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http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/24/europe/journal.php

So, what do you think? A return to the nostalgia that was the USSR, or just a good crime fighting tool? Anyone have experience with this st ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/world/21petro.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

An interesting piece in the NY Times today on this subject:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/world/europe/13russia.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

On the other hand they don't see anything wrong with invasion into the country with population of 70 thousands citizens, but when big boys come into play they start dropping tears and screaming how ...

Another anti-Russian-govt shit. My mother is Baptist. Nothing ever close to this article. No any problems with government. None. Zero. Even if they have American friends who occasionally send money to ...

Heheh.......I know that approach into JFK, as I just did it coming back from Florida a few weeks back. The planes fly over Rockaway, which is where I spent part of my growing up. They fly directly ove ...

Interesting NY Times piece on Protestantism, the Russian Orthodox church, and religious freedom:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/world/europe/24church.html?hp

The idea of freedom of religion h ...

Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but distance will drive a stake right through it.........

Even so, the need for tort reform in this country is great, no matter what. Yes, the Stella Liebeck case falls under the "sad, but true" category, but there are plenty of real, very similar ...

Over here, they are called SWAT. Special Weapons And Tactics. And anything goes.

If you knew anything about police work in the US, you would know that is a bunch of crap. SWAT teams (and that t ...

respect gets respect and Putin I am sure thought the interview was a joke and therefor controlled it...which means the journalist obviously was an amatuer

Well, I admit that when I read it, I got t ...

I thought the article was very lacking and very timid. Time needs better journalists.

In what way was it timid? What would have constituted a more aggressive approach, and would it have succeeded ...

Time is a pretty crappy (and very thin) magazine. The Economist is 5 times better in depth and extend of the news and business coverage. Putin definitely made a huge difference on how Russia has devel ...

This is a more expansive take on the interview:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear/article/0,28804,1690753_1690757_1690766-1,00.html

Time magazine has chosen Putin better than Al Gore...
What a shame.

Not better. Read the quote in my original post........