Blogging the democratic revolution
…Dictator Hugo Chavez’s leftist officials are getting nuttier and more irrational than ever in their statements. Miguel has a choice collection from just one’s days’ worth of their gibberish. Here, he discusses their amateurish incompetence.
EU member countries formerly part of the Soviety Union are now proposing an all-out ban on communist symbols. This just after the recent proposal to ban all Nazi symbols in Europe as well. Several European Parliament members have urged the EU to match a proposed ban on Nazi signs with one on communist symbols like…
According to Dan McMinn, the pro-Yanukovich easterners are growing rather apathetic now. Don’t be fooled, this is great news. Before the election these people were calling Yushchenko a fascist and vowing to revolt. John over at www.postmodernclog.com has made a point to talk about how Yanukoyvch’s “opposition” has subsided into inactivity. Neeka of Neeka’s backlog…
Daniel Drezner writes about the mention of Egypt in the SOTU address last night. The lines about Egypt and Saudi Arabia were nicely phrased, in that they represented a challenge to the regimes there. Coincidentally enough, the Wall Street Journal has a front-pager by Karby Leggett on Egypt’s economic reforms. From the opening, it appears…
It looks like Iran is getting upset that talks aren’t going anywhere. But that’s to be expected, really. I can’t think of a recent event in which European negotiations came to a benificial fruition. Except for Libya… oh, except it was the U.S. doing that. My apologies: TEHRAN, Iran – Iran will never scrap its…
Kirk Sowell has two interesting posts that you need to read. The first one discusses the prospects of Ukraine membership to the EU, and why Turkey should be left out. Make sure to read the comments on it, especially the one by aussiegirl. The second post is in response to the comments.
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania, who helped lead the revolution that toppled the corruption-tainted regime of Eduard Shevardnadze, was killed early Thursday by an apparent natural gas leak, the ex-Soviet republic’s interior minister said. Get everything from Neeka here. For Georgia, they have definitely lost a good man. And since he…
David McDuff has posted part ten of his series Going Back, describing his experiences and life in the Soviet Union. And a reader in Moscow emails him some comments.
I find this symbolic in a way: Via: Reuters
It is kind of funny how the two parties have changed in the past four years. The Democrats have become increasingly reactionary, whereas the Republicans have become increasingly progressive. And the reason for the former is because the Republicans aren’t progressing in the same direction that the Democrats have been taking the country since FDR….
Overall, I thought it was a good speech, albeit there being some points of policy I do not agree on. The purpose of the State of the Union address, as I see it, is to assess what we have done, where we are because of it, and evaluate where we are going to go. This…
Alright, the Democrats are doing a broadcast of what they think we should do. This should be interesting. In fact, it already is, because he is talking about values. They are, in their credit, at least trying to calmly explain where the Democrats stand. But… alas, I find myself disagreeing at the very core of…
I’ll be using this thread for updating the liveblog. I’ll be covering what is happening on Fox News because they’ll do the speech with a lot of post-election fallout and analysis coverage. Remember, this is Central/Arizona time! 7:00 – Laura Bush took her seat in the box with a few Iraqi voters. Very cool. And…
Alright guys, here’s my fair warning to you. I’ll be liveblogging my thoughts on the State Of The Union address tonight when it starts, and I figure I’ll liveblog the after-coverage also. It’s not like I have essays to write or anything! I am looking forward to the second half: foreign policy. Personally, while I…
Nathan is staying on the situation with the Kyrgyz Election Watch. Make sure to keep checking for more information. Seems like the government is playing the “civil war” card. That, of course, being a card they made up.
The Asia Centre for Human Rights has this overview of the situation in Nepal since yesterday. Here’s its suggestions: International community must act more decisively and swiftly, NOW, by freezing all assistance including military assistance to Nepal unless His Majesty King Gyanendra: – Lifts emergency and restores all democratic freedoms and institutions including the immediate…
Andy, who recently won first place for Best CIS Blog in the First European Weblog Awards, has his weekly Russia news roundup posted. Also, make sure to check out this other article about how millionaires in the opposition helped bring down the billionaires of the former Ukrainian regime. And how a similar event might be…
John posts an article showing some poll results about Middle Eastern attitudes toward western democracy. An online poll was recently carried out by the Arabic website of Aljazeera satellite television, where well over 80 percent of voters said that they distrust ???????Western democracy”. The poll results simply restated the obvious. The query, of course, hardly…
Vitrenko, leader of the PSPU (“progressive socialists”), just announced that they will attempt to impeach Yushchenko by collecting signatures: According to her, Yushchenko was elected with the serious violations of the law and of European democratic standards, and thus he does not have a moral right to be a President. To speed the things up,…
Via INBB, it looks like Tymoshenko is actually wiping the slate clean. No previous cabinet members or regional administers will keep their positions, and she has already tapped those that she wants for the positions. KYIV. Feb 1 (Interfax-Ukraine) – None of the members of the previous Ukrainian Cabinet of ministers or heads of regional…
I always forget to check INBB International Bulletin because I always go to the main website. But you need to make sure to visit it because Zed posts a Daily Burma roundup with news about the situation there.
Many of you have asked me (Okay, maybe not) where the donation button came from. It’s my way of subliminally asking for money to offset hosting costs and possibly buy some advertising. If you want to donate, I’ll be eternally grateful, and eternity is a pretty darn long time. I’ll be getting Blogads soon as…
David McDuff has posted his 8th installment of Going Back.
Discoshaman has his Ukraine update for 02/02. Yulia’s gaining steam, and the new opposition, well, isn’t really there yet.