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Would you buy a used car from this man? …. Yet you give him 3 BILLION dollars a year.
Yellow ribbons.
They're everywhere.
They're supposed to be a sign of
support for US troops.
What they really say is:
"We don't care about our troops
and we don't care about our
country. We just want to look
like we're conforming."
In a further link, Randy Scheunemann, chief foreign policy and national security adviser to John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, was listed in the WSE brochure as part of its executive team. Scheunemann and Associates, his lobbying firm, is reported as having represented the Caspian Alliance in 2005.
At the undercover meeting last week, Payne said Scheunemann had been "working with me on my payroll for five of the last eight years". When confronted over the link to KMG, Payne declined to comment.
French anti-terrorism police are investigating the theft of 28 kg (61 lbs) of plastic explosives from a site near the southeastern city of Lyon, officials said on Friday.
Bank of China Ltd may own about $20 billion of debt issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, representing two-thirds of total holdings among the six largest Chinese banks, according to CLSA Ltd.
In a damning criticism of US integrity, the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee said ministers should no longer take at face value statements from senior politicians, including George Bush, that America does not resort to torture in the light of the CIA admitting it used 'waterboarding'.
Some pre-negotiation jabbing turned into a potentially damaging diplomatic incident Saturday when Brazil's foreign minister said rich countries' deception in trade talks reminded him of tactics used by Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels.
Prominent tax lawyer Louis Posner; his wife, Betty; and 19 others were arrested on a variety of prostitution and money-laundering charges at The Hot Lap Dance Club, which the couple ran out of a velvet-heavy loft, police said.
Cops said Posner raked in $1 million over the last 10 months from the operation, which billed itself as "the Number 1 Gentlemen's Club in the World."
Setting a good example for the kiddies, I see. Personally, I would prefer the company of hookers and strippers to lawyers (and politicians) any day
The U.S. military says American soldiers have killed two armed relatives of a provincial governor during a raid against al-Qaida in Iraq.
This is what America has become. A nation led by Israeli loving fifth columnists who will do ANYTHING to please their masters in Tel Aviv. Like Israeli-firster Speaker of the House Pelosi, who never misses a chance to kiss her Zionist Master's derrière. Here's a small sampling of Pelosi's traitorous activities performed in service to that racist and apartheid Jews only state of Hate, Israel:
I think Hollywood writers need to find some new villains for their stories. Their always picking on Adolf or some Nazi as their villain. Yes Hitler was a murderous ass, and he and the Nazis worked well as villains for four or five decades, but it's getting a little old. More recently of course Arab terrorists have filled the villainy bill for many of our Jewish writers. Like racist Adam Sandler in his new movie, You Don't Mess With The Zohan. In a not very interesting twist in this movie, he used both.
How about politicians who lie their people into wars? There is a good villain for the movies!!!!
The failure to reach agreement appeared likely to trigger new European and UN sanctions and to raise tensions in the Gulf. An Iranian rejection would also represent a rebuff to conciliatory moves from Washington, including the dispatch of a senior diplomat to Geneva to attend high-level talks with the Iranians for the first time in nearly three decades. The diplomat, William Burns, left Geneva without making any public comments.
Threats are NOT 'Conciliatory gestures.' What looked like a possibility to avoid yet another disastrous war for the US is apparently only a repeat of the cheap theatrics the US engaged in just prior to the invasion of Iraq, where the US tried to look like it was searching for a peaceful solution even as the bombs were being loaded onto the airplanes.
The tip off is Condi's statement that Iran would have to suspend enrichment prior to any negotiations. This is a classic tactic intended to wreck the possability of a solution by giving the other side the choice of total capitulation to US demands before any negotiations (with the guaratnee that any subsequent negotiations would not produce anything in return) or being portrayed as the bad guy for "sabotaging" the "negotiations".
Under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran has a legal right, recognized by the US Government, to build nuclear power plants and to make fuel rods for them, and NOBODY has produced an iota of evidence that Iran is doing anything else.
Seeking to cope with Hezbullah's success in getting Israel to release all Lebanese prisoners, dead and living, in exchange for the remains of two Israeli soldiers, Israeli leaders, media and shapers of public opinion have been indulging in sanctimonious self-glorification while denouncing the other side as "hateful, uncivilized and representing an inferior culture."
Telling the truth is like performing a strip tease. It is because of this that many people are offended. Nudity offends people who believe that their body, the visible and the more esoteric portions, is something to hide. Another reason that some people find the truth to be offensive is because they make personal profit from lies. It stands to reason that many people believe that the truth is ugly, or inconvenient. Why go to such lengths to conceal it otherwise? It can also be said that the truth is hidden because it stands in contradiction to the thing that conceals it.
It has been almost 15 years since ethnic Abkhaz militias won a bloody war for independence from Georgia, in which thousands were killed and 250,000 Georgians - around half of Abkhazia's population - fled their homes. But in Gali, the only area where some of the refugees have been allowed to return, it looks as if the fighting has only just ended.
One has to wonder at the timing of the bombing campaign here.
Which geopolitical entities might love to see Russia distracted with a yet another regional dust-up in the Balkans?
Perhaps those entities which are preparing for some kind of attack against one of Russia's other neighboring countries where it has a great of financial interests??
The government may declare victory in wars started in foreign lands, but for the people who live in small towns in this land the results are barely distinguishable from defeat. Lives are lost, families destroyed, futures shattered, hopes destroyed; all this is the price paid by the people for the "foreign entanglements" we were long ago warned to avoid. The real price of war is paid not just by those who died in it, but by those who are left behind who bury their dead and pay the bills.
Relinked in light of the war with Iran looking like it is back on again.
A U.S. decision to bend policy and sit down with Iran at nuclear talks fizzled Saturday, with Tehran stonewalling and the Bush administration emphasizing that the choice for Iranian leaders is cooperation or confrontation.
I was hoping saner heads would prevail, but apparently the pro-war neocons have won, which means we all lose.
Zimbabwe's troubled central bank introduced $100 billion banknotes Saturday in a desperate bid to ease the recurrent cash shortages plaguing the inflation-ravaged economy.
