tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post419793240300236481..comments2024-03-17T15:09:03.222-04:00Comments on Femme au foyer: Solidarity with UkraineLienehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479489443374383602noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-8651486300180590122014-03-18T08:40:28.228-04:002014-03-18T08:40:28.228-04:00The whole world absolutely needs to sit up and tak...The whole world absolutely needs to sit up and take notice! This is a terrifying and nerve wracking time and my heart goes out to the people of the Ukraine and to all of the former Soviet block because I cannot imagine how fearful they must be right now. Sara Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058056977783867772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-1951919775149799802014-03-09T20:49:41.450-04:002014-03-09T20:49:41.450-04:00Its funny how apparently quite a huge number of cr...Its funny how apparently quite a huge number of crimeans want to be a part of russia. there are anti war protests all over russia now and people are just packed in police cars and charged with huge fines. a 60 year old granny gets fined for holding up a peace sign. seriously. how could crimeans want such a tyrannic leader to rule them?<br />as aggressive and stupid as putin and his army are, they do have quite some support in crimea. and that is not because of the supposedly big russian population. there are russians all over ukraine and they stood up for their rights on the maidan just like everybody else. i feel like crimea has a very specific situation. it has been neglected by the ukrainian goverment for quite a long time. people there are probably thinking they will be better off under the russian rule. it sucks and putin simply cannot be stopped. he couldnt care less about russian or ukrainian people. we may be isolated as a country completely because of his actions, he just enjoys playing with people like with chess figures. if he carries on like this, russians are going to give him a maidan of his own. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-27617547810072430882014-03-08T10:15:47.069-05:002014-03-08T10:15:47.069-05:00Excellent post, Liene. Last night I spoke to a Lat...Excellent post, Liene. Last night I spoke to a Latvian friend who'd spent 4 hrs out in the cold at Thursday's demonstration in DC's Lafayette Park across from the White House (which is where Latvians/Balts often demonstrated back in the day). We both spoke of our fears of how this may end, and what the future might hold. Unfortunately, given current circumstance, it can be difficult to imagine a positive outcome to this situation.Dziesmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00563380904245865832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-60216522362061439522014-03-06T22:21:23.666-05:002014-03-06T22:21:23.666-05:00I have been following this situation as close as I...I have been following this situation as close as I have been able since it developed. Sadly information has been hard to come by at times. I was scrounging every bit of information I could. Sadly when I went to work on Monday and started to talk to my coworkers they knew nothing about the situation. I couldn't believe they hadn't heard and mostly seemed disinterested. So I have been tweeting new stories in hope of getting some people informed about the situation. wonky73https://www.blogger.com/profile/02223153381672463734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-16378412042685748192014-03-06T17:12:36.129-05:002014-03-06T17:12:36.129-05:00Good to have several actionable items listed in th...Good to have several actionable items listed in this post. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-85545733386309239762014-03-06T05:25:15.915-05:002014-03-06T05:25:15.915-05:00Such a great post. We've been watching the si...Such a great post. We've been watching the situation cautiously.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13311088408907148236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-11182117848412280122014-03-06T04:42:44.736-05:002014-03-06T04:42:44.736-05:00Great post, and thank you for writing it, Liene. T...Great post, and thank you for writing it, Liene. This IS a really big deal, globally. I'll share it on FB today.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00747747919718890319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-60985236893852100322014-03-05T15:49:36.353-05:002014-03-05T15:49:36.353-05:00It is all so serious and frightening me, but I rea...It is all so serious and frightening me, but I really hope for the best in Ukraine and Baltic countries. It all doesn't look good at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-30750606083457763492014-03-05T10:35:33.360-05:002014-03-05T10:35:33.360-05:00Great post Liene!Great post Liene!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com