Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj is freed.
Thank God. Praise Allah.
Fuck the hypocritical Bush administration.
Sigh... Worldwide starvation, torture by a country supposedly in favor of democracy. al-Hajj says, the Bush administration "wants to flush as many men out of Guantanamo as quickly as possible ... as Guantanamo has become such an international badge of shame."
The Bush administration can never make up for their wrongdoings.
It is my hope that the world never forgets all the wrongs they have committed.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008
April 24, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
April 17, 2008
God, please.
The UN was right to protect Preval from the demonstrators, but what has the UN been doing for the Haitians? Have they been pushing for the government to end port restrictions that cause donated food to rot in ship containers? The UN bungled the elections years ago, but apparently it's okay with them to have ballot boxes stuffed as long as the candidate they support is the announced winner.
I don't criticize the hard-working UN workers, but the higher-ups in far away offices that don't understand the value of a human life.
The United Nations is such a fantastic idea, and it has been my dream to work for them... But the incompetence and bureaucracy is so heartbreaking. I applaud the UN workers in the field. They are the ones that deserve the most credit and gratitude. I hope to join them someday.
As a side note, bless poor General Dallaire's heart.
The UN was right to protect Preval from the demonstrators, but what has the UN been doing for the Haitians? Have they been pushing for the government to end port restrictions that cause donated food to rot in ship containers? The UN bungled the elections years ago, but apparently it's okay with them to have ballot boxes stuffed as long as the candidate they support is the announced winner.
I don't criticize the hard-working UN workers, but the higher-ups in far away offices that don't understand the value of a human life.
The United Nations is such a fantastic idea, and it has been my dream to work for them... But the incompetence and bureaucracy is so heartbreaking. I applaud the UN workers in the field. They are the ones that deserve the most credit and gratitude. I hope to join them someday.
As a side note, bless poor General Dallaire's heart.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
April 15, 2008
Let's learn about the world food crisis... en francais!
x L'Asie menacee d'une crise alimentaire
x Crise alimentaire au Zimbabwe
x Affame, Haiti sombre dans la violence
x Defi majeur du XXIe siecle
x La Banque Mondiale sonne l'alarme
x Le monde se mobilise pour eviter la pire
x Mobilisation contre la famine en Haiti
x NYT: Fuel Choices, Fuel Crises, Finger Pointing
x Al-Jazeera: Re-thinking food crisis solutions
x Al-Jazeera: the Recipe For Food Rights
Discussion sur la crise alimentaire:
x LeParisien.fr
x France24
x Al Jazeera
And some thoughts on Iraq:
x Iraq's Lethal Fieldwork
x Iraq: Did the Surge Work?
x Iraq 5 ans apres, un calme precaire
x Al Jazeera Discussion: Was it worth it?
x Le premiere PM kosovar accuse de trafic d'organes
Uh. This isn't mentioned in U.S. news sources?
NWA 5719
x L'Asie menacee d'une crise alimentaire
x Crise alimentaire au Zimbabwe
x Affame, Haiti sombre dans la violence
x Defi majeur du XXIe siecle
x La Banque Mondiale sonne l'alarme
x Le monde se mobilise pour eviter la pire
x Mobilisation contre la famine en Haiti
x NYT: Fuel Choices, Fuel Crises, Finger Pointing
x Al-Jazeera: Re-thinking food crisis solutions
x Al-Jazeera: the Recipe For Food Rights
Discussion sur la crise alimentaire:
x LeParisien.fr
x France24
x Al Jazeera
And some thoughts on Iraq:
x Iraq's Lethal Fieldwork
x Iraq: Did the Surge Work?
x Iraq 5 ans apres, un calme precaire
x Al Jazeera Discussion: Was it worth it?
x Le premiere PM kosovar accuse de trafic d'organes
Uh. This isn't mentioned in U.S. news sources?
NWA 5719
Saturday, April 12, 2008
April 12, 2008
I haven't been lazy. Just busy.
