June 2009
Iran election: faces of the dead and detained... →
We want to put a face to each of those hundreds - possibly thousands - killed or arrested since the Iranian election. See how to help here
“President Obama says the Honduran coup was not legal and says that Zelaya is...”
– BreakingNews (via soupsoup)
In which case the US declaration of Independence was not legal and you guys are still subjects of Her Britannic Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Welcome back.
I should probably explain the earlier comment about ‘day 1 over and still in a job’.
The first service engineer the company sent here was sent packing fairly sharpish. The second guy survived the full term but the client was still not very happy apparently. So the company elaborated on the truth a little and said “we’ll send you our most experienced guy”.
So here I...
Shit, you guys can really blog - 24 hours off and 27 pages to get through.
I’m proud of you all
God I’m bored
Malta /ˈmɔːltə/ (help·info), officially the Republic of Malta (Maltese: Repubblika ta’ Malta), is a densely populateddeveloped European country in the European Union.[4][5][6] The island nation comprises an archipelago of seven islands situated in the Southern European areas of the Mediterranean Sea, 93 km off the coast of Sicily (Italy), 288 km east of Tunisia and 300 km north of Libya....
4-Year-Old Coupon Guru Uses Clippings to Feed Kids →
caraobrien:
From NBC Philadelphia:
Sujal Tretina loves two things: President Obama and cereal.
So when the four-year old heard his buddy Barack addressing the nation about the economic crisis, he perked up and listened.
Sujal learned (with a little a little help from Mom and Dad) that some families might have trouble putting food on the table. Upset by the fact some kids might not be able to...
Sat in the VIP lounge at Valletta (Malta) waiting for the connection to Tunisia. Must come back here for a holiday sometime.
Now he's got a headband on.
jmarie3:
Like a ninja or something, and carrying a light saber. A ninja, Jedi assassin who cried when he saw a moth flying around the room.
Tough guy.
It must’ve been a BIG moth
“An organisation of militant winemakers known as the Comité Régional...”
– Le Big Mac has conquered La Belle France - Telegraph
One million Americans may have swine flu virus →
US health officials estimate that as many as one million Americans may now have the swine flu virus. Lyn Finelli, a flu surveillance official with the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, announced the figure at a vaccine advisory meeting in the city yesterday.
The estimate is based on mathematical modelling. Nearly 28,000 US cