Russians get day off to procreate....

......then win prizes.

Moscow - A Russian region of Ulyanovsk has found a novel way to fight the nation's birth-rate crisis: It has declared Sept. 12 the Day of Conception and for the third year running is giving couples time off from work to procreate.

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_6624865

[tycho102]

Well, this is probably right in line with their Nuhi group. I can understand the issue with their population and the desire to return to communism. Man, I mean there is no easy solution. That went out twenty years ago. America's spending spree isn't helping things out, either.

What I do know is that if Russia returns to communism, the younger generation will need to be cleansed and brainwashed. Putin will need to purge university professors, generals, nurses, physicans. Anyone who even remotely opposes the new system -- the same way Mao and Stalin and Castro did. It'll be complete civil war until then. He'd better shoot every "journalist" on site, run Harm missiles into any detected transmitters, and use explosives to make the mass graves fast enough. Putin's got his work cut out for him if he wants communism back.

[CCIP]

Originally Posted by tycho102

Well, this is probably right in line with their Nuhi group. I can understand the issue with their population and the desire to return to communism.

Nashi

And I think you're wrong, it's not the desire to return to communism - but a desire to return to the stability that was offered by the last communist rule. For all its negative points, there was really a baby boom of sorts in the late 70s - early 80s in the USSR - and without any specific government incentives like now, there had to be socioeconomic reasons for it, right?

Otherwise I think the vast majority of people don't really miss communism much. Just stability, knowing that you'll have a job and food on the table tomorrow. Simple as that. The Soviet government between the 60s and early 80s, for all its faults, managed to provide a fairly acceptable deal for the vast majority in that regard.

[Jimbuna]

What's the cheapest flight package over there ? :hmm:

A day return will do

[Officerpuppy]

Interesting though I thought that adoption agencies in Eastern Europe were full of kids, cant people get one from there than having their own, perhaps I am misinformed.:hmm:

[Heibges]

I wonder if the high costs of an adoption don't ensure that most of those kids come to the West, particularly the United States. My sister adopted 2 kids from Korea, and it was ridiculously expensive.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

What's the cheapest flight package over there ? :hmm:

A day return will do

Don't give them anything from your gene pool please! :p

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Don't give them anything from your gene pool please! :p

Yeah, Russian girls love Western guys!
(don't ask how I know this. or Neal for a matter of fact )
When they said it was "study abroad" I thought it ment....nevermind. And I have pictures to prove...wait did I just type that??? Where's the delete button?:rotfl:

[joea]

Originally Posted by CCIP

Nashi

And I think you're wrong, it's not the desire to return to communism - but a desire to return to the stability that was offered by the last communist rule. For all its negative points, there was really a baby boom of sorts in the late 70s - early 80s in the USSR - and without any specific government incentives like now, there had to be socioeconomic reasons for it, right?

Otherwise I think the vast majority of people don't really miss communism much. Just stability, knowing that you'll have a job and food on the table tomorrow. Simple as that. The Soviet government between the 60s and early 80s, for all its faults, managed to provide a fairly acceptable deal for the vast majority in that regard.

Right. The same as in some other Eastern European countries. Others have adapted better.

Jimbuna you naughty boy. :p

[STEED]

Let's get bonking..........WHAT!!!..........Jim smoking a big cigar.

To Late.

Jimbuna super stud.

[Takeda Shingen]

National sex day. Weird.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by STEED

Let's get bonking..........WHAT!!!..........Jim smoking a big cigar.

To Late.

Jimbuna super stud.

Just so long as no-one expects me to blow Gabriels horn

[bigboywooly]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Just so long as no-one expects me to blow Gabriels horn

Stop calling me Gabriel
Have warned you already

[bookworm_020]

I wonder if I can convince my wife that this is a weekly thing???:hmm::hmm:

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Stop calling me Gabriel
Have warned you already

No mate your getting confused :hmm: your name is Gabriella