U.S. unhappy with video depicting Russian nuclear attack

@Avni

Oh poor little America thinks Russia didn't fulfill it's obligations of treaty xyz. Take a look in the mirror. The US basically doesn't respect any international treaties signed nor unsigned.

PUTIN THE MAN!!! Russians love him, the world loves him.

"...Spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Putin’s speech showed Russia had violated its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces..."

My God, the US has never respected or honored anything they have signed. They broke and violated every treaty, agreement, protocol, etc. that does not suit them. This is typical US propaganda based on hypocrisy, duplicity and lies.

The mighty windbags are unhappy. What a tragedy!!! I'l not sleep good tonight knowing that.

Just like during communism. People have no jobs and are starving, the dictator talks about weapons. It reminded me little bit of ISIS propaganda videos.

Putin is one of those pompous ‘President For Life’ types.

He has suppressed the press in Russia. It is not a free country.

Serbia has a proper democratic system where Presidents and Prime Ministers get replaced regularly by the people’s votes.

Russia should learn from Serbia, not Serbia from Russia.

I thought the video of Nuclear Weapons was sick boastfulness and made Putin look like a pathetic dangerous lunatic.

Nothing to admire.

Serbia can love Russia and Russians, but should learn that Putin is not worthy to be followed.

The russian muzhik strategy is only mass destruction weapons; )
The Putler is using nuclear weapons to threat the free world.
Mark my words :by the end of this summer USA and Nato will show Putler what big mistake he is making; )
You really think USA and Nato doesn't have contramisures or technology to fight ruskies paper bear?
Well game is on and culdnt be the worst timing for serbs to chearlead the charlatan Putler.
(Norge, 2 March 2018 12:20) #

To Norge
You think that it is only Russia that they (USA and NATO) will fight!!
NATO is divided ))
USA is on the verge to fight Russia , with China, Iran and now Turkey )) That is why USA is keeping very quite now , Especially problems with little North Korea , let a lone treating Russia with China.

Mad Vlad at it again. Gods word says in the bible in the last days of this age.
Mat 24:21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.

Mat 24:22
“If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.
Their will be two stupid idiot's wars where 30% of the worlds population will be wiped out and the second one 25%. Just from the nuclear wars 55% of the worlds population wiped out. Then you will have nuclear winter. Where all the material from the nuclear explosions is thrown up in to the stratosphere above the clouds. Blocking the sun rays reaching the earth. World wide famine, diseases running rampant and the thin veneer of society totally breaking down. Gangs roaming the streets stealing what ever is left. The ass holes that caused this will be in underground nuclear shelters.
Rev 6:15 Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

Rev 6:16
They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!

Rev 6:17
For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?” People Jesus is yore only hope get rite with him call on his name.

The russian muzhik strategy is only mass destruction weapons; )
The Putler is using nuclear weapons to threat the free world.
Mark my words :by the end of this summer USA and Nato will show Putler what big mistake he is making; )
You really think USA and Nato doesn't have contramisures or technology to fight ruskies paper bear?
Well game is on and culdnt be the worst timing for serbs to chearlead the charlatan Putler.

Putin is feeling neglected, his need to be respected is of epic proportions. That is why he is showing those phony videos of Russian military "strength". Little Vlad has always been insecure about his stature. No wonder he is making himself sick with envy.

Which press has Putin suppressed when you have komersant moscow times and dozens of russian journalists trying to discredit Putin any day??? Ignorance is not an excuse today people do you read news before making yourselves fools in respected forums?

The election year in Russia i guess , and the only people scare from putin it’s the ruskis only nobody else. The economy in the US it’s great , the gas $ 240 gal. average, in the meantime ruskis are starving from the sanctions , so putin got nothing to show for himself except communist ussr type of propaganda .I’ll be surprised if he wins

nato, america and their isis allies are finished end of story,,russia,china and their allies are here forever ....nobody cares for america.....serbs wake .you have the economy ,jobs are rising ..have bigger families be smart more kids the better,.the russians could wipe out america and nato in 2 hours....

Ivan

I don't like Trump either.

Two wrongs don't make a right. One bad man does not excuse another bad man.

But, unlike Putin, Trump is not going to become 'President For Life' in the way that Putin has made himself.

I am sure Trump would like to give the press a hard time - all his comments about 'fake news' tend to be oriented in that direction - but he cannot rule the US press.

Putin, in contrast, has successfully used KGB tactics against the Russian press, tv, radio and opposition groups in general.

Russia is not free.

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Neither is China free.

I am amazed at the 'West haters' who post on this site think that Russia or China are better alternatives. They are kidding themselves.

"No one was listening. Now you will listen,"

Like I tell you all on this Serbian news site, what the Devil did during the last century will reshape this new century ! The death of an old world will bring to life a new world. The Siptar's from Serbian Kosovo continue to mention the low birth rates and falling population of Srbija, I mention now can any one in proportion tell me the population of Russia and Asia compared to the USA, England and Germany ? So think about that, you see this old world is about to change in a big way !!!

Why didn't the US respond by saying that they have counter measures in place for this new threat from Russia? Maybe they just don't have one! If they did, I'm sure they would have boasted about it.

I would be upset also. I think, that was the point. But what to do about it.

The mighty Russian bull is awake and talking, don't mess with the bull cause you'll get the horns! Enough sanctions have been implemented on Russia! About time they spoke up!

I thought the video of Nuclear Weapons was sick boastfulness and made Putin look like a pathetic dangerous lunatic.

@ bobaj - yeah, VIDEO of the Russians bombing US was crazy, now imagine how the Japeneese feel when they were ACTUALLY BOMBED by your beloved usa!!

@sj

Your comments can be summed up like this..."Everything about America is messed up." It doesn't matter whether you are commenting on wages, employment, infrastructure, military prowess, or anything else; in your assessment America is falling apart.

The problem with your posts is not that you don't have an occasional point to make but that the majority of what you say is unbalanced, and thus nearly impossible to believe or accept.

You could do a lot better if you would get rid of the bitterness.

The United States is anything but a trash dump. There are homeless people and there are ghettos but its an enormous country that is far nicer than any country in Eastern Europe. The press seems much more free in the US than Russia but then again there is a strongly liberal bias among major US news channels.

You can make valid points but it needs to be balanced; it needs to account for all aspects of the topic not just the portions that look unfavorable to the United States and its citizens.

Putin is one of those pompous ‘President For Life’ types.

He has suppressed the press in Russia. It is not a free country.

Serbia has a proper democratic system where Presidents and Prime Ministers get replaced regularly by the people’s votes.

Russia should learn from Serbia, not Serbia from Russia.

I thought the video of Nuclear Weapons was sick boastfulness and made Putin look like a pathetic dangerous lunatic.

Nothing to admire.

Serbia can love Russia and Russians, but should learn that Putin is not worthy to be followed.
(Bob, 2 March 2018 14:44)

Bob, clarify your comment above by substituting "Russia for USA" and "Putin for Trump" and you will get a more accurate picture.

@watcher

Did you somehow forget that the Japanese struck first? It is called the bombing of Pearl Harbor, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The Japanese military sent 183 planes in the first wave of attacks and 171 planes in the second wave.

But, unlike Putin, Trump is not going to become 'President For Life' in the way that Putin has made himself.
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Bob, there you are saying something so ridiculous that only a brainwashed MSM believer can say.
Putin didn't make himself president for life. Because he is such a patriot and a great president he has an extremely high percentage of approval from his people and they keep voting for him.
It's rare that a man such as Putin comes along so when he does people cherish him and want him around for a long time.
There is no guarantee another Putin will come along any time soon.
Russia is lucky to have him and they know it.

I am Russian. I had to leave Russia, it was intolerable. I am fortune to have found work in America because of my Profession. Many educated Russians wish to leave Russia. Putin is a dictator without teeth. He is like a poker player, good at bluffing. Example: his "high tech weapons", there are no more funds and no new weapons. People in military speak privately about weakness of military. Russia will disolve in 5 years. Sanctions are hurting common people.

Also, you really shouldn't be using Jesus' name because you have so much hate inside you that Jesus cannot possibly have any room in your heart.
(Peggy, 4 March 2018 07:09)

Like in Bosnia war , killing handcuffed teenagers from short range , unarmed civilians in Kosovo ,etc etc, the serbs never used Jesus name , not even before or after rapes , they never used Jesus name . Now piggy peggy it’s going to lecture somebody else . Like the wold forgot!!!

(Albanian American, 2 March 2018 17:55)

Yep, I have seen the economic success in the US LOL. Its unemployment is now, wait for it, only 4.1%. I note that even Trump will not go near that one. Working for a staggering $4.50 per hour in the North while an even bigger sum of $2.50 in Texas is a fine example of an economy on the rise.

The US has not had a proper pay rise in over 30 years. People working two jobs just to survive.

Meanwhile the US debt has risen from $20 trillion to $20.6 trillion in a matter of months and you think it makes no difference to the overall effect on the US economy, but you talk about gas being $2.40 gal.

