Opposition Leader Yatsenyuk Slams U.S. Fed ‘Pyramid’

Are you guys sophisticated enough to hear this?

Opposition leader/former foreign minister Yatsenyuk: Same story with the United States, by the way. Although I enjoy talking with them very much, with all of them — they’re very sophisticated people, quite incredibly so, knowledgeable — to build such a financial pyramid, starting with Bretton Woods — only geniuses can do such a thing. Only geniuses. I mean, to get the whole world hooked on one shot, which is the U.S. dollar, and to print this dollar and to stock up on everything for nothing but paper — that's awesome. I have to admit, I don’t know how things will go from here, now that they’ve printed some 14 trillion.

Hope our guy doesn’t get his U.S. visa revoked. Because it looks like he and Lukashenka (who likes Obama, by the way) are on the same page on this dollar pyramid thing. (24:31-48:37)


 
No wonder some democracy folks already prefer the quid to the greenback. Will the Yanukovych folks “liaising” with Western reporters follow suit?
 
Sources:
http://www.youtube.com/user/YatsenyukLeaks

Rice Takes Watch Off, Recalls Arab Spring, Ceausescu

Feeling nervous lecturing our man, huh?



Hope it was nothing special. Not that special.

"We Will Stop Them!" the opposition says.



You do the math. 

Sources:
http://yes-ukraine.org/ua/photo-and-video/video/9-ta-yaltinska-shchorichna-zustrich/shchodenniki-9-yi-yaltinskoyi-shchorichnoyi-zustrichi-den-1-sesiya-3
http://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/brand/5052d94540220/
http://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/lounge/5055c18515504/

Yatsenyuk's 'Conceptually New' Vision of Ukraine (English Inside)

Sooooo Yushchenko. Except that this guy does speak English!

Here's the whole thing (the United Opposition Forum, May 12).

 

So what's new? Seriously, what's new? Nothing much. "We're the good guys! Vote for us again and good things will happen."

Never mind that we live worlds apart from you. Never mind that some of us are no longer with us. Joining the Yanukovych majority is no big deal. It's business as usual. It's nothing personal.

And can't you see the difference now? We speak E-N-G-L-I-S-H! Better English.

Yatsenyuk: Free Tymoshenko as Ukraine Pays More than EU

It's all about freedom.



Government or opposition or grand coalition, they all need freedom. They need freedom — the freedom — to do whatever they want with this country.

Tymoshenko makes her gas ordeal with Putin, Yanukovych legitimizes it with his gas-for-fleet discount. Yatsenyuk wants Tymoshenko's vote, but not Yanukovych's verdict (in case he does what they did). That's the kind of freedom they all need.



Freedom from accountability. They play, we pay.



Decriminalize this DUI priest now! Priests and politicians must be free.

Sources:
http://blogs.pravda.com.ua/authors/pyshny/4f30eaaf00601/
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/196465
/oppozitsiya_blokiruet_vystuplenie_prezidenta_yanukovich_pytaetsya_perekrichat_deputatov_video
http://kiev.pravda.com.ua/news/4f33d0a7b3ff1/

FEMEN Crash Yatsenyuk’s Rent-a-Crowd Rally

No, they’re not pro-Tymoshenko. They’re against all.



All except the real grassroots protests. That would be the anti-tax code, Chernobyl and Afghan vets crowd.

Looks like the college kids out there were having fun with all the topless ladies around. "Go baby go," they shouted as FEMEN's Inna Shevchenko mounted the Princess Olha Monument. Yeah, what can be a more boring job than waiving those “Front for Change” flags? Unless the change comes with FEMEN!

Well, some people NEVER change.

January



December



Mezhyhirya English.


Why try harder?

Sources:
http://femen.livejournal.com/181253.html
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2011/12/2/6808911/
http://durdom.in.ua/uk/main/photo/photo_id/28065/person_id/1.phtml

Battle of the Billboards 2010 (Part 2)

Take a walk through inter-election Kyiv.




Jan. 17: Tymoshenko ads disguised as Focus magazine ads, or vice versa








Maidan, an hour before the polls closed


Jan. 20: The Eye of Providence


Goodbye Yushchenko!


Jan. 30: Win-lose...or win-win?


“Elect Ukraine’s new path” (so much for the Ideal Country/Ukrainian Breakthrough)


The sunset of Ukraine's democracy?


Facelift or liposuction?


Liposuction!


A Boy and His Dog...Plus the Girl!


Yanukovych morphing into a blank screen


Jan. 30: Khreshchatyk


Whose balloon will burst first?


“Kyivans for Yanukovych,” “Yanukovych is our president 2010”


Against All Odds


The Halo Effect

100% Counted: Alien, 35.32%; Predator, 25.05%

“No matter who wins, we lose.”


