Wednesday, June 22, 2005
The Best of Pravda
GOTTA WATCH THOSE BEAVERS
WHAT HAPPENS IF A NATION ACTIVELY SUPPRESSES RELIGION FOR ABOUT A CENTURY?
Stories like this and this. One is about a "spirtual healer" and the other a "witch." People know in thier bones that there is more to reality than we can take in with our senses. Russia has had a long tradition of such folklore -- consider Rasputin -- but when the more legitimate aspects of spirituality are suppressed, you're going to end up with very illegitimate stuff.
REALLY DRUNK? REALLY BORED? WHY NOT SMASH UP SOMEONE ELSE'S CAR
The fact that Russia Makes This Funny makes me think it is a nation of frat boys.
It was a group of beavers living in a small river not far from the power line, which caused the small-scale blackout in the two villages. Beavers felled a tall aspen tree that was growing on a bank of the river. The tree fell down right on the wires of the power line. The emergency system automatically disconnected the damaged line from electric power.'Round here, engineers usually take such things in account.
WHAT HAPPENS IF A NATION ACTIVELY SUPPRESSES RELIGION FOR ABOUT A CENTURY?
Stories like this and this. One is about a "spirtual healer" and the other a "witch." People know in thier bones that there is more to reality than we can take in with our senses. Russia has had a long tradition of such folklore -- consider Rasputin -- but when the more legitimate aspects of spirituality are suppressed, you're going to end up with very illegitimate stuff.
REALLY DRUNK? REALLY BORED? WHY NOT SMASH UP SOMEONE ELSE'S CAR
The fact that Russia Makes This Funny makes me think it is a nation of frat boys.