After observing that poor excuse for a “free media” in the US I am no longer amazed why you talk this way since they could convince people like you to buy refrigerators even if you lived on an iceberg.

People living in tents for years in the US still say the US is the best country in the world. It’s called brain washing. Reminds me of the Communists. They were great at this. Now the US has copied the Communists.

Russians starving from sanctions LOL. You don’t even know the type of sanctions the US has against Russia, and they are meaningless except to tell its population the US still matters. Please stop embarrassing yourself. Stick to pumping gas and leave the commentary to people that know what they are talking about.

Skenderbeu 1444, 2 March 2018 19:04)

Who’s your daddy???
(Albanian American, 4 March 2018 13:06)
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I would imagine he would be happy with anyone but your daddy.

Mad Vlad at it again. Gods word says in the bible in the last days of this age.
Mat 24:21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.

For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?” People Jesus is yore only hope get rite with him call on his name.
(Lenard, 2 March 2018 19:47)
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Where in the Bible does it mention Putin? You are trying to interpret the Bible by projecting your prejudices. Doesn't work like that.
How do you know that the mad person the Bible mentions isn't Pope Francis? How about Trump? Maybe even the rocket man.

Also, you really shouldn't be using Jesus' name because you have so much hate inside you that Jesus cannot possibly have any room in your heart.

Putin didn't make himself president for life.
(Peggy, 4 March 2018 07:02)

He did. I believe, his presidency is illegitimate and his clever swap with Medvedyev was against the SPIRIT of what stays in constitution.

Unfortunately the Russian court recently had a different opinion.

Many of my friends from RU share my opinion. Some don't.

The ones who don't have strong economic reasons: they are military contractors and depend on VVP a lot.

But in order to understand VVP we have also understand the dumb and insidious role the "West" played at the time Russia was in the mid of the "shock therapy".

Putin is feeling neglected, his need to be respected is of epic proportions. That is why he is showing those phony videos of Russian military "strength". Little Vlad has always been insecure about his stature. No wonder he is making himself sick with envy.
(Mildred Green, 2 March 2018 18:38)

Are you sure you are not a parrot because you are repeating the exact text from the State Department, the greatest collection of dingbats on this planet, but only to be contradicted by the Pentagon, which said that they were aware of the high-speed intercontinental underwater drones.

However, since there is a collection of very dim people in high office in the US, then why not test Russia? See if Vlad is telling porky pies. Opps, your Muslim, so why not test Vlad and see if he is lying. What has the US to lose? Remember the US killed easily over 100 Russians in Syria with their superior weapons.

He did. I believe, his presidency is illegitimate and his clever swap with Medvedyev was against the SPIRIT of what stays in constitution.
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What you believe and what the facts are might not be the same. Did you study constitutional law?
Even if you are correct, there is no getting away from his popularity. Most Russians want him there for as long as they can have him.
Do you dispute that as well?
He brought pride back to the Russians. He so obviously loves Russia and has taken giant steps in restoring Russia's standing in the world. He's not done yet.
With all this, you still want us to think that it's only him who wants to stay president? You don't think people see value in him to keep him there for as long as he wants.

Some trollers never learn a simple lesson:

DO NOT PRETEND TO BE ALBANIAN, HUNGARIAN, RUSSIAN ON THIS FORUM IF YOU ARE NOT.

what type of sanctions does the US have and how do they hurt the people?
(sj, 5 March 2018 10:05)

What hurts people are the counter-sanctions of Putin, mostly regarding the import of food from countries which joined sanctions.

Example. You have difficulty to buy Californian (or EU) wine. The wine from Crimea sux, suffered from decades of Ukrainian corruption. So if you want to have cheap but still OK booze you go for Moldavian or Abkhazian wine. The domestic Russian champagne improves, but the Gorbi - insanity of destroying wine yards still hurts.

If you have more money, you can buy South African, Chilean, Argentinian booze. But there is nothing of OK quality in the $2 - $5 range, like in France or Germany.

Than the cheese problem. Soviet-time cheese sux horribly. Without the French, Swiss, etc. cheese (now) the factory in Vologda scrambles to improve. They did.

I am wrong - there is 'black market' cheese from a 'sanction' country, usually a re-export from Belarus. Price-wise it's like Bitcoin.

In general I have somewhat easier time to buy OK food in RU than in my least favorite food-country (CZ).

But it is far from being France. And regarding the export variety the Auchan of Lvov (in Ukraine) does beat pretty much in RU. To bad, the prices of Auchan in Lvov are 100% incompatible with Ukrainian salaries. They would be OK in RU.

The selection in Auchan RU is largely domestic (see above, why) but as far as the quality and the price they are OK for me.

"Putin, in contrast, has successfully used KGB tactics against the Russian press, tv, radio and opposition groups in general. "

Very interesting accusations! Whoever wrote those, please verify if you have ever been to Russia?

I WONDER WHY THE USA DUNT WORRY ABOUT THE ENOURMOUS TECKHICAL ADVANTAGES OBTAINED BY RUSSIA RECENTLY ?

I am sure Trump would like to give the press a hard time - all his comments about 'fake news' tend to be oriented in that direction - but he cannot rule the US press.
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Yes, you're right. Trump cannot control the media because there is already a puppet master doing just that along with US presidents and other leaders.
"Fee press" is controlled by people a lot more dangerous than Putin or Trump.

Skenderbeu 1444, 2 March 2018 19:04)

Who’s your daddy???
(Albanian American, 4 March 2018 13:06)

Some male Albanian, I guess.
No one questions that, it is most likely a genuine person.

But who's the daddy of Aqif Blyta, Victory1999, Peter The Rocky, Azir, Avni, Lenard?

The only thing we know, Lenard's character can handle LaTex text processor, is quite intelligent and (still) probably a fake.

Than there is the "Moderate Serb" who is not moderate, rather primitive.

Than we have the Canadian Serb loser "Danilo".

Quite a few people here suspect, the "daddy" of all these characters, you including are the same.

Even if not - your name is "shut the fck up", at least compared with Skenderbeu 1444.

Because he lives in Albania, you are not. You have nothing to lose, he - like many of us - have all the risk. Don't like that name? Feel free to move back.

Sanctions are hurting common people.
(Dimetri Y., 5 March 2018 05:52)

Ok Demetri, what type of sanctions does the US have and how do they hurt the people?

I am amazed at the 'West haters' who post on this site think that Russia or China are better alternatives. They are kidding themselves.
(Bob, 3 March 2018 05:28)

Russia not free, China not free. Do you have any idea what freedom really means, or do you just regurgitate US propaganda because you have no original thoughts to convey?

Have you ever been to China? I hate to disappoint you but there are 500,000 of your US buddies working and living there. All in all, there are over a million people from north America living and working in Asia and not one of those countries is “free”.

@sj

Your characterizations of the American landscape and employment conditions are absurd; they are not connected to reality in any way.

After thinking about what you wrote, it seems you are a troll who doesn't mind lying, or exaggerating to the point of dishonesty.

The only proper response is to shun you as a hopelessly godless person who clearly lacks a conscience.

@ Bob Everybody despises the orange Trump and nobody here hates the west. Was it Putin or was it the slovac pm who lashed back to journalists saying "you're not journalists you're prostitutes!"? I gave you examples of 2 newspapers I read (both offer mediocre biased analyses) and for Allah's sake dont bring us back to stupid Hoxha propaganda era. Replace kgb with cia and thats Hoxha's brain. Cia tactics everywhere even if people just wanted to listen to the Beatles! Nobody here idealizes anybody as we have seen too much to idealize again any leader. Putin simply saved Russia's ass. Putin heredited a morally and economically destroyed country after the kataklizmos of the shock therapy. Plus decades of prior inerzia of sclerotic sovietic leadership. Do you know what it means? We tried it on our skin Bob its a nightmare you would never wish to the worst enemy. How can there be a debate with you if you never listen to the reasons of the other part?

Skenderbeu 1444, 2 March 2018 19:04)

Who’s your daddy???

Dont make stupid questions Albanian American from Tetova everybody knows who is my daddy. Ask beautiful mami she'll tell you who is daddy.

Russia will disolve in 5 years. Sanctions are hurting common people.
(Dimetri Y., 5 March 2018 05:52)

Прально. А щас двай-ка напиши мне всё, чо тут напИсал на нашем общем родном языке. Ну, попробуй. И без грамматических, бля, ошибок.

Rev 6:17
For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?” People Jesus is yore only hope get rite with him call on his name.
(Lenard, 2 March 2018 19:47)

You truly are a USTASE, just like your friend Pavelic along with Stepinac quote the Bible while committing genocide on 750 thousands Serbs, Jews, Gypsies and Croats between 1941-1945.

The United States is living on borrowed time, the national debt is a ticking time bomb. Trump actually is aware of this, but he is too late to do anything about it. Its time to either declare bankruptcy and dismantle the US Federal reserve (Den of Thieves) Greece in a smaller scale tried to do it but the EU trampled them and Greek PM Alexi sipras lost his nerve. However, other countries such as Italy, France, Canada, Portugal and Spain are not much better.

