Windows to Russia

So that cup of coffee is really good today as I look out the window into Russia. The snow is falling so hard that I can not see the buildings around the complex. So an article on snow seemed good… Sveta made a big mistake the other day! It is the same mistake that IContinue reading Snow Snow Snow and By Golly Some More Snow in Our Part of Russia…

When Muhammad bin Halim stepped out of his front door in Benghazi one September morning, he waved at his neighbor before walking toward his candy-apple-red Hyundai. When the head of the financial-crimes unit in the Libyan Interior Ministry opened the door, a bomb exploded, sending him to the ground and showering him with debris. Luckily,Continue reading Today Lets Remember What We Did To Libya: We (USA) are Stupid and Immoral…

The United States of America remains the preeminent global empire very much by design. Its expansion was not by accident. In fact, it was a necessity. Indeed, America’s instruments of national power–diplomatic, intelligence, military, economic, financial, law enforcement, information and people–remain unmatched in their productive capacity, global reach and destructive power. There is no nation-stateContinue reading The Raptor’s Eye in Washington, DC: General Petraeus, JIEDDO and Auntie’s Pervert* by John Stanton…

As you know, if you follow my writings, that I am sort of a tinkerer in android phones and other computer items. This morning while drinking that wonderful cup of coffee and doing my morning thinking’s, as I always try to do. I have been centering my thoughts around a particular Samsung phone that SvetaContinue reading Example of Media Exaltation of a Product…

Heart surgeons have performed the first-ever implantation of the artificial heart valve, which was developed in Russia. The valve was produced in the Moscow-based Bakulev’s Center of Cardiac Surgery in cooperation with a company from Penza. The valve differs from all of its predecessors for better blood pass-ability. For the time being, the Russian, full-flowContinue reading New Russian Heart valve Implanted for the first time: world’s best heart valve…

“(NaturalNews) In reviewing all the breaking news over the last few months and looking for the “big picture” of where America is headed, one pattern has emerged with striking regularity: America has quietly become less free in many ways than nations like Cuba, China and even Venezuela. This is especially true in California, where “justice”Continue reading Cuba, Venezuela, Russia and China now more free than America in notable ways…

Having lived in Russia for 6 years now and traveling too many other countries. I realized that I assume that everyone has a passport. I would say that from what I am seeing, 50% of most people in their home country have a international passport. I believe that it is much higher than that figureContinue reading Interesting Thoughts Over a Cup of Coffee: International Passports…

This year Sveta is getting a Thanksgiving meal. I tried the first year I was here in Russia (By the way – I came to Russia on October 10th, 2006) and Sveta did not take to the idea at all, but this year since she has been doing a lot of teaching English, she hasContinue reading Thanksgiving in Russia… (2012)

I am always looking for “Made in USA” items in Russia as I shop. Sveta finally found an item the other day and it is the first thing that I have seen in years. I know of a few items in Russia that are made in the USA. I see peanut butter, maple syrup, fatContinue reading Made in USA in Russia…

Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani’s recent statement was apt, timely and thought-provoking. It is a positive contribution that evoked a lively media debate. Vested interests tried to portray it as the “clash of institutions”. However, difference of opinion is not at all a sign of “clash” between state organs, especially in aContinue reading National interest and Pakistan Army by Nadir Mir…