Author Archives: RomanInUkraine

Curt on Parenting — US vs Ukraine

HIGH TIME PARENTING NOT HIGH INVESTMENT PARENTING

Strange watching people in other countries raise children. I was definitely raised in the puritan protestant tradition to be an independent person as soon as possible.

But you watch children in the states today and there is obviously something very wrong with them. Almost all of them. And then you come to a place with a traditional family like Ukraine, and watch the kids and … there isnt’ anything wrong with them. So what’s the difference?

They aren’t constantly trying to get attention from parents who don’t want to give it to them.

Now, it’s not high investment parenting. In fact, it’s kind of strange how LITTLE effort parents put into competitive child rearing. Instead, they just pay attention to them. A lot of attention. At home. WIth family.

That must be what it is that Iove about this country. I think that’s it. Americans are all desperately seeking attention on their terms. Here, nobody is. They’re seeking experiences, and wealth, and opportunity. But they’re not desperate for attention. They aren’t ‘crazy’ like so many americans. They aren’t desperately trying to find meaning in political movements, in environmental movements, in different kinds of spiritualism as a means of filling that hole in their souls.

Is it that simple?

Mortar or Artillery attack on positions near Slaviansk TV Tower

@MiddleEast_BRK 1h

#BreakingVideo,allegedly from today,shows Ukrainian army position at #Sloviansk’s TV tower under heavy weapons attack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeRYc5F7CkE

Seperatists do not seem to be demoralized. They are again on the offensive.

Analysis here:
http://ukraineatwar.blogspot.nl/2014/05/tv-tower-in-slovyansk-attacked-again-20.html

And here:
http://ukraineatwar.blogspot.nl/2014/05/geolocation-of-attack-on-tv-tower-19-5.html

Save Ukraine in One Declaration

“If you want a rifle and 200 rounds of ammunition, bring your passport and $250, take a four hour course with 100 other people, we’ll stamp your passport, and you can have an AK47 fresh out of storage. One stamp per person. Period. Training held twice a day right in the main square until people stop coming.”

About the Gas

Biden’s Son, Polish Ex-President Quietly Sign On To Ukrainian Gas Company

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s youngest son has joined the board of a gas company owned by an ally of Ukraine’s fugitive ex-president Viktor Yanukovych and a key European interlocutor with Kiev who was previously president of Poland.

The move raises questions about a potential conflict of interest for Joe Biden, who was the White House’s main interlocutor with Yanukovych while the latter was president and has since spearheaded Western efforts to wean Ukraine off Russian gas.

Company documents in Cyprus show that Joe Biden’s son, R. Hunter Biden, became a member of the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, which describes itself as Ukraine’s largest private natural gas producer, on April 18. Burisma announced Hunter Biden’s appointment in a press release . . . .

As well as the other directors listed on Burisma’s website, Cypriot records list a man named Aleksander Kwasniewski — the name of Poland’s president from 1995 to 2005 — as having become a director Jan 2. Kwasniewski was a key figure in the European Union’s attempts to draw Ukraine closer to Brussels during Yanukovych’s presidency.


http://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/bidens-son-polish-ex-president-quietly-sign-on-to-ukrainian

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Not sure if this Shale Gas graphic is accurate or not. Interesting if it is:

Shale-Gas-Ukraine

Political Propagada Actress is Back!

The Kremlin’s political actress whom I’ve mentioned before is back:

In Luhansk for the referendum:

Previously Maria was spotted in Odesa while collecting funds for tents and other needs of the separatist camp. (start at 10:35)

Then she was in Crimea, where she tearfully described how pensioners collected their meager donations just so she could travel to Sevastopol to ask Russia for help.

http://euromaidanpr.com/2014/05/12/political-actress-spotted-again-during-luhansk-referendum/#more-8973