ISIS and Islam

           Here’s a story from the Internet I liked.

           “A member of ISIS stops the car in which the Christian spouses are traveling.

           The ISIS member asks the man behind the wheel, “Are you a Muslim?”. “Yes”, the man replies. The ISIS member says, “Then quote …

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What kind of women do men like?

     Not long ago I had a heart-to-heart talk with my niece, a girl of marriageable age.

     “What kind of girls do you like, Uncle Marat?” she asked. “I just want to understand the men’s psychology.”

     “Well, I’m probably not a typical male representative.”

     “But still. I’m interested in your opinion.”

    …

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Public and private kindergartens.

     A few words about the system of payment for kindergartens.

     The fee for visiting public kindergartens should be market. It should cover all costs of the gardens, taking into account the depreciation of buildings and property.

     But for visiting kindergartens people have to pay differently. Those who have waited for their turn from the …

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The Turks.

     In the 90s, my parents lived in the Straight Way near Alma-Ata.

     At that time, it was a clean, well-groomed village. People lived amicably and cheerfully in it. Families of different nationalities lived on our street: Kazakhs, Turks, Russians, and Ukrainians. The closest neighbors to us were two families opposite to our house: uncle Abzar with …

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State and private cemeteries.

       I think that we should have both state cemeteries and private ones.

       State cemeteries should be kept at the expense of the budget and provide a minimum level of services free of charge (plot of land for the grave, security and cleaning of the cemetery territory). In the state cemetery, competing with private companies, …

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Revolver.

     – Hello, Fidel!

     – Hello, Huber!

     – You are doing fine, Fidel! Today you declaimed such a fiery speech at the trial! Our whole party is proud of you. Especially we liked your point about dictator: “If he is not punished but continues to be the master of the state, the president, the prime …

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Terrorism is powerless anger.

     Here is my definition of terrorism:

     Terrorism is powerless anger.

     Why anger?

     Because in all cases of terrorism, some group of people are dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs, embittered by this and trying to change the existing order of things.

     Why powerless?

     Because, according to these …

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Liberal or Socialist.

     Check yourself: do you belong to liberals or to socialists. Answer the seven questions, respectively putting the letter L or S. At the end of the test, add all the answers with the letter L and with the letter S.

     So:

     1. If you think that the human personality is the highest value in …

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Etiquette.

      Almost every time I go to Astana’s public places, it ends with a psychological trauma. Every time I want to hang huge posters on the skyscrapers of the city:

     “People! Be tactful and polite!

     Do not jump the queue. Do not push people around. Do not stand close to the person standing in …

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Dedollarization of the economy.

     Due to the frequent fluctuations in the exchange rate of the tenge and the inconveniences that they cause, many people in Kazakhstan began to call for the dedollarization of our economy.

     Let’s see, and what is dollarization in general?

     First of all, it seems to me, it is necessary to separate the two phenomena …

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