The Georgia opposition and Saakashvili supporters “are calling for investigations into what they call failures in diplomacy and warfare, and some are predicting Saakashvili will be forced from office by a war they say he hoped would earn him a place in history,” reports the Washington Post. David Usupashvili, the leader of the Republican Party, and David Gamkrelidze of the New Rights Party, both tell the Post that Saakashvili needs to explain what he was thinking by invading South Ossetia. One unnamed Georgian official suggests that the reason might have Saak’s own ego and myopia. “He has no communication with anybody except this small circle, which is a serious reason why he decided to go to South Ossetia,” the official said. “[Saakashvili] “wants to be a hero, not a normal president who increases the taxes, et cetera.”
The Georgian oppositon is afriad their criticism will get them labeled as “traitors and Russian agents.” They have good reason to be worried. On 29 August, Saakashvili said that he planned to propose “a patriot act” to the Georgian Parliament. This call for a “patriot act” was reiterated by Nika Gvaramia of the ruling National Movement Party. “I will definitely propose that the Parliamentary Committee for Legal Affairs develop a legislature similar to the one which is in the United States, I mean the Patriot Act… which will be directed against treacherous statements against the motherland,” she said.
Statements like these speak volumes when you put them alongside the new report from the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights on Georgia’s 21 May Parliamentary elections. The report chronicles a number of electoral violations, ballot box stuffing, and opposition intimidation. Yet, in the eyes of the US government Georgia remains a “courageous young democracy.” After all, the democracy fetishists will tell us, Rome wasn’t built in a day.
The US Department of Defense is apparently committed to Georgia for the long haul. The DoD is sending an assessment team to the “courageous young democracy” this week to “review how the United States will be able to support the reconstruction of Georgia’s economy, infrastructure, and armed forces,” says Eric Edelman, under secretary of DoD defense policy. “These steps will be sequenced and will continue to show U.S. support for Georgia’s security, independence, and territorial integrity.” The DoD still denies arming the Georgians to fight the Russians. “The Georgian armed forces were never trained and or equipped by the U.S. to fight the Russians,” Edelman stressed. No? If not the Russians, then who?
The Russians say, why “us” obviously. Anatolii Nogoitsyn, Deputy of the Russian Joint Chiefs of Staff, says that the transportation of Georgian troops on American military planes amounts to American participation in the war.
The Russia v. Georgia battle continues by other means. The Georgian government has updated its casualty figures. A total of 295 citizens were killed, 186 were military and 109 civilians, 14 soldiers. Readers can access the full report, Russian Invasion of Georgia, which details on injuries, ethnic cleansing, refugees and displaced persons, Russian military presence, location of Russian checkpoints, infrastructure and environmental damage, impact on education, and attacks on the Baku-Supsa pipeline.
The Hague is holding hearings on claims that each side committed war crimes. Kommersant already has a rundown of the six hour proceedings. Georgia’s 33-page lawsuit accuses Russia of “discriminating against the population of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in the form of murders, assaults on civilians, tortures, rapes, kidnapping and seizing hostages”. “Russia unleashed the aggression against Georgia to deprive Georgian refugees of the right to return and deprive the people of Georgia the right to self-identification.” There is speculation that Russia will soon retaliate with its own suit.
In not too long besides their army issued rifle every Swiss will also a rocket at home. Flying Swiss Ninjas. Every Swiss will be an Air Dragoon, qualifying as both infantryman and jet fighter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-66AcTo9TU&feature=related
Swiss soldiers with Power Armor! A whole country of Iron Men! Sweet!
I think we should make teams to play KаBээH
”I don’t like birds. Feathers and beaks and not being human, you know. Plus I think the genitalia are incompatible and any offspring unviable. Not to mention the size difference.”
The offspring unviable bit I could live with. The rest could be gotten over with a bit of understanding by everyone concerned
Grumpy old bollocks!
There was a tv listing a few years back for a program on Britain’s Channel 4. It said it was about zoophilia.
I honestly thought it was about people who are addicted to going to zoos. I even said to the wife ”thats a strange thing to have a documentary about”. She was not amused to have definitive evidence that her husband is indeed a pleb.
“I honestly thought it was about people who are addicted to going to zoos.”
“Zoo” = “harem”
“There was a tv listing a few years back for a program on Britain’s Channel 4. It said it was about zoophilia.”
“Tune in to your animal porn, on… Channel 4!”
”There was a tv listing a few years back for a program on Britain’s Channel 4. It said it was about zoophilia.”
“Tune in to your animal porn, on… Channel 4!””
