The Soviet Union (USSR) included Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belorussia (now Belarus), Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirgiziya (now Kyrgyzstan), Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia (now Moldova), Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Its sphere of influence, the Warsaw Pact nations (the Iron Curtain), included Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungry, Bulgaria, East Germany, Romania, Albania and Yugoslavia.

The USSR's influence extend well beyond these nations, to North (and now South) Vietnam, North Korea, various Central and Latin American nations.

This extended Russia's 'borders' greatly.

Claiming the U.S. was a uniquely global empire from the 50s to the 80s is disingenuous. Even now, I'n not sure we can claim a global empire, whether by design or incompetence being a question for the scholars.

Our real nuclear threat is that someone either 1) demonstrably not entirely sane, or 2) with little to lose, will gain control of a working nuclear weapon and deploy it. IT doesn't matter where.

And there are lots of slightly insane actors on the global stage who give us the very clear impression that they would absolutely do this. There need be only one.

Perhaps you should have let them install. The G1went to 1.6 (donut), and it had so little RAM that was the end unless you for it and went with a custom ROM.

My Sensation went from 2.2.3 to 4.0, and can go to 4.4.4 with root and custom ROMs.

What do you want?

I didn't say that SCOTUS did find ACA unconstitutional. They could it, among other things, permitted as a 'tax'.

My complaint is that I believe it is unconstitutional. Yes, I believe most of SCOTUS got it wrong.

My G1 got a ton of updates, because Android was young and naive.

My Sensation 4G got one good update, because Android was more mature, and didn't give it away so easily.

My HTC ONE M7 is getting updates, with update to Android L scheduled, because HTC seems to consider updates a competitive advantage. And because it still meets the specs.

Phones that are not strong enough should not get updates. You have to buy more to get more, and that costs $$$.

Stop buying cheap stuff if you want it to last.

Romneycare is not Obamacare. State solutions would be entirely acceptable to Republicans, since state have substantial powers under our Constitution. Article 10.

My first objection to the ACA is that it is unconstitutional. States have regulated insurance of all types, and the federal government even administers Medicaid on a state level.

Comparing the U.S. to other nations should be an exercise in misdiagnosis. States have seen their powers and authority diminished, in return for federal money and diminished responsibility. The cost of this is central control and failed programs. Has the ACA improved healthcare access in America in measurable way? Really?

Your not agreeing with a President's actions didn't make them incompetent.

Maine has other problems, like lack of jobs. Plenty of little damn kids though, unless you live where there aren't any jobs or Internet.

Artificial sweeteners reduce sugars in the gut.

We are encouraged to reduce sugar intake.

Artificial sweeteners reduce sugar intake.

What's the problem?

And the unemployed are the property of the welfare state.

And shift those pesky costs like healthcare, etc to the welfare state.

Not because business is evil and seeks to reduce costs at the expense of the taxpayer, but because the welfare state was created to buy votes, and has been expanded for over 40 years to further enhance that goal.

If you think the war on terrorism is a failure, consider the war on poverty.

The article misstated First Law. Get that right first.

No argument. I work in Phoenix.

I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter what number, if any, the authors of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights had in mind. Change the rules in some fair, neutral eau of that dem the right way to do it, but arbitrary limits are stupid.

Clothing suitable for Gurgaon may not be suitable for Minneapolis. Especially in winter.

I, however, would love to be able to buy Allen Solly in the US.