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Dec 16, 2006
Dec 14, 2006
Dec 12, 2006
Pinochet is dead
And its about 35 years overdue, too. Its been a bad couple of weeks for people with blood on their hands - Saddam to be executed, Rumsfeld condemned to irrelevance and now Pinochet has finally been buried.
Whats really surprising however, is the reaction of certain segments of the Chilean people. 60,000 people came out to pay their respects to this dictator's corpse at it lay in Santiago's Military Academy. To pay their respects to a man who had anyone to the left of Margaret Thatcher (his biggest fan, do not forget) either dismissed from the entire political process in what was a previously democratic state or worse - tortured, executed or "disappeared".
The stories tell of how they used to fly out helicopters over the ocean and just through the prisoners out, leaving them stranded at sea to either die through exposure, tiredness or whatever natural predator decided to try and pick them off. Other helicopters flew up and down the coast depositing death squads in towns in blatant acts of state terrorism - the infamous "Caravans of Death".
But he "saved" the country from Communism. A democratically elected Communist leader, however. The haste at which Allende undertook economic restructuring of the state suggests that he intended to abide by the laws of Chile and to vacate the office of President after his 6 year term had finished. His more dictatorial moves were defeated by the Christian Democrats in Congress, hardly something a new Stalin in the making would ever allow. Even if he had been making moves towards a Communist dictatorship, the only way to save the country would have been to restore power to the people via an elected leadership within a Constitutional framework - not by installing another group of dictators who were even more bloody and vicious.
But such is the nature of primate politics. Pinochet was the darling of certain groups simply because he belonged to them and not the other side. Oh, and there was the economy. But is an economy ever so important that it justifies the support of a bloody tyrant? No, never. Yes, his policies did improve the condition of life for some Chileans. But then he rounded up others and had them systematically tortured and executed. Kind of outweighs whatever plus points he may get for his economic skill.
So, another tyrant is dead and for that we should all be glad. However, the mentality that supports tyrants is obviously still alive and well, within Chile, within Iraq and within even the UK and America, where Pinochet was much loved by the political elites of Thatcher and Reagen. Kind of like Saddam, but I digress. So long as the mob mentality that calls for such leaders exists, they will continue to blight our existence. Tyrants are not born, they are made by the cries of the crowds looking for security against Them, whatever enemy, real or imagined, that they fear. And until people stop being afraid and stop looking to Authority for their safety, such leaders will continue well into the future.
Whats really surprising however, is the reaction of certain segments of the Chilean people. 60,000 people came out to pay their respects to this dictator's corpse at it lay in Santiago's Military Academy. To pay their respects to a man who had anyone to the left of Margaret Thatcher (his biggest fan, do not forget) either dismissed from the entire political process in what was a previously democratic state or worse - tortured, executed or "disappeared".
The stories tell of how they used to fly out helicopters over the ocean and just through the prisoners out, leaving them stranded at sea to either die through exposure, tiredness or whatever natural predator decided to try and pick them off. Other helicopters flew up and down the coast depositing death squads in towns in blatant acts of state terrorism - the infamous "Caravans of Death".
But he "saved" the country from Communism. A democratically elected Communist leader, however. The haste at which Allende undertook economic restructuring of the state suggests that he intended to abide by the laws of Chile and to vacate the office of President after his 6 year term had finished. His more dictatorial moves were defeated by the Christian Democrats in Congress, hardly something a new Stalin in the making would ever allow. Even if he had been making moves towards a Communist dictatorship, the only way to save the country would have been to restore power to the people via an elected leadership within a Constitutional framework - not by installing another group of dictators who were even more bloody and vicious.
But such is the nature of primate politics. Pinochet was the darling of certain groups simply because he belonged to them and not the other side. Oh, and there was the economy. But is an economy ever so important that it justifies the support of a bloody tyrant? No, never. Yes, his policies did improve the condition of life for some Chileans. But then he rounded up others and had them systematically tortured and executed. Kind of outweighs whatever plus points he may get for his economic skill.
