Category Archives: Russia

Morning Awful: Russia’s “Last Chance” in Syria

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Russia’s “Last Chance” in Syria”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Russia was one of the two UN Security Council members responsible for greenlighting the Assad regime’s crackdown on dissidents. Now Russia is reportedly losing patience with the ongoing massacres, as … Continue reading →

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Arms Control: “Breakthrough in Months”

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Arms Control: “Breakthrough in Months””FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAnother one for the “just like Bush” folder! From the AFP: WASHINGTON — The United States and Russia have reached an “agreement in principle” to slash their nuclear weapons stockpiles, the first such … Continue reading →

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Russian Submarine Panic

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Russian Submarine Panic”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe hoopla over Russian submarines patrolling off our coast is silly. Firstly because it’s not as if we didn’t have this sort of thing coming: Bush armed and trained Georgia, which began shooting artillery at … Continue reading →

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Globalization in a Photo

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Globalization in a Photo”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis might be one of the best visual aids I’ve ever had for the subject of Globalization. It’s part of an online collection by Russian photographer Petrosian: Notice the high-tech bridge being assembled. Such … Continue reading →

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The Great Wall of Technology

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Great Wall of Technology”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailMany years ago, Berke Breathed’s wonderful cartoon strip Bloom County proposed that America would be better off sewing a trillion dollar bills into a giant, orbiting net instead of trying to knock down … Continue reading →