Pelegaya folk singer singing “The Raven” I find this incredibly beautiful and listen to it several times a year 🙂
Thanks and in a few days we will post another they sent…
Next maybe we will “Puttin’ on the Ritz”…
WtR
The truth is leaking out of the Vauxhall | Hidden London keep. It appears that Skripal knew too much personally about Christopher Steele’s Trump–Russia dossier, also known as the Steele dossier, via Pablo Miller the infamous MI6 agent, and Skripal intended to use it as bargaining chip to get himself back to Russia. Yulia Skripal then came over to help her dad’s escape with fake documents to change his identity and hers…
MI6 got wind of the plan and devised a counter plan. They tried to kill her by sending a poisoned bottle of perfume to her with a Russian postmark. Her father immediately spotted the deception and dumped it in a litter bin…
Everything that happened after that initial fakery was just another panicked/rushed/botched cover up with a fake Russian Novichok Attack, compliant cops, nurses and of course the face licking puppy media…
More to come, for The Vauxhall messed up and Russia did it of course…
WtR
Now you know why I am scared/safe in Russia… LOL…
And you thought Italian women are mean?
No kidding though, Russian women do not take any crap and you have seen nothing until you get a Babushka after you…
Doesn’t say much for the rest of the guys, but you can see they are scared of her also. 99% of the Russian men do as they are told, or else….if the guy had just shut his mouth after she cold cocked him the first time (duly so), he would not have been on the floor asking, “What Happened?”
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Interesting trip….some fantastic things happened, some great things happened, some good things happened, some bad things happened, some downright terrible things happened, some political issues and some immoral border incidents happened…
But that is for the next few days…
If you want to understand Kiev?
Just think, “I wannabe a European, but you are a poor American Cowboy!”
WtR
Well tomorrow I leave for at least five days and maybe as in the past for up to two weeks, or more (One time I spent almost three months in Ukraine). Never set in stone and it counts on what issues come up getting my stuff done in Ukraine…
So as I walked this morning thinking, I realized that it is the first day of spring… 😉
Oh well, Russians have lots of hope for spring and they all collectively believe strongly it is spring time. Gotta do something to make Old Man Winter go away…
I talk about my Umidigi A3 Pro as being the best phone I ever had. Being pure Android Oreo, I am able to do what I want to make it mine…
This is why I cannot stand iPhone. They do not hold a candle to Android and having it my way and or your way and or our way…
See the sweetie with a white stocking cap on at the counter? That is Sveta and we are at KFC near us. We went for a long walk all through the woods and decided to stop and fatten back up. We love their chicken burgers and chicken fingers….they are always busy all day and all night…
So maybe I will not post tomorrow. I did get an email from a reader and they sent me links to several videos about Russia. I will look them over and maybe I can post them while in Ukraine. I am going to take the Windows Oyster Tablet with a keyboard (I will not take anything expensive due to border issues in Ukraine.) and will try to get by with that. I am not sure if I will even have internet, last time it was not good at all…
So cheap phone ✔
So cheap tablet ✔
Bag packed ✔
Food for train ✔
Tickets for train ✔
Passport ✔
Books to read ✔
I was told (email from DC to be exact) something special. Maybe like in, “That’s Special….”
Well isn’t that special!
Maybe it is time to sell and start another blog? Are they trying to tell me something?
You got my attention, I am listening…
That thought today:
I have watched the U.S. and the E.U. both lag behind a huge portion of the world in technology. It has happened so gradually that no one noticed it until it was to late and there was simply too much laurel riding….and now I am seeing the scrambling of try to stymie the tech flow that is leaving the U.S. and the E.U. behind…
Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep. – – Ludwig Wittgenstein
It happens to the best of us…
WtR
Warning: This could impresses you and make you wonder…
Oh My Goodness Gravy Train…
Inside China’s ‘horizontal skyscraper’ which will be the tallest in the world: A “horizontal” skyscraper is set to open in China later this year as part of a brand new mixed-use complex that features hotels, restaurants, shops, offices and private homes. Known as The Crystal, it is expected to become the highest sky bridge in the world. The 250 metre bridge is part of Raffles City Chongqing, a complex made up of eight skyscrapers in the Yuzhong district of Chongqing City. The Crystal will be sprawled across the top of four 60-storey skyscrapers, 250 metres in the air.
