Category: Russia

Oh my the shashlik was so good. The first of the year and a great treat for ending a long winter. As you see spring is here, but we still are struggling with cold and snow. But yesterday, Sveta saw a mosquito and I heard frogs croaking this morning, as Boza chased ducks and I sat and watched and listened to all the new wildlife showing up as it gets warmer everyday…

When Sveta is here, I have to endure sneak camera attacks as I work around the home…

Every time I do something, there is a little sneaky girl taking pictures. Oh well, that is life, just as everything else goes with it all as a big merry-go-round…

Yes the shashlik was excellent and we ate every last bite. I also grilled eggplant and it was good that way to. The sun was shining and it warmed the air enough to make eating outside comfortable, as long as you were bundled up. Or in my case my hooded sweatshirt fit the bill perfect. Sveta had on a winter coat, some of “my” warmest pants, long underware and most likely three or four shirts on also. She looked like a little Eskimo to me, but she warmed up quick and was happy as a bug in a rug to eat chicken shashlik… (So was Boza!)

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Last night we watched a movie on the computer called Tomorrowland, it was okay , but I had to endure another attack with my extremely spastic right kidney and back. The damage done passing a stone was probably not good and I did pass blood, enough to know that I was not having fun… 😉 You see I ended up passing it all the way to the outer world and it got rough. It was a big stone…

So I ended up taking another round of Nise and when it finally kicked in, I passed out. Thank god for Nise!

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I find life interesting and experiences like a kidney stone do not make life terrible, it makes life more precious after it is all over. There is something about the relief of the fact that you are going to live, even when you know the pain will not kill you, the relief of that pain is very important mentally and makes life so much more precious…

But I do admit that while the stone is passing, life kinda sucks for awhile…

We are going to try the Apple Cider Vinegar Treatment…

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Sunday we leave to go back to Moscow. I will be in Moscow about two to three weeks and during that time, I will be getting medical issues dealt with, passport issues dealt with and spending time with Svetochka my sweetie pie…

Today I am going to finish up around the yard outside and make sure that everything is safe to leave for awhile. It looks to be an okay day. Sunny sometimes and rainy some other times. Might be a good day to do another shashlik. I have plenty of chicken and Svetochka loves shashlik…

WtR

The night before was hell and full of fever, slight pain and very messed up sugar levels. That should be a sign to me, but I still have things to do and I still get them done. I worked all day yesterday and about 6 p.m. all hell broke loose. I passed a kidney stone last night. This is a serious issue due to diabetes…

I am so thankful that Russia does not have a stupid prescription issue, like America does. I took over the counter pain relief and as I knew, it did nothing. Then I found something I have not taken for a long time, a box of pills called NISE. NISE (or say NICE) are the best, but since they are a narcotic, I use them maybe once a year. When the going gets tough, the tough take NISE…

Nimesulide or as I call it, “The only way to survive a large kidney stone!”, is a non prescription drug in Russia. Not many drugs are prescription in Russia and I have talked about this before. Praise God that I live here in Russia and do not have to see a doctor just to get a simple pain killer…

What is NISE?

Nimesulide, a widely prescribed anti-inflammatory analgesic drug belongs to BCS class II and exhibit low and variable oral bioavailability. It is produced in India and Russia.

Nimesulide (4-nitro-2-phenoxymethanesulfoanilide) is a selective COX-2 NSAID drug. This compound, a derivative of p-nitrophenyl methane sulfonamide, is structurally a unique non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. It belongs to selective COX-2inhibitors, with a potent analgesic activity.

It’s indicated as second line treatment for acute pain, symptomatic treatment of painful osteoarthritis and primary dysmenorrhoea.

