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Looks like not much has changed for people living in Russia.
1 posted on 02/05/2014 7:12:44 PM PST by OldNavyVet
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To: OldNavyVet

My buddy who lived in China for 7 years says the pics out of Sochi make China look positively modern.


2 posted on 02/05/2014 7:15:45 PM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: OldNavyVet

this is not looking good for Putin.odds are we are going to hear these hospitality horror stories all next week.what next?some toilets wont flush and misc plumbing problems? bears roaming around hotels looking for food?


3 posted on 02/05/2014 7:18:22 PM PST by Cruz_West_Paul2016
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To: OldNavyVet

This is Russia, from Communism to Kleptocracy. Not much of a difference between the two and we are almost there with the Democrats and GOPe trying to usurp our Constitution.


4 posted on 02/05/2014 7:30:47 PM PST by OldMissileer
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To: OldNavyVet; a fool in paradise

Silver lining: at least the Olympics are not being held in Detroit.


9 posted on 02/05/2014 7:55:23 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
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To: OldNavyVet
En Whrrrrrussia, Whatter ged youuu.


11 posted on 02/05/2014 9:08:24 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (I forgot what my tagline was supposed to say)
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To: OldNavyVet

Saw an article today with tweet after tweet from journalists bitching about the dreadful conditions they were being required to endure.

Then it occurred to me that these are the people who by and large are cheerleading for Obamacare, and I realized it is rather perverse to be worrying about Soschi when people over here by the tens of thousands are losing the health coverage they were promised they could keep. Other thousands are finding the premiums/deductibles are shocking, can’t see the doctor they were told they could keep, etc., etc..

Don’’t let these boot-lickers distract attention from what is really important!


12 posted on 02/05/2014 9:38:21 PM PST by Vesparado (The American people know what they want and they deserve to get it good and hard --- HL Mencken)
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To: OldNavyVet

If people had watched the Jim Bakker Show, they would have known to bring a Seychelle water bottle with the new Advanced/RAD Filter that filters out radiation.A sports-sized bottle filters 500 gallons of water.


14 posted on 02/05/2014 10:02:32 PM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: OldNavyVet

What you must remember is that the news media is deliberately grasping for every negative about Sochi so as to make Putin’s anti-gay stance crumble in popularity.


15 posted on 02/05/2014 10:05:22 PM PST by Southack (The one thing preppers need from the 1st World? http://tinyurl.com/ktfwljc .)
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To: OldNavyVet

Aquacera, just sayin’.


16 posted on 02/05/2014 10:09:03 PM PST by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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To: OldNavyVet

I’m pretty sure Sochi is positively wonderful compared to the average working class city in Russia. It’s a resort town on the Black Sea so it would be a tourist designation for Russians and nicer than normal areas. I spent quite a few months in Constantia Romania a few years back and it probably has a much higher standard although similar by Western standards to Sochi. Really nice places are probably few and far between with all the private residences being rented out to those who had the means far in advance and for huge profits to the locals. I don’t know what people really expected. By Western standards this area just came out of pre-WWII conditions 20 years ago and just isn’t up to our standards and there was no way it ever would be. People’s apartments are probably pretty decent inside and for those that can are probably renting out quite a few - just my guess from being around there and everyone thinking nonstop on how to make a buck. I remember asking why lots of buildings facades were crumbling or in disrepair and even fairly recent buildings and was told by a construction guy that because of limited wages and pay the workers would sell a portion of the material and add inferior free sand and stuff to pay for their beer and drinks after work.


17 posted on 02/05/2014 10:18:24 PM PST by Sheapdog (Chew the meat, spit out the bones - FUBO - Come and get me)
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To: OldNavyVet

BWHAHAH THEM COMMIE ROOSKIES REALLY KNOW HOW TO ‘PUT ON THE DOG’ EH, folks?

.........ONE THING THE SOVIEES ARE GOOD AT ...AND THAT’S MAKIN’ DAMN SURE ‘COMRADE CITIZEN’ GETS THE BEST OF THE BEST OF THE GOOD LIFE....IF YOU DON’T COUNT SAFE DRINKING WATER AND MODERN TOILETRY that is

...........WHAT AN OUTFIT....THESE LOSERS HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE WHAT? 1917?

ALMOST 100 YEARS NOW, AND THE COMMIE BOZOZ CANT EVEN GET DUMPERS OR POTABLE WATER...RIGHT

....IT IS A WORKERS PARADISE ‘CEPTIN I DONT THINK I’M GOIN TO GO THERE ANYTIME SOON...

....good goddd what a collection of INCOMPETENT LOSERS...

ONE WOULD THINK THEY DONT HAVE A FREE MARKET ECONOMY....or SOMETHING..


19 posted on 02/06/2014 2:51:20 AM PST by jimsin
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To: OldNavyVet
I'm waiting for some of the athletes to leave Sochi in disgust & fear for their lives.

How does one bathe in water so discolored it is obviously heavily polluted? Disease & poisoning are a clear threat.

Who wants to sleep on bedding or wear clothing washed in this sludge, or eat food cooked in it?

If the water is so polluted, what else in Sochi could be a health threat to the athletes & spectators?

I am surprise that Putin, whose credibility is on the line, big time, allowed this mess to happen.

23 posted on 02/06/2014 6:21:21 AM PST by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: OldNavyVet; Revolting cat!; GeronL
Russian? You should take your time.


25 posted on 02/06/2014 7:13:22 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: OldNavyVet

I can’t think of many places I’d go to and drink the local water. And that includes most of the US.


26 posted on 02/06/2014 7:17:50 AM PST by grania
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