TBLPOD5june2014

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Merkel MAP veto, Kremlin retires Ankvab, Obama billion for neighborhood Nato, opposition pressure, pictures on voter lists, Gardebani donnybrook, Gharibashvili says bad stuff in Guria, Swiss pres and Margvel re OSCE, Dariali & Roki work, more Sakdrisi drama, PM get goons for life, Misha spent more than Margvel, Police Day, job site fail, Beka is not a criminal re weed legalization, Evangelical’s prevented from meeting, Russians juice law, cigs and hooch up, schools back, prisoner release, Anaklia techno disagreement, food center Akhaltsikhe, gov listening to calls still, Misha on Poroshenko, TI on Co-investment fund, Glucksman, higher ed numbers, language exchange

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TBLPOD29may2014

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Ankvab booted, Chiaberishvili beaten, Gharibashvili signs, Kremlin consequences, Misha with Petro, Gigi back, Kez innocent not so bro, 87 mayors, kids on tanks, FOI drop, independent investigation entity, GoG salaries up, fruit safe to Russia, Kars rail moves, plane bodies return, Geo expat site, schools still closed, Telavi airport, FixMyStreet in Kutaisi Zugdidi, and Batumi, domestic violence deaths, Sochi Georgian concert, Svaneti UNESCO, constitutional commission update, mountain draft, easier docs for Geo expats, old photos, Portuguese book, who owns Tbl water, Siko on education, Blauvelt on Bolsheviks on Migrelians, cross shaped container building for priests

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TBLPOD22may2014

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Conchita, Dariali landslide, LGBT homophobes, elections, who signs EU deal, bonus cap plan, Italy Abkhaz twin revoked, GoG ticked at Maestro Sanaia show, GYLA election numbers, meningitis closes schools, bomb scares, new Coms Comish and Public Broadcaster leaders, Abkhaz FB & Tweets, 20% add limits, factory subsidy, Ukraine trade drop, Korean dam plan, Ajara flights, kids help tourists, black box key holder, defense numbers, Kviris Azrebi: don’t be a jerk, homophobes pummel each other, digital switchover, Tserovani, Lelo, UK singing

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TBLPOD15may2014

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Bad gas, Van Rompuy, more R2 spy stuff, no tanks, cops seek gay waiters, another Kez charge, Girwood, NDI: folks like Ilia, Dreams candidates, Turks & Abkhaz, UNM event, UNM gets 5 back, UNM prisoner video video, Hollande visits signs stuff, French biz cash, Stalin briefly back in Gori, LGBT premier canceled, author shot, family values, new WB strategy, EY entrepreneur race, TBC to IPO in UK, Victory Day, Georgia Eurovision jury cheats, data laws, tolerance, Mestia airport, OGP, Nodia, Mutso, internet #s, fashion, purges, tourists up

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TBLPOD8may2014

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Anti-discrimination passes, new virus, R2 spying, Shalva back, Gul visit, Kudua pummeled, PM ticked at NGOs for being NGOs, UNM not 5, NDI says Geo loves EU, Mikeladze questions, Füle tosses in 30 mil, Azeri double standard, Police Day shift, Krushovkas to go, 2008 movie party questions, up on Freedom of Press, Brussels event, Batumi medical U, church collapse, Zazantip festival from Crimea to Anaklia, Broadcasting Law change, Ninia on the church, NDI delegation, institutional trust, TI Georgia transparent, Azeri border issues, Iranian rockers, inflation, Eldar in Cannes, Europe Day.

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TBLPOD17april2014

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Khajapuri in DC! Prosecution moratorium, Roland charge, Gigi father in law charge, Zug mayor, Kukava, new infrastructure minister, Russians nab journos near ABL, GYLA takes Russia to Strasbourg, Russian fly by, ABL scholarships, We Want Europe event & UNM spoilers, NATO parl in Tbl 2017, new Geo visa Q&A out, homeless shelter, TB center, AG U harassment continues, Const Court says can’t fire GPBers, free media rank, Eurasia COP quest, Wine chair, Deda Ena, anti-discrimination law no fines, competition law, Rati on teachers, Jvari road trash, happily married, Melua on Tbilisi, Nye on Phages, little English, Beyond Tbilisi back! Stuff in NY, Atlanta, DC.

