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Honduras, Washington, and Liberal-Left Grasping at Straws
So liberal-left Obama supporters think they've got something to crow about in regard to Honduras. As George Ciccareillo-Maher noted recently on Counterpunch: "Previously resigned Obamaphiles, desperate to grasp at any shred of proof suggesting that they were right to get high on hope and expect imminent change, are closing ranks around their government and insisting that the U.S. government's response to the Honduran coup is proof positive of such change. Some even go so far as to claim that the Obama administration's support for Zelaya has been 'unambiguous,' adding that 'complaints that Washington hasn't acted fast enough to denounce the Honduran coup are silly and ignorant on the face of them.'"[1]
"Rebranding War and Occupation"
We'll return to Washington and Honduras in a moment, after some comments on why Obama's "progressive" fans are clutching at straws. It's been a weird and lonely time for many of them, what with Barack Obama's blatant escalation of terrorist, civilian-slaughtering war in South Asia, his apparently indefinite continuation of the Iraq occupation, his increase of the "defense" (empire) budget (Morgan Stanley reported last November that Obama rejects the silly concept of a "peace dividend"), his advance approval for an Israel attack on Iran, his refusal to move in any serious way against Israel's occupation of Palestine, his continuing refusal to permit Jean Bertrand Aristide back into the Caribbean, and...so on (the list goes on and on).
Did anyone besides Noam Chomsky notice the June 10th New York Times article in which we learned that Obama was pressuring the Iraqi government not to permit the popular referendum required by the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) - the withdrawal document forced on the Bush administration by the Iraqi resistance. As the Times explained, the Obama administration fears that the Iraqi population might insist on the immediate removal of all U.S. troops, rejecting the SOFA provision that delays U.S. withdrawal until 2012. Such insistence, described as "anti-Americanism" by U.S. officials, would be consistent with longstanding majority Iraqi opinion, recorded in Pentagon-run polls and other Western surveys. The legally mandated referendum (described by the Times as a "potent poison pill approved at the same time as the security agreement as a way to appease political factions that did not want to be tarred with the accusation that they had voted for a measure that allowed American soldiers to stay on Iraqi soil until 2012") was scheduled for July 30, 2009. In likely "deference to American concerns," the Times reported, the Iraqi cabinet declared its wish to delay the vote for six months so that it could be held at the same time as national elections in January "to save money and time."[2]
"Overall," the prolific left journalist Jeremy Scahill noted in mid-June of 2009, Obama is "implementing a U.S. foreign policy that in some ways --or, I think, in many ways--advances the interest of the American empire in a way the Republicans could only have dreamed of doing." Further:
"What people, I think, misunderstand about Barack Obama is that this is a man who is a brilliant supporter of empire - who has figured out a way to essentially trick a lot of people into believing they're supporting radical change, when in effect what they're doing is supporting a radical expansion of the U.S. empire."
"I think that Obama is showing himself to be a master of misdirection--almost like a magician. He'll say a few things in his speech that sound like they're new, like a totally different U.S. approach, but then he'll also at the same time roll out a policy that is further than even Bush took things."
The title of the article in which Scahill made these comments said a mouthful: "Rebranding War and Occupation." [3] In comments made around the same time during a speech at the annual meetings of the International Socialist Organization, Scahill observed that "Obama is an incredibly Orwellian character. He can make people think that war is peace."[4]
"The Architects of Policy Protect Their Own Interests"
Then there's Obama's domestic agenda of, for, and by the wealthy Few. In the May 2009 edition of the centrist public affairs magazine The Atlantic, Simon Johnson, the former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (no leftist!), argued that the Obama administration was for all intents and purposes in Wall Street's pocket. In an article titled "The Quiet Coup," Johnson argued that, in the words of the Atlantic's editors, "the finance industry has effectively captured our government— a state of affairs that more typically describes emerging markets, and is at the center of many emerging-market crises. If the IMF's staff could speak freely about the U.S., it would tell us what it tells all countries in this situation: recovery will fail unless we break the financial oligarchy that is blocking essential reform. And if we are to prevent a true depression, we're running out of time." By Johnson's account, "Throughout the crisis, the government has taken extreme care not to upset the interests of the financial institutions or to question the basic outlines of the system that got us here...[the] elite business interests [who] played a central role in creating the crisis...with the implicit backing of the government" [are] "now using their influence to prevent precisely [the] reforms that are needed, and fast, to pull the economy out of its nosedive...The [Obama] government seems helpless, or unwilling, to act against them."[5]
Chomsky rightly sees this statement as chilling confirmation of the great 18th century economist and philosopher Adam Smith's warning that "the architects of policy protect their own interests, no matter how grievous the effect on others."
"And they are the architects of policy," Chomsky adds. "Obama made sure to staff his economic team with advisors from [the financial] sector."[6]
As giant financial bailouts for Wall Street oligarchs combined with growing destitution amongst the popular Many to expose the chasm between the investor and political classes and the broad citizenry last March, the liberal-left journalist and author William Greider made a telling observation in the Washington Post:
"People everywhere [have] learned a blunt lesson about power, who has it and who doesn't. They [have] watched Washington run to rescue the very financial interests that caused the catastrophe. They [have] learned that government has plenty of money to spend when the right people want it. 'Where's my bailout,' became the rueful punch line at lunch counters and construction sides nationwide. Then to deepen the insult, people [have] watched as establishment forces re-launched their campaign for 'entitlement reform - a euphemism for whacking Social Security benefits, Medicare and Medicaid." [7]
A glowing Los Angeles Times assessment of Obama's first hundred Days reproduced an interesting statement from Obama to the leaders of the banking industry last March. As the financial chieftains began to complain to him about the public's failure to understand their industry's need for high levels of compensation, Obama cut them off. "Be careful how you make those statements, gentlemen" Obama said. "The public isn't buying that. My administration is the only thing between you and the pitchforks." [8]
A student who told me about this Los Angeles Times report wrote me with an interesting comment: "The question for me (and I assume for many leftists) is why is Obama using his administration to protect the bankers from the angry rabble (us)? Why doesn't his administration simply address the people's needs and leave the bankers to their fate? These are, of course, rhetorical questions. We know that he is serving to protect and legitimate the highly undemocratic and destructive class system of state capitalism through another crisis."
Oh, but look, liberal-left Obama fans exult, there's Honduras! Yes, Honduras, where right-wing generals and politicians undertook a coup against a left-leaning and democratically elected president and....our "progressive" NOT Bush president.... DID NOT RUSH TO DEFEND the criminal action! He even "condemned" it!! Obama has "unambiguously" expressed his belief that the deposed president, Manuel Zelaya, should be returned to power - an opinion shared with nearly every Latin American state and the United Nations General Assembly!!!
Isn't it wonderful, indicative of a dramatically new democratic day in U.S. foreign policy? Isn't it just so different from how the Bush-Cheney administration responded to the short-lived business-media-military coup against Venezuela's leftist president Hugo Chavez in April of 2002? Hosanna Hey Sanna Sanna Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Superstar!
"Lukewarm, Proper, Belated, and Mixed"
Not so fast. Obama has responded with pronounced imperial ambiguity toward the blatantly illegal[9] coup, which was of course carried out by U.S.-trained and U.S. funded military forces and conducted with U.S.-supplied military equipment.[10] While he somewhat belatedly condemned the Honduran coup, Obama has "stepped lightly" (as the Washington Post put it)[11] when it comes to reacting. The White Houses possesses [12] but has yet (as of this writing, on the morning of Monday, July 6th) to decisively exercise the power to quickly restore Zelaya to his rightful office in Honduras, a nation whose government and economy had long been exceedingly dependent on the U.S.
