Archive for the ‘video’ Category
Thursday, February 20th, 2014
A super-brief update on Ukraine:
Current conformed death toll for recent fighting at 67, unconfirmed at 100 dead.
Euromaidan captures 67 policemen.
EU agrees to impose sanctions, including asset freezes and visa bans. It’s a start. Refusing to pay for any Russian oil or gas until democracy is restored in Ukraine would have a lot bigger effect…
Map of Russian gas pipelines in Ukraine. I differ with Zero Hedge in that I don’t think this is an all-encompassing explanation for the conflict…
Forget Sochi; Ukraine shows that it’s the same old Russia: “At the heart of the battle lies a fundamental question: Is Ukraine a free nation or is it a piece of Moscow — a piece on Putin’s chessboard?”
Obama’s White House: months late and several dollars short on Ukraine.
Video
Battle footage with CNN talking heads:
More random fight footage:
Military base torched:
More Tweets
And holy fark is Gary Kasperov pissed:
Tags:EuroMaidan, Foreign Policy, Gary Kasparov, Russia, Twitter, Ukraine, video, Vladimir Putin
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Thursday, February 20th, 2014
That happens sometimes, when you try to escape your country’s harsh political bondage, despite the clamps and chains Putin’s police state has forced on dissidents, reformers and lesbians…
(Hat tip: Moe Lane, who doesn’t seem to have realized the glorious keyword trolling possibilities…)
Tags:Communism, Pussy Riot, Russia, Sochi Olympics, video, Vladimir Putin
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Thursday, February 20th, 2014
So much for that truce:
Central Kyiv turned into a war zone on Feb. 20, with indiscriminate shooting, burning fires and the mass evacuations of government buildings.
At least 35 people were reported dead by noon, bringing the total count to at least 61 persons this week.
It became increasingly clear that both sides have lost control of the streets across Ukraine as reports of deaths, looting, and violent attacks poured in.
Foreign ministers of Germany, France and Poland, walked into a meeting with President Viktor Yanukovych around noon with one message on the agenda: you have to stop the violence now, and the quickest way to do it is to resign.
Yanukovych’s snipers are now shooting people in the streets:
Death toll now over 50 in latest clashes. I’m sure it will go higher. (Hat tip: Instapundit.)
Livestream:
Tweets:
Tags:EuroMaidan, Military, Twitter, Ukriane, video, Viktor Yanukovych
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2014
Events in Ukraine are galloping at a furious rate:
Death toll currently at 26.
Yanukovych moves toward declaring martial law, though in the thinly disguised form of “anti-terror operations.”
He also just fired his army chief, presumably because he wasn’t keen on gunning down fellow Ukrainians. They’re also reporting that pro-democracy forces have seized the Kiev post office.
Lviv, on the Polish border, has declared independence from Yanukovych’s rule.
And soldiers there have “surrendered” to the Euromaidan opposition.
The Lviv defection is just one of many acts of defiance across the western Ukraine.
What we’re seeing in Ukraine mirrors Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968: the brutal crushing of freedom at the direction of Moscow.
The ten most important events of the last two days.
UK PM David Cameron issues meaningless hen-clucks of disapproval, without a hint of actual action by his government.
At least this cadre of European politicians and intellectuals is asking for real sanctions.
The European Investment Bank has frozen its activities in Ukraine.
Canada closes its embassy.
A live blog of the situation on the Conflict Journal.
Dramatic pictures from Independence Square, including considerable bloodshed.
Not including this one:
More tweets and pics:
More scenes from the Battle of Independence Square:
Tags:David Cameron, EuroMaidan, Foreign Policy, Kiev, Lviv, Ukraine, video, Viktor Yanukovych
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2014
Current Ukraine status:
26 dead so far, including 10 riot police and journalist Vyacheslav Veremei.
Putin’s government gave Yanukovich’s another $2 billion payout.
Yanukovich demands people live the Maidan before any concessions. Protestors tell him to get stuffed.
