Category: Russia

~Rant Time On~

You would think that there is enough turmoil in America. Then they ice the cake! Now they are playing with the worthless money. I am sorry, but with all the things to spend money on and all the things wrong, we have to stir the pot and change the money…

Tubman, who is fine on the $20 bill, because she is a very important persona and I do not take that from her. Is an unnecessary idea for a country that is so broke, that we do not have the billions to spend to revamp the design of the dollars we spend and a country that cries racism at the drop of a hat….Do you think blacks on the money will help? Or will it stir the waters?

Actually if they wanted to be correct, they would take all faces off the money and use nothing but safety features to insure money is safe to use and not counterfeited. But make them generic with no slam against anyone. Or better yet, wait until we are out of debt and then decide to play with the money. The last thing that we need to more controversy and that is all this action is doing…

Why not use a geometric design so complicated that it is almost impossible to counterfeit. Why do we need to stir the racist issues?

I simply can not get out of my head the image of Aunt Jemima and now we have her on the $20 bill. In fact Aunt Jemima would be good on the bill… >>>

I believe in timing and timing of actions is important. To announce such a move right now, is simply a action of importance to a few people. It is simply put, “An act of Chaos!”

Nothing about the move is going to help things and status quo is sometimes the best thing to do…

I would never agreed that even presidents should be on the bills, but to change now makes no sense, unless you are up to something and something is up as it always is…

Lets go to the real roots and put Geronimo on the bill! Lets put “Trail of Tears” on the back of the $10 dollar bill and embrace the start of our crimes…Crimes that we ignore and will never admit. At least with slavery many other countries brought the blacks over and it was more European in nature on the Indian lands…

Get upset and get mouthy, that is what they want and forget that they are killing people all over the world. Forget that the election is going the wrong direction and forget that we are broke…

~SARC ON~ Get out in the streets and just so that nothing matters, just put Aunt Jemima on the $20 bill….But what ever you do make sure no white person is anywhere near a bill of money. Just think about all the happy drug dealers using money with Aunt Jemima on it… ~SARC OFF~

Seriously; take all humans off the bills. Take off all monuments and buildings. Put nature on them. Put a damn bear on one of them and an Bald Eagle…

But heaven forbid, now that we mention such a thing, they may try to remove the Bald Eagle as USA mascot….We have become a nation of crazy loonies….Yes, put a Loonie bird on the dollar bill…

My suggestion is to put ferrets, weasels, sheep and mice and or rats. They would fit better…

It is simply put, “An act of Chaos!”

WtR

PS: Did I piss you off? Good you should be and do some real thinking about the direction our country is going. This is not a change to make things better, but a change to create more rifts and gobbledygook…

By the way, now you can piece together the attack against the confederate flag and such, before such a move of revamping money. Tubman was a “Union Spy” and our history is elated on her existence. Simply put; Ra-Ra-Ra – Tubman, is how history is wrote…

I guess my feelings makes me too much of a Southern Boy! Damn Racists that I am…

~Rant Time Off~

Sometimes I receive an e-mail that tells me within its contents that what I write about and what I am doing is correct. I get a ton of e-mails and many I will find time to answer. I use to not answer the e-mails, for they were death threats and such. Many death threats came from Washington DC area and as many readers know. I was receiving many terrible e-mails from computer centers located even at guard shacks at DHS and affiliated organizations. All with letter titles such as TSA and FBI and CIA. It was a fun time in life…

It has been a pleasure to be able to answer some e-mails and it has been a real pleasure to not be threatened with my life, Svetochka’s life and even Boza’s life has been threatened. The system in place for comments and e-mail is working and now I am able to separate the nettles from the roses…

A website is like a garden, ignore it and weeds grow everywhere. Comments become bug and weed infested. Emails if allowed and not protected, become spawning grounds for hate and death threats. This is true if you post things that maybe true, but certain areas of the world want you silenced…

When I get back to the Tiny Russian Village, I will post about what I do there and wander away from the political arena and concentrate upon the wonderful world of Russia. It is hard to concentrate on nature in one of the largest cities in the world and I can tell you that Moscow is packed. maybe not like some cites in Asia, but it is way too packed with people for me…

But lets get back to what I started to talk about. An e-mail…

E-mails are pretty easy to decipher in the most part. E-mails that have flaws and are expressed from the heart, stand out. E-mails that are planted are very often flawed in their perfection. Flawed in their presentation and flawed how they are sent. Honesty stands out even in e-Mails…

