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This color switch demonstrates my sympathy with The Orange Revolutio n .

There is also the campaign page, but it loads more slowly. It also looks like they've set up a way to give money to a bank account that has been set up to support the protesters and the coalition "Our Ukraine"! Click on the "ENG" link to see the page in English.

Ukrainian Protesters Vow to ‘Stay Until the End’ 

(Yuschenko) Cool tie! But look at the poor man's face. This was done by the poisoning. 

USATODAY.com - Powell says USA does not accept Ukraine vote results OK, that's more like it.

Life at a software company... Originally I made my comment verbally, but Greg thought it was funny - so I'll share it with you. -----Original Message----- From: Greg Sent: November 12, 2004 12:05 PM To: [ REDACTED ] Subject: Ver_380\QA All, Is there a reason we have a Ver_380\QA folder already? I am making modifications to the v370 test data and test scripts still. I would think this should not be created until we have created a v380 branch and are ready to build and populate a v380 database. Thoughts? ----I Said---- It's a "running start" - kind of like going towards Baghdad as fast as we can before we have the rest of the country under control.

testing w.bloggar...

He's been attending the demonstrations, and today saw Yuschenko give the oath of office, with his own eyes. I've asked him to send me any digital pics he has. He's going back to the crowds tomorrow. The tent city you may have heard about in Independence Square has a heater for every tent. This way the students and demonstration organizers can stay all night in the central square. The organizers have also arranged for hot breakfast (oatmeal) and soup to be served. Most people go home at night but then come back to the square in the morning and continue the demonstration. They won't stop until ... until justice is done. "Today or Never" is one of their slogans. The police generally support Yuschenko so they are not going to break up the demonstrators. Eat your heart out, MoveOn.org!

Johann Norberg, a Swedish libertarian. writes: 13:16 - IS THE WORLD WATCHING?: Right now in the freezing cold, almost 100 000 Ukranians are protesting against the stolen election in central Kiev, and a huge demonstration has also started in the city of Lviv. The municipal councils in both cities have said they only take orders from the liberal presidential candidate Yushchenko, the real winner of the election. At the same time, security forces have said that they are ready to put down the protests "quickly and firmly". Where are the concerned European politicians who should condemn the fraud, and who could be with these crowds to show their support? And where are the "human shields"? A lot of young westerners were willing to risk their lives to stop the war on Iraq. Aren’t they willing to risk some discomfort to stop one of Europe’s biggest countries from slipping ...

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pictures of the protest from BBC News 

while we sigh half a world away an era comes to an end

International News Article Reuters.com : "KIEV (Reuters) - Up to 200,000 protesters rallied outside an emergency session of Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday demanding authorities admit they cheated in a presidential poll which showed the country's Moscow-backed prime minister had won. " My brother-in-law Igor is part of this protest in Kiev, along with his wife. My mother-in-law is with us in Minnesota right now. We are watching this closely.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Ukraine crowds warm to protest : "'We will never allow the freedom of our country, so hard-won, to be sold to Russia.'"

ABC News: Ukraine PM on Verge of Victory, Monitors Cry Foul

Milestone Ho!

Russia to deploy new type of nuclear missile I don't believe this. Why is Russia doing this? What do they hope to achieve? I can understand that the US antiballistic missile shield tends to destabilize the deterrence concept, but 1. I thought the Cold War was over, and 2. At least it's a shield , not a new weapons system! These kinds of moves seem to demonstrate that Russia has the kind of paranoid leadership we have long suspected them of having. I guess the Cold War's still not over! Sauron is pleased. I wonder if this means the Doomsday Clock will be set closer to midnight, again? Cyr Currently it's set to seven minutes to midnight. What do you think? BTW, for those of you wondering, the title for the post is taken from my assertion that nuclear weapons are the postmodern world's Ring of Doom - more about this later.