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Monthly Archives: April 2017
“Hidden Agendas” – Why Hollywood Be Hatin’ On the Russians – Part II
Dear Readers: This post will conclude my review of the Hollywood movie “Hidden Figures“, which I saw recently. Using as my particular slant the movie’s cavalier contempt for Russia and Russians which, alas, is just an ideological given in Hollywood … Continue reading
Posted in Human Dignity, Space, Science and Technology
Tagged Ada Lovelace, Charges Babbage, Grace Hopper
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“Hidden Agendas” – Why Hollywood Be Hatin’ On the Russians – Part I
Dear Readers: A couple of days ago I watched the 2016 Hollywood movie “Hidden Figures”. Disclosure: I didn’t read the book yet, upon which the movie is based, but I plan to read it, as it sounds extremely interesting. All … Continue reading
Odessa: Shame and Deception
Dear Readers: Today I have for you this bitter philippic penned by the appropriately named Russian TV journalist Valentin Philippov. Like a Roman Senator of the time of Cato the Elder, Philippov curses his native city, its corruption and cowardice, and … Continue reading
Eugene Onegin: Tchaikovsky Conquers the Met – Part II
Dear Readers: Today’s post will conclude my review of the Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinee production of “Eugene Onegin” by Tchaikovsky. Which I watched in an American IMAX movie theater in Live HD streaming, a way of distributing culture to the masses, … Continue reading
Eugene Onegin: Tchaikovsky Conquers the Met – Part I
Dear Readers: This is my review of the Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinee production of “Eugene Onegin” by Tchaikovsky. I watched/heard, alas, not in the actual theater at Lincoln Center in New York City, but, second-best choice, in an IMAX movie theater in … Continue reading
Posted in Opera
Tagged Alexander Pushkin, Anna Netrebko, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Peter Mattei, Robin Ticciati
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Sakhnin Recants (Sort of) – Part IV
Dear Readers: Today finishing off this interview, in Komsomolskaya Pravda, with Russian political dissident Alexei Sakhnin. Alexei’s interlocutor is reporter Darya Aslamova who met with Sakhnin in a pub in Stockholm, Sweden. Sakhnin had just finished recounting his rise and fall … Continue reading
Sakhnin Recants (Sort of) – Part III
Dear Readers: Please excuse the interruption of one day in our continuing saga of Alexei Sakhnin. I had important work to do: I was busy posting fan fiction in the comment section over on Mark Chapman’s blog, (long story), hence the … Continue reading
Sakhnin Recants (Sort of) – Part II
Dear Readers: Continuing this story from the Komsomolka, it comprises an interview — taking place over glasses of whiskey in a Stockholm pub — between reporter Darya Aslamova and fugitive Russian dissident Alexei Sakhnin. Recall the backstory: The so-called “Bolotnaya” protests in … Continue reading
Sakhnin Recants (Sort of) – Part I
Dear Readers: This story in the Komsomolka was written by Darya Aslamova. Over drinks Darya had a “frank conversation” with Russian Dissident Alexei Sakhnin, who had fled to Sweden at the height of the “Bolotnaya” protests. Those demonstrations in the … Continue reading
Chemistry and Life: What Did Trump’s Press Secretary Lie About? – Part II
Dear Readers: Today finishing this piece from Politnavigator, written by Alexander Rostovtsev. The author handily exposed American hypocrisy, when Trump’s minion Sean Spicer (a) lied about Assad using chemical weapons against his own people; and (b) compared Assad unfavorably with Hitler. Rostovtsev went … Continue reading
Posted in Military and War
Tagged Bradley Manning, Chelsea Manning, Phan Thi Kim Phuc, Sean Spicer
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