How interesting it is to see noted Hamas apologist Hossam Abu Meri in the mix.  That is going to be yet another great talking point when it comes to Latvian-Israeli relations. Well, at least with a Muslim onboard, it will help with that pesky “Vienotība is stacked with Jews” meme.

And in Zemgale, the home of Kārlis Ulmanis, Vienotība is going to have Sorosīte Sarmīte Ēlerte driving the locomotive, along with card-carrying LSDSP member Atis Lejiņš. 

In spite of earlier denials, it appears that Ansis Dobelis will in fact “start” from Vienotība.  The Socialists are none too happy about that.  They assert that both men are Party Members, though Vienotība has “disguised” them under the SCP mantle.  Vienotība, the Socialists say, is knowingly attempting to deceive the public.

Dobelis will be on the Kurzeme list, alongside Ojārs Kalniņš.  Didn’t know Ojārs had such great ties or “name recognition” or political Q numbers there.  Hopefully, if elected, they will truly represent their district.  Like do something about that damned curve on the road betwixt Saldus and Liepāja.

In the latest data, the SC is in the lead with 31.8%, Vienotība is hemorrhaging supporters and is at 22.9%, the ZZS is getting along fine w/o Aivaronkuls at 18.2%, Visu Latvijai!/TB/LNNK is up to 8.2% and PLL at 8%.  The rest are below the 5% threshold—reņģu ēdēji.

/V a.k.a. Der Übersturmführer von der road betwixt Saldus and Liepāja

I like this group. Odisej’s cool and they have the javelin man.

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‘Par prezidentālu republiku’ sarakstā arī Marģers Martinsons, Kostanda, Rubins un Grīgs
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25. jūlijs 2010 11:03 Padalies

Padalies ar ziņu
Drukāt Ziņot redaktoram Komentāri (328) Pavasarī dibinātā partija “Par prezidentālu republiku” (PPR) piektdien Centrālajā vēlēšanu komisijā iesniegusi savu sarakstu 10. Saeimas vēlēšanām, un kandidāti vidū ir gan vairāki iepriekš aktīvi politiķi, gan odiozas vai skandālos iesaistītas personas.

Rīgas apgabalā saraksta līderis ir PRR “valdes dalībnieks” un Bērnu un jauniešu sporta skolas “Rīga” direktors Guntis Šēnhofs. Viņam seko cits PRR valdes loceklis Egils Bisenieks, kurš savulaik bija Joahima Zīgerista partijas “Tautas kustība Latvijai” (TKL) dibinātājs, Zīgerista kā Saeimas deputāta palīgs un Rīgas domnieks. Šai sarakstā ir arī citi bijušie TKL biedri, kas pabijuši arī Saeimā, piemēram, dermatovenerologs Andris Rubins un Odisejs Kostanda, kurš 6.Saeimā bija TKL frakcijas vadītājs. Rīgā no PPR kandidē arī šķēpmetējs Voldemārs Lūsis.

Vidzemē ar pirmo numuru startēs PPR valdes loceklis, ceļu būves uzņēmuma “Aiguta” ģenerāldirektors Aigars Taukulis. Viņam seko bijušais 5., 6. un 7. Saeimas deputāts Oskars Grīgs, kurš vēlāk notiesāts par nelikumīgu ieroča glabāšanu un iegādāšanos.

Ar trešo numuru sarakstā ir bijušais Banku augstskolas students-senators Jānis Nebars, kurš plašāk pazīstams ar to, ka deklarējis aptuveni 766 tūkstošus latu skaidrās naudas uzkrājumu. Vēlāk viņš skaidrojis, ka tādu uzkrājumu viņam nav un deklarācijā to ierakstījis, protestējot pret to, ka students skaitās amatpersona. Valsts ieņēmumu dienests (VID) pret viņu uzsāka kriminālprocesu par nepatiesu ziņu norādīšanu deklarācijā, ko vēlāk izbeidza prokuratūra, nosacīti atbrīvojot Nebaru no kriminālatbildības.

Šai apgabalā 16.numurs atvēlēts Pasaules latviešu nācijas glābšanas asociācija “Dižģimene” prezidentam, daudzbērnu tēvam un pašpasludinātam “kino-foto māksliniekam” Marģeram Martinsonam.

Latgalē ar pirmo numur kandidēs viens no 7.Saeimas LSDSP frakcijas trim Bojāriem – Leons Bojārs, kurš pēdējā laikā tiek saistīts ar “Starptautisko miera fondu” jeb mūnistu kustību.

Kurzemē PPR līderis ir partijas valdes loceklis un bijušais Latvijas Automobiļu federācijas prezidents Dainārs Dambergs, kam seko partijas ģenerālsekretārs Augusts Kūravs, kurš uzskatīts par patieso partijas izveidošanas iniciatoru. Kūravs savulaik bijis Tautas partijas ģenerālsekretārs, bet pērn kopā ar domubiedriem dibinājis biedrību “Politiskā laboratorija”, kurā vēlējās apmācīt cilvēkus par politiķiem.

