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Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev (2L) vehemently arguing w. VP Richard Nixon (2R) who is furiously objecting as an excited interpreter (C) translates their firey words re US ideas on home construction during “kitchen debate” at American Natl. Exhibit at Moscow Fair The entire transcript is worth reading, but this is the best line: Khrushchev: You’re [...]

OK, not quite, but check out this bizarre creature: These stills are from video footage taken by a remotely operated vehicle operating at a depth of 7800 feet. The Magnapinna squid was hanging out by Shell’s Perdido Spar, the deepest oil development project in the world. It’s located in the Gulf of Mexico, about 200 [...]

Still amazed so many people believed all that Muslim/terrorist/socialist/fake birth certificate nonsense.

Remember that $1 billion aid package we promised Saakashvili after that little flare up in the Caucasus this past summer? The U.S. Government has just transferred the first $250 million to pay for the following: The $250 million grant will fund Georgia’s budget expenditures to cover state pensions, state compensation and state academic stipends ($163.3 [...]

I saw the new Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, on Friday night. I thought Casino Royale was better, as this plot was a little “meh”. Also, tried to paint the oil industry as evil, again. Not cool. Nevertheless, the movie is entertaining as it contained plenty of fighting, explosions, and Daniel Craig. However, while discussing [...]

(Michael Rougier, August 1957) Tourists carrying backpacks sightseeing in Dubrovnik. Young people traipsing about wearing jeans and gigantic backpacks with a flag pinned to them. Fifty years later, and not much has changed (except for the footwear. Flip-flops, please). Dubrovnik is by far one of the most beautiful places on earth. If I win the [...]

Maybe: Russian oil companies could soon begin searching for oil in deep Gulf of Mexico waters off Cuba, a top diplomat said just days before Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits the island. Russian oil companies have “concrete projects” for drilling in Cuba’s part of the gulf, said Mijail Kamynin, Russia’s ambassador to Cuba, to the [...]

Uh, wow: The global financial crisis has grown so bad that Russians are cutting back on vodka. Stockpiles of Russia’s national drink were six times higher at the start of the month than the same time a year ago because factories are producing vodka faster than they can sell it, an alcohol industry lobby and [...]

Post Gidget invasion, and Dora’s nightmare. (Allan Grant, 1961)

Like this one: So, I have a confession and a suggestion. The confession: I go into restaurants these days, look around at the tables often still crowded with young people, and I have this urge to go from table to table and say: “You don’t know me, but I have to tell you that you [...]