this morning, i heard some amusing news on the radio. apparently, the US are considering selling Alaska back to Russia. They bought it in the 19th century for 2 (or 0.2) cents per sq. mile, and now wish to sell it for $1 trillion, which sounds like a sweet deal to me. I do not know what Russia thinks of it, but, as the reporter idicated, Alaska had ( Read more... )

here we go!