Posted on 02/23/2014 10:39:13 AM PST by 1rudeboy
KIEV, Ukraine — A day after President Viktor F. Yanukovych fled the Ukrainian capital and was removed from power by a unanimous vote in Parliament, lawmakers moved swiftly on Sunday to dismantle the remaining vestiges of his government by firing top cabinet members, including the foreign minister.
With Parliament, led by the speaker, Oleksandr V. Turchynov, firmly in control of the federal government — if not yet the country as a whole — lawmakers began an emergency session on Sunday by adopting a law restoring state ownership of Mr. Yanukovych’s opulent presidential palace, which he had privatized.
Parliament voted to grant Mr. Turchynov authority to carry out the duties of the president of Ukraine, adding to his authority to lead the government that lawmakers had approved on Saturday.
Beyond that, Parliament did not take any further action to appoint interim leaders, but speculation about an immediate major role for the freed former prime minister, Yulia V. Tymoshenko, was squashed on Saturday afternoon when she issued a statement asking not to be considered for the post again.
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Now that they’re done with Lenin statues, I read this morning, they’re starting on the Red Army statutes which are all over Ukraine as well.
In other news, Russian parliament DUMA shed no tears for Yanuk, and said (who I’m not sure) that Yulia Timoshenko should be President of Ukraine.
More, on Maidan some leaders don’t want Timoshenko, and declared themselves in opposition to the new government.
And in eastern Ukraine, Berkut were treated like heroes.
(Those are just headlines I picked up on my Facebook page from European connections.)
Now that they’re done with Lenin statues, I read this morning, they’re starting on the Red Army statutes which are all over Ukraine as well.
In other news, Russian parliament DUMA shed no tears for Yanuk, and said (who I’m not sure) that Yulia Timoshenko should be President of Ukraine.
More, on Maidan some leaders don’t want Timoshenko, and declared themselves in opposition to the new government.
And in eastern Ukraine, Berkut were treated like heroes.
(Those are just headlines I picked up on my Facebook page from European connections.)
Ha! That is funny. (Still chuckling over that one Lenin statue whose head augured into the pavement).
The link you give is actually to the original subtitles, which I appreciated as I had never seen them, but if you do have a link to what you describe, I’m interested.
It is far easier to degrade the population into compliant slaves with slow steady pressures such as faggot marriage, zero tolerance policies in government schools, twerking on national television, and selling a "where be my free sh*t" entitlement voting block said free sh*t by collateralizing debt using the lives of the great-great grandchildren of the productive.
If I am wrong... fine. I just hope someone brings an RPG to Washington D.C. to take out the sniper that will be shooting at us.
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Lybia kills their insane Islamo dictator.
Egypt overthrows the Muslim brotherhood thugs and continues to erase the Muslim brotherhood thugs.
Ukraine is being flushed out at this time.
Venezuela coming up re big changes.
We are witnessing some massive changes for our side without any American blood being lost.
For sure. A lesson should be learned.
How do you like your obamaphone?
It is obvious you are not Ukrainian. It is obvious you have no clue as to what the protest was about.
I am very proud of the Ukrainians.
A friend of mine once told me about a friend of his who went for a walk in New York City and got into a conversation with a man sitting on a park bench, who turned out to be Kerensky.
Half of my family came from Ukraine, back when there was still a Czar.
Those people are tough as nails, and they absolutely refuse to go back to communism, in any form.
God bless ‘em... they met the govthugs in the streets with their OWN riot shields and guts and prevailed.
NEVER BACK DOWN!!!!!!!!
“...I am very proud of the Ukrainians...”
Me too.
Dad’s side, half Ukie here.
“Resist!!! Do not submit!!! Do not comply!!!”
Amen Jim, Amen.
To rebel in summer is not to rebel.
I wonder why they don't use those shields to transport people? Made me think of that line from "300": Come back with your shield or on it.
There were irregularities in regards to the last elections to the Ukraine Parliament.
It's as if the forces leaning towards Russia, learned the lesson of not being so blatant in Presidential election, but found an end-around.
Then the constitutional reforms put in place by the previous parliament (remembering here that Ukraine is somewhat new at all of this) were overturned on a technicality, by what passes for Ukraine supreme Court.
The reason that Court gave for overturning the reforms was that itself (that Court) was not brought into process of approval, for the Court claimed the Ukraine Constitution required it.
There was no other reason given,, which indicates the reforms were not otherwise unconstitutional. This came also with there being pressure put on judges, some of which resigned.
The "corrupt oligarchy" you speak of --- does have influence. But those oligarchs got what they have in much the same way the Russians who ended up with control of what was State industry in Russia did.
