tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post1214738197895627071..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Turns out the toilets are the the best part.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-56307495727216613682014-02-07T09:19:41.417-05:002014-02-07T09:19:41.417-05:00Ed Snowden shoulda' warned them.Ed Snowden shoulda' warned them.TheCabinetManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05235483459182337708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80623731694164930802014-02-07T06:55:02.787-05:002014-02-07T06:55:02.787-05:00Windy Wilson,
The picture is from Sarajevo, post-...Windy Wilson,<br /><br />The picture is from Sarajevo, post-civil war.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21354071544447726772014-02-07T06:10:48.758-05:002014-02-07T06:10:48.758-05:00...and yet, people talk about "post-Soviet Ru......and yet, people talk about "post-Soviet Russia, where at least now..." <br /><br />Now you can come and go and see the crap that comes from a neo-socialist system, where they are taxed to the extent that <i>everyone</i> cheats on their taxes, defeating capitalism. <br />Yet there are pictures of Putin everywhere, as if her were a super-efficient guy beloved by everyone there (buzz!), or else a mob-connected dictator, feared by everyone there. (Dingdingding!)Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72039517658059593552014-02-06T23:23:28.756-05:002014-02-06T23:23:28.756-05:00Anon: "Ah capitalism."
Ermmmm, where is...Anon: "Ah capitalism."<br /><br />Ermmmm, where is this capitalism of which you speak?<br /><br />I see a bunch of government cronies squandering Russian government funds on a crap Potemkin Olympic Village.<br /><br />If the Russian Federation had given, say the Ritz, or the Benson hotel chain, this contract ( and had the Russian Army shoot any mafioso that showed their faces ) there would have been a five star facility there by now.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-78355722870464912252014-02-06T23:05:10.582-05:002014-02-06T23:05:10.582-05:00And all that for the bargain basement price of ONL...And all that for the bargain basement price of ONLY 50 BILLION.<br /><br />Note: The Vancouver B.C. session cost 2 billion (1/25th) and people thought that was crazy expensive.<br /><br />oldguy52oldguy52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04816435084982258396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46544517341383635052014-02-06T22:17:26.053-05:002014-02-06T22:17:26.053-05:00Every time I read about Russia, I find another rea...Every time I read about Russia, I find another reason to be grateful to my grandparents for their decisions, made and executed at various points during the period 1895 and 1925, to emigrate from Russia to America. Not just because they (unlike the family that stayed) were not killed by the Nazis, but it means I get read abut Russia and not live it. And like Rob, it's a country I have no interest in visiting.<br /><br />Kishnevi Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15613544115272890852014-02-06T22:11:08.004-05:002014-02-06T22:11:08.004-05:00Ugly is not the word for it...Ugly is not the word for it...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-43050711662880368302014-02-06T21:32:47.112-05:002014-02-06T21:32:47.112-05:00I find the earlier comment mentioning a "Pote...I find the earlier comment mentioning a "Potemkin village" ironic. If that was the case here, the buildings' front facades would at least look great from the outside.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_village<br /><br />All this puts Mitt Romney's performance in Salt Lake City in a different light.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-75557973157854155622014-02-06T21:10:12.930-05:002014-02-06T21:10:12.930-05:00Is that artwork? It really does look like somethin...Is that artwork? It really does look like something from post-Olympics Sarajevo after everyone realized Tito wasn't in charge anymore. <br />If that isn't artwork, then what caliber are they using in the Biathlon? Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79786984338260596762014-02-06T20:45:53.959-05:002014-02-06T20:45:53.959-05:00https://mobile.twitter.com/SochiProblems This Twit...https://mobile.twitter.com/SochiProblems This Twitter account is full of Sochi lulz. