I know I didn't say anything about the recent events in Georgia. So many did and I felt it unnecessary to chime in as well. However, I hope you are all keeping one eye on the Ukraine. This post from the Gates of Vienna blog tells why:
"The passports are issued by the Russian consulate in Sevastopol in the Crimea, in Ukraine. The country has around fifty million inhabitants of which ten million are ethnic Russians."
You get that? Russia is giving passports to ethnically Russian Ukrainian citizens. They did the same thing in Georgia. Keep watching people; a storm's a-brewing.
By the way, if you're interested in world news, especially the doings of Muslim extremists around the world, you really must read the Gates of Vienna blog. The blog's heading statement says it all:
"At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old war."
Lovers of history will want to read more on the 1683 Seige and subsequent Battle of Vienna. Food lovers will be interested in the culinary legends surrounding the 1683 battle. Supposedly, Europe was blessed not only with victory, but also croissants, coffee, and bagels.