Windows to Russia

A ex-army commando who kidnapped several hostages in southern Russia demanding money, a getaway car and a pizza! He wanted to impress his ex-girlfriend, as he had her as one of the hostages… The 17-year-old girl was among the three hostages being held at gunpoint by Alexander Kuptsov for several hours in a inner city […]

1. Russian Federation   2. Ukraine  3. China  4. Sweden  5. Germany  6. India  7. Lithuania  8. France   9. Poland  10. Turkey… Now that is cool butter beans and I am working on growing my world coverage everyday! I learned the hard way to rely upon having a site that caters to only the […]

I have to say something about this and as I know for a fact it will get to the Kremlin, because they, like Washington DC, read my blog daily and it is on several levels that they do this. So I am going to talk about the new drunk driving laws that Russia is contemplating […]

I knew I liked Seagal for more than just whooping up on bad guys and being the toughest cop around. Now I find out for sure that he is a long time friend of Putin’s and they regularly meet and discuss business and other items. Now this is going to cause the hate to fly […]

Western so-called news media coverage of the escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula is like watching a cross between a bad James Bond movie and a cheap horror flick about flesh-eating zombies. It would be funny if the danger of war was not so serious and imminent. The disturbing direction of the Western media coverage […]

Boza and I walked early this morning and  came upon a man with a dog that I will call a fluff ball and not much bigger than a basketball. He stopped and said, “You are American?” I have never seen this guy before and at first I did not recognize the English. I am so […]

I call our Volga, Sammy! She is a wonderful car and she gets us where we are always wanting to go. She is Russian made and I think she is the best car I have ever owned and I have owned a bunch of cars in my time. I was thinking today over a cup […]

I was doing some thinking this morning while sipping that wonderful cup of coffee today. Sveta and I had taken a walk 6 years ago and when we came around a corner and we stopped suddenly. We were amazed, For you see in front of us was this incredible building. We thought it was a […]

It looks like I am going to have to communicate with an English teaching school right around the corner. I went to my little store that I like next to the school and for the second time I have had to say something to several of the teachers standing outside smoking and chit chatting in […]

I have to say something today about what the US is doing to Pakistan! I have many friends from Pakistan and several send me posts to post. So I have an interest in Pakistan, as does Russia also… So when I see a simpleton response by the US to Iran and Pakistan about building a […]