2 thoughts on “TBLPOD24sept2015”

1. The MEME this week is a video on facebook posted by the Rugby World Cup, of the ref “laying the law” in the Georgia-Tonga match. Link: http://on.fb.me/1OxiNxr

   Journalist Mitchell Prothero recounts how he met ISIS leader Omar al-Shishani — seven years ago, when covering the August 2008 war, and al-Shishani was in the Georgian army. Link: http://bit.ly/1KenExm

   PBS talks about how Russia might encounter old foe al-Shishani in Syria. Link: http://to.pbs.org/1LkFZx7

   Jeremy Bender for Business Insider talks with people in the Georgian military about ISIS leader al-Shishani, who say he was a “star pupil” trained by US forces. Link: http://yhoo.it/1WlU9kT

   Defense Minister Khidasheli on BBC’s Hard Talk advocating for Georgia’s NATO integration. Link: http://bbc.in/1Mt4TsS

   In Open Democracy, Regis Gente argues that Ugulava’s re-arrest is a grave mistake for Georgia’s judicial system. Link: http://bit.ly/1izpnpF

   The Guardian’s film critic Peter Bradshaw says that the film you should watch this week is Urushadze’s Tangerines. Link: http://bit.ly/1NXzq5l

   Paul Salopek on his Out of Eden walk gazes over a bird sanctuary in Javakheti. Link: http://bit.ly/1MqxlM0

   Culture Trip has a list of the 10 oldest languages that are still being spoken. Georgian’s there! Link: http://bit.ly/1MdkQUb

   Also from Culture Trip: Gudauri is listed as one of the top ski resorts that you never knew even existed. Link: http://bit.ly/1FjDES3

   The trailer for the new film on Svani life, called Dede. Link: http://bit.ly/1LAWXaB

   Three players from the Lelos made it into the 2015 Rugby World Cup’s ‘Team of the Week.’ Link: http://bit.ly/1iKvlEP

   This week the CRRC explains their own online data analysis. Link: http://bit.ly/1VdUio2

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2. I think you should do all of these a little bit tipsy

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