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TBLPOD10april2014

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Mark Mullen

New TBLPOD.com Database! Tatukhashvili info, Giga pulled in, Ukrainian spelling, fuel content, Usupashvili talks to NATO, UNM tires, SODI Kodua on Interpol list, Misha’s civic duty and Kiev reform center, prison mistreatment, Dima the Homophobe for Mayor with Kremlin affiliate, election group set up, Republicans 30 lari tip, Tamazishvili cash to Dream, new ambos, Dev Bank of Geo talk, 9 April planting, tax refunds, Justice House roof fixed, Rustavi Marshutka drivers ticked at Kaladze, Batumi Mosque drama & bus station, Melkisedek wish, swimming record, Tbilisi recycling, Oxbridge book scan plan, K&K foods worth traveling for, local election law, Roland Akhalaia up next, idiotic flower burning, health care poll, bullying, divorce, spa at water park, new novel

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TBLPOD27march2014

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Misha questions, Tufts, ZZ death, Obama NATO, Tax goons hit TV Nielsen rating agency, Ag U, EU deal pronto, quick Obama Garibash chat, Okruashvili questions on Imedi, Applebaum on TV, MEP Schulz forgets Georgia, Burj & Christian Dems, Dom Kino fight, Koka on passports, early bride suicide, Gold deal, Cartu fund shuffle, TV $, giant BI Sololaki development, UN disaster, exporter protection, Wine #3, new Batumi RR station, subway safety, McD cheaper than Subway, Margvel and citizenship, wrong declarations, trust, nationalism, guerrilla guarders & splice!, Tuh-bli-si, dem rank, movies, London Bloom, Bauhaus

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TBLPOD20march2014

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Mark Mullen

ZZ vid, BI Margvel dis, Odisharia too, visa free to Israel, EU speed up, Bendukidze questions, Kodua arrest, Data arrest, Friday phone protest, Aug 2008 exits, Targamadze leaves Burj, Rustavi mayor race, UNDP guy says 14mil to Abkhaz, Crimea fight, Garibash at TSU, gold mine goes, Turk troop Armo flip out, Mokalake wants to train journos, new Partnership Fund factory, salary jump, dead fish, Khobi Jahovas, UK visa move, Sukhishvilebi cancels Russia, Intercon to open on Kostava, MP Roland Akhalaia investigation, “We are Ukrainians” song, surveillance (still), Rimple on Sakdrisi, Mishga Guardian, TV market, state views, peace rank, Mchedlishvili on Adoration, Tamar Mepe talk in London

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TBLPOD

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Pamuk in Tbilisi, Crimea & 2008, UNM mayor primary, Bishop Gotsiridze bags US award, Fule in Tbilisi, more Russian barbed wire, Kvitsiani drama, another Vano conviction, French let Kez go, Aslan’s son back, US Human Rights Report, workers rights demo, Law bar mess, constitutional comission, dep culture min case, Guerrilla Gardeners & Studio Monitor re Vake Park restaurant, child poverty, drivers licenses to expire, Israel flights, trade up, Ajara honey to Turkey, inflation 3.5%, BI #270 -Forbes, cliff church, law to fire state employees, Margvel’s Dusheti office, de Waal, Rogin, Bokeria, TI re Post, basket number

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TBLPOD27feb2014

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Local elections 15 June, Ghari & Obama, Kiev Georgian sniper death, NATO MAP talk, Georgians to CAR, 1K pp EU doc in Georgian, EU Energy Community, Russian security zone stays, Bacho’s lawyer arrested, Vano boycotting, Gigi will run not sure where, Gigi suit, Paata speech, new ambos to Moldova and the Kingdom, Kvitsiani returns, miner strike, spa tourism, 81 tiny med centers, Bio, traffic safety, Red Army 1921, kvevris, St. Gabriel, Sioni dairy, 450K get cash, Kaduri criticizes, Egyptian $ in Kutaisi, GEL symbol vote, Eurovision, Rugby win, Greens leave Dream, Rati on dead, Persian rock, Givi Targamadze, Peter Baker, Sammut, Podesta, Durbin, Mathias’s suit, Adenauer book, remittences, Dunbar and Dworzak’s book, Kargi Gogo

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TBLPOD20feb2014

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Kiev, Sarkisi gold, Vano nickel , Grist back, Gov hits GeoCell, Geo Army to Congo, Bio death, thief-in-law used to quelled Geguti prison, Okruashvili runs in Gori, Gunava runs in Zugdidi, more Batumi mayor news, Narmania on Kutaisi mayor, new dep def min, bus and fire strikes, Strasbourg court cases down, new ag LEPL, GMO info, electrocution, IDP houses, digital switch, refinance rate hike, MCC school tender, BoG U, goofy tourism slogan, DC Embassy owns building, Sochi results, Dream bottle chucker, 50% threshold! Margvel parl tomorrow, leak law, Batum 1915, not much exercise, new London Georgian restaurant

