Windows to Russia

For only someone fearing for their lives would act, treat and play games like the ones that the U.S. are doing. I have never seen my country so harrowed of another country. I have never seen such blatant lies and saber rattling. The U.S. is a superpower (?) that acts like a third world countryContinue reading It Has Become Obvious: The USA is rattled about Russia… (Video)

Up until a few weeks ago, I would have said, “The world needs to sanction the U.S.!” Now I realize after what I have seen with Iran and now Russia, plus many other countries. That sanctions are a blessing and not a destruction. Sanctions against a country cause a country to unify and develop itsContinue reading Sanctions are the Motivator…

I use to work days so long that I would forget what day it was, as I found myself, sometimes 48 hours straight, nonstop and working. It was so bad that I would have a dorm room at the university I worked for, set aside, so that I could sleep two or three hours andContinue reading What Life is About?

We all know that McDonald’s being pressured by the American government shut the door on some very lucrative businesses in the Crimea. Three to be exact and Sveta and I have several times visited all three in the past. The volumn of business was very good and worth multiples of millions of dollars in grossContinue reading Russia’s Crimea: McDonald’s Left / Burger King Says Hello…

“There is a de facto redefinition of “the economy” when sharp contractions are gradually lost to standard measures. The unemployed who lose everything…easily fall off the edge of what is defined as “the economy” and counted as such. So do small shop and factory owners who lose everything and commit suicide. And so do theContinue reading Culling the Human Herd in the 21st Century: The Savage Sorting – by John Stanton

I am not always sure what makes Sveta and I do certain things, but I feel that a change in the atmosphere is what drove us to install a better door on our flat. That atmospheric change which was along the lines of “flat number 5,” (we are number two by the way) showing signsContinue reading The New Door on our Russian Flat…

(Western) Easter Sunday is April 20, 2014 (Orthodox) Easter Sunday is April 20 , 2014 Ash Wednesday is March 5, 2014 Palm Sunday is April 13, 2014 Good Friday is April 18, 2014 This year in a rare occurrence, the Easters are on the same day all over the world… I found that interesting, becauseContinue reading Sunday April 20th, 2014 is Orthodox Easter Day – Observance…

Vladimir Zhirinovsky man who guides the Liberal and Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR,) wants all McDonald’s fast food restaurants in Moscow and anywhere in Russia closed. Tossed out and removed. Then Pepsi Cola is next in line… “McDonald’s has closed its restaurants in the Crimea – this is very good. Now it needs to closeContinue reading I like this guy: Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the LDPR…

The picture above talks to me! It is impressive and it immortalizes time suspended. It brings my younger years back into focus and that sometimes is important. That photo above says power, power and more power. The power to reach the stars… I know that Americas Saturn V is the most powerful and the mostContinue reading My Russian Reminiscing…