So, another tyrant is dead and for that we should all be glad. However, the mentality that supports tyrants is obviously still alive and well, within Chile, within Iraq and within even the UK and America, where Pinochet was much loved by the political elites of Thatcher and Reagen. Kind of like Saddam, but I digress. So long as the mob mentality that calls for such leaders exists, they will continue to blight our existence. Tyrants are not born, they are made by the cries of the crowds looking for security against Them, whatever enemy, real or imagined, that they fear. And until people stop being afraid and stop looking to Authority for their safety, such leaders will continue well into the future.
Dec 9, 2006
The single best Bible verse EVER!
End of debate, no argument, this is what makes reading the Bible worthwhile:
"Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up the road, some youths came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” So he turned around and looked at them, and pronounced a curse on them in the name of the LORD. And two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths."
2 Kings 2:23-24
Thanks to ChurchHopping.com for reminding me of this verse. And people say Discordianism is weird.....
"Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up the road, some youths came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” So he turned around and looked at them, and pronounced a curse on them in the name of the LORD. And two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths."
2 Kings 2:23-24
Thanks to ChurchHopping.com for reminding me of this verse. And people say Discordianism is weird.....
Dec 7, 2006
Dec 5, 2006
Don't panic ma'am, they were only white terrorists....
Another story illustrating the essentially racist nature of the War on Some Sorts of Terror and Your Personal Freedoms.
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=1&subID=815&p=2
Here are some select passages from the article.
Public perception of terrorism is often shaped by selective media coverage, which concentrates exclusively on a particular version of 'terrorism', while ignoring incidents that fall outside this framework.
A revealing example of this process occurred last week when two men appeared separately in Burnley Magistrates' Court, charged under the 1883 Explosive Substances Act with possession of an explosive substance for an illegal purpose.
One of the accused was a BNP council candidate in last May's local elections in Colne, named Robert Cottage. In a raid on his house, police found what they called "the largest amount of chemical explosives of this type ever found in this country".
The other was a retired dentist named David Jackson, who was allegedly found in possession of a rocket launcher and a nuclear biological protection suit.
OK, I'll let that thought sink in. A member of a UK politically extreme party and a dentist had more WMDs then we have found in Iraq.
But what is striking about their court appearance (they were remanded until October 23) is the failure of any mainstream newspaper or media outlet to report it at all.
Thats because it doesn't fit in with where the funding on terrorism is going - towards looking at swarthy folk from overseas who threaten us (despite Al-Qaeda actually recruiting from converts, including Indians, Latinos and Jamaicans) and doesn't fit into the narrative the mainstream media have built up over modern terrorism.
But consider this: who was the biggest terrorist threat in America in the 90s? If you said the Christian Identity Militia movement, then you get a cookie. This movement has even bankrolled far right and violent organizations in this country and carried out the Oklahoma bombings in 96 and a string of lesser bombings, robbery and murder since its explosion onto the world scene in the 1980s, the same time as Shi'a terrorism was making its presence known throughout Lebanon and most of the Crescent and the nutter "Rabbi" Kahane was printing books and founding groups dedicated to essentially genociding Arabs.
Do you see a pattern here? Because I do, and so does noted terrorism scholar Bruce Hoffman. In his book, Inside Terrorism, he gives a precise account of how terrorism since the 1980s has increased in incidence among all three faiths and probably religion at large. What I found particularly interesting was the great lengths the supposedly fractured Christian Identity movement had made in biological and chemical weapons in order to bring about Armageddon. I'll repeat that: biological and chemical weapons in order to bring about Armageddon.
And the losses of the late 90s for the movement (where Clinton did crack down hard on them, despite what Fox News may tell you), research, development and deployment of such weapons is continuing. Here are some choice attacks that nearly happened for you to read over:
In 2003, two antigovernment extremists were convicted of amassing a “huge arsenal of illegal weapons and explosives in Tyler, Texas, including suitcase bombs and a working chemical weapon.” They apparently possessed sufficient quantities of sodium cyanide to kill some six thousand people and had stockpiled half a million rounds of ammunition and sixty pipe bombs.