Driven by a sour economy and skittish consumers, U.S. business bankruptcies saw their sharpest quarterly rise in two years, jumping 17 percent in the second quarter of 2008, according to an analysis by McClatchy.
"A number of Hessians and Waldeckers have fallen into our hands. The German officers and soldiers by a finesse of the British, to increase their ferocity, had been led to believe that Americans are savages and barbarians, and if taken, would have their bodies stuck full of pieces of dry wood and in that manner burnt to death. But they were very agreeably disappointed, and much pleased, on meeting civil and kind treatment."
Iraq's largest Sunni Arab political bloc ended a nearly yearlong boycott of the Shiite-led government Saturday in another step toward healing the sectarian rifts that once brought almost daily bloodshed.The National Accordance Front agreed to return after parliament approved six Sunni officials to fill vacant seats in the Cabinet.
Let us hope that the rapprochement between these two groups are more than merely cosmetic; if not, things could devolve very quickly here.
But there is something missing from this emotional story of endangered children and their families- namely the context in which these tragedies occur. There is no mention here of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, the source of the struggle. We are not shown that far more Palestinian than Israeli children live in daily danger: lacking medical treatment in Gaza, on the verge of malnutrition, caught up in brutality at check points or simply walking home from school.
A pamphlet warning Britons to leave the Middle East or face death has come to light in a stash of illicit propaganda.
The document does not hail from Basra or Baghdad, nor was it penned by the Islamists of al-Qaeda or the al-Mahdi Army. It was found in Haifa, about 60 years ago, and it was issued by the underground group led by Menachem Begin – the future Prime Minister of Israel and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
The US Army is moving ahead with plans to shoot live pigs and treat their gunshot wounds in a medical trauma exercise for soldiers destined to serve in Iraq.
The army says that the exercise is critical to saving the lives of wounded soldiers. Animal rights activists have criticised the exercise as cruel and outdated.
So is war. Let's stop doing that, too!
Citigroup chairman Win Bischoff has warned that house prices in Britain and the United States are likely to keep falling for another two years.
Don't you guys have real crooks to chase, like the guys who lied us into the war?
More proof that PBS has stopped dealing in facts and lives on propaganda now.
A former Israeli defense official says the Israeli military used cluster bombs for two weeks during the 2006 Lebanon war without telling the Israeli government.
This sounds suspiciously like "The torture was done by some rogue soldiers."
So, the change may be shallow at first. And we should remember that even if the "objectivity" pretense is eradicated there will always remain 1,001 other ways to be dishonest. But it is creative new online journalism that is driving the changes we're seeing, and if those changes lead us finally to give serious support to independent journalism, we will then see deep and meaningful change in our public communications.
The 'Peace Process'….. is it a Bridge over troubled water or a bridge going nowhere?
Westerners seem to forget the reality regarding Israel and its occupation of Palestine….
* like Israel has been ethnically cleansing the Palestinian people for 60 years
* like Israel continues to occupy, rob, humiliate and murder its neighbours
* like Israel is no Western-style democracy but an apartheid-loving ethnocracy
* like Israel has ignored nearly 40 UN resolutions, flouts international law and is oblivious to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
"This entire system is being programmed in secret by programmers who have no oversight by anybody," the expert charged, as Arnebeck detailed allegations of complicity by a number of powerful GOP operatives and companies who had unique access both to the election results as reported in 2004, as well as to U.S. House and Senate computer networks even today.
Even if he somehow dodges the murder rap, sooner or later Bush will face dozens of charges of war crimes, kidnapping, torture, electoral fraud, maybe even high treason against the Constitution of the United States of America. Bush is a good bet to be our first ex-president to spend the rest of his life behind bars.
I say IF Bush leaves office next January because...well, he'd have to be crazy to step down.
A Beverly Hills shopping center magnate whose family investments have been routed through a bank in the tiny country of Liechtenstein is set to testify next week before a Senate subcommittee in Washington conducting a probe of overseas tax havens.
Nothing will be done, except that Congress will know a great place to park their profits from all the war-stocks they have invested in!
A controversial billboard in Orange County has a picture of the burning World Trade Center and the message, "Please Don't Vote for a Democrat."
Ummmm, didn't 9-11 happen during a REPUBLICAN administration, with a REPUBLICAN Congress?
Two years ago, New Hampshire refused to accept heating oil from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the pro-Castro U.S. critic who once called President Bush "the devil." But with fuel prices rising, well, free oil is free oil.
With the state's blessing, New Hampshire residents will be receiving some of the fuel this winter.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will limit the ability of traders to bet on a drop in shares of brokerage firms, Freddie Mac, and Fannie Mae as part of a crackdown on stock manipulation, the agency's chairman said.
Are computerized voting machines a wide-open back door to massive voting fraud? A growing number of Americans are saying our votes are too sacred to reside only on computer chips.
The government is expected to approve Sunday the establishment of a new Arab city in the Galilee region, in a bid to resolve the housing crisis faced young Arab couples in northern Israel.
Spoonamore received the Diebold patch from a whistleblower close to the office of Cathy Cox, Georgia's then-Secretary of State. In discussions with RAW STORY, the whistleblower -- who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation -- said that he became suspicious of Diebold's actions in Georgia for two reasons. The first red flag went up when the computer patch was installed in person by Diebold CEO Bob Urosevich, who flew in from Texas and applied it in just two counties, DeKalb and Fulton, both Democratic strongholds.
For three years, the Air Force's top leadership sought to spend counterterrorism money on "comfort capsules" on military planes that ferry senior officers and civilian leaders, with at least four top generals involved in selecting the color of the capsules' carpet and leather chairs, according to internal e-mails and budget documents.
The war on terror, like the war on global warming, is just an excuse to trick the people into making do with less, so that the rulers may have that much more.
Popular anger over tumbling equity prices erupted in Pakistan on Thursday, underscoring the difficulties regulators face in attempting to prop up falling markets as turbulence in many of the world's financial markets continues unabated.
It might, if Mayor Phil Gordon has his way. Gordon wants to explore the possibility of partnering with a Native American tribe to bring slot machines to the airport.
The goal, he said, would be a profit-sharing agreement that would give the cash-strapped city a lucrative new source of revenue.
