September 2020

Snake Plissken for President in 2020! No Donald 'Erdogan' Trump! No Joe 'Empath' Biden!

2020/09/30

Bob Hauk: There was an accident. About an hour ago, a small jet went down inside New York City. The President was on board. Snake Plissken: President of what? Bob Hauk: That's not funny, Plissken. You go in, find the President, bring him out in 24 hours, and you're a free man. Snake Plissken: 24 hours, huh? Bob Hauk: I'm making you an...

The Kathopnishad: A Commentary(Part I)

2020/09/30

The Kathopnishad: A Commentary(Part I) Dr. Sheeba Rakesh "The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard." Once an ascetic by the name of Vajshravar , desired the absolute freedom of his soul from the cycle of birth and death. In order to attain this gift, he could think...

Russian ruble on the way to hit another all-time low

2020/09/29

29.09.2020 21:01 The euro exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange exceeded 93 rubles per euro for the first time since January 21, 2016. The US dollar is rising in value as well: on September 29, the dollar was traded at the rate of 79.68 rubles per one dollar. The historical maximum of the euro rate in Russia makes up 100.74 rubles - the...

Is Russia going to declare war on Turkey?

2020/09/29

Russia does not need to get involved in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Russian politicians should ensure only Russian interests. There can be only one big war in the region - the war between Russia and Turkey. According to Andrei Perla, an observer with TsarGrad, hundreds of men stand in lines at the military registration...

The weak voice of France wants to talk to the weaker voice of Belarus

2020/09/29

Emmanuel Macron is the first Western leader to meet Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. Why does the French president need this initiative? Macron wants France involved in Belarusian crisis French President Emmanuel Macron held a meeting in Lithuania with ex-presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya on September 29. Prior...

COVID-19: Only one in eight countries worldwide have measures in place to protect women

2020/09/29

COVID-19: Only one in eight countries worldwide have measures in place to protect women against social and economic impacts, new data shows UN Women and UNDP's newly launched COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker shows the social protection and jobs response to the pandemic has largely overlooked women's needs. [New York] Most of the...

Memo To Trump: Pick Heroes, Not Hymens, for the Court

2020/09/29

Politics can be a dirty business and often to get what you want you have to ask for something else...or more properly stated - to get what you want you need to threaten what your opponent does not want. A Couple Historical Examples Abraham Lincoln - Few today recollect Hannibal Hamlin aside from certain scholars of Abraham Lincoln,...

10 Beautiful But Deadly Places of Russia

2020/09/29

These sewage drainage channels, ash dumps and settling basins look like space landscapes but it’s dangerous to contact them. Alexander Sukharev, participant of Kosmaj Project had a journey across Russia this summer and took these curious images from a quadcopter. Red mud disposal field of an uluminium smelter in Kamensk-Uralsky in the...

Turkey wages war in Nagorno Karabakh. What should Russia do?

2020/09/29

The crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh poses a huge challenge for Russian diplomacy. A breakthrough is needed, otherwise it will be Turkey, not Russia, that will bring its erstwhile empire back to life. Turkey conducts military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh On Sunday, September 27, the active phase of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh resumed. In...

Western And Soviet Movie Episodes Get Mixed!

2020/09/29

It’s not new when someone uses Photoshop to combine Soviet and Western movies. But it’s always much fun. This time it’s an illustrator from Kazan who shared these pictures. Let's block ads! (Why?...

Artist From Kazakhstan Makes Amazing Works From Fallen Leaves

2020/09/29

Kanat Nurtazin is a self-taught artist from Astana, Kazakhstan, who makes incredible works from fallen leaves with help of a utility knife. They became so popular that the author was contacted by Disney and Nickeldeon with cooperation offers. Works of Kanat were used in advertising campaigns for movies Maleficent 2 and Frozen 2 of Disney....