Features include:

Desirable results
Helpful and beneficial
No side effects (to speak of)
Fast and quick effects

Usage of Nimesulide 100mg- Tablet

Analgesic and antipyretic.
Rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, other degenerative joint disorders treatment
Musculo skeletal disorders treatment
Thrombophlebitis.
Improves skintone (?)
Heart Diseases
Dry Skin (?)
Cancer treatment

It was first given to me many years ago for osteoarthritis, which I have very bad and at times it almost puts me down. But I refuse to take pain killers and use it very little. I use NISE only for emergencies and last night was an emergency. I can stand a lot of pain in the world, but a kidney stone is the one thing that I can not get a grip on. The pain is like a roller coaster ride and it is a ride to hell itself. Finally I broke down and grabbed two NISE and within 20 minutes, I was able to go to sleep. The point of no return had been met and I became a wimp… 😉

The tablet I take consists of Nimesulide which is a well known anti inflammatory and non steroidal medicine. There is no other chemicals in it. It is pure and it simply does the job. I have been stunned at the fact that this wonderful medicine is non-prescription and am thankful for that fact. Heavy usage as with any pain killer is inadmissible, but for once or twice a year it is perfect…

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I should have seen it coming and been better prepared. I knew I was hurting and I knew that from the night before, I had issues. I also passed a stone a few weeks ago and I also know that they almost always come in twos for me…

This is an example of me not listening to my body and barging ahead like a bull in a china closet. I guess I am too excited about Svetochka coming to the village…

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Three tractors parked at Vova’s last night. The guys are from the Fish Village and they are cutting log poles in the woods. They use these poles to reinforce the damns at places. They are doing major work this year to get the ponds in shape for a huge harvest of fish. It looks like they will fill all ponds to the maximum and it will be a neat summer to watch the fish in the ponds. Our pond is the last to be filled and they have been working daily on the dams and such. This is a thriving business in Russia, as most businesses are here. Kinda throws a wrench in the illegal sanction issue…

Russians love their carp, almost as much as they love their caviar…

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I will most likely lay down again and rest. I still have a bunch to do, but I think that some of it will not get done for an extra day or so. Svetochka will be here for about four days and if she can take the dog walking off my back, it will allow me to take it slow and easy. Then I can get the same amount done as if I felt good…

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I want to thank several people for new donations. I still get all watery eyed when someone donates. It makes me realize that what I am doing is worth it. I know that it seems to some people that I am just a stupid American, who lost his way, but I have to say that it is the opposite. I found my way…

Coming to Russia has opened my eyes to a world that is hidden from Americans. We really do live isolated in America. It is done on purpose and the NISE pain killer is an example of such isolation. It may seem trivial to you as you read this. Though if you think with an open mind, why do we accept such control of our processes in America? I am so free in Russia that sometimes, I do not understand why Americans live so repressed. Then I sit back and realize that Americans are so isolated that they do not comprehend that there is a world out there. A world that is wonderful, beautiful and free…

Then I sit back and realize that you have a choice to make and it is your choice to accept what is happening. Just like the farce we call elections for president in America. No choice who to elect for president, but all the propaganda in the world to think we have a choice…

I am going to take my coffee and walk Boza to the hillside near the lake. He got to chase a fox this morning and he is one happy dog. I need to let him sniff where the fox was and do some serious investigation as to where this fox is living. We chase him once a week at least and like the Ralph the Raven, they like to play with Boza…

Boza likes that freedom. The freedom to chase a fox and pester a raven. The fact is they both like their freedom to instigate the chase…

I like that and thanks for the donations. It allows me to live in this freedom called Russia…

The sun is out and I live in a Tiny Russian Village called Sunrise to Freedom. How is that for a perfect place to live?

WtR

I can’t wait. Svetochka comes tomorrow and I am so glad. I will be busy getting ready for her and then I have to spend a few days getting ready to leave for a few weeks. I will be back, for a garden has to be prepared and planted. This year I will quadruple the size of the garden..

I had a rough night! My diabetes went off the deep end to the low side. I seemed to eat candy and food all night and could never get it to come up. To be honest I was scared to sleep and now I am paying for it. In fact, when my sugar is low, very low, my body does not let me sleep. It was a rough night and I will stay busy today, but keep the pace slow and even…

I think my sugar is high now and this usually means that I have caught a bug or something and that starts the roller coaster ride with sugar levels…

This morning at 8 a.m. I drove to the Church Village. I needed to see if the roads are passable and they are. It was fun and would have been great, except I felt bad. The Fish Village guys all waved and hollered hello and I think they were shocked to see a Volga rutting its way through the mud. Sammy is a mud covered girl, so I have to clean her today or tomorrow. But she will get all dirty again, for tomorrow night, she goes to the Big Village to get Sveta. We will make it, I am sure…

