Anton Nosik's Strange Religion
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 1:42AM This is a translation of a part of an incredible rant published by a Russian liberal blogger and businessman, Anton Nosik...
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I, as is known, am a Jew.
That means a follower of monotheism. I believe in the oneness of God, and completely do not believe in Satan. I think that there is only one force in this world, this force is Lord Savaof (note: I don't quite know what this is, must be a Jewish thing), who created the world, I do not believe in the existence of a force equal to the Lord. If a person rejected God, and embarked on path of evil, he is not confused by demons, he himself has not passed God's test. And there is nobody who is guilty, but he himself.
Putin, unlike me, is a pagan.
He believes in the existence of several Higher Powers. He believes that there is God, and there is Satan, and they are equal opponents (note: Putin is a Manichean?). Therefore I, in critical moments put my hopes on God, and Putin, in critical moments, is casting Satan out.
When you believe in Satan, and you recognise that he has a status that is equal to God, then you will inevitably need to somehow personify this Satan.
Somebody from contemporary [world] actors needs to be considered a pioneer of this Higher Power called Satan. And Putin believes that this [world] actor is the Department of State (or otherwise, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) of USA, headed by Madame Hillary Clinton.
We need to note that this opposition between monotheism and paganism manifests itself in modeling of a common world map.
In my understanding, the world is unipolar. In it there is one global empire, USA. All others use American Internet, work on computers created in USA, watch American films, listen to American music, study in American universities, state their salary in US dollars, and so on.
In the mind of Putin, the world is multipolar.
If there is pole [called] USA, from where we get computers, Internet, mobile phones communication, movies, books, music, and so on, so there should also be an opposite pole, either, China, North Korea, Iran, Assad's Syria, when he is against USA, we will support him.
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Enough of this unipolar monotheism, if you know Russian and want to waste time, follow the link to the article above. I thought of translating something from Novodvorskaya, I haven't done this for a long time. Those who have been reading this website for a while know that I liked to just present translations of her rants, they were a valuable comedy material, and then I discovered Anton Nosik. I will probably write my next post on this fool as well, this guy is gold. He appears to be rather prolific, runs a blog called 'dolboeb' (I frankly do not know how to render that name into Englsih: 'shithead, crazy mother fucker,' or something along the lines), I shall have a lot of fun with that...
Hat tip: Barak Obmana...
Reader Comments (30)
or better yet: 'Leo Tomicek's Strange Entry'....:-)
@ Hack
Most of that entry is not my production. Above you can see the reason why Russian liberals have almost no support, if you find that strange, I can't help you.
So, according to you,I'm to believe that the whole Russian liberal movement has 'no support' due to one man's 'strange' religious convictions??
If that's not a stretch into Putino-Samovar-Shininguvnolia, I don't know what is??.......:-)
@ Hack
It's not just one man in that bunch who happens to be weirdo, or a dishonest propagandist. ;-) It's the whole lot. Sure they have some support, of other weirdos, and dishonest propagandists. ;-)
Leos - just waiving your all knowing finger and brandishing a whole movement as being 'wierdos' is really amateurish! I know it's hard for you to believe, but there are actually people out there that do the exact same thing by brandishing those with a strong, russophile bent as being
'wierdos', 'kooks', 'sovoks' and 'Russodomites'. Let's try to be a little more precise and articulate when criticizing those of another persuasion?.....
@ Hack
The movement? Ehm... :-)
Well, the initial forces that unravelled the Soviet Union in Moscow were probably even smaller than the 10's of thousands that were on the streets last month....and who would have thought way back then what was about to happen??......I'm not suspecting a radical change like back then...after all, Putin seems to be a much more ruthless and unscrupulous ruler than Gorbachev was.....
@ Hack
You call that horde of incompetents a movement? And you even dare to compare that horde of incompetents to Soviet dissidents? Ruthless and unscrupulous leader? Worse than Gorbachev? WTF? Your reality is so funny, I can't stop laughing. :-))
Well, at least you properly see the demonstrators as 'hoardes'. We'll see who gets the last laugh!!! :-)
@ Hack
The talk was not about demonstrators, the talk was about Russian liberals. The demonstrators were a rather diverse bunch of groups that are often antagonistic to each other, and passer-by's (do not forget that group as it was the largest). There is also a difference between Russian liberals and opposition, there is a big chasm between the Russian liberals and the largest opposition party.