On the first evening following the Honduran coup, Obama expressed "deep concern" regarding "the detention and expulsion of President Mel Zelaya" and called on "all political and social actors in Honduras to respect democratic norms" and the "the rule of law" so as to resolve "existing tensions and disputes... through dialogue free from any outside interference." Still, the White House refused to officially/legally declare the removal of Zelaya "a coup." Making such a declaration would have triggered (under the Foreign Assistance Act) a cutoff of tens of millions of dollars of U.S. aid to the Central American nation.[13] John Negroponte, a former U.S. ambassador to Honduras and a leading, blood-soaked figure in U.S. coordination of mass-murderous right-wing state terror across Central America under Ronald Reagan [14], told the Post that the Obama administration's disinclination to fully acknowledge the reality of recent events "appeared to reflect reluctance to see Zelaya returned unconditionally to power."[15]
Would the U.S. work seriously for Zelaya's return? Obama's Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, "We haven't laid out any demands that we're insisting on, because we're working with others on behalf of our ultimate objectives."[16] Clinton refused to say whether the declared U.S. goal of "restoring the constitutional order" meant returning Zelaya to power. Her spokesperson Ian Kelly acknowledged on June 29th (one day after the coup) appeared to be holding back from calling the coup a coup because of White House hopes for some sort of "negotiated solution," [17] which could only have meant the possible return of Zelaya on more U.S. friendly terms.
The White House's tepid condemnation and measured rhetoric stood in sharp contrast to most Latin American nations' and the European Union's quick and sharp call for Zelaya's rapid and unconditional return to power, raising what economist and Latin America expert Mark Weisbrot called "suspicions about what the U.S. government is really trying to accomplish in this situation."[18]
Yesterday the Honduran government denied Zelaya's plane the right to land at the airport in Honduras' capital and killed at least two protestors calling for the restoration of democracy. In the wake of these events, Washington applauded as "positive" the coup's government's apparent willingness to "offer some sort of dialogue"[19] with the Organization of American States. As it turns out, however, the coup's foreign minister says this has proclaimed that Zelaya's return is "not negotiable."[20] According to the liberal-left journalist Al Giardano, "this situation has evolved beyond the capacity of diplomacy to solve it. Calling for 'dialogue' - although it's what diplomats do, including in their sleep - isn't going to shake anything loose from [the coup leaders]. It is time for State to move aside and bring on the officials with the badges....The hour has now arrived for Washington to classify Honduras as a 'military coup,' triggering the cut-off of aid to a country whose budget is 65 percent dependent on foreign assistance." [21]
Perhaps that will occur tomorrow or the day after - quite tardily from my perspective. Perhaps not. Either way, the veteran left U.S. foreign policy critic William Blum is right: "the response to the coup from the Obama administration can be described with adjectives such as lukewarm, proper but belated, and mixed." [23] It's certainly nothing for "liberal"-progressive types to write home to their leftist grandmas about - that's for sure. With just a tiny portion of the military and political force it pours into sustaining illegal invasions and occupations (Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine) and dictatorships in oil-rich Southwest Asia, the Obama administration could (in line with majority Latin American and global opinion) have quickly and "unambiguously" restored the democratically elected president to power in Honduras. It seems likely that the White House is working to bring Zelaya back on a conditional basis (on the model of the Clinton administration's re-installation of Jean Bertrand Aristide in 1994)[22], returning him to power on more disciplined, U.S.-friendly terms. But, as Weisbrot notes, any effort to "extract concessions from Zelaya as part of a deal for his return to office" violate the essence of "how democracy works. If Zelaya wants to negotiate a settlement with his political opponent after he returns, that is another story. But nobody has the right to extract political concessions from him in exile, over the barrel of a gun."[24]
How Much Better Than Bush-Cheney 2002?
Insofar as there is anything "progressive" about the Obama administration's willingness to condemn the Honduran coup, much of the credit should go to popular forces and left political developments in Latin America. The southern half of the hemisphere (home to left governments now in Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Argentina, and Chile has moved in a left-progressive direction since the failed coup against Chavez. The Obama operatives, smarter on the whole than the Bush team, certainly know very well that the balance of political forces and opinion has shifted in ways that would make it counter-productive to be seen as allied with a transparently criminal coup in Central America. They know they have bigger fish to fry in the oil-rich Middle East. At the same time, the Bush administration actually abandoned the anti-Chavez coup fairly quickly, once it saw the handwriting on the wall. As Weisbrot notes:
"Many press reports have contrasted the Obama administration's rejection of the Honduran coup with the Bush administration's initial support for the 2002 military coup that briefly overthrew President Hugo Chavez in Venezuela. But actually there are more similarities than differences between the U.S. responses to these two events. Within a day, the Bush administration reversed its official position on the Venezuelan coup, because the rest of the hemisphere had announced that it would not recognize the coup government. Similarly, in this case, the Obama administration is following the rest of the hemisphere, trying not to be the odd man out but at the same time not really sharing their commitment to democracy"
"Washington Says it Tried Its Best"
Last but not least, there are some disturbing, yet-to-be answered questions about the Obama administration's role leading up to the coup. As Scahill noted one day after Zelaya's removal:
"It is impossible to imagine that the US was not aware that the coup was in the works. In fact, this was basically confirmed by The New York Times...While the US has issued heavily-qualified statements critical of the coup—in the aftermath of the events in Honduras—the US could have flexed its tremendous economic muscle before the coup and told the military coup plotters to stand down. The US ties to the Honduran military and political establishment run far too deep for all of this to have gone down without at least tacit support or the turning of a blind eye by some US political or military official(s)."
"Here are some facts to consider: the US is the top trading partner for Honduras. The coup plotters/supporters in the Honduran Congress are supporters of the 'free trade agreements' Washington has imposed on the region. The coup leaders view their actions, in part, as a rejection of Hugo Chavez's influence in Honduras and with Zelaya and an embrace of the United States and Washington's 'vision' for the region. Obama and the US military could likely have halted this coup with a simple series of phone calls." [25]
According to Blum in the latest edition of his always instructive Anti-Empire Report:
"The United States, by its own admission, was fully aware for weeks of the Honduran military's plan to overthrow Zelaya. Washington says it tried its best to change the mind of the plotters. It's difficult to believe that this proved impossible. During the Cold War it was said, with much justification, that the United States could discourage a coup in Latin America with 'a frown.' The Honduran and American military establishments have long been on very fraternal terms. And it must be asked: In what way and to what extent did the United States warn Zelaya of the impending coup? And what protection did it offer him? It is not unthinkable that the United States gave the military plotters the go-ahead, telling them to keep the traditional "golpe" bloodiness to a minimum. Zelaya was elected to office as the candidate of a conservative party; he then, surprisingly, moved to the left and became a strong critic of a number of Washington policies, and an ally of Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Evo Morales of Bolivia, both of whom the Bush administration tried to overthrow and assassinate."[26]
The administration can claim that it tried to "discourage" the coup in advance through conversations with top Honduran military officials. But, as Weisbrot notes, "It would be interesting to know what these discussions were like. Did administration officials say, 'You know that we will have to say that we are against such a move if you do it, because every one else will?' Or was it more like, 'Don't do it, because we will do everything in our power to reverse any such coup?'" As Weisbrot correctly observes, "The administration's actions since the coup indicate something more like the former, if not worse." [27]
"Rather Than Conform to America's Rules"
Obama recently told a Chilean reporter that the U.S. cannot apologize for its critical role in the September 11, 1973 coup that overthrew Chile's then elected president Salvador Allende and ushered in the bloody rule of the neo-fascist dictator Augusto Pinochet. This, Obama explained, is because the U.S. is "an enormous force for good in the world," one that prefers to "look forward," not "backwards" (sound familiar?). Obama's lukewarm response to the Honduran coup of June 28 - ???? 2009 may fall short of what one might expect from such an "enormous force," but it fits rather nicely the imperial mindset articulated in his deeply conservative 2006 campaign book The Audacity of Hope:
"Of course there are those who would argue with my starting premise - that any global system built in America's image can alleviate misery in poorer countries...Rather than conform to America's rules, the argument goes, other countries should resist America's efforts to expand its hegemony; instead, they should follow their own path to development, taking their lead from left-leaning populists like Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, or turning to more traditional principles of social organization, like Islamic law...I believe [Chavez and other] critics [of the U.S. and neoliberalism] are wrong...The system of free markets and liberal democracy... offer[s] people around the world their best chance at a better life" [28]
If I might step outside immediate events for a moment, it's worth noting that neoliberal global capitalism has offered no such thing, especially to Latin Americans. [29]Candidate Obama's reflections ended on a profoundly false judgment, properly rejected by "Mel" Zelaya, who came into office in early 2006 as a center-right politician but who subsequently moved left and shifted his desperately impoverished and U.S.-controlled nation into Hugo Chavez's socialist "Bolivarian Alternative for the America's" (ALBA).[30]
Paul Street is the author of many essays, speeches, chapters, reviews, and books, including (most recently) Racial Oppression in the Global Metropolis (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007) and Barack Obama and the Future of American Politics (order the latter at http://www.paradigmpublishers.com/books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=186987).
