Voices from Russia

Saturday, 14 September 2013

14 September 2013. Correction on Storheim Case from the Cabinet… THANKS!

00 OOPS! Computer. 14.09.13

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I got the following from a faithful Cabineteer:

The prosecution already presented its case. The two men, their mother, and Fr Steven Kostoff (OCA) all testified. Storheim presented his case Thursday and Friday, his own testimony and another witness who’s essentially a character witness (unless additional testimony was presented Friday that has not yet made it into the media). The trial will continue until 31 October, when both sides will present their closing arguments.

Guess what… I had a brain fart and forgot that the Crown presented its case. However, all the links in the post yesterday were legit, and my comments still stand, as they’re not dependent on my mistake. Yet, I still fucked up and I apologise to youse guys… I do my best to present not only a well-crafted product, damn it, I want it accurate, too. It’s one of the reasons I appreciate my Cabinet… a single individual can’t do it alone… no way, no how. Be good… this thing has dragged on long enough, hasn’t it? Storheim didn’t take a plea to spare the Church… one wonders what else there is in the woodwork (for if it were isolated, Lyonyo or Bobby would’ve made him walk the plank in an instant)…

BMD

14 September 2013. Some Links on the Storheim Trial in Winnipeg

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Firstly, here are some links on the Storheim trial:

http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/orthodox-archbishop-denies-sex-assault-accusations-at-trial-1.1451677

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2013/09/12/mb-storheim-priest-sex-assault-trial-stand-winnipeg.html

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Storheim-testifies-in-sexual-assault-trial-223496311.html

http://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/orthodox-archbishop-testifies-against-sexual-assault-charges-in-winnipeg-court-1.1452402

http://www.leaderpost.com/news/Orthodox+archbishop+testifies+defence+Winnipeg+assault+trial/8903814/story.html

http://globalnews.ca/news/839077/friend-backs-archbishop-at-sex-assault-trial/

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/09/13/seraphim-storheim-sexual-assault-trial/

Secondly, this is all the defence presentation… the Crown hasn’t presented its case yet. Don’t forget, the Crown offered Storheim a plea TWICE… that means that they had beaucoup witnesses and strong evidence. Am I catty in saying that oca.org is silent on this? I can see Tosi now… “The trial doesn’t really exist! We say so! Send us your money now!” Do remember what he said when there was the trouble with Piggy Iggy Burdikoff and the missing money… “The records simply don’t exist”. That’s Syosset’s mantra… “It doesn’t exist… it doesn’t matter… send us your money, you bastards, we gotta pay the freight to move in the right social circles”. I somehow think that they’re not going to get away with it this time. Syosset’s luck just ran out, I think…

Oh, one last thing… withhold your assessments until the trial’s over… that’ll put a fire under their arse, won’t it?

BMD 

Sunday, 2 December 2012

2 December 2012. A Smile from the Russian Web. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum…

00 Banfff National Park. AB Canada. 02.12.12

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Those of us “of a certain age” remember the great comedian Zero Mostel. His greatest roles, arguably, were as Tevye the shtetl milkman in Fiddler on the Roof, and as Pseudolus the slave in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, a rollicking satire on modern mores set in Ancient Rome. Mostel was blacklisted in the fifties… wingnuts want to bring that ugly practise back. Mostel refused to suck up to the HUAC by giving them names; he refused to answer any question that might incriminate him (a direct refusal to name names would’ve allowed the HUAC to find him in contempt). That took balls and guts… and he paid the price. This “funny” is my tribute to a courageous (and funny) man… Zero woulda liked it. Rest in peace…

BMD

 

Saturday, 5 March 2011

5 March 2011. Just How Cold IS It?

South Haven MI USA

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Finse (Hordaland) NORWAY

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Fichtelgebirge (Freistaat Bayern) GERMANY

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Hjelmeland (Rogaland) NORWAY

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Zugersee (between Lozärn and Zürich) (Canton of Zug/Canton of Schwyz/Canton of LozärnSWITZERLAND

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Alberta CANADA

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Helmcken Falls. Wells Gray Provincial Park BC CANADA… find the two people in the picture… they’re there.

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Somewhere in Siberia RF

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Lake Balaton. Fonyód (Somogy County) HUNGARY

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Yenisei River near Krasnoyarsk (Krasnoyarsk KraiSiberian Federal District) RF

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Salekhard (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Tyumen OblastUrals Federal District) RF

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Zell am See (Bundesland Salzburg) AUSTRIA

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Meteora (Trikala Subperiphery. Thessalia Periphery) GREECE

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Russian soldier in the snow, somewhere in the Rodina… on guard for peace… don’t mess with the best!

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Aurora Borealis. St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church. Kenai AK USA

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Aurora Borealis. Arkhangelsk (Arkhangelsk OblastNorthwestern Federal District) RF

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