I had to pull Vova and his Niva LADA out and I asked him what he needed. He went home from the second lake from our Tiny Russian Village and I continued on. He thought I was nuts, but Sammy the Volga has really good aggressive tires and that gives her the advantage. I think Vova is upset at his Niva, for now Sammy has pulled him out about 5 times this winter… 😉

The Fish Village has bulldozers up the hill near the bell tower and it looks like some work will be done for the monastery. Not sure yet, but I know now why Vova tried to get to town. They are going to plow the road better also and so I grabbed a big bottle of Vodka, cigarettes and some treats for the guys plowing the roads and Vova will pay them with that. They all shook my hand and thanked me for the vodka, as they sat around discussing the day and sipping tea. I also got Vova a bottle of Kefir (sour drink,) because that is what Vova drinks after drinking too much Vodka. He said he will pay me back when his pension money gets here. I knew he was out of everything and stocked him with some basics to get by. He also will get whatever we do not eat and what will not keep until I get back…

Svetochka comes tomorrow and I am so happy…

Have a nice day…

WtR

Hollywood uses North Korea and Russia as the bad guy all the time. North Korea put out a video that shows the USA as the bad guy and the USA needs to be destroyed. Sounds very Hollywood to me and while I dislike either side doing such games and videos. What does it matter? Hollywood or HollyGov does things like this all the time. In fact we are the reason anyone else would produce such trash. We created the trash video…

I have to say, NK got it right and pushed some buttons with this video. The Americans within the comments are really in a prissy mood about such a video. This video is being shown all over the world and to me it is a come back against all the trash we toss at NK literally daily. But…

Americans are ready to go to war over this video, well at least from their armchair and computer screen… 😉

Got a question!

How does it feel to be on the receiving end of propaganda?

Maybe we should quit the crappy propaganda about our hate against other countries; such as Russia and North Korea and the whole damn Middle East…

I suspect that we will be feeling such humiliation and anger over it, a whole bunch more as time goes by. We started it, others will finish it, regardless of whether it is right or wrong. We started it…

Hollywood the good government movie source…

WtR

Sunshine means laundry day. Time to get ready for Svetochka to come. Boza and I need to look our best for our sweet pea…

The lake is almost ready and they got the hatching ramp put together and a bunch of new stakes cut to mark the feeding spots. They almost have the lake ready to fill. I am grouchy, because I want to be here when they bring the baby fish in. But as I always say, we take what we get in life, because i have things that have to be done away from the village for a few weeks…

The sunset last night was beautiful and I sat and watched it go down. I could actually see the sun disappear and watched it move below the horizon. Our planet is spinning quickly and it was amazing to watch. What a beautiful day and night last night. Still freezing, but beautiful and spring is trying to spring…

Have a nice day…

WtR

This morning is beautiful. The sun came up and Old man Winter left her alone. She is out and about as we walked and I hope she stays all day. The issue is that it will be about -6 tonight and I suspect with the wind coming from the North, that it will be colder than that. But you take what you get and be happy about that…

Ralph the Raven came to see Boza. I sat on my bench in the lower part of the village and as Boza checked out life, Ralph who is a young raven flew down near Boza and decided to check out what Boza was checking out. Ralph has grown interested in Boza, for Boza digs up stuff and Ralph finds tidbits of goodies after Boza leaves. This morning as many mornings, Ralph and Boza played chase. Ralph flies low to the ground to get Boza’s attention and off they go. Ralph flying just above the ground and Boza dancing across the field as fast as he can. Ralph is faster, but Boza never gives up. At least until Ralph decides that he is tired and both go their separate ways…

Boza has now become interested in the tops of the telephone poles to see is Ralph is hanging around. Ralph is always there, usually in the woods and watching and comes to say Hi! Many mornings…

This morning Ralph landed nearby and gave me a chance to get a picture of him. He was checking out a spot that Boza had just dug into. Boza as always finds nothing good for him, but it seems later that Ralph carried off a chunk of something white. So Ralph found something good in the mess Boza left behind. Maybe a root or something?

