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• Genghis Khan was good for the environment

  An interesting article I stumbled on: Mongols, Vikings, and Romans Connected to Climate from the Discovery Channel, citing a paper in The Holocene, a peer-reviewed scientific journal. Apparently wide scale elimination of cities or populations reduces the amount of farmland, meaning that the land reverts back to forest land. Forests absorb more carbon dioxide than [...]

  2/02/11 • (0)

• Be Respectful of Others, But Only for Asian Games

  The Organizing Committee of the Asian Winter Games in Kazahstan (which is a Joint stock company interestingly enough–is it supposed to make a profit?) has announced temporary new rules for spectators in stadiums during the Asian Winter Games. I was amused by the fact that the rules are pretty reasonable. Be respectful of others, don’t [...]

  1/15/11 • (0)

• Alga Kazakhstan

  Is this the official song of the 7th Asian Winter Games? All Davai, Kazakhstan’s answer to NSYNC or the Backstreet Boys with Alga Kazakhstan. Alga Kazakhstan means roughly “Let’s go, Kazakhstan!” The song isn’t any worse than Waka Waka, or any other major sports event, it’s kind of catchy and it hits the right notes [...]

  1/15/11 • (4)

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  Asian Games Torch

  KazInform has a little map up of when the torch will be where. It arrives in Almaty today and will be sent all around Kazakhstan before arriving in Astana on the 30th of January for the opening ceremonies. The map is in Russian, but it shows the cities of Kazakhstan and the date next to [...]

  1/12/11 • (0)

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  Happy New Years!

  1/01/11 • (0)

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  Merry Western Christmas

  For Christmas, a closeup of one of my favorite winter wallpapers. Although the designer, Vlad Gerasimov lives in Irkutsk, Russian and not Kazakhstan, the snow leopard is the official symbol of Astana and one unofficial symbol of the whole country. So Merry Western American Christmas. May Santa Claus get you everything you want!

  12/24/10 • (0)

• Good News and Bad News in the Asian Games

  Those of us living in Kazakhstan may be forgiven for being a bit confused. So much noise has been being made about the Winter Games which start in January here in Astana and Almaty, that I didn’t realize there was a summer component to the games. Which inexplicably are happening now in China. Kazakhstan has [...]

  11/23/10 • (0)

• Ridiculousness

  Another ridiculous but amusing video about Kazakhstan being the center of the Masonic/Illuminati/Biblical conspiracy to take over the world as predicted in Revelations by uniting all religions and by building evil sun-worshipping pyramids and circular things. Damn those satanic triangles and circles. If I wanted to start nitpicking this, I would note that there are [...]

  11/20/10 • (0)

• Dear Roger Moore

  Can you drop by so I can get a picture with you while you are here in Kazakhstan? Sincerely, KZBlog

  11/20/10 • (0)

• Kazakh-Land?

  Thanks to Micheal Hancock at Registan for drawing my attention to this website claiming to advertise a Kazakh-style resort/theme park in California. As the article in Registan points out, the English on the website is highly suspicious, particularly the guest book which supposedly lists comments from Americans who have been to the park. For example, [...]

  11/09/10 • (6)

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