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September 1, 2012

THERE IS NO RUSSIA:

Posted by orrinj at 5:31 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

August 15, 2012

SHOW TRIALS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO SHOW UP THE REGIME:

Posted by orrinj at 9:07 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

July 2, 2012

THE ZOMBIE WARS:

Posted by orrinj at 6:37 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

May 29, 2012

A GOOD START, NOW DOUBLE DOWN ON IT:

Posted by orrinj at 5:43 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

December 27, 2011

FORTUNATELY FOR THE KREMLIN....:

Posted by orrinj at 6:54 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

December 15, 2011

RUN, PUPPET, RUN:

Posted by orrinj at 6:26 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

June 21, 2011

ANDROPOV WITHOUT VISION:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:10 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

March 28, 2011

THERE'S A [DEAD] BEAR IN THE WOODS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:11 AM

February 18, 2011

YET WE WASTE WHAT PERCENT OF GDP ON DEFENDING OURSELVES FROM THESE CLOWNS?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:28 AM

December 14, 2010

POISONED BY OIL:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:00 AM

October 25, 2010

THERE IS NO RUSSIA:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:12 AM

August 22, 2010

IF IT WERE A CIVIL WAR RUSSIA COULD WIN IT...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:40 AM

May 31, 2010

AMERICANIZE OR DIE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:29 AM

March 24, 2010

NO ONE FLIES AEROFLOT:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:00 AM

March 4, 2010

THEY BETTER LOBBY FOR ICE FISHING TO BECOME AN OLYMPIC SPORT...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:55 AM

March 3, 2010

THE RECENT ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN PRODUCED GREAT HEAPS OF NONSENSE...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 2:45 PM

February 27, 2010

A NATION OF OLD MEN:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:55 AM

February 24, 2010

NO SALAD, JUST COB:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 1:42 PM

January 30, 2010

IMPORTING THE SUPERIOR CULTURE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:46 PM

January 18, 2010

IF IOT WERE A GREAT POWER IT WOULDN'T BE REPRIMITIVIZING:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 1:46 PM

December 27, 2009

THEY BARELY HAVE A SPHERE IN RUSSIA:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:11 AM

October 26, 2009

WE'RE DYING OFF JUST FINE WITHOUT ANY HELP FROM DEMOCRACY, THANKS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:27 PM

September 17, 2009

WHAT'S THE RUSSIAN FOR KOWTOW?

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:32 AM

September 11, 2009

WHO WILL BREAK IT TO THE rEALISTS?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:47 AM

September 5, 2009

A PEOPLE WHO THINK THEMSELVES A NATION ARE ONE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:59 AM

August 16, 2009

NO ONE FLIES AEROFLOT:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:20 AM

July 13, 2009

A DYING BEAR WITH NO CUBS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:39 AM

July 8, 2009

FORGET THEM, DON'T RESET THEM:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:46 AM

May 9, 2009

WHOM THE rEALISTS WOULD HAVE US FEAR THEY FIRST OVERESTIMATE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:03 AM

April 8, 2009

THERE IS NO BEAR IN THE WOODS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:25 AM

March 31, 2009

CAPITALISM IS USELESS WITHOUT HUMAN CAPITALISM:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:20 AM

March 24, 2009

IT'S ALMOST ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU SORRY THAT EVEN THE UR CAN'T PREVENT AN UPTURN:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:19 AM

March 3, 2009

GORBACHEV SMILES:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:12 AM

February 23, 2009

BIRTH OF THE BEAR:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:29 AM

February 18, 2009

DYING NATIONS DON'T RISE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:22 AM

February 1, 2009

WHICH MISSES THE BIGGER PICTURE...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:36 AM

January 28, 2009

THEOLOGY, DEMOGRAPHY, GEOGRAPHY, DEMOCRACY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:59 AM

January 26, 2009

THIS IS NOWHERE NEAR PESSIMISTIC ENOUGH...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:54 AM

January 22, 2009

SUCH IS THE KLEPTOCRACY THAT rEALISTS THINK HAS A SIGNIFICANT FUTURE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:52 AM

January 11, 2009

TREES, MEET FOREST:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:03 AM

January 6, 2009

ONCE YOU LEAVE CIA YOU PERCEIVE THAT THERE IS NO THREAT:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:10 PM

January 4, 2009

THAT'S NOT THE HORIZON, JUST THE LAY OF THE LAND:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:38 AM

December 16, 2008

THE BARE IN THE WOODS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 4:44 PM

December 13, 2008

HARD TO ASSESS WHETHER THEY'RE LESS OF A THREAT AS AN ENEMY OR LESS USE AS AN ALLY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:19 AM

