HAPPY HUMPDAY PRAGOBOTS! We continue our look at Afro-Russians... ABKHAZIANS … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Afro-Russians
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Tuesday Open Thread: Afro-Russians
GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! We continue our look at Afro-Russians with... ALEXANDER PUSHKIN "The Father of Russian Literature" (1799-1837) … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Afro-Russians
Monday Open Thread: Afro-Russians
GOOD MONDAY MORNING, P.O.U.! Since the 2014 Winter Olympics are taking place in Sochi, Russia, I'd thought it would be fitting to take a look at Black historical and present day figures in Russia. First, a brief history.... … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Afro-Russians
FLASHBACK: Putin Was For Targeted Airstrikes Before He Was Against Them
In an NY Times op-ed published yesterday, President Vladimir Putin is all like, "Military strikes are bad. Really bad. President Obama is mean!", and so-called progressives like Katrina vanden Heuvel and Prof. Jelani Cobb are eating it up like tasty pudding. But look at what Putin wrote in (ironically) a NY Times op-ed in 1999 (h/t Jim Roberts @nycjim): … [Read more...] about FLASHBACK: Putin Was For Targeted Airstrikes Before He Was Against Them