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Comment on Discontinuity and the Soviet Union by jose

jose — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:26:00 +0000

THE USSR SHALL RETURN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER TO PROTECT ITS COUNTRY LIKE IT WAS MADE FOR NOT TO LET ITS COUNTRY GET TAKEN AWAY FROM SOME SAILORS AND FAT PEOPLE

Comment on Humpty Dumpty by Andrew Orsak

Andrew Orsak — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:54:28 +0000

Got the figurines at Toy Joy. Only one Spanish test remains between me and freedom.

Comment on Humpty Dumpty by alexinafghan

alexinafghan — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:11:05 +0000

Nice video, where did you get the figurines? Also, congratulations on the job, and on graduating!

Comment on Manhattan Portage, NY Bike Messenger Bag: A Quick Review by Andrew Orsak

Andrew Orsak — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:58:20 +0000

After a couple of months using this bag I couldn’t be happier. The lack of organizational pockets is not a problem, since in the past I would just organize away a bunch of stuff into the small pockets and forget it was even there. This is just the right balance between organization and keeping things within obvious reach.

Comment on Manhattan Portage, NY Bike Messenger Bag: A Quick Review by Will K

Will K — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:46:21 +0000

Thanks for this review dude, been looking for some decent pics and an honest opinion for a while. Probably gonna buy one soon, cheers.

Comment on Mise en Scéne in Pulp Fiction: Jackrabbit Slim’s Diner by DenzelWs

DenzelWs — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:54:28 +0000

Dear Friends, HAPPY HALOWEEN!!!

Comment on The Shrieks at Hole in the Wall by Kelli Garner

Kelli Garner — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:55:02 +0000

Really nice posts. I will be checking back here regularly.

Comment on Discontinuity and the Soviet Union by MothraAttack

MothraAttack — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:34:31 +0000

I think your analysis is spot on, and your emphasis on Castro and Chavez doesn’t go unnoticed. A lot of people ignore their autocratic tendencies in favor of promoting their ostensibly progressive policies. I’ve heard from backpackers that in Caracas, one of the most crime-ridden capitals of South America, lines for staple food items have become mandatory since Chavez’s economic reforms. Likewise it will be interesting to see how Evo Morales of Bolivia contends with the renegade province of Santa Cruz. As a minor nitpick, I think modern academia tends to cite a number of under 1,000,000 victims for Stalin’s Great Purge. This isn’t to minimize the utter horror of the Purge; rather, the opening of Soviet archives has shed significant light in recent years on the tragedy, dispeling larger numbers that were once favored in the West, like those once promulgated by Robert Conquest and other vociferous opponents of the Soviet model. This does not, however, factor in the liquidation of the kulak class, which possibly led to more deaths than the Great Purge. From a sociological standpoint it is interesting to note the relative popularity that Stalin and Lenin still enjoy in the CIS — although this peculiar trend is certainly not replicated in western Ukraine or the Baltic states. A notable footnote to the Russian Civil War was Nestor Makhno’s anarchist rebellion in Ukraine. It, perhaps above all, was the most succinct rendition of Marxist theory seen since the Parisian communards, yet his refusal to ally with Kerensky, the Bolsheviks or the Whites quickly sealed the fate of his movement.