Zimbabwe, I'm still waiting on you.
I made chana masala today. Yum.
x the Ten Weirdest Computers
x Bush Endangers U.S. With Foot-and-Mouth Disease
x "the Hollowed-Out Economy"
x Wiki: the Jewish Exodus From Arab Lands
x velleity: a mere wish, unaccompanied by effort
x Wiki: List of universities in Jordan
I want to go somewhere cool for grad school...
Zimbabwe, I'm still waiting on you.
I made chana masala today. Yum.
x the Ten Weirdest Computers
x Bush Endangers U.S. With Foot-and-Mouth Disease
x "the Hollowed-Out Economy"
x Wiki: the Jewish Exodus From Arab Lands
x velleity: a mere wish, unaccompanied by effort
x Wiki: List of universities in Jordan
I want to go somewhere cool for grad school...
Saturday, April 5, 2008
April 05, 2008
And.. Still no Zimbabwe results.
x A note on the French media: Especially in dealing with governmental affairs, retractions of statements, or in this case outright denials, are allowed. For a people who are so enthusiastic about their history, they don't have enough respect to keep from rewriting it.
x What everyone should know about the Middle East
x Kuwait U.S. Military barrier art
x National Geographic: China's Instant Cities
x A note on the French media: Especially in dealing with governmental affairs, retractions of statements, or in this case outright denials, are allowed. For a people who are so enthusiastic about their history, they don't have enough respect to keep from rewriting it.
x What everyone should know about the Middle East
x Kuwait U.S. Military barrier art
x National Geographic: China's Instant Cities
Sunday, March 30, 2008
March 30, 2008
Today's subject: airline caterers.
x airlinemeals.net
x Wiki: Airline Meal
x GateGourmet
x LSG Sky Chefs
x M Foods Ltd.
x Wiki: Servair
x Servair
x Alpha
x Wiki: Cara Operations
x Cara
x Flying Food Group
x Eatec airline catering software
x IATA launches Aerocater
x "Caterers team up"
x Flickr inflight meal pool
Waiting on those Zimbabwe results...
x airlinemeals.net
x Wiki: Airline Meal
x GateGourmet
x LSG Sky Chefs
x M Foods Ltd.
x Wiki: Servair
x Servair
x Alpha
x Wiki: Cara Operations
x Cara
x Flying Food Group
x Eatec airline catering software
x IATA launches Aerocater
x "Caterers team up"
x Flickr inflight meal pool
Waiting on those Zimbabwe results...
Friday, March 28, 2008
March 28, 2008
I got a twitter account. Eww.
I've just found out about memri. Awesome.
x Memritv.org
x "Lebanon will never be one of the posts of the Middle East"
Poor Lebanon. If I could live in a different country, it would be Lebanon. It seems like it's going to explode soon, though. Possibly this year. I hope I'm wrong.
x Clay Shirky on organizing without organizations
x Hezbollah Tofu -- blog on veganizing Bourdain
x Mugabe's opponents forced to eat election posters
x Helping to house the poor
x Overclocking an XO laptop
x Solving climate change
x NYT, Dream For Darfur vs. the Olympics
x al-Jazeera, Beirut urges pressure on Syria
x Protesting monks embarrass China
x LA Academy of Figurative Arts schedule... ;)
I've just found out about memri. Awesome.
x Memritv.org
x "Lebanon will never be one of the posts of the Middle East"
Poor Lebanon. If I could live in a different country, it would be Lebanon. It seems like it's going to explode soon, though. Possibly this year. I hope I'm wrong.
x Clay Shirky on organizing without organizations
x Hezbollah Tofu -- blog on veganizing Bourdain
x Mugabe's opponents forced to eat election posters
x Helping to house the poor
x Overclocking an XO laptop
x Solving climate change
x NYT, Dream For Darfur vs. the Olympics
x al-Jazeera, Beirut urges pressure on Syria
x Protesting monks embarrass China
x LA Academy of Figurative Arts schedule... ;)
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
March 26, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
March 25, 2008
Caught up now!
