FEMEN in Anti-Prostitution/Euro 2012 Porn Stunt in Poland

“We don't want this kind of Euro!”



Ladies, you should have done this at the Yulia European Strategy summit.

The folks there should know more about the dangers of sex tourism.

Sources:
http://femen.livejournal.com

Kuchma's Daughter Spends £80 Million on Britain’s Most Expensive Home

Olena Franchuk — who chairs the Anti-AIDS Foundation in her native Ukraine, a country with the highest prevalence of AIDS in Europe — went for the record when she recently bought Britain’s highest priced mansion. (Read the full story in The Evening Standard and in this blog post.)

Daughter of former autocratic Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma, Franchuk is also the wife of Viktor Pinchuk, Ukraine’s second-richest man with a current estimated net worth of $10.5 billion.

Both Franchuk and Pinchuk have engaged in widely publicized philanthropist activities. Last summer, the couple organized an AIDS awareness concert by Sir Elton John in Kyiv.

Well, now that they have such a fine nest to stay at in London, Sir Elton John no longer has to fly to Kyiv to sing that “Circle of Life.”

Sources:
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2008/3/1/72441.htm
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23445248-details/%C2%A380m:+most+expensive+house+sold+in+London/article.do
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2008/2/28/72343.htm
http://www.avert.org/eurosum.htm
http://community.livejournal.com/politbabies/8352.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Kuchma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Pinchuk
http://pinchukfund.org/en/
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2008/3/1/72441.htm
http://unian.net/eng/news/news-238922.html
http://ua.pravda.com.ua/files/4/_Picture_file_path_4740.jpg
http://video.oboz.ua/movie.php?dGFnPTk1MiZ2YT0xJmlkPTQyODAmdnQ9MA

“Circle of Life” or “Circle of Lies?”
Elton John Feat. The Kuchma Family Perform at Maidan

As part of his global campaign against the AIDS epidemic, Sir Elton John visited Kyiv, where, on Saturday night, he gave a concert. He camped at Maidan Nezalezhnosti (or Independence Square), the heart of the now-comatose Orange Revolution.

Approximately one percent of Ukraine’s population of 46 million are HIV-positive. Every day, some 49 Ukrainians contract the virus, which puts Ukraine in the ranks of European “leaders” in this death race.

Ironically, the author of the “Candle in the Wind” was brought here by marketing communications whiz Olena Franchuk and billionaire Viktor Pinchuk, former president Kuchma’s daughter and son-in-law, respectively. These two high net worth individuals have gotten into the habit of posing as “philanthropists” in a country impoverished by Kuchma’s favoritism-driven privatization policies, which made Ukraine a fertile ground for AIDS.

The show kicked off with AIDS awareness ads by Elton John and David Beckham, followed by a feature film “starring” the incredible Olena Franchuk, head of the local Anti-AIDS foundation. Throughout the film, Kuchma’s daughter made passionate overtures to HIV-positive children. Using slice-of-death scenes, she took pains to help her fellow Ukrainians get a hold of the problem.

Elton John, hardly a guru on who’s who in Ukraine, referred to Franchuk and Pinchuk as “friends” and even dedicated a song to them. He also threw the in front of Ukraine [Soviet-era usage] and related to the audience with Russian spasibo instead of Ukrainian dyakuyu.

This made him sound like he could have used some expert advice from Daddy Kuchma's "national bestseller," Ukraine Is Not Russia. By the way, Daddy K did attend the event. However, sharing the VIP sector with President Yushchenko made him an unlikely candidate to “feel the love tonight.”

The show went well and the public responded energetically, even though the playlist did not include a good many hits like “A Word In Spanish,” “Simple Life,” “Made In England,” and “Can You Feel the Love Tonight.” Unlike first lady Kateryna Yushchenko, who, being born into a Ukrainian American family, studied the stage with lively interest, President Yushchenko sat tight through the whole show.

“Circle of Life,” Elton John’s valedictory song, watered my eyes, engulfing me in an emotionally intense flashback. The Lion King (1994) soundtrack is one of the theme songs of my teen experience of growing up in Kuchma’s Ukraine. As a member of the global MTV Generation, I passed my TOEFL test in 1994, at age 14. That same year, Leo II (Kuchma) became “king” of Ukraine.

Now that I’ve grown up in what has become an AIDS-stricken country, I find Elton John’s commitment praiseworthy. He remains one of the world’s greatest artists and an honorary citizen of my teen world.

But there’s the other side to this sentimental moment of truth: His “friends” belong to the unstoppable and untouchable caste of Ukraine’s oligarchy, whose footprint has impressed AIDS into the social fabric of society.

In practical terms, though, Ukrainians must assume primary responsibility for protecting themselves against AIDS, a disease they contracted through Kuchma’s corrupt rule. At the end of the day, we only have ourselves to rely on in getting the “Circle of Lies” syndrome out of our system. There’s no other way we can live our lives to the fullest in the true “Circle of Life.”


Circle Of Life

From the day we arrive on the planet
And blinking, step into the sun
There's more to be seen than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be done

Some say eat or be eaten
Some say Live and let live
But all are agreed as they join the stampede
You should never take more than you give

CHORUS:
In the circle of life
It's the wheel of fortune
It's the leap of faith
It's the band of hope
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the circle, in the circle of life

Some of us fall by the wayside
And some of us soar to the stars
And some of us sail through our troubles
And some have to live with the scars

There's far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
But the sun rolling high
Through the sapphire sky
Keeps great and small on the endless round

CHORUS REPEATS

http://www.absolutelyrics.com/lyrics/view/elton_john/circle_of_life/

P.S. Before he closed the show, Elton John redeemed himself by speaking a little Ukrainian: “Zupynymo SNID razom!” (“Let’s stop AIDS together!”)