Posts on 01/26/21
Most Host Mother`s View of Putin
(Helen Pitlick, USA, 01/26/21 11:34 am) My understanding is the same as Eugenio Battaglia's: the "freedom" that Russians experienced after the collapse of the Soviet Union was really just more chaos and uncertainty. The oligar ...
Read moreTortilla Espanola, and a Barcelona Football Club
(Francisco Ramirez, USA, 01/26/21 7:40 am) Espanyol is the other football club in Catalonia. Alas, now regelated to Second Division. Full name: Real Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona. Maybe a nearby restaurant serves "tortilla espa&nti ...
Read moreCan the Internet Marketplace Become Saturated? Not Really
(Sam Abrams, USA, 01/26/21 4:29 am) The beauty of the Internet as a marketplace is that it's quite hard to saturate, so long as the barrier to entry for suppliers remains low. Some suppliers, such as Amazon or Hotels.com, can i ...
Read moreSaint-Saens, Babbitt, Navalny
(Edward Jajko, USA, 01/26/21 4:01 am) A question for the Francophones in WAIS: a piece by the composer Saint-Saëns was just played on the San Francisco classical music station KDFC. I can't recall which; it wasn't memorable. ...
Read moreAre Russians "Tired" of Living Under Putin`s Yoke?
(Eugenio Battaglia, Italy, 01/26/21 3:22 am) Francisco Wong-Díaz wrote on 25 January: "The Russians had a taste of freedom after the collapse of USSR and are tired of living under [Putin's] yoke." I have a different in ...
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