Comments on: Volgograd Obama

By: Sublime Oblivion

Sublime Oblivion — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:21:54 +0000

@Evgeny,

Posted about Krylov’s last chapter – the part I was most impressed by – at Diasporas and Barbarians.

By: Candide

Candide — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:21:19 +0000

How is it f’d-up to ask a watermelon farmer how his watermelons are doing?

By: Chris Von Doom

Chris Von Doom — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:45:11 +0000

“It’s just as stupid to oppose the market system as it is to oppose evolution.”

Evolution is natural and unavoidable and the market system is neither. Many many (most) societies have not had a market-based economy.

By: Chris Von Doom

Chris Von Doom — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:42:08 +0000

Candide, that was totally fucked up.

By: Candide

Candide — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:33:10 +0000

So, how’s the watermelon crop on South Volga this year?

By: poemless

poemless — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:59:36 +0000

Is this for real? Good Luck Joachim! I’m going to have to get a twitter account now, aren’t I?

By: Joachim Crima

Joachim Crima — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:02:23 +0000

I am Joachim Crima, I am black, I am Russian, and I am running for the Municipal District in my town Volgograd in Motherland Russia.

Follow me on my page on Twitter at http://twitter.com/joachimcrima

By: Kolya

Kolya — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:45:52 +0000

Well, so far capitalism works MUCH better than all the other alternatives. Of course, I prefer the more humane versions (such as the ones we find in Scandinavia) of it, but as far as I know there are no viable alternatives to the market system. Not that I’m particularly happy about it, but neither I’m particularly happy about biological evolution (a beautiful and fascinating process that is also mercilessly brutal.) It’s just as stupid to oppose the market system as it is to oppose evolution. Rather than ideologies (I have the feeling that Sean disagrees with me here) these two are impersonal processes that evolved through the ages. Just like we can try to ameliorate the impersonal aspects of evolution that cause so much misery (disease, pain, the inevitability of death, and so on), we can try to ameliorate the more brutal aspects of the market system (gross inequality, crushing poverty.) And such amelioration attempts are definitely worth our while: they are neither trivial nor insignificant.

By: Chris Von Doom

Chris Von Doom — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:11:58 +0000

Do not heed the seductive whispers of Secretary of States Twinklehoof Clovermane, for she is a fallen magic space poney who wishes only your destruction and to lead you away from the True Pony Path.

By: Cyrill

Cyrill — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:04:36 +0000

Very good translation, Evgeny, except for сраные россияне (cocky – заносчивые) and the first sentence (несмотря ни на что). Шмон to me is search, not shakedown.