[Leica] IMGs x 5: Protests at "Special Military Operation" in Ukraine

[Douglas Barry]

Thanks Don, Nathan and Ric.

It was too brief a time there that I must wander up there again when 
there's a bigger crowd to try to get better shots. The next time I'll 
spend a bit more time up there and make sure my settings have a bit more 
flexibility. Maybe, just maybe, I'll be luckier and the ex-President of 
the US will come up from his golf course in the south west of our 
country to talk to his "savvy genius" boss's man here and pass on more 
crawling platitudes, and poutingly rail, as he always does, about being 
defrauded in the the last election.

Looking over the pond from here, it's indeed sad to see the great party 
of Ike is now definitely post-democratic, slavishly subservient to 
Putin's pliant pawn, appears committed to delegitimising elections and 
suppressing the vote. Ye gods!

Douglas

On 11/04/2022 11:11, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> The Irish have endured a fair bit of invading as well.
>
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2022, 7:54 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>
>> I went over to my youngest son with food supplies as he has gone down
>> heavily with the current plague, delivered them, and then coming back
>> decided to drive past the Russian Embassy in Rathgar, Dublin. All the
>> neighbouring houses had Ukrainian flags and banners flying from them.
>>
>> There were a small group of protestors across the road from the well
>> protected gate, and they were quiet and restrained, but became jovial
>> when they saw my camera. The paint daubed gate was guarded by a Garda
>> patrol car with two Gardaí in it, as it has been rammed before. There
>> was a large back up Garda command and control van behind a wall to the
>> rear of the protestors.
>>
>> While I was there, a female Garda, taking instructions, got out of the
>> patrol car and moved closer to the gate. The protestors tensed
>> themselves and became more serious. Then the Garda swiftly opened the
>> barricade as an anonymous black Mercedes swept up quickly and headed
>> inside to a strident chorus of the loudest and finest accusatory foul
>> language and gestures that I have heard and seen for some time.
>>
>> As the car vanished into the vipers' nest, the protestors subsided, and
>> I waved goodbye and headed back to my parked car. Close to it, there was
>> another car, quite obviously owned by one of the protestors.
>>
>> Protestors outside the barbarians' embassy
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/RE+Rathgar+10_04_22+1.jpg.html
>>
>> A car approaches the embassy past the flags of Ukraine on neighbouring
>> houses
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/RE+Rathgar+10_04_22+2.jpg.html
>>
>> Garda patrol car blocks the embassy gate
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/RE+Rathgar+10_04_22+3.jpg.html
>>
>> Barbarian child murdering nation's officials sweep up in Mercedes to
>> opened barricade
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/RE+Rathgar+10_04_22+4.jpg.html
>>
>> I guess it must be a car belonging to one of the protestors :-)
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/RE+Rathgar+10_04_22+5.jpg.html
>>
>> All shots taken with my Sony A7II with the Sony kit zoom 28-70 at too
>> low a speed. I hadn't checked my settings: my bad....
>>
>> Douglas
>>
>>
>>
>>
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