Therefore, this morning there is harmony in the village and everyone is peaceful and happy…

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It looks like Svetochka will come on the 30th of March, 2016. She will stay a few days and then we will drive back to Moscow. I have some business to attend to and will be staying in Moscow for about two weeks. I hope Sveta can put up with me… 😉

I will get back way before the May holidays in Russia, for that is a terrible time to travel the Russian roads. Everyone is leaving the big cities to their dachas and village homes. It is time to plant the garden at that point and Russians never ignore the garden times. That is food and food is important, especially food that you grow yourself…

I am not happy having to leave for a few weeks, I have so much to do, but it will have to wait and then when I get back, I will start my projects at the village home. April is a good time to get my stuff done, for it is too soon to plant and still the weather is constantly changing and not stable. I have a big garden planned this year…

I will be happy to be with Svetochka for a few weeks. I miss her and will be glad to be around her for awhile. It is just that Moscow is rough on me, for I am not a city boy and the city is what almost killed me in the states. Moscow is better, but slowly but relentlessly, my health suffers in Moscow. Just too much humanity for my senses and it weighs heavily upon me. I am not a human that thrives on close proximity to other humans. That is all I will say about that…

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In Moscow, I have to get a new cap on a tooth. The other day while I was taking my pills, I thought I had not swallowed all my pills and guess what? The extra pill was a tooth cap and I swallowed it with out thinking. I take a few really big pills so it did not seem out of place. I soon figured out what I did…

I also need to have blood tests run and probably should see a heart doctor. I need to be checked over for my health. We also need to get Boza his shots, flea and tick collar, have his eye looked at and in general see if he is healthy also… His eye is basically fine, it is just an old issue that causes him trouble at times and I want a doctor to look at it…

We also need to do some shopping at the big hardware stores and get supplies to take back to the village. It is cheaper in Moscow and I need a bunch of stuff. Also going to stock up again on bulk food items, canned goods and other easily stored staples…

Well it is warming up fast outside and Boza and I have lots to do. We have to get ready for Sveta, we don’t want her to think we are a piggy Bear and Doggy. Do we?

WtR

Well I will wish everyone a Happy Easter, but Orthodox disagrees with the western world and says Easter this year is on, “Sunday, May 1 : Orthodox Easter 2016” and so thus, I follow the eastern Easter nowadays…

Over a month apart this year…

I will be honest, Easter in the west is very commercialized and has been since I was a kid. We use to go to sunrise service, but Easter baskets full of goodies and Easter Bunny is the ruler of the west. I seriously grew up and thought that the Easter Bunny was Jesus and that is messed up…

The Eastern Easter is still very religious and…

Oh, just read this link below…

http://windowstorussia.com/easter-time-2013-at-different-times-and-different-ways-east-or-west.html

Happy Easter and remember to celebrate it again on May 1st, 2016…

WtR

I was watching the village yesterday. I told you about Father Pavel and several churchies coming by. They all brought food and that was wonderful. You can never have enough food and a few times this winter it got pretty thin around the village for foodstuffs. It was just the thoughts and actions of the people coming up and it was the sincerity that was expressed yesterday, that hit home with me…

Then I started to think and read about the elections in America…

We are basically down to according to the media (republican and or democrat,) Commie Saint Bernie, Demon Hellish Hillary, Fascist Hitler Trump and Romeo the Cruz…

Of course there is a few others, but they are so far away from the game that they look like broken puppets going through the motions. The issue is that the republicans are designing a way to put their puppet in, instead of Cruz or Trump and Hillary already has stolen most of the vote, due to cheating rules enacted years ago by the democrats, just for doing what is to be done as you read this. Even if Bernie wins a state, Hillary still gets almost as many delegates when it is all said and done. Why Hillary started out almost winning by simply having so many super delegates… LOL…

And yet, the masses are going crazy and attacking each other as if they are all with the answers. I do not have answers, but I do see manipulation and it is being done by all parties involved. The election system in America is broken, has been broken and was broken from the beginning. This mudslinging goes back to the early days of elections in America and use to be done from the back of a train as they traveled the country and slung mud at their opponents…

