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Soviet Space Program Posters

The reds did have a certain panache when it came to inspiring the proletariat to labor toward the next Great Work, didn’t they?

And it was provably helpful, given the, um, sketchy track record of Soviet rocket science.

Check out the whole gallery at Inspire First.

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April 19, 2012CarlosTheDwarf 1 Comment
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Queue to first McDonalds in Moscow in 1990

I remember seeing footage of how crazy Moscovites were for McDonalds when they first opened there doors there. I imagine that if we only had one in the entire United States, instead of what I think is maybe 33 zillion, they might develop a crowd as well.

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