x the Atlantic, "Nation Building 101"
x the Atlantic on prospects for democracy worldwide
x TED blog
x Muxtape.com
x Photographer Thierry Bouet
x Paper enigma machine
x Newsweek, "Revenge of the Experts"
x Vanity Fair, "the Gaza Bombshell"
x NYT Op-Ed, "Africa's Next Slaughter"
x Comments on "Africa's Next Slaughter"
x NYT Blog: Two For the Road
x Kristof's NYT Blog: On the Ground
x Freakonomics blog :)
x IHT blog: Globe Spotters
x Time, "the Wire's War on the Drug War"
x Africans blogging for truth
x Blog: My Heart's In Accra
x Extensive NYT article on Victor Bout
x TED 2008: Samantha Power on Genocide
x h4ppy.com's Flickr -- lots of travel pics
x Video, "How News Shapes Our World"
x the Atlantic, "Nation Building 101"
x the Atlantic on prospects for democracy worldwide
x TED blog
x Muxtape.com
x Photographer Thierry Bouet
x Paper enigma machine
x Newsweek, "Revenge of the Experts"
x Vanity Fair, "the Gaza Bombshell"
x NYT Op-Ed, "Africa's Next Slaughter"
x Comments on "Africa's Next Slaughter"
x NYT Blog: Two For the Road
x Kristof's NYT Blog: On the Ground
x Freakonomics blog :)
x IHT blog: Globe Spotters
x Time, "the Wire's War on the Drug War"
x Africans blogging for truth
x Blog: My Heart's In Accra
x Extensive NYT article on Victor Bout
x TED 2008: Samantha Power on Genocide
x h4ppy.com's Flickr -- lots of travel pics
x Video, "How News Shapes Our World"
Monday, March 24, 2008
March 24, 2008
Oops. MIA for a week. Time to catch up...
x Obama's Speech: A More Perfect Union
x Transcript of Obama's speech on race
x BB Tibet Round-Up
x Students For A Free Tibet blog
x Calls For An Olympic boycott
(I disagree. A boycott would only hurt the athletes who have been training and dreaming of this opportunity. Nations should greatly pressure China, though, to clean up its environment and respect -- ahem! -- human rights!)
x Experimental Gameplay Project
x Wiki: the Road Coloring Problem
x Philadelphia Inquirer: Easter recipes
x Philadelphia Inquirer: Moroccan Ragout
x Digg: Obama Wrote His Speech Himself
x BB: America's Subprime Shanty-Towns
x NYT: Extremists Target Aid-Groups in Pakistan
x Harvard offers a tuition break for public service
x the World's 50 Most Powerful Blogs
x 100 Best Last Lines From Novels
x Telegraph: the World's 50 Best Works of Art
x the New Yorker: Inside Abu Ghraib
x Time: Do Americans Care About Big Brother?
x Salon: Time lied in their Big Brother article
x NYT: Dalai Lama Won't Stop Tibetan Protest
x Don't Tase Mme, Bro! -- blog on civil rights
x Delicious vegetable couscous recipe :)
x NYT: Haiti's Poverty Stirs Nostalgia
x The Lede -- NYT blog on current news
x Disgusting behavior by Rove + an excellent comment
x Obama/Clinton tet-a-tet
x WSJ: Brand Cuba
x Veteran FBI Interrogator Jack Cloonan
x Times UK: Facebook Taps Donors
x Times UK: Google will be superceded
x Getdropbox.com -- the Google Drive killer
x TED Talk: Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor
Said to be the "best" talk during the TED conference -- but they are all amazing. ;)
x Obama's Speech: A More Perfect Union
x Transcript of Obama's speech on race
x BB Tibet Round-Up
x Students For A Free Tibet blog
x Calls For An Olympic boycott
(I disagree. A boycott would only hurt the athletes who have been training and dreaming of this opportunity. Nations should greatly pressure China, though, to clean up its environment and respect -- ahem! -- human rights!)