(JS, 6 March 2018 19:22)



This is not a travel site. If you want a nice picture of the US please go to a travel agency website. The main topic discussed here is the might of the US on the military and economic sides.

I know how you might feel. It’s a shock to read what I have written, but all those figures and facts are true – here is your debt level as of today - http://www.usdebtclock.org/ At this rate by December it will be close to $22 trillion. Trump is really burning up the dollars.

The Federal debt does not consider State or local government debt which is between $3 and $4 trillion.

If you think this does not influence the US economy, then you are in pixy land.

Ask a server in your local restaurant what they earn per hour and then come back to me.

To be a troll I must be on an Albanian or Croat site, but this is a Serbian-based media site. If I am lying, then I do it to my fellow Serbs.

Not even God can help the US with this debt.

(JS, 7 March 2018 21:59)

So, what if you were born in the US? You can travel through 52 States but it’s no use if you close your eyes. Go to San Francisco and start in Ellis Street and see the great life style.

There are poor people everywhere and Serbs would not be an exception. Hollywood is a powerful tool as it sends out the message that you can have those big houses too only if you come to the US. But once there it’s a different story mate.

I am not Russian and nor am I a troll since this is a Serb site. You can accept or deny the debt but keeping your head in the sand is not going to make it go away. The US is not repaying the principal but only the interest on the debt and borrowing more every day.

Government and business are two separate worlds – its shows how your poor level of education to think otherwise. The $21 trillion is a debt borrowed by the Government on behalf of the people (you). Corporate US pay little to no tax and can walk out of America at the drop of a hat if required. You and other taxpayers are left holding the baby mate.

A major draw for US corporations to Ireland is its low corporation tax rate and numerous controversial tax breaks. The corporations have no loyalty mate.

Servers in the US are earning ten times more than in Serbia when you convert dollars to dinars, but prices in the US are 10 times higher too.

True I was not born in Serbia nor do I live there but I speak Serbian fluently.

Anyone like him who claims to have driven across the United States and encountered roads full of potholes....well, sorry to say but such a person has either lost their mind or is hallucinating. And, as if it couldn't get any crazier, that description actually fits the roads of his beloved "homeland" of Serbia. Sj is either a troll or hallucinates on a daily basis.
(JS, 8 March 2018 06:03

Its obvious you are not too bright Albo either. Let me reiterate. Main highways and roads through National Parks are great, but once you leave those and go into small towns its a different picture. Australia has had an electronic tag system for use on toll roads for over a decade which does not require a driver to stop and feed notes into a machine like in the US and you guys claim the US is technologically advanced LOL. To much Hollywood.

@JS

"I was born and raised in the United States. I have traveled through twenty-six states and lived near two large cities."
"..I live in Serbia not in USA, ..other comments don't apply to me.."

The more you write, the more you expose yourself.
Dude, don't be shy. My comment on you is accurate, and you are one American working poor roaming around the Balkans feeling like a king falsely. Your reply confirmed it. It's simple that a highly trained professionals don't make a living in the Balkans like you, lol...
I have been to Serbia, and to all major powers in the world. You are out of your mind of comparing Serbia with US.
The more you write, the more you expose yourself. So, don't even try it.

"I was born and raised in the United States. I have traveled through twenty-six states and lived near two large cities."
"..I live in Serbia not in USA, ..other comments don't apply to me.."

So you are an American, but why live in Serbia, a country of which you loathe? Because of your lacking of financial freedom apparently?
As a native English speaker, your writing skill is equivalent to a 9th grader or lower in the states. No wonder you have to go to the Balkans for a living. America is a heaven for highly trained professionals; people like you with a diploma no higher than high school are indeed the working poor who live from paycheck to paycheck.
With your high school diplomat, you can't catch Russian troll; instead, you expose you are one American working poor, lol...

(JS, 5 March 2018 11:40)

The US is falling apart, but in slow motion and people living there can’t see it nor is it ever mentioned in the “free media”. What I have quoted are facts. You don’t come back from the dead and the US cant repay the $20.6 trillion debt.

Don’t confuse corporate US with the US Government (you). Corporate US is healthy and profitable, it’s the public (you) that are stuck with the debt. Trump is using borrowed money to give tax cuts to people like Warden Buffet?

Hop in a car and travel through middle America – I did just that; and tell me it isn’t a trash dump. I liked Chicago the best, but walk along the river and look up at the old bridges where rust is coming off in sheets. Infrastructure is falling apart. Lovely highways and roads through national parks, but once off these roads you have pot holes ,dirt roads where you once had bitumen.

I have never seen so many homeless people in my life. In San Francisco alone there were meth heads and homeless laying on the ground outside my hotel and this went on block after block.

Have you ever been to Russia to compare the media? What you think and what is fact are two different worlds. Joseph Stalin would have been proud to have a media as “liberal” as they have in the US.

I’m not bitter but I get very tired of listening to people quote the strength of US economically or militarily. Has you free media mentioned that China is the World no.1 economy since 2014? No.

O shut up US
you encircle Russia and China with your NATO bases
Occupy and invade 4 Mid East Countries murdering thousands
Finance and Support Terrorism
disestablish countries across the World with your Democracy and Freedom BS
Break and disregard treaty signed or not signed
Support Israel to the tilt
and now are crying about a little old video

The selection in Auchan RU is largely domestic (see above, why) but as far as the quality and the price they are OK for me.
(Ataman, 5 March 2018 17:05)

In other words, the poor are starving in Russia because they can’t buy Dom Perignon or French cheese LOL.

As far as California wine is concerned they make some good wines but it’s not high-class stuff. South Africa and Australia are the only two countries in the world that make first class Shiraz, but that’s not in the $2-$5 per bottle range, try $20 plus.

The US sanctions are only hurting the west and no one else.

(Ataman, 7 March 2018 02:57)

I have tried Cal wines outside of the US and some are nice. Yes, you are correct the drinks in the US are over loaded with sugar – even the bread is very sweet.

I have no idea why they put so much sugar in everything. I was amazed how Americans love waffles with maple syrup for breakfast as well as those sugary cereals. Many times, we left without having breakfast. It was a choice of waffles, cereal or sticky muffins.

But when you stay in the big hotels the food on offer is mind boggling and first class.

Bringing French cheese or Californian wine as a gift is a good idea now, the personal import is not prohibited, only commercial.
(Ataman, 7 March 2018 02:42)
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Australian wine and cheese is just as good as any French or Californian.
If Russians want imported wine and cheese there is plenty of countries they can import from. EU or the US are not the only ones on the planet exporting quality goods.

"I have no idea why they put so much sugar in everything. "

Sugar is the cheapest drug that keep people high and happy. It surely will kill slowly, sweetly and fatly. As they say, all empires collapse from within not without.

@sj

"This is not a travel site. If you want a nice picture of the US please go to a travel agency website..."

I was born and raised in the United States. I have traveled through twenty-six states and lived near two large cities. It's a beautiful place. Your characterization has no connection to reality. Every day I cross paths with my Serbian neighbors who are poor, can't find work, and many who wish they could leave the country. Your comparisons are complete madness.

I didn't deny anything about the US debt, but again your comment is the type we should expect from a Russian troll.

Another example of your trollish behavior is the claim that even though business is doing well the government isn't doing well (economically) and since the people are somehow identical with the government (and not business) therefore we are doing miserably.

"Ask a server in your local restaurant what they earn per hour and then come back to me."

Ten times what Serbian servers earn.

"If I am lying, then I do it to my fellow Serbs."

As I understand, you weren't born in Serbia, you don't live in Serbia, and you probably don't speak the language. Therefore, you aren't much more than a tourist.

@rivernextdoor

"Got it! One small town boy is trying to make assessment of world politics and play international detective."

:)

"If you have money, why don't you drive through LA, San Francisco, and you will find all the druggies and homeless people; and also New York Harlem and come back tell us how beautiful it is, would you?"

I agree that there are drug addicts and homeless people in the areas you mentioned. But having a total surface area of 3.8 million square miles, those areas are equal to something like 1 / 1,000,000th of the United States, and thus are not very representative of what the landscape is really like in the United States.

Adding up sj's comments over the last few weeks, he smells so much like a Russian troll, propagating all kinds of false information. He seems to think that if he tells big lies about the United States day after day, and week after week, then people will start to think the United States is a trash dump. Anyone like him who claims to have driven across the United States and encountered roads full of potholes....well, sorry to say but such a person has either lost their mind or is hallucinating. And, as if it couldn't get any crazier, that description actually fits the roads of his beloved "homeland" of Serbia. Sj is either a troll or hallucinates on a daily basis.

JS, if you have enough money, please do what js has done, driving through ME of USA and get back with your own report.

If you don't have enough money to do so, just simply SHUT UP!

You know that attacking people is too cheap.

