Soviet Humor - Too Rich for the Masses

Tiny Revolutions in Russia: Twentieth-Century Soviet and Russian History in Anecdotes By Bruce Adams, Publ: RoutledgeCurzon, 173 Pages. $97 is probably one of the better collections of humor in the Soviet Union and, in later days, Russia, but at $97 a copy it is obviously too rich for the masses.
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Letter to the Editor

Excited, captivated
After walking in awe with thousands of other excited and captivated men, women and children across the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge this past weekend, I can truly say I believe this is the best expenditure of taxpayers' dollars since the government started paying my pension.
FRANCIS X. ARCHIBALD 1128 John Rutledge Ave. Hanahan SC

Published in The Post and Courier, Charleston, SC, July 16, 2005
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Fireworks at Ravenel Bridge

If you love the sight of fireworks high in the night sky then check out www.patrickarchibald.com This is my son's web site and he has recorded the largest display of fireworks ever seen in South Carolina. The event took place last night on the site of the Ravenel Bridge, to be dedicated on Saturday and opened to traffic late that day. This is the largest cable stayed bridge in North America.
If you want a copy of any picture note the enlarged number of the photo in the index of photos at the bottom of your screen and send an e-mail to pla@patrickarchibald.com.
Have a nice summer.
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Enjoy the gulag

I received a con-job spam e-mail yesterday from a Yugoslavian woman (allegedly a former secretary to a big dog in Russia who is now in trouble - he's doing nine years in the joint) offering to cut me in on $423 million deposited in a Gibraltar bank that belongs to her old boss in Russia. All I have to do is give this woman my bank information and keep all this deathly quiet so we can profit. In my reply yesterday I said, "I am forwarding this to the FBI in America and the SRV in Russia where I am sure they will have an interest in your shenanigans. Enjoy the gulag."
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New York Times supports my suspicions

In an editorial today, The New York Times wrote, "John Bolton was a destructive presence in the State Department under Mr. (Colin) Powell, and his administration fans were lobbying to see him promoted to the No. 2 job. Ms. (Condoleezza) Rice avoided that disastrous possibility by backing Mr. Bolton instead for the job of ambassador to the United Nations. She chose the far more stable and grounded-in-reality Robert Zoellick, the former trade representative, as her deputy. Granted, siccing Mr. Bolton on the rest of the world at the United Nations isn't exactly the best way to sideline him, but at least he has been removed from dangerous areas like North Korea policy."

This echoes my view expressed in a blog on May 10, 2005, when I wrote "SecState Condie Rice wants him gone from Foggy Bottom where he is like a bull in a china shop." See Archives for May 2005.
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