And now we’ll see who’s funding all the NGOs in Georgia.

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    What amazes me about this whole affair is the level of support the public seem to have for something that’s obviously not in their interests. Honestly I think the US have some kind of mass hypnosis device. Who can look at what happened to the Ukraine and think, “Yes, that’s what I want! To be used for the geopolitical manoeuvring of the USA!”. Are they stupid?

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        Thanks. I was aware of the extent of the penetration of the foreign influence, the numbers of NGOs etc. What surprises me still is that people can’t see beyond their immediate, temporary small financial gain to what is obviously threatening to become Ukraine 2.0.

        But even as I type that and say it out loud I just have to look around my own vicinity and see how the war propaganda has done a number on people’s brains and completely fucked them up. But surely there’s an awakening happening now? Plus, these people are right next door. I despair of people a lot lately.

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            Well not a genocide so far anyway. All the normies in my life are staying silent on it and refusing to engage. I think it’s some kind of defense mechanism, they’re burying their heads in the sand and hoping things will go back to normal. I think facing up to the reality of Gaza and the propandised reporting of it also means facing up to other uncomfortable truths, such as Ukraine.

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              Indeed, in the end it’s all connected, and once you start to pull on that thread then you come to some unpalatable realizations.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A Georgian parliament committee on Monday rejected the president’s veto of the “foreign agents” legislation that has sparked massive protests for weeks.

    The move by the parliament’s judiciary committee sets up the possibility of a vote of the full legislature on Tuesday to override President Salome Zourabichvili’s veto of the measure, which she and other critics say will restrict media freedom and obstruct Georgia’s chances of joining the European Union.

    The ruling Georgian Dream party has insisted that the bill is needed to stem what it deems to be harmful foreign actors trying to destabilize the South Caucasus nation of 3.7 million people.

    “It’s absolutely important for Georgia,” Maka Bochorishvili, a ruling party member who heads the parliamentary EU integration committee, told The Associated Press.

    U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday announced that travel sanctions would be imposed on Georgian officials “who are responsible for or complicit in undermining democracy in Georgia.”

    He added that “it remains our hope that Georgia’s leaders will reconsider the draft law and take steps to move forward with their nation’s democratic and Euro-Atlantic aspirations.”


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