In other words, the poor are starving in Russia because they can’t buy Dom Perignon or French cheese LOL.
(sj, 6 March 2018 09:59)

Absolutely. If you feel, buying Camembert made in Vologda or $2 wine made in Abkhazia is below your ego than you will be upset. You still can buy Dom Perignon though... just it will be almost as expensive as in the States.

I tried the cheaper domestic choice and it was OK for me.

Bringing French cheese or Californian wine as a gift is a good idea now, the personal import is not prohibited, only commercial.

In other words, the poor are starving in Russia because they can’t buy Dom Perignon or French cheese LOL.
(sj, 6 March 2018 09:59)

Forgot to tell, all this affects direct import only. I am not a fan of Coke - but since it (and much more) is made locally, it is not affected.

So indeed, what is essentially missing is the sale event of Dom Perignon (but not Dom Perignon itself).

I am 100% sure, this is why Russia won't be around for long. Without Dom Perignon on sale before New Year - it's doomed.

As far as California wine is concerned they make some good wines but it’s not high-class stuff. South Africa and Australia are the only two countries in the world that make first class Shiraz, but that’s not in the $2-$5 per bottle range, try $20 plus.
(sj, 6 March 2018 09:59)

The $20 Shiraz is definitely not in my league.

As for Californian booze: what is being sold in the U.S. domestically has nothing to do with international distribution. Domestically sold wine is way to sweet (like almost anything in the U.S.) and would have no chance abroad.

I usually cheat on Russians in Russia and bring them Californian wine sold in EU.
Like all other Europeans they would just spit out the one sold in the U.S.: "way to sweet".

Can I ask the people you disagreed with my comment
Why exactly you do?
You can deny and turn a blind eye to it as much as you can but it is real

"I was born and raised in the United States. I have traveled through twenty-six states and lived near two large cities. It's a beautiful place."

Got it! One small town boy is trying to make assessment of world politics and play international detective. American small towns can be quite and beautiful like anywhere else.
If you have money, why don't you drive through LA, San Francisco, and you will find all the druggies and homeless people; and also New York Harlem and come back tell us how beautiful it is, would you?

You wrote, "I was born and raised in the United States. I have traveled through twenty-six states and lived near two large cities."

I spent many years in USA, and have traveled every continent except Africa for vacations. Since you keep on writing about yourself and attacking others, let's see what I can do for you.

You wrote,"Every day I cross paths with my Serbian neighbors who are poor, can't find work, and many who wish they could leave the country."

If its true, I am sure you are not lying, you are not doing well financially, dude. You are one who they call working poor in America. Real estate in the States separates people strictly according to their financial status. The rich don't mix with the poor in the same neighborhood. I am not rich, I used to live and own a house in a neighborhood with average real estate cost of 1.5 million. It was there I met some of my Serb friends, who are highly trained professionals like lawyers and doctors.

What you wrote can reveal a lot about yourself, does it?

@rivernextdoor

"If its true, I am sure you are not lying, you are not doing well financially, dude. You are one who they call working poor in America. Real estate in the States separates people strictly according to their financial status. The rich don't mix with the poor in the same neighborhood. I am not rich, I used to live and own a house in a neighborhood with average real estate cost of 1.5 million. It was there I met some of my Serb friends, who are highly trained professionals like lawyers and doctors."

Every country has a division between rich and poor, and America is not an exception to that rule. But the largest percentage of houses in Serbia are either unfinished or so old that the facade is crumbling. The remaining small percentage of homes are new, hyper-modern palaces. On the roadways, the wealthy speed past Yugos and Zastavas in their new Audis and BMWs. And these privileged folks don't respect traffic regulations, in part because they can get away with it by paying a bribe to the police officer. The contrast between rich and poor is much more dramatic (and corruption much greater) in Serbia than in the United States.

Your other comments don't apply to me because I live in Serbia not the United States.

@rivernextdoor

"You are out of your mind of comparing Serbia with US."

Actually that's what sj has been doing, and I agree with you -- there is no comparison. Hopefully sj will come back to reality with the rest of us.

"So you are an American, but why live in Serbia, a country of which you loathe?"

I enjoy Serbia. It's just the cranky ultra-nationalism of a small minority (who somehow consider themselves the 'real Serbs') that I find disreputable.

"Because of your lacking of financial freedom apparently?"

That's quite a conclusion to draw from the little bit that you know about me. Have you been rubbing a crystal ball lately?

"As a native English speaker, your writing skill is equivalent to a 9th grader or lower in the states."

These are comments on a new site on the internet not academic writing. Sheesh. :)

"you expose you are one American working poor, lol..."

Stupidity knows no limits.

@sj

"Servers in the US are earning ten times more than in Serbia when you convert dollars to dinars, but prices in the US are 10 times higher too."

This is another example of sj's propaganda. How do prices compare?

Yes, some basic food products cost 1/5-1/8 the price in America.

But if you're buying a car... about the same as anywhere else. If you're buying a phone, add 20-40% depending on the phone. If you're building a house, expect to pay 90% of what you would give for an identical product in America. This list could go on and on...

Sj is up to his propaganda tricks.

@sj

"Main highways and roads through National Parks are great, but once you leave those and go into small towns its a different picture."

You are describing Serbia not America.

"Australia has had an electronic tag system for use on toll roads for over a decade which does not require a driver to stop and feed notes into a machine like in the US and you guys claim the US is technologically advanced LOL. To much Hollywood."

Sorry to break the news to you but my mother has been using an electronic tag system for years. Next time you comment on something, try knowing what you are talking about before you make yourself look silly. Or you just love mimicking a Russian troll?

@JS,

Don't be shy. I know you don't like to be smoked out as being stupid and poor.
Let me repeat. America is a heaven for highly trained professionals, and they don't go to the Balkans for living. what are you doing in the Balkans by the way? Only People like you with a diploma no higher than high school who are indeed the working poor and who live from paycheck to paycheck are enjoying living there, lol..
Your silence on your diploma and calling me stupid confirmed you only have education no higher than high school.
Let me repeat, you are a genuine American working poor and a true American fool.

Sorry to break the news to you but my mother has been using an electronic tag system for years.
(JS, 9 March 2018 05:51)

It depends on the local implementation - unlike Australia.
And every American implementation I know is horribly corrupt and easy to by-pass.

Why corrupt?

Because if you are not a local, you can't get such electronic pass.
This is very much unlike France, Australia, Belarus.

Instead, either you pass through with your rental car.
Or you pre-pay (and over-pay!) at the rental car office.

If you just pass through you will receive a hugely inflated bill - and padded even more by the rental car owner. Billed to your credit card.

Or you pay even more at the time of the pre-paying.

The solution for every non-local:

Just pass through and cancel your credit card immediately after you return back from the U.S. They can't do anything.

Dishonest? Yes, with dishonest crooks who intent to rob you.
There is no honest solution.

I cannot blame SJ that he does not know the details. He probably not a regular in the States as a tourist and I do not think, going there a tourist receives the fun worth his money spent on travel.

IMO, there are so many places better than that.

"you expose you are one American working poor, lol..."

Stupidity knows no limits.

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Ok, you must think you are rich? lol....
I used to live in a neighborhood with average real estate cost of more than 1.5 million dollars, and I am not rich. People who live a few miles from away with average house above 2-3 million dollars are the really rich ones.

"Have you been rubbing a crystal ball lately?"
Uneducated people are only aware of crystal balls but unaware of science-based analytical skills.


"Stupidity knows no limits."
Smart people don't call others stupid outright; they lead on their opponents to expose themselves voluntarily, which you have done marvelously.

Your complete silence on your diploma issue confirms that, you have no more than high school education, and fit perfectly into the American working poor category.

@ataman

"And every American implementation I know is horribly corrupt and easy to by-pass. Why corrupt? Because if you are not a local, you can't get such electronic pass."

Perhaps you should look up the meaning of corrupt.

"Just pass through and cancel your credit card immediately after you return back from the U.S. They can't do anything."

This suggestion is properly described as corrupt.

"There is no honest solution."

There is. Withdraw US dollars from an ATM and pay with cash at the toll stations. I did exactly that when I drove a rental car around South Africa. Its a really quick and easy solution.

"He probably not a regular in the States as a tourist and I do not think, going there a tourist receives the fun worth his money spent on travel. IMO, there are so many places better than that."

In terms of "bang for the buck," I agree.

@rivernextdoor

"Don't be shy. I know you don't like to be smoked out as being stupid and poor."

Yes, of course, that is the logical conclusion of this discussion. :)

"Let me repeat. America is a heaven for highly trained professionals, and they don't go to the Balkans for living. what are you doing in the Balkans by the way?"

Who said that I came to the Balkans for a living?

"Only People like you with a diploma no higher than high school who are indeed the working poor and who live from paycheck to paycheck are enjoying living there, lol.."

I am cultivating my ancestor's land. It is an interesting alternative to middle-class suburbia.

"Let me repeat, you are a genuine American working poor and a true American fool."