The difference between good government and bad government is that bad government makes themselves prosperous, while good government makes the whole society prosperous.
The world is cooling, sea levels are falling, ice is spreading, there are fewer extreme weather events, and it was hotter 1000 years ago, yet the myth of global warming is providing governments the excuse to micromanage every aspect of our lives, with Al Gore now openly calling for a carbon tax on the energy we use.
If terrorism was really a threat to the US, don't you think we would have had another attack since 9/11? It wouldn't even have to be more airplane attacks. It could be bombs blowing up buses, houses, trains, but no - it hasn't happened. That shows that there is ABSOLUTELY no homegrown terrorist threat to the US. If you have any common knowledge, you know that you can find most of the ingredients to make a bomb in your local Walmart (Fox has even done reports on it). There are NO terrorists in the US (except for the government, of course).
The typical floor structural configuration for the World Trade Center Towers spanned from the exterior wall columns to where the inner 49 columns formed support for the elevator shafts, stair towers, air shafts and mechanical systems. Thus, each floor was NOT a monolithic slab and structural system spanning across each tower from one exterior wall to the other three, as we are led to believe. Each floor, in fact, terminating at the contiguous structural core, resembled a square 'donut', with the structural core, so to speak, being the 'donut' hole.
In other words, an initiating collapse would have only been to one section of the floor, hinged at the core and pulling free at one of the walls. The entire floor would not have collapsed unless the core was cut. Hence, "Pancaking" is impossible.
President Bush has been a "total failure" in everything from the economy to the war to energy policy, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday. In an interview on CNN, the California Democrat was asked to respond to video of the president criticizing the Democratic-led Congress for heading into the final 26 days of the legislative session without having passed a single government spending bill.
But she still won't impeach!
Top U.S. Air Force officials sought to spend millions of dollars in counterterrorism funds on "comfort capsules" for military planes used by senior officers and civilian leaders, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
"Hey, the more comfortable they are, the less terrorized they feel!" -- Official White Horse Souse
Several media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and The Washington Post, have uncritically reported Sen. John McCain's speech attacking Sen. Barack Obama for "outlining a plan" for Afghanistan and Iraq before his upcoming visit to the region without noting that in the same speech, McCain outlined his own "Comprehensive Strategy For Victory In Afghanistan," but hasn't visited that country since December 2006.
The spin is in!
In other words, according to Spain's Supreme Court, these people did not belong to a terrorist group, at least not an Islamic terrorist group. Apparently, there was not enough evidence to stay the conviction of "Mohammed the Egyptian," said to be the ringleader, and his conviction was thrown out as well.
Another frame-up collapses!
Oooooh, the police are NOT going to be happy about that!
Looks like Rahm Emmanuel and Hillary are controlling the info flow to Obama on foreign policy. Top dog, Susan Rice, is a disaster waiting to happen according to articles posted previously by Wayne Madsen, besides being the cossetted god-child of Madeline Albright.
"It is an untenable situation that witnesses continue to be subjected to the supervision of Mr. Bloch while they are being called upon to provide evidence to the grand jury concerning his wrongdoing," she wrote.
Gore has let his mask slip. When Gore advocates that the single most important policy change would be to "tax what we burn - not what we earn", he really means we should shift the burden of taxation away from the rich capitalist towards the rest of society since a person earning ten million dollars doesn't burn one thousand times as much fuel as a person earning ten thousand.
San Francisco voters will be asked to decide whether to name a city sewage plant in honor of President Bush, after a satiric measure qualified for the November ballot Thursday.
A Nigerian state judge has issued arrest warrants for three top Pfizer officials, saying that they failed to appear in court to face charges of illegally conducting drug trials that led to the deaths of 11 children.
The American Physical Society, an organization representing nearly 50,000 physicists, has reversed its stance on climate change and is now proclaiming that many of its members disbelieve in human-induced global warming.
Even the super-rich are becoming nervous as cries for an emergency suspension of short selling ring out.
If Bridgewater is anywhere near correct, governments alone have the wherewithal to rescue the system. This would mean the de facto nationalisation of the banking systems in the US, Britain and Europe.
We use a chemistry-climate model and new estimates of smoke produced by fires in contemporary cities to calculate the impact on stratospheric ozone of a regional nuclear war between developing nuclear states involving 100 Hiroshima-size bombs exploded in cities in the northern subtropics. We find column ozone losses in excess of 20% globally, 25–45% at midlatitudes, and 50–70% at northern high latitudes persisting for 5 years, with substantial losses continuing for 5 additional years.
"Anyone not wearing two million sunblock is gonna have a really bad day!" -- Sarah Conner: Terminator 2
The Pentagon is pushing for more troops to go to Afghanistan but experts question whether a new "surge" can shut down the insurgency flourishing in Pakistan's safe havens.
Japan has dropped a plan to send ground troops to Afghanistan after the ruling coalition failed to reach a consensus due to fears over the continuing violence in the area, Japanese media said on Friday.
Norwegians appear divided over keeping Norwegian troops in Afghanistan, according to a poll commissioned by Norwegian public broadcaster NRK on Thursday.
When it suits the tyrant's purposes, though, he can feign respect for the public good. To discredit political dissent he can recast a protest as a moral attack on everyone, e.g.: "Enemies among us hate our freedoms!" "No group has the right to tell you what to do!" "Don't listen to conspiracy theories!" "Report suspicious people to the authorities!"
By playing the victim and pandering to public insecurity, legitimate dissent is made to look criminal and the political issue that motivated the protest becomes lost amid the cacophony of moralism and demagoguery.
Securities regulators from six U.S. states mounted a surprise inspection Thursday of the headquarters of Wachovia Corp's (WB.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) brokerage affiliate, as part of a probe into the firm's sales of auction-rate debt.
The nation is awash in fear because they are coming to realize that while they've been buying all the hype from the cabal of gangsters in Washington for decades, reality is now setting in as poverty is slamming millions who used to belong to the middle class. From dangerous lending practices to the derivatives time bomb waiting to go off and inflation getting ready to launch into hyper inflation, the situation is more grim by the week. A financial catastrophe so many have been warning about for decades, it's all coming home to roost. The "perfect storm" as it's being called.
