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picking your brain
I made a wee zine out of my Georgia/Ossetia entries. Now I want people to read it. I am sending sample copies to "Learning to Leave a Paper Trail" and "Microcosm." Do any of y'all know other zine stores or zine distros who might carry it? I'm not trying to make money, I just want to spread my memes. -
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PART FIVE: SOME FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
(also see: part one, part two, part three, and part four.)
"Why is Russia defending Abkhazia and South Ossetia? I thought Caucasian breakaway republics were a problem for them too."*
"Well, I'd say their motives are more anti-Georgian than pro-Ossetian."**
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DOWN WITH INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS!
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The president of the breakaway region at the heart of the Georgia-Russia conflict said on Monday he would not accept international observers in his region again ( Read more... ) -
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PART FOUR: THE WOULD-BE CASPIAN OIL BONANZA.
earlier pieces: part one, part two, and part three
In the 1990s people thought that the Caspian sea -- located deep inside Eurasia and bordered by Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhastan, and Turkmenistan -- might contain a LOT of oil. Like, a 'free the West from OPEC dependence,' bonanza-boom-party ( Read more... ) -
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PART THREE -- THE BEAR'S BLUE FLAME (part one is here and part two is here)
So, why are Russia and the United States so het up over little Georgia (and littler South Ossetia)? It isn't just altruism. You may find this shocking, but there are oil and gas interests involved!
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SASQUATCH
Meanwhile, in the OTHER Georgia, two dudes say they found Bigfoot and the New York Times reports that they're gonna have a conference tomorrow in Palo Alto to disseminate the DNA evidence???
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PART TWO -- THE SADNESS OF BEING AN INFINITESIMALLY SMALL BREAKAWAY REPUBLIC
As mentioned in part one, the topography of the Caucasus mountains naturally breeds microcultures, one of which is OSSETIAN! The Ossetians are an Iranic mountain people* who are predominantly Orthodox Christians. They like dancing, cheese pies, and -- like the Georgians ( Read more... ) -
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When you say you're in love -- you, personally -- what do you mean?