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TBLPOD13feb2014

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Sochi, prison hunger strike, BI Vano comments, Burj on spring 2008, Bacho’s wife on threats, budget fail, dep culture min exit over mine, Shevy bent cop Saso Alavidze now chief water goon, US reps push for MAP, Iran Embassy says banks will defreeze, religion agency under Reconciliation min, BI doesn’t toast Ilia, gay men give blood, PM on UNM media, Margvel at Tserovani, Subari at Khudoni re hydro, Gori wind power, car inspection will be 48 Lari, a thousand plus aborted girls, fake meat inspection arrests, EU towel warning, electronic signatures, school age from 5 to 6, TLG only teachers, no India pre-visa, bazroba fire, wine museum, Orbeliani palace for PM, Populi Gegenava snafu, university 96th, Church claims Agmashenebeli, judo gold, ambo power to min from pres, Ninia on hatred, seat belts video, Vake park hotel, beer index, new Charkviani book, Misha op-ed on Putin, media freedom, WiP venue switch, Rejeb boats

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TBLPOD6feb2014

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Mark Mullen

BI’s NGO, PM on Russia, PM on corpses, Burj on war, Kez bracelet, vids to procs, more on prison punishments, Lefort exit, Georgians to Sochi, Russian release, the Osset Sardinia connection, Margvel to parl later, Khmaladze still on biometric thing, TBL budget hope, Misha at Fletcher, Khudoni chats, Justice hall to fall down, abandoned villages, rich coach, CIA threats: pol to econ, visitors up, in vitro law, local gov law passed, threshold problems, Georgian inventor, Trader Joe’s goes Georgian, Tedo on vision, Jehova’s in Ozurgeti, Goble’s blog, female MPs, Red Hen

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TBLPOD30jan2014

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Vano corpse chat vid, car inspection, Eko-Georgia lead milk, 26 May 2011 demo trial, dual NSCs, BI’s NGO, BI citizenship, BI gift exhibition, EBRD Tbilisi meeting 2015, GoG funds other churches, PM to Russian mag, translator pressured over Lapankuri, Shamanidi minority post, Vano wants lie detector, Kezereshvili extradition, KUDI case, city budget mess continues, Ukrainian solidarity, Pirveli EU dis, NATO says good job, Shalva gets 43 lari from EU court, Misha at Tufts, Georgia friend killed in Kabul, new vehicle prototype, Kaladze opens Larsi dam, digital switch update, foreign trade up, Iraqi beating, Fly Georgia no salaries, gondola up to Mtatsminda, McDonalds building nomination, Parliament and GBP, prisoners rights, local gov, Tbilisi, I love you, TI on Interior Min spies on state bodies, volunteers.

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TBLPOD23jan2014

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Sachmeli dis, new proc gen, border move, Lefort Osset chat, Lavrov BS, HR3547, 63 mill from US, HRW comments, EU Survey, old UNM post-Patarkatsishvili deal, Natsvlishvili Swiss rehab, BI’s fund to Davos, PM CNBC chat, Kornblum blasts Tufts, Poti mayor shift, Burj fine, 54 pardons, minister salary cuts, fancy gov car control, Ambos call for Broadcast board fix, Vashadze v Kay update, Margvel’s PR Turkey attack, Misha free gas, TV tower dark, strategic assets rethink, @MargvelashviliG, EBRD Dariali docs, Epiphany, Gov gives church land, mandarins junked, fake milk, donkey meat, Vake hotel protests, bank profits, Duty Free Kutaisi, Jumber loss, Ukrainian support, new IDP cash rules, threshold, EIU, piracy.

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TBLPOD16jan2014

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Entrepreneur support, prison min says Vano BSing, more Bacho charges, Wikileaks on Geo gun ban, thug wrist slap & Margvel comments, IMF on growth, 24 hour Larsi, UNM Putin plans, Hungry recs Geo no-status docs, ex-proc German cop slap, BS crime stats, crank call crack down, new IDP buildings, Tbilisi Canton plan, Nigerian beat up, Abkhaz McDonalds, GoG Abkhaz FB page, hotel in Vake park protest, rich Estonian in hydro, lari fall plan, 30k jobs, Forbes like Bachiashvili, Patriarch has employment plan, Ilia file, two Muftis, Zhvania foundation, cheap Hep C drugs, AIDS, Sochi flights, Washingtonians of the year to synths, Opera guy resigns, Radio Muza closes, Will on food, new Zebra, parliamentary Tbilisi trick, Radical Partisan Guerrilla Girls post, read Usupashvili and Slade, biz index.