In March, two members of the Minnesota Patriots Council, a militia group, were convicted of stockpiling enough ricin to kill at least 129 people, allegedly as part of a plan to murder IRS agents, U.S. marshals, and local deputy sheriffs. According to the FBI, ricin is ranked as the third most toxic known substance, behind only plutonium and botulism.
Two months later, a man described as a certified microbiologist—who also had links to the Aryan Nations—was able to order a quantity of bubonic plague agent through the mail from a Maryland chemical supply firm. He had obtained three vials of Yersinia pestis—a bacterium credited with having wiped out one-third of the population of fourteenth-century Europe. In addition to the bacterium, police found in his home a dozen M-l carbines, smoke grenades, blasting caps—and white supremacist literature.
Taken from Pages 106-7 (Chapter 5) of Inside Terrorism by Bruce Hoffman.
Terrorism is not just an issue that affects radical nutcases in the Middle East. Anyone, anyone with a sufficiently radical, all-embracing and apocalyptic worldview can and will tend towards violence in order to bring about their fairy tale versions of the world. Al-Qaeda and Middle Eastern and Islamic terrorism is an issue, it would be foolish to deny it. But they are not the only terrorists and we failed to stop Al-Qaeda BEFORE 9/11 by ignoring them and the threat they present. While the media hypes the threat from "Muslims" (who are no more Muslim than me, unless getting drunk, going to strip joints and dealing drugs is permissible. In which case, I'm in), we have ignored the threat still present from a number of other groups, just as fanatical and insane as Al-Qaeda. In fact, apart from certain geopolitical considerations, I would say there is no difference between the Salafist movement Al-Qaeda represents and the Domionist movement nuts like The Order and the Aryan Nations work in favour of.
By virtue of the irresponsible reporting and scaremongering in offices of power, we could easily be setting ourselves up for a domestic 9/11 - or something far worse. Its time we grew the hell up and started to look at this as sensible adults. But of course, this is not in the interest of the status quo. Still, to anyone who reads the linked article, or even this blog entry, please pass it on to people you know. Knowledge is power and only by a more educated population can we ever hope to change policy.
Edit: Apparently, the BBC have replied as to why they did not give this the coverage it deserved. Here is the text of the email they sent someone who asked them about this, which I got via a forum.
[name deleted],
Thanks for your e-mail and sorry for the delay in replying. We had planned to cover this issue on last week's NewsWatch programme, but unfortunately had to drop the item at the last minute because we couldn't confirm information we needed to make sure our report didn't break the law.
The simple answer is that the national BBC should have covered this but missed the story - it was featured on BBC Radio Lancashire, where the offences occurred, but should have had wider coverage nationally. However, it's also interesting that of the national newspapers, only the Sunday Times carried any mention of the case at all.
I think this is partly down to the way the police locally handled the whole thing - and there have been discussions about the lack of information coming from them.
However, I should point out that much of the information you may have read on various websites goes far beyond what should be reported once people have been arrested and charged, and the BBC could not have given anywhere near that much detail of the case.
But I'm told there will definitely be someone covering next Monday's court hearing in Burnley.
I hope that's useful,
Ian Jolly
NewsWatch
Note: this email was dated the 17th of October 2006. Make of that what you will.
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=1&subID=815&p=2
Here are some select passages from the article.
Public perception of terrorism is often shaped by selective media coverage, which concentrates exclusively on a particular version of 'terrorism', while ignoring incidents that fall outside this framework.
A revealing example of this process occurred last week when two men appeared separately in Burnley Magistrates' Court, charged under the 1883 Explosive Substances Act with possession of an explosive substance for an illegal purpose.
One of the accused was a BNP council candidate in last May's local elections in Colne, named Robert Cottage. In a raid on his house, police found what they called "the largest amount of chemical explosives of this type ever found in this country".