x Experimental Gameplay Project
x Wiki: the Road Coloring Problem
x Philadelphia Inquirer: Easter recipes
x Philadelphia Inquirer: Moroccan Ragout
x Digg: Obama Wrote His Speech Himself
x BB: America's Subprime Shanty-Towns
x NYT: Extremists Target Aid-Groups in Pakistan
x Harvard offers a tuition break for public service
x the World's 50 Most Powerful Blogs
x 100 Best Last Lines From Novels
x Telegraph: the World's 50 Best Works of Art
x the New Yorker: Inside Abu Ghraib
x Time: Do Americans Care About Big Brother?
x Salon: Time lied in their Big Brother article
x NYT: Dalai Lama Won't Stop Tibetan Protest
x Don't Tase Mme, Bro! -- blog on civil rights
x Delicious vegetable couscous recipe :)
x NYT: Haiti's Poverty Stirs Nostalgia
x The Lede -- NYT blog on current news
x Disgusting behavior by Rove + an excellent comment
x Obama/Clinton tet-a-tet
x WSJ: Brand Cuba
x Veteran FBI Interrogator Jack Cloonan
x Times UK: Facebook Taps Donors
x Times UK: Google will be superceded
x Getdropbox.com -- the Google Drive killer
x TED Talk: Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor
Said to be the "best" talk during the TED conference -- but they are all amazing. ;)
Monday, March 17, 2008
March 17th, 2008
The Travel Issue. ha ha.
x Biking Tibet
x GAP Kailash & Everest
x GAP Everest Adventure
x GAP Patagonia Dreaming
x GAP Patagonia Multi-Activity
x GAP Kilimanjaro Rongai
x GAP Kilimanjaro Marangu
x What's Up Buenos Aires
x InsideTrip (new travel search engine)
x Wiki: Epinephrine (every plane has this in their medical kit)
x Patagonia picture (inspring)
x Biking Tibet
x GAP Kailash & Everest
x GAP Everest Adventure
x GAP Patagonia Dreaming
x GAP Patagonia Multi-Activity
x GAP Kilimanjaro Rongai
x GAP Kilimanjaro Marangu
x What's Up Buenos Aires
x InsideTrip (new travel search engine)
x Wiki: Epinephrine (every plane has this in their medical kit)
x Patagonia picture (inspring)
Friday, March 7, 2008
March 7, 2008
103 Palestinians died this week and it's the death of 8 Israelis that makes the front page?
Similarly:
Countless numbers of innocent Iraqis die at the hands of American soldiers, yet it's the death of one puppy that incites the anger of the nation?
On that note:
Women in the American army are drugged and raped (even killed) and the government tries to cover it up? Disgusting. Not only the army but Halliburton. This world makes me ill.
x How to Prevent Identity Theft
x Should We Bribe Teachers & Kids For Good Grades?
x EDGAR
Similarly:
Countless numbers of innocent Iraqis die at the hands of American soldiers, yet it's the death of one puppy that incites the anger of the nation?
On that note:
Women in the American army are drugged and raped (even killed) and the government tries to cover it up? Disgusting. Not only the army but Halliburton. This world makes me ill.
x How to Prevent Identity Theft
x Should We Bribe Teachers & Kids For Good Grades?
x EDGAR
Thursday, March 6, 2008
March 6, 2008
The high presence of chain restaurants in small, American mid-west towns makes me sick... And could offer partial explanation to the rising obesity rate. Note that it is not an overabundance of restaurants but a high rate of demand for places at which to eat out. So disappointing.
