Another Election, Another Recount
The Kos links to an Ohio newspaper article concerning the coming recount there. No orange jackets though…
Read More Another Election, Another RecountUkraine: a bogus calm
Well, whatever was about to happen clearly didn’t. Yushchenko called for a general strike and the occupation of public buildings after the results were announced. It’s unlikely that anything dramatic will happen today as the EU-Russia summit takes place. In other news, reports of local administrations rejecting the government, demonstrators digging in, etc. are steadily…
Read More Ukraine: a bogus calmCEC declares Yanukovich win
Reuters, BBC reporting that the CEC has declared a Yanukovich win. Whatever is going to happen, is probably about to happen now.
Read More CEC declares Yanukovich winUkraine: it’s not the despair, it’s the hope that gets you
The crisis is now picking up with impressive speed. The Central Elections Commission was due to announce the final results at 1400GMT but they haven’t produced yet. Russian-soldier rumours are increasingly frequent and credible, as are rumours that a run-off election will be held. A heavily-reported story that a military crackdown, either Ukrainian, Russian (false-flag),…
Read More Ukraine: it’s not the despair, it’s the hope that gets youUkraine – A Slow Rot or Speedy End?
Over in the Ukraine, they’re a-demonstrating still over the bizarre results of the presidential election. (99% results for the president, 100%+ turnouts..) With the presidency surrounded by a huge crowd clad in orange, what happens next? Some voices in the last few days have suggested that the crowds lack momentum, and that the regime will…
Read More Ukraine – A Slow Rot or Speedy End?Ukraine: Dark Rumour from the Echo Chamber
The Periscope is reporting (excellently) on the Ukrainian situation, and has stated that Russian special forces (Spetsnaz) are actually in Ukraine. If true this is of course a critical fact of the highest order. I wonder though if a 1968 solution is really possible? The reports speak of Spetsnaz in Ukrainian uniform and (seemingly) integrated…
Read More Ukraine: Dark Rumour from the Echo ChamberCrazy Norwegian builds flight simulator
A Norwegian has built a full-motion flight simulator in his living room. A website is here, with videos. It’s all in Norwegian (as well as in hardware).
Read More Crazy Norwegian builds flight simulatorLook! Terrorists!
Be afraid. Be very afraid. Go on. Apparently the security services have foiled a “9/11 attack” on London. The Daily Mail, the Sun, and ITN News all say so. They have all apparently run with a story sourced to a nameless “senior authoritative source” who claims that the training of “suicide pilots” was interrupted, ostensibly…
Read More Look! Terrorists!Curious and Interesting: How to declare a politician insane
Section 141 of the Mental Health Act makes the following provision for the case of a Member of Parliament going mad. “Members of Parliament suffering from mental illness 141 -(1) Where a member of the House of Commons is authorised to be detained on the ground (however formulated) that he is suffering from mental illness,…
Read More Curious and Interesting: How to declare a politician insaneBizarre Attitude
Does Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary James Gray believe in parliamentary democracy? It sounds a pretty extreme question, but when his fellow Beaufort huntsman Lord Mancroft says that “the House of Commons will have to be curbed” you have to wonder. Will Gray disassociate himself from this, or can we assume that he will be happy…
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