The other was a retired dentist named David Jackson, who was allegedly found in possession of a rocket launcher and a nuclear biological protection suit.
OK, I'll let that thought sink in. A member of a UK politically extreme party and a dentist had more WMDs then we have found in Iraq.
But what is striking about their court appearance (they were remanded until October 23) is the failure of any mainstream newspaper or media outlet to report it at all.
Thats because it doesn't fit in with where the funding on terrorism is going - towards looking at swarthy folk from overseas who threaten us (despite Al-Qaeda actually recruiting from converts, including Indians, Latinos and Jamaicans) and doesn't fit into the narrative the mainstream media have built up over modern terrorism.
But consider this: who was the biggest terrorist threat in America in the 90s? If you said the Christian Identity Militia movement, then you get a cookie. This movement has even bankrolled far right and violent organizations in this country and carried out the Oklahoma bombings in 96 and a string of lesser bombings, robbery and murder since its explosion onto the world scene in the 1980s, the same time as Shi'a terrorism was making its presence known throughout Lebanon and most of the Crescent and the nutter "Rabbi" Kahane was printing books and founding groups dedicated to essentially genociding Arabs.
Do you see a pattern here? Because I do, and so does noted terrorism scholar Bruce Hoffman. In his book, Inside Terrorism, he gives a precise account of how terrorism since the 1980s has increased in incidence among all three faiths and probably religion at large. What I found particularly interesting was the great lengths the supposedly fractured Christian Identity movement had made in biological and chemical weapons in order to bring about Armageddon. I'll repeat that: biological and chemical weapons in order to bring about Armageddon.
And the losses of the late 90s for the movement (where Clinton did crack down hard on them, despite what Fox News may tell you), research, development and deployment of such weapons is continuing. Here are some choice attacks that nearly happened for you to read over:
In 2003, two antigovernment extremists were convicted of amassing a “huge arsenal of illegal weapons and explosives in Tyler, Texas, including suitcase bombs and a working chemical weapon.” They apparently possessed sufficient quantities of sodium cyanide to kill some six thousand people and had stockpiled half a million rounds of ammunition and sixty pipe bombs.
In March, two members of the Minnesota Patriots Council, a militia group, were convicted of stockpiling enough ricin to kill at least 129 people, allegedly as part of a plan to murder IRS agents, U.S. marshals, and local deputy sheriffs. According to the FBI, ricin is ranked as the third most toxic known substance, behind only plutonium and botulism.
Two months later, a man described as a certified microbiologist—who also had links to the Aryan Nations—was able to order a quantity of bubonic plague agent through the mail from a Maryland chemical supply firm. He had obtained three vials of Yersinia pestis—a bacterium credited with having wiped out one-third of the population of fourteenth-century Europe. In addition to the bacterium, police found in his home a dozen M-l carbines, smoke grenades, blasting caps—and white supremacist literature.
Taken from Pages 106-7 (Chapter 5) of Inside Terrorism by Bruce Hoffman.
Terrorism is not just an issue that affects radical nutcases in the Middle East. Anyone, anyone with a sufficiently radical, all-embracing and apocalyptic worldview can and will tend towards violence in order to bring about their fairy tale versions of the world. Al-Qaeda and Middle Eastern and Islamic terrorism is an issue, it would be foolish to deny it. But they are not the only terrorists and we failed to stop Al-Qaeda BEFORE 9/11 by ignoring them and the threat they present. While the media hypes the threat from "Muslims" (who are no more Muslim than me, unless getting drunk, going to strip joints and dealing drugs is permissible. In which case, I'm in), we have ignored the threat still present from a number of other groups, just as fanatical and insane as Al-Qaeda. In fact, apart from certain geopolitical considerations, I would say there is no difference between the Salafist movement Al-Qaeda represents and the Domionist movement nuts like The Order and the Aryan Nations work in favour of.