On the diplomatic front:
Victor Davis Hanson via SooperMexican: Obama’s feckless foreign policy has emboldened Putin in the Ukraine.
A BBC report via Instapundit, in which various EU diplomatic grandees make meaningless noises of “concern.”
Though they’re at least considering sanctions.
And Secretary of State John Kerry? While Kiev burns, he’s lecturing the world on…global warming.
Some videos:
PC carrier tries unsuccessfully to breach Euromaidan lines in a hail of molotov cocktails:
Another view:
Scenes from the fighting:
An overview of the fighting:
More clashes:
Livestream again, though it looks like mostly video clips right now:
Tags:EuroMaidan, Foreign Policy, John Kerry, Livestream, Ukraine, video, Vladimir Putin, Vyacheslav Veremei
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2014
I knew things in Venezuela were bad, thanks to the magic power of socialism, but now they’re poised to get a whole lot worse.
“Over the past week, Venezuelan protesters have been fighting against corruption in the government, high inflation, and a high murder rate.”
The unjust, corrupt and incompetent socialist government of Hugo Chavez protege Nicolas Maduro just raided the offices of the main opposition party
Also, they just expelled three U.S. diplomats.
Here’s the skinny in a video nutshell:
Torture, repression, censorship, media control; Chavez and Maduro certainly learned Fidel Castro’s old playbook.
Ditto the economy, where inflation tops 50% and good shortages are widespread thanks to the usual socialist mismanagement and currency controls. (In just one indicator, Toyota suspended production in Venezuela due to the hard currency shortage. But at least Toyota sold 722 cars in January, while Ford sold a grand total of…2.)
The situation in Venezuela can’t get better as long as the current socialist government is in power, but Maduro’s thugs won’t leave without a fight.
Tags:censorship, Communism, Economics, protests, socialism, Venezuela, video
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Saturday, February 15th, 2014
There’s brazen, and then there’s “break into an LAPD police car in bold daylight on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, pull out a laptop, then set it up and start typing” brazen.
Another view:
Notice that Superman and Darth Vader weren’t any help at all…
Tags:California, Crime, Los Angeles, video
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Monday, February 10th, 2014
These LinkSwarms tend to get pushed back to days when there’s not a big story jumping up and requiring my attention. It seems like the Olympics have created a bit of a news lull
Democratic congressmen abandoning ObamaCare in droves.
Obama’s fake recovery sucks in comparison to Reagan’s real recovery. Why? ObamaCare.
People who overestimate their income, thus getting a subsidy rather than thrown into Medicaid, might be in for a nasty surprise come tax time.
Today’s Democratic representative retiring after getting caught with his hand in the till comes to you from Rep. Ron Andrews of New Jersey.
Today’s example of a Democratic member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns being convicted of a felony (in this case bribery) also comes to you from New Jersey, in the form of Trenton Mayor Tony Mack. But as you observe all this Democratic malfeasance in New Jersey, never lose sight of the truly important thing: Chris Christie might have closed a bridge!
Here’s a fascinating piece from Ace of Spades HQ on class identification among the gentry left.
And this piece on “Love in the Time of Obama” is well worth reading on its own.
Massachusetts state Democrat Rep. Carlos Henriquez’s schedule: 1. Smack my bitch up, 2. Mark my bills up. Yes, assaulting a woman is evidently no reason to keep him from working as a legislator…
More black Chicago residents question what the Democratic Party has done for the black community.
Heartening, but I can’t help but notice that some of the same people appear in this video as the one from that town hall meeting in December. Makes it hard to gauge just how widespread black America’s dissatisfaction with Obama is…
The Turncoat Diaries: “The conversions of Charlie Crist, from Republican to independent to Democrat, make up one of the least inspiring tales in modern politics. To take it seriously is to admit you’re the sort of person who takes Scientology stress tests and supplies credit card info to anyone who claims to need help from Nigeria.”
People move from high tax, high regulation states bleeding jobs to low-tax, low-regulation states gaining jobs. Gee, who knew?
