Byzantine Blog

Off topic, sorry, but such an excellent article I thought you might like it.
http://www.rense.com/general83/george.htm
Georgia and Serbia.

Cavicu, care!

A very interesting article, Elizabeth, with a number of astounding revelations, thank you for passing it on!

One or two omissions, though: Yugoslavia was never part of the Soviet Union, nor was there ever any 'invasion' or occupation of the Balkans by the Russians. In fact, Yugoslavia was not even a part of the Warsaw Pact or the Eastern bloc of states, even though it had a communist dictator Tito at the helm. Tito prided himself with keeping Yugoslavia non-aligned (to either Western or Eastern bloc).

Serbs are indeed Slavs, like Russians, Slovaks, Czechs, Poles, Slovenians, etc. but they inhabited the region before the 6th century through migrations and were the first in the Balkans to adopt Christianity as a national religion (through voluntary collective baptisms). This was simply the Christian Church back then, but after the 1054 Great Schism and Vatican's installment of the papal primacy over all the other Local Church Bishops, the Serbs stayed faithful to the authentic Christian teachings and traditions and remained in the Church, commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is most probably largely due to the common faith that Serbs, unlike most other Slavs, have always regarded Russians as the older and (much) bigger brother, and never had any animosities or enmities with Russians throughout the history. And Russians always treated us as the loving and protective big brother, even when the cost of standing up for the Serbs was painfully high. We can never forget that.

After all that history, the ties that bind us go beyond the common race, linguistic, and superficial similarities; it is a brotherhood tested, tried and sealed in blood.

About Milorad Cavic, I already vented in every way I wanted to. I love, I really love the website 001ofasecond.com but has it been put up by Serbs from Europe or elsewhere? It's simple but beautiful and only Serbs can be that good at making websites, in my opinion. Just a little thought about a possible Racak-like setup for Russia: sadly, everything is possible. I'm so angry: I haven't taken a vacation this summer at all, Mr. Cavic got robbed again for the second time in 3 months of his gold medal and the 2 countries I would like to visit again (Serbia and Republika Srpska on one hand, the other is Russia) are made unstable by Western criminal activity (whether it's Belgrade police killing SRS supporters for no reason or Russia being threatened by the West...and Aeroflot should enhance security measures too)

I have to admit that I was pulling for Phelps, so I may be biased here.

The pictures posted on the 100th of Second website are compelling, but I am wondering if maybe this provides a better view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCmQd-FLbvw&feature=related

Cavic aside, what really is disturbing is our waterpolo team. I'm reading that Serbia lost to USA 10:5. The same thing happened July 13 when Serbia lost to Montenegro in European finals. Could it be that some deal was struck between the two teams? After all, what better way to publicize a newly formed country than by winning a gold medal at a sports championship. And what of the Olympics? Was some promise of European integration discussed among the politicians if Serbia let America slide into the finals? And why not? The players have nothing to lose. In fact, they probably have million dollar contracts. It's their fans supporting them that lose. What's more, the team captain, Aleksandar Sapic, is a staunch supporter and member of Tadic's pro-western Democratic Party.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edAYToPvaDg&feature=related
http://www.ds.org.yu/sr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1047&Itemid=325&lang=lat

Something gives me the feeling these matches are fixed with complicity of the players who get paid off and it wouldn't surprise me the least if it is true, because as I said, these men are filthy rich and money means more to them than glory, unlike with our diaspora (ie Cavic). While we, the fans, go home disappointed trying to figure out where our team went wrong, our players are cashing in their cheques and having a ball.

No Serbstvo i do not think that is the problem. It is only that American athletes are using illegal substances at these Olympics. You all know that Americans pass they own doping controls.That is the reason why they beat us in volleyball match in the 5th set( doping gives you endurance) . That is the reason why they beat Russians in the 5th set.