No American, or, for that matter, Ukrainian (Russian, ex-Soviet, whatever) person I know has brushed me off when I talked about that one New Year’s Eve. The Special New Year’s Eve. Special for many reasons, but here is the obvious one – the one that involved me getting surrounded by friends of friends on aContinue reading “On believing”
Category Archives: Dirty Politics
If you’re in Turkey, you can’t read me (or any other WordPress blog)!
This “slander! Waaaah!” rhetoric is pathetic, considering the fact that it’s coming from a developed nation with some serious EU aspirations. Not only is it silly, it’s sort of humiliating for the Turkish government. Did I say sort of? I mean totally. And deleting the “slanderous” blogs in questions would, indeed, set a horrendous precedent.Continue reading “If you’re in Turkey, you can’t read me (or any other WordPress blog)!”
What kind of drugs is Tancredo smoking?
…bombing holy Muslim sites would serve as a good “deterrent” to prevent Islamic fundamentalists from attacking the United States, [Tancredo’s] spokeswoman said Friday Because reality is overrated. Reality means that I don’t look like Monica Bellucci, for example.
The fact that anyone has to ‘defend’ the decision to knight Rushdie…
… Is ridiculous, at best. At worst, it’s disturbing and sad. And the fact that other British politicians are using this situation as an opportunity to score points by feigning deep concern for Britain’s relationship with Pakistan is to be expected. The hardliners in Pakistan will take any excuse to steer the mob. As aContinue reading “The fact that anyone has to ‘defend’ the decision to knight Rushdie…”
Гниды
Sometimes the news is so embarrassing that you hardly want to acknowledge it. Although this should be acknowledged, because it’s a nice example of how totalitarianism works in Russia. With standards of life low, it’s easy to convince people to turn into a herd of bloodthirsty baboons. The baboons have to take their anger outContinue reading “Гниды”
Natalia A. 