(from my friend David)

http://news.liga.net/news/politics/988711-bolee_400_chelovek_zaderzhany_v_moskve_i_peterburge.htm

Protest Groups Forming in Russia

Protest march in #Lviv tomorrow. One of their eight demands is LEGALIZATION OF GUNS! #ukraineprotests

Media made scandal because Tymoshenko’s daughter celebrated her birthday on February, 20 (Black Thusday) in luxurious hotel in Rome while protesters were massively killed by snipers.

(thanks, Andriy!)

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I’m going to avoid the word “federalization” when I advocate local solutions and decentralization.

Not really a surprise. Most people believed that Russian agents ran Ukraine’s government.

“Hennady Moskal, a Batkivshchyna Party politician and former deputy interior minister, claims to have uncovered documents outlining special operations to violently suppress the EuroMaidan demonstrations. The documents alleged that Russian officials served as advisers in how to carry out the operations.”

http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/arrest-warrant-issued-for-yanukovych-and-other-former-officials-337482.html

Ukrainian Citizens Want Their Own Constitutional Amendment to Own Guns

http://gunssavelives.net/blog/ukrainian-citizens-want-their-own-constitutional-amendment-to-own-guns/

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-uprising-we-can-break-protesters-legs-no-one-will-punish-us-the-law-is-on-our-side-9147903.html?loadcomments=true#7f9da0e79d38436da5ea885464fd05b0

Curt:

NONSENSE – PLEASE IGNORE THE TINFOIL HATS IN FRONT OF THE UNION JACK

I live in downtown Kiev. In the old city (Podol) There is no chaos here. I’ve been up in Maidan at the stage and it’s basically a cross between a keg party and a church ceremony now.

We couldn’t get western attention here for months, and then all of a sudden we lose a lot of people in one day, the media finds bread and circus for the peasantry, and the average western clown is an expert on events here.

Russians (and Ukrainians – prior to 1900 known as the Rusyas ), have a bravado bit of nonsense on the scale of Southern Italians. And western news media, always looking to make viewers feel morally and intellectually superior, take advantage of it.

When realistically, compare Kiev to Venezuela, and look at the body language of the protesters alone. These are gentle people tired of corruption. They just want freedom from an oppressive state.

Unless Russia walks into Donetsk with tanks, all will be boring and fine here.

They’ve asked for Volunteers to clean up the main square starting on March 1st and I’m sure we’ll all chip in and take care of it. And it will be a CIVIC PEOPLE who CARE ABOUT THEIR CULTURE, and who don’t expect the government to do anything to help, that will make it happen.

Curt–

CRIMEA

I get that Crimea has the best of both worlds if it stays part of Ukraine, but has Russia’s backing. In effect it gets to play the Black Sea version of Hong Kong. If brought back into Russia directly it would have less autonomy that it does as a ‘leased territory’.

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Israeli accent @ 2:10?

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=721770801201067&set=vb.451524258225724&type=2&theater

I think letting all or part of Crimea go would be good for Ukraine. I also fear that 200,000 Tartars wouldn’t like the fact and would cause violence.

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I’m sure the uprising is a very dramatic event for Russians, and disruptive of their worldview.

This is a really stupid provocation and it should be stopped.

http://m.censor.net.ua/photo_news/272418/goryaschie_pokryshki_i_stuk_palok_po_jelezu_mayidan_v_sanktpeterburge_fotoreportaj

I do think the idea of freedom needs to spread into Russia, but it needs to happen by Russians and under local flags. Doing this under the Ukrainian flag is either stupidity or a planned provocation.

http://ua.korrespondent.net/ukraine/politics/3310198-yes-hotovyi-nadaty-ukraini-20-mlrd-yevro-na-reformy-yevrodeputat

Is this Slava Ukraiini??? Borrowing money??? Creating permanent indebtedness??? Is that the best we can do???

How about telling the Bankers that they should not have lent money to Yanukovych? “You knew he was corrupt. You knew he was a tyrant. By empower him, you, the bankers, were oppressing us. Ukrainians will not be held responsible for the loans you made. If you want your money back, go to his palaces and confiscate all this cars and art and treasures. The debt is void. Please stop lending money to tyrants.”

Палаци Яценюка будуть більші, ніж Януковича!

http://www.mises.se/2014/02/21/012-ukraina-intervju-med-roman-skaskiw/

@25:00 — I think I underestimated the protesters.

(and Demoooooooooo-cracy)

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TIL Ukraine’s ousted general prosecutor has horrible taste, and way too much money. #ukraineprotests http://t.co/kJx8BVoHS4