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Archive for January, 2008



Posted on January 31, 2008 - by

Universal Health Care

I just finished watching Michael Moore‘s “Sicko“. As always Moore hits the nail on the head. In simple terms he explains a complicated problem and the main reason behind it: HMOs are robbing us blind but we are too stupid, tired, scared and depressed to do anything about it. Our doctors and politicians continue to take kickbacks from [...]


Posted on January 27, 2008 - by

Kasyanov barred from elections

Mikhail Kasyanov, Russia’s former Prime Minister and the leader of the PDU party, has been barred by the Central Election Commission (CEC) from participating in the presidential elections in March of 2008. According to Russian election legislation, an independent candidate like Kasyanov must collect two million signatures from supporters in order to participate in presidential [...]


Posted on January 16, 2008 - by

British Council vs GIBDD (Russian traffic police)

Stephen Kinnock, the head of the British Council in Russia, was detained by police on suspicion of drunk driving. He was held for about an hour and then released with consular help. Work of the British Council in St. Petersburg has been temporarily suspended because the Council’s Russian staff is being “interviewed” by the FSB. [...]


Posted on January 11, 2008 - by

Presidential primaries and the idiot’s war

Like many of you, I was watching the Democratic presidential debates. They almost convinced me to vote Republican for the first time ever. The first question on the agenda: nuclear terrorism and, of course, Osama. According to the leading economists, the country is heading toward a deep recession (1). Even with the buy-out of Countrywide, [...]


Posted on January 4, 2008 - by

Justice: blind and stupid

Justice: blind and stupid

I was just reading on CNN about the resolution of the Tankleff case. In a nutshell: a 17-year-old kid’s parents got stabbed. Mother died on the spot and father died after a month in a coma. The kid got cornered by cops, who lied to him that his father came out of coma and accused [...]


Posted on January 2, 2008 - by

Getting organized

Getting organized

NY Times ran a piece A Clutter Too Deep for Mere Bins and Shelves about potential impact of clutter around the house on your mental and physical health. I don’t know about your house, but for me the biggest source of clutter always has been the mailbox. Every time I would clean up, the crap [...]