1 George Ciccareillo-Maher, George Ciccariello-Maher, "The Counter-Revolution Will Not be Tweeteed," (July 5, 2009), read at http://www.counterpunch.org/maher07032009.html.Ciccareillo-Maher quotes the intelligent but occasionally abusive Al Giardano, "America Held Hostage: Day Two of the Coup in Honduras," The Narcosphere (June 29, 2009), read at http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/am%C3%A9rica-held-hostage-day-two-coup-honduras.
2 Noam Chomsky, "Crisis and Hope: Theirs and Ours," Speech to the Riverside Church, New York City (June 12, 2009), transcript available at www.democracynow.org/2009/7/3/noam_chomsky_on _crisis_and_hope; Alissa Rubin, "U.S. Moves Ahead With Vote on Security Pact," New York Times, June 10, 2009. As Chomsky noted, "the current U.S. efforts to prevent the legally required referendum are extremely revealing. Sometimes they're called 'democracy promotion.'"
3 Jeremy Scahill and Anthony Arnove, "Rebranding War and Occupation," Socialist Worker (June 19, 2009).
4 Jeremy Scahill, "Barack Obama and U.S. Foreign Policy," speech at "Socialism 2009," annual conference of the International Socialist Organization (ISO), June 19, 2009, Chicago, Illinois.
5 Simon Johnson, "The Quiet Coup," The Atlantic (May 2009), read online at http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200905/imf-advice.
6 Chomsky, "Crisis and Hope."
7 William Greider, "Obama told Us to Speak Out, But Is He Listening?" Washington Post, March 22, 2009.
8 Fay Fiore and Mark Barabak, "AUDACITY AND AMBITION: Obama Begins Leading America in a New Direction," Los Angeles Times, April 19, 2009.
9 Albert Vallente Thoreson, "Why Zelaya's Actions Were Legal," CounterPunch (July 1, 2009), read at http://www.counterpunch.org/thorensen07012009.html; Mark Weisbrot, "Does the U.S. Back the Honduran Coup?" The Guardian (UK), July 1, 2009.
10 Evan Gollnger, "Obama's First Coup d'Etat: Honduran President Has Been Kidnapped," Venezuelanalaysis (June 29, 2009), read at http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/4554; Nicholas Kozloff, "The Coup in Honduras: Obama's Real Message to Latin America?" CounterPunch (June 29, 2009), read at http://www.counterpunch.org/kozloff06292009.html.
11 Mary Beth Sheridan, "U.S. Condemns Honduran Coup: Still, Administration Steps Lightly," Washington Post, June 30, 2009, read at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/29/AR2009062904239.html.
12 Roberto Lovato, "Obama Has the Power and Responsibility to Restore Democracy in Honduras," Huffington Post (June 29, 2009), read at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roberto-lovato/obama-has-the-power-and-r_b_222170.html.
13 FOX News, "Obama Calls for Order," FOX News (June 28, 2009), read at http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/28/obama-calls-order-military-arrests-honduran-president/; Scahill, "A Few Thoughts;" Greg Grandin, "Democracy Derailed in Honduras," The Nation (June 30, 2009), read at http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090713/grandin/single; Reuters, "U.S. Could Cut Off Aid to Honduras After Coup," AlterNet (June 29, 2009), read at http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N29384895.htm.
14 Noam Chomsky, "John Negroponte: From Central America to Iraq" (July 28, 2004), pp. 89-92 in Chomsky, Interventions.
15 Sheridan, "U.S. Condemns Honduran Coup: Still, Administration Steps Lightly."
16 Quoted in Sheridan, "U.S. Condemns Honduran Coup."
17 http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2009/125481.htm
18 Weisbrot, "Does the U.S. Back the Honduran Coup?"
19 Jose De Cordoba and David Luhnow, "Honduras Standoff Heats Up," The Wall Street Journal, July 6, 2009, p.A6.
20 Al Giardano, "Honduras Coup's Preconditions Leave Nothing to Negotiate," The Narcosphere (July 6, 2009), read at http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/honduras-coups-preconditions-leave-nothing-negotiate#comments.
21 Giardano, "Honduras Coup's Preconditions"
22 William Blum, Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower (Monroe, ME: Common Courage, 2005), pp. 202-03.
23 William Blum, The Anti-Empire Report (July 3, 2009), read at http://killinghope.org/bblum6/aer71.html
24 Weisbrot, "Does the U.S. Back the Honduran Coup?"
25 Jeremy Scahill, "A Few Thoughts on the Coup in Honduras," Common Dreams (June 30, 2009), read at http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/06/29-11.
26 Blum, Anti-Empire Report.
27 Weisbrot, "Does the U.S. Back the Honduran Coup?"
28 Obama, The Audacity of Hope (New York, 2006), p. 315.
29 Mark Weisbrot, "The Mirage of Progress," American Prospect (January 1, 2002), read at http://www.prospect.org/cs/articlesarticle=the_mirage_of_progress; Mark Weisbrot, "Globalization Fails to Deliver the Goods," Common Dreams (August 29, 2002), read at http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0829-05.htm
30 Kozloff, "The Coup in
Comment On This ZNet Article See All Comments (11)
John Ross article linkedBy Street, Paul at Jul 10, 2009 23:01 PM |
Excellent piece on Honduras by John Ross: http://www.counterpunch.org/ross07102009.html
Re: Honduras, Washington, and Liberal-Left Grasping at StrawsBy Street, Paul at Jul 09, 2009 22:53 PM |
Reflections (note sense of contingency at end) on Washington and the Honduras coup from Noam Chomsky on Thursday July 9:
The Western hemisphere also witnessed an election-related crime at the month's end. A military coup in Honduras ousted President Manuel Zelaya and expelled him to Costa Rica. As observed by economist Mark Weisbrot, an experienced analyst of Latin American affairs, the social structure of the coup is "a recurrent story in Latin America," pitting "a reform president who is supported by labor unions and social organizations against a mafia-like, drug-ridden, corrupt political elite who is accustomed to choosing not only the Supreme Court and the Congress, but also the president."
Mainstream commentary described the coup as an unfortunate return to the bad days of decades ago. But that is mistaken. This is the third military coup in the past decade, all conforming to the "recurrent story." The first, in Venezuela in 2002, was supported by the Bush administration, which, however, backed down after sharp Latin American condemnation and restoration of the elected government by a popular uprising. The second, in Haiti in 2004, was carried out by Haiti's traditional torturers, France and the US. The elected President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was spirited to Central Africa and kept at a safe distance from Haiti by the master of the hemisphere.
