Windows to Russia

The US national debt has climbed above $22 trillion… Don’t like that I (an independent nobody) say it? Then look at MSM and they all say it… WASHINGTON – The national debt surpassed $22 trillion for the first time on Tuesday, a milestone that experts warned is further proof the country is on an unsustainable […]

First I had to make things usable again on my WordPress site. This was after a boneheaded move by WordPress… Disable Gutenberg for your WordPress Blog… They had pissed me off and I have finally found the answer… The business-focused CMS Powerful. Versatile. Predictable. ClassicPress is a modified and enhanced version of WordPress (without Gutenberg) […]

На архипелаге Новая Земля объявлен режим чрезвычайной ситуации из-за нашествия белых медведей. В населенных пунктах Архангельской области животных с каждым днем становится все больше, голод вынуждает их подбираться все ближе к людям. Опасных зверей встречают на свалках, улицах и на детских площадках. Доходит до того, что незваные гости забредают в подъезды жилых домов. О нашествии […]

For the past month I have been working on getting my U.S. Passport renewed. If you live outside the USA and do not desire to wander back to the US and renew there, you can, in most countries renew your passport while in another country… Now this article is the basics and the next article […]

How Trump’s trade war kept Russian fish sticks in US school lunchrooms: Washington (CNN) – A trade decision by the Trump administration has inadvertently protected a price advantage enjoyed by Russian-caught fish sold in the US, much of which ends up in fish sticks served to American school children. For years, Alaskan fishermen have been […]

Maybe this coming Tuesday, Svetochka and I will go to Moscow and I will visit the USA Embassy/Consulate and pick up my passport… Then I will write about the whole experience and let people know what information they need and what to do when you are out of the US and need to renew their […]

When preparing for a vacation abroad: Travelers will hear all kinds of contrasting advice about how to carry themselves in a foreign country. On the one hand – When in Rome, do as the Romans do, on the other hand – Don’t forget where you came from… Again: On the one hand – Be yourself. […]

Mahatma Gandhi — “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.” Now that is profound truth… WtR

This morning as I was drinking my cup of coffee, I thought about the place we discovered years ago, near a hospital that we visited to see someone who had been admitted….I realize how important it has been for me to document things we see, as we travel around Moscow, Russia and many other countries… […]

Had my first taste of 5G… Faster than a striped ass ape with his tail on fire… В России же рекорд скорости 5G пока принадлежит “Мегафону”. В июне оператору удалось добиться передачи данных в сети на скорости 35 гигабит в секунду. Испытания проводились в лабораторных условиях на оборудовании Huawei. Базовая станция работала в режиме TDD […]