I received and e-mail that made me think and then it made me happy. It was as unexpected to receive as the e-mail I sent to them. I live in a world still that believes that handshakes are contracts and communication is important. Even a nod of the head tells the world a whole bunch of information. A wave of the hand is more info than many are able to decipher. A e-mail sent over the web always has an undertone and you can not hide that undertone. I never pull punches with people I communicate with and many run away. Too much fear of NSA in the air waves around the world…

So yes, I get very good e-mails; I have offers to send me plants to grow in the village. I have offers of advice for things I mention and I have communications that set my mind straight and give me a better outlook on humans…

I am not alone in how I think and I am not always right, but I am always consistent in my expressions. I have been in Russia for ten years and I still love the country as much as I did when I came to her. I am still with the sweetest girl in the world and her smile still makes me the happiest man in the world. I have the best dog, who is my buddy and he walks the walk and talks the talk; when it comes to protecting and following his Alpha. He also would die protecting Svetochka and that is a fact…

Sometimes I get an e-mail that tells me a whole bunch in a few words…

Sometimes…

WtR

Putin does have a good sense of humor!

Seriously as I was thinking to myself: “This is comments of a man dealing with a situation forced on him and upon Russia, It has been dealt with integrity, which was combined with common sense. I am thinking Putin, as does Russia, sees the issue in the greater good for all mankind…”

Then I thought, “What! No Teleprompter?”

WtR

Anti-Russian Media:

I find everywhere in the western press and the bought off Russian press, many items related to the downfall of Russia. Russia is this and Russia is that. Russia is a gas station. Russia is evil. Russia is worthless. Russia is collapsing. Russia is this and Russia is that. Very little about how good Russia is and very little about how full of freedom, liberty and life in Russia is…

All you have to do is to follow and search who and what writes and is behind the articles. It is easy, just takes a few minutes and some work. What you will find is no one and nothing with substantiation. I see articles that say, “I was just in Moscow for two weeks!” Then they write a detailed report about prices and how the Russian world is crumbling under its gas station overhead…

99% of what is written by the west and by the paid western in Russia media, has any resemblance to reality. I know, I live here. I live in Russia and have lived here for 10 years now. What you are being fed as facts, are in fact simple lies that are preset and repeated a million times. The same lies are found in all anti-propaganda against Russia, coming from western related hate media. The two worst areas are America and Britain…

Yesterday I went to buy groceries:

Bread was 12 rubles a loaf. Coffee 50 rubles for 50 grams. Salt Pickles in a small bucket for 69 rubles. Bananas for 48 rubles a kilo. It goes on and on. Milk is 32 rubles for pasteurized per liter….and on and on…

Yes there was milk to be bought for 120 rubles a liter, but again, “Why the hell would someone do that and if they do then that is their choice!”

I sat this morning and ate a cheese pie:

I went to a pie shop. I call them that! They are kiosks that sell pig in the blankets and many other types of meat and cheese filled pies. It is actually a Piroshki with no meat, but just cheese. Real, delicious and gooey cheese…

I bought two of them and a small drink. I sat at a park and ate them thinking. They cost me 25 rubles each and the drink cost me 25 rubles. I spent 75 rubles ($1.14) for a meal and found myself stuffed. These were the biggest pies I have ever eaten. Oh My!

I sat and watched the people. Sveta and I both like to people watch. It gives you an idea of what is happening, the mood and conditions of life in general. I watched mothers pushing their babies in strollers. I watched delivery trucks dropping off supplies. I watched kids playing at a school. I watched a drunk stumble by. I watched employees sneak out back and get a quick smoke. I watched life in general and ate my delicious pies…

People watched me also and several came back to sit where I was sitting and they had pies also, that they just bought. We sat and ate in silence and watched the people go by…

Life is good in Russia, the people are happy, the pies are good and it was just a pie kinda day… 😉

How can that price be bad?

How can being able to buy a meal for a $ or little more be bad? How can being able to buy a cellphone for $15 dollars be bad? How can a weeks groceries for 2000 or less rubles be bad? How can $1.96 per gallon be bad for benzine? How is, How can and How could it be bad?

How could falling GDP be bad? We live in a world that bases all upon the wrong things. Bad is GDP and the worship that goes with it! Good is affordable plentiful items. Russia has all the goods and the amount of goods is and are growing. That then will bring up the worshiped GDP…

Sanctions and Propaganda:

It has all failed and from what I am seeing in places like Ukraine, and much of the west, the sanctions have backfired and have not just bit the hand that feeds it, but have stabbed that hand all the way through. That includes a depressed USA is starting to feel the issues associated with sanctions against 30 plus countries all over the world….Did I say 30 plus countries?