By virtue of the irresponsible reporting and scaremongering in offices of power, we could easily be setting ourselves up for a domestic 9/11 - or something far worse. Its time we grew the hell up and started to look at this as sensible adults. But of course, this is not in the interest of the status quo. Still, to anyone who reads the linked article, or even this blog entry, please pass it on to people you know. Knowledge is power and only by a more educated population can we ever hope to change policy.
Edit: Apparently, the BBC have replied as to why they did not give this the coverage it deserved. Here is the text of the email they sent someone who asked them about this, which I got via a forum.
[name deleted],
Thanks for your e-mail and sorry for the delay in replying. We had planned to cover this issue on last week's NewsWatch programme, but unfortunately had to drop the item at the last minute because we couldn't confirm information we needed to make sure our report didn't break the law.
The simple answer is that the national BBC should have covered this but missed the story - it was featured on BBC Radio Lancashire, where the offences occurred, but should have had wider coverage nationally. However, it's also interesting that of the national newspapers, only the Sunday Times carried any mention of the case at all.
I think this is partly down to the way the police locally handled the whole thing - and there have been discussions about the lack of information coming from them.
However, I should point out that much of the information you may have read on various websites goes far beyond what should be reported once people have been arrested and charged, and the BBC could not have given anywhere near that much detail of the case.
But I'm told there will definitely be someone covering next Monday's court hearing in Burnley.
I hope that's useful,
Ian Jolly
NewsWatch
Note: this email was dated the 17th of October 2006. Make of that what you will.
Dec 3, 2006
According to Mel Gibson, who is responsible for all the wars?
a) Booze
b) Shoes
c) Blue's Clues
d) Muckadoos
e) New Zoo Revues
f) Kalamazoos
g) Tom Cruise
h) Bird flus
i) Chimney flues
j) Primordial ooze
k) Tea for twos
l) CBS Evening News
m) Kangaroos
n) Heads I win, tails you lose
o) Muumuus
p) Stinkypoos
q) Clever ruse
r) Runaround Sues
s) Jews
t) JOOOOOOOS!
u) Any of the above, depending on his blood alcohol level at the time
Answers on a back of a postcard to the PFLD headquarters.
b) Shoes
c) Blue's Clues
d) Muckadoos
e) New Zoo Revues
f) Kalamazoos
g) Tom Cruise
h) Bird flus
i) Chimney flues
j) Primordial ooze
k) Tea for twos
l) CBS Evening News
m) Kangaroos
n) Heads I win, tails you lose
o) Muumuus
p) Stinkypoos
q) Clever ruse
r) Runaround Sues
s) Jews
t) JOOOOOOOS!
u) Any of the above, depending on his blood alcohol level at the time
Answers on a back of a postcard to the PFLD headquarters.
For the Conspiracy Theorist in you....
Out There Radio broadcasts.
Basically two guys, Joe McFall and Raymond Wiley, doing an hour long talkshow on conspiracy theory, the occult and the paranormal. Also, its actually pretty damn good. These guys range the spectrum, from well known theories such as the MLK assassination, South American coups, MK-Ultra etc to some stuff I hadn't even heard of, such as the death of William Cooper, the creation of strange stone tablets in Georgia proclaiming the manifesto of the New World Order and much more.
They seem pretty openminded (apart from a far too understandable dislike of Reagan), not your average bunker dwelling Christian "patriots" or anything like that (which I also listen to. But only because they are funny). They've had authors, shamans, Satanists, Freemasons, Pagans and researchers on the show, so they take a pretty broad and lighthearted view of some of the ideas and things going on out there.
Highlights I would suggest listening to include:
An Adam Gorightly interview on Kerry Thornley
An Interview with Rev Ivan Stang of the CotSG
Austin Gandy on the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
The 2006 post election analysis
My favourite mad scientist - Wilhelm Reich
But I strongly suggest checking out the entire archive of shows that they have.