On February 15, 2005, Michael Chertoff, an apparent dual national with Israeli roots, was sworn in as the second Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The new "homeland security czar," who oversees the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, seems to be hiding his own dual-national status – with the cooperation of the controlled press.
They filed a complaint in the Court of Federal Claims seeking an award of 15% of the amounts recovered by the IRS from Ms. Geddes. The court dismissed the case on the ground that the Tax Court has exclusive jurisdiction over whistleblower claims and that it lacked authority under 28 U.S.C. § 1631 to transfer the case because the Tax Court is not a true "court" for purposes of the statute.
So, you better rethink those plans to rat out your neighbor's tax evasion, because you won't get the reward anyway.
Released prisoner Samir Kuntar accused Israel late Thursday of fabricating the story of how he killed the four-year-old daughter of an Israeli man in 1979.
'Israel has fabricated the story about how I killed the child during the attack I carried out in 1979,' Kuntar told the Hezbollah- run Al Manar television.
He said that he read in the Israeli paper Maarev a report, which was published April 23, 1979, a day after he carried out his attack that the child was killed in cross-fire.
Documents show state police monitored peace and anti-death penalty groups
All I will add is my hope that this very special man lives to see a Free Palestine, a country that continues to be inspired by his lifelong work of fighting apartheid.
No one has ever summed up the Hollywood blacklist of the 1950s — and, by extension, the entire history of that decade's anti-Communist witch hunt — any better than this:
Well, aint that tuff! The other day I posted a glowing tribute to Michael Rivero which was written by a fellow Blogger Les Visible. One visitor to this Blog was unhappy with that post and proceeded to leave comments on it attacking Michael, myself and Les.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)
The Wall Street Journal reports that Carly Fiorina, former Hewlett-Packard CEO and senior adviser to Sen. John McCain, met with a group of 25 prominent supporters and fundraisers for Sen. Hillary Clinton at a private home in Westchester County, NY. The group included several so-called "Hillraisers," each of whom have raised in excess of $100,000 for Clinton's failed primary campaign. The meeting was repeatedly sought by the Hillary supporters and is at least the second such meeting between backers of Clinton and the McCain campaign.
Don't ask me why, but I check there every once in a while to see what the opposition is up to.
Israel accused six Arabs on Friday of trying to set up an al Qaeda cell in Israel and said one of them had proposed attacking helicopters used during a visit by President George W. Bush.
Last time Israel claimed they found an "Al Qaeda" cell, it turned out to be a bunch of Mossad agents!
But seriously, look at it. It's got a thick, furry body with a flat, beaver-like tail and otter-like feet and we're cool with that because he's so damn fuzzy. Then there's the matter of the big, leathery duck bill and it's suddenly more than a little weird, because that's ... that's not really supposed to happen to mammals.
Also they lay eggs for some reason.
And, they are poisonous.
Wait, what?
Yes, you read my title correctly. Today's New York Times includes an op-ed piece by Benny Morris, a Professor of Middle Eastern history at Ben Gurion University. He claims Israel will most certainly attack Iran within the next 4 to 7 months, and if conventional weapons are unsuccessful to knock out Iran's nuclear program, than Israel will escalate to the use of nuclear weapons.
Basically, Israel will use nuclear weapons on Iran, out of fear of the nuclear weapons Iran might someday build?
THERE is a story about a science professor giving a public lecture on the solar system. An elderly lady interrupts to claim that, contrary to his assertions about gravity, the world travels through the universe on the back of a giant turtle. "But what supports the turtle?" retorts the professor. "You can't trick me," says the woman. "It's turtles all the way down."
The U.S. ripped Iran off for years. They finally took back control of their nation which is successful today, and the western nations keep creating and issuing lies about nuclear weapons that don't exist.
This sounds like a dream, doesn't it? Well, it's not. We have a unique opportunity right now to send Karl Rove to jail, but only if we take immediate action.
"You my bitch now, bubba!"
Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, who stands a good chance of becoming prime minister shortly after September's Kadima primary, defended his hawkish statements about a prospective attack on Iran this week in an interview with The Jerusalem Post.
Go ahead! I agree. There is an old saying that the best way to teach a dog not to chase cars is to let him catch one!
Israel should attack Iran and the US should stay out of it. Iran will stomp on Israel until Israel is forced to use those nuclear bombs she still tries to pretend do not exist, then the world will see Israel's true self, crying "We are afraid of Iran's nuclear power station" while in fact sitting on a pile of nuclear weapons of mass destruction.
Go ahead Israel, secure your legacy as the real rogue nation armed with nuclear weapons.
With the media and international affairs observers focused on the Bush administration's decision to send a US envoy to international nuclear talks with Iran in Geneva this weekend, this detail in a wire report out of the Turkish capital Ankara today caught my eye. From the AP, guess who's in Turkey today? White House national security advisor Steve Hadley. What's he doing there? Talking about Iran. And who is coming to Turkey tomorrow? Iranian foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki.
Former federal terrorism investigators say a piece of luggage hastily checked in at the Portland, Maine, airport by a World Trade Center hijacker on the morning of Sept. 11 provided the Rosetta stone enabling FBI agents to swiftly unravel the mystery of who carried out the suicide attacks and what motivated them.
So, the official story is that a terrorist intent on killing himself on his flight bothered to pack a suitcase, and even though he never expected to unpack it and expected it to be incinerated, instead of just throwing some clothes into that suitcase he took the time to load up that suitcase with all kinds of incriminating evidence pointing the finger of blame to Middle East Arab Muslims (i.e. Israel's enemies).
Then, miracle of miracles, this suitcase, which should have vaporized with the rest of the airplane, together with its load of incriminating evidence "somehow" was left OFF the plane, ready to be found by investigators!
And if you believe that one, I have a variable rate mortgage to sell you!
(CBS) A government witness claims in 2004, Antoin "Tony Rezko" -- then the target of an investigation that would lead to his indictment and trial -- tried to grease the political skids to get his chief tormentor, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald fired.
Rezko discussed efforts among high-ranking Republicans, including Karl Rove, to have Chicago's U.S. attorney fired, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday.