How Russia is trying to keep control of Ukraine.
NBC calls the end of the Soviet Union “bittersweet”. Much like Hitler’s suicide…
Tweets from Sochi: Missing floors, open manholes, yellow tap water, and “cakes in ass.”
More: “Three of the nine mountain hotels have not been completed.”
Title company executive dead in nailgun “suicide.” Patrick Bateman wanted for questioning.
Inside the Red Light Camera Bribe Machine. Redflex has done business with several cities, including “Austin, El Paso, Plano, Corpus Christi, Grand Prairie, North Richland Hills, Hurst, Port Lavaca, League City, Carrollton, Killeen, Mesquite, and Longview.” (Hat tip: Dwight.)
Even Howard YEAGGGGHHH Dean thinks the Iran deal sucks.
When principled lefty Alan Derschowitz says the Dinesh D’Souza case is “selective prosecution,” perhaps we should listen.
New York City schools Harrison Bergeron a gifted students course because of their unacceptable albedo index. (Hat tip: Indapundit.)
Michael Totten visits some of the least-crappy parts of Cuba.
When I think “high tech giants,” certainly the first name that comes to mind is Chelsea Clinton. Nepotism much, SXSW? (Hat tip: Jim Geraghty in NRO.
Slashdot users in open revolt over a redesign. Take one look at the Beta site and you know why: It is indeed a big, festering mound of suck.
Adobe to release new DRM scheme that’s annoying, useless, and screws older customers.
Ten scenes from Blazing Saddles too politically incorrect to be made today.
Did Bill Clinton add Elizabeth Hurley to his list of in-White House conquests?
Round Rock ISD committee chairman tries to bypass laws to make changes to sex ed.
On tour with the Sex Pistols in Texas.
Tags:Alan Dershowitz, Austin, Crime, Cuba, Democrats, Dinesh D'Souza, fraud, Guns, Holly Hansen, Howard Dean, LinkSwarm, Massachusetts, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Media Watch, Michael Totten, New Jersey, ObamaCare, Ron Andrews, Round Rock ISD, Russia, Sochi Olympics, Ukraine, video
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Friday, February 7th, 2014
Another week, another week of bad ObamaCare news.
First off comes the National Small Business Association survey that shows that health care costs for small businesses have doubled since 2009. The “Affordable Care Act” turns out not to be affordable for anyone…
The new CBO report also paints a devastating picture of how ObamaCare will damage our economy through 2024, including:
Destroying 2.5 million jobs, by destroying incentives to work.
Leaving 31 million people in the U.S. without health insurance.
6-7 million additional people will lose the health insurance they already have (and I’m guessing that estimate is way too low).
It will reduce incentives for people to keep jobs (and The New York Times cheers).
Reduced paychecks for American workers.
Another bomb in the CBO report: ObamaCare subsidies are structured in such way that earning $1 more costs an extra $13,572 per year.
And the first CBO-based attack ad is already out (this one aimed at North Carolina’s Sen. Kay Hagan):
Another attack ad targets Florida Rep. Joe Garcia:
And here are some workers finding out that ObamaCare makes their insurance unaffordable:
“The ACA has been an unmitigated disaster since its passage.”
It doesn’t help that the ObamaCare enrollment numbers are grossly inflated.
Things aren’t much better in the state exchanges, either. Covered California 2013: “Sure your doctor is covered!” Covered California 2014: “Suckers!”
She’s not the only one. But it sucks when you have Stage Four cancer and suddenly your doctor is no longer covered:
There is one solution to this problem: Full repeal of ObamaCare.
Too bad there appears to be no limit to the damage (or deaths) Democrats are willing to let happen to avoid that…
Tags:Covered California, Democrats, Joe Garcia, Kay Hagan, ObamaCare, video
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Monday, February 3rd, 2014
The Kronies has already been blogged by half the rightospehre, but it’s so well done that I wanted to post it here on the off-chance you haven’t watched it yet:
Tags:Budget, Democrats, Economics, fraud, video, waste
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