KIEV: Tomorrow will be a very interesting day here. He has left Keiv, and Kiev is lost. If he tries to split the country from the East, that’s pretty interesting. Not sure how the protesters will handle it. But as far as I can tell he’s carrying on the fight.
Source date (UTC): 2014-02-21 17:39:00 UTC
UKRAINE UPDATE : Getting word that the President has left the country. The plane is now east of crimea heading toward Russia or Georgia?
Other rumor is that he will try to announce a split of the country tomorrow. Not sure how much stock to put in it.
The protesters have stated that he goes before they cease action.
Source date (UTC): 2014-02-21 17:34:00 UTC
“DEAR AMERICA. TAKE NOTES. EUROMAIDAN IS A TUTORIAL.”
Source date (UTC): 2014-02-21 16:19:00 UTC
Magic, Conspiracy, and Truth
(irony) (humor)
While I can’t empathize with it, I do understand why so many women believe in magic. It’s obvious really. If it’s precognitive, it’s magic. Stuff just ‘happens’ for a lot of women. They call it ‘energy’ or whatever. And, if men can obsess about ‘truth’ for a few thousand years, why can’t women obsess about magic? Or astrology. The mind is not open to much introspection. The incomprehensible is indistinguishable from magic. You see conspiracy theories from men the way you see belief in magic from women. Same difference: just different interpretations of ‘magical causes’.
Ordinary people actually scare me. I love them. But they scare me. They’re like children running with scissors.
And we let them vote for goodness sake?!
Source date (UTC): 2014-02-21 16:15:00 UTC
ack.. fever… sweats and chills… interesting explosions going on outside which I assume are fireworks.
I love these people. every single one of them. the silly slavic bits and all.
Source date (UTC): 2014-02-21 16:05:00 UTC
DEAR MR PUTIN : A LETTER FROM A FRIEND
I really do love you Vladimir Vladimirovich. Your delivery of Russia from chaos has been a great achievement. And you have established yourself as a great man.
But you value stability more than eliminating corruption. And this is why, if you do not ‘pivot’ from your current strategy, you will fail.
I want a restored and strong Russia. I think the future of my people and your people depend upon a stronger Russia and a weaker America.
But people cannot follow you if you have nothing to offer. People will not follow china, because it has nothing to offer.
Russia can offer one thing: the path to eliminating corruption for the rest of the world.
If you want to restore your empire, then the total destruction of the corruption that is endemic to the eastern peoples must be placed above your territorial ambitions.
If you eliminate corruption you will not need to work to restore your empire. It will be a force of gravity. If you do not work to eliminate corruption, you will continue to repel the people and generate discontent.
Curt Doolittle
Kiev
Source date (UTC): 2014-02-21 15:45:00 UTC
PUTIN OVERPLAYED HIS HAND
US State Department has the spin going, it’s good spin, and someone got the right talking points to the president. Best tactic for Putin is “self determination without chaos”. And just wait. Fear of looking weak might drive him to push the Crimean issue, and then try to split the country under ‘self determination’. My gut is that as long as the protesters hold out for resignation of the president, then unity will prevail. Very interesting.
Scared as hell the past few days but it’s such a privilege to be here and see people topple a corrupt government.
Source date (UTC): 2014-02-21 15:37:00 UTC
(Is it true? Did they just vote to release Tymoshenko?)
Source date (UTC): 2014-02-21 12:02:00 UTC
http://blogs.marketwatch.com/themargin/2014/02/21/plan-to-divide-california-into-6-states-gets-closer-to-vote/http://blogs.marketwatch.com/themargin/2014/02/21/plan-to-divide-california-into-6-states-gets-closer-to-vote/
Source date (UTC): 2014-02-21 11:10:00 UTC
http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/21/5432730/ukraine-euromaidan-protests-vice-video-documentaryRECOMMENDED: IN ENGLISH. REALISTIC.
(damned british left leaning, overly sentimental reporter but otherwise it’s accurate)
Source date (UTC): 2014-02-21 10:59:00 UTC