Savukārt Zemgalē PPR saraksta augšā būs partijas priekšsēdis, “Politiskās laboratorijas” valdes loceklis un uzņēmējs Einars Grigors. Viņš savulaik bijis Jelgavas pilsētas domnieks, kā arī “Jelgavas maiznieka” un “Liepājas maiznieka” valdes priekšsēdētājs.

PPR atļauto 115 deputāta kandidātu vietā pieteikusi 93, kas pagaidām ir vismazākais skaits – PCTVL iesniedza sarakstu ar 97 kandidātiem, bet “Saskaņas centrs” – 115.

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Sveiki!

More current info about Vienotības 5 slates can be found at :

http://www.vienotiba.lv/aktuali/jaunumi/deputatu-kandidatu-saraksts-10-saeimas-velesanam/

(Ojārs Kalniņš will be on the Rīga slate, and Ansis Dobelis well over a month ago denied being associated with Vienotība and was not a candidate from this electoral coalition.)

E.

Hey peebee,

As I recall from a long time ago (which is a major accomplishment on my deteriorating brain’s part), you have always liked Odisejs Costanza.  Can you remind me why again?  I’m looking to the October elections with much dread.  There is no one I would vote for at this point.

ak

I’m curious as to what makes Hossam Abu Meri a “noted Hamas apologist” in Roberts’ squinty eyes—is anybody not supportive of the excessive use of force against civilians a “Hamas apologist”? Or is it his participation in the project to provide medical aid to children from Gaza injured in Israeli attacks, organized by the Latvian Foreign Ministry?

From an interview by Dita Arāja:

Es esmu Latvijas nacionālists. Ko tas nozīmē? Angliski ir vārds „nation”, un tagad mana nation, mana valsts ir Latvija. Man jābūt patriotam, tātad es esmu nacionālists savai valstij. Ja kāds nāk no ārpuses un grib mūs traucēt, grib mums uzbrukt, tad man ir jāiet un jāsargā, man jāaizstāv mana valsts Latvija. Tas ir nacionālists. Bet nacionālists nenozīmē, ka mēs sēžam mājās, durvis ciet, nevienu nelaižam iekšā, un ciemiņi nedrīkst nākt pie mums. Tā nav pareizi. Tas nav nacionālisms, tas ir radikālisms vai ekstrēmisms. Tāpat kā arābu pasaulē ir ekstrēmisti, kas paņem, piemēram, reliģisko jautājumu un izdomā, kādā veidā var tikt pie sava mērķa. Bet tādi cilvēki nav atbalstāmi nekur.

“Hipokrāta zvērests valstij”

Candidates for Latvia’s Parliament are “talking points” in Latvian-Israeli relations (which are actually excellent)? Should they pass a litmus test in Tel Aviv or New Jersey, Robert?

Vysu lobu,
/P

Do you truly require a literal answer to that?

I am asking you to substantiate the allegation you made, Robert.

/P

Ojars (Eriks) Kalnins is indeed on Vienotibas Riga list. Although I’ve never actively used my middle name, it’s on my passport and thus will appear as such on the list.

Always wondered what a “Sorosite” was. Now I know. It’s a mineral:

Formula:  Cu  
1+x
  (Sn,Sb), where 0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.2

System:  Hexagonal   Lustre:  Metallic
Hardness:  5 - 5½     
Name:  Named after George Soros (1930-), well-known American financier, in recognition of his important support to science.

Sarmite does tend to have a hexagonal lustre.

AK-47….......i don’t think i ever mentioned my reason for liking Odisej.
Actually, he was a friend on Grassis( of french Abrene). I was just a bystander.
He can party and we all did….......back in the ‘80’s.

Pete,

You vote for guys that party? It was you who elected Dubya?

Beyond Odysseus, what is it that attracts you to this nightmarish little party? A Moonie, Siegerist’s twisted coterie (Siegerist never, ever did learn Latvian, did he… and where is he now—taking his SS Museum elsewhere?), and a guy who sired an astronomical number of kids upon a Buryat? (I do like Martinsons a lot, as a person).

Have you read their program? A popularly elected President picks “apolitical” ministers, reflecting the народная воля? You can’t be serious. If you are, you should join Jaņdžs’s gigantic Populist Party of One.

Vysu lobu,
/P

did you eat all those bananas already. zed?...........................

Technically, I should have written that Hosams Abu Meri is a Hezbollah apologist.  He doesn’t have much to say about Hamas at all.  Which is kind of weird in and of itself.  He gets quite critical and livid about the goings-on in the Gaza—but for some strange reason Hamas never gets mentioned.  Perhaps Hosams Abu Meri is an oblivious idiot and has no idea what Hamas is or does.  If that is the case, then I profer an apology and offer my sympathy to the simpleton.

His tirade over Operation Cast Lead, for example, contains quite a bit of caterwauling about alleged excesses by the IDF in the Philistine city.