What is novel in the Honduras coup is that the US has not lent it support. Rather, the US joined with the Organization of American States in opposing the coup, though with a more reserved condemnation than others, and without any action, unlike the neighboring states and much of the rest of Latin America. Alone in the region, the US has not withdrawn its ambassador, as did France, Spain and Italy along with Latin American states.
It was reported that Washington had advance information about a possible coup, and tried to prevent it. It surpasses imagination that Washington did not have close knowledge of what was underway in Honduras, which is highly dependent on US aid, and whose military is armed, trained, and advised by Washington. Military relations have been particularly close since the 1980s, when Honduras was the base for Reagan's terrorist war against Nicaragua.
Whether this will play out as another chapter of the "recurrent story" remains to be seen, and will depend in no small measure on reactions within the United States
Re: Honduras, Washington, and Liberal-Left Grasping at StrawsBy Street, Paul at Jul 09, 2009 08:06 AM |
Here is an important dispatch from Honduras by Keegan Smith on the ZNet blog system: http://www.zcommunications.org/blog/view/3443
Calm in Honduras a threat to justice
By Keegan Keegan at Jul 9, 2009
Last night I arrived to San Pedro Sula airport in the north of Honduras because the airport in the capital Tegucigalpa has been closed for the last 48 hours. Arriving to a country which has just undergone a fascist overthrow I was expecting more a dramatic welcome; questions from border control about why I was coming, a thorough review of my bag, heavy military presence in the airport and streets painted with messages for and against the coup. None of this manifested in San Pedro Sula nor were we stopped at any of the army checkpoints on the way to the capital. By Keegan Smith
Response to RichardBy Street, Paul at Jul 08, 2009 12:43 PM |
Technical issue here - the preceding comment is correct....
Re: Honduras, Washington, and Liberal-Left Grasping at StrawsBy Street, Paul at Jul 08, 2009 11:21 AM |
http://amleft.blogspot.com/ (thanks for link Chris) --- this would be my observation largely as well. I suspected (though did not verify) that the currently visting "online pugilist" was directly affiliated with the madness over at the generally informative zine in question. Perhaps some cyber-Marlow can go down into the Heart of Narcosphere's Darkness and bring back their Kurtz(es) from the abyss. I will take some gentle issue with American Leftist's following comment: :
"Anthony Schofield, a reporter associated with The Narcosphere, sounded the alarm about an anti-Al piece on Z-Net, and gave a short rebuttal there, not recognizing the obvious, embarrassing contradiction between a site like Z-Net that permits engaged debate and Narco News which does not."
Assuming that's about this piece and attached comments, three things:
1. Not an "anti-Al" piece -- more accurate to say (if we must go with "anti-") "anti-liberal-left" or "anti-Daily Kos" or even "anti-Obama" than to call it "anti-Al." Fairly or not, AG was a prop in a bigger argument (and I repeat that Narco News merits consultation)
2, No real rebuttal, really; more in the way of insulting in the bully mode criticized (rightly in my opinion) in the American Leftist blog
3. We do not have the ideological censorship (ZNet is a big tent) but I do think you have to pay (by being a Sustainer, which is a very good thing to be by the way) to comment (that may have changed and if it has I withdraw the qualification)
Personally I tend to be relieved af the end of a CounterPunch article that you don't go look at comments (which can be exhausting and bad for the blood pressure) since there aren't any. I would prefer to seperate comments from articles. Do the article and let it stand alone, Then have a separate zine blog for people to duke it out all they want regarding specific essays.
As the corporate-media-shaped world continued to mourn the King of Pop and moves into weeks (months?) of obsession with Michael Jackson's death-circumstances, estate, and unveiled children, empire's new clothes stood strong with provocative "missile shield" deployments in Eastern Europe .
Paul, just as a clarification, the terms <i>anti-Al</i> and <i>gave a short rebuttal</i> in relation to Schofield's comment here were italicized in the post at the American Leftist site, which is generally my way of letting people speak for themselves in other words, I wasn't adopting his perspective that the piece was <i>anti-Al</i>, only that he said that it was by the way, enjoyed the article as well, as it explores what I have described as the distinction between symbolism and substance, a distinction that the Obama administration manipulates masterfully to please progressives while preserving the essential contours of imperial policy it also motivated me to join ZCom as well --Richard Estes
Re: Honduras, Washington, and Liberal-Left Grasping at StrawsBy Green, Chris at Jul 08, 2009 02:19 AM |
The blog American Leftist made this statement about NarcoNews's recent comments:
Narco News and The Field: No Longer Open for Debate
Despite being raucous, and sometimes personally insulting, Giordano posts articles that reveal what the commercial media conceals. For example, his articles about Mexico over the years have provided us with a priceless alternative perspective about the social turmoil there. Unfortunately, his recourse to villification has escalated in the aftermath of the Honduran coup on June 29th. Even worse, he no longer permits the targets of his abusive posts the courtesy of responding to them. Nor does he permit anyone else to come to their defense or merely object to his obnoxious, holier than thou, character attacks.
In other words, Giordano has become a bully, one who manipulates the moderation of comments on his sites to manufacture an adoring audience. He is now mirroring the behavior of the right that he finds so contemptuous. Perhaps, it has been this way for quite awhile, and I was unaware. I had the misfortune to discover it this week, when I had the temerity to post a comment at Narco News that George Cicarriello-Maher had correctly characterized the public pronouncements of the Obama administration in response to the coup as evasive, displaying an unwillingness to take any concrete action to reverse it. I posted an excerpt from that article here last Friday. By doing so, I was challenging the Giordano narrative that Obama has been against the coup, and will, eventually, take the necessary measures to drive the perpetrators from power. I was sticking my hand into a hornet's nest.
Giordano hates the Ciccariello-Maher article because it also criticizes him for dismissing the possibility that the US was actively involved in the coup, as asserted by Eva Golinger, and calls him to task for an implicitly misogynistic attack upon her screeching about such a prospect. Both Ciccariello-Maher and Golinger are cautioning us, quite rightly in my view, that it is far too early to make such a determination, even if we can conclude that the US is only willing to support the return of Zelaya to Honduras upon condition that he become a figure head serving out the remaining days of his term.
As noted by Ciccariello-Maher, Giordano dispatches Golinger with characteristic drama: In this hour, those that adhere strictly to the documented facts are those that are showing character worth trusting, today and into the future. It is a rather odd statement for many reasons, such as, for example, our knowledge that the documented facts are manufactured by those in the positions of power to do so, as cinematically explained to compelling effect in Kobayashi's samurai masterpiece, Harakiri, among other places. It is also odd, because, Giordano has made a name for himself, and justifiably so, by going beyond the documented facts to get the real story, over and over again. And, of course, it is very odd, because Giordano doesn't believe that our appreciation for the facts is enhanced by permitting people to comment openly, without censorship, on his sites. Because, you see, Giordano, and only Giordano, decides who has character and who does not.
As you might have guessed, Giordano only gave me one bite of the apple. He responded to my comment by saying that Cicarriello-Maher's article was an exercise in political masturbation. The moderator blocked my response that he should engage Ciccariello-Maher more substantively, although Giordano did publish a post that does so today over at The Field, one with a tiresome introduction rife with more personal insults. His primary complaint appears to be that Ciccariello-Maher failed to acknowledge the hard work of Giordano and Narco News in exposing the association of the US with the 2002 coup in Venezuela by (oh, the horror!) giving all the credit to Golinger. Apparently, Cicarriello-Maher, or one of his defenders, tried to post a reply in the comments section, but it was either removed or never cleared. If the posted comments are any indication, his audience of DailyKos liberals cheered Giordano's character attacks upon Ciccariello-Maher and his refusal to allow Cicarriello-Maher a chance to defend himself. I submitted a comment to the effect that I found the entire episode very sad because of what it reveals about Giordano and Narco News. Of course, it never got past the moderator.
