Ukraine was apart of Russia since the time of Alexsei Romanov.. The long and short of it is the whole area up until western Europe was under the domain of the Mongols. Then in one decisive battle the yoke of the    Mongols was thrown off by a Russian. So Russia became independent while the Ukraine was still part of Poland. Then the Cossacks of Ukraine rebelled from Poland and sought alliance with the Turks and then Russia i.e. Alexsei Romanov thus became ruler of Ukraine in the 1600's. It remained a part of Russia until the start of the USSR. Then it was still part of what in the west was still called russia even though the ussr was not strictly Russia but it still was more or less the exact same thing as the empire ruled by the czars.

 The transcendental deduction of Kant is on shaky ground. He himself rewrote it in the second edition. The idea is to show that after he has first given proof that reason and empirical knowledge have two different sources, then he wants to show that in spite of that, they work together to give true knowledge. I am thinking that the Friesian idea of a deeper source of knowledge [immediate non-intuitive knowledge] gives a answer that is almost implicit in Kant himself. For even in the second edition of the Critique,  he only shows that pure reason and knowledge based on the senses must work together, but not how.  

Say no to worship of tadikim and no to pantheism.

 I should make clear that my basic approach is that of  Deuteronomy from around chapters 5 to 10. that is straight monotheism. So I might agree that Rav Nachman of Breslov has deep insights in the human experience, still I do not hold from any sort of worship of tzadikim, nor any kind of pantheism. It does not matter if people try to dress up these false doctrines in the guise of Torah.

 There ought to be some means or ways of determining  what is legitimate philosophy  [such that does not depend on taste]. For i have been conflicted between Hegel and Jacob Fries for as long back as i can remember having learned their different world views. It is not that i am trying to discover the one true philosophy but rather that i see elements of both approaches that come up all the time.  for example the triads of Hegel you see in the fact that there can only be three kinds of surfaces: spheres, or torus [or connected torus's] or projective planes. On the other hand Kant's ideas also seem to come up all the time and Kant seems to be in need of some kind of modification also and the best in that way seems to be the Friesian Approach.

To Be Rescued from Dark Side Torah

 Even though the study of Musar [mediaeval books on ethics] was emphasized by Israel Salanter as away to gain correction of faulty character traits, it has the further advantage of world view-- that is of gaining a world view not contaminated by modern confusions.

To some degree the effect of modern confusions can be mitigated [lessened] by the study of midrash, still midrash is not systematized. Musar is systematic and does not depend on philosophical sophistication or previous knowledge of tenach or gemara.

There is also  advantage that pseudo Torah is generally taught instead of Torah. musar shields from the Torah of the Sitra Achra [Dark Side Torah.]]

 It is not who is in the White House is the problem in the USA. Great republics do no depend on who lead but on the collective spirit. If the ideals that America was founded on are weak, that is the real threat.  

[i am being short as usual. what i am hinting at is Nero and the fact that the Roman Empire managed and even expanded and grew in power even with the most degenerate emperors.

Also i am making note that the department of disinformation [misnamed as the department of education] has a hand in the decay and erosion of American Values by it promotion of false ideologies,]

 marriage just seems like jumping out of an aitplane with a fifty fifty chance that your parachute might open. all the romance  seems to have been lost. Nowadays marriages seem like business transactions.  the guy gets sex and pays for it. until after the marriage when he pays for it without getting it. 

i have thought for a long time to depend on the Raavad and Ramban that see having a mistress as perfectly okay.