Ukraine's European Revolution?

[alfred russel]

Holy shit! There's something not quite right with this guy

Found on the border of the Prez's estate. I guess to warn birds away from the garden.

That is hilarious. It is an avian Calvary. 

[alfred russel]

She's just in shock over Putin grabbing her tit.

You can tell she is wet in that picture.

[Ed Anger]

Somebody is stealing my sthick.

[DGuller]

I've read a few people suggesting Tymoshenko may end up as a compromise candidate. Putin likes her and apparently she's acceptable in most of the country.

The story I heard retold by my dad is that she overplayed her hand on her return speech, and shortly after was told by the protesters to fuck off.  I would take that with the grain of salt, though.

[Queequeg]

The woman is a kleptocrat and one of the great shining examples of the Iron Law of Oligarchy. 

[jimmy olsen]

The woman is a kleptocrat and one of the great shining examples of the Iron Law of Oligarchy.

Which is?

[Grinning_Colossus]

It was a theory proposed by a German socialist that states that democracy will always degenerate into oligarchy. The dude put his money where his mouth was and joined the Italian Fascist Party.

[Queequeg]

It was a theory proposed by a German socialist that states that democracy will always degenerate into oligarchy. The dude put his money where his mouth was and joined the Italian Fascist Party.

It's an extremely influential theory that is a close to perfect model of what happens to a great majority of attempts at democracy. And Michels was originally an Anarcho-Syndicalist.

[Capetan Mihali]

I was just reading about Robert(o) Michels... 

[Ed Anger]

I was just reading about Robert(o) Michels... 

He also founded the Michaels Arts and crafts chain.

[Capetan Mihali]

I was just reading about Robert(o) Michels... 

He also founded the Michaels Arts and crafts chain.

America's anarcho-syndicalist plastic flowers and macrame depot.

[Tamas]

Tens of thousands protested in Sevastopol with Russian flags. They have deposed the mayor and "elected" a new Russian one, and asked Putin to protect them.

[Syt]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/25/world/europe/kremlin-says-ukrainian-instability-threatens-russian-interests.html

Kremlin Says Ukrainian Instability Threatens Russian Interests

MOSCOW — Russia's prime minister, Dmitri A. Medvedev, questioned the legitimacy of the new government in Ukraine on Monday, signaling that the Kremlin could react strongly in response to the tumult there. He suggested that economic agreements could be renegotiated, and declared that instability in Ukraine was "a real threat to our interests and to our citizens' lives and health."

Russia's leadership has made its anger over the popular uprising in Ukraine clear from the beginning, but Mr. Medvedev's remarks were the most extensive Russian reaction since Ukraine's president, Viktor F. Yanukovych, fled Kiev on Saturday after signing an agreement brokered by the European Union to end a convulsion of violence last week.

"Strictly speaking, today there is no one to talk to there," Mr. Medvedev said in remarks reported by the Interfax news agency. "The legitimacy of a whole host of government bodies is raising huge doubts."

His remarks came a day after Russia recalled its ambassador to Ukraine for consultations and Moscow made clear that it was not yet prepared to recognize the new government that moved swiftly to establish its authority and on Monday issued a warrant for Mr. Yanukovych's arrest. "If people crossing Kiev in black masks and Kalishnikov rifles are considered a government," Mr. Medvedev said, "it will be difficult for us to work with such a government."

[Admiral Yi]

It's an extremely influential theory that is a close to perfect model of what happens to a great majority of attempts at democracy. And Michels was originally an Anarcho-Syndicalist.

When I see the phrase "influential theory" I run for the hills.  It's not a popularity contest.  Either the theory is right or it's not.

[jimmy olsen]

It's an extremely influential theory that is a close to perfect model of what happens to a great majority of attempts at democracy. And Michels was originally an Anarcho-Syndicalist.

When I see the phrase "influential theory" I run for the hills.  It's not a popularity contest.  Either the theory is right or it's not.

A theory can be influential even if it's wrong. For example, Marxist theory has proven highly influential.