Russia’s parliament initially approved a bill banning Americans from adopting Russian orphans on Wednesday in reprisal for a U.S. law punishing alleged Russian human rights violators in a row that has strained bilateral relations. Despite criticism of the measure by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, pro-Kremlin lawmakers overwhelmingly voted for the proposal and for another […]
Belgium is not the only possible destination for tax exile Gerard Depardieu who is renouncing his French citizenship in search of a better financial future. “Putin has already sent me a passport!” the actor announced. Depardieu reportedly mentioned three countries are ready to receive him. Belgium, where he has just bought a house, Montenegro, where […]
I had to go back today and take a picture of what I found the workmen doing yesterday. It looks like they took a day off today and that is a good idea. The humidity is in the 90% and the temperature is way below -20, with a fair breeze around 8km per hour. Other words, “It is colder than a – Blue-Belly Hell!”
Statement by Konstantin Dolgov, Russian Foreign Ministry’s Special Representative for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, at PACE International Conference “Human Rights and Foreign Policy”(Turin, December 13, 2012) 2381-17-12-2012 Dear colleagues! The Russian Federation pays utmost attention to the promotion of human rights. Fundamental human rights norms and standards are guaranteed by […]
America’s Killer Elite: Cho, Lanza, Bales, Ridgway and the One Percent by John Stanton “Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our gross national product … if we should judge America by that – counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, […]
Today as I was sipping that cup of coffee and doing some normal thinking’s about what is really happening in the world. I realized that certain things are almost written in stone. The title tells you what I think and it is looking to be staying this way for a long to to come. I […]
The Chinese are fairly certain that the cataclysmic event upcoming on Dec. 21st 2012 will not consist of giants with golf clubs, but if there are giants with golf clubs then this idea of surviving the end of the world may just turn out to be a bad idea… Chinese farmer Liu Qiyuan hopes that […]
It is very hot in Moscow, Russia and “The Weather Channel” says so. That is one of the thinking’s I was having this morning, over a great cup of coffee… Take a look at the picture that I caught a screenshot of, off of my cell phone. The Weather Channel said it was -20c and […]
Russia is Talking About Indefinite Suspension of Adoptions by Americans and the Russian Duma is almost ready to enact a ban as you read this… I see various reasons why Russia wants to do this and all I can say is that all the dozen reasons combined together is a huge powerful reason to stop […]
My Thinking’s on this Sunday December 16th, 2012: Sveta has gone to her mothers and I am here doing some thinking’s as I sip a cup of coffee. I was saddened at the deaths of so many children in America (Sandy Hook Elementary School) and am angered at the fact that someone would even contemplate […]