Basically two guys, Joe McFall and Raymond Wiley, doing an hour long talkshow on conspiracy theory, the occult and the paranormal. Also, its actually pretty damn good. These guys range the spectrum, from well known theories such as the MLK assassination, South American coups, MK-Ultra etc to some stuff I hadn't even heard of, such as the death of William Cooper, the creation of strange stone tablets in Georgia proclaiming the manifesto of the New World Order and much more.
They seem pretty openminded (apart from a far too understandable dislike of Reagan), not your average bunker dwelling Christian "patriots" or anything like that (which I also listen to. But only because they are funny). They've had authors, shamans, Satanists, Freemasons, Pagans and researchers on the show, so they take a pretty broad and lighthearted view of some of the ideas and things going on out there.
Highlights I would suggest listening to include:
An Adam Gorightly interview on Kerry Thornley
An Interview with Rev Ivan Stang of the CotSG
Austin Gandy on the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
The 2006 post election analysis
My favourite mad scientist - Wilhelm Reich
But I strongly suggest checking out the entire archive of shows that they have.
Nov 25, 2006
Nov 24, 2006
This man used to be our Home Secretary
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,1924226,00.html
Its not verified, of course, but would you really put it past this government? The government who has already worked viciously to squash dissent within and without its own party, who cannot stand the idea of the people using their right to protest (outside of the offices we give them, no less), that uses anti-terror legislation on peaceful protestors and declares legitimate civil disobedience a "disgrace".
Before you think "well, at least he's not in power anymore", just remember - Dr John Reid, ex-Communist party enforcer, is. So think happy thoughts, loyal subjects.
Its not verified, of course, but would you really put it past this government? The government who has already worked viciously to squash dissent within and without its own party, who cannot stand the idea of the people using their right to protest (outside of the offices we give them, no less), that uses anti-terror legislation on peaceful protestors and declares legitimate civil disobedience a "disgrace".
Before you think "well, at least he's not in power anymore", just remember - Dr John Reid, ex-Communist party enforcer, is. So think happy thoughts, loyal subjects.
Nov 23, 2006
Under the Eye of Sauron....
Home Office to finally regulate CCTV
So now, our Russian-esque police state will have to update all its cameras. Never mind the impact on crime is negligible, or that the police actually have to waste precious time sifting through all the crap which is captured on said cameras, WE MUST HAVE EYES ON EVERYONE!
Is it just me who thinks someone in NuLabour is hiding a very dark, deep secret, whose repression is feeding their paranoia? Or should I just stop trying to be an internet psychoanalyst and do something useful, like taping up camera lenses (not that I would ever do that, its patently illegal, it was just a suggestion)?
Looks like the time to grab the V for Vendetta masks and speak with intensely annoying alliteration may be just one step closer....
So now, our Russian-esque police state will have to update all its cameras. Never mind the impact on crime is negligible, or that the police actually have to waste precious time sifting through all the crap which is captured on said cameras, WE MUST HAVE EYES ON EVERYONE!
Is it just me who thinks someone in NuLabour is hiding a very dark, deep secret, whose repression is feeding their paranoia? Or should I just stop trying to be an internet psychoanalyst and do something useful, like taping up camera lenses (not that I would ever do that, its patently illegal, it was just a suggestion)?
Looks like the time to grab the V for Vendetta masks and speak with intensely annoying alliteration may be just one step closer....
What Would Jesus Do?
Christians in America particularly seem to ask this alot. Let us examine the evidence, based on the Bible, of what Jesus would do. Jesus has shown himself prone to talk in riddles, to perform miracles, to act aggressively and bizarrely and to get himself killed. This is generally considered a bad move, especially if your cleric has not memorized resurrection for the day.
As a Discordian, I should probably ask, What Would Eris Do? Lets see if this is any more helpful. Hmmm, history suggests destroying a city (by proxy) for minor slights. Or inciting people to invade India. Again, not helpful, especially as India has nukes nowadays and faith is not immune to being melted.
Maybe I should ask, What Would Emperor Norton do? Ah, I think we hit a winner here. What would the Emperor do? What he always did - be himself and nothing more.
Today's lesson teaches us one thing - crazy men from San Francisco are likely better role models than imaginary superheroes who live in the sky.
As a Discordian, I should probably ask, What Would Eris Do? Lets see if this is any more helpful. Hmmm, history suggests destroying a city (by proxy) for minor slights. Or inciting people to invade India. Again, not helpful, especially as India has nukes nowadays and faith is not immune to being melted.
Maybe I should ask, What Would Emperor Norton do? Ah, I think we hit a winner here. What would the Emperor do? What he always did - be himself and nothing more.
Today's lesson teaches us one thing - crazy men from San Francisco are likely better role models than imaginary superheroes who live in the sky.
Nov 19, 2006
Dice stacking
Stage magic has always interested me, but I was always better at minor sleight of hand object transference and card tricks. Something as flashy as this, done once or twice would have been such a great addition....
Thanks to Malaul for passing the link on!
Thanks to Malaul for passing the link on!
Nov 17, 2006
Nov 15, 2006
Illuminati taunts in Bosnia
Bosnia Town to build Cabbage Monument
"BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters) - Authorities in a Bosnian town plan to build a giant monument to the cabbage to honour their most important produce.
"BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters) - Authorities in a Bosnian town plan to build a giant monument to the cabbage to honour their most important produce.
Cabbage is a favourite winter staple in the Balkans, cooked or pickled in a variety of ways to deliver precious vitamin C through the dark months.
"Our region is famous for cabbage. We very much appreciate this vegetable," said Goran Peric, the director of the tourist association in the northeastern town of Bijeljina.
Peric said the monument to the humble plant would be erected in time for the next Cabbage-Fest, traditionally held in November. "We shall all support this idea," he told Reuters.
Bijeljina cabbage used to sell across the former Yugoslav federation but lost its market after Croatia, Macedonia and Bosnia declared independence and war broke out."
A likely story. I know what you're up to, you can't fool me!
Nov 14, 2006
Bow down before your new deity!
I of course mean the latest internet age pseudo irreligion, Googlism and its representatives upon earth, the Church of Google . It makes more sense than 90% of traditional religions and at least as much as any modern cargo cult, so its worth a go.
Nov 9, 2006
Interesting news....
It seems I now have a job. I have accepted an internship with the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence. I am working under Dr Lehr, which will hopefully give me a better insight into South East Asia and movements there. I did mention more than a passing interest in that area, which is only to be expected by someone originally from that part of the world, so I expect that, and not any familiarity I may or may not have with critical infrastructure was the reason for my placement.
In other news, the town is still dead. Went to a boring talk last night, drinks were good but not much else. I'll see if I can rouse some people to hit a few bars with tonight and celebrate my new job.
In other news, the town is still dead. Went to a boring talk last night, drinks were good but not much else. I'll see if I can rouse some people to hit a few bars with tonight and celebrate my new job.
Nov 6, 2006
Holidays
The town is dead. I went out yesterday afternoon to grab some things before the shops shut and it was like a bizzare cross of the early chapters of Day of the Triffids, or the start of 28 Days Later . I swear I didn't see or hear another living thing until I made it to the high street. Very strange, especially in the pre-twilight murk this town is enveloped with by 3pm.
So its another normal Reading Week, basically. No lectures, no tutorials and no long waits at the bar to get drinks. Sounds like how University should be, to be honest.
Oh, and since I haven't done a music review in ages, I will do a mini one right here: buy Pia Fraus - In Solarium. Incredibly melodic and easy to listen to, yet almost as if Sonic Youth took up doing pop music. Well worth having and very good stuff for a second album.
So its another normal Reading Week, basically. No lectures, no tutorials and no long waits at the bar to get drinks. Sounds like how University should be, to be honest.
Oh, and since I haven't done a music review in ages, I will do a mini one right here: buy Pia Fraus - In Solarium. Incredibly melodic and easy to listen to, yet almost as if Sonic Youth took up doing pop music. Well worth having and very good stuff for a second album.
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