Yanukovych, 35.32%
Tymoshenko, 25.05%
Tihipko, 13.16%
Yatsenyuk, 6.96%
Yushchenko, 5.45%
Symonenko, 3.55%
Lytvyn, 2.35%
Against all, 2.2%
Tyahnybok, 1.43%
Hrytsenko, 1.2%
Bohoslovska, 0.41%
Moroz, 0.38%
Kostenko, 0.22%
Suprun, 0.19%
Protyvsikh, 0.16%
Pabat, 0.14%
Ratushnyak, 0.12%
Brodsky, 0.06%
Ryabokon, 0.03%

The first round has become yet another triumph of style over substance and promise over practice.

The second round will be perceived as bipolar by many, but will hardly be any different.

Without transparent campaign finance, without a mature voting culture and without grassroots protests, free and fair elections go only so far.

To me, it will be Alien vs. Predator.

After voting Tymoshenko in ‘06, ‘07 and ‘08 — and watching her all the while — I don’t believe in a born-again Tymoshenko. Not anymore.

Sources:
http://pravda.com.ua/articles/4b537cbbca600

99.87% Counted: Yanukovych, 35.35%; Tymoshenko, 25.03%

So much for the National Exit Poll 2010!

What a cold Vodokhreshcha (Theophany).

The bargaining process appears to have kicked off. Tymoshenko ponders buying Tihipko votes in the 2nd round by making him PM and giving him half the Cabinet.

Sources:
http://pravda.com.ua

98.61% Counted: Yanukovych, 35.3%; Tymoshenko, 25.05%

Will the gap shrink to her over-hyped single digits?

Sources:
http://pravda.com.ua

93.60% Counted: Yanukovych, 35.39%; Tymoshenko, 24.95%

With less than 7% of the vote left to count, the 10% gap refuses to go away.

Maybe she was celebrating a bit too early?

Sources:
http://pravda.com.ua

81.85% Counted: Yanukovych, 35.7%; Tymoshenko, 24.77%

As of Jan. 18, 10:24 a.m. local time, 81,85% of the vote has been counted. The results are as follows:

Yanukovych, 35.7%
Tymoshenko, 24.77%
Tihipko, 13.02%
Yatsenyuk, 6.96%
Yushchenko, 5.37%
Symonenko, 3.55%
Lytvyn, 2.35%

Tymoshenko — who counts on the Tihipko-Yatsenyuk-Yushchenko vote in the 2nd round — spent the night celebrating the expected single digit between her and Yanukovych.

Sources:
http://pravda.com.ua

Exit Poll Data: Yanukovych, 31.5%; Tymoshenko, 27.2%

The National Exit Poll 2010:
Yanukovych, 31.5%
Tymoshenko, 27.2%
Tihipko, 13.5%
Yatsenyuk, 7.8%
Yushchenko, 6%
Symonenko, 2.8%
Against all, 2.7%
Lytvyn, 2.4%
Tyahnybok, 2.1%
Hrytsenko, 1.7%
Moroz, 0.5%
Bohoslovska, 0.4%
Suprun, 0.2%

Learn more here.

Sources:
http://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/4b53427d2fdea/

Battle of the Billboards 2010 (Part 1)

Watch Kyiv on the eve of the first round of the presidential election, on the first days of the 2010s.

The pics and vids you’ll see capture the mood and motion in Ukraine’s capital January 1 through January 13.



Pace yourself by clicking II and using => <=. Click here for my December slideshow.














Putting things into perspective: a bottle of Soviet Sparky










Tymoshenko morphing into 100% beef!




Bingo! I hit the jackpot!




Yanukovych the Terminator meets Yanukovych the Teaser: “I know I’ll Come”

Battle of the Billboards 2009

They're everywhere. They want our votes.



Pace yourself by clicking II and then -> or <-.













Anywhere you go, they'll follow you down...

‘Elect Me’: A Song That Nails Hopefuls

From the frontman of Tartak, one of the bands that cheered the crowds during the Orange Revolution...

Enjoy this hit single by Sashko Polozhynsky, the guy who puts the reality of our presidential race into rhymes.

Even if you don’t understand Ukrainian, you’ll find the video and the Limp Bizkit-style music entertaining.

The video opens with a comic scene of former president Kravchuk endorsing Yanukovych in the 2004 presidential campaign. In this campaign, Kravchuk endorses Yanukovych’s main rival: Tymoshenko.

The voiceover idolizes Lenin, coming from the intro to a Soviet recording of his “Что такое Советская власть?” (“What is Soviet power?”) speech.



