Monthly Archives: July 2015

Великий и могучий

Posted on 31 July 2015 by zolltan

I made a post that I regret making. A man was interviewed about prison conditions in DNR controlled Eastern Ukraine, and rather than talk about what he said, I decided to talk about which swear words he used. That was shitty … Continue reading →

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Iran Deal Post №3: Are Enemies Useful?

Posted on 30 July 2015 by zolltan

“Слава Богу, мой дружище, есть у нас враги…” -Yuri Vizbor The debate that is happening around the Iran deal right now is in some ways very stupid. People who are for the deal say: “this deal is better for nuclear … Continue reading →

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The CCGS Amundsen is sitting idle in Hudson Bay

Posted on 30 July 2015 by zolltan

Earlier this month, with abnormally icy conditions in the Eastern Hudson Bay, the research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen was diverted from its scientific mission to help escort ships providing fuel to remote Inuit communities in Northern Quebec. Highly idiotic reports crowed about … Continue reading →

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Twitter is Good

Posted on 29 July 2015 by zolltan

People often ask me, zolltan, what is your favourite social network? Actually they don’t ask me that, and thank G_d, because what kind of terrible bland promote-synergy-enterpreneurial-gobbledygook world would we be living in if this was a topic of frequent … Continue reading →

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Novella Matveyeva

Posted on 24 July 2015 by zolltan

For a while I’ve wanted to write something about Novella Matveeva, but I couldn’t figure out what to say other than that I think she is a fantastic poet and bard who deserves love and acclaim. Well, I still don’t … Continue reading →

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Berimbau

Posted on 24 July 2015 by zolltan

The song I’ve listened to most in my life is probably Berimbau. At least, last fm seems to think so. I remember a time in 2006 where I would basically listen to it non-stop. One of the proudest moments in … Continue reading →

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Iran Nuclear Deal Non-thoughts

Posted on 23 July 2015 by zolltan

As I said earlier, since I wasn’t that afraid of a nuclear Iran, the Iran nuclear deal’s main effect for me seems to be a richer Iran. That has its positives (better for Iranians) and its negatives (better for Assad … Continue reading →

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Food Politics

Posted on 16 July 2015 by zolltan

Food politics is hard. Should you look for organic food? Try to eat things that are local and sustainable? Avoid GMOs? Survive on soylent? Move to Mongolia and become a subsistence herder? The more you look into them, the more these questions turn … Continue reading →

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Iran Nuclear Deal Thoughts

Posted on 15 July 2015 by zolltan

The Iran deal was announced today, and your opinion of the deal, should, I think, depend on how likely you thought Iran was, prior to deal, to develop and use nuclear weapons. If you thought Iranian nukes were an apocalyptic … Continue reading →

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Please Assume I Don’t Know Things, But Believe Me If I Say I Do

Posted on 9 July 2015 by zolltan

I’ve been noticing that lately in arguments I have in real life and on the internet, I am less and less in a position of trying to find out the truth, and more and more in the position of trying … Continue reading →

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