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Being a nationalist requires that you view yourself and people of your group to be superior to other groups, else there would be no point in it because the national identity being defended would cease to be meaningful.

This probably explains why you think the Ukrainian people are incapable of seeing other ex-soviet states like Estonia, Lithuania, Poland and so forth look west after the collapse of the USSR and see how much they've gained in terms of wealth and freedom then decide they want that for themselves. It explains why you view Ukrainians as some kind of inferior human that couldn't possibly want the things that most people want by themselves like increased wealth or greater freedom, without CIA interference.

I find it rather odd however that you describe yourself as an American nationalist whilst serving the propaganda goals of Russia and hence necessarily damaging American interests and ideals. You talk of the far right in Ukraine, but the people who have the most to fear from that viewpoint recognise what an absolute lie that idea is:

http://www.jta.org/2014/06/02/...

Meanwhile, we have Russia hosting the far right, and involving British neo-Nazis like Nick Griffin in his election whitewashing:

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/...

We have Putin pouring money into France's far right:

http://www.independent.co.uk/n...

And in fact, just supporting the far right right across Europe in general:

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/...

But it's not just support of course, it's the way Putin acts against minorities, using gay people as a hate target just as Hitler and King Edward I did with the Jews:

https://www.truthwinsout.org/p...

Or simply silencing anyone who hates having their territory illegally annexed resulting in concerned 3rd party nations who are typically Russian allies like India to report on the fact that Turkey is having to send in monitors to make sure it doesn't escalate further than the level of ethnic cleansing that Putin has already carried out:

http://zeenews.india.com/news/...

http://www.aljazeera.com/indep...

Of course, I don't expect any of this to matter to you. I've seen you post here before and I know you're normally incapable of consideration of alternative viewpoints, I know that you have your CIA/Koch brothers conspiracy theories and wont believe anything else. But I've made a point here, a point of linking to news sources in Europe, Russia, India, the Middle East to show you that the things I've pointed out aren't controversial, that the only people that wont accept them are Putin and his supporters. So if you do as you normally do, and refuse to believe what is evidenced in front of you, you at very least must stop pretending you're not just parroting the pro-Putin viewpoint - because as the Moscow Times articles show, even moderate Russians themselves disagree with you - this isn't about Russians vs. non-Russians, this is about Putin apologists as you have been in this conversation so far, against reality.

So you've really a choice, you can wake up and stop parroting long discredited RT propaganda word for word, or

This story takes place n India. In India, most people refer to personal identifiers for electronic mail as "email IDs".

As of this writing, the first Google search result that comes up is India.com's email registration, whose title proudly proclaims that you can be proud of having an email ID there.

I think you missed the big one: lots of people might actually start using Google+.

I doubt it, it was unpopular before the real names policy and I don't see the reversion of that policy increasing it's popularity.

Some people just didn't like the blatant privacy violations.

Sorry I'm not really familiar with Google+ - outside of the necessity of it to make use of Google services and the incessant nagging from Google that I create one - but what privacy violations does this change rescind? I did a bit of a search and found this but AFAIK that is still in effect (or maybe it isnt?).

Bingo! I've identified an anti-science kook! Do I win something?

Your argument is weak and unsubstantiated.

Name a "natural cure" I can't get that actually works.

I am not saying the FDA is going out of their way to block natural remedies known to work. But, due to a BIAS in the system, the science doesn't get done on the natural remedies in the first place. If my argument is right, then THERE ARE legitimate effective natural treatments ---- BUT, for at least most of them, nobody can say that they actually work. This means that If I am right: an inherent conclusion is that it is probably impossible to 'name a natural cure' that definitely works 100% which can't be marketed.

With very high confidence, there are many, BUT I cannot tell you with confidence which ones actually do work, since they are lacking the basic research ---- that pharma companies would only be willing to pay to commission - if they could profit from the result of their studies moreso, than their work on treatment formulations containing synthetic active ingredients.

Best example would be: penicillin being discovered today, as a mold found in nature. Since it was a discovery of something in nature -- nothing to patent. The FDA would crack down anyone trying to sell this silly mold product, in principal. To get it approved to FDA standards; a sponsor would be needed. The sponsor would have to be able to profit. They profit by patenting the result so nobody else can make and sell it for cheap. If they can't patent it..... they are better off, forgetting about it --- and continuing to sell their less-effective remedies that do not actually cure the disease, only mask some symptoms.

There are plenty of natural formulations that the FDA has cracked down on, without evaluating the effectiveness of these treatments.

I am in favor that science be done, but I am also in favor of free choice from buyers. Let's be realistic about it ---- if there's not money to be made; it would be stupid for a business to spend money on the science: when another company will free ride -- just use the results, to compete with them, without the substantial capital required to do have hired the scientists and paid the expenses to commission the studies.

If there's a natural remedy; it makes more sense, to figure out a synthetic formulation that does what the natural remedy does.

Either the product had to be discontinued, or the marketing had to be changed, so it no longer claimed to help with any disease; products like Genzyme, various anti-bacterial soaps containing materials such as Tea Tree oils, Article: Under pressure from pharma lobby, US cracks down on Ayurvedic diabetes medicines, other ayurvedic products.

Name some natural formulas that have been approved by the FDA to be marketed as a treatment for a disease.

If you're talking about this then you're going to have to find a better source:

http://vactruth.com/2011/03/28/news-of-smallpox-outbreak-in-india-raises-fear/

Wasn't even Jakarta, get your facts straight.

http://zeenews.india.com/news/jharkhand/small-pox-resurfaces-in-jharkhand_695012.html

Wasn't smallpox either:

http://www.sify.com/news/no-small-pox-in-jharkhand-officials-news-health-ldxuknedjcc.html

Case in point http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/in-china-22-school-students-stabbed_816680.html

Even with the danger posed by the current hostilities, Israel continues to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza. Name another country, when faced with rocket attacks on its civilian population, as Israel has for the past 5+ years, which would do anything similar.

Oh yes - Egypt has an ongoing land blockade of Gaza as well.

NASA went from the first manned spaceflight to walking on the moon in around seven years. China first flew a manned spaceflight eight years ago; what major breakthroughs have they made in comparison?

Made an iPhone clone.
Invited WalMart to China.
Relaunched a 1980's Ukranian Aircraft Carrier.
Filed more crappy patents than anyone else.

They sure are scary little folk...

http://zeenews.india.com/news/space/soon-seti-to-search-the-moon-for-alien-artifacts_749128.html

http://www.slashgear.com/seti-to-check-moon-for-signs-of-aliens-28204769/

http://news.discovery.com/space/seti-to-scour-the-moon-for-alien-tech-111227.html

I wonder if they'll find Daneel there?

China is working on a blue water navy. Article is dated Sunday, April 18, 2010

China has been, and will be, developing a blue water navy. They're in no position to threaten the US at the moment and show no inclination to do so at any rate. So your point is exactly what? That the Chinese will risk a major confrontation with the rest of the world for rare earths? Righto. Best to loosen the tinfoil a bit.

Rare earths aren't particularly rare, they are just present in such low concentrations that they are expensive (and environmentally problematic) to mine. If the cost goes up a bit, there will be many other sources of rare earths developed. The short term issue is that developing such sources takes time and China has much of the current supply spoken for. However, these new Japanese discoveries will not come on line in the near future - they will take an enormous investment to get to the surface. So they will be of little help to the rest of the world. They do offer Japan a potentially home grown supply and they may find it advantageous to spend the time and considerable money working out the problems of hauling large amounts of muck out of an abyssal plain. Everyone else, not so much.

China is working on a blue water navy. Article is dated Sunday, April 18, 2010