Mark Mola

Thoughts with you and his family and friends.

Yeah. Not buying the "No drugs involved" story.

The writer denies it was drug induced. But he would.

But the MacArthur Park lyric, it leaves my brain racing. Like it was your cake but you let someone leave it out in the rain? Why?

Ah, I recall you do like a bit of Lyle in your life, which I respect

Add to that the fact that Donna Summer repeats "Again" and spins it out till it goes Disco

I've listened to a lot of music in my life but to this day I have never heard a better lyric than this from MacArthur Park

Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again

Some call him "the father of modern genocide" - He switched tactics from direct military conflict in Circassia to that of encirclement, starvation, and the deliberate targeting of civilians. It's during his term Russian military documents start to use the term "ochistit" (cleanse) for operations.

During the Circassian genocide general Yermolov collected Circassian heads. He would keep them in his house, to the point where visitors would talk later of the stench of the decay

There's a reason medical professions take years to qualify for. For anything beyond a simple headache or short term pain, go talk to your doctor

It took a long time for young Circassians to "come out" as polytheists, but at heart that is our spiritual tradition. We celebrate the gods of all forms of nature.

YouTube video by Rajdian Вечера черкесской музыки в Осетии: Джэрпэджэж / Jrpjej - Елэ Елэ

This is a song listing all the old gods in a place where everyone can love and enjoy it. That means a lot to me www.youtube.com/watch?v=STgk...

I read that as "locksmacking", but I grew up in Glasgow (but real lock artists never do that)

If you have to sing one it would be The Partisan - A song for the mood of the days

I am, and always will be, a rebel.

One of the great tragedies of imperialist oppression is that you find comfort in the idea that some other imperialist might be better

Sorry to say, but you'll find many Palestine diaspora have similar beliefs. A lot of my family are Palestine diaspora and quite a few support the Tehran regime

I have never shouted in pain, I have never weeped. I was taught never to do so. But if the time comes when I do, sing Shekeh for me, so the gods will not hear

YouTube video by Jrpjej - Topic Шэхэх

This is Shekeh, a Circassian song for pain and suffering. A Circassian is not allowed to express pain, shed tears, so when someone is in pain this chant is done to cover the shame of them crying out. It drowns the noise they may make www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CIA...

To be honest, the only thing I actually know about "sport" is watching Glasgow Celtic. It's not a misery or joy I asked for.

(side note, where I grew up immigrants were not generally welcome, but the Celtic side did welcome immigrants, so I supporterd them)

You have a "sports" you call "football" that involves more hands than feet.

YouTube video by Алиса Супронова / Supernova Алиса Супронова - Если духом ты слаб (Тимур Муцураев)

A good version of one of Timur's songs. If you are weak in spirit.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OTL...

Don't know about Soviet/Russia classrooms, but my mother, who was left-handed told me she would be beaten with a cane for using her left hand in school. That was in Scotland in the 40s

The UK doesn’t “offer” asylum. It warehouses and abuses people in a dysfunctional asylum system for years and tries to throw them all out.

A Washington Post post on X wrote 'Russia’s South Caucasus' while reporting on JD Vance’s visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan. The article, shared on X, was written by Washington Post Foreign Desk reporter Mary Ilyushina, a correspondent covering 'Russia and the wider region'.

YouTube video by Metin Kodzoko Diana Apsova | Sybaba | Сбаба

This is one of the most wonderful Circassian accordion players I have heard. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBti...

For those not well aware, "Possessing a grenade" is a favorite of local law enforcement in the North Caucasus. Easy enough to plant, hard to deny. It has been used countless times

Yes, was never really sure what happened with that. It wasn't really covered well at the time, probably because the details were kept quiet

A banger you ask, not in English? www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNpL...

‘A quiet, creeping Russification’: the displacement of indigenous languages across Russia According to the 2020 census, almost all national languages lost speakers despite the demographic growth of the corresponding ethnic groups.

A quiet, creeping Russification’: the displacement of indigenous languages across Russia

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