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04245345365265060881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20061046416627194462014-02-06T19:14:17.773-05:002014-02-06T19:14:17.773-05:00Wait till the Media Newscasters see the Russian Wi...Wait till the Media Newscasters see the Russian Winter Spetnaz Team leaping over the wooden object, upsidown wearing snow-shoes and throwing hatchets. That will impress upon them who's Boss. Isn't that the whole object of the Olympiad? Besides the European graft and corruption doled out to former royalty?NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50721016814040370222014-02-06T18:48:57.704-05:002014-02-06T18:48:57.704-05:00People are actually surprised by this? I can hones...People are actually surprised by this? I can honestly say, judging from the pics in the link, that Detroit looks a hell of a lot safer than Sochi in many respects; at least in Detroit, they don't try to pass off the urban blight as an ideal place to house international representatives.will_1400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85984549503919372402014-02-06T17:49:56.119-05:002014-02-06T17:49:56.119-05:00To reflect Rob's statement, Olympics in totali...To reflect Rob's statement, Olympics in totalitarian countries tend to be more glossy and polished- Beijing and Berlin come to mind. In this case, the powers that be pull out all stops to show that their system is working, as if some Olympic Potemkin village makes up for the horrific daily reality.<br /><br />This seems to be more "eff it, the skim is in bank".Joe in PNGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-12387570224093654162014-02-06T17:02:20.199-05:002014-02-06T17:02:20.199-05:00If only the Tsar knew!If only the Tsar knew!New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87230321684829866522014-02-06T16:37:48.867-05:002014-02-06T16:37:48.867-05:00Because corruption and top down command and contro...Because corruption and top down command and control.<br /><br />We should try that here! Gooberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358115439453465833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85886419017031600562014-02-06T16:29:10.592-05:002014-02-06T16:29:10.592-05:00I'm sure that will buff right out Comrade!
Ge...I'm sure that will buff right out Comrade!<br /><br />GerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60324564229125320322014-02-06T16:27:06.960-05:002014-02-06T16:27:06.960-05:00 fast richard, “In theory, theory and practice a... fast richard, “In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.”<br /><br />-JoatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-14109828021794944982014-02-06T16:09:48.364-05:002014-02-06T16:09:48.364-05:00Though the Italian mob guys took their piece of th...Though the Italian mob guys took their piece of the building projects in Jersey over the years, at least those projects usually actually ended up completed.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414687981098467556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50404943646611163132014-02-06T15:52:16.060-05:002014-02-06T15:52:16.060-05:00In soviet Russia hotel make reservation for YOU. In soviet Russia hotel make reservation for YOU. Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04452486400885521156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-63426548211739391962014-02-06T15:34:36.132-05:002014-02-06T15:34:36.132-05:00I have to wonder if communism still reigned in Rus...I have to wonder if communism still reigned in Russia and if people were as afraid of Putin as they were of Stalin, if Sochi wouldn't be the <i>pinnacle</i> of a white washed, fully prepped, dissident free, zone. <br /><br />But all in all this just reinforces my overwhelming desire to stay away from that portion of the world...forever. <br /><br />-RobRevolverRobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-3828228675727420012014-02-06T15:17:58.223-05:002014-02-06T15:17:58.223-05:00Because vodka.Because vodka.Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-56055017567509067232014-02-06T15:14:09.719-05:002014-02-06T15:14:09.719-05:00Ah, capitalism.Ah, capitalism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-56196520637725436052014-02-06T15:12:11.483-05:002014-02-06T15:12:11.483-05:00I was just telling my wife last night that the way...I was just telling my wife last night that the way preps are going in Sochi that Siberia can expect an influx of new talent very, very soon.Mossyrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271482192516787351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74355485324983518542014-02-06T14:53:07.683-05:002014-02-06T14:53:07.683-05:00At least the Russians seem to have found a way to ...At least the Russians seem to have found a way to keep out the Occupy Sochi hipppies.Ancient Woodsmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60938356602611365032014-02-06T14:48:08.294-05:002014-02-06T14:48:08.294-05:00In theory a century of experience in top down comm...In theory a century of experience in top down command and control economics should develop good project management skills. In practice, the theory never seems to work out. Their attempt to emulate capitalism got stuck in their own image of gangster cronyism.fast richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05947715402204312013noreply@blogger.com