Apparently, the sites are now ploughing new ground in parody as well, because, after several people posted how great it was that Giordano won't permit Ciccariello-Maher to respond, Anthony Schofield, a reporter associated with The Narcosphere, sounded the alarm about an anti-Al piece on Z-Net, and gave a short rebuttal there, not recognizing the obvious, embarrassing contradiction between a site like Z-Net that permits engaged debate and Narco News which does not. If I find the time, I may return and engage the substance of their dispute in more detail, but, for now, today's post is an exercise in consumer protection. The Field and Narco News are sites that you should visit at your own risk, with the recognition that the purported discourse in the comments section is strictly controlled. You should read any content there with the understanding that Giordano permits limited critical engagement with it. Narco News remains an essential portal for information about events in Central and South America, but, unfortunately, we must exercise caution in how we utilize it. And, of course, here, unlike at Narco News and The Field, Giordano is free to comment and say whatever he wants.
UPDATE: If you find that you have wandered into the comment section of either The Field or Narco News, click on the links under the names of those who have posted comments. You may be surprised at how many of them have been posted by reporters associated with The Narcosphere. It seems to be rather difficult for anyone outside the scene to actually post comments there. As a consequence, the comment sections take on the tone of an echo chamber.
"after serveral people posted how great it was that Giordano won't permit Ciccariello-Maher to respond" - One person posted such a comment, and the policy had been previously explained: no rebuttal space was afforded to AG after the original piece. Also, from the update, it's obvious that the writer doesn't know how the Narcosphere works, so the guessing and making stuff up continues.
Re: Honduras, Washington, and Liberal-Left Grasping at StrawsBy Green, Chris at Jul 08, 2009 00:51 AM |
Rahul Mahajan strains to look at the Obama administration's response to the coup in the best possible light:
Mahajan strains to interpret Obama's decision not to take further sanctions against the Honduras coup regime in the best possible light by arguing that Obama is using the wise reasoning that to cut off military aid and other support would make the generals more extreme and hardline. Actually, I think the coup leaders would have to step down in the face of serious US sanctions because the ruling class are so dependent on the US for their ability to function. I remember reading Chomsky's articles on Haiti from the early 90's where he quoted some establishment journalist or other who argued that increased sanctions against the Cedras dictatorship would be "counter-productive." It is possible that the US may eventually cut off military aid but for a relatively brief period and make provision that existing pre-coup contracts to service the Honduran military would continue. I mean, even if Obama actually completely cuts off aid to the Honduran military, which I don't think he will, aid could still come in other ways. I wouldn't be suprised if there was a replay of early 90's Haiti. In the early 90's the US officially joined the OAS sanctions but then quietly declared an exemption that allowed Texaco and other oil companies to ship oil to the Haitian military, a very crucial resource to keep the coup regime in Haiti alive. Mahajan showed kind of a vague friendliness toward the Obama campaign, though he didn't jump full body into Obamamania the way other leftists did who, like Mahajan, were impressed by the potential of the Obama "movement." Mahajan has been fairly critical of Obama's foreign policy but he can't help but try every so often to pull some small positive token out of Obama's foreign policy speeches.
Washington speak....By Street, Paul at Jul 07, 2009 19:48 PM |
Thanks to David Peterson for the following information/update material (note the positively Kafka-esque/Hellerian nature of the maddening back and forth between State Department spokesman Ian Kelly and the media operatives -- just insane):
Associated Press
July 7, 2009
Obama supports return of Zelaya even though Honduran leader 'strongly opposed' US policies
Excerpted from Ian Kelly, Daily Press Briefing, U.S. Department of State, July 6, 2009, <http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2009/july/125633.htm>.
Sorry to have left my computer; it won't happen againBy Street, Paul at Jul 07, 2009 15:29 PM |
Actually, I had to leave computer space. Was seated before a computer from 8 in the morning though the noon hour doing revisions to a new chapter to a paperback edition of a book I'm doing. Then had a tooth issue and a stop at the recycling center and shopping I promised to do and so on. I love how in snarky Web culture there is this assumption when differences emerge in comments section that you have agreed to sit at your computer and just pound away and wait for a response and pound away again....forever. It's like your critics think you are sitting indefinitely on the other side of their computer screen. You can't have any dentist appointments or exercise needs or a meeting or a date or something. "So, no response, huh?" Often I respond. But here I'm dealing with someone calling me a plaigarist because --- in an article that goes out of its way to quote and cite people (!) -- I apparently share the misspelling of a proper last name with a CounterPunch writer Antony is mad at.--- a writer I quote and identify!I Oh - okay. Thats when it's time for Antony to take a trip to the Narcosphere --- the real one, to get some drugs, some tranqulilizers or maybe (better) just some weed. I lose sense of what the argument I'm supposed to respond to actually is when things fall to that level. If AG is actually leftist and not a left liberal than I apologize for identifying him as a left liberal. The treatment I saw him giving leftists regarding Obama and Honduras was pretty nasty, very similar to what I've seen from left liberals I've come to know and loathe but if he's really a leftist then maybe he just went off the deep end a little. .I'm getting too old for the tone of that zine's comments section and the abuse is (or at least was when i looked for 3 days or so) coming from the top down. And of course this essay is mainly about the age of Obama with special reference to Washington and Honduuras. Please note that I call AG intelligent and quote him respectfully at some point in the essay; Narconews is a useful resource and I'll continue to consult it through the current crisis and beyond.
Further information on US in IraqBy Street, Paul at Jul 07, 2009 09:28 AM |
Thank you. Regarding the continuing occupation of Iraq (I know this article is mainly about U.S.-Honduras, but I notice that I provided no sources on the ME in the set-up section)....besides the New York Times article that Noam Chomsky talked about at the Riverside Church (I missed the article because I had to take a a few days off from current events in order to preserve my sanity)....
Reading the fine print on Obama's "withdrawal" plan, it is evident that the administration will keep at least 50,000 troops in Iraq well after the August 2010 "combat" troop withdrawal date he campaigned on.. Many of the troops who stay will be in combat units re-designated as "Advisory" brigades, a new classification that George Orwell would appreciate. Obama's "withdrawal" plan "says nothing about the private contractors and mercenaries that are an essential part of the occupation and whose numbers may even be increased to cover functions previously provided by active-duty troops. ...It will leave in place the world's largest foreign embassy, as well as the world's largest CIA foreign station, in Baghdad" (Anthony Arnove).[1]
Obama's Army Chief of Staff said last May that the Pentagon was making preparations to keep soldiers in Iraq through 2019 [2]
The U.S will of course maintain critical control over Iraqi skies and a significant naval and air presence "over the horizon."
Listen to the recent comments of Washington Post war correspondent Thomas Ricks (no radica!) and the author of two major books on the U.S war on Iraq. Interviewed as Iraqis celebrated the removal of U.S. troops from Iraqi cities on July 2nd, Ricks said: , "I don't think it's really all that different. American troops are going to continue to fight and die in Iraq." Ricks had an interesting exchange with National Public Radio's David Greene:
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The jury trial for Helena man Shaun Duncan Morrison, 30, began with jury member selection.
Several potential jury members were dismissed because of their connections with the Montana State Prison.
It took over 2 hours to find a jury for the Montana State Prison inmate.
About half a dozen potential jury members either worked at the Montana State Prison at some time or knew someone that did.
Morrison is charged with felony deliberate homicide and possession of a deadly weapon by a prisoner.
On September 4th, 2011 he reportedly murdered fellow inmate Julio Santiago Jr with razor blades attached to a pen.
Santiago was killed after reportedly stealing Morrison's ear buds.
In opening statements the Defense explained that possessions and space are sacred inside a prison.
The Prosecution said the testimonies that will be told by witnesses are consistent with the murder.