As far as things go, I am laughing all the way to the bank at this circus. :-))
'As far as things go, I am laughing all the way to the bank at this circus. :-))'
It wouln't surpirse me in the least. And it wouldn't surprise me if Putin Propoganda Inc. didn't make sure to leave you a 'bonus' of sorts, for all of your tireless efforts into a Sberbank account! More dough,more resin, more video games...how many international residences did you say you own, Leos??....(and on the salary of a bachloreate of History of Religion, no less!) Writing propoganda must pay very well.... :-)
@ Hack
:-))
@ Hack
I mean you watch this:
http://youtu.be/VDm4JFxx874
http://youtu.be/-lpD-1bjWCA
:-))
@ Hack
And you might as well watch this one:
http://youtu.be/tsTJxZcQEgg
Yea, I get your message Leos, that the 'hoardes' are divided (liberals, nationalists, anarchists & you missed the ethnic and communist divisions that exist as well). But these seem reminiscent of the divided voices heard after the end of the first world war, when many different groups felt disefranchised from the leaders that be (the Romanov dynasty) . The real threat to Putin is that so much dissent is visible on th e streets already, a full 2 months before the elections. This is definately not a farse orchestrated by of a few well paid lackeys of the west, as you've tried to portray, but something much deeper than even what I envisioned. Thanks for sharing these video clips with me! Poor, poor Czar Putin......
@ Hack
You can interpret what you see however you want. ;-) I know better than you. ;-)
Why, how does the all knowing Tomicek interpret these videos???.......
I think 'lord savaof' means jehova aka god.
@ Hack
I see a mob.
@ AllanH
I thought so as well. But I thought it has some semantic meaning.
'I see a mob.'
This 'mob' is a sign of change hopefully coming Leos. Hopefully the downfall of a few Russian Ceausescus. Don't be paranoid, it's not an 'Orange Mob' as you seem to think! :-)
@ Hack
We have seen these signs of change for like 8 years now. ;-)
Nothing like what is shown in the U-Tube clips that you allude to above though!
@ Hack
You are not quite correct, it was the same more or less, and to the same effect. ;-) You are trying to hype what is happening up without having any information on it. ;-)
When were there crowds as huge and as long lasting as those now demonstrating anything at all in Russia since Putin came to power??...It's not me trying to 'hype' andything up, but rather you who's trying to put a kabosh spin on anything going on!
@ Hack
The size of the crowds is not that important, it was not so large by the way. The composition of the crowds is more important to notice, and the utter disconnect between the speakers and the demonstrating. Large numbers, and long lasting protest were due to the fact that these were sanctioned events. Many of the people had nothing against Putin per se, and many were actually United Russia voters. The protest had no real effect on the powers that be, and besides, the liberal speakers were completely distant to the crowds. This is not a spin on my part, this is a fact, and if you do not want to see it, it is your problem. ;-)
Leos - like the photos that I drew your attention to a few weeks back regarding the massive support of the Ukrainian cause during and a after the revolutionary times in the early 20th centurty in Ukraine, the U-Tube videos that you allude to above, say quite a bit without a lot of necessary commentary.
What is clearly visible are a lot of people from all different political persuassions that feel motivated to hit the streets to show their displeasure with the current situation:
1) nationalists
2) liberals (muscovite middle class, as you call them)
3) commies and socialists too
Seems like a lot of people aren't very satisfied with the current state of affairs in Russia.
@ Hack
You mean these Ukrainians?
http://alternatio.org/articles/item/100-стремились-ли-украинцы-к-самостийности-в-1917-году?
:-))
Actually let me define these groups for you:
1) Manezhka/Russkiy Marsh crowd: They are representative of the radical right, not representative of nationalists, there is another kind of nationalists and they are against these types of demonstrations, and were not present there.
2) Relics of 90's: Affluent political corpses, Westernised degenerates, junkies, and freaks, most of the country hates them, including members of the same class.
3) Commies, socialists: Sovok political corpses, radicals, the Commies actually hate the number 2 group, and number 1 group hates number 2, and number 3.
Actually many people are dissatisfied with the state of affairs, but they will not give their support to orange leprosy. This is not a movement, this is a mob. And besides, focusing only on liberast protests as some sign of change obscures a vast number of Russian who want to have nothing to do with this crowd, and yet want change.
I checked out the site that you've recommended, and all that I saw looked like old line, sovok blah, blah, blah. I thought that you'd at least lead me to a site with some photos of the same era. The pictures that I bring your attention to, don't need any sort of blah, blah, blah - they speak for themselves: http://www.istpravda.com.ua/artefacts/2011/01/22/17352/
I don't pretend to be an expert on defining what these different groups represent, therefore, accept your interpretation with some interest. I have heard, however, some interviews with some of the demonstrators, and have to admit that they don't sound at all like drug crazed western plants, but rather as just ordinary citizens who just want to make sure that their voice is heard, especially at the ballot box. Isn't that how all of this started in the first place after all...government tampering at the ballot box? And anyway, what exactly is wrong with people wanting to be sure that their votes be counted accurately anyway??.......
@ Hack
There is nothing wrong with people criticising the work of the Central Electoral Committee. But the problem is when smug political corpses highjack this expression of rage, and use it to promote their own political interests. Sorry, but Russian liberals have no more than 5% of the vote, even if the elections were totally serene, so they should not be bitching. The only parties that can make noise are parties that actually matter, and the Communists have rejected association with the liberal crowd.