August 21, 2010 archive

The Fireman Returns

My piece of shit tennant is suing me for giving him a five year break the rent of 750 a month in this 1200 per month market.  Out of eight brothers only one of them in the entire family works, the rest sue people for disability injuries.

Alzheimers Dad is still incontintent but socio-Ma has a new boy friend in Richard, who I am totally convinced is only after Ma’s remaining money.  

My right upper two back teeth are making grinding noises.  Dad was about my age although he did have dental insurance when the doc pulled all of em.  I also have this new weakness in my right arm I can’t explain and the tumor on my left leg has fortunately not increased in size.

The “good” news in these “interesting” times.  Well the grandson’s all still love me and there is a fourth on the way.  I will most certainly NOT be living in the same residence I was living in nor will I be able to be near and care for the ones I love most dearly.

Breaking:Sweden Admits Charges Against Assange Bogus

The Pentagon/CIA’s office of Dirty Tricks fires the first round, “neutral”  Sweden decides it doesn’t want to be portrayed as their right wing accomplice this early.   Last night they began circulating a fake story that the founder of wikileaks was being charged with rape in Sweden and was wanted for arrest.

Assange had visited Sweden recently and some of wikileak’s servers are located there.

Today Sweden decided to walk it back and dropped the arrest warrant.

http://english.aljazeera.net/n…

I ran the Swedish version of their Dept of Justice (“Aklagare.se “) webpage through an online translator and it comes up with this:


Chief District Prosecutor Eva Finné has revoked anhållningsbeslutet of Julian Assange. She does not consider that there be reasons in order to he will be continued detained.

– I do not consider that there be reason to suspect that he has carried out an act rape, Eva says Finné.

Eva Finné submits none additional comments during the Saturday.

Open Herbs

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Dalian China

I had a personal connection to the GOM, as I’ve posted here, but none to China. Today, though, my SO came and said that there’s this great job she could apply for in this beautiful part of China, one of the only places where the air and water is still more or less clean, where you can windsurf or play in the ocean, where there are still horse drawn carriages in the city, and some hint of traditional China– and so  I looked it up– not long ago that was all very true:

Dalian it turns out is a leader in alternative energy and windfarms.

And:

Dalian has won several awards from the United Nations for its environmental progress. The Chinese government has chosen to focus here as a starting place for instituting environmental regulations in China. The air quality is the best in all of China, and because of this and the multitude of parks and beaches, Dalian has become a popular vacation destination.

from- http://web2.clarkson.edu/proje…

On June 21st of course, that all changed:

http://www.boston.com/bigpictu…

This is heartbreaking.

And if you look at the caption you’ll see at least one of the workers in the photos died.  

No Way Out: The Greatest Depression, & Becoming The USSR

Daniel Tencer writing at RawStory Friday reported that “The US economic recovery in recent quarters is little more than a “cover-up” and the world is headed for a “Greatest Depression,” complete with social unrest and class warfare, says a renowned economic forecaster. Gerald Celente, head of the Trends Research Institute, told Yahoo! News’ Tech Ticker that there’s no risk of a “double-dip recession” because the first “dip” never ended.”

“We’re saying there’s no double dip, it never ended,” Celente said. “We’re looking at the Greatest Depression. There’s no way out of this without [rebuilding] productive capacity. You can’t print [money to get] out of it.”

“Celente said the current unemployment rate, if it were measured as it was measured during the Great Depression, would be around 17.5 percent. And he expects that number to rise to around 22 percent in the coming years.”

“One of the good businesses to get in to may be guillotines,” Celente quipped. “Because there’s a real off-with-their-heads fever going on. People are really fed up.”

“We went from a country that used to be merchants, craftspeople, manufacturers, to clerks and cashiers,” Celente said. “We have to bring manufacturing back to America.”

Docudharma Times Saturday August 21




Saturday’s Headlines:

Obama under pressure in test of principle that could define his presidency

Frank Lloyd Wright house in Bethesda now belongs to architect’s grandson

USA

Five years after Katrina, New Orleans sees higher percentage of Hispanics

Muslims fear backlash as festival falls near Sept. 11

Europe

Who really masterminded France’s crime of the century?

Expelled Roma promise to return to France

Middle East

Iran begins loading Bushehr nuclear reactor

Settlements ‘may halt’ direct talks

Asia

Pakistan accepts $5m flood aid from India

Deaths that shocked Japan

Africa

Stellenbosch University abuzz after student paper prints photo of gay kiss

Nigeria: Is Goodluck Jonathan running for president or what?

Latin America

Wyclef Jean vows to help Haiti after presidential bid rejected

Late Night Karaoke

Random Japan

TARGETING A NEW AUDIENCE

The Ueno Okura Theater, a bastion of adult cinema for over half a century, has ramped up its efforts to entice more women to come in and catch a pornographic film.

