tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119431684867910557.post9102385961299377393..comments2023-11-05T13:12:36.685+03:00Comments on Mark MacKinnon's blog: A sign of the falsified timesmarkmachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08667875925403626247noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119431684867910557.post-90837343927160672712011-01-24T19:10:24.790+03:002011-01-24T19:10:24.790+03:00I am Glad i discovered this blog.Added markmackin...I am Glad i discovered this blog.Added markmackinnon.blogspot.com to my bookmark!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119431684867910557.post-51419236432109455422010-05-18T15:26:55.920+04:002010-05-18T15:26:55.920+04:00free majong games to play
http://majong.socialgo....<a href="http://majong.socialgo.com" rel="nofollow">free majong games to play</a><br /><br />http://majong.socialgo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119431684867910557.post-87200625779552154902008-01-31T07:58:00.000+03:002008-01-31T07:58:00.000+03:00"One by one the other potential Yushchenkos droppe..."One by one the other potential Yushchenkos dropped out or were forced out of the race by the Kremlin: Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Bukovsky, Boris Nemtsov."<BR/><BR/>Do you really think those guys could have strong enough support to initiate Russian orange revolution?<BR/><BR/>No way.<BR/><BR/>Kremlin has much much more support. And that means that the new Russian President Medvedev will be the real choice of Russia.<BR/><BR/>Even in Canada United Russia got more than 50% of the votes during December election in every four ridings all over the country. And don't tell me that Russian diplomats in Canada falsified the results.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119431684867910557.post-13942531128113033702008-01-28T23:37:00.000+03:002008-01-28T23:37:00.000+03:00You could, of course, be right Michael. But I refe...You could, of course, be right Michael. But I refer you again to the list I made. And the fact that this was all so predictable...markmachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08667875925403626247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119431684867910557.post-42969764109748335192008-01-28T16:11:00.000+03:002008-01-28T16:11:00.000+03:00From an Antiwar.com blog:http://www.antiwar.com/bl...From an Antiwar.com blog:<BR/><BR/>http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/01/27/media-bias-101/<BR/><BR/>A lesson in media bias — the headline of the CNN International story give us one narrative:<BR/><BR/>“Kremlin critic barred from election”<BR/><BR/>… And the body of the piece reports quite another:<BR/><BR/>“Russia’s Central Election Commission disqualified one of Kremlin’s critics from the country’s presidential election Sunday, claiming that the signatures collected for his nominating petitions were forged, the state news agency said Sunday. … <BR/><BR/>“Kasyanov’s spokeswoman confirmed to CNN that he had been barred from running in the elections, scheduled for March 2. He will not appeal the decision, a representative told Interfax.”<BR/><BR/>The headline tells us that Russia’s much-touted ”backsliding” into totalitarianism is accelerating rather rapidly, while the facts, baldly stated, tell us that, for some reason, Kasyanov isn’t appealing the decision of the authorities to disqualify him, which leads us to wonder if the charges of forgery might be substantially true. Of course, forging signature on election petitions is quite illegal in the US, and would undoubtedly result in criminal charges. Perhaps that’s why Kasyanov isn’t making much of a fuss about the matter.Michael Averkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06603725363455929103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119431684867910557.post-55818130702519841542008-01-27T19:00:00.000+03:002008-01-27T19:00:00.000+03:00"One by one the other potential Yushchenkos droppe..."One by one the other potential Yushchenkos dropped out or were forced out of the race by the Kremlin: Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Bukovsky, Boris Nemtsov. Now Kasyanov's gone too. So, by and large, is any lingering hope of peaceful democratic change in Russia in the near future."<BR/><BR/>****<BR/><BR/>Keeping in mind that as of right now in Ukraine: Yushchenko is a distant third in popularity to a political figure who is chastised by some because of a prior prison record (Yanukovych) and an oligarch who has politically drifted (Tymoshenko).<BR/><BR/>Democracy can be measured in part by relative freedom (the ability to leave the given country and gather different political views while in it) and the overall happiness level (if you may) of the population on the whole.<BR/><BR/>On another point, is there any credence to the claim of faulty signatures regarding Kasyanov's presidential bid? No mention of Yavlinsky, who is arguably the most principled when compared to the mentioned others (Bukovksy, Kasparov, Nemtsov and Kasyanov).Michael Averkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06603725363455929103noreply@blogger.com