s vocabulary word, coincidentally - is ETHICS. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ )
The point was pretty clear, unless you make being obtuse on the internet a hobby of yours. Small advice: This is not how you get people to discuss with you. On the other hand, it’s a great way to get most people to avoid talking to you at all.
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The actual point of the conversation is “Has she actually committed any crimes?”. If you look up the definition of today’s vocabulary word, you’ll find that it has no bearing on the actual point.
Uh who cares? Anyone who wholeheartedly embraced and benefitted from atrocities can go fuck them selfs.
The person who asked the question obviously cares.
It must be wild to be so incapable and/or afraid of thinking for yourself… You people are fucking crazy 🤣
Missing the point does not mean you are thinking for yourself.
I did not ask if she was immoral, but whether she has committed any actual crimes she “could be tried for”.
I wondered this too, but she’s already in Moscow. Any care she can receive there, is still equal to or better than what the average Russian can get.
Good
