THOUGHT FOR THE DAY LIII: ON DEALING WITH SHILLS AND LIARS

As the title suggests, with an analysis of a particular Putinite's dishonest attempt at undermining a video on Tucker Carlson's interview of Vladimir Putin.

OLEKSANDR USYK VS TONY BELLEW

The weekend before last saw an interesting boxing encounter, as much for what went on beyond the ring as the match in it. The two fighters could not have been more different: Tony Bellew, a loud-mouthed trash-talking mulatto born in Liverpool, and Oleksandr Usyk, a well-spoken Ukrainian and Olympic gold-medalist who has criticised the conflict between ethnic Russians and Ukrainians in the Crimea in true nationalist terms:

 

I don't differentiate between our peoples. We're the Slavic people, let's just say that.

 

This is in spite of pressure from Ukrainian MP Vitaly Kupry, who, after Usyk's victory against Murat Gassiev in Moscow, berated Usyk for fighting in Russia, for not demanding the 'return' of the Crimea to the Ukraine  and for sportingly hugging Gassiev after easily winning the contest. Basically, Usyk was berated for not getting involved in petty nationalist politics, of country above race.