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TBLPOD9jan2013

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Nixon & Gamzakhurdia, Patriarch against some babies, prosecutor steps down, new exec parliament majority chats, Sakrebulo budget mess, PM says BI is dear, PM’s flats, Bigvava replaces Kandiashvili, Ossetians release Georgian, 87 pardons, Poti airport canceled, Russia simplified transit visas, Gigi’s mother in law’s flat, UNM folk demo re Vano & Gigi, Demitrov signs EU deal, Marvel on bag, Gio Kikvadze heads the mega fund, Stalin statues, mandaturi changes, TV3 says Gigi threatened, Public Broadcaster funds, parliament web hack, inflation, new lari symbol competition, one million for Ketevan, Guria Jehovas attacked, French say Georgia ok, Rough Guides say Georgia is top, tourist numbers up, no snow in Gudauri, moonshine deaths, Ilia 81, Amirejibi road, magnet man, constitution comission, questioning, liberty law, Mother Paraskeva

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TBLPOD26dec2013

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Mark Mullen

2013’s Best fight, quote, song, priest, practical joke, campaign slogan and protest! Ugulava demayored, Georgia residence issues, top proc German arrest, Girvliani MP questions, ZZ guard no bail, UNM back to parliament, Chiora v Beselia, prison hunger strike, Christmas paroles, Russian visas, BI Forbes chat, BI looses a B, Vere Palace protest, quick EU sigs, Reconciliation not Reintegration ministry, ADB infrastructure, discrimination draft, budget, pres salary, Misha on Ukraine no go list, Misha at Fletcher, Kakhi on gas price, IDP Batumi flats, UK visa TB test, bank complaints, 30 min WiFi limit, forest policy, New Year’s stuff.

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TBLPOD12dec2013

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Parliament donnybrook, Local Gov changes, Misha in Kiev, proc arrest for fake vid, thief in law murder nab, Internat Anti-Corruption day, Margvel ambos, Obama writes BI, Margvel on Mandiba, June local elections, Narmania tents, Papuashvili Venice Comish, Telavi tenders Stalin exit, Hanakkah whacks wrist slap, Kutaisi candy, RR numbers, Geo biz #50, investments up, architecture book, big shuki cut, new Norio dump, Khudoni damn protest, 5 mil MP housing, Cassels in Tbl, Sochi flights, budget, Antelava v de Waal, Georgian Jihadi, TI on UNM procurement, average tourist spend, Apollo photos

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TBLPOD5dec2013

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Shevy hater, Kiev sympathy demo, miscarriages of civil justice comission on hold, Unesco on Kvevris, Gharibashvili on Misha’s debt, econ council, PACE’s knickers in a twist, Bacho gets off, EBRD and Tbilisi RR tracks, Ilia hates Local Gov law, pres $, Anti-Semetic nuts, Saganelidze bolts, Volsky Dream pol sec, Vashadze thinks mayor, Reintegration becomes Reconciliation, budget says deflation, Corruption rank 51 to 55, Ilia invites Kirill, Georgian Putin puffery book appears, Chela minaret back, GPB spots, wind and Mushroom Patch problems, Lords on Justice House, new bldg in front of Raddison, Genocide movie, new liberty charter, Shalakho chatter, breadwinners

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28nov2013

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Forum: Jail Shevy, yay rice! Georgia EU Bound via Vilnius, Mayor Narmania, English BI letter, Dream congress, proc and int shuffle, Irina NSC, Vano Machavariani Margvel internat guy, Zakro continues to get fired, Green MP bolts maj, new ambos, NGO types in pardon comish, more Russian concertina, Chechens Georgia & Syria, Swiss visas, Norland opens school, Lekishvili wants in, Zakareishvili religion council, Ajara citrus north, Tbl poor travel cheap, president.gov.ge cleaned of Misha, UNESCO honors Akaki, Giorgoba, knife law, Germany in Pshavi, IDP change, historical building status change, Misha by piano, prison numbers, Royal Sails.

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TBLPOD21nov2013

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Margvel pres, Gharibashvili with MPs, Israel visa free, Norland straight talk, Karasin says nothing, Identoba clarification, naughty hypocritical priest, new judges, Gvaramia and Khetaguri let off, Interpol on Adeishvili, loaded MP Dato Bezhuashvili leaves UNM, Zakaria replaced as Dream faction boss, Kaladze takes over Dream party, Misha gives out 400 passports, Misha “books not guns” Misha awards to Hillary, journos, Residence empty, Abashidze replaces Barnovi, RR strike, Subari talks Hep C, some idiots on the internet, more hydro, fake Abkhaz operation, Danelia blames Tkhemaladze, Chkhikvadze monument, Gurjaani tomb, winds in Samegrelo, Abasha rice experiment, visa changes, great Jones piece, Geo environment rank, Destination EU, recycling