A Montana State Prison guard witnesses testified in court about the incident.
"Inmate Morrison buzzed the cage. It's a button basically letting me know that they want to talk to me. I flipped on the toggle switch so I could hear him and he said, "You needed to send some C.O.'s, I just killed somebody." And then I looked at him and he was covered in blood," testified Montana State Prison Guard Douglas Ross.
Defense Attorney Tom Bartleson told the jury, "The question will be whether or not that reaction and that stress was a reasonable one for a person in a similar situation as Mr. Morrison."
"You will hear this version of events, the Defendants version. And it is consistent, you will hear what the injuries, what Julio Santiago Jr. suffered which resulted in his death," said Deputy County Attorney Jeanine Badanes.
The Defense made a motion to drop Count 2, Possession of a Deadly Weapon by a Prisoner but Prosecution opposed the motion.
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Morrison's jury trial should wrap up by Thursday.
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by Kayt Sukel. Free Press, 2012
Consider this ubiquitous yet poorly understood affliction: love. It is likely to cause drastic changes in behavior, difficulty concentrating and rapid mood swings. Even after it ends, the sufferer gains no respite. Instead more erratic behavior emerges, and the afflicted often report a loss of appetite, crying and obsessive thoughts. Yet we all want it.
In Dirty Minds, journalist Kayt Sukel takes on this nearly universal brain scrambler. She tackles provocative questions to determine why love can relieve us of our sanity, why we seem to pick the wrong people, and why the turmoil of a relationship can induce feelings resembling both love and hate. She sprinkles in personal anecdotes from her recent divorce, her trials on the dating scene and advice from her friends.
On her investigative journey to uncover the truth about the brain in love, Sukel also interviews scientists and combs through the literature. A highlight of the book comes when Sukel bravely agrees to participate in a study that requires her to bring herself to orgasm in the claustrophobic confines of a functional MRI machine while researchers look on.
Dirty Minds is not short on moments of insight, such as when Sukel discovers that an orgasm involves as many as 30 different areas of the brain. She learns that cheating likely has a genetic link, which lends some credence to her married friend's idea that his biology requires him to take lovers. Moreover, she finds that many of the same parts in the brain become active when people feel both love and hate, a confusing phenomenon she admits she got to know well during the dissolution of her marriage.
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Then on the 1st October, 1976 the school company begins with two teachers and 19 children in the Klassen1 to 6-th parents garden pieces of furniture make available for this. Mr. Kammer of company Khansaheb helps in the pioneering work, as for example of the removal of construction rubble and the assembly of an air-conditioning. The father of Mr. Rudolf Eller helps in the enclosure of the school area. On the 10th March, 1977 German school Sharjah is officially opened thanks to the generous support of different companies and above all the ruler by Sharjah. In the 1977/1978 school year 31 children take part in the lessons.
After a school inspection by the federal management office in Cologne the school receives the first teaching means donation and one Personnel expenditure subsidy. In the 1982/1983 school year a kindergarten building is bought and a nursery school is furnished. Thanks to Mr. Kammer and company Khansaheb a swimming-pool is built. There are 52 children in kindergarten and school. In 1987 Mr. Schmidt leaves the school. His successor becomes Mr. Heiko Sippel. In the time of the gulf war in 1990 the number of the children strongly goes back. On the 1st January, 1991 the kindergarten is closed. To the 8th January, 1991 the closing of the school is officially arranged. By reopening on the 6th March, 1991 only a school child visits the school.
The staff will dismiss to a great extent. In 1992 the school board of directors tries with the newly enrolled head mistress, Mrs. Klemp, a new beginning. In September, 1993 there are only 5 kindergarten children and 7 pupils. Because of too low pupil's number there is no social security of the federal management office. As a result 68,000 Dhs were collected as donations by companies. In spring, 1995 is the school area which lies lower than the surroundings, after violent downpours floods. The ruler of Sharjah finances the establishment of a wall around the area. When Mrs. Klemp leaves in summer, 1997 the school, the school location is also protected thanks to her application again.
There are 12 children in the kindergarten and 27 at school. One tries to do justice to the growing pupil's figures with additional rooms in containers. After Mr. Karl-Heinz Bielohuby and Mr. Werner Pustowska becomes in summer, 2000 Mr. Peter Ohlemacher Schulleiter. In October, 2000 it is begun with the construction of a new school. 9 classrooms, a lab and a computer space can be furnished by support of numerous sponsors. This school year the personnel support begins with the delegation of a federal program teacher through the Federal Republic of Germany, central office for the foreign school system. There are 22 children in the kindergarten and 46 at school.
In the 2003/2004 school year the personnel support with the delegation of a foreign service teacher as an officially provided headmaster, Mr. Dieter Stanik, and an other ADLK becomes expanded. There are 39 children in the kindergarten and 93 at school. In September, 2004 the branch place is furnished in Dubai in the rooms the Al Mawakeb school in Al Barsha with 32 children in the kindergarten and 43 children in the elementary school. The official opening occurs on the 14th February, 2005 in presence of the German general consul in Dubai, Mr. Leuchs.
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This is an incredible look at how AIDS was viewed 30 years ago.
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This is an incredible look at how AIDS was viewed 30 years ago.
Rings designed to give people AIDS.
Fast and strong treatment left a Mississippi girl "functionally cured."
An initial omission faced criticism on Twitter.
Just in time for World AIDS Day, web series "It Gets Betterish" focuses on the always-nightmarish HIV testing.
The community park and memorial will be built across the street from St. Vincent's hospital.
The research could "significantly contribute" to a human vaccine.
"The continuing fight against global AIDS is something for which America will be remembered."
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Why do you ask I was there and have you -- -- -- fighter jets.
Hey they're -- silent killers can't -- to go from undetected for years often it's to live -- it's too -- and we find out.
That we in fact have -- ovarian cancer women for example -- prostate cancer meant.
And a startling new report admits our screening techniques art are now saving lives are not saving lives.
-- -- -- is used to develop.
It every depiction -- -- concept has been based with the idea that we have to find proteins.
That at Princeton and already east and maybe -- -- -- -- automatics praise -- its humor gross.
What we are finally being indicted is that that may be only.
Passionate truth.
So how can people find out if they are really at risk -- -- doctor Marc Siegel practicing internist and professor at.
-- of medicine New York university's also part of the fox medical eighteen.
So instead of this something else we should be looking for when it comes for example for ovarian cancer he's he's indicating.
We -- -- as early detection.
And both ovarian cancer and prostate cancer are asymptomatic you don't have any symptoms.
-- ovarian doctor Moore Roy interviewed up again I was saying we have to look for abnormal proteins.
And we have to look beyond the -- because a lot of the time the cancer originates in different parts of the reproductive -- we're looking in the wrong place.
He's on to something with these new protein -- -- Well that's exactly right he thinks we should be looking in the blood for abnormal markers that will tell us about ovarian cancer that's that wave of the future.
Now for prostate cancer we already have a tool and the US preventive services task force has been attacking that tool saying we shouldn't be doing the prostate specific antigen.
Because it's leading to too many biopsies too -- surgery but other statistics show that since we started using -- the death rate has gone down from prostate cancer.
Almost 50%.
Let's hear from inducted David somebody our own doctor somebody who's one of the top prostate cancer surgeons in the country about what he thinks of the Peterson.
The truth is that PSA.
Is not the best -- in the world but that's all we have there's an art to -- we have the same problem would mammogram in the same issues with colonoscopy in the last two decades.
It has reduced mortality.
Based on all of our your logic data that's the that exists the truth is that you need to have that information.
Weed -- any alternative tests.
Without PSA screening.
You're going to see more more men died as a result of this.
There -- about money aren't today if they think there's surgeries -- necessary which surgeries are necessary to tell you I guess.
And if they feel as though it's not accurate enough they look at the big price.
