February 19 2016, 01:44

Context: Speaking on February 16 at the US — ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) summit in California, Obama stated that Russia is one of the strongest military powers, and “a bunch [of Syrian] rebels, obviously, are not capable of competing with their weaponry against the world’s second most powerful army.”

Rogozin tweets: “Well, maybe not the first yet, but definitely not the second, Mr. President!)”

But he didn’t lie, right.

February 17 2016, 22:53

Last time I shared Lisa’s diary from 8th grade. Today, Masha from Spring Hill brought her own diary – which also serves as a “textbook”. The correct name is Planner. Follow the link for a PDF with my comments.

http://beinginamerica.com/2016/02/18/дневник-маши-4-й-класс-спринг-хилл/

February 17 2016, 18:07

Continuation about the self-service industry in the USA:

http://beinginamerica.com/2016/02/18/1249/

At this stand, you can rent a powerful carpet cleaner and cleaning agents. Since almost everyone has carpet here, it’s logical to assume that

a) thorough carpet cleaning isn’t needed every day

b) specialized products are best suited for this task

c) dragging the carpet somewhere is clearly not an option, and hiring someone means you’ll be paying for their time and other overhead costs and their interests.

Therefore, such self-service kiosks are common here (http://www.rugdoctor.com/)

And here is a kiosk selling socks: (https://www.sockfancy.com/)

(See this and other posts about life in the USA at http://beinginamerica.com/)