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TBLPOD7nov2013

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Prince baptism, PM Gharibashvili, Top Prosecutor Kbilashvili resigns, Israel visa free, spying, Bacho pardon, Kezerashvili still in, Imerlishvili head of Nat Sec Council, Vano Machavariani to be Margvel’s top foreign ops guy, new Republican head Samnidze, new lender law, anti-junket law, Misha’s house to be Univ, Margvel on BBC, US ambo says UNM is the opposition, flag burning, MTC problem real, misha dolling out passports, tourism numbers up, IMF overview, AmCham to DC, “religious sentiments ” prohibition

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TBLPOD31oct2013

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Will & Mathias! Margvelashvili! GeoCell honest about GoG spying, Misha speech, new PM name, Margvel’s chief of staff, Imerlishvili to be Giga, Gamzakhurdia to be in Exile Abkhaz gov, EU & Vilnius, Bacho, governors resign, KUDI fake IDs, boring Gharibashvili report, Russian Telecom, heat to ABL folk, Genady goes, Misha Akhalkalaki fight, traffic fines, youth palace weapons, Giorgadze will arrive, parliament & Kutaisi, Margvel’s partner, Doing Business again.

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TBLPODpreElection2013

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Pre-election special from Tbilisi with Will Dunbar, candidates, history, speculation, wisecracks, what’s up with the 50% threshold crankiness…

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TBLPOD24oct2013

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Mark Mullen

One Homo genus, Gennady gone?, pres debates, BI & Margvel on 50%, KUDI detentions, Depardieu in Tbilisi, Zhvania death investigation, more Lapankuri investigation, drunk soldiers, BI leaves 24 Nov, ministers doing great, press election restrictions lifted, 3.5 million voters, Targamadze sues BI for calling him a traitor, pardons, prison deaths, expensive UNM gov cars, church gas, fake Rossner email, Bokeria to leave, Dream for Burj?, Gunava off, new 2008 refugee food discovery, BI’s ex-wife talks, Misha’s library, Misha moves, new pension system, Khudoni dam problems, drunk priest in fancy car, wine production up, new plates, Batumi floods, slavery

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TBLPOD17oct2013

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Kez gets Interpoled, BI on Sochi, Misha in Dvani, apples, Russians warm on Georgia, Gennady on lab, ag approved for Russia, Strasbourg cour’s late, Hammarberg’s told intolerance is a Georgian tradition, UNM freaks & walks over Tsulukiani, Batu bolts, no Geo vote in Russia, party $ #s, Orban gives Sabanadze asylum, Norland gets bracelet, Russian bikers in Mskheta, BI Bayrams, Ucha says don’t criticize Patriarch, Kremlin likes Misha not BI -Edik, Vano predicts trouble, Batumi rabble rousers, IMF downgrades, passports to Turks, BI on Armenian “other”, clutchless drivers tests, Prudential debates, Pres library, Baia leads Maestro TV, Goodwill problems blames UNM, whacky Rikhe building no $, March Moscow flights, Gandagana meme, spanking, Tbl jazz, Artisterium, Nov Tbi Startup Weekend.

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TBLPOD10oct2013

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Gogi Khutsishvili dies, Bacho tape, Misha still UNM chief, boycott Sochi, more barbed wire, Azeri presidential appointment, BI on Norland, new Bacho prosecutor, Lith MPs visit Vano in joint. BI meets with Muslims, Synod, CEC candidate numbers, Rosner’s numbers, GYLA, ISFED, Marvel and Mir, Burj’s program, Burj tax problems, Parliament builder arrested, Kutaisi mayor on vacation, more Kremlin wine BS via Genady, floods, GPB pressure, EU numbers, Georgia third friendliest,
Poti closed, Intercon in Ajara, Subway in Tbilisi, Cops Karate champs.

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TBLPOD3oct2012

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Falina, Bi on Natvlishvili, more barbed wire, BI lectures journalists, Misha at UN, freakish exit visa law pulled, giant new fund with BI’s billion, Misha yells at Bryza, Misha says barbed wire in Samegrelo next, jihad video case, salary increase enters judicial negotiations, Bidzinoba, Margvel at 56%, Dato 12%, Nino 10%, Ilia says vote, Ugulava talks ships, Dream MP Kiguradze is corrupt, Price of the State launch, CEC list of world polling stations, 20 years since Sokhumi fall, fine increase, Khudoni dam in Svaneti, CNN on Georgian biz, wine makers in Kvareli, grape buying, environment laws, grammar police, JumpStart church money poster, tourism rank.