Poetically translated, the song’s refrain goes like this:

My fellow Ukrainians, here’s the deal
Make me the president of your dreams
And if you want protection from treason
Let me run a dictatorship for a reason

Video uploaded from: http://censor.net.ua/go/offer/ResourceID/140682.html
Original sources: http://sashko.com.ua

More Political Funnies

Have a look at these six.


Puppet master: Firtash
Puppets: Yushchenko, Yanukovych, Yatsenyuk, Lytvyn


Gazrubles


Poking fun at Chernovetsky's babushka business
Caption: "Don't even think about it, you Kosmic Gwynplaine!"
Notice: "Dear babushka, please come the day after tomorrow at 2 a.m. for a free cremation. Bring a notarized deed certifying the transfer of title of your apartment."


"Banzai!" buckwheat bombings
A handout delivery service for the beloved babushkas


Agent $450: Quantum of Service


Get Out of My Dreams, Get Into My Car

Sources:
http://censor.net.ua
http://durdom.in.ua

Yatsenyuk Calls for 'Khrushchyovkas 2'

Arseniy Yatsenyuk: The only way to solve this is to actually build some sort of “Khrushchyovkas 2,” that is, cheap and affordable housing whereby, with funding from the community and with minimum down payments from these people, such people could be resettled.

Somebody get him his Lenin Prize in Architecture and Economics!

A much more effective way would be to build khrushchyovkas for the corrupt Ukrainian elites and resettle them to the Zone of Alienation for a year or two.

This program would breathe new life into the government’s anti-corruption efforts, facilitating affordable housing that meets the requirements of the 21st century.

Video uploaded from: http://censor.net.ua/go/offer/ResourceID/111725.html
Original source: http://ictv.ua

Gas Humor: Unstoppable!

Welcome to the latest edition of gas-related (mostly) user-generated content brought to you by Durdom.in.ua!


Gazfilm: a parody on Mosfilm


R.I.P RosUkrEnergo
A pensive Yushchenko (left), accompanied by a mournful Yanukovych (right)
Festoon captions: "From Boiko," "From Putin," "From Firtash," "We love, we remember, we're calculating our losses."


GDP


A reference to presidential election 2010 and Euro 2012

Collages dedicated to Tymoshenko's allegations that Yatsenyuk seeks campaign financing from Firtash and that Yushchenko supported RosUkrEnergo:

Caption: "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
Callout: "According to Central Election Committee data, the Firtash-Yatsenyuk Bloc scored 51 percent [of the vote]..."


"For the carrot, I'm ready to do everything, Master!"


"Citizens, beware: Got a kid? Raise him properly!"


"Queen of Gas: The Final Kiss"


Gas talks

A funny take on Kyiv Mayor Leonid "Kosmos" Chernovetsky's obsession with taxes, levies and devotional rhetoric:

A plane flies by - pay Leo!
A vessel sails by - pay Leo!
You take a breath - pay Leo!
God told me so!

Leonid Chernovetsky Bloc
The Truth Shall Prevail?

The poetry mimics the final verse in Arkady Gaidar's famous children's story Tale of the Military Secret, Malchish-Kibalchish and His Firm Word. It's a story of a Bolshevik boy, Malchish-Kibalchish, who fought the Whites and the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War, in a role similar to that of the Wolverines in Red Dawn.

Sources:
http://durdom.in.ua

ElfYourself: Ukrainian Politdisco

I got this from a friend. Enjoy!

Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today!

Sources:
http://watcher.com.ua/?p=732
http://www.elfyourself.com

Rada Sacks Yatsenyuk

In a long-anticipated vote, the Verkhovna Rada today fired its Speaker, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, NUNS.

The effort gathered 233 votes: 175 from the Party of Regions, 1 from BYuT, 10 from NUNS, 27 from the Communist Party and 20 from the Lytvyn Bloc.

As it often happens, the voting process saw a brawl between rivaling PRU and BYuT MPs who scrambled to keep an eye on the computerized voting system.

However, the most common type of voting misconduct involves the use of absentee voting cards by fellow MPs.

According to Ukrayinska Pravda, today’s absentees included MPs Viktor Yanukovych, Yanukovych Jr., Nestor Shufrych, and Rinat Akhmetov. Neither of these Regionalists could be seen on the floor of the Rada during the vote.

Shortly after being voted out, Yatsenyuk made an I’ll-be-back statement: “They kicked me out to have me come back, but not to this place.”

The former Speaker also announced long-rumored plans to launch his own party. “This political power will be supported by a majority of Ukrainians,” he added.

Sources:
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2008/11/12/84337.htm
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2008/11/12/84347.htm
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2008/11/12/84350.htm