Source: Raffles City Chongqing: China’s ‘horizontal skyscraper’ nearly complete
It is almost done…not just starting….but done…
Svetochka and I wanna go see it…
WtR
“People think I’m non compos mentis because I don’t believe we should have federal governing legislation and a lofty federal government, but I don’t like being hegemonized and commanded as what to do, to simply live my life, my way.” – kKEETON
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I dislike having to go to Ukraine to get visa work done. I am not able to take Svetochka with me and that is a serious issue for me. Kiev, Ukraine is just simply too unsteady mentally and morally for me to take my Russian sweetie to….the hate of more than just a few Kiev Ukrainians against Russians is simply to detrimental and they are too full of grandiose delusions and well what better word, Kiev is Russian “hateful”…
What makes it worse is that it is all based on lies and they the people know that it is lies, yet they all (at least enough to make it dangerous for Russians) dance the jig of hate…
I had very bad experiences the last time I crossed the Ukraine border, not bad for me, but very bad for the Russians trying to go see their families…
I guess we will see how it goes this time on the train from Moscow to Kiev…
Therefore, I will travel alone and hope for a short duration of stay in Kiev. I use to love traveling to Kiev….but times change. Sveta and I have traveled to Kiev a bunch in the past and really liked to go sightseeing in Ukraine…
I wish my sweet pea could go with me. Better safe at home in Russia…
This issue is yet another time for me to say to the USA, “Thank You, for messing up another country!”
WtR
Good read about European Borders…
This is my new updated recipe list. I will get more added as I find them. It looks like I have posted 225 recipes and I know a bunch were lost due to attacks against the site. Only on WtR a ton of Russian delights…
Napoleon Tort (торт наполеон)
Russian Apple Dumplings Recipe…. (Kletski)
Pasta with bell peppers
Salat Iz Yaits – Russian Egg Salad
Simple Belyashi a Almost Russian Recipe of Taste Bud Delight
Aubergine Caviar or Poor Mans Caviar
Cottage Cheese Salad: from Russia
Russian Meat Piroshki Recipe…
Ossetrina pod Syrom – Sturgeon Baked with cheese recipe…
Liver and or Hearts in Sour Cream recipe…
Squids in tomatoes recipe…
Rasstegai / Rasstegay pie with fish recipe
Russian Fruit Cake recipe (Mazurka fruit cake)
Russian Roasted Bear Recipe…
Pryanyi Chai (Spicy Tea) Russian Style…
Pancakes filled with cottage cheese (блин и творог)
Khychin (Хычины) with potatoes and cheese recipe…
Sweet-and-Sour Cabbage – Russian Style…
Russian Zharkoye recipe…
Moo – Cow Tongue (Говяжий Язык – beef tongue) is really a delicacy… (recipe)
Halupki – Russian and or World Stuffed Cabbage Recipe…
Chak Chak or Чак Чак… and or чэк-чэк оr шек-шек and even чуть-чуть…
Sweet Potato Pie… (Recipe)
Sbiten (сбитень, also збитень) is a Hot Russian Traditional Winter Drink…
Salo Recipe… (Cured Pork Belly Fat)
Medovukha Recipe; Cheap and made at home…
Mushroom and Potato Soup from Russia…
Poor Man’s Lazy (not a) Bulochki…
Russian Lamb Plov! (Pilaf)
Crumb Bars Recipe: Russian Style…
Russian Rocks Cookies Recipe…
Chrin Horseradish Beets…
Skillet Black Bread n Chicken Recipe…
Baked Pirohi or Pierogi Ukraine Style…
Suhari Recipe – Сухари рецепт…
Macaroni Po-flotski Recipe or Navy Noodles…
Simple Farm Grilled Carp Recipe in Russia…
Beet patties…
Russian Sausage…
Russian Sauerkraut
Potato Knish or Kinishes…
Salmon / Fish Croquettes or Patties…
That Blueberry Jam…
Chebureki…
Russian Krendl Bread…
Non Russian chicken…
Baranki – Russian Biscuit…
Kharcho soup recipe…
Crimean Apricot Cream Delight…
Kozinaki recipe…
Chocolate Jelly/Jello recipe…
Gogol-Mogol recipe…
A Pumpkin Pie Recipe…
Cauliflower With Potatoes…
Horseradish soup recipe…
Apple salad with eggs recipe…
Russian Holiday Foods…
Christmas Piglet…
Koliadki for Kolyadka…
Bobalki, bobalky, babalki and or babalky…
Kutya or Kutia…
Prianik or Pryanik…
Borscht Stew – Kyle Style
Black Current Kissel…
Ukha Fish soup
Sour Plum Sauce – Tkemali…
Blackbread Kvas and Okroshka!