"U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans to host peace talks in Washington with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on July 30, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Thursday.
Oh yeah, this is gonna go over really well, now that the US has backed off invading Iran!
An unidentified government official of a U.S. ally wants to participate if and when Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich makes his case to impeach President Bush before the House Judiciary Committee, according to the Ohio Democrat.
A Chilean judge on Thursday indicted a deputy of former dictator Augusto Pinochet and two others over the disappearance of five leftists believed murdered and hurled into the ocean from a helicopter.
Summer nights! The fragrant dark descends, the night creatures chitter
and chirrup, and we linger on the porch, a little wine in the glass,
children coming and going, and we inhale the sweetness of life. In
Pasadena, people are lined up outside a bank, hoping to get their money
out before it goes belly-up, and Mr. McCain's friend Mr. Gramm says we
are a nation of whiners complaining about a recession that is only
mental, but we are engulfed in summer and don't notice. We're sitting
on the porch, inhaling the breeze from the trees, and we are American
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I'm the son of a gambler whose luck never came. I'm a white man singin' the blues.
-- Merle Haggard
I heard from an old acquaintance the other day, a guy who likes to call me up every now and then to give me grief about something I've written or to complain about some bee that's flying around in his not-insignificant bonnet.
I usually have a pretty good idea what the topic's going to be when I hear this dude's unmistakable voice on the other end of the phone line -- it's usually in response to "that (stuff) you keep spreading in your column" -- but I must say his most recent musing caught me off-guard.
"You want to know what the most disadvantaged group in this country is today?" he asked and waited for me to answer. When I didn't take the bait, he continued. "It's the white male," he said.
When I laughed in reply, he cut me off.
"I know, I know, you're going to use some bleeding-heart, liberal bull to try and prove me wrong, but listen up," he said. "It's white males who are hated by everyone these days: minorities, women's groups, young people, poor people ... It doesn't matter what we do that's good, we're going to get blamed for everything bad that happens.
"And you might as well not even apply for any kind of job opening or government benefit -- at least in places like Albany -- if you're a white man."
No matter how much he goaded me -- no matter what amount of pretzel logic he employed to try and prove his point -- this was one debate I wasn't going to get into. I essentially let him talk himself out, told him how much I admired his chutzpah and got off the phone.
Since our conversation, though, I've thought about what this dude said. It's not like I haven't heard the argument before, and -- being from the deep South -- I'm sure I'll hear it again. And, since I am a member of the tribe for which he so strongly advocates, I decided to help him out by coming up with a few arguments to help him the next time he has a hankering to plead his case.
I'm calling it "Coping With the White Man's Burden":
-- There are ugly rumors that we can neither dance nor jump.
-- The only ones of us who are capable of playing in the NBA are from foreign countries. The NFL isn't far behind, unless our last name happens to be Manning.
-- When it comes to repeating a lot of the good jokes we hear, we pretty much just have to keep our mouths shut.
-- We can't even maintain our dominance of positions that we were once guaranteed by law. Persons of color -- and females, for that matter -- weren't even allowed to vote for decades, and now we have a black president and women are strong contenders to be next in line for the Oval Office.
-- George Bush and Donald Trump are white men.
-- No one but us still believes that rock and roll will one day save the world, that sitting around listening to a Foghat or CCR or Blue Oyster Cult album is about as good as it gets. And only a handful of us can even understand rap.
-- More of us are having health issues, apparently due to the extra stress of always having to be right about everything.
-- In a decade or so, there will be fewer of us than there are members of other races and nationalities, so who's going to take care of everyone?
-- That thing about "unfortunately, women have to work twice as hard to be as successful as a man ... fortunately, it's easy" has turned out to be pretty much true during our watch.
-- We have to eat white bread, crackers -- especialy crackers -- and mayonnaise in secret lest we become the butt of a bunch of cruel jokes by some of the less sensitive.
-- And, according to some well-known political types, we've devolved to the point that we all look alike.
Yep, it's hard out there for the male and pale.
Email Metro Editor Carlton Fletcher at carlton.fletcheralbanyherald.com.
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My Dying Grandmother.
In Tagalog—one of three native Filipino languages—the word for grandmother is 'Lola'; it is pronounced quickly, with a gentle flip of the tongue.
The sound rolls of out of the mouth and is delicate to the ears—it is a beautiful word that conveys love and kinship.
As a child learning to speak, this word was difficult for me to pronounce; I couldn't curve my tongue enough to pronounce the first "L." My "Lola" was in fact an "Ola," and since I was the first of nine grandchildren, Ola was her anointed title.
It was incorrect, bad Tagalog and lovingly adorned.
She took the name that was given and made it her own; she loved it in all its imperfection and she loved it in its complete perfection.
Twenty-four years later, with death stalking from around the corner, my grandmother is still as positive as ever, finding ways of turning life's mistakes into her cherished answers.
A few weeks ago, it was brought to my attention that my Lola's health had taken a turn for the worse. She had left the doctor's with an expiration; an estimated date to see her through. It had been nearly two years since my last visit and with this news, I came to see her.
The day after I arrived, I sat with her over breakfast.
She was vibrant, quick and alive. Although her body had slowed down, her mind was racing. She answered questions, spoke philosophically and laughed wholeheartedly. Her smile was that same beaming grin I grew accustomed to as a baby. Her soul was as present as it had ever been; her mental strength left me pondering if there was indeed anything wrong.
Had this been an incredibly tasteless joke?
That evening, my questions were answered.
Between bouts of excruciating pain and a state of near comatose, it was clear that my Lola was approaching the end of her life; she spent most of her time sleeping or fending off discomfort. She could barely stand, let alone walk and she had a slew of medications that took up sizable counter space. Her life was certainly not what it was two years ago.
It was a disconcerting experience watching her body decline, yet my sadness and fear never had the chance to take over…I was too busy feeling inspired.
Despite her physical malady and inevitable future, her spirits were valiantly high; she used each moment to connect with those who to listened, she breathed each breath to invoke a sense of calm and compassion for those around her and when she was too exhausted to speak, her eyes told her fearless story.
More than anyone, she knows what is happening to her, yet she persists to enjoy the moments she has left.
