The Swedish government has launched an initiative which it claims will spread values of democracy and creativity throughout the world – via the medium of video games.

Under the banner of Democreativity (a word-merge, apparently), a taskforce invited suggestions from around the world on the topic of “the most unlikely game ever made”.

It seems the government wants to get away from the country’s video-gaming staples of male-dominated violence and competition – Sweden’s most successful export so far in the industry has been the Battlefield franchise.

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And according to Democreativity, gamers no longer want traditional male characters or female characters – they would prefer to play as an “indefinable”, non-gender entity like an emoticon or a cursor.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/sweden-launches-campaign-to-spread-peace-love-and-democracy--through-videogames-9264452.html

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I shudder whenever someone says "promote democracy". It seems I am not the only one. On one of the Russian sites, re-printing the news, a reader posted the following comment:


I also see a further push for removal of gender roles and identity there.

Don't forget peaceful and slightly glowing place.

He also got compared to:

and
http://cheezburger.com/4025904384

This one is a bit scary.
A report by Right Sector guy from the "Eastern Front", blaming Turchinov in not conducting an operation, but on the contrary pushing for surrender among the officers.
Complains that the natonalists get pushed around the most, that the officers are complete idiots and have no battle experience, unlike their own guys. Officers don't know how to take strategic points. Complains that the weapons they got are old and in bad condition, completely unlike those they got from Chechens and Georgians in Caucasus. Generals stole all resources for their summer houses.
And finally that part of the officers are for the "Moscovites", but that they'll deal with them during battle (backstabbing?).

@Paya: My thoughts too. They in Kiev are trying to save face by pushing it further into the mud.

247crypto post:
Ukrainian Mass media report that between 3 and 40 APCs have broken out of encircling in Kramatorsk and are fleeing, pursued by protesters in cards and quad-bikes.

Really?!   APC being pursued by bikes?! and the spread of between 3 and 40? Another way of saying "we don't know how many if any at all"

Not really, but the ripples in the water will be made for some time by Kiev and the West. They can be discussed.

Turkey will allow Russia to build South Stream in its territory, should Russia come with such request:
http://lenta.ru/news/2014/04/16/south/
This is one of the question to be discussed during the negotiations in Ankara next week.

Whatever their motives are (and I am vehemently not a fan of their means, even though I am an atheist), an act of public disorderly conduct was usually punished by 15 days in prison, plus a fine. One of the girls has a baby child from whom she got separated for 2 years, and she also got tuberculosis in prison. Some of those "activists" actually managed to bribe, twist and slither they way out of the process all together.

Russia: Pussy Riot: 2 years of colony among murderers for mocking Putin and the church institution (they denied the latter) for a few second long "punk prayer" in central cathedral.

US: Missing shoe gives 2 years in prison.

Both cases: government is terrified of losing control.

You won't hear me complaining or making jokes about Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. So no, definitely not racist.

Nevertheless, we might want to come back to the topic.

Ok, I also heard that he got to drinking recently, having finally realised what kind of hell hole he dug himself into. I shall be magnanimous.

A bit of reporting on it from RT:

Dozens of Ukrainian troops surrender APCs, withdraw from Slavyansk
http://rt.com/news/ukraine-troops-withdraw-slavyansk-940/

Nice comment:

Anti-govt protesters seize Ukrainian APCs, army units 'switch sides' (VIDEO)
http://rt.com/news/ukrainian-tanks-kramatorsk-civilians-840/


And


I don't think it will really come down to fighting, unless US imports some goons. Russia is keeping out of it, while the citizens of Ukraine comprising the Army quickly discover that they really have nothing against the citizens of Ukraine comprising the protesters.

Hmm
EU spy chief rules out Russian military presence in Ukraine
http://rt.com/news/eu-no-russian-interference-ukraine-844/

Just like the most part of those gas subsidies.

Here's where some of the money went:

Timoshenko's mama's house:


Timoshenko's house:


Turchinov's friend's houses:



Turchinov's house:


Yatsenjuk's house:



Yanukovich's residence:



There are many more...

Please, don't insult apes, or the Librarian is going to rip your limbs off, one by one.

 

When I saw that pic, I felt that I got scarred for life.

Note, that no one includes it in their quotes

It just needs to reach a critical momentum, then the Army will go to over the people en mass.

I think Nuland mentioned that they spent that some over a prolonged period of time, preparing...

Well, yes. The US was expecting a NATO base and a goods dump site for EU in return.

Not that I heard of. There is that law prohibiting gay propaganda to children (and gay parades fall under that category, as there can be children present, observing the circus), the one that drew so much wrath in Europe.

NATO coordinated a plan of action in response to the crisis in Ukraine.
By that they mean: "More planes in the air, more ships at sea, more troops on the ground"
They will direct more ships to the Baltic Sea (check geography!)
http://www.interfax.ru/world/372020

Yugoslavia Mark II?