tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post6410356197817136325..comments2023-10-18T16:25:13.593+01:00Comments on Famous for 15 megapixels: Russia: Again Savior of Peace and LifeStefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-90799801535075870032008-08-18T08:53:00.000+01:002008-08-18T08:53:00.000+01:00...Are you hysterical or what? Having a difficult ...<I>...Are you hysterical or what? Having a difficult menopause? How many times do we have to tell you, Russia calls the shots these days. So keep your hysterical whining to yourself and stop reiterating the same thing time and time again. Russia will withdraw from Georgia when it sees fit."</I>Stefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-31526981641852405332008-08-17T16:25:00.000+01:002008-08-17T16:25:00.000+01:00From the same people who brought you "Bush: Why do...From the same people who brought you "Bush: Why don’t you shut up?"...<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/16-08-2008/106114-%20condoleezaricestupid-0" REL="nofollow">Is Condoleeza Rice stupid? (Or incompetent? Or just plain evil?)</A>Stefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-9662573390090610842008-08-13T09:28:00.000+01:002008-08-13T09:28:00.000+01:00Lord P. has spotted a couple of useful summary lin...Lord P. has spotted a couple of useful summary links on the fighting in Ossetia <A HREF="http://www.moonofalabama.org/2008/08/war-nerdism.html" REL="nofollow">here</A> and <A HREF="http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-south-ossetia-the-war-of-my-dreams/" REL="nofollow">here</A>Stefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-84180773222305189022008-08-12T20:20:00.000+01:002008-08-12T20:20:00.000+01:00There is a certain raw directness about that piece...There is a certain raw directness about that piece which I do find appealingStefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-73382751765225615742008-08-12T20:12:00.000+01:002008-08-12T20:12:00.000+01:00In our rather Jaded media-savvy age its good to se...In our rather Jaded media-savvy age its good to see such un-reconstructed opinion pieces such as :<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/12-08-2008/106067-bushshutup-0" REL="nofollow">Bush: Why don’t you shut up?</A> <BR/><BR/>The Western media really don’t get Eastern Europe. If Putin was some kind of pussycat like the president of Denmark he'd be erased by the end of the week. Its not until you've lived in a dangerous, lawless mafia-run shit-hole that you realise the advantages of authoritarianism.Wolfiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05820269114208456064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-77412456665932591042008-08-12T17:39:00.000+01:002008-08-12T17:39:00.000+01:00My first thought on seeing the news was that it's ...My first thought on seeing the news was that it's about time the government gave higher weighting to house price inflation in its official statisticsStefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-91996729283356287722008-08-12T16:25:00.000+01:002008-08-12T16:25:00.000+01:00Did you see the news about "inflation at 4.4%" on ...Did you see the news about "inflation at 4.4%" on the BBC? Might be worth commenting on.<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7555788.stmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-46786788708365502622008-08-12T15:26:00.000+01:002008-08-12T15:26:00.000+01:00not too different to yoursnot too different to yoursStefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-11310190665585107682008-08-12T15:24:00.000+01:002008-08-12T15:24:00.000+01:00Ok, whats your real opinion then stef? :pOk, whats your real opinion then stef? :pAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-38491202817679804282008-08-12T14:30:00.001+01:002008-08-12T14:30:00.001+01:00OK, I couldn't resist saying thatOK, I couldn't resist saying thatStefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-31993716898011441482008-08-12T14:30:00.000+01:002008-08-12T14:30:00.000+01:00Frankly, I find that all very hard to believeFrankly, I find that all very hard to believeStefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-43270153500219921572008-08-12T14:12:00.000+01:002008-08-12T14:12:00.000+01:00The Russians are by no means good guys. Putin cert...The Russians are by no means good guys. Putin certainly isnt pro-freedom, and was involved in at least 2 false flag incidents, as well as general suppression of the population.<BR/><BR/>However, the Rothschild oligarchs were kicked out of there and as a result it is relatively independent of the "elite" structure, especially financially. This just couldn't do, Russia has to be prodded into wars and made to get back in debt...various provocations have been used including the attempt to set up NATO missile systems in Poland\Czech Republic, CIA\MI6-backed Islamists in Chechnya etc.