The idiom that comes to mind is taking lemons and making lemonade. In her case, she was using the last moments of her life to enrich the few she had left. She received what she was given and made the best of it. This lesson has been preached by so many great minds in so many different ways, each one translating a timeless message: happiness comes from within.
My Lola may be dying, she may be surrounded by an emotionally distressed family, she may even be scared but the one thing that she isn't is looking for more.
She is content with her situation simply because it is hers. And because it is hers, she chooses to love it. Just as she loved her name.
Seeing my grandmother embody such grace and commitment to look beyond the surface, has invoked a loss of judgment in my life.
Who are we to think we know how life works?
We experience just a fragment of reality and impose our opinions; I see now that it is better to enjoy what is, rather than fight for what isn't.
Her ability to see beyond the imperfections, to accept what is as the divine and to make the best with what's given is a gift I will always carry with me.
I will remember her for this; she's my Ola with, one L.
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I'm sitting here crying like a little child. My "Ola" was my Mama Ory. My mamere was Cajun so it was said with a French inflection that none of us kids could get right. Kind of like your Ola.
Lovely…I had a granny….just one, and she loved me like no other….I imagined her since she passed as meeting me when it's my time….greeting me. I posted this on our main Facebook page. Thank you.


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They say age is only a number ... right?
Mary-Kate Olsen just got engaged to her boyfriend of two years, Olivier Sarkozy, according to Us Weekly.
The 27-year-old "Full House" star and the French banker first went public in 2012, and they've had no problem showing some serious PDA nearly every time they step out.
The couple already share a $6.25 million townhouse in New York City, and Olsen's family seems to approve of her much older beau.
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Aldi's Irish suppliers have beaten a host of leading big brand names across Ireland and the UK to pick up 29 awards at the prestigious international Great Taste Awards in London. Proving low prices do not mean low quality, the judging panel of 350 experts, including top chefs, buyers, food critics, restaurateurs and fine food retailers awarded Aldi's Irish suppliers gold stars across a number of different food categories such as fresh meat, dairy and baked goods.
The performance builds on Aldi's Irish suppliers' success at the 2011 Awards, when they scooped 21 titles. Over 50% of all grocery sales at Aldi are generated on products bought from Irish suppliers, producers and manufacturers by a dedicated Irish buying department within Aldi.
Winning Aldi products include Aldi's Kilcree Gold Active Manuka Honey 10+, produced by Healy's Honey of Ballincollig, Co. Cork, which received two gold stars and Aldi's McGraths Gold Blend 80s Tea Bags, produced by Robert Roberts of Tallaght, which also received two gold stars.
Commenting on the performance of Aldi's Irish suppliers, Aldi Ireland's Group Buying Director, Niall O'Connor, said, "The Great Taste Awards recognise and pay tribute to the very finest foods available in Ireland and the UK today, so we are extremely proud for our Irish suppliers to have won 29 titles. We are continuously working to improve our product offering, introducing new and exciting Irish sourced products and engaging more and more Irish suppliers. It has been a good couple of weeks for our Irish suppliers, as for the second year running we were also recently named Ireland's leading fresh food discounter at the 2012 Checkout Best in Fresh Awards."
Aldi's full list of Irish award winning products includes:
McGraths Gold Blend 80s Tea Bags
Specially Selected Single Origin Roast & Ground – Ethiopian
Kilcree Gold Active Manuka Honey 10+
Specially Selected Champagne Rhubarb Yoghurt
Duneen Specially Selected Lemon Yoghurt
Duneen Specially Selected Handmade Farmhouse Yoghurt with Strawberries
O'Sheas Irish Ale
Not From Concentrate Orange & Mango Juice
McGraths Reserve Blend 80s Tea Bags
Alcafe Original Blend Roast & Ground
Specially Selected Single Origin Roast & Ground – Columbian
Specially Selected Handcooked Crisps - Cheddar Onion
Lynch's Buttermilk Soda
Lynch's Pitta Bread - White
Kilcree Gold Active Manuka Honey 15+
Grandessa Irish Handmade Conserves – Raspberry
Grandessa Irish Handmade Conserves - Autumn Fruit
Grandessa Irish Marmalades - Dark Orange
Nature's Isle Unsmoked Bacon Eye Loin
Brannans Streaky Bacon – Unsmoked
Brannans Butchers Style Black Pudding
Specially Selected Irish Organic Smoked Salmon
Specially Selected Madagascan Vanilla Yoghurt
Duneen Greek Style Yoghurt
Duneen Specially Selected Handmade Farmhouse Yoghurt with Summer Berries
Ardagh Specially Selected Irish Cheese Selection – Brie
Ardagh Specially Selected Irish Cheese Selection - Tipperary Blue
Ardagh Specially Selected Irish Cheese Selection – Camembert
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Briefly: NeatReceipts sale, free Snow Leopard, e-book
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NeatReceipts sale, OS X
In Brief: Neat is running a promotion that drops the price of the portable NeatReceipts scanner down to $99. Softpress is currently offering a free copy of Snow Leopard for any customers purchasing the company's Freeway software, while MyService includes a free copy of the Mac upgrade with any MacBook hard drive upgrade. Meanwhile, Joe Kissel has released two new e-books that provide help for users upgrading to Snow Leopard and using the new operating system.
Neat is currently running a promotion on its portable NeatReceipts scanner which was recently reviewed by MacNN. The device ships with optical character recognition (OCR) software that automatically organizes receipts and provides additional tools for scanning documents or images. The promotion runs until September 13th and offers the Mac or Windows version for $99, down from the normal price of $199.
Softpress is currently offering a free copy of Mac OS X Snow Leopard for customers purchasing Freeway software. The program provides tools for creating standards-compliant websites, with features such as advanced graphics handling, graphic text on-the-fly, dynamic content and database integration. The Snow Leopard promo is available until the end of September. Freeway Pro and Freeway Express carry prices of $249 and $79, respectively.
MyService has announced a similar promotion that will include a free copy of Snow Leopard with any hard drive upgrade for a MacBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air. Customers must order the hard drive upgrade and enter the promo code "SNOW." The free software is available for purchases made until the end of August, and the company will make sure Snow Leopard is installed on the new hard drive.
