Author Archives: onion dome

“блин”

Posted on May 16, 2013

http://i.imgur.com/EE0vTx8.jpg Source LP

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Cancion del dia que se va

Posted on May 9, 2013

On День Победы, a week and a half after labor day, we turn to Lorca for reflection. ¡Que trabajo me cuesta dejarte marchar, dia! Te vas lleno de mi, vuelves sin conocerme. ¡Que trabajo me cuesta dejar sobre tu pecho … Continue reading →

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Делайте добро без корысти и оно обязательно вернется

Posted on May 4, 2013

Having gained notoriety for capturing graphic accidents and traffic rage, and most recently the meteorite in Chelyabinsk, the below video presents a different application of dashcams in Russia: paying it forward with random acts of kindness. The dashcam phenonmenon in … Continue reading →

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The First Sip

Posted on May 1, 2013

Highly recommended: from The Moth comes a tale of a mormon’s reckoning story with her parents in Siberia. Can’t embed the audio, but it can be downloaded for free on iTunes. http://themoth.org/posts/stories/to-russia-with-love Plus the link has pics.

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Season 2 Finale

Posted on April 24, 2013

Not bad. I think Lenin takes it. Thanks to SB.

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Fanboydom

Posted on April 22, 2013

Credit to SB http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/02/exile-201002

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Stick a Fork in Him, He’s Done

Posted on April 11, 2013

Forgot to post an article from February that, in my view, is in the running for most absurd story of the year. Poor Dmitri Medvedev. A speech he gave to honor Russia’s special forces while he was still president of … Continue reading →

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Shishkin

Posted on April 9, 2013

на один прекрасный день в месте похожем на этот лес всплыла наша тень через снежный занавес кроме на-лыжах-катающихся шли мы в тишине и о всех нас-не-касающихся мы забыли истинне а хотя некультурно наступил я, ты не отказала от объятия тогда … Continue reading →

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Bears Tripping

Posted on April 9, 2013

http://helablog.com/2013/03/bears-getting-high-russian-animals-addicted-to-sniffing-gasoline/ No copyright claim on the text or the photos; this is all sourced from helablog via The Daily Mail. Photographer Igor Shpilenok spent seven months with the community of bears at the Kronotsky Nature Reserve in Russia. The junkie … Continue reading →

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Words of Wisdom from Eugene Hutz

Posted on March 27, 2013

Thanks to YI

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