Repeating yourself again? :)

Just like during communism. People have no jobs and are starving, the dictator talks about weapons. It reminded me little bit of ISIS propaganda videos.

The russian muzhik strategy is only mass destruction weapons; )
The Putler is using nuclear weapons to threat the free world.
Mark my words :by the end of this summer USA and Nato will show Putler what big mistake he is making; )
You really think USA and Nato doesn't have contramisures or technology to fight ruskies paper bear?
Well game is on and culdnt be the worst timing for serbs to chearlead the charlatan Putler.

The mighty windbags are unhappy. What a tragedy!!! I'l not sleep good tonight knowing that.

Putin is one of those pompous ‘President For Life’ types.

He has suppressed the press in Russia. It is not a free country.

Serbia has a proper democratic system where Presidents and Prime Ministers get replaced regularly by the people’s votes.

Russia should learn from Serbia, not Serbia from Russia.

I thought the video of Nuclear Weapons was sick boastfulness and made Putin look like a pathetic dangerous lunatic.

Nothing to admire.

Serbia can love Russia and Russians, but should learn that Putin is not worthy to be followed.

@Avni

Oh poor little America thinks Russia didn't fulfill it's obligations of treaty xyz. Take a look in the mirror. The US basically doesn't respect any international treaties signed nor unsigned.

PUTIN THE MAN!!! Russians love him, the world loves him.

"No one was listening. Now you will listen,"

Like I tell you all on this Serbian news site, what the Devil did during the last century will reshape this new century ! The death of an old world will bring to life a new world. The Siptar's from Serbian Kosovo continue to mention the low birth rates and falling population of Srbija, I mention now can any one in proportion tell me the population of Russia and Asia compared to the USA, England and Germany ? So think about that, you see this old world is about to change in a big way !!!

The russian muzhik strategy is only mass destruction weapons; )
The Putler is using nuclear weapons to threat the free world.
Mark my words :by the end of this summer USA and Nato will show Putler what big mistake he is making; )
You really think USA and Nato doesn't have contramisures or technology to fight ruskies paper bear?
Well game is on and culdnt be the worst timing for serbs to chearlead the charlatan Putler.
(Norge, 2 March 2018 12:20) #

To Norge
You think that it is only Russia that they (USA and NATO) will fight!!
NATO is divided ))
USA is on the verge to fight Russia , with China, Iran and now Turkey )) That is why USA is keeping very quite now , Especially problems with little North Korea , let a lone treating Russia with China.

"...Spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Putin’s speech showed Russia had violated its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces..."

My God, the US has never respected or honored anything they have signed. They broke and violated every treaty, agreement, protocol, etc. that does not suit them. This is typical US propaganda based on hypocrisy, duplicity and lies.

Why didn't the US respond by saying that they have counter measures in place for this new threat from Russia? Maybe they just don't have one! If they did, I'm sure they would have boasted about it.

nato, america and their isis allies are finished end of story,,russia,china and their allies are here forever ....nobody cares for america.....serbs wake .you have the economy ,jobs are rising ..have bigger families be smart more kids the better,.the russians could wipe out america and nato in 2 hours....

Putin is feeling neglected, his need to be respected is of epic proportions. That is why he is showing those phony videos of Russian military "strength". Little Vlad has always been insecure about his stature. No wonder he is making himself sick with envy.

Mad Vlad at it again. Gods word says in the bible in the last days of this age.
Mat 24:21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.

Mat 24:22
“If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.
Their will be two stupid idiot's wars where 30% of the worlds population will be wiped out and the second one 25%. Just from the nuclear wars 55% of the worlds population wiped out. Then you will have nuclear winter. Where all the material from the nuclear explosions is thrown up in to the stratosphere above the clouds. Blocking the sun rays reaching the earth. World wide famine, diseases running rampant and the thin veneer of society totally breaking down. Gangs roaming the streets stealing what ever is left. The ass holes that caused this will be in underground nuclear shelters.
Rev 6:15 Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

Rev 6:16
They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!

Rev 6:17
For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?” People Jesus is yore only hope get rite with him call on his name.

The election year in Russia i guess , and the only people scare from putin it’s the ruskis only nobody else. The economy in the US it’s great , the gas $ 240 gal. average, in the meantime ruskis are starving from the sanctions , so putin got nothing to show for himself except communist ussr type of propaganda .I’ll be surprised if he wins

The mighty Russian bull is awake and talking, don't mess with the bull cause you'll get the horns! Enough sanctions have been implemented on Russia! About time they spoke up!

Putin is one of those pompous ‘President For Life’ types.

He has suppressed the press in Russia. It is not a free country.

Serbia has a proper democratic system where Presidents and Prime Ministers get replaced regularly by the people’s votes.

Russia should learn from Serbia, not Serbia from Russia.

I thought the video of Nuclear Weapons was sick boastfulness and made Putin look like a pathetic dangerous lunatic.

Nothing to admire.

Serbia can love Russia and Russians, but should learn that Putin is not worthy to be followed.
(Bob, 2 March 2018 14:44)

Bob, clarify your comment above by substituting "Russia for USA" and "Putin for Trump" and you will get a more accurate picture.

Which press has Putin suppressed when you have komersant moscow times and dozens of russian journalists trying to discredit Putin any day??? Ignorance is not an excuse today people do you read news before making yourselves fools in respected forums?

I thought the video of Nuclear Weapons was sick boastfulness and made Putin look like a pathetic dangerous lunatic.

@ bobaj - yeah, VIDEO of the Russians bombing US was crazy, now imagine how the Japeneese feel when they were ACTUALLY BOMBED by your beloved usa!!

Mad Vlad at it again. Gods word says in the bible in the last days of this age.
Mat 24:21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.

For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?” People Jesus is yore only hope get rite with him call on his name.
(Lenard, 2 March 2018 19:47)
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Where in the Bible does it mention Putin? You are trying to interpret the Bible by projecting your prejudices. Doesn't work like that.
How do you know that the mad person the Bible mentions isn't Pope Francis? How about Trump? Maybe even the rocket man.

Also, you really shouldn't be using Jesus' name because you have so much hate inside you that Jesus cannot possibly have any room in your heart.

I am amazed at the 'West haters' who post on this site think that Russia or China are better alternatives. They are kidding themselves.
(Bob, 3 March 2018 05:28)

Russia not free, China not free. Do you have any idea what freedom really means, or do you just regurgitate US propaganda because you have no original thoughts to convey?

Have you ever been to China? I hate to disappoint you but there are 500,000 of your US buddies working and living there. All in all, there are over a million people from north America living and working in Asia and not one of those countries is “free”.

But, unlike Putin, Trump is not going to become 'President For Life' in the way that Putin has made himself.
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Bob, there you are saying something so ridiculous that only a brainwashed MSM believer can say.
Putin didn't make himself president for life. Because he is such a patriot and a great president he has an extremely high percentage of approval from his people and they keep voting for him.
It's rare that a man such as Putin comes along so when he does people cherish him and want him around for a long time.
There is no guarantee another Putin will come along any time soon.
Russia is lucky to have him and they know it.

I would be upset also. I think, that was the point. But what to do about it.

(Albanian American, 2 March 2018 17:55)

Yep, I have seen the economic success in the US LOL. Its unemployment is now, wait for it, only 4.1%. I note that even Trump will not go near that one. Working for a staggering $4.50 per hour in the North while an even bigger sum of $2.50 in Texas is a fine example of an economy on the rise.

The US has not had a proper pay rise in over 30 years. People working two jobs just to survive.

Meanwhile the US debt has risen from $20 trillion to $20.6 trillion in a matter of months and you think it makes no difference to the overall effect on the US economy, but you talk about gas being $2.40 gal.

After observing that poor excuse for a “free media” in the US I am no longer amazed why you talk this way since they could convince people like you to buy refrigerators even if you lived on an iceberg.

People living in tents for years in the US still say the US is the best country in the world. It’s called brain washing. Reminds me of the Communists. They were great at this. Now the US has copied the Communists.

Russians starving from sanctions LOL. You don’t even know the type of sanctions the US has against Russia, and they are meaningless except to tell its population the US still matters. Please stop embarrassing yourself. Stick to pumping gas and leave the commentary to people that know what they are talking about.

Sanctions are hurting common people.
(Dimetri Y., 5 March 2018 05:52)

Ok Demetri, what type of sanctions does the US have and how do they hurt the people?

O shut up US
you encircle Russia and China with your NATO bases
Occupy and invade 4 Mid East Countries murdering thousands
Finance and Support Terrorism
disestablish countries across the World with your Democracy and Freedom BS
Break and disregard treaty signed or not signed
Support Israel to the tilt
and now are crying about a little old video

"Putin, in contrast, has successfully used KGB tactics against the Russian press, tv, radio and opposition groups in general. "

Very interesting accusations! Whoever wrote those, please verify if you have ever been to Russia?