Two new e-books, "Take Control of Upgrading to Snow Leopard" and "Take Control of Exploring & Customizing Snow Leopard," both provide helpful hints and instructions for users transitioning to the latest Mac operating system. Topics include hardware evaluation, creating bootable duplications, running the installer, navigating the OS, or working with other Mac features. The upgrading version is available for $10 in PDF format or $20 as a print book, while the customization title is available to download for $15 or printed for $28.


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Game Chatter 4/21: A's at Yankees
LHP Andy Pettitte (1-0, 2.51)
LHP Dana Eveland (0-0, 6.75)
Notable: Swisher down to 6th,
Cano up to 5th,
Matsui in lineup
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Wang To Pitch In Extended Spring Training
Looking to get Chien-Ming Wang some work in a game-type setting, the Yankees will have him throw an extended spring training game on Thursday. From Kat O'Brien:
Wang, who will remain on the Yankees active roster, is scheduled to throw 100 pitches in front of Yankees Tampa-based officials Mark Newman and Nardi Contreras.
This way, Joe...
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The Ticket Price Problem
Jaon at IIATMS runs through the factors that contributed to the premium tickets to games at the new Yankees Stadium going unsold:
The economy tanked
Personal wealth linked to the capital markets tanked
Jobs disappeared
Government bailout of Wall Street behemoths
Many, many Wall Street financial institutions merged/disappeared
Many "feeder" industries reliant on Wall Street...
The embarrassment of the rich
But the point today is how patently absurd the Yanks decision to price tickets as if they were scalpers during the playoffs. They clearly saw gap between face prices and scalper prices and said "that's our money". So they devised a strategy that pegged the potential buying audience (ultra-rich and corporations) with their ability to pay scalper prices. Then the world changed, plus they made at least one tactical error:
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- Many "feeder" industries reliant on Wall Street (like the lawyers) to pay their hourly rates suffered
- Tactical error: The Yanks failed to realize that there were thresholds that firms could spend entertaining clients and the tickets (and dinner and car services) would put the firms over the threshold, making the expense non-reimbursable.
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UNH is the only university in the state of New Hampshire offering an accredited four-year Mechanical Engineering degree. As a publicly supported institution we have a special responsibility to prepare our graduates for professional practice. While many of our alumni go on to attain advanced degrees, the majority seek corporate entry level engineering positions. It is the primary objective of the program to prepare our students for professional practice or graduate school. The program provides the students with knowledge in basic science, mathematics, engineering science and design, and general education. Moreover, our students should be able to compete successfully in either industry or graduate school. The following mission statement and objectives were approved by the mechanical engineering faculty.
Mission Statement
In support of the University and College missions, the Mechanical Engineering Department is dedicated to educating the highest quality engineering professionals and leaders. Our graduates will be prepared to creatively solve engineering problems through the use of analysis, computation, and experimentation. The students completing our program should be well-informed citizens who have the ability to grow intellectually and are able to solve new, challenging problems with self-confidence. We maintain a general and flexible curriculum that prepares students for both industrial practice and graduate education.
Program Objectives
The objective of the Mechanical Engineering Program is to produce graduates who are ethical professionals and good citizens. As they progress in the first several years following graduation, we expect our alumni to:
1. Use their engineering education and communication skills for success in:
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I'm fine with most of the set being from We Are The Void, I mean after all, it's the "We Are The Void Tour" so I expect to see a good amount of new material
The problem lies with trying to play too many songs from the most recent album not counting the newest. Most bands succumb to this whenever they have released multiple records measuring a long time span. In this case, WAYYY TOO MANY Fiction songs. While Fiction is one of their better works imo, this is not a Fiction tour, and there should only be 2-3 Fiction songs MAX. I say this because they have a rather extensive catalog, and with 6 WATV songs and 4 Fiction songs the set list has no room for creativity. I'm satisfied with this show because I wanted to A) See DT again, and B) see the new songs performed live, and those did not disappoint. However "long setlist filled with difficult old and new songs" does not mean play 1 song from pre-1999 when 1/3 of your discography is from that era. I could go on about how they lack creativity from choosing songs from each album (ie why is Wonders at Your Feet the only Haven song played, same with ThereIn from Projector) but I don't want to complain TOO much
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When it comes to choosing interior surface materials, health care facilities often have opted for synthetic products because of their durability, ease of maintenance and "sanitary look." But these materials may contain harmful polyvinyl chloride and volatile organic compounds (VOC).
What's more, architects have begun to challenge the notion that synthetic materials are less expensive than natural products. Sue Tartaglio, Interior Designer, Burt Hill, Butler, Pennsylvania, has developed a life-cycle cost comparison of a dozen frequently used synthetic and natural flooring products, based on manufacturers' published maintenance data/life-cycle costs, and conversations with manufacturers' representatives. The matrix shows that in facilities with a lifetime use of more than 15 years, hardwood flooring, while it may have higher upfront costs, has life-cycle costs that are significantly lower.
The daily maintenance on these floors is really greatly reduced. Frequently, it's a matter of sweeping or damp mopping them to remove surface soil. And with their smooth surfaces, hardwood floors don't harbor animal dander, fleas, dust, mites, pollen or other allergens—the reason that doctors often recommend them for patients with allergies and respiratory problems.
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I am considering getting a ponch tarp and read that sleeping without a bivy sack in the rain is asking for trouble. what experiences do people have with this. Also I have looked at the pictures of the golite poncho tarp and compared it to the Mountain laurel design. The MDL ponch from the picture when worn it does not drap lower on the legs. The picture on the golite site shows their product being bunched around the models feet. This makes me want to choose the MDL. Is this just marketing.
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The Six Moon Designs Gatewood Cape has better protection for those who don't use a bivy sack. This might be the ticket for you. Backpackinglight reviewed this shelter, you might want to check it out.
I've got a SMD Gatewood Cape and have used it to wild camp remotely and relatively high up in Scotland, in wet and windy weather, and found it sturdy and reliable. I used the Serenity Net Tent, and no bivvy. I was dry and really pleased with the combination. the only problem I have had was that the tent pole sank a few inches in the soft wet ground, significantly reducing the internal area, so I now stand it on a rock or in a bottle cap. So this combination would, in my opinion, be fine without a bivvy.
