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  • Republicofscotland

    A bill submitted by an MP from President Poroshenko’s party in the Ukrainian parliament seeks to criminalize public speech that reject the government’s narrative on the civil war, which it describes as a Russian military invasion.

    The controversial bill amends the Ukrainian criminal code to make “public denial or justification of the Russian military aggression against Ukraine in 2014-2015” a felony.

    The ‘crime’ would carry a penalty ranging from a heavy fine and up to a five-year jail term for repeat offences or convicts who held public office.

    http://rt.com/news/231555-ukraine-bill-agression-denial/
    …………………………..

    Not being allowed to question the narrative, only makes people want to question it even more, it reminds me of other historical events, that we are not allowed to question, without fear of imprisonment.

  • fred

    As a condition of a ceasefire the rebels insisted on what roughly translates to “Providing pardon and amnesty by way of enacting a law forbids prosecution and punishment of persons in relation to events that took place in specific parts of Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine.”

    Wonder what that refers to.

  • Republicofscotland

    A rally against mobilization was due to take place on Sunday in Mariupol, when would-be participants were threatened with arrest by Ukraine Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko.

    Addressing his followers on Facebook, Gerashchenko wrote that: “Everyone who comes tomorrow [Sunday Feb 8] to the meeting against mobilization will be detained for several hours for identification, fingerprinting and photographing and then released.”

    Key words here are “detained”, “several hours”, “fingerprinting” and “photographing”—as if a simple identification procedure were not invasive enough.

    While we’re at it, let’s not forget that there are democratic countries, like Britain, whose citizens still object to having to carry IDs with them.

    http://russia-insider.com/en/2015/02/11/3370
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    Okay so its reported from a Russian point of view, but if true, it does have the hallmarks of a fascist orientated threat.

  • Republicofscotland

    So goes the famous line from George Orwell’s novel 1984. And so, too, can our forces today claim over a number of groups we find in the Middle East. In many ways, the enemy of my enemy is my friend when dealing with the Middle East, and in the battle between ancient tribal groups, when you lack an enemy, sometimes you need to make one.

    In a new report from the UN, it is revealed that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) were maintaining regular contact with members of the so-called Islamic State since May of 2013. Initial reports from the IDF stated that this was only for medical care for civilians, but that story fell apart when the UN observers identified direct contact between IDF forces and ISIS soldiers, including giving medical care to ISIS fighters.

    Observations even included the transfer of two crates from the IDF to ISIS forces, the contents of which have not been confirmed at this time. Further the UN report identified what the Syrians label a crossing point of forces between Israel and ISIS, a point of concern brought before the UN Security Council. This report from the UN strengthens the claims by the Syrian regime that Israel is heavily involved in operations within the nation.

    http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/02/05/isis-idf-link/

  • fred

    “Translation of the full text agreed upon by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany, and signed by pro-Russian separatists, on Thursday”

    But can the Ukraine government give the separatists immunity from prosecution for the shooting down of a civilian airliner?

  • fred

    “That’s not in the text, Fred, is it?”

    Seems to me that “Providing pardon and amnesty by way of enacting a law forbids prosecution and punishment of persons in relation to events that took place in specific parts of Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine.” would cover it.

    If I had family on MH17 I’d be getting a bit concerned.

  • Habbabkuk (la vita è bella)

    Clark

    “If Habbabkuk wants to change his Identicon he needs to submit a different e-mail address in the comment form.”
    _________________

    Yes, but how can I ensure that the colour will be as I’d it?

    I was thinking about Israeli blue just to please Mother Mary.

  • Habbabkuk (la vita è bella)

    George Galloway – under some pressure during last week’s TV appearance – issued a heartfelt plea (or perhaps it was a solemn warning) not to conflate anti-Zionism with anti-Jew.

    Rather rich coming from the bloke who has done more than most to conflate the two.

    He certainly has quite a few disciples of this blog.

    _______________________

    BTW – what news of the film he was making with monies gathered from the credulous public and which, when I last heard, was supposed to be coming out at the beginning of this year?

