Hotel Amerifornia…

In an extremely troubling move three years ago, the Republican-controlled Congress handed the Internal Revenue Service the power to strip individuals of one of the most important and tangible rights possessed by American citizens – their passports. The Service is now starting to use this hammer. What is perhaps even more disturbing than giving the

The Russian Queue…

This morning I watched a tanker truck full of raw milk set up to sell milk. The guy had two ladies with him and the ladies set up two stations, each in opposite directions and about equal distance from the milk truck. I saw the purpose and the idea is sound. Allow the truck to

Got an extra 162,000 rubles sitting around?

Seriously Stupid? In 2015, the iconic Nokia 3310 “retired” after the sale of over 126 million units, and it is still regarded as the Finnish cellphone giant’s biggest success. Users especially appreciated the phone’s almost total indestructibility along with a battery that seemed almost never-ending.The Russian manufacturer of luxury smartphones Caviar has announced a new