<BR/><BR/>Feel free to look this up. Hell, radical Islamists did not exist before 1979 - they certainly didn't come into being in Afghanistan\Iran without intelligence agency involvement. (see Operation Cyclone)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-46723743418312519312008-08-12T13:47:00.001+01:002008-08-12T13:47:00.001+01:00I do love a nicely organised and TV-friendly expre...I do love a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Revolution#Involvement_of_outside_forces" REL="nofollow">nicely organised</A> and TV-friendly expression of spontaneous grassroots supportStefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-9319572077097198112008-08-12T13:36:00.000+01:002008-08-12T13:36:00.000+01:00Watching the television, I think its nice of the G...Watching the television, I think its nice of the Georgians to write all their protest banners in english. Stop Russia! Georgia soldiers you are our heroes!<BR/>V Strangepaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608591025225519578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-57843083825100342462008-08-12T11:52:00.000+01:002008-08-12T11:52:00.000+01:00anyway I go on holiday for a few weeks(no internet...<I>anyway I go on holiday for a few weeks(no internet)and come back to find Russia are being called all the cunts because they attacked Georgia.<BR/><BR/>any good links for the background info on this?<BR/>the previous post was very informative.</I><BR/><BR/>Well, let's see. First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Georgians came and <A HREF="http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/swiss-toni.jpg" REL="nofollow">their president</A> declared that his Central Asian republic was part of the EU and then NATO decided that the North Atlantic reached as far as Central Asia and then the Russians got very, very angry...<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://postmanpatel.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Lord Patel</A> has been busy and can fill in the gaps or points to someone who canStefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-11600177852961327032008-08-12T11:48:00.000+01:002008-08-12T11:48:00.000+01:00I think the problem with the kiddies at Pravda is ...I think the problem with the kiddies at Pravda is that, by force of habit, they can't help themselves even when there's no need to, um, enhance a storyStefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-51397062021538369662008-08-12T11:02:00.000+01:002008-08-12T11:02:00.000+01:00Nuthin wrong wif Pravda mate!anyway I go on holida...Nuthin wrong wif Pravda mate!<BR/><BR/>anyway I go on holiday for a few weeks(no internet)and come back to find Russia are being called all the cunts because they attacked Georgia.<BR/><BR/>any good links for the background info on this?<BR/>the previous post was very informative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-41038791137669667142008-08-12T09:06:00.000+01:002008-08-12T09:06:00.000+01:00нетнетStefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-51204202506867839672008-08-12T02:47:00.000+01:002008-08-12T02:47:00.000+01:00Anyone else trying to get into CiF finding it 'on ...Anyone else trying to get into CiF finding it 'on a loop' with no entry?Merkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02499327449561248731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-15151966922193741652008-08-12T00:12:00.000+01:002008-08-12T00:12:00.000+01:00my favourite bit from Dawkins show last night was ...my favourite bit from Dawkins show last night was where he spoke in a low, reverential whisper in front of a manky old monkey skull in a museum before knocking people for going to church<BR/><BR/>the funniest part being that the humourless twot is almost certainly incapable of seeing any irony in that at allStefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-61818615479291323122008-08-12T00:00:00.000+01:002008-08-12T00:00:00.000+01:00As it happens, the only Georgians I've had the ple...As it happens, the only Georgians I've had the pleasure of dealing with were most definitely criminals, and quite scary ones at that, but I have no reason to believe that they were representative of their countryfolk<BR/><BR/>And as for Dawkins, he's definitely more Victorian than GeorgianStefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-34691832475207102372008-08-11T22:41:00.000+01:002008-08-11T22:41:00.000+01:00Poland had the same prejudice about Georgians, and...Poland had the same prejudice about Georgians, and the guys were often used as strong arm (as were the Ukranians) because they put the shits into many of the locals.<BR/><BR/>( PS If Dawkins were Georgian, you would not be so quick to dismiss him. Hehehehehe)Merkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02499327449561248731noreply@blogger.com