November 5, 2008

THAT DIDN'T TAKE LONG:

Posted by Matt Murphy at 5:40 PM

October 10, 2008

THAT'S SOME RESURGENCE...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:32 AM

October 4, 2008

BARE TRUTH:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:59 AM

THERE IS NO RUSSIA:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:23 AM

September 21, 2008

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT A GUY COULDN'T BE A BIGGER DUPE...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:31 AM

September 20, 2008

CHOOSING THEMSELVES RIGHT OUT OF EXISTENCE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:23 PM

August 28, 2008

GEORGE W BUSH, SUPER-GENIUS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 1:29 PM

IT'S NOT JUST THAT THEY'RE WEAK AND ISOLATED...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:49 AM

August 10, 2008

A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR NUCLEAR DELIFERATION:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:24 AM

August 5, 2008

ONE MORE FOR THE LIST OF TIMES A MAN MAY CRY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:47 PM

BLESS YOU, PRISON:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:24 AM

THE DESTRUCTION OF EXISTENTIALISM WAS JUST COLLATERAL DAMAGE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:23 AM

August 4, 2008

RAISING THE BAR FOR W:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:32 AM

LENIN HIMSELF:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:56 AM

WHO WOULD BE FASHIONABLE?

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:47 AM

August 3, 2008

FAREWELL TO A TRUTH-TELLING FRIEND:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:07 PM

FROM THE ARCHIVES: BRIDGEHEADS AND CORNERS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:01 PM

FROM THE ARCHIVES: TITANS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 4:43 PM

FROM THE ARCHIVES: THE REAL SOLZHENITSYN

Posted by Orrin Judd at 4:10 PM

FROM THE ARCHIVES: THE LIES WE LIVE BY

Posted by Orrin Judd at 3:53 PM

FROM THE ARCHIVES: TAKE THAT SOLZHENITSYN!

Posted by M Ali Choudhury at 3:37 PM

FROM THE ARCHIVES: "UNTOUCHED BY THE BREATH" (Thank you, Pat)

Posted by Orrin Judd at 3:36 PM

FROM THE ARCHIVES: PROPHET WITH HONOR (via Tom Morin):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 3:31 PM

April 30, 2008

IT'S SO RARE FOR THEM TO GET ANYTHING RIGHT...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:24 PM

April 1, 2008

WHO CARES WHAT RUSSIA THINKS?

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:35 AM

February 29, 2008

FRANCO'S POINT IS JUAN CARLOS, NOT FRANCOISM:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:08 AM

February 25, 2008

NO FRANCO, NO JUAN CARLOS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:07 PM

February 20, 2008

YELTSIN TO PUTIN'S GORBACHEV?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:57 AM

February 1, 2008

THE BLIND MAN'S STILL BLUFFING:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 1:51 PM

December 29, 2007

BARE IN THE WOODS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:00 PM

December 26, 2007

THE ELECTRONIC MAGINOT LINE (via Bryan Francoeur):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:31 PM

December 2, 2007

DON'T MISS WHAT YOU NEVER HAD?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 1:58 PM

November 29, 2007

WHAT'S LEFT TO A COUNTRY WITHOUT A SOCIETY BUT NATIONAL SOCIALISM?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:20 PM

November 27, 2007

BARREL ROLL:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:34 AM

November 25, 2007

THE WHITE KING:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 4:15 PM

November 18, 2007

BUT IT'S A MYTH THE ATLANTICISTS NEVER CEASE TO FALL FOR:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:04 PM

November 13, 2007

THE ORIGINAL GOGOL BORDELLO:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:08 AM

November 4, 2007

TALK ABOUT IDLE THREATS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:58 AM

October 26, 2007

PRETTY REVEALING, THAT FIFTY YEARS LATER...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 2:59 PM

October 23, 2007

OH, STRANGE NEW WORLD, WHERE THERE ARE JOBS EVEN RUSSIANS WON'T DO...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

October 3, 2007

IT WREAKS HAVOC ON THE DECLINISTS' STORYLINE...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 2:02 PM

October 2, 2007

THEY'VE RISEN TO THE LEVEL OF SAUDI ARABIA:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 2:59 PM

September 23, 2007

HOW'D THAT SEPARATION WORK OUT FOR YA?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:57 AM