-- that's a great -- but the PSAs cheapen it actually saves money because it tells you might have a problem with your prostate.
Then you end up I end up setting the patient to someone like that to somebody who doesn't necessarily do surgery right away.
You might follow a trend you might look at an MRI -- -- we're gonna have more more imaging techniques coming out.
Then if you decide you need surgery the key is to get it while still localized and I've actually been in the operating room with some money -- it's unbelievable what -- can do with a robot it's like avatar and can literally get in there.
And get it out without any blood loss that you look at -- -- if you're a young man and you look at that -- a lifetime of having cancer problem the chances of -- -- -- a big deal.
Right facility -- a few tests there and one to look elsewhere the other one we have people who might be having -- back doctor Marc Siegel thanks so much Bristol there's opera.
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Bedside Manners: I SPY With My Little Eye by Patricia L. Raymond, MD, FACP, FACG
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just feed herOriginally Posted by Sugar
just feed herOriginally Posted by Sugar
Originally Posted by 0-0-0
yess.. yess.. shut feed her..
which reminds me, YM's scary movie, doesn't anyone know what it is about? IT reminds me of the HK movie, " Slim TIll dead"
But I don't lock her up.Originally Posted by patricia n
I don't know what to post anyway.
i need to lock her up to protect her from the likes of you and sugar...ps, are you going to feed her anytime soon? she's so skinny.Originally Posted by Guo Xiang
just spam. succumb to the dark side and post for fun....plus, i like reading your perky thoughts.I don't know what to post anyway.
sugar-i don't know what the movie is about...except i will skip it as i cannot watch horror movies...too frightening for this fragile heart of mine.
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Originally Posted by patricia n
how can you sleep at night knowing you have said such lies? You ? fragile heart?
as we say in cheescake langauge." what a bad cheese"
how can you say such things about me?Originally Posted by Sugar
and i don't care about what cheesecakes say...i only care about what they taste like. cheesecakes only serve one function for me.
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Originally Posted by patricia n
tsk tsk trying to rape my minions... and you say you are not evil.
how can i be evil? stop picking on me you meanie!!! look at yourself if you want to see evil...a beautiful dessert which tempt the eyes but when consumed will only decrease a person's lifespan and quality of life.Originally Posted by Sugar
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I did. But then she works and studies so much the fat and energy got burnt over excessively!Originally Posted by patricia n
I want to watch that horror movie anyway. I dig for horror movies and besides, it's a Yang Mi movie! Mimi didn't give me tickets though.
how can mimi not give you tickets...you must not be feeding her enough...scratch that. it's because she misses me so much...and is upset at you from keeping her from me.Originally Posted by Guo Xiang
don't worry mimi! pat to the rescue once you fatten up!
gx, watch the movie and do share how she performs.
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Is the movie available on VCD or DVD yet? I will buy it if it is.Originally Posted by patricia n
it's not out yet...i believe. i'm excited for you though...seems like your cup of tea.Originally Posted by Guo Xiang
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is that the movie called "the door" or something?Originally Posted by Guo Xiang
Originally Posted by Guo Xiang
Yang Mi on screen and GX watching...... scary thought
Yep. I dig horror movies, though probably not as much as I used to.Originally Posted by patricia n
*ignores comment*Yang Mi on screen and GX watching...... scary thought
Originally Posted by Guo Xiang
I can't imainge what GX would do
I just read a scary article on yangmi.org. e.e;
I've just translated for reading but I will still post the original article and its link here anyway. c.c;
Translation:杨幂拔牙引发瘦脸风潮 "幂虫"纷步后尘
作者:佚名 文章来源:新浪娱乐 点击数:294 更新时间:2006-6-15
为出演李少红惊悚悬疑新片《门》,顶着"2006年度最有前途新人"光环的杨幂牺牲不小——边在北京电影学 院学习、边拍惊悚悬疑影片,时不时打着"飞的"重庆、北京两头跑,为以完美轮廓出镜,身为女主角杨幂更不惜 拔掉四颗牙!
早在《门》四月间在北京的开机仪式上,杨幂那有点不太自然的"吐字"就引来了众人的纷纷猜想,后来还是杨幂 自己跟大家交了底:"其实是导演希望我脸部的轮廓能更瘦些,我就拔了四颗牙,所以现在说话还有点不大习惯。 "
有趣的是,原本只是一次为艺术的"奉献",没想到却成为众多杨幂"粉丝"竞相模仿的"范本"。知道了拔 牙竟然有"瘦脸"的功效后,"粉丝"们纷纷在网上为杨幂留言,表示愿"步其后尘"。而作为当事人的杨幂得知 后,除感谢大家对自己的关注之余,也不忘善意提醒各位爱美的女生:"虽然爱美之心人皆有之,但大家还是要慎 重对待,毕竟拔牙也挺痛苦的。"
In order to take part in Li Shaohong's new horror suspense movie 'The Door', the winner of 'Best Future Award of Year 2006' Yang Mi made a sacrificial - studying at the Beijing Academy, filming a horror suspense movie, flying to and fro between Chongqing and Beijing. And in order to appear on the screen with a perfect faceshape, the female lead Yang Mi even had four of her tooth plucked off!
During the filming ceremony of 'The Door' at April, Yang Mi's unnatural articulation attracted many people's guesses. In the end it was Yang Mi who told everyone the truth: "Actually it's the director who wanted my face to be thinner, so I had four tooth plucked away, which is why I still couldn't get used to talking now."
Interestingly, what should have been a 'sacrifice' for the arts, had unwittingly caused many Yang Mi 'fans' to actually imitate her. After knowing that removing tooth could 'slim down the face', the 'fans' left messages for Yang Mi online, even proclaiming that they are willing to 'follow in her footsteps'. When Yang Mi learnt of this, she thanked everyone for their concern over her, but did not forget to remind the girls: 'Even though there are many who likes to look pretty, but everyone should be careful about it. Afterall, removing tooth is rather painful.'
Originally Posted by Guo Xiang
and u call me a crazy fans. I don't pull teeth to look skinny.... i eat cheesecake with laxatives
lol! you must spend a lot of your time in the toilet!!!!Originally Posted by Sugar


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Just a quick post to let you know I'm still alive. Or am I . . . ? (Yes, I am.)
Also, I felt like sharing that I just stubbed the shit out of my big toe and it started bleeding. A lot. But that's not the point of the story that I want to share with you. The point is that as all that blood was running down my toe onto my flip-flop, as I looked down and saw that almost the entire left half of my toenail had detached from my toe, it was only my third thought that I should probably wash it off or get a band-aid or something. My second thought was, Oh! What a pretty shade of red!
My first thought? Motherfucker, there goes my pedicure.
Read into this post what you will.
(Oh, and P.S. for all you contest winners, I'm shipping your goodies at the end of this week, so watch your mailboxes for books and cookies. Please try to ignore that I'm writing about cookies and blood in the same post, even though I've just made it kind of hard for you to do that by pointing it out. Guess I don't really care though because I didn't delete it.)


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Anaheim 1 Practice Report
Saturday, January 5, 2013 | 8:25 PMPractice is in the books here at the opening round of Monster Energy Supercross in Anaheim, California, and while several riders took turns setting the fast times, it was business as usual for two riders when the final session ended.
The first timed 250 session saw Jason Anderson immediately jump to the top of the board, but his time was soon bumped by a charging Ken Roczen's 59.495 time. Roczen would better his time a lap later, but Ryan Sipes would claim the fast time shortly thereafter with a 58.241. The session was then interrupted when a crash from Killy Rusk brought out a red flag. After Rusk was able to walk away, practice resumed and Eli Tomac went on a rampage that would see the big number one stay on top of the board for the rest of the session. Tomac ended with 57.630, followed by Ken Roczen (57.641), Martin Davalos (58.039), Ryan Sipes (58.241) and Blake Baggett with a 58.432.