I go back far enough in life to remember as a child, standing at the railway station in Kansas City and listening to a politician holler about what he will do and what his opponents will not do. Who it was and what election, who cares! I was there and was thinking that these people around me are either mad or happy and some fights broke out. My dad finally left and took me with him. I remember he mumbled a lot about stupid and idiots…

Yesterday it hit me; I do not see any sincerity in most of the US! People think they are sincere, but they are not. Then it hit me why the Russian system of elections just makes sense. No one is fooled by games and no one has any pretenses that they need someone other than Putin or who Putin might pick out and back. The money spent on elections in Russia is virtually nil and the turmoil is non-existent. Russians are intellects for the most part and really dislike games being played. This is something Americans have no idea about…

Oh there is Soros (governmental – fake – non-governmental) backed opposition, paid to disrupt things, but they are looked at as scum and are few and far between. It was interesting to watch as Soros has done the same thing internally in the US over Trump… LOL… Zippy Do Da!

Ron Paul says:

Anyone looking for serious foreign policy discussion during this campaign will be disappointed. The candidates have made it clear that the struggle against terror is a forever war, the U.S. military can never be big enough, bombing and missiling the Greater Middle East is now the American Way of Life, and the Constitution is indeed a pain and should get the hell out of the way. Whoopee!

Back to the Future: The Unanswered Questions from the Debates
http://bit.ly/1SddeS2

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Time to open your eyes, drink a cup of coffee or tea and do some serious thinking. Stop the party against party thoughts and look at the mess we are in. It is not getting better, just worse and ever election cycle more money is spent and more turmoil is created. We need to find a real candidate for president, not a showy puppet. Even if we have to remove the trash in the White House and delay the elections until we get our act together. That is how it was done in the far past in many parts of the world and we need to grab our tar and feather roots and go to town… Sounds scary huh?

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Now this is real news and we should be amazed at a creature so old. 184-year-old Jonathan the Giant Tortoise was given a scrub for the first time in life…

During the tortoise’s life, eight British monarchs have been crowned and 51 prime ministers have served in the UK…

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Well for a few days we had people in the Tiny Russian Village. They came to four village homes and they tried to do something, but it looks like spring fever got them here to soon. They all got stuck and they all ran home. The village looks like a rutted mess, for everyone was stuck somewhere around the village…

Have a nice day…

WtR

Vova came by and we sat and talked a few minutes, then along came Father Pavel of the monastery and he had two young men from the Big Village school helping him deliver bags of food to us three Tiny Russian Village people. He asked how everything was and after taking some pictures of him, Vova and I. He promised to get a copy to me and they left. Vova and I smiled at each other, for we had bags of fruit, cookies and home made pancakes. Plus some other goodies…

Then I walked Boza and as I walked people started to come up the hill. Church people and they all hunted me down and asked if I was okay and or alright? Boza and I stayed outside until it was all done and everyone took pictures and gave us more food. I hope they went to Vova and Nina at the white house up top. I would feel bad if they did not, but I am sure they did…

I have abundance of oranges, apples cookies. I also got veggy oil to cook with, a huge bag of flour, eggs, salo and more pancakes…

Father Pavel said that this was tradition to bring the remote little villages food at this time of the year. It is well known that we get snowed in and food gets short in supply at this time. I was simply stunned and found myself humbled at the jester and hugs I got from total strangers. many implied they would bring more when they can…

You see, the large villages know that we lose our only walking bridge and that it is hard for us to get supplies. The ones with 4X4 vehicles come out when the roads are just passable and make sure all are okay. It was heart warming and it is what society should do. Not the government, but society should help each other…

I received 3000 to 4000 rubles worth of food and I have to tell you that God has humbled this American and the Russian people have shown me what real people and real friends do for the others. There was no expectations, just sincere wanting to know if all was good and here is food to eat…

Thank God I am in Russia and Thank God for my Sweetie and bringing me here. I feel wanted here and I had my picture taken with a dozen total people…

And I looked so terrible (unshaven and dirty coat) and they could have cared less. They were happy and I am their America, living in a Tiny Russian Village…

WtR

This morning as I walked Boza and we watched the world wake up. A thought crossed my mind. It was again about freedom and the misrepresentation that we have instilled in the term freedom. We toss the word freedom around like we do the words hate, love, liberty, God and thousands of more…

The coffee is hot and perfect this morning and I decided to talk about a subject that is close to my heart. Freedom…

The reason I am thinking about this subject this morning is, “Free Windows 10!”

