Sovok of the Week

American men: looking for love in the Baltics

This is precious: “I used to date blondes,” he said, but he now favors darker-haired women with blue or green eyes, who are taller than him, have undemanding personalities, arent competitive and want children.”

So, let me get this traight. This slob wants someone who would accept his sorry [...]

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God Bless Me, It’s a Best-Seller!: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com
Liberals in America (and I proudly count myself as one of them) are bending over backwards praising Christopher Hitchens’ new book “God is not Great.” In it, he states that religion is “”violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism, tribalism, and bigotry, invested in ignorance and [...]

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Transylvania News in English – SevenTimes.Ro – The biggest goulash in the world. Bon appétit
Oh, how I wish I could “manipulate” one of those seven huge wooden spoons “to stir well the boiling ingredients”!

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What is She Talking About? – Video
No commentary is needed, I believe.
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Moscow News – Local – 10 Things to Know about Moscow

My favorite quote is about Russian superstitions: “Do not present a person with an even amount of flowers – yes, odd; do not present any sort of cutlery or handkerchiefs as gifts; do not shake hands with a person through a doorframe; do not whistle [...]

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Danger Room – Wired Blogs
I wonder what these will be used for … Well, I have already suggested the support of democracy against the crazies and pro-Westerners. But … what do you think?
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In Moscow, Summer Means a Freeze on Hot Water – New York Times

Things don’t change too fast even in the “West-bound” and insanely overpriced Moscow. Once Sovok is always a Sovok, no matter how shiny it is!

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“Sovok of the Week” has never been big on hipsters, those annoying emaciated self-righteous gas-bags who wear ironic T-shirts and complicated shoes. Now, if a hipster lives in New York or another big city, we can respect his/her quest for coolness and self-expression. It is quite another thing when one encounters a home-grown hipster-wanna-be [...]

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Russian governor sponsors Conception Day – Yahoo! News

My favorite quote:

“Everyone who has a baby in an Ulyanovsk hospital on Russia Day gets some kind of prize. But the grand prize winners are couples judged to be the fittest parents by a committee that deliberates for two weeks over the selection.”
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This will remind some readers of DJ Vadim’s last three birthdays. And that one New Year’s party. Oh, and the Ypsi Heritage Festival of 2004.

Link!

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The Ukraine has produced the World’s Tallest Man!!

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Azis, who we have already written about, has become a proud father!

Read it all here: Bulgaria: Bulgaria’s Gay Idol Becomes Father

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I am thinking … I wish Misha would have thought of a way to install our SOTW flag on the North Pole … All our financial problems would have gone away …
IOL: Russia ‘amazed’ by Western mockery
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As you can see, SOTW has a new look-leaner, easier to navigate, and more pleasing to the eye, I hope.
You probably have figured out that in no way I would be able to do such a fantastic job of moving it to a new platform had it not been for some outside help. In the [...]

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