AP — Georgia opens military exercises with U.S., other NATO members

Another peace in building a cordon sanitaire from the Baltic to the Black Sea and on Russia's southern and southeastern flank.

Military Times
Georgia opens military exercises with U.S., other NATO members
The Associated Press
ht Ryan in the comments

RT — Anti-government activists protest in Georgian capital, demand regime change

Here we go again.

RT
Anti-government activists protest in Georgian capital, demand regime change

As predicted

New Eastern Outlook
NATO and the Upcoming Coup in Georgia
Henry Kamens

Henry Kamens — Georgian Government Upset with Poroshenko’s “Presidential Advisor” and his Minions

Mikheil Saakashvili, of all people, has become a “presidential advisor” to Ukraine’s new incumbent, Petro Poroshenko. The Georgian government is understandably rather upset that Ukraine, a country it sees as a friend, has appointed him to such a key post. This is not because they disagree with his politics, but because Sakkashvili is wanted on a multitude of criminal charges. 

Georgia’s ex-PM Bidzina Ivanishvili, the man parachuted in to cleanse the country of Saakashvili and his gang, has recently described Poroshenko’s decision to appoint a wanted criminal as an advisor as “regrettable.” He might have added that there are also many other former Georgian government members “advising” Poroshenko. So many in fact that a disturbing pattern is emerging, reminiscent to that of the ex-Nazis who mysteriously appeared as advisors to US-aligned South American dictatorships after World War Two. 

Amongst the wanted criminals in Ukraine is Zurab Adeishvili, the former Justice Minister, who has no official post in the Ukrainian government but is advising it informally, according to others now working there. Former Georgian healthcare minister Alexander Kvitashvili, a man with a long record of promoting and profiting from institutional corruption, now has the same job in Ukraine, having been granted instant citizenship. 

Ex-deputy interior minister Eka Zguladze has also now transferred to the same job in Ukraine, despite having been elected by no one. Gia Getsadze, who was a member of Saakashvili’s administration till mid-2005, is now Ukraine’s Deputy Justice Minister, and three other former Georgian government members work in that ministry. Some members of these people’s families have documented CIA and NGO links, as reported in the international media, as in the case of Kvitashvili’s wife and her long-term CIA contacts.

Georgia is trying to get many of these people, Saakashvili included, extradited to face the courts, but Ukraine is refusing to play ball, regardless of the nature of the charges against them. It is beyond coincidence that these criminals are suddenly appearing in, and being protected by, the latest US project, just as they were in Georgia for so long, until they were routed by the electors and escaped the country.…

New Eastern Outlook
Georgian Government Upset with Poroshenko’s “Presidential Advisor” and his Minions

Henry Kamens

First appeared:http://journal-neo.org/2015/02/20/georgian-government-upset-with-poroshenko-s-presidential-advisor-and-his-minions/

Sputnik — Georgia's Saakashvili: A US-Armed Ukraine Could 'Capture All of Russia'

More stupid.

Sputnik
Georgia's Saakashvili: A US-Armed Ukraine Could 'Capture All of Russia'

Josh Israel — Georgia Senator Complains That Voting Is Too Convenient For Black People

Millar wrote:

Now we are to have Sunday voting at South DeKalb Mall just prior to the election. Per Jim Galloway of the AJC, this location is dominated by African American shoppers and it is near several large African American mega churches such as New Birth Missionary Baptist. Galloway also points out the Democratic Party thinks this is a wonderful idea – what a surprise. I’m sure Michelle Nunn and Jason Carter are delighted with this blatantly partisan move in DeKalb.Is it possible church buses will be used to transport people directly to the mall since the poll will open when the mall opens? If this happens, so much for the accepted principle of separation of church and state.

Many predominantly Black churches around the country organize “Souls to the Polls” events that encourage churchgoers to vote after attending Sunday church services. This often relies on carpooling and is perfectly legal, according to the Freedom From Religion Foundation (which advocates for a strict separation of church and state). While Republicans in places like North Carolina and Ohio have pushed to eliminate Sunday voting hours, it is unusual for a legislator to so candidly admit that this strategy is about reducing African American turnout.

ThinkProgress
Georgia Senator Complains That Voting Is Too Convenient For Black People
Josh Israel