  • faekulturny

    One of the factors that makes Ukraine so contentious is that Ukrainian expats are among CIA’s most bathetic dupes. All through the cold war they got immersed in synthetic fellowship and hokey cultural pageantry to stoke their nationalism as a weapon against the USSR. Now it’s dawning on even their dimmest bulbs what’s in store for the old country: a bloodbath on the Yugoslav model. The cognitive dissonance hits: without pacific settlement of this dispute, tens of thousands of “their” cherished people will die. Then their operant conditioning kicks in and all they can do is bay for Putin’s head.

  • Habbabkuk (la vita è bella)

    Mr Goss

    “Habbabkuk used to criticise the “good-sized crowd” that gather outside this factory of death asking for numbers.”
    _______________

    “Used to” denotes frequency, but unfortunately I have no recollection of having criticised the size of the crowd even once. Nor do I recall ever commenting on anything to do the company.

    Probably just another lie from the Big Liar.

    Very Stalinist.

  • giyane

    Bahiccupal

    “That’s if Putin is still rational. After 15 years in power, he probably isn’t.”

    Surely it’s having to do the opposite of commonsense at the behest of Zionist blackmailers that gives you the Cameron stare. We will pull out of Europe like the waxing of leg hairs and we will love every minute of it.

  • Habbabkuk (la vita è bella)

    Macky

    “Clark; “Macky, do you support Putin?”

    Adopting the Habby diversionary & inquisitor style ? My opinion on Putin has no relevance on either the RD’s repellant nature, or you being a useful idiot.”
    _________________

    Macky, you’re normally such a loudmouth on here. Why so coy all of a sudden?

    Are you afraid someone’s keeping an eye on you or are you just a simple case of all mouth and no trousers?

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    You are correct on one thing though: “My opinion on Putin has no relevance”. And on very little else..

  • Habbabkuk (la vita è bella)

    Mr Goss

    “I have received an email from Left Unity with the following content. I want to share it because it explains in a nutshell why Left Unity is different. It will support any candidate of any party who has proven credentials of an anti-austerity campaign. Left Unity would not stand in opposition to such candidates.”

    _________________

    You’re anti-austerity aren’t you. So do you think Left Unity would support you if you stood as a candidate, despite you having been outed as a Big Liar and a Stalinist?

  • Habbabkuk (la vita è bella)

    “I believe that to get to the top in politics, largely speaking, you have to have the carapace of a Tony Blair.”
    ___________________

    Or the ruthlessness of a Lenin, the murderous instincts of a Stalin, the arse-licking survivalist skills of a Krushchev or the slimy skills honed by a career in the secret police (that’s for your hero Putin).

    Big Liar, you really are losing it.

  • Habbabkuk (la vita è bella)

    Mr Goss (14h42)

    “It is why I support the separatists, that, and because I believe in democracy.”
    __________________

    Do you support – or did you ever support – the Chechen separatists, Big Liar?

  • Habbabkuk (la vita è bella)

    “I wonder if this will make it onto Habbabkuk’s favourite fake website run by Fulbright scholars”
    ___________________

    That reminds me, Big Liar – you still haven’t told us the names of the four Fulbright scholars, have you.

    Having trouble finding them, eh? Or are your suppliers taking their time?

    http://www.stopfake.org — the website Big Liar hates. Read it, you know it makes sense!

  • RobG

    America you don’t really want to go to war.
    America it’s them bad Russians.
    Them Russians them Russians and them Chinamen.
    And them Russians.
    The Russia wants to eat us alive. The Russia’s power
    mad. She wants to take our cars from out our
    garages.
    Her wants to grab Chicago. Her needs a Red Readers’
    Digest. Her wants our auto plants in Siberia.
    Him big bureaucracy running our fillingsta-
    tions.
    That no good. Ugh. Him make Indians learn read.
    Him need big black niggers. Hah. Her make us
    all work sixteen hours a day. Help.
    America this is quite serious.
    America this is the impression I get from looking in
    the television set.
    America is this correct?
    I’d better get right down to the job.
    It’s true I don’t want to join the Army or turn lathes
    in precision parts factories, I’m nearsighted and
    psychopathic anyway.
    America I’m putting my queer shoulder to the wheel.

    Berkeley, January 17, 1956

  • Republicofscotland

    “Macky, you’re normally such a loudmouth on here.”
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    I was thinking of having tripe for tea tonight, but after reading the above comment, I see someone has already had their fill of it.

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