As an aside--- I was flabbergasted during the times preceding the fall of the Soviet "system". We had commentators in the U.S. saying that the Russian "people" would rise up and embrace self-sufficiency, and even "capitalism" (whatever that is). But who could purchase State industry, in a land where most all Industry was owned and controlled by a State who had long ago become totalitarian but not in a [ahem] good way, as in "holistic", for no State can successfully micromanage unless they have the Power to pick who the winner and losers in any given situation are to be, and is able to enforce that with the power of the gun.
Even George Washington, long before there was idea of "communism" as in Marxist-Leninism or Chinese flavored Maoism knew that all government had inherent evils, for men (mankind itself) was still living in a fallen-from-Grace estate, generally.
Now that Russia has gone through it's phases where they can see that Marxism didn't work (for it did not take well enough into account certain negative aspects of human nature --thinking instead that establishment of so-called worker's utopia would address all ills) they now turn back to "church" and some sense of morality. That can be (and is) a positive development in many regards, yet it is one also borne of a certain desperation, and one that does not appear to be able to upset the Russian business/mobster mentalities, for those entities have co-opted the resurgence of the Russian Orthodox Church, using it for mixed political ends (a method of control, as in be with us, your Overlords as we join against those sinners-- over there) with that entity having long been in control of KGB types, with some of those same (KGB) still having as much or more influence upon it, than perhaps vice-versa?
Putin, and the Russia gangster/mob control freaks, now drape themselves with Russia nationalist flag (Russian pride) and the Russian Orthodox pennants at the same time, as they go along trying to figure out what 'government' should be, which for the present time, is themselves against the world.
There are no recent Western parallels for this sort of thing, unless one goes back to the way the pies were divied -up in Europe, when State & church were intermingled.
From the changes away from of rule of kings (and appointed dukes, earls, and what-have-you) came so-called "capitalist" systems (everyman being as king of sorts over his own finances, or at least have some say regarding those, and what else one would chose to believe be best suited to his own interests?) with that word capitalism itself much used as an epithet by Marxists, who claimed that "crony capitalism" was what was going on, or would be the inevitability. But that's what the Russians, and to a large degree the Ukrainians also, ended up with. Their versions of crony capitalism almost make the Western versions (when that is what is in play) appear almost honest. So who is kidding who?
The Marxists more or less said that no man could determine what was in his own interests -- if that conflicted with State group-think. Which interestingly enough, was what the Russian Marxists were bitching about in regards to being ruled over by Czars (kings) and Church in the first place! All they did was change who was in control. Now, they want their kings/church/state combo back, it seems.
Look at Russia today. Is is not the worst "crony capitalism" outside of Islam, and the Chinese Far East?
Or are men better off to live under rule of "churchy" kings?
Not here in the United States. Only over my dead body...
As to the not-so-churchy would be tyrants -- do we not here on these pages wage a form of rhetorical warfare against them?
Many of us perhaps need to get out more? Yes, but let us have clear enough focus...not all this confusion we've been having...like seeing a Soros-like hand behind every discontented Ukrainian bush. It's simply all, not all that simple.
The world continues to struggle over what form of government is best...while here in the U.S., we seem to be squandering what goodness we once had, even as we've always had criminals & scallywags in public office, along with (thankfully enough) those not so criminal.
It still boils down to individuals needing to be individually born of the spirit of God, even if they need "religious" corporation (church) in order to have that transpire.
Without that new life living within a person -- then all bets are off, the darkness (in whichever form) will prevail.
I put it this way, for regardless of what or how many man-written laws are on the books, if people do not do what is right (even when no one is looking, or when they can get away with "it", or self-justify their own evils) then according to immutable spiritual laws, sins (of all type, not just sexual immorality) will continue to breed even more sin, with the results bringing death in the end, if just the death of peaceableness & honesty.
Our present laws still do reflect this search for and requirement of honesty. But Diogenes is being worn out...
For what? Why hide from that weary traveler? To win for ones self --- a gold encrusted toilet?
Yes...the Tsar was removed by the Mensheviks and the Provisional Govt...it would be some months later that the Bolsheviks took over
With Soros/Obama/EU on the side of the revolutionaries...the supporters of this uprising are going to look foolish in a few months. Just wonder if McCain will find a Ukrainian rebel that ate an opponent on YouTube...like his friend in Syria
I’m in a similar boat on this. I’m sympathetic to the Ukrainians standing up to Russian bullying and imperialism. But when the likes of McLame and the European Union are helping them I’m not exactly sure what to think about this.
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