I WONDER WHY THE USA DUNT WORRY ABOUT THE ENOURMOUS TECKHICAL ADVANTAGES OBTAINED BY RUSSIA RECENTLY ?

Putin didn't make himself president for life.
(Peggy, 4 March 2018 07:02)

He did. I believe, his presidency is illegitimate and his clever swap with Medvedyev was against the SPIRIT of what stays in constitution.

Unfortunately the Russian court recently had a different opinion.

Many of my friends from RU share my opinion. Some don't.

The ones who don't have strong economic reasons: they are military contractors and depend on VVP a lot.

But in order to understand VVP we have also understand the dumb and insidious role the "West" played at the time Russia was in the mid of the "shock therapy".

Putin is feeling neglected, his need to be respected is of epic proportions. That is why he is showing those phony videos of Russian military "strength". Little Vlad has always been insecure about his stature. No wonder he is making himself sick with envy.
(Mildred Green, 2 March 2018 18:38)

Are you sure you are not a parrot because you are repeating the exact text from the State Department, the greatest collection of dingbats on this planet, but only to be contradicted by the Pentagon, which said that they were aware of the high-speed intercontinental underwater drones.

However, since there is a collection of very dim people in high office in the US, then why not test Russia? See if Vlad is telling porky pies. Opps, your Muslim, so why not test Vlad and see if he is lying. What has the US to lose? Remember the US killed easily over 100 Russians in Syria with their superior weapons.

He did. I believe, his presidency is illegitimate and his clever swap with Medvedyev was against the SPIRIT of what stays in constitution.
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What you believe and what the facts are might not be the same. Did you study constitutional law?
Even if you are correct, there is no getting away from his popularity. Most Russians want him there for as long as they can have him.
Do you dispute that as well?
He brought pride back to the Russians. He so obviously loves Russia and has taken giant steps in restoring Russia's standing in the world. He's not done yet.
With all this, you still want us to think that it's only him who wants to stay president? You don't think people see value in him to keep him there for as long as he wants.

The selection in Auchan RU is largely domestic (see above, why) but as far as the quality and the price they are OK for me.
(Ataman, 5 March 2018 17:05)

In other words, the poor are starving in Russia because they can’t buy Dom Perignon or French cheese LOL.

As far as California wine is concerned they make some good wines but it’s not high-class stuff. South Africa and Australia are the only two countries in the world that make first class Shiraz, but that’s not in the $2-$5 per bottle range, try $20 plus.

The US sanctions are only hurting the west and no one else.

Ivan

I don't like Trump either.

Two wrongs don't make a right. One bad man does not excuse another bad man.

But, unlike Putin, Trump is not going to become 'President For Life' in the way that Putin has made himself.

I am sure Trump would like to give the press a hard time - all his comments about 'fake news' tend to be oriented in that direction - but he cannot rule the US press.

Putin, in contrast, has successfully used KGB tactics against the Russian press, tv, radio and opposition groups in general.

Russia is not free.

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Neither is China free.

I am amazed at the 'West haters' who post on this site think that Russia or China are better alternatives. They are kidding themselves.

Also, you really shouldn't be using Jesus' name because you have so much hate inside you that Jesus cannot possibly have any room in your heart.
(Peggy, 4 March 2018 07:09)

Like in Bosnia war , killing handcuffed teenagers from short range , unarmed civilians in Kosovo ,etc etc, the serbs never used Jesus name , not even before or after rapes , they never used Jesus name . Now piggy peggy it’s going to lecture somebody else . Like the wold forgot!!!

I am Russian. I had to leave Russia, it was intolerable. I am fortune to have found work in America because of my Profession. Many educated Russians wish to leave Russia. Putin is a dictator without teeth. He is like a poker player, good at bluffing. Example: his "high tech weapons", there are no more funds and no new weapons. People in military speak privately about weakness of military. Russia will disolve in 5 years. Sanctions are hurting common people.

(JS, 5 March 2018 11:40)

The US is falling apart, but in slow motion and people living there can’t see it nor is it ever mentioned in the “free media”. What I have quoted are facts. You don’t come back from the dead and the US cant repay the $20.6 trillion debt.

Don’t confuse corporate US with the US Government (you). Corporate US is healthy and profitable, it’s the public (you) that are stuck with the debt. Trump is using borrowed money to give tax cuts to people like Warden Buffet?

Hop in a car and travel through middle America – I did just that; and tell me it isn’t a trash dump. I liked Chicago the best, but walk along the river and look up at the old bridges where rust is coming off in sheets. Infrastructure is falling apart. Lovely highways and roads through national parks, but once off these roads you have pot holes ,dirt roads where you once had bitumen.

I have never seen so many homeless people in my life. In San Francisco alone there were meth heads and homeless laying on the ground outside my hotel and this went on block after block.

Have you ever been to Russia to compare the media? What you think and what is fact are two different worlds. Joseph Stalin would have been proud to have a media as “liberal” as they have in the US.

I’m not bitter but I get very tired of listening to people quote the strength of US economically or militarily. Has you free media mentioned that China is the World no.1 economy since 2014? No.

I am sure Trump would like to give the press a hard time - all his comments about 'fake news' tend to be oriented in that direction - but he cannot rule the US press.
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Yes, you're right. Trump cannot control the media because there is already a puppet master doing just that along with US presidents and other leaders.
"Fee press" is controlled by people a lot more dangerous than Putin or Trump.

Skenderbeu 1444, 2 March 2018 19:04)

Who’s your daddy???
(Albanian American, 4 March 2018 13:06)

Some male Albanian, I guess.
No one questions that, it is most likely a genuine person.

But who's the daddy of Aqif Blyta, Victory1999, Peter The Rocky, Azir, Avni, Lenard?

The only thing we know, Lenard's character can handle LaTex text processor, is quite intelligent and (still) probably a fake.

Than there is the "Moderate Serb" who is not moderate, rather primitive.

Than we have the Canadian Serb loser "Danilo".

Quite a few people here suspect, the "daddy" of all these characters, you including are the same.

Even if not - your name is "shut the fck up", at least compared with Skenderbeu 1444.

Because he lives in Albania, you are not. You have nothing to lose, he - like many of us - have all the risk. Don't like that name? Feel free to move back.

Skenderbeu 1444, 2 March 2018 19:04)

Who’s your daddy???
(Albanian American, 4 March 2018 13:06)
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I would imagine he would be happy with anyone but your daddy.

The United States is living on borrowed time, the national debt is a ticking time bomb. Trump actually is aware of this, but he is too late to do anything about it. Its time to either declare bankruptcy and dismantle the US Federal reserve (Den of Thieves) Greece in a smaller scale tried to do it but the EU trampled them and Greek PM Alexi sipras lost his nerve. However, other countries such as Italy, France, Canada, Portugal and Spain are not much better.

@ Bob Everybody despises the orange Trump and nobody here hates the west. Was it Putin or was it the slovac pm who lashed back to journalists saying "you're not journalists you're prostitutes!"? I gave you examples of 2 newspapers I read (both offer mediocre biased analyses) and for Allah's sake dont bring us back to stupid Hoxha propaganda era. Replace kgb with cia and thats Hoxha's brain. Cia tactics everywhere even if people just wanted to listen to the Beatles! Nobody here idealizes anybody as we have seen too much to idealize again any leader. Putin simply saved Russia's ass. Putin heredited a morally and economically destroyed country after the kataklizmos of the shock therapy. Plus decades of prior inerzia of sclerotic sovietic leadership. Do you know what it means? We tried it on our skin Bob its a nightmare you would never wish to the worst enemy. How can there be a debate with you if you never listen to the reasons of the other part?

Skenderbeu 1444, 2 March 2018 19:04)

Who’s your daddy???

Russia will disolve in 5 years. Sanctions are hurting common people.
(Dimetri Y., 5 March 2018 05:52)

Прально. А щас двай-ка напиши мне всё, чо тут напИсал на нашем общем родном языке. Ну, попробуй. И без грамматических, бля, ошибок.

Rev 6:17
For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?” People Jesus is yore only hope get rite with him call on his name.
(Lenard, 2 March 2018 19:47)

You truly are a USTASE, just like your friend Pavelic along with Stepinac quote the Bible while committing genocide on 750 thousands Serbs, Jews, Gypsies and Croats between 1941-1945.

@watcher

Did you somehow forget that the Japanese struck first? It is called the bombing of Pearl Harbor, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The Japanese military sent 183 planes in the first wave of attacks and 171 planes in the second wave.

@sj

Your comments can be summed up like this..."Everything about America is messed up." It doesn't matter whether you are commenting on wages, employment, infrastructure, military prowess, or anything else; in your assessment America is falling apart.

The problem with your posts is not that you don't have an occasional point to make but that the majority of what you say is unbalanced, and thus nearly impossible to believe or accept.

You could do a lot better if you would get rid of the bitterness.

The United States is anything but a trash dump. There are homeless people and there are ghettos but its an enormous country that is far nicer than any country in Eastern Europe. The press seems much more free in the US than Russia but then again there is a strongly liberal bias among major US news channels.