Foreigners have a reason to get out and rock the vote due to a provision in the DPJ’s constitution that allows permanent foreign residents to participate in the party’s upcoming presidential election, which will decide the next prime minister.

Reports show more survivors of cervical cancer are discovering they can still experience a healthy sex life after undergoing major cancer treatments.

The 18m-tall Gundam statue that once stood in Odaiba has been reassembled in Shizuoka, where it was unveiled to great fanfare in the city’s Aoi Ward.

It was reported that instead of dealing with problems in the office, some companies are increasingly hiring yamesaseya-specialists who coerce resignations out of unwanted employees by following them and taking incriminating photographs, among various other types of schemes.

Thanks to a tie-up with the Associated Press, The Yomiuri Shimbun became the first Japanese newspaper to distribute its news photographs to international media.

George Orwell’s Iraq

“Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today challenged the notion that removing ‘combat brigades’ but leaving 50,000 U.S. troops in Iraq constitutes an end to combat operations, let alone an end to the war”, a press release issued by Kucinich datelined Washington, Aug 19, 2010 and published on the Congressman’s house website stated. The release continued with:

“Who is in charge of our operations in Iraq, now? George Orwell? A war based on lies continues to be a war based on lies. Today, we have a war that is not a war, with combat troops who are not combat troops. In 2003, President Bush said ‘Mission Accomplished’. In 2010, the White House says combat operations are over in Iraq, but will leave 50,000 troops, many of whom will inevitably be involved in combat-related activities.”

“Just seven days ago, General Babaker Shawkat Zebari, the commander of Iraq’s military, said that Iraq’s security forces will not be trained and ready to take over security for another 10 years. One story is being told to the military on the ground in Iraq and another story is being told to their families back home.”

“You can’t be in and out at the same time.”

“This is not the end of the war; this is simply a new stage in the campaign to lull the American people into accepting an open-ended presence in Iraq. This is not an honest accounting to the American people and it diminishes the role of the troops who will put their lives on the line. This is not fair to the troops, their families or the American people.”

“The Administration and the Pentagon would be wise to level with the American people about our long-term commitment to Iraq.”

“The cost of the wars has been estimated to be around $1 million per soldier per year. Each year the troop levels stay at 50,000 means another $50 billion is wasted. I object to spending billions of dollars to maintain a charade in Iraq while our own economy is failing and over 15 million Americans are out of work. I object to keeping any level troops in Iraq to maintain a war based on lies. It is time that Congress sees through the manipulation and finally acts to truly end the war by stopping its funding,” said Kucinich.

Original v. Cover — #39 in a Series

KEN STATE SHOOTING Pictures, Images and Photos

Have you ever heard a song that so completely captures an earlier moment in your life that hearing it again immediately transports you back to that time?  Sometimes a powerful catalyzing event seizes the collective attention of a nation, creating a sudden vacuum, waiting only to be filled by a universal means of expression that can clearly and articulately capture those powerful thoughts and emotions, duly recording the essence of a nation’s collective conscience in a manner understandable to the rest of the world, and perhaps more importantly, to posterity.  

Some, perhaps many of us were around in 1970 to witness such an event, one that rocked a nation already reeling from escalating racial tensions and an ever widening divide between those who staunchly supported and those who opposed the United States’ unprovoked aggression and ongoing occupation of Southeast Asia.  

BP Friday: Did You Remember to Flush Before Glossing ?

Because the Original is always so much better than anything I could ever hope to make up:

The Further Adventures of Macondo 252, Oil Well of Doom

Hit the theme music:

If I had to do the same again, I would, my friend, Fernando !  

Remember this, back in June on the 23rd ?

BP oil spill,riser pipe,BOP stubb,drill ship,Discover Enterprise,Discoverer Enterprise Gas Flare,Methane Gas Flair

Uncapped BP Well before installation of new blow out protector assembly.

And then in July, they finally got a new spool, cap n stack and a spankin’ new Blow Out Protector on the thing to cap the well and shut it off almost 3 months after it blew ?  And everybody went Halleleujah ?

Original v. Cover — #39 in a Series

serve your country, see the world, shoot college students Pictures, Images and Photos

Have you ever heard a song that so completely captures an earlier moment in your life that hearing it again immediately transports you back to that time?  Sometimes a powerful catalyzing event seizes the collective attention of a nation, creating a sudden vacuum, waiting only to be filled by a universal means of expression that can clearly and articulately capture those powerful thoughts and emotions, duly recording the essence of a nation’s collective conscience in a manner understandable to the rest of the world, and perhaps more importantly, to posterity.  

Some, perhaps many of us were around in 1970 to witness such an event, one that rocked a nation already reeling from escalating racial tensions and an ever widening divide between those who staunchly supported and those who opposed the United States’ unprovoked aggression and ongoing occupation of Southeast Asia.  

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