Links posted on November 28, 2007
Isn't it strange that the supposedly überleftist Times neglects to mention, anywhere in this article anything regarding what must be a huge gap between rich and poor in a country where the average person makes $12,000 a year?
“You see, in Moscow, everyone can feel himself a millionaire,” Mr. Karryev said.
Indeed. And I do realize that coverage of poverty here is hardly better, but this article struck me as particularly strange--EVERYONE'S A MILLIONAIRE!!
If you've been checking in on the Writers' Strike, you may have the same question I did: Where does the unionista in a hurry find someone to handle her giant-inflatable-Corporate-Greed-pig-balloon needs? In the City That Works, natch: Chicago-based Big Sky Balloons has a whole menu of Union Balloons (dig the URL), including "Scabby The Rat" and a Giant Cockroach.
