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2015-10-30 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by Sven the pelter 2015-10-30 04:56|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 It was already on the road to ruin. They had one brief opportunity to break out in the 90s, and then the usual suspects of corruption and power made sure that wasn't going to happen. The Beltway here just has a lot of resources still to burn through before we all get the same experience.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-10-30 08:40|| 2015-10-30 08:40|| Front Page Top

#2 The Beltway here just has a lot of resources still to burn through before we all get the same experience.

They are working on it as hard as they can.

Posted by JohnQC 2015-10-30 10:53|| 2015-10-30 10:53|| Front Page Top

#3 The economic decline is a straight line with negative slope, then we reach the knee of the curve, where the slope changes rapidly and we head in a power dive for the bottom. It will happen to the Russian govt, as well as the US govt, if we continue on the course of economic irresponsibility we have set.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-10-30 11:24|| 2015-10-30 11:24|| Front Page Top

#4 The renaming of this stretch of road was reportedly an effort to embarrass the region's administrative apparatus into doing something about its abysmal condition.

Maybe Detroit should consider renaming the city Obamaville.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2015-10-30 11:52|| 2015-10-30 11:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Chukavin and his associates reasoned, no street named for Russia's one-time KGB Lt. Col. turned president-for-life could be allowed to remain riddled with potholes.
That's funny. If it works I expect every street to be named after Putin before long and navigating anywhere will be impossible.

Posted by rjschwarz 2015-10-30 14:56|| 2015-10-30 14:56|| Front Page Top

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