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
🇬🇪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.
A shortage of saline solution has formed in Russia. The reason given is that "it is unprofitable for manufacturers to ship the product at the set price"
Several entrepreneurs told russian media about the shortage of sodium chloride solution.
According to them, the production of saline solution at factories is not growing due to low profitability. It is mainly produced by government orders, since it is considered a vital medicine and its price is regulated. Due to the rise in the cost of raw materials, production is becoming unprofitable.
Currently, all batches are going to the needs of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Defense. Because of this, commercial deliveries are temporarily at a standstill - most pharmacies have not received any since about the end of November - beginning of December. The leftovers are sold at a higher price than usual: the usual 400-milliliter bottle costs 60 rubles instead of 25-30 rubles, as before.
In most cases, pharmacists offer an alternative - a set of ten ampoules of five milliliters for 150 rubles. Customers are expecting the quota to be raised in January-February - then supplies will improve, but the price will increase again.
- They keep wasting their saline solution on wounded orcs, but they still die.
The Georgian Nightmare will soon elect a new president - what happens next?
The ruling party plans to hold the elections this Saturday, December 14. Most likely, it will do it alone - the opposition does not recognize the legitimacy of the parliamentary elections and, accordingly, half of the Electoral College.
Shamlection day. The members of the Collegium will gather in the morning and must elect a new head of state that same day, in no more than two rounds of voting. At the moment, the only candidate is MP Mikheil Kavelashvili. Paper Kartuli has reported in more detail on the election procedure.
Inauguration. Scheduled for December 29. According to Article 51 of the Constitution, this is when the elected candidate will officially replace Zurabishvili. It is not yet known where the inauguration will take place. The current president took the oath in Telavi, and before that the ceremony took place in Tbilisi.
Zurabishvili's plans. In her address on November 30, she said that without a legitimately elected parliament, there can be no new president. "I remain as your president," she said. The regime on turn says that on the 29th, she will have to leave her residence on Atoneli. The president has not yet revealed her plans for the day of the new head of state's inauguration.
Immunity and state security. According to the constitution, the president enjoys immunity, but only while in office. The only thing former presidents are entitled to is state security for a year, but it will most likely be taken away from Zurabishvili. The regime have already initiated a change of law according to which an official found to have violated the law will not be entitled to security after resignation.
Conveniently the Constitutional Court found Zurabishvili guilty of violating the Constitution during the first and unsuccessful attempt to impeach her last fall because she “exercised representative powers in the sphere of foreign relations without the consent of the Georgian government.”
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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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Doesn't make him stink any less.
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/assolini-strikes-again/59169/
When your actual real IQ is 76, you think it's quite a distinction.
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/not-the-distinction-he-thinks-it-is/59163/
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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