Windows to Russia

We all knew! But it is so much better to hear it from US officials! Ukraine USA Interference… This plain pisses me off! This is a discussion on Ukraine and the issues… Those talking are Victoria Nuland (the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department of State) and […]

Couple of traditions that I see everyday and live with everyday in Russia. These as other traditions are very important to the Russians… 1. When I first met Sveta, I called her a woman and she took offense at that. She said, “I am a girl not woman!” I got in trouble! 🙂 Of course […]

I tried! I really tried to work with a netbook and until today, I had wished I never bought it. I really tried to find the good and tried to say nice things about it and tried to love it. It was worthless as you know what on a fleas, you know what… It stunk […]

I was out of milk and another cup of coffee just was not going to happen, unless I had my milk. I had to walk the dog and he suggested to “Buy milk while we were out…” Oh yes he did! Find any excuse to get out of the house and he uses it… 🙂 […]

Get the cure before you become part of the swarm. Antidote #1: The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Astra Taylor, Metropolitan Books, 2014. Antidote #2: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press’ Semiotext(e) Intervention Series: Factories of Knowledge, Industries of Creativity, Gerald Raunig; The Uprising: On Poetry and Finance, Franco […]

The Russians had this man figured out at the get go and he tried to play the games that the US wanted him to play, but Russia was on him like a “Fly on Stink!” I have to say that as I pointed out many months ago, “He was wrong for the position!” He had […]

When Sveta and I travel there are certain things that must be done. Things that are more important than anything else. Sveta taught me these things early on and we make sure we do them. Two important traditions below… 1. After packing and getting everything ready to leave out the door on a trip, especially […]

Pakistan and India need peace. However the much quoted EU Model does not apply in the Pakistan – India context. The historical perspective, Geopolitics and national aspirations are radically divergent. The EU Model Present day European Union evolved out of old Europe. Europe for all its diversity had basic commonalities. The concept of unifying Europe […]

More and more countries are banning GMO Foods. They are bad for you to eat, bad for nature and bad for the world. That is a thought going through my head as I sip that cup of coffee this morning… For weeks now amongst all the other things happening around Russia, the subject of GMO […]

[jwplayer mediaid=”45495″] I love it and it looks some like square Dancing that I use to do when I was little. Then some of it is pretty free wheeling. We use to all gather in the barn and dance and dance and dance… No music as it looks like it was filmed before they could […]