It angers me when people deny the existence of the following issues: obesity, global warming, monopolies, treatment of immigrant workers (illegal and legal!), health regulation breaches in food production, Africa in general. It seems people enjoy ignoring that Africa as a whole just doesn't exist. Makes it easier to live with yourselves, do'n't it?
x Monsato tries to hide it's sickening business practices
x Carla Bruni is absolutely gorgeous
x "Pyongyang Blues"
x "Cyber-Rebels In Cuba Defy State's Limits"
x Fine dining rises in Germany (and outdoes Italy! haha)
x Victor Bout arrested in Thailand!
x 2003 NYT article on Victor Bout
x the Vanishing Point
x the Clear Card
x Anil Dash on the Clear Card
x the War on the Drug War
x the Eisenhower Interstate System (simplified)
It angers me when people deny the existence of the following issues: obesity, global warming, monopolies, treatment of immigrant workers (illegal and legal!), health regulation breaches in food production, Africa in general. It seems people enjoy ignoring that Africa as a whole just doesn't exist. Makes it easier to live with yourselves, do'n't it?
x Monsato tries to hide it's sickening business practices
x Carla Bruni is absolutely gorgeous
x "Pyongyang Blues"
x "Cyber-Rebels In Cuba Defy State's Limits"
x Fine dining rises in Germany (and outdoes Italy! haha)
x Victor Bout arrested in Thailand!
x 2003 NYT article on Victor Bout
x the Vanishing Point
x the Clear Card
x Anil Dash on the Clear Card
x the War on the Drug War
x the Eisenhower Interstate System (simplified)
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
March 5, 2008
Note to self: Schedule 2 hours for reading various internet articles, checking different e-mail accounts and Facebook accounts 20 times over, and watching YouTube videos, before being able to begin studying.
viaBoingBoing:
x Seeing color through language
x Is the FBI making up terrorists?
x CC-licensed African sleeping sickness blood test
x "Forget Annapolis: Nine Steps to Peace"
x 92nd Street Y - Lectures (ooh, I wish I could attend..)
I love al-Jazeera's discussion pages:
x Israel's Offensive on Gaza
x Solving Kenya's Election Crisis
x Chavez and the FARC Talks
x U.S. Elections' Affect on Other Countries
x Leadership Change In Cuba
The March/April issue of Foreign Affairs has an excellent feature article.
x "Us and Them: the Enduring Power of Ethnic Nationalism"
viaBoingBoing:
x Seeing color through language
x Is the FBI making up terrorists?
x CC-licensed African sleeping sickness blood test
x "Forget Annapolis: Nine Steps to Peace"
x 92nd Street Y - Lectures (ooh, I wish I could attend..)
I love al-Jazeera's discussion pages:
x Israel's Offensive on Gaza
x Solving Kenya's Election Crisis
x Chavez and the FARC Talks
x U.S. Elections' Affect on Other Countries
x Leadership Change In Cuba
The March/April issue of Foreign Affairs has an excellent feature article.
x "Us and Them: the Enduring Power of Ethnic Nationalism"
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
March 4, 2008
via BoingBoing:
x Guardian Angel Classic
x "Sex-Changing Chemicals Make Birds Swing Sweeter"
x the Question Box -- bringing the internet to rural areas
via Digg:
x "Raped and Silenced In the Barracks"
x "the World's Dirtiest Cities"
x "U.S. Launches Missile Strike In Somalia"
x Steampunk Mac Mini Remake
x Dmitry Medvedev elected in Russia
x Bill Richardson Criticizes Hillary's "3am" ad
x Beautiful picture from Minneapolis
x Buzzfeed: Columbia-Venezuela-Ecuador War
x FT: Medvedev to continue hardline approach
x Guardian Angel Classic
x "Sex-Changing Chemicals Make Birds Swing Sweeter"
x the Question Box -- bringing the internet to rural areas
via Digg:
x "Raped and Silenced In the Barracks"
x "the World's Dirtiest Cities"
x "U.S. Launches Missile Strike In Somalia"
x Steampunk Mac Mini Remake
x Dmitry Medvedev elected in Russia
x Bill Richardson Criticizes Hillary's "3am" ad
x Beautiful picture from Minneapolis
x Buzzfeed: Columbia-Venezuela-Ecuador War
x FT: Medvedev to continue hardline approach
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