Your thoughts?

3/25/2006 11:55:17 AM

A blogger's first hand account of the demonstrations

Messed up stuff going on...

3/25/2006 12:04:16 PM

thank you for the link, its a decent resource



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3/25/2006 12:08:49 PM

Hey, this looks like a fine opportunity to spread democracy (with really cool guns).

3/25/2006 12:40:44 PM

Just got back from Belarus late thursday night. I was at the demonstrations on October Square on Monday. Much smaller than what I saw in Ukraine but at the same time much more tense with riot police, paramilitary police, and KGB crawling all over the place.

3/25/2006 2:22:40 PM

SkiSalomon is seriously the ONLY tww poster i am jealous of

3/25/2006 3:37:35 PM

He got a PM from me a few minutes ago with the subject, "I want your job." It's something I'm seriously considering after graduation.

3/25/2006 5:37:50 PM

those riot police looked scary on tv...looks like a bad situation. i don't really know enough about it to comment...but it sounds like the west needs to step up the diplomatic pressure.

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"SkiSalomon is seriously the ONLY tww poster i am jealous of"

yeah man, every time someone mentions anything in europe he's like "i was just there the other day"

3/25/2006 6:07:15 PM

the OCTOBER square.. coincidence?

3/25/2006 7:59:12 PM

This is the first i've heard of it (this thread, I still don't know what's going on).

What does SkiSalmon do btw?

3/25/2006 8:11:36 PM

He does a lot of elections observations.

3/26/2006 12:32:27 AM

What is there to do in Belarus?

3/26/2006 1:21:18 AM

^^^^^ The riot police and special forces were no joke. those dudes were just itching to bust some skulls. it was pretty wild watching the KGB milling through the crowd with video cameras getting everyone's face on tape.

^^^ I go overseas and represent the US on election observation missions through the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

^ Not a whole lot. It is cold and flat. But it is very soviet still and many of the russians that i worked with commented that it was still like living in the soviet union circa 1986. Nostalgia and hot chicks are pretty much whats going for it i guess.

And Wood, I have nothing that anyone should be jealous of. With regard to overseas work, ive just been lucky to be in the right place at the right time

3/26/2006 5:03:34 PM

Belarus is stuck under control of an old Soviet boss

The Orange Revolution is over in Ukraine and ties w/ Russia will strengthen

Anyone thinking it might be time for them to get The Band back together? (no, im not talking about Robbie Robertson)

3/26/2006 8:01:19 PM