We (America) are the failed state, not these other countries. Sanctions or war! What a choice…

I dream:

I dream of an America that lifts these sanctions around the world, stops the wars and gathers her people up and treats them with respect. Farfetched I know…

I still dream of a USA that actually uses her power for good and actually tries to change countries through cooperation and helpfulness…

I dream of an America that is strong and wonderful, but all I see is an America that hates and is scared of all around her…

Now I see an America that is actually paying people within her borders to try to stop certain presidential hopefuls from winning. I mean seriously, we are doing the same as we do to other countries to keep the status quo…

Now, how ignorant is that? It will only lead to a hastening of the downfall…

WtR

I sometimes feel that Svetochka wishes I would not go to the Tiny Russian Village. Then many times I know she wants me to. I am deteriorating in Moscow. My feet are hurting, my arthritis is out of hand and my ability to walk has been cut in half. I also run a fever from arthritis that I do not deal with in the village. Yesterday I ran a 38.5 temperature. That is 101.3 for Americans. I do not run this temperature in the village. I hurt from arthritis, but I do not suffer like in Moscow…

It is a strange phenomenon, but it is real and I have written about this issue several times. I can walk for hours in the village, but I am down to short walks in Moscow, all due to pain. The difference in conditions is a big deal to me. My body talks to me as I try to survive in Moscow Russia, as my body remembers the village, it rebels…

I love Moscow, but Moscow seems to not love me at times…

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Therefore, Svetochka and I need to make a few trips to some big shopping areas and stock up on food and stuff. Sveta already got our seed potatoes and I need to get them planted. I have all my seeds necessary for all the other plants and maybe we need to get a few tomato plants to see how they do…

I am waiting for a reconditioned cellphone to arrive; Samsung S5620 Monte: I ordered it from Aliexpress (dirt cheap) and it has a great camera and fantastic GPS system. I need the GPS for walking in the woods and not get lost. The camera will allow me to record my escapades and not have to carry extra items as I walk with Boza…

It has been reconditioned and I know from past experiences that it is a good phone. We will see, for I am a phone killer and can match the best of them at any given time… 😉

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Thus today I will walk the dog again and take a nap. I am running a 37.4 fever right now and also have developed a sore throat. Normal for me in Moscow. The weather is simply terrible and my arthritis is on a rampage. I most likely need to take another round of steroid shots, a series of shots I give myself to help my arthritis and it does help. It has been a few years now and I can feel the need to do it again. It is really no fun, yet it does help…

Ouch darn needles…

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Vova, from the village has been calling and begging Svetochka not to keep me in Moscow. He wants me to come back home to the village. Nice to be missed! I am missed when I am in the village and missed when I am in Moscow. Sveta counts the most though, but Sveta is also seeing that my fever has come back and walking has become a chore…

Time to get back to the village…

WtR

I am giving thanks from my heart for all the donations received. I received several while I was in Ukraine fighting against the odds and getting my work done. It took all my time available in Ukraine and thus, I got behind in thanking people…

No names, just a sincere thank you. You know who you are…

Svetochka, Boza and I thank you for helping pay the fees associated with our site. The outpour of support helps me to write almost daily and the wonderful e-mails I get, keep me going. Windows to Russia had some very bad years as we were attacked 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year…

Somehow with the help of the hosting company I know use. We were able to get a smooth flow going and I can not help but tell you that 1984 Hosting is the best that there is. If you have a website and have issues resulting from western cyber attacks, 1984 Hosting in Iceland is the best…

One day I will have the money to pay the hosting for 3 to 5 years ahead and get a really good deal on price. 1984 is worth it and much more…

Once again, thank you for the support and thanks to all who care…

WtR

America has done a bad thing and or maybe a good thing. It is just how you look at things…

I see it the way these kids are seeing it and I see a Russian people who have woke up to the Warmongering USA. They demand Obama to answer for his and all of Americas crimes. Those crimes are numerous and serious in nature. Whether you as an American did it or not and or asked for it or not and or wanted the crimes to happen or not, complacency is a crime…

Russians just want to be left alone and live in peace and harmony. Seems that America and Europe want to go to war and cause hate and chaos…

Russia is waking up, while Americans seem to be going to sleep…

Russians are intellects and intellects do not perform divertissement…

WtR

I went shopping for a new water boiler today. In Russia everyone heats water by a electric water pitcher (well almost, some use samovars and such) after they filter the water. I am very use to doing this now and even in the village I use an electric pitcher. The other one we had just went out yesterday and I was heating water in a sauce pan this morning and I had a grouchy worried girl that she would not get her tea before leaving for the day…

I decided to solve such a issue and get a new pitcher…

This is a device that you can not live without in Russia and I have become attached to using one daily. Tea is not tea without such a device. At least easy tea and I use the water after it cools down to just drink. They are just a device of necessity, Russians do not trust the water, especially in Moscow. It has chlorine in it and they dislike chlorine…

