This is a subject that I have talked very little about and I am only talking about this subject now out of curiosity. Curiosity that stems from coming from a totally different society and mindset. It simply has to do with people being given their living quarters free and clear, after the fall of the […]
US Asks Russia to Lift Meat Ban: Please take our Tainted Meat, because no one else will… WASHINGTON, on February 11th 2013 has whined “What did we do!”: The US government on Monday called on Russia to lift a ban on US beef and pork imports containing the livestock feed additive ractopamine, which went into […]
While I have eaten horsemeat and rat, snake, alligator and variety of insects and other tasty treats in the world. I am against eating horse meat as a staple. I was raised to believe horses are a member of the family and they work the farm just like the humans work the farm… Not long […]
For years I have talked about Russia buying gold and I have even posted several articles to keep an eye on what they are doing. In fact I have made it clear that Russia is preparing for the future when a petrodollar is no longer a feasible unit of measurement.This is what my coffee thinking’s […]
The government must take into account the opinions of Russian society when considering introducing a special juvenile justice system, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday at a congress of the Russian Parents Opposition group. “The opinion of society, it goes without saying, will be heard and considered. In these issues, there must be no place […]
2014 Winter Olympics Countdown The Winter Olympics, held for the first time in Russia, are to take place from Feb 7 to 23, 2014 in the Black Sea resort of Sochi… Russia has begun the one-year countdown until the Black Sea city of Sochi hosts the Winter Olympic Games. President Vladimir Putin attended the event […]
The Big Mac index is a guide to alignment of world currencies in regard to the US dollar and is based on comparing price for a McDonald’s Big Mac in various countries. In January 2013 a burger in Russia cost $2.43 at market exchange rates, while in the United States the price was $4.37. So […]
Over 1.2 million people sign a petition demanding President Mikhail Saakashvili’s resignation! These petition signatures were collected in Georgia, by the representatives of the non-governmental organization “Unanimity for the Rights of Society…” Now in anyone book that is a major portion of the population! I find it interesting that the West does not even talk […]
Russia said that they will talk with Georgia again after Saakashvili is no longer around and in power! That is what is crossing my mind in thinking’s this morning as I sit down to write this post. So it is sip coffee time and write what I think about life… Well as I said above, […]
When Sveta and I go out to eat and we pick a cafe, instead of McDonald’s (Which is most of the time!). This picture is a perfect example of what would feed two people and it would be considered a very normal meal… Two soups, one bread, one pie with cabbage, two room temperature drinks, […]