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TBLPOD26sept2013

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Mark Mullen

CRRC/NDI #’s: Jobs #1, more Osset barbed wire, Hammarberg report, Misha & Obama, Burj financial issues, Smirba got a plan, Lakayev extradition, lots of little presidents, Margvel program launch, Kbilashvili in Moscow, Vano MEP visit, Bacho on prosecutors, Bacho’s wife’s video, Sabanadze (34 million) Chkhitunidze, Melnikov extradtions, Levan Pirveli’s back! Immoral behavior & physiological needs, Kakabadze manifests metaphor, 1000 Lari Kakheti vouchers, Huter ag suit, Misha mayor, Sokhumi off plane, Lesotho Ambassador, floods in Mestia and Kakheti, Girvliani’s mom’s statue, Tamaz Tkemaladze wants TV show, Rachveli conductor quits, Export Development Agency, ISET say GeoStat numbers good, more sanitary inspectors, In Bloom award, Margvel on Stalin, Tourism guy on Azeris and Jews, Kutaisi-Vilnius, constitution, inventions, Zero tolerance schooling, old people %.

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TBLPOD12sept2013

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Mark Mullen

1% Law, In Riga BI says EU Pronto, CEC chair Zhvania, Salome still out, US State big guy meets Patriarch, 1st Channel director fired (again), RR boss Bakhtadze PM rumor, French choppers, Adeishvili with Orban, Kvitashvili leads Bakradze’s bid, crime rate up and half amnestied prisoners back in jail. ex MP arrested for drugs, Kutaisi mayor to spend time wit family, Russian diplomat shot in Sokhumi, UNM small change, City wastes Climate 1/2 mill Euro, customs point at Kazbegi, Kartveli Air Show, Kakheti Stalin statues, Misha up Kazbegi, archeology find in Old Tblisi, vetoes, Culture min takes back building permission, foreigners & ag land wrangles, Koba on cohabitation, Georgia happiness, Megrelian mummy, Marathon.

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TBLPOD5sept2013

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Mark Mullen

BI says again he’ll soon bolt, Armenia joins new improved USSR, more MinaretGate, cohabitation, destroyed video compromats, CEC chair runs for pres, Zurabashvili’s run in peril, BI meets Ambos, Misha won’t sign off on 7 Ambos. WikiLeakes on Mskheta security, Vano’s health bad, digital request for info, Kvesitadze and Paichadze get ax, Turk hospital boss probs, pension increase, Stalin in Telavi, Russians on 2008, floods this week, climate change Mayors Covenant, Croatians found, cigarette excise up, mil air show, Iraqi Air flies Kurds to Batumi, big judo win, parliament back in session, few Jews, Christianity big, WIPS, Batumi Indy Film, London Geo Film Fest

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TBLPOD29aug2013

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Government pulls down minaret, stop & search raids, Zhvania proposed as CEC head, Shashkin inquest, more Kakabadze BS, Patton Boggs, Putin in Bichvinta, Italian mayor, double barrelled Bloomberg interviews, records to be expunged, Mariamoba amnesties, Gigi Kalandadze want apology, Olympic boss charged, Burjanadze people say people like her, Melor freaks pays 100 lari, Bobokvati no longer Mishas, Vano case postponed (again), Davitashvili says no jail for plani, DC Embassy for sale, BoG robbed, #’s, Russia trade up, million $ Georgian painting, 1% law in the works, road deaths, Chiatura cables

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TBLPOD22aug2013

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Mark Mullen

TV 9 Deep Sixed, Maestro Imedi flight, Kist fight, Misha on Imedi Closure: Giorgi did it, more Bacho, Girvliani guy beat up in Athens, Misha’s amnesty plan, former prison ministers called, destruction of tapes delayed, Papava heads TSU, Nice: Okruashvili beats up MP, Tajik journalist detained in Tbilisi, Koba & Kartlos run, Kako homeless, Chancelery sidewalk parkers, Ureki rains, Rustavi movie fire, Batumi parking fines, life on 145 Lari a month, 22.1% Av interest rate, Bera starts summer.

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TBLPOD15aug2013

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Mark Mullen

CEC chief’s new career, EUMM does something, Bacho drama, Misha and BI spar at US ship event, Abkhaz war remembrance, Dream Margvel launch, Supreme Court protests, Misha dinner interrupted, Aug 2008 info request, Jgushia shoots, grape subsidy change, Gov takes Israeli hospitals, Econ min cancels Bakradze, new Airport and square names, Samsung, Uzbek trafficker, Girvliani guy flees, Khakhi on wind, drowned miners in Chiatura, wine export stats, hunting season, Bolnisi hotel, new tourist helpers, tiny earthquake, prison numbers, Polish and Russian videos, Aqua Park, Oda NYC

