...> > Dare I mention that people and organisations also lent money to other people/orgs/factories in the old USSR and  in Maoist China, and still today in Cuba  --- are they therefore automatically "capitalists" ? The USSR practiced a system of state capitalism. I.e., the state was the only legal capitalist. ...

...> > Dare I mention that people and organisations also lent money to other people/orgs/factories in the old USSR and  in Maoist China, and still today in Cuba  --- are they therefore automatically "capitalists" ? The USSR practiced a system of state capitalism. I.e., the state was the only legal capitalist. ...

...> > Dare I mention that people and organisations also lent money to other people/orgs/factories in the old USSR and  in Maoist China, and still today in Cuba  --- are they therefore automatically "capitalists" ? The USSR practiced a system of state capitalism. I.e., the state was the only legal capitalist. ...

... said that the Cold War mentality is no longer useful. There are many threats to the US around the world, but they cannot be compared to the Cold War between the West and the East of the 20th century. US and USSR could only be enemies, however they tried to co- exist. They were both too powerful and too diametrically opposed in ideology and ambition. But, that can't be said of most problem nations today. China and Russia may be problematic,...

... strong opposition of Ossetians and Abkhazians. The provinces enjoyed relative autonomy until the collapse of the USSR. In 1990, Georgia's ultranationalist president Zviad Gamsakhurdia abolished autonomous regions and invaded South Ossetia. The ... democracy; to restore the atmosphere of the cold war to East-West relations." As the USSR collapsed, Mikhail Gorbachev made a concession that was astonishing in the light of recent history and ...

... - I'll have a prowl...tho me and Matlab never really got on.... Me two... Heh. Mentioned this to Her Indoors. She was mightily unimpressed. "Of course we were updating inertial nav - using radar - now do you want a cup of tea?" Friggin hell! :-) Mind you, her field was ICBMs, not IC domestic transport :-) (For those that tuned in late, my Missus was a fairly senior control systems engineer in the old USSR)

USSR (bis) - wszyscy maje znaja i kochaja... http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=R2jpJqtz4JY USA (prim) - nikt nas nie kocha, nikt nas nie lubi - tata i mama, chudzi i grubi.. http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=ABSX8kqgTPw -- AR Otwarty Mikrofon - Open Mike Lucja Sliwa i WPNA 1490AM www.jvlradio.com http://wpna1490am.com/wpna128.asx -- Moi drodzy Amerykanie! Ciesze sie, ze moge wam oznajmic podpisanie dzisiaj ...

USSR (bis) - wszyscy maje maja i kochaja... http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=R2jpJqtz4JY USA (prim) - nikt nas nie kocha, nikt nas nie lubi - tata i mama, chudzi i grubi.. http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=ABSX8kqgTPw -- AR Otwarty Mikrofon - Open Mike Lucja Sliwa i WPNA 1490AM www.jvlradio.com http://wpna1490am.com/wpna128.asx -- Moi drodzy Amerykanie! Ciesze sie, ze moge wam oznajmic podpisanie dzisiaj ...

...the right word) and recognized as such by all parties upon dissolution of USSR. I get the argument about false Stalinist boundaries. But you have to...that they were in fact set at the time of the USSR dissolution, and there is a legitimate federation, which seems to be ... comparison in my mind (assuming that the federation concept upon dissolution of USSR is accurately reported in the several sources I have read), then ...

... and manipulated capitalist system that runs the world. Those with no ethics, a lack of humanity, and no personal feelings of self-responsibity simply love the current system which is intent on crushing individuality and personal freedom. It's not hard to see when one cares to look properly. The USSR or the USA - no difference at all in reality - except the rhetoric just sounds different. Same bone, different horse.