Zoli, I am not sure why the MLD tarp looks so short in the picture...it says it is a 9' long poncho which is about equal to the golite. One thing to note is that the golite poncho tarp has velcro patches to shortern the back flap or extend it. The extension is for use when wearing a pack so the poncho is not short in the back. Below is a picture of me using my golite poncho tarp for reference. I am 5' 9.5" tall and the back panel is extended. I am wearing a golite ion (1500 cu in pack) which is small so the back panel extends down just a bit too far. I have purchased an integral designs poncho tarp that has the head hole centered. I haven't used it yet but I think it will be easier for me to walk when I'm using a small pack. I personally think the golite poncho is one of the best values around, but the MLD poncho tarp would probably best the "best" poncho tarp with respect to performance. The ID silponcho is in between the 2 (mix of price + performance).
This link should help:http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/poncho_tarp_techniques_gear_inclement_conditions.html
Peter, you say "....remotely and relatively high up in Scotland, in wet and windy weather,....". How did it work as rainwear? I have always assumed that a poncho was not suited to U.K. conditions - above treeline and windy. Was I wrong?
Ah, well I must say I wouldn't even try it as rainwear this trip! It was very windy and just not the right gear if I wanted to stay dry; also we move fairly quickly and under a tarp I'd have lost a lot of fluids! I have it because it's a pretty sturdy tent and at 18oz there's not much out there that's as light and as flexible (in that the tent is modular). So it's not a poncho at all to me! So I think that you are right.
Thanks Peter.
I've used the Gatewood Cape as a cape and a shelter.As a cape in light to no wind (< 7 mph) and steady rain it worked well. Some dampness inside due to condensation, but managable especially give the level of heavy activity I was engaged in. I wore Dry Duck pants just due to the generally sloppy conditions.As a shelter it was great. No bivy in heavy rain all night and some occasional 10-15 mph gusty winds and was still dry in the morning.Don't know how the cape would handle in high winds, but then all poncho type rain gear would have problems. Also the cape is closed all the way around except for the zipper in front so one is a little less exposed to rain blowing in from the sides like in a poncho.Happy Trails,-Mark
I call it the 'Year of the Poncho'. I spent approximately 112 nights in the wilderness that year. It was an experiment of sorts. Without the bivy I would have drowned many times. By the way the golite is 8' 8''. If you want to keep it simple I would suggest the golite because it is cheaper and the effect will be the same as more a costly one. Or if you want similar weight ( a little heavier) try the gatewood cape. A friend uses the cape and it is really nice. I use a homemade dwr top, pu coated bottom bivy with my golite -pitched in a 1/2 pyramid. This works well for three seasons. I used an OR advanced bivy in conjunction with the golite poncho during the winter of my 'Year of the Poncho'. During the deep winter a better bivy was a real plus and added weight-- but it worked really good. I did not always use a bivy, but I always carried one. I am now using an 8x8 for three season and an oragami 2UL in winter- bugnet bivy in warm weather, none in winter.
Zoli, I'm another Gatewood convert. I'd been considering one for a long time and finally broke down and got it mid-summer. The first time out it rained for 10 hours straight that night and kept me dry and snug as a bug. Since then I've also used it in snow, and that worked out well also because it has guy out points midway up to pull the sides out so as not to collapse. As raingear it works as well as can be expected, in fact, the condensation was about the same as my gore-tex jacket. This was one of the better investments I've made! Happy trails!
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It's strange to think that France is only twenty-two miles from Britain. The country , the people and their attitudes seem a world apart. That's what makes it such an exciting and convenient prospect for holiday makers from the UK. From the cities and countryside to the beautiful isoand of Corsica, it's and absolutely stunning place to visit.
My first visit to France was in a cold November, shortly before the millennium. The Eiffel Tower had a countdown on it. Paris is certainly visually stunning and is on a massive scale similar to London. The Champs Elysees with the Arc d' Triomphe at it's top announces to the world how (in Napoleon's time) France was once the dominant military power in the world.
We dined out and, true to course, the waiters were quite rude to us. However, it didn't detract from our enjoyment of the city. Some of the must dos are; climbing to the top of the Eiffel Tower, visiting the Sacre Cour, wandering round the Moulin Rouge district and visiting the Louvre. As it was a winter visit, I don't think I seen Paris at it's best, however, I'd like to return one day.
We had visited the Breton town of St Malo the previous May for a relaxing beach holiday and it was an extremely enjoyable and relaxing sojourn.
On the whole, the people were a lot friendlier than in Paris, although I'm sure you could say that about most small towns compared to big cities. There's a nice big beach there and its quite pleasant to wander the streets at night and pop into the small bars that pepper the town. We had mussells and chips most nights which were very nice, indeed sea food is a speciality in this part of France. On our last night there we got talking to a local who was a massive fan of Monty Python and British comedy in general. Indeed he was a true enthusiast of all things British to the extent that he called the English language 'The language of the gods'. High praise indeed.
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My day started by an early phone call from my friend Mary Nulty, Mary asked me to meet her at the North Jetty to view some giant squids that had washed up on the beach. As we walked down the beach headed North towards Driftwood Shores we saw and counted many beached squids, they were Humboldt Squids (Dosidicus gigas). They were scattered about forty feet apart, then all of a sudden the number of squids grew to an alarming number. All of a sudden it brought back memories of times past, when I was near a beach in Viet Nam helping collect Marine bodies during Operation Starlight, August 1965. I then told my friend Mary about my thoughts and feelings, little did I know what was to come. We kept waling and photographed some of the remaining squids, we stopped counting at 40. Mary's tears began to flow as we looked up the beach and realized that there were many more dead squids on the beach.
Then we walked up to a covered squid, it was rapped up in a US Marine dungaree shirt from the Viet Nam era, even though it was old and worn, I'm sure it had been placed on the squid purposely. How Ironic I thought, After having my earlier thoughts here is a uniform covered body. I felt as we had covered a comrade. I felt sad and good at the same time… I have come in full circle.
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