Condensed Life

My life in short, in case you were wondering: living-rent too much, job-doesnt pay enough, love life-in the shitter like always, family-dont really know, friends-wish i had some, random moments of Matt-I have a court date. there you have my life in 10 sec :-)

Georgia Reporter Shot

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1045030/Video-Georgian-TV-reporter-shot-Russian-sniper-live-broadcast-carries-report-bleeding-arm.html

If you havent been following the news, Russia invaded Georgia at the beggining of the Olympics.

This is the dramatic moment a TV reporter was shot by a sniper as she reported live from war-torn Georgia.

Tamara Urushadze took a bullet to her left arm in the flashpoint town of Gori as Russian forces continued their illegal occupation.

Bravely, or foolishly, the 32-year-old brunette continued her report after a few moments as other journalists and aid workers dashed for cover.

Siege-town Gori has become a deadly 'sniper's alley' with citizens at the mercy of rampaging militiamen - believed to be from the breakaway republic South Ossetia - looting and firing guns, some drunkenly.

The Kremlin stands accused of turning a blind eye to renegades bent on 'ethnic cleansing' in revenge for Georgia's ill-conceived invasion of South Ossetia last Friday.

But in turn Moscow blames the Georgians for abandoning their own people.


The slippery slope of international politics: I was waiting for somebody to make an obvious comparison of US invasions and Russia’s invasion. The Blog-a-sphere is a buzz with an alleged censorship of the US news during a press conference.

“The Truth about Georgia gets censored again on TV. A reporter makes a comparison to the US reaction to 911 to Russia's reaction to Georgian attacks and the satellite feed drops off in the middle of his question. TV is censored every day and every hour but sometimes the censorship is plain to see.”



Here is an interesting blog written in english covering issues from the Russian perspective: http://street-streetmachine.blogspot.com/