A big Tip'O the Hat to thei100 for noticing the classical Renaissance art proportions of this photo, taken from a typical day on the floor of the Ukrainian parliament.
I love the Ukrainian Rada! The most pugilistic deliberative assembly in the world, I'm sure. See this compilation of the Rada's greatest hits, and prepare to be entertained.
There you go TSB! Adding plenty of punch and artistic perspective to the posts. Now if we can just get James to add the appropriate musical
ReplyDeletescore. I love that lady who jumps right in the middle and starts beating guys with a plastic water bottle. Icould almost picture TRUMP
in there loosing his toupe'. gwb
"Adding plenty of punch ..." I see what you did there!
ReplyDeleteTSB: It looks like ISIS is doing it's best to disrupt the POTUS vacation schedule by slaughtering Iraqi refugees with US weapons. Wolf Blitzer might parachute in there this weekend to force his hand. gwb
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZS3uDu8jy8
ReplyDeleteJames! Way to go Maestro! gwb
ReplyDeleteJames: Even better than Send Money, Guns, and Lawyers.
ReplyDeleteI love my WZ
ReplyDeleteJames; TSB: I love the Zavrov humanitarian diplomacy and convoy to E. Ukraine under Red Cross auspices. Kiev is doing everything they can to stop it while US is stone silent. Why don't the US Christians mount a similar effort for northern Iraq? I'd be glad to pony up for some white paint. gwb
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZS3uDu8jy8
TSB: Ukraine President Dissolves Parliament, Announces It On Twitter
ReplyDeleteMy sources say Poroshenko is trying to restore decorum.
GWB: Decorum sounds very good. Maybe he can bring some to the USA?
ReplyDeleteTSB: I would like to nominate this speech by former Amb.Charles Freeman
ReplyDeletefor the prestigious TSB Award for Diplomatic Coherence: I'm reading 'Small Wars, Faraway Places'by Michael Burleigh which details the diplomacy around all the wars since WWII. Freeman has all this stuff in mind in making his remarks and it's clear we have 'sluud'a long way as Dizzy Dean used to say. gwb
http://diplopundit.net/2014/08/21/ambassador-freeman-on-american-statecraft-its-hard-to-think-of-anything-that-has-gone-right/
GWB: Some malign Chas Freeman because he is close to the Saudis, but I always though he makes tons of sense.
ReplyDeleteAttaboy TSB! Did you know Ho Chi Minh had 8 different names while evading the French,British and USA
ReplyDeletewho could never figure out who or where he was til it was too late? gwb