Davi Millsaps started his year out right by setting the initial pace in the first 450 qualifier with a 56.855, but it wasn't long before the number seven of James Stewart jumped to the top, only to be bumped by Ryan Villopoto with a 55.980, a time that would stand for the rest of the session. Josh Hill had a crash in the rhythm section that saw him leave in the Asterisk medical mule as practice drew to a close. His team said that he had slightly tweaked his hand and that he'd be back for the second practice, but when the final qualifier rolled around Hill was nowhere to be seen. We'll keep you updated on this situation as more information becomes available. Villopoto was fastest with a 55.980, followed by Stewart (56.255), Millsaps (56.855), Ryan Dungey (57.107), Trey Canard (57.342), Kevin Windham (57.378), Chad Reed (57.519), Broc Tickle (57.658), Justin Brayton (58.091), Jake Weimer (58.749) and Justin Barcia(58.812).
The final sessions weren't too much different than the first. Roczen held the fastest time for several laps before Tomac, who as usual was searching out new lines and attacking the track as if it had stolen his lunch money, rose to the top and set the final fast time of 56.705, followed by Roczen (56.767), Zach Osborne (56.897), Blake Baggett (57.015), and Martin Davalos (57.189).
In the 450 ranks Villopoto was fastest initially until Millsaps knocked him off the top with a 55.917. Then, on his sixth lap, Stewart laid down a 55.401 and promptly exited the track. Elsewhere, Dungey, who is running a trick looking air shock, pulled off into the mechanics area for several minutes so his mechanic, Carlos Rivera, could make adjustments to what appeared to be the shock. We know The Dunge is running a new "air shock" without an external coil spring.
Stewart was fastest with a 55.401, followed by Villopoto (55.551), Millsaps (55.917), Dungey (55.925), Canard (55.945), Barcia (56.359), Short (56.998), Reed (57.066), (Tickle 57.078), Mike Alessi and (57.353).
Be sure to stay tuned to Racer X Online and follow us on Twitter, @Racerxonline, for updates from the opener, all night long. For photos of practice check out our Simon Cudby's photos from the qualifiers we posted earlier today.
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Hill already done. Many predicted it but still sad. You know what they say about doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome.
Too bad for Hill. Calling Bret Metcalf.....
Cheers to Supercrossonline.com for broadcasting the qualifying practice....much better than following twitter updates and trying to picture what is going on!!!
A fukin + !!!!
Stewart looked pretty good on the zook....much smoother and more in flow with the bike compared to the Yamaha.....if you dont agree...then I dont know what to say...BUT!!!!, before you stab me.... But!!!.... that doesnt mean anything other than he "looks" better....He set the fastest time, but looked much more in control doing it compared to anytime last year in my opinion.....RV looked great and Canard as well....GREAT to see Davi running on top of the qual board...
Houston QB Shaub is Milsaps big brother
RV will win the main by 10 seconds......
They are saying that Millsaps has lost over 70 Ibs. during the off season. Can you imagine if you dropped that much weight? Sounds crazy.
Stewart seems to always set the quickest qualification time and win the heat. Then he throws it away in the main.
Need some photos of KTM's springless Airshock
Stewart tweaks his knee in last practice, putting brace on to see if it helps
Well James got the fastest qualifying lap(always one of his MAIN goals) but tweaked his knee in the process. But boy was looked fast!!! Whoo wee!!! Good to see the built in excuses before the season even starts this year....
RD looks solid but RV looks hard to beat after watching practice....
Go Dunge!
No!!! Stewart tweaked his knee the last lap!!! Now he has an excuse not to win..... Stewieonekanobi you were our only hope. Poto will kill the jedi and take over. Evil wins:(
james stewart has tweeked his knee before the season even started. making excuses already. GO RV
And after he worked so hard repairing that finger all summer......
If Stewart is serious about this championship, he'll get out there and ride around somewhere in the top 15 at least. You can't leave the first round with no points against racers like Dungey and Villopoto.
You look at JS7's team, they all look like they hate him.
Typical Obama supporter...weak.
Go to motocross action for pics of the air shock.
pizzacorner--you said Stewarts team looks like typical Obama supporters? Are you saying they are white people with university degrees or that they look like 52% of the voters? That is your typical Obama supporter if you look at the stats. That's a weird comment for a dirt bike website.
Millsaps made me eat my words, congrats
pizzacorner--i wonder how team green is looking at Poto right now after all his recent injuries as well as his performance tonight. Thank god he didn't get hurt out there! I see now why Stewart has gone down so much in the past blitzing the edge of max speed vs eating dirt. Looks like poto has discovered it too. First race blues for everyone, lets hope we see happy faces next week and not pain and agony! Its amazing also to see all you guys still trashing Stewart lol, good night!
mxchampion, shut up. You're just a moron who plays tough guy behind the keyboard. He tweaked his knee during the last qualifying session and still managed to finish the race in a controlled manner. What happened to your boyfriend Ryan Villopoto? Let's hear your excuse.
mxchampion, shut up. You're just a moron who plays tough guy behind the keyboard. He tweaked his knee during the last qualifying session and still managed to finish the race in a controlled manner. What happened to your boyfriend Ryan Villopoto? Let's hear your excuse.


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WILLIAMSTOWN -- A recently completed site assessment of the Photech property has concluded that soil contamination still exists at the former textile and photographic film manufacturing mill.
According to the report, soil samples taken from the southeastern section of the property were found to have concentrations of the metals cadmium and silver above state standards.
Asbestos-containing materials were also found in fill on the southern portion of the 4.9-acre site.
"In seven of the 20 samples submitted for metals analysis, cadmium was detected above the S-1 standard of 2 milligrams per kilogram," the report stated. "In those samples, cadmium concentrations ranged between 2.1 milligrams per kilogram and 28 milligrams per kilogram."
Silver was detected at the state standard of 100 milligrams per kilogram in one of the samples, the report said.
Cadmium, silver and extractable petroleum hydrocarbons weren't found above laboratory reporting limits in groundwater and surface water samples from the site.
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"In order to have unrestricted site use, extensive excavation would be required," the assessment, which was completed by Tighe and Bond in August, stated.
The evaluation was made possible by a $58,150 grant the town received earlier this year from MassDevelopment. The site is one of many town-owned properties being considered for low-cost housing.
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"We expect that it will be a more expensive cleanup than 59 Water St. given that chemicals have historically been used on this site," she said.
The property on Water Street, the site of the former town garage, remains the Affordable Housing Committee's primary site on which to develop low-cost housing, she said.
At its meeting on Oct. 3, the committee voted in favor of engaging O'Reilly, Talbot and Okun Associates to take the next steps needed to assess the contamination found during the environmental site assessment of 59 Water St.
"That will tell us how much contamination is in that one particular location on the site, and the estimated cost to clean it up," Yamamoto said.
O'Reilly, Talbot and Okun conducted the environmental site assessment, which found soil contamination in two areas where underground diesel fuel and gasoline storage tanks were once located. The July 27 report also concluded that there might have been an underground gasoline storage tank unaccounted for on the 1.27-acre site.
The environmental site assessment was paid for with funds provided by the Massachusetts Housing Part nership and the local public works department budget. The additional evaluation will be paid for from the $107,500 in Community Preservation Act funds that the Affordable Housing Committee received to determine the viability of town-owned properties for housing.
"We're trying to keep moving forward, but given the obstacles that we have already encountered with [Photech and 59 Water St.], we continue to look at lands a little further out from the center of town," Yamamoto said.
Those sites are mainly the Lowry and Burbank properties, which are in conservation, she said.
"We've agreed to begin engaging the Conservation Commission, and explore the initial stages involved in the process of lifting some, or all, of those conservation restrictions," she said.
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