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TBLPOD8aug2013

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Aslan retraction, Gunava Kalandadze off, Medvedev says stuff, Patriarch likes Stalin, factcheck.ge, Koba bolts from Dream, occupation protests, growth numbers (or not), criminal numbers (or not), priest rioter let off, Abkhaz church wants out, Misha on UNM, fly ash import, Thea looks at election violations, Bolnisi’s mukhtahora, Zestaponians ticked about Bendukidze’s cheap old wine, Rustavi Dreamers want jobs, prison strikes, thief-in-law law, TI on Margvel using state resources to campaign, Azeris PNG Turashvili and Khvedelidze for Karabakh trip, Kazbegi road limestone damaged, Zakro on virgins, International ad cash down, expired goods, demography and dating, Yerevan and Kuwait flights, foreclosure bill BI slap down, PM/pres balance

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TBLPOD1aug2013

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Aslan’s back, Bakradze’s UNM’s guy, Margvel: “no one on one debate”, new IDP count, Georgian’s abroad must register for elections, DCFTA in the bag, no parliament bomb (thanks Omar), more Stalin statue drama, veto overrides, Kvirikashvili in deputy PM job, Sanikidze new Ed Min down sizes Dato Zurabishvili, BI’s money, Bedukadze drama, Imedi on virginity certificates, Gegenava destroys plants on his ill gotten plot, prison protests, Zestaponi demos over corrupt archbishop, Iranian arrest, Rice advice?, Hill Hill to rep UK, 140mil US for ed from MCC, WB 60mil, truck regulation, Tbilisi Sakrebulo changes, city hall admissions, Pres may be in Orbeliani Palace on Atoneli, floods, Ukraine flights, new trains to Batumi, parliament, EU confidence number, Lexo’s finger.

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TBLPOD18july2013

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Handgun control, Margvel out of Ed Min, Lasha Tughushi says more videos, Centrepoint arrests, Mikautadze report, presidential candidates, Burchuladze says no, NDI numbers, Irakli Chikovani resigns from Coms Comish, new NATO guy, Fule signs border guard deal, Tata talks, EBRD plans, prisons become nicer, Alasania on Sochi security, new uniforms, water park fire, CNN blogs bizarre arrests, new Tbl Sak faction, Gennady on hooch & pigs, passports, Gunava sentenced, US extradition, Israeli consul strike, Martvili park, Batumi guide, RR WiFi, hydrocarbon appointment veto override, 17 May report, e-law, Georigan dance, Wizz Air

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TBLPOD4july2013

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Bye Iranians, Pres vote 27 Oct, City Fund arrests….or witnesses, Tbl sakrebulo no longer UNM, 60% prisoner decrease, Data charged, prisoner hunger strike, IRI numbers on people liking Otsneba Ag work, Vano Chkhartishvili resurfaces with media interests, school principal raises, health insurance up, Depardieu in Abkhazia, German KGB spies, US House on arrests, TI property case, attacks on Muslims in Kakheti (still), very old tomb in Ananuri found, don’t drink and drive, speed limits upped (?!), Real TV guy has new station, Davitashvili against violence (?!) and Brazil on TV, more movie theaters in regions, Tbl Athens on Pegasus, Kutaisi to Kharkiv on Wizz Air, force majure funds, Ag land changes, BBC, atheist politicians, Arab food in Mtatsminda

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TBLPOD27june2013

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Fertilizer, UNM in Stras, more torture vids, Eliso: “media controlled by us”, WSJ on Iranians, UNM primaries, BI tells Estonians he’s bolting, Nodia scenarios, Israel, Zhorzholiani impeaches Misha, fifth Girvliani guy, Kudi guy leaves module with stuff, Procuracy out of Justice Min, Ukraine consul downgrade, more sakrebulo $, Saburtalo sak to Antalya, R2 PS apology, MFA BS on foreign students, Beeline share cash in, Svaneti robbery, Georigan psychic in Philly, more Stalin statue drama, slight cig excise boost, new Zug meals, mystery environment priorities, census soon, Beselia LGBT dust up, Higher ed law mess, Zemfira flag

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TBLPOD20june2013

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Blue barrels of bombs and lists, prison guards imprisoned, tax call center, Abkhaz border probs, video destruction, Venice slam, Bakradze on UNM pres, Tbl Sakrebulo flight, UNM Pole bolts, High Council election, Alasania ups death payment, Vano’s TV, Chechens arrested, ag loan mess, dual citizens, Batumi mayor, TenderMonitor.ge, Kutaisi Nigerian, UNESCO boots Bagrati, Patriarch wants frequency, Basil anti-Jehova. Microsoft on piracy, Funicular restaurant opens, Yerevan train, human chain re higher ed law, Viennese Taburetka, Beselia on human rights, fertilizer

