( Read more... )

In case anyone is confused by the official US propaganda - here's an eye-witness account of what is really going on by a vacationing American from Florida:

via zashtopik

LOL

В Москве на бульваре Яна Райниса сотрудники милиции задержали мужчину, которого подозревают в похищении человека.

Расследование началось после того, как в дежурную часть обратился 51-летний технолог коммерческой компании. Мужчина рассказал, что 23 мая у собственного дома его похитили неизвестные и удерживали в неустановленном месте, где требовали передачи им технологии производства искусственной икры из водорослей бурого фукуса.

Потерпевшему удалось освободиться самостоятельно. По его словам, подозреваемый в организации похищения - заместитель генерального директора коммерческой компании, занимающейся поставками и реализацией рыбной продукции, сообщает "Интерфакс".

Задержанный уже дал признательные показания. Он рассказал, что технолога вывезли в деревню Лужки Серпуховского района Московской области, где насильно удерживали в доме, принадлежащем одному из похитителей.

По данному факту было возбуждено уголовное дело. В настоящее время ведется розыск соучастников преступления.

Watched My Sister Eileen and fell in love with Rosalind Russell. I realized though that, had she been playing in a modern movie, she likely wouldn't shine as much as she did in the 1940s. Her mastery of expression needs a context where a smile or a glance is appreciated and the interactions between genders happen according to long-forgotten rules.

A collection of unusual musical instruments.

Maronite singer Fayrouz from Lebanon: Kano Ya Habibi


Turkish version of the same Russian song: Ahmet Koc


Argentine tango version of Koyft She Papirosn by Zully Goldfarb

Installed ZX Spectrum emulator today. From Alone Coder. Absolutely amazing piece of work. Now playing the old arcades from my subconscious. The screens come in front of my eyes like dreams and sometimes I even remember when to press a button ahead of the time.

Check out the Dark Fusion game music. THIS was played on a 48Kb machine. That's 49152 bytes, you read me correctly. I still consider this one of the best examples of electronic music ever.

Chelyabinsk Tractor vs Kazan Ak-Bars

This is not from "The Onion", mind you. This is a serious news article about German politics.



German communist in hot water after dining out on lobster
Kate Connolly in Berlin
Tuesday December 18, 2007
The Guardian

By the time she had realised her mistake - that as one of Germany's top communists she should probably not be seen eating lobster - it was too late.

There was no time to switch from the €22 (£16) "rich man's dish" to a more modest platter of kippers, because Sahra Wagenknecht had already been caught on camera in the act of betraying her own political ideals.

( Read more... )

Click to enlarge:



via Exile.RU

via radulova

Agence France-Presse Last updated 09:11am (Mla time) 12/04/2007 SAN FRANCISCO--Moscow-based SUP announced Monday it has bought blog-hosting firm LiveJournal as part of a plan to cultivate an international community of people that write such online diaries. The Russian media company said it acquired LiveJournal from Six Apart Ltd. in San Francisco and that it will operate the blogging firm from this California city... Read More

Слава России!

It's all over the Russian LJ, but uploaded the image for safekeeping here :)

( Russian-only )

Putin rocks!

More Turgoyak photos from teplorod.

Somebody posted a picture of lake Turgoyak in the Southern Urals... Beautiful as it really is. Miss that.

Click to see the full panorama....