Sunday, June 25, 2006
If You Are Following Darfur...
If you are in any way interested in the UN and the so called international community's response to the crisis, NO, tragedy unfolding in Darfur, Sudan, you must regularly visit Jeff Weintraub's web log
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Bryce's Moisture Farm
This is the second time I have come across Bryce's Moisture Farm. This guys idea is phenomenal...he writes a blog from the point of view of a moisture farmer on the dunes of Tatooine...The planet where Anakin Skywalker was born and discovered to be the Jedi that he eventually became.Don't roll your eyes (Marsh, Tracey O, Tracey D, in fact all you Traceys!) Here's an excerpt:
"Hi, my name's Bryce. I own a moisture farm. You probably got all that from the title of the blog. I've got a lot of free time out here in the Dune Sea. My closest neighbor is about a full parsec and a half away. So anyhow, I thought I'd look into... "
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"Today the interface on my condensors stopped working. The machines were on, the control panel was blinking and responding to simple commands, but I couldn't change the levels or get any kind of status report."
Unfortunately, there have been no posts since his last one on June 4, 2005...I wonder if a visit earlier that month by the jawas and rhrro'rhis has anything to do with his sudden disappearance. But then again, a coriolis storm may just have stripped the poor man's skin from his body. Have sent him a missive on sub-space to try and raise his station. More on this when and if I hear from him.
Sunday, June 11, 2006
What a Cutie!!
This is (supposedly) a real ad...To see where I found this posted click on the title of this post. Here's the ad:
"I have references you can call. Yes the pic is me. I have others that I can trade. I have one where I am wearing a thong. You must also have pics. I am highly selective with regard to who I choose to rub in an erotic manner. We must also talk on the phone before meeting so I know you aren't a guy. I don't want to rub down a guy. It's against nature.
You decide what you want massaged. Buttocks, Boobs, Genitals, Boobs, Genitals, almost anywhere you like. All you have to do is ask. You can ask for anything. I respect boundaries and I will stop rubbing you somewhere if you don't want me to rub that place. I am very easy to talk to though my hearing is poor."
"I have references you can call. Yes the pic is me. I have others that I can trade. I have one where I am wearing a thong. You must also have pics. I am highly selective with regard to who I choose to rub in an erotic manner. We must also talk on the phone before meeting so I know you aren't a guy. I don't want to rub down a guy. It's against nature.You decide what you want massaged. Buttocks, Boobs, Genitals, Boobs, Genitals, almost anywhere you like. All you have to do is ask. You can ask for anything. I respect boundaries and I will stop rubbing you somewhere if you don't want me to rub that place. I am very easy to talk to though my hearing is poor."
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
"Not On My Watch."
From an editorial in the New Yorker by Philip Gourevitch author of an in-depth account of the Rwandan Genocide and a New Yorker staff writer.
"Shortly after Bush took office, an adviser gave him a report on the Clinton Administration’s policy of inaction during the Rwandan genocide, and on it the President wrote, “Not on my watch!
...the janjaweed militias sponsored by the Sudanese government are reported to have killed hundreds of thousands of people, raped a great many of the women they left alive, and driven some two million from their homes to live—and to be hunted—in desert refugee camps, where potable water is scarce and disease widespread. Despite the Sudanese government’s acceptance of a cease-fire agreement last month, the violence has continued apace.
...Now there are plans to deploy as many as twenty thousand United Nations peacekeeping troops to Darfur at the end of this year. It is not clear that the Sudanese will permit such a force or that the U.N. can muster it—but, assuming that it happens, this is a decidedly lax timetable in the face of a steadily mounting death toll."
The estimated number of deaths to date are backed up by the BBC which reports an estimate of estimate200,000. An additional 2 million, the BBC agrees, have been displaced.
And now the UN has decided to do something about this appaling situation. It seems UN sponsored troops will be going in immediately...well, not immediately...more like 6 months! Yep! By the end of this year, for sure, the UN will step-in. Nevermind that the killings sponsored by the Sudanese government have been going on for 3 years. For some reason, the UN can simply not go in till after christmas.
Where the fuck is Bob Geldoff? What am I doing for my summer vacation you might ask? Where will you be this Christmas? Please pass the salt.
"Shortly after Bush took office, an adviser gave him a report on the Clinton Administration’s policy of inaction during the Rwandan genocide, and on it the President wrote, “Not on my watch!
...the janjaweed militias sponsored by the Sudanese government are reported to have killed hundreds of thousands of people, raped a great many of the women they left alive, and driven some two million from their homes to live—and to be hunted—in desert refugee camps, where potable water is scarce and disease widespread. Despite the Sudanese government’s acceptance of a cease-fire agreement last month, the violence has continued apace.
...Now there are plans to deploy as many as twenty thousand United Nations peacekeeping troops to Darfur at the end of this year. It is not clear that the Sudanese will permit such a force or that the U.N. can muster it—but, assuming that it happens, this is a decidedly lax timetable in the face of a steadily mounting death toll."
The estimated number of deaths to date are backed up by the BBC which reports an estimate of estimate200,000. An additional 2 million, the BBC agrees, have been displaced.
And now the UN has decided to do something about this appaling situation. It seems UN sponsored troops will be going in immediately...well, not immediately...more like 6 months! Yep! By the end of this year, for sure, the UN will step-in. Nevermind that the killings sponsored by the Sudanese government have been going on for 3 years. For some reason, the UN can simply not go in till after christmas.
Where the fuck is Bob Geldoff? What am I doing for my summer vacation you might ask? Where will you be this Christmas? Please pass the salt.
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Rest Your Eyes
To view more REAL wallpapers for your desktop click on the title of this post, it will take you to NASA's website...the images are out of this world. (sorry).
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