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TBLPOD6june2013

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Mark Mullen

The Fence, changes coming on ex-pat residency, Homophobe singer outed Paris show canceled, MEP visit, NATO guy visit, BI on NSC, Khaduri brothers at fence, priests say Jesus organized homophobes, MEP visits Vano in jail, BI says Burjanadze may be prosecuted, Misha spent state $ on Botox, UNM pres in ten days, violent prison death, judges election, compromat archives to be destroyed or not, dep Fin Min resigns, black boxes still there, Chechens on Lapankuri, Batumi Nigerian attack, French Georgian mob sweep, garbage fee, students and Margvel on summer jobs, Ag loans, wine clarity, Rikoti trees cut, diaspora study, flights, IMF debt, growth, Top Girl Porn, Kakhi game, foreigner ag land sale moratorium, Call of Taburetka off Facebook

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TBLPOD23may2013

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Homophobic rampage, Taburetka, Vano arrested, Police Day, Nana Kakabadze, Burj declares, Vanuatu no but Ecuador and Belarus maybe, RR Ezugbaia case, Russian TV on Givi’s $700 revolution, Khaburdzania, Zestaponi strike, Misha and Rubio, student funding BI invites Misha to independence event, Tbilisi City Hall Imedi cash, Real TV sale, Partnership for Road Safety, weed demo, no foreigners ag land bill, Gatsby opens, Book Fair, new Lebanese.

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TBLPOD16may2013

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Mark Mullen

BI picks Margvel, sex tape leaker Khvedelidze arrested, Burj is back, Givi Targamadze back in Tbl lets rip, Chiora puncher gets job, secret cop cams, Misha with students, Georgians killed in Afghanistan, Lugar Lab re-registers, Kronika hilarity, Georgians feel safe at night, Kakheti rains, Stalin in Sighnaghi, EBRD forecast dims, new European entity, Otar dies, vetoes, kicking back on plani, BBC on graveyard picnics, patents, Friday anti-homophobia day

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TBLPOD9may2013

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Ag Mess, sex selective abortion, presidential candidates, Lab 1918, sex tape intrigues, Russian gas, FBI guy in TBL, Margvel on labor code, more Koba, Mogeladze resigns, hist buildings under Culture Min not City of Tbl, Iliauni takeover bill, prisoner #s, new public press service head says Dato and Eka stay, Geo up to 96 in press freedom, 94th in being a mom, Tbilisians on line #s, Magti 30 min cut, China Radio, new Ambassadors, Turtle Lake gif, $ dissatisfaction, Abkhaz funk

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TBLPOD2may2013

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Mark Mullen

By-elections, Woodruff, Baramidze’s in, Ucha BS, Batumi tower, UNM job plan, Pres pad owner, governors sabotage, Usupashvili on amnesty, Khoni torches Misha foto, independence day, Tkemaladze Chanel 1 BS, GDP, foreign debt #s, FDI, Liberty Bank hires Interior Minsitry for 5 mil, Kadagize tells banks to tone down ads, Kakheti farmers miffed at foreigners, Gudiashvili saved sans Lermontov, Abkhaz passports, Odessa, Judo win over Russia, Kakhi all stars, veto override, Jumpstart on abortion, current account deficit, Medical U student guests from Trinidad and India

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TBLPOD25april2013

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Mark Mullen

BI at PACE, NDI/CRRC numbers, 152 mil in gifts, Misha slathers GoG $, 10k “renewed” UNM supporters, BI v Koba Davitashvili, Barnovi Mishas Chief of Staff, Liberali weed arrest, legalize it rally Sun, non Satanic ID video, Gigi wife DWI, text books, measles shots, Brussels & Barcelona flights, vetoes on courts, juries, new stupid ag bill, Old/New Tbilisi website, Dima’s page, new Azeri TV, mil spend, cool Geo Sundance doc in Tbl, free park concert list

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TBLPOD18april2013

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Our 18 April surprise guest! Minister questions, Data v. Vano, new NDI #s, no army parade, Ajara MP beatings firings, prison guards arrested, prison hunger strike, prison cameras, Coms Comish Chair Chikovani Concession, Misha receipts, Kutaisi Mayor impeached, Tbl Sakrebulo UNM defection, Broadcaster firing suit, Topadze anti-free trade, big farm tax break, more on non res deposits, Love Day, Deda Ena day, labor code, Saak Ibn-Ashvili on Russian TV, marriage age, KargiGogo and Dusseldorf flesh pots!

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TBLPOD11april2013

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Mark Mullen

PayPal, BI offshore, Rabati crosses, war inquest, Areshidze on Interior, free text books, church on chips, banking regulations, recruits walk, ex-UNM sakrebulo faction, Gubaz door taped, Bacho transfered back, Kakabadze on Turk $ to UNM, farmers protest Indians, Abkhaz monuments, more Sony, Jones on Otsneba, EU should shoot straight, water fees, Bera’s studio, new flights, poverty numbers, Iranians in banks, Thatcher in Tbilisi 1987, book imports

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