September 6, 2007

SAY GOODNIGHT, BORIS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:59 AM

August 29, 2007

THELMA AND LOUISE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:57 AM

August 24, 2007

THERE IS NO RUSSIA:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:56 AM

July 25, 2007

NOTHING GOES WITH SOCIALISM LIKE NATIONALISM:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 2:02 PM

June 6, 2007

WHAT WMD?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:50 AM

April 26, 2007

DID ANYONE BUT THE MOST RABID RUSSOPHOBES THINK HE'D RUN?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 4:42 PM

SO?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:58 AM

ANOTHER NAIL IN THE COFFIN:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:44 AM

ONLY THE WEST IS SURPRISED AT THE POPULARITY OF THE TWO:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:17 AM

April 25, 2007

SPEAKING OF WHICH, I MISS MICHAEL KELLY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:15 PM

April 12, 2007

EXCEPT THAT WE'RE JOAN BENOIT:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:48 AM

April 11, 2007

FOCUS OF DELUSION IN THE MODERN WORLD:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:47 AM

April 9, 2007

NOW HOW WILL THEY GET BACK TO THE MOON?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 4:28 PM

April 8, 2007

FINALLY TAKING REAGAN UP ON HIS OFFER?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:19 AM

April 4, 2007

FOR THE REALISTS, EVERY DAY IS THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:55 AM

March 30, 2007

THE EYES OF A dEMOCRAT:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:16 PM

March 22, 2007

AS IF ON CUE...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:51 AM

March 20, 2007

IS ANYONE LESS REALISTIC THAN A REALIST?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 1:00 PM

WHO'S ISOLATED?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

February 26, 2007

INCREMENTALISM:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:56 PM

February 23, 2007

CURSES, OIL AGAIN (via Jim Hamlen):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:34 AM

December 11, 2006

THE RUSSIAN WAY?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:29 AM

December 10, 2006

THE COMPANY YOU KEEP:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:54 AM

December 8, 2006

WE STILL DON'T GET WHY FOLKS ARE MOURNING HIM:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:49 AM

December 4, 2006

LET US ASSUME FOR A MOMENT...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:19 PM

October 25, 2006

NOTHING TO FEAR... (via Lou Gots):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:06 PM

October 15, 2006

THEY ONLY UNDERSTOOD THE EASY HALF OF SOLZHENITSYN'S MESSAGE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:54 AM

October 2, 2006

THEY SHOULD BE SO LUCKY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:53 PM

September 10, 2006

THE SECURITY STATE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:07 AM

September 1, 2006

HOLY GEEZUZCRIMINITLY... (via Bryan Francoeur):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:55 AM

August 14, 2006

WHEN THIS PASSES FOR INNOVATION, YOUR SOCIETY'S IN TROUBLE (via Qiao Yang):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:51 PM

July 16, 2006

THEY'VE GOT THE ILLIBERAL DEMOCRACY DOWN, NOW THEY JUST NEED A FEW REFORMS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:16 AM

July 13, 2006

THE NECESSARY FASCIST INTERLUDE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:34 AM

July 8, 2006

WITHOUT PEOPLE IT MAKES A FINE LANDFILL:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:53 AM

July 7, 2006

RISK ASSESSMENT:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:43 PM

June 8, 2006

WITH OR AGAINST?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:51 PM

May 19, 2006

PUTIN ON THE FRITZ:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:37 PM

May 15, 2006

BETWEEN BLACK AND RED:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:07 AM

May 12, 2006

STOLYPIN FAILED (via Pepys):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:54 AM

May 11, 2006

THE WOLF KEEPS WHELPING WHILE THE SHEEP IS BARREN (via Pepys):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:52 PM

May 5, 2006

"ALL MEN" INCLUDES RUSSIANS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:22 AM

March 25, 2006

THERE GOES HIS POST-PRESIDENCY POST COLUMN:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:09 AM

January 19, 2006

THIS IS THE RADICAL REVOLUTION:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:20 AM

December 29, 2005

NOT NEAR AS GLOOMY AS THEY SHOULD BE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:37 AM

October 5, 2005

NOW YOU'RE TALKIN':

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

October 4, 2005

RECONCILIATION?

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:52 AM

September 30, 2005

NOT THE APPARAT BUT THE PLAN ITSELF:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:24 AM

September 24, 2005

WHO BUT THE GRAY LADY WOULD BE NOSTALGIC FOR SOVIET LANDSCAPES?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

May 6, 2005

NO SCARE IN THE BEAR:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:44 AM

April 26, 2005

THERE IS NO RUSSIA:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:19 AM

April 25, 2005

ONE SIZE FITS ALL:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:42 AM

March 26, 2005

PAST TIME TO TURN INWARD, MR. PUTIN:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:49 AM

March 25, 2005

HEARING FOOTSTEPS?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:43 AM

March 21, 2005

BLOWING IT:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:01 PM