Blogotional: The Best Of Pravda

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

The Best Of Pravda

I thought legends of things like the "evil eye" began in the Carpathian Mountains in Romania, but leave it to Pravda to give it a modern twist.

Human eyes possess destructive power of laser

Paranoia? In Russia? Oh yeah, it's the national pastime --

Women gradually take the world under their control

There appears yet another in their series of Americans describing Americans

The political system in the U.S. was originally conceived so as to provide checks and balances between the representatives of the people, the Administration, and the judicial. That was the original "American Way". Somewhere along the road, this became less of a priority, and the Representative factions, Congress and the Senate, which the original founders had intended to be the dominant force, became rubber stamps to Presidents from their own parties.

Res ipsa loquitur

Next time they should find a guest columnist that has actually studied some American history and knows a little about how the government works.

And finally:

Russian politician determined to stop migration of birds to fight avian flu