Sakarā ar Izraēlas armijas uzbrukumu Gazas joslai

Somehow he failed to mention that this was in response to the more than 3,500 attacks launched by the Gazans (presumably Hamas) at Israeli civilian population centers in the four years before Operation Cast Lead.

jau 10-to dienu pēc kārtas, kā rezultātā vairāk kā 530 civiliedzīvotāju, ieskaitot vismaz 87 bērnus, gāja bojā un vairāk kā 2500 ievainoto,

Perhaps he was completely unaware that according to United Nations personnel, more than 80 percent of those killed in Operation Cast Lead were Hamas militants.

Po Lil Pete, do you think it was right of the good Doctor to misidentify Hamas militants/terrorists as civilians?  Wait… don’t answer that.  Don’t want to get you all in a tizzy about that incident.  One can only conclude that Dr. Hosams Abu Meri is either carrying water/covering for Hamas or that he is an ignoramus.  I had concluded the former, but on further review it could very well be the latter.

/V a.k.a. Der squinty-eyed Übersturmführer von is anybody not supportive of the excessive use of force against civilians a “Hamas apologist”

p.s. re:

Peteris Cedrins - 25 July 2010 07:50 PM

Candidates for Latvia’s Parliament are “talking points” in Latvian-Israeli relations (which are actually excellent)?

Isn’t our beloved Vienotība and Dr. Hosams Abu Meri (Sabiedrība citai politikai) participating in the elections in order to change things?

I’m delighted to realize that your accusation hasn’t a leg to stand on, Bobčik!

But—

Somehow he failed to mention that this was in response to the more than 3,500 attacks launched by the Gazans (presumably Hamas) at Israeli civilian population centers in the four years before Operation Cast Lead.

Would you care to tell us how many Israeli civilians died in those attacks (not a few of which, Mr. Wilno, were launched against ethnically cleansed Palestinian population centers)?

And on the other side?

And the UN report said what?

And the Doctor?

/P

Peteris Cedrins - 26 July 2010 04:33 PM

Somehow he failed to mention that this was in response to the more than 3,500 attacks launched by the Gazans (presumably Hamas) at Israeli civilian population centers in the four years before Operation Cast Lead.

Would you care to tell us how many Israeli civilians died in those attacks (not a few of which, Mr. Wilno, were launched against ethnically cleansed Palestinian population centers)?

Don’t you have any Israeli friends that you can direct your Israel questions to?  I think there is a Soviet-born Israeli-American who infrequently posts here. 

It is indeed curious that you, who dwell in a city that was ethnically cleansed of its Semites and reference a voivodship that was effectively cleansed of its Semites, have the gall to suggest that Semites living in a land where Semites have always lived ethnically cleansed anything.  Got something against Semites, Po lil Pete?

And on the other side?

On the other side of what?  Please, try to regain your lucidity.

And the UN report said what?

It said that 80% of the casualties were Hamas militants.

And the Doctor?

The Doctor said: “In view of Hamas’s practice of deliberately placing missile launchers and other weapons in the midst of densely populated areas, the precision is remarkable. It also reflects the fact that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) seek to minimize civilian deaths, while Hamas deliberately targets civilians.”

Or did you mean the Physician at Gaza’s Shifa Hospital who told the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera that: “The number of deceased stands at no more than 500 to 600. Most of them are youths between the ages of 17 to 23 who were recruited to the ranks of Hamas, who sent them to the slaughter.”  A Tal al-Hawa resident told the newspaper’s reporter: “Armed Hamas men sought out a good position for provoking the Israelis. There were mostly teenagers, aged 16 or 17, and armed. They couldn’t do a thing against a tank or a jet. They knew they are much weaker, but they fired at our houses so that they could blame Israel for war crimes.”

So, what are the chances of finding any statement by Dr. Hosams Abu Meri where he specifically condemns Hamas or Hezbollah for their use of violence against civilians?  I challenge you, Pēter, to locate any evidence of that.

Surely someone in the upper echelons of Vienotība vetted this guy, right?

/V a.k.a. Der Übersturmführer von Wilno

I see, Bobčik. So now that your earlier accusation has been shown to be false, you are going to accuse the Doctor of your failure to find what he may or may not have said? Good technique. Which wing-nut did you get that from?

He is a respected figure in Latvia, and he was granted citizenship by Parliament for his especial contributions to the Republic.

Of Sderot, the town that suffered the most from the rather ineffective rocket attacks:

The city is located just south of the ruins of the Palestinian village of Najd. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, the village was occupied by Israeli troops, and the inhabitants were expelled and fled to what is now the Gaza Strip. [1]

I call that ethnic cleansing. The Holocaust in Daugavpils is not relevant; as far as I know, not a single Palestinian was involved.

As to the UN report, it called Israel’s attack on Gaza “a deliberately disproportionate attack designed to punish, humiliate and terrorise a civilian population.”

Vysu lobu,
/P