Salt Cucumbers! (not pickles)
Olivier! (The Russian Potato Salad)
Syrniki / Curd Pancakes (Russian- сырник [и])
Ground Meat Cutlet – Russian Style!
Russian Style Goulash…
Pickled Mushrooms…
Stuffed Eggs!
Black Bread is : Oh So Good!
Baked Fish! (Moscow Style)
Russian Potato is a Dessert…
You can’t feed a Russian without a Kasha…
Cabbage with Tomatoes Stew…
Salmon and Potato Salad… (mimoza)
Russian Kasha (Porridge) Recipes…
A Very Simple Kulich! (Easter Pie or Cake)
Khachapuri (Georgian Cheese Pie or Bread)
Kartoflyanki – Russian Style…
Russia’s Caviar Blini…
Delicious Carrot Salad (Korean-Style)
Yummy Recipes For the Russian New Year…
Lets Make Salmon Kulebyaka: A Russian Recipe…
Crumbed Cauliflower…
Stroganoff a Russian Favorite…
Vegetable – Fruit Paste!
Cheese Rolls!
Delicious Pelmeni Recipe!
Selyodka pod Shuboy (Dressed Herring) recipe!
Russian Chicken Hearts, Gizzards and Livers!
Draniki! (Potato Pancakes)
Simply a Golubtsy!
Russian Vinaigrette Salad!
Chanterelle Mushrooms and Sour Cream! (Yummy)
Russian Doughnuts: Ponchiki!
Russia’s Brown Rice (Buckwheat groats)
Chicken Lapsha: A Russian Noodle Soup!
No Meat – Russian Potato Salad!
Radish Salad!
Russian Chuk-Chuk! (Russian Sweets)
Cheese Rolls!
Mushroom Cutlets!
Щи (Schi) – Veggy Soup with Sauerkraut!
Sour Cream Tomatoes!
Skillet Style, Posh Squash!
Very Simple Berry Pie!
Simple Pancakes! (Blini)
Worlds Easiest Apple Pie!
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The U.S., Russia, China, European Union, Turkey, Indonesia, Australia, and multiple other nations are trying to put reins on the India-Pakistan situation, which by the way is looking like a Pakistani counter-attack coming against India…
Meanwhile the United States of America is planning an annexation of Venezuela from several nations located around Venezuela…
There is cynicism here somewhere?
Pakistan’s army has warned it will respond to India’s aerial bombing over the disputed border in Kashmir, telling Delhi: “It is your turn now to wait and get ready for our surprise.” Pakistan’s foreign ministry has summoned India’s top diplomat in Islamabad to protest against the pre-dawn airstrike on what India called a terrorist training camp, while India has accused Islamabad of shelling the disputed region in an “unprovoked” violation of the 2003 ceasefire.
“Regardless of how odious Maduro is, he is in effective control,” O’Connell says. “Under international law, he is treated as the head of government. The fact the U.S. and other states have recognized opposition leader Guaidó as the legitimate president is irrelevant for these purposes. Guaidó must win the support of the military and other Maduro backers to govern. It is governing that matters, not the preferences of outside states.” O’Connell says military action will cause as much pain as it might
I know….lets all go to war with everyone and then we can see who is left after we radiate the world…
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