TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 72 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
🔥Local residents in Oryol, russia, say that the fire at the oil depot is spreading
Fingers crossed 🤞
Feds USED TO regulate cars. Musk wants to block crash tests. Tesla is worst on crash tests
🇬🇪The president of Georgia reacted to the results of the fake Presidential elections that did not involve the people and was conducted by unrecognised members of the parliament
"There is nothing. Nobody elected anyone. Nothing happened," Zurabishvili told the rally participants.
There was only one candidate and Georgians did not cast any ballots.
It is known that protesters are playing ball near the parliament building, calling on the newly "elected" so-called president to join them, being a former striker of Manchester City. It is unknown if he will play ball.
The demonstrators also set fire to black smoke bombs as a sign of rejection of the elections.
Georgia set to install former footballer as new president
Ex-Man City striker Mikheil Kavelashvili is the only candidate standing in a vote put to politicians rather than the people.
The russia friendly Georgian Dream party, whose rule is not not recognised by the European Parliament, has nominated the ex-striker as the only candidate.
The former Georgian footballer is known for his expletive-laden parliament speeches and tirades against government critics.
The ex-footballer turned far-right politician is set to become Tbilisi’s next figurehead president in an indirect election denounced as “illegitimate” by the current pro-EU president of the country.
He is expected to be voted into the role by an electoral college controlled by Georgian Dream, after the party abolished the use of popular votes to elect the president under controversial constitutional changes passed in 2017.
Protesters have described Kavelashvili as a “puppet” of billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgian Dream’s founder, who in turn has called him “the embodiment of a Georgian man”.
“I can hardly imagine anyone less suited for the role of head of state,” historian Nika Gobronidze, 53, said.
“Caligula wanted his horse to be a consul, our oligarch wants his puppet Kavelashvili to be a president,” he said, referring to the Roman emperor.
Salome Zourabichvili, the pro-European Georgian President says she does not recognize the presidential election as legitimate.
'I'm not going anywhere, I'm not leaving the office, I'm here and I'll be here,' says Salome Zourabichvili
Zourabichvili highlighted at a news conference that for the first time in Georgian history, the president will be elected by a 300-member electoral college convening in parliament.
The composition of the parliament is however not recognised by the European Union, due to election fraud and russian interference in the elections.
The European Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the 26 October parliamentary elections in Georgia, an EU candidate country, for being neither free nor fair, representing yet another manifestation of the continued democratic backsliding of the country “for which the ruling Georgian Dream party is fully responsible”.
MEPs denounce the numerous and serious electoral violations, including documented cases of intimidation of voters, vote manipulation, interference with election observers and media and reported manipulation involving electronic voting machines. The vote results announced by the country’s Central Election Commission “do not serve as a reliable representation of the will of the Georgian people”, they add.
Zourabichvili, who also rejected the results of the Oct. 26 parliamentary elections, urged the government to hold new elections.
The Archbishop of Paris wore the colors of the Ukrainian flag at the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral after restoration🇺🇦
The opening ceremony was initiated by French President Emmanuel Macron, who began with lines from the Psalms, “The light of mercy has shone.”
Among the invited guests were Trump, Zelensky, Elon Musk, and about 50 world leaders.
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💥Oil depot or oil refinery in russia. Reported as the city of Oryol.
The sound of drones could be heard before the explosion according to local residents.
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 72 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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