Channel 4 used to be conroversial and was the first to have all sorts of shit, eg. lesbian kisses, Life Of Brian, A Clockwork Orange – all pretty mild stuff now but new and trouble-causing at the time. Sadly the channel has gone totally downhill and is full of celebrity chef, reality show and home improvement/property programs these days. Even Jon Snow is badly off form on the news.
The zoophilia program was freaky. There was a guy in the Midwest USA who wanted to marry his horse and was having sex with it (thankfully we were spared that).There were plenty of ‘dog lovers’ too. But far freakier was another show about guys buying dolls (life size, custom made ones) and living with them like a couple. The dolls were incredibly life-like (in a corpse sort of way) and even had real pubic hair(!) donated by Swedes for a few quid! FREAKY.
By the way readers with Setanta Sports can watch Russia v Wales which is on live at 4pm GMT. Verdict: Russia 2 Wales 0
Do you want to say, that Saakashvili is a doll with Sweden donated hair?
”Do you want to say, that Saakashvili is a doll with Sweden donated hair?”
That’s an awful lot Swedish women out with the shaver ivanov
Irishman’s right, Chris. What’s your excuse? You could be out with a lovely Russian girl at 4am instead of being on facebook, trying to impress American hippies with your Baudelaire.
Russia 1 Wales 0 (Pavlyuchenko 22′, pen) after 35 minutes
Don’t knock Baudelaire, Poemless. Nature is a forest of pillars and all that, mon hypocrite lecteur, mon semblable,mon frere.
Oh, I love Baudelaire…
“dolls (life size, custom made ones)”
Please, please, Ger, send me the name of the company and the URL. Thanks.
http://www.realdoll.com/cgi-bin/snav.rd
Kolya, you asked for it!
What does FTW mean??
It means Fuck the Welsh. He’s been out on the piss with the Russian football fans all day.
Howard Stern used to have a real doll in his studio. Great laughs. I also remember seeing a great segment on HBO’s Real Sex that profiled the real doll and those who fetishized them. I also highly recommend the film Lars and the Real Girl. Strange but very sweet movie.
Please, please, Ger, send me the name of the company and the URL.
Me too.
Thanks, Ger! Prices are kind of high, though. I think I can only afford a torso. I’m glad that their Labia Repair Kit is in stock.
(I also liked “Lars and the Real Girl.”)
”It means Fuck the Welsh. He’s been out on the piss with the Russian football fans all day.”
Russia beat Wales 2-1. Wales very unfortunate. Missed a penalty in the first half, then Russia scored one of their own and took control. Second half Wales came out, gave as good as they got and equalised only to be pipped right at the end. Poor enough match in driving rain at Cherkizovskaya.
”Please, please, Ger, send me the name of the company and the URL.”
Mikes Mom, please inform your son that the double-headed radioactive eagle on the Sbornaya jersey is now jumbo sized, as Mike had previously been moaning that it wasnt big enough. Clearly the Rossiskii Futbolnii Soyuz took his comments on board, and I have no doubt this jersey improvement will help no end in their quest for a decent goalkeeper.
”Thanks, Ger! Prices are kind of high, though. I think I can only afford a torso. I’m glad that their Labia Repair Kit is in stock.”
Kolya, its an investment. And the best thing is you dont have to listen to any guff or hand over your wages. Sounds like a win/win to me!:-)
”I also highly recommend the film Lars and the Real Girl. Strange but very sweet movie.”
In the docu I saw some guys were genuinely in love with their dolls and handled them really carefully. It was sweet in a weird way – some of the guys couldnt score in a whorehouse obviously – but freaky at the same time.
Forgive the ignorance of a member of the lumpenproletariat;but who wrote the original version of this parody below.Pretty cool!
Chrisius Courtappointedrussiafriendlius is Dead
White on white translucent black cords
tacked along the wall
Chrisius Courtappointedrussiafriendlius’s dead
The drunks have left the courtyard
The internet victims have been bled
Red velvet lines the computer chair
“Chrisius Courtappointedrussiafriendlius’s dead
Undead undead undead
The virginal brides file past his screen
Strewn with time’s dead flowers
Bereft in deathly bloom
Alone in a darkened room
The count
Chrisius Courtappointedrussiafriendlius’s dead
Undead undead undead”
“who wrote the original version of this parody below.”
Bauhaus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqoZeLVZwrM
To: Chrisius Courtappointedrussiafriendlius
Spasiba
The only good goth band ever!
Well Christian Death wasn’t bad even if their symbol looked like the NY Yankees logo. Sisters of Mercy? Blech.
And here was I thinking it was some poetic masterpiece from a long dead Russian poet!
An undead Hugarian actor.
Poor Bela. Bela’s undead.
Saakashvili has just joined the serried ranks of the undead. The heart stake awaits.
[Ras]Putin raises the hammer aloft….