The reason that comes up again is this; Once again for the eighth time, I have had to hide a Windows Update, Update KB3035583 and Microsoft keeps trying to sneak it by me time and time again. They want to install, “Free Windows 10!”

There is the example of the epitome of western freedom. Having free shoved down my throat, whether I want it or not and that my friend is not free and or freedom…

Western Freedom that we crow about:

“OMG!” You yell at me, “What does that have to do with true freedom and the wonderful life we have in the US?”

Lots and first you have to have freedom and that you do not. Unless you call governmental oversight freedom…

Freedom as I have said many times is in the eye of the beholder. I expect freedom to be left alone and not have things good for or bad for me shoved down my throat. I desire to do what I want when I want and if I do not want Windows 10, then by God, I do not want Windows 10 and that is where the issue should stop…

This issue is a small version of what the US has done to countries such as Libya, Syria, North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba, and a whole bunch more. They did not desire freedom in the USA style, but by God they had freedom and democracy shoved down their throat, whether they wanted it or not. Fact Jack…

Well as an individual, I am having sneaky, underhanded, slight of hand and other things done to try to get me to download and install Windows 10. I do not want it, I tried it and I removed it. That is my right and my freedom to do so, but I do not expect to have to defend my right to remove with a constant effort to undermine my computer. It is my computer and what I do with it is my choice. Not Microsoft’s choice to shove “Free” down my throat…

Just like Libya as an example, was a well run, rich, stable country under Qaddafi, but we Americans allowed and let or government to kill the leader and destroy the country. Libya is a wasteland and ISIS has gone back there as they did to help America destroy Qaddafi. We shoved freedom, democracy and free right down their throats and then ran away after we destroyed the good life they had…

Oh get off your high horse; The life Libya has now is a hundred times worse than what they had and that is in anyone’s book. I swear America needs the same freedom shoved down their throats and I mean it. You would change your tune real quick if someone wiped your life away and left you living in the cesspool leftover and there was nothing you could do to stop them from doing it…

The freedom we crow about is not freedom, not free and not full of liberty. The freedom we have come to think as freedom is the freedom to have goodies and such, at a price that can not be refused, even if that price is “Free!”

Freedom, liberty and justice for all is not free and it does not hang around if you do not fight for it. We like our iPhone, Android phone and internet to the point that these items can be used to control our freedom, or else these items could stop working…

Freedom is not manipulating elections, stirring riots within the minorities and freedom is not being rich and famous…

We fear real freedom:

Seriously, I watched and have watched numerous videos and read articles about how terrible life could be without Capitalism, democracy and Freedom, Liberty and Justice for All. They use scare tactics to make the sheep cower, as they fear losing their internet and the fantastic freedom that iPhone gives them… 😉 They fear the loss of their freedoms…

So yes a simple freedom stealing issue like Windows 10, can get me upset and it should upset you. No fear, just anger and wanting to fight back. For if you allow those major theft of your rights and desires. We all lose…

You can start looking at what we (US) as a country does to other countries. Just like we are trying to do to Russia. Russia does not want USA style democracy, freedom and Liberty, much less the morals of the western society, shoved down their throats and be forced and expected to savior on the flavors of the western dross being handed freely to them…

I do not appreciate what the west is doing and I am a westerner by birth. So I will never let Windows 10 back into my life and will fight daily to keep it from happening. The same goes for having a fake form of democracy, capitalism and freedoms shoved down my throats. You may think the that life is free, it just is a life that is used as a control factor. For you are simply under the control of the ones who want it that way..

So as democracy as we know it is shove down another countries throat and cheer as they die by the millions and hate as we are told to hate, those damn pesky brown people, yellow people, red people and just people in general. Unless they are USA people…

There is more to freedom than social media worshiping and Glen Beck denouncing Trump…

Oh did you know Windows 10 is free?

Just remember, “What goes around comes around!”

WtR