fedya,

Tell the wifey that you’re chatting with Konyok Gorbunok. She’ll giggle …

Don’t be so pessimistic, my friend. We will muddle through, and so will our little wine making buddies. The worst of this thing is over. The Turks don’t have any reason to cozy up with the mullahs. Not only are the shia heretics, but their theocracy is a basket case, soon to unravel. (The Iranian people are really getting pissed. They had an Islamic revolution and all they got was this lousy corrupt mullahcracy … )