Anti-government rioting hits Riga

[GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS]

Scientists say the opposite is true.

"You're just a woman with a small brain. With a brain a third the size of us. It's science."

Scientists, eh?

[Hors]

[in comparison with Russians] Germans more frequently have strongly protruding cheekbones, shief and narrow eye slit, upper eye lid fold, low nasal root and broad nasal bridge… Comparison of Germans of Scheidt with various Eastern European groups – Russian, Finnish and even Turkic shows that Mongoloid traits are spread in Central Europe no less, but rather more than in Eastern Europe. By many basic racial traits Hannover and Baden Germans turn out being “more Mongloid” than Voronezh Russians or Vychegda Komi, and only a bit less Mongoloid than Turkics of Northern Caucasus, half of whom is partially Mongoloid… presence of certain Mongoloid traits is established on German skulls from Bavaria (Saller, 75), Franconia (Heger, 57), Hannover (Gaushild, 52; Saller, 77). But with most clarity Mongoloid admixture shows itself in the Longobard sample of the 6th century from Nikitch in Burgerland (Eastern Austria), studied by G. Muller… in the article by G. Muller also the skulls of the Germanic tripe of Gepidae from Croatia are mentioned, studied by Lebzelter, which show even greater intermixture with Mongoloids (65).

In the light if the above facts it’s interesting to recall the old works by Galder, who among Ancient Germanic skulls from “regular burials” of Wurtenberg found about 20% of intermixed “Turanic-Germanic” forms (55, P. 14). By “Turanic” type Galder undoubtably mean Mongoloids proper, as he considered a broad face, protruding cheekbones, flattish non-protruding nose with broad nasal bridge and lower jaw of small height (Ibid, P. 5) as characteristic traits of this type. Skulls with “Turanic” traits are concentrated, according to Galder, in the valley of Upper Danube from Gynsburg (?) to Sigmaringen (?) (Ibid., P. 13). Validity of the conclusion of presence of Mongoloid elements in the composition of the Germanic tribes of Central Europe is backed by control comparison of images of German skulls with similar materials from Sweden, published in the remarkable album by Retzius… Mongoloid types have spread over territories of contemporary Austria, Tirol, Bavaria and Wurtenberg, where their traces clearly show themselves on skeletal remains, and also among contemporary population… It may seem strange, at the first thought, that contemporary Germans frequently have more Mongoloid traits in anthropological phenotype than many groups of Eastern Europe. But it may seem strange only at the first thought, as greater Mongoloidness of Bavarians in comparison with Russians is explained by the fact that bearers of Mongoloid elements – the Black Sea nomads have been settling not the territories they were passing in their migration, but the territories of their destination… Appeared in the end of the 1st millennium BC, Germanic tribes were anthropologically intermixed already in the period of their ethnogenesis. They included not only various Europeoid racial types of the second tier, but also intermediary “Uralo-Lappid” complexes. Close contact with nomads in 4-10th centures increased amount of Mongoloid admixture in Germanics.

N.N. Cheboksarov. Mongoloid Elements in Population of Central Europe// Scientific Notes of Moscow State University. Moscow. 1941. Issue 63. Pages 235-270

eh?

[Damilkyway]

Racially -- European, based on all genetic evidence I have seen so far. If there are studies to the contrary, I would like to see it.

The forest zone of Eastern Europe has been an area of intense population admixture. Low frequency of Mongoloid mtDNA variant in Letts and Lithuanians suggests that the Mongoloid component was probably not typical of the Balto-Slavic protogene pool.

The highest frequencies of the Mongoloid component are typical of the Russian populations from Russian Pomore and the north-western region, in which Mongoloid components have been detected 10.000 – 8.000 years ago; in Dnepr-Donetsk tribes, 7000 – 6000 years ago, and in the Ivanovo oblast (Sakhtysh, Russia), 6000 – 5000 years ago. There are substantial differences in the frequencies of Mongoloid mtDNA lineages between the Russian populations of the Russian North, Northwest, and the central/southern regions of the European part of Russia.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/nt3lj1301228358r/

[Hors]

And that's what Damilkyway calls "the contrary"???

[Skandi]

Latvia is shamelessly bankrupt. Even the incredible 7 billion Euro IMF credit will not save it...

Oh dear you seem to be right;
Daily Telegraph

The result of subjecting ex-Soviet catch-up economies to the monetary regime of the leaden West has been massive overheating. Latvia's current account deficit hit 26pc of GDP. Riga property prices surpassed Berlin.

The inevitable bust is proving epic. Latvia's property group Balsts says Riga flat prices have fallen 56pc since mid-2007. The economy contracted 18pc annualised over the last six months.

Leaked documents reveal – despite a blizzard of lies by EU and Latvian officials – that the International Monetary Fund called for devaluation as part of a €7.5bn joint rescue for Latvia.

Ouch

[Stegura]

Well atleast I know why the Latvians sided with the Nazi's during World War 2.

After viewing Hors's posts I also have a better understanding of why the Estonians still have Waffen SS memorials honoring those who died fighting against Russian Judeo-Bolshevism for Estonian/Baltic independence.

[Inese]

Well atleast I know why the Latvians sided with the Nazi's during World War 2.

After viewing Hors's posts I also have a better understanding of why the Estonians still have Waffen SS memorials honoring those who died fighting against Russian Judeo-Bolshevism for Estonian/Baltic independence.

We have Latvian SS memorials too. There is a special day it is called "Legionnaire's Day" on 16th March every year!!! There is a march of Latvian veterans and much patriotism. Russians try to forbid this but they have no influence on it! I am glad that my country was on the right side in Word War 2 and tried to fight against Russian occupation.

Photos of the yearly Legionnaires Day in Riga and older photos of Latvian Waffe-SS soldiers! It makes me proud and my grandfather was German. up

Hors do you see that? They were fighting your people and they were right! I am proud of them too.