You can make valid points but it needs to be balanced; it needs to account for all aspects of the topic not just the portions that look unfavorable to the United States and its citizens.

Dont make stupid questions Albanian American from Tetova everybody knows who is my daddy. Ask beautiful mami she'll tell you who is daddy.

Some trollers never learn a simple lesson:

DO NOT PRETEND TO BE ALBANIAN, HUNGARIAN, RUSSIAN ON THIS FORUM IF YOU ARE NOT.

@sj

Your characterizations of the American landscape and employment conditions are absurd; they are not connected to reality in any way.

After thinking about what you wrote, it seems you are a troll who doesn't mind lying, or exaggerating to the point of dishonesty.

The only proper response is to shun you as a hopelessly godless person who clearly lacks a conscience.

JS, if you have enough money, please do what js has done, driving through ME of USA and get back with your own report.

If you don't have enough money to do so, just simply SHUT UP!

You know that attacking people is too cheap.

As far as California wine is concerned they make some good wines but it’s not high-class stuff. South Africa and Australia are the only two countries in the world that make first class Shiraz, but that’s not in the $2-$5 per bottle range, try $20 plus.
(sj, 6 March 2018 09:59)

The $20 Shiraz is definitely not in my league.

As for Californian booze: what is being sold in the U.S. domestically has nothing to do with international distribution. Domestically sold wine is way to sweet (like almost anything in the U.S.) and would have no chance abroad.

I usually cheat on Russians in Russia and bring them Californian wine sold in EU.
Like all other Europeans they would just spit out the one sold in the U.S.: "way to sweet".

(JS, 6 March 2018 19:22)



This is not a travel site. If you want a nice picture of the US please go to a travel agency website. The main topic discussed here is the might of the US on the military and economic sides.

I know how you might feel. It’s a shock to read what I have written, but all those figures and facts are true – here is your debt level as of today - http://www.usdebtclock.org/ At this rate by December it will be close to $22 trillion. Trump is really burning up the dollars.

The Federal debt does not consider State or local government debt which is between $3 and $4 trillion.

If you think this does not influence the US economy, then you are in pixy land.

Ask a server in your local restaurant what they earn per hour and then come back to me.

To be a troll I must be on an Albanian or Croat site, but this is a Serbian-based media site. If I am lying, then I do it to my fellow Serbs.

Not even God can help the US with this debt.

(Ataman, 7 March 2018 02:57)

I have tried Cal wines outside of the US and some are nice. Yes, you are correct the drinks in the US are over loaded with sugar – even the bread is very sweet.

I have no idea why they put so much sugar in everything. I was amazed how Americans love waffles with maple syrup for breakfast as well as those sugary cereals. Many times, we left without having breakfast. It was a choice of waffles, cereal or sticky muffins.

But when you stay in the big hotels the food on offer is mind boggling and first class.

Bringing French cheese or Californian wine as a gift is a good idea now, the personal import is not prohibited, only commercial.
(Ataman, 7 March 2018 02:42)
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Australian wine and cheese is just as good as any French or Californian.
If Russians want imported wine and cheese there is plenty of countries they can import from. EU or the US are not the only ones on the planet exporting quality goods.

@rivernextdoor

"Got it! One small town boy is trying to make assessment of world politics and play international detective."

:)

"If you have money, why don't you drive through LA, San Francisco, and you will find all the druggies and homeless people; and also New York Harlem and come back tell us how beautiful it is, would you?"

I agree that there are drug addicts and homeless people in the areas you mentioned. But having a total surface area of 3.8 million square miles, those areas are equal to something like 1 / 1,000,000th of the United States, and thus are not very representative of what the landscape is really like in the United States.

Adding up sj's comments over the last few weeks, he smells so much like a Russian troll, propagating all kinds of false information. He seems to think that if he tells big lies about the United States day after day, and week after week, then people will start to think the United States is a trash dump. Anyone like him who claims to have driven across the United States and encountered roads full of potholes....well, sorry to say but such a person has either lost their mind or is hallucinating. And, as if it couldn't get any crazier, that description actually fits the roads of his beloved "homeland" of Serbia. Sj is either a troll or hallucinates on a daily basis.

(JS, 7 March 2018 21:59)

So, what if you were born in the US? You can travel through 52 States but it’s no use if you close your eyes. Go to San Francisco and start in Ellis Street and see the great life style.

There are poor people everywhere and Serbs would not be an exception. Hollywood is a powerful tool as it sends out the message that you can have those big houses too only if you come to the US. But once there it’s a different story mate.

I am not Russian and nor am I a troll since this is a Serb site. You can accept or deny the debt but keeping your head in the sand is not going to make it go away. The US is not repaying the principal but only the interest on the debt and borrowing more every day.

Government and business are two separate worlds – its shows how your poor level of education to think otherwise. The $21 trillion is a debt borrowed by the Government on behalf of the people (you). Corporate US pay little to no tax and can walk out of America at the drop of a hat if required. You and other taxpayers are left holding the baby mate.

A major draw for US corporations to Ireland is its low corporation tax rate and numerous controversial tax breaks. The corporations have no loyalty mate.

Servers in the US are earning ten times more than in Serbia when you convert dollars to dinars, but prices in the US are 10 times higher too.

True I was not born in Serbia nor do I live there but I speak Serbian fluently.

Anyone like him who claims to have driven across the United States and encountered roads full of potholes....well, sorry to say but such a person has either lost their mind or is hallucinating. And, as if it couldn't get any crazier, that description actually fits the roads of his beloved "homeland" of Serbia. Sj is either a troll or hallucinates on a daily basis.
(JS, 8 March 2018 06:03

Its obvious you are not too bright Albo either. Let me reiterate. Main highways and roads through National Parks are great, but once you leave those and go into small towns its a different picture. Australia has had an electronic tag system for use on toll roads for over a decade which does not require a driver to stop and feed notes into a machine like in the US and you guys claim the US is technologically advanced LOL. To much Hollywood.

"I was born and raised in the United States. I have traveled through twenty-six states and lived near two large cities."
"..I live in Serbia not in USA, ..other comments don't apply to me.."

So you are an American, but why live in Serbia, a country of which you loathe? Because of your lacking of financial freedom apparently?
As a native English speaker, your writing skill is equivalent to a 9th grader or lower in the states. No wonder you have to go to the Balkans for a living. America is a heaven for highly trained professionals; people like you with a diploma no higher than high school are indeed the working poor who live from paycheck to paycheck.
With your high school diplomat, you can't catch Russian troll; instead, you expose you are one American working poor, lol...

what type of sanctions does the US have and how do they hurt the people?
(sj, 5 March 2018 10:05)

What hurts people are the counter-sanctions of Putin, mostly regarding the import of food from countries which joined sanctions.

Example. You have difficulty to buy Californian (or EU) wine. The wine from Crimea sux, suffered from decades of Ukrainian corruption. So if you want to have cheap but still OK booze you go for Moldavian or Abkhazian wine. The domestic Russian champagne improves, but the Gorbi - insanity of destroying wine yards still hurts.

If you have more money, you can buy South African, Chilean, Argentinian booze. But there is nothing of OK quality in the $2 - $5 range, like in France or Germany.

Than the cheese problem. Soviet-time cheese sux horribly. Without the French, Swiss, etc. cheese (now) the factory in Vologda scrambles to improve. They did.

I am wrong - there is 'black market' cheese from a 'sanction' country, usually a re-export from Belarus. Price-wise it's like Bitcoin.

In general I have somewhat easier time to buy OK food in RU than in my least favorite food-country (CZ).

But it is far from being France. And regarding the export variety the Auchan of Lvov (in Ukraine) does beat pretty much in RU. To bad, the prices of Auchan in Lvov are 100% incompatible with Ukrainian salaries. They would be OK in RU.

The selection in Auchan RU is largely domestic (see above, why) but as far as the quality and the price they are OK for me.

In other words, the poor are starving in Russia because they can’t buy Dom Perignon or French cheese LOL.
(sj, 6 March 2018 09:59)

Absolutely. If you feel, buying Camembert made in Vologda or $2 wine made in Abkhazia is below your ego than you will be upset. You still can buy Dom Perignon though... just it will be almost as expensive as in the States.

I tried the cheaper domestic choice and it was OK for me.

Bringing French cheese or Californian wine as a gift is a good idea now, the personal import is not prohibited, only commercial.

In other words, the poor are starving in Russia because they can’t buy Dom Perignon or French cheese LOL.
(sj, 6 March 2018 09:59)

Forgot to tell, all this affects direct import only. I am not a fan of Coke - but since it (and much more) is made locally, it is not affected.

So indeed, what is essentially missing is the sale event of Dom Perignon (but not Dom Perignon itself).

I am 100% sure, this is why Russia won't be around for long. Without Dom Perignon on sale before New Year - it's doomed.