I dislike chlorine now that I have cleaned my system from such, as in America. I can smell it a mile away and tastes terrible in the water. So we filter the water with charcoal and boil all drinking water. I am lucky that in the village, I have such pure water that I drink it straight from the bucket, but we still have to boil it to have delicious hot tea…

The reason I am talking about this is so that you learn a little more about Russia and to tell you about a company that has changed tremendously since I have started living in Russia ten years ago…

Eldorado is a wonderful company, but at one time I would have not said that. Today I went to buy a pitcher to boil water with and they said one year warranty, full replacement…

I got home and boiled the water. Then after thinking all was good, I went and did something else. The pitcher leaked all over the place and I had a pond in our kitchen…

It simply leaked and since I am like most Russians, I thought; Oh no! Here we go with the games and return bit…

They listened to what was wrong, went and got another one and said they were sorry and I thanked them thoroughly and all was good…

Therefore, I have to say something about such treatment and if you are ever in Russia, Eldorado is the place to shop. The prices are good (water boiler 1900 rubles – $28) and no issues to return a bad item. No questions and they even checked the new one out before I left, to make sure it worked…

Sometimes life is just nice and people are good. Sometimes not, but times like this are what we should thank people for and I thank Eldorado and their employees…

Now Svetochka will not be stressed over her hot tea water… 😉

Maybe someday we can get a samovar…

WtR

Not even two years did it last. But it was the toughest phone I have ever had and lasted beyond what all the others would do. The Texet tm-511r has been a good phone and I am sad… 🙁

I finally lost the phones software in Ukraine.  About three weeks ago the camera froze. I tried reset and that did nothing. The situation got worse everyday and at the end, I had to turn it off between calls and those calls only lasted a few minutes. The phone was overheating and simply was tired of putting up with me…

I tried to make it last until I got home, but I was stressing out over not having communication. I bought a new phone from a kiosk in Kiev and it is not bad. It will not last, for it is too cheaply made. But it will last until I can find another phone that will put up with me and who knows, it may just last for many years. Okay, I know better than that, but I can hope…

It looks good, but is made cheap and I mean cheap. Drop it and it will explode in a million pieces…

It is so cheap that they gave me a case to go with it. I guess they looked at my clumsy hands and thought, “Either a case or he brings it back in a few hours!”

It worked and I am back in Russia… 😉

It cost 500 hryvnia and they tossed a 59 hryvnia case in for free. 500 hryvnia is $19.65 at today’s rate. So a phone that has lots of goodies, will last at least a month under my hands and a case to help protect it, for less than $20. That is a bargain and to top it all off, I really like the phone…

I loved the Texet, but it fell out of love with me and while I could buy one like it in Ukraine. It was just way too expensive there. They wanted $300 plus for the same type of phone and I just could not see that. I can buy one still in Russia for less than 3000 rubles (just checked,) that makes the same exact phone in Russia at $45 to $50…

I will decide what to do later. I have a cheap Nokia that I found laying on the ground years ago and it does work. I use it as a backup phone now. A backup that I forgot to take with me to Ukraine. I gave my other backup phone to Vova and he loves that little Samsung. It is his pride and joy. He even bought a case for it…

My new phone is almost a carbon copy of the Samsung sgh-u800 soul that I had and it was tore in half when a truck ran into me years ago. This Keneksi is okay, but the Samsung was the cats meow for me and I miss it. Just could not buy another one after that Samsung was destroyed…

I am a cellphone destruction derby and no phone, rugged or not, survives long with me. Poor cellphones, I feel bad for everyone of them and I liked them all…

WtR

I could write a hundred pages about what I saw and what has become of Kiev, but it would do no good. America has bought and paid for all the right people and what they (Ukraine) gets is what they get. When people stay silent as the demons take over, you get what you deserve. In Kiev, what they are getting is a very sad situation…

To be honest it hurt me to see a city that I love so much being sucked into the quagmire and it compares to the partner in your life and they start taking heroin and are full fledged addicts, as you see that nothing will stop the self-destruction. That you see happening right in front of your eyes is sadness of unimaginable depths…

I saw a city that has sold its soul to the devil and now it is reaping what it garnered from that sale…

From the children empty playgrounds, the women being harassed in broad daylight, drugs being sold in full view, faces of the people looking at the ground in fear of reprisal, multiple levels of new police and military, gangs of Muslims and the fathomless sadness. Sadness so deep that it hurts to walk among the people of this once fantastic city and see what has been done to their spirit and souls…

Sadness is but just a Kiev…

WtR