But Does Anyone Hear Pope Francis? by John Stanton Though not explicitly stated, America’s most powerful instrument of national power is Capitalism. The pistons that power Neoliberal American Capitalism are: Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economic, Financial, Law Enforcement, Intelligence and Human Capital/People. The clearest exposition of the instruments of national power on record can be found […]
Finally, after several days of searching for the culprit, we found the issue. The cardan joint as they say on this side of the world, or the universal joint and the front one, located near the gearbox, was going out… I knew it was a u-joint, but since I have issues with getting the car […]
By John Krzyzewski For maybe 15 years the Internet has been buzzing (discreetly) about the prospect of a ‘pole shift’ in our near future. Just how near, no one knows. But, there are indications it has happened in the past, therefore could happen again. Some think it will merely entail a reversal of the magnetic polarity; […]
Oldest is (? – The first is a very very old image of the original female monastery side entrance,) thus 1950 is the norm and they go up from there. Most are from around 1954 to 1955 and they are beautiful… This is a find of fantastic importance to me and I am just studying […]
The laptop that I use in the village, decided to give up its LCD screen. It could be a number of reasons, but it looks to me like the cable that connects from the board to the screen has gone out. Otherwords a break in the wire between point A and point B. Therefore, it […]
The crane is named Ralph and is the only crane living in the small pond. Many herons live there, ducks and others, but he is the only crane. The only way I can tell is that he flies with a straight neck and the herons pull there heads in and fly with neck curled up. […]
The beauty of the Russian Village is that, life just flows. The village is all about what is important to you as an individual. Some only want the wild strawberries, some only care about the mushrooms, some only want the grasses for tea makings, some want the apples, some want the plums, some want the […]
Okay the village was not invited, just Orthodox specials and Vova threw the party for the head Monk. I was up at Vova’s place earlier in the day and he was rushing madly trying to cook a huge meal. I offered to help, but he was not up to that. I left him alone, thinking […]
I had a dog once called Peppy La Poo, she was a rat terrier and she was a smart dog. So smart that I am positive that she knew her life was short and from that she deduced that she had to make her life sweet as can be. She lived life at what seemed […]
Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Let me start by giving a brief summary of the results of the BRICS and SCO summits that took place here in Ufa. They concluded Russia’s presidency in these two influential organisations and represent a big step in developing our countries’ multifaceted cooperation. In terms of their influence […]