Can I ask the people you disagreed with my comment
Why exactly you do?
You can deny and turn a blind eye to it as much as you can but it is real

"I have no idea why they put so much sugar in everything. "

Sugar is the cheapest drug that keep people high and happy. It surely will kill slowly, sweetly and fatly. As they say, all empires collapse from within not without.

@sj

"This is not a travel site. If you want a nice picture of the US please go to a travel agency website..."

I was born and raised in the United States. I have traveled through twenty-six states and lived near two large cities. It's a beautiful place. Your characterization has no connection to reality. Every day I cross paths with my Serbian neighbors who are poor, can't find work, and many who wish they could leave the country. Your comparisons are complete madness.

I didn't deny anything about the US debt, but again your comment is the type we should expect from a Russian troll.

Another example of your trollish behavior is the claim that even though business is doing well the government isn't doing well (economically) and since the people are somehow identical with the government (and not business) therefore we are doing miserably.

"Ask a server in your local restaurant what they earn per hour and then come back to me."

Ten times what Serbian servers earn.

"If I am lying, then I do it to my fellow Serbs."

As I understand, you weren't born in Serbia, you don't live in Serbia, and you probably don't speak the language. Therefore, you aren't much more than a tourist.

"I was born and raised in the United States. I have traveled through twenty-six states and lived near two large cities. It's a beautiful place."

Got it! One small town boy is trying to make assessment of world politics and play international detective. American small towns can be quite and beautiful like anywhere else.
If you have money, why don't you drive through LA, San Francisco, and you will find all the druggies and homeless people; and also New York Harlem and come back tell us how beautiful it is, would you?

You wrote, "I was born and raised in the United States. I have traveled through twenty-six states and lived near two large cities."

I spent many years in USA, and have traveled every continent except Africa for vacations. Since you keep on writing about yourself and attacking others, let's see what I can do for you.

You wrote,"Every day I cross paths with my Serbian neighbors who are poor, can't find work, and many who wish they could leave the country."

If its true, I am sure you are not lying, you are not doing well financially, dude. You are one who they call working poor in America. Real estate in the States separates people strictly according to their financial status. The rich don't mix with the poor in the same neighborhood. I am not rich, I used to live and own a house in a neighborhood with average real estate cost of 1.5 million. It was there I met some of my Serb friends, who are highly trained professionals like lawyers and doctors.

What you wrote can reveal a lot about yourself, does it?

@rivernextdoor

"If its true, I am sure you are not lying, you are not doing well financially, dude. You are one who they call working poor in America. Real estate in the States separates people strictly according to their financial status. The rich don't mix with the poor in the same neighborhood. I am not rich, I used to live and own a house in a neighborhood with average real estate cost of 1.5 million. It was there I met some of my Serb friends, who are highly trained professionals like lawyers and doctors."

Every country has a division between rich and poor, and America is not an exception to that rule. But the largest percentage of houses in Serbia are either unfinished or so old that the facade is crumbling. The remaining small percentage of homes are new, hyper-modern palaces. On the roadways, the wealthy speed past Yugos and Zastavas in their new Audis and BMWs. And these privileged folks don't respect traffic regulations, in part because they can get away with it by paying a bribe to the police officer. The contrast between rich and poor is much more dramatic (and corruption much greater) in Serbia than in the United States.

Your other comments don't apply to me because I live in Serbia not the United States.

@JS

"I was born and raised in the United States. I have traveled through twenty-six states and lived near two large cities."
"..I live in Serbia not in USA, ..other comments don't apply to me.."

The more you write, the more you expose yourself.
Dude, don't be shy. My comment on you is accurate, and you are one American working poor roaming around the Balkans feeling like a king falsely. Your reply confirmed it. It's simple that a highly trained professionals don't make a living in the Balkans like you, lol...
I have been to Serbia, and to all major powers in the world. You are out of your mind of comparing Serbia with US.
The more you write, the more you expose yourself. So, don't even try it.

@rivernextdoor

"You are out of your mind of comparing Serbia with US."

Actually that's what sj has been doing, and I agree with you -- there is no comparison. Hopefully sj will come back to reality with the rest of us.

"So you are an American, but why live in Serbia, a country of which you loathe?"

I enjoy Serbia. It's just the cranky ultra-nationalism of a small minority (who somehow consider themselves the 'real Serbs') that I find disreputable.

"Because of your lacking of financial freedom apparently?"

That's quite a conclusion to draw from the little bit that you know about me. Have you been rubbing a crystal ball lately?

"As a native English speaker, your writing skill is equivalent to a 9th grader or lower in the states."

These are comments on a new site on the internet not academic writing. Sheesh. :)

"you expose you are one American working poor, lol..."

Stupidity knows no limits.

@sj

"Servers in the US are earning ten times more than in Serbia when you convert dollars to dinars, but prices in the US are 10 times higher too."

This is another example of sj's propaganda. How do prices compare?

Yes, some basic food products cost 1/5-1/8 the price in America.

But if you're buying a car... about the same as anywhere else. If you're buying a phone, add 20-40% depending on the phone. If you're building a house, expect to pay 90% of what you would give for an identical product in America. This list could go on and on...

Sj is up to his propaganda tricks.

@sj

"Main highways and roads through National Parks are great, but once you leave those and go into small towns its a different picture."

You are describing Serbia not America.

"Australia has had an electronic tag system for use on toll roads for over a decade which does not require a driver to stop and feed notes into a machine like in the US and you guys claim the US is technologically advanced LOL. To much Hollywood."

Sorry to break the news to you but my mother has been using an electronic tag system for years. Next time you comment on something, try knowing what you are talking about before you make yourself look silly. Or you just love mimicking a Russian troll?

@JS,

Don't be shy. I know you don't like to be smoked out as being stupid and poor.
Let me repeat. America is a heaven for highly trained professionals, and they don't go to the Balkans for living. what are you doing in the Balkans by the way? Only People like you with a diploma no higher than high school who are indeed the working poor and who live from paycheck to paycheck are enjoying living there, lol..
Your silence on your diploma and calling me stupid confirmed you only have education no higher than high school.
Let me repeat, you are a genuine American working poor and a true American fool.

Sorry to break the news to you but my mother has been using an electronic tag system for years.
(JS, 9 March 2018 05:51)

It depends on the local implementation - unlike Australia.
And every American implementation I know is horribly corrupt and easy to by-pass.

Why corrupt?

Because if you are not a local, you can't get such electronic pass.
This is very much unlike France, Australia, Belarus.

Instead, either you pass through with your rental car.
Or you pre-pay (and over-pay!) at the rental car office.

If you just pass through you will receive a hugely inflated bill - and padded even more by the rental car owner. Billed to your credit card.

Or you pay even more at the time of the pre-paying.

The solution for every non-local:

Just pass through and cancel your credit card immediately after you return back from the U.S. They can't do anything.

Dishonest? Yes, with dishonest crooks who intent to rob you.
There is no honest solution.

I cannot blame SJ that he does not know the details. He probably not a regular in the States as a tourist and I do not think, going there a tourist receives the fun worth his money spent on travel.

IMO, there are so many places better than that.

"you expose you are one American working poor, lol..."

Stupidity knows no limits.

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Ok, you must think you are rich? lol....
I used to live in a neighborhood with average real estate cost of more than 1.5 million dollars, and I am not rich. People who live a few miles from away with average house above 2-3 million dollars are the really rich ones.

"Have you been rubbing a crystal ball lately?"
Uneducated people are only aware of crystal balls but unaware of science-based analytical skills.


"Stupidity knows no limits."
Smart people don't call others stupid outright; they lead on their opponents to expose themselves voluntarily, which you have done marvelously.

Your complete silence on your diploma issue confirms that, you have no more than high school education, and fit perfectly into the American working poor category.

@ataman

"And every American implementation I know is horribly corrupt and easy to by-pass. Why corrupt? Because if you are not a local, you can't get such electronic pass."

Perhaps you should look up the meaning of corrupt.

"Just pass through and cancel your credit card immediately after you return back from the U.S. They can't do anything."

This suggestion is properly described as corrupt.

"There is no honest solution."

There is. Withdraw US dollars from an ATM and pay with cash at the toll stations. I did exactly that when I drove a rental car around South Africa. Its a really quick and easy solution.

"He probably not a regular in the States as a tourist and I do not think, going there a tourist receives the fun worth his money spent on travel. IMO, there are so many places better than that."

In terms of "bang for the buck," I agree.

@rivernextdoor

"Don't be shy. I know you don't like to be smoked out as being stupid and poor."

Yes, of course, that is the logical conclusion of this discussion. :)

"Let me repeat. America is a heaven for highly trained professionals, and they don't go to the Balkans for living. what are you doing in the Balkans by the way?"

Who said that I came to the Balkans for a living?

"Only People like you with a diploma no higher than high school who are indeed the working poor and who live from paycheck to paycheck are enjoying living there, lol.."

I am cultivating my ancestor's land. It is an interesting alternative to middle-class suburbia.

"Let me repeat, you are a genuine American working poor and a true American fool."

Repeating yourself again? :)