Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful.
It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom.
He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically,
but almost with pleasure.

Aldous Huxley


Saturday, October 16, 2010

George Clooney the new South Sudanese Ambassador

Sudan: One country or two? - RIZ KHAN - Al Jazeera English



I used to think highly of Al Jazeera but now I feel all shaken... Why would they ever consider bringing George Clooney to a talk show to explain the matter with South Sudan and the upcoming referendum? Has Mr Clooney recently became South Sudanese? And has he on top of this been appointed by... someone to the job of South Sudan Ambassador?

It really annoys me to see these western pop-stars taking leading role when Africa is concerned! Next we'll have Wyclef Jean president of Haiti!

Government of Canada investing in community action to preserve local habitat and species at risk in Quebec

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Obamaland...

 Clare and the Reasons - Obama Over The Rainbow .mp3
Found at bee mp3 search engine
First, click on "PLAY" to read this post.

 A couple of weeks ago I went to Obamaland, the land where people need instruction to be able to cross the street, but also the land where luckily you can chew some BlueQ Obama Gum while goin' shipping with the BlueQ Mighty Michelle Shopper.
Then.

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Battlestar Galactica

Newly discovered planet 'habitable' -
 Al Jazeera English

And there we go! Once we'll be done fucking up our dear pachamama we can just hop on a shuttle and colonize Gliese 581 g!

For that we will be able to use Israeli intelligence, for they are expert in illegal colonization/settlements...

That would be nice wouldn't it?

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Squares of Autumn


Squares of Autumn
Originally uploaded by L'Arlesien
And now Fall is kickin'in. School, work, rainy days, yellow leaves, orange leaves, red leaves, falling leaves, and leaves-less trees.

Seasons keep coming and going, and I still hear comments such as "well in 50 years or something maybe people will react more strongly to global warming because it may become more real..." This was from the mouth of a soon graduating political science student. Amazing.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Sheep on da street!

Wowowiwow! Well it has been a while since I had a single thought (which is strong within me) for the Enigmatic Worthlessness!

But an international (article on Al Jazeera) event that reveals both human stupidity and a regime's own stupidity has forced me to come out of the closet, so to say, and post this.

(reuters)

Chinese citizens are on the street in front of the Japanese embassy in Beijing because they feel angered by... they themselves have no idea what.

Or rather they think they know. They think they feel angered because the Japanese are keeping
Zhan Qixiong, the chinese trawler captain, in custody. How is that surprising?

Quick summary of the situation. Some days ago a chinese trawler was sailing around the Diaoyu/Sentoku disputed Islands. The Chinese boat was approached by Japanese coast guard, and as an answer the chinese boat hit the Japanese ones. The Japanese coastguards thus arrested the Chinese crew and brought them back to Japan. Then, of course, the Chinese were crying out loud saying that the Japanese are insane.

What is scary is that people are not understanding that this is all just a political game over a couple of islands, and most of all that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is willingly fueling popular resentment over the Japanese in order to gain momentum and legitimacy.

However, although the use of nationalism feelings is easy and handy for the CCP in time of social unrest, it is a dangerous thing to play with. We saw it in Urumqi last year.



Harmony in Urumqi #2