KZBlog is going down (2)
After some thought, I have decided not to renew KZBLog’s lease. As you may have noticed, I don’t do a lot of posting here anymore. I don’t have time to blog regularly. Thus I am taking the site down–it does generate some ad revenue but not as much as it costs to keep it up. […]
Culture
- Yurts Are High Fashion and Slum Fashion Too
2011-12-05 - Apples, Sure. But THC is from Kazakhstan too?
2011-10-05 - Naked Man Pot
2011-09-23
- Yurts Are High Fashion and Slum Fashion Too
Resources
- Oh, CNN
2012-07-21 - What Do You Know About Kazakhstan?
2012-07-19 - Books for Kazakh Students
2011-11-06
- Oh, CNN
Politics
- Image
2011-07-28 - Sub Rosa Endorsement
2011-07-26 - The Naked Truth
2011-06-12
- Image
News
- KZBlog is going down
2013-09-10 - Oh, CNN
2012-07-21 - Repentence
2012-07-15
- KZBlog is going down
Fun
- What Do You Know About Kazakhstan?
2012-07-19 - Yurts Are High Fashion and Slum Fashion Too
2011-12-05 - House Hunters Bishkek
2011-12-02
- What Do You Know About Kazakhstan?
Tourism
- Asian Games Torch
2011-01-12 - Wikitravel
2010-08-07 - ALZHIR, the Soviets and Democracy
2010-07-30
- Asian Games Torch
Life in KZ
- Photo Gallery: Almaty Subway
2011-12-07 - Healthcare and the Private Sector
2011-11-30 - Naked Man Pot
2011-09-23
- Photo Gallery: Almaty Subway
Redbubble
Who Could It Be? Maybe…Satan? (Comments Off on Who Could It Be? Maybe…Satan?)
And, this is really what I was talking about. It’s bad enough they think we’re hiding aliens here. Now we’re the home of the Anti-Christ.
Read the article if you want a laugh. Basically it’s all about how Kazakhstan is awash in “Lost Symbols” like Bayterek and the pyramid and how Nazarbayev is clearly the Anti-Christ as described in the Book of Revelations. Notice the vagueness of the language in a lot of it and the number of things that would apply to any world leader: “Kazakhstan is a member of almost every international group in the world.” Well, so is the US, Russia, China, Japan and the UK.
Reminded me a bit of Dana Carvey’s church lady from SNL:
“Now, Mr. President, who decided that there should be a pyramid in Astana? Who was it? Who gave Mr. Foster that idea? I wonder. Could it have been….SATAN?”
Internet going out appears to … (Comments Off on Internet going out appears to …)
Internet going out appears to have been a screw up on my computer–although my cellphone wasn’t always picking up I-net either.
The 9th of May and the Asian Front (Comments Off on The 9th of May and the Asian Front)
Kazakhnomad has an interesting post up on the story of a Kazakh veteran who fought on the Asian front. I was not aware that the USSR fought in the Pacific, but I stand corrected. The war against Germany gets a lot more attention here whereas in the US both the European and Pacific front are equally important, I think.
Another Kazakhbashi Law. Why a… (Comments Off on Another Kazakhbashi Law. Why a…)
Another Kazakhbashi Law. Why again so soon? RT @EurasiaNet: #Kazakhstan
KZ has Borat, Mongolia has Dea… (Comments Off on KZ has Borat, Mongolia has Dea…)
KZ has Borat, Mongolia has Death Worms: http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/syfy-saturday-mongolian-death-worm.php
Blog back up but still cleanin… (Comments Off on Blog back up but still cleanin…)
Blog back up but still cleaning some stuff up so if something doesn’t work, or site looks weird, I’ll fix it eventually. Don’t worry.
Happy Victory Day (Comments Off on Happy Victory Day)
Today is the 65th anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany in World War II or the Great Patriotic War. Victory in Europe Day is celebrated on the 8th of May, but the former Soviet countries celebrate Victory Day on the 9th of May. Apparently Stalin insisted that because the Soviet Union had contributed more to the victory over Germany than the other Allied Forces. So the surrender in Reims (on the 7th of May 1945, to take effect the next day), where the only Soviet representative was General Ivan Susloparov, the Military Liaison Mission Commander, was not considered valid by Stalin. Instead on the 8th of May in Berlin (already the 9th of May in Moscow), German Field-Marshal Wilhelm Keitel surrendered the Wehrmacht to Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov. Hence the West and the USSR celebrated two different victories. And of course the US also commemorates Victory in Japan Day (August 14) whereas the Soviets were not involved in the war in the Pacific.
All of this should illustrate just how differently the war was viewed on both sides of the Iron Curtain, and differences strongly persist. Nevertheless, the Great War had a strong influence on the whole world and we should acknowledge the contributions of all those who fought against Fascism and gave their lives for freedom.
Site down due to technical iss… (Comments Off on Site down due to technical iss…)
Site down due to technical issues. Everything should be back in a couple of days.
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