Ukrainian women

All of a sudden I am getting advertisements on this blog from a matchmaking business for Ukrainian women. What's that all about? Not that Ukrainian women are not beautiful - of course they are. They are gorgeous and very young, too. They deserve a good, comfortable life. It's way too cold up there. I think the woman at left is Ukrainian. She might be Russian too. Is it the same thing? I don't know. Good luck.

Trading places

This is from a legitimate news service: "Hugo Chavez views Russia as a key player in moving toward a world freed from U.S. dominance. He welcomed Medvedev's visit saying it is one step toward "a new world that's being born." In Brazil, Medvedev agreed to host a summit of Brazil, Russia, India and China next year to discuss creating a new global financial structure — a reflection of how economic power is shifting from the United States and Europe."

As I've been saying, some countries will now start a chic trend to reorganize the world according to a more sophisticated balance of power formula. Will they succeed? Who knows? Buy relevant cheap stocks and keep your fingers crossed. Oh, and be very careful when crossing the street.

Hyenas

This is a small part of an October 2 New York Times article. I think I had already said the same thing here - that the foreign countries would take advantage of the situation to gain the upper hand.

"President Dmitri A. Medvedev has blamed what he called financial “egoism” for the crisis and said it should be taken as a sign that America’s global economic leadership was drawing to a close. Along with some European leaders, Mr. Medvedev has called for greater multilateralism in financial regulation, echoing a Russian position on international relations generally.
“The times when one economy and one country dominated are gone for good,” he said Thursday at St. Petersburg State University during the eighth annual Petersburger Dialog, a forum devoted to developing relations with Germany. After the American banking collapses, he said, the world does not want America as a “megaregulator.”
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, in Russia for the forum, said Germany, too, would “always support a multilateral approach” to market regulation.
Along with the Germans and others, Russian leaders contend that poorly regulated American markets caused the current crisis. While it is hardly a new sentiment, in Russia there is a gloating quality, as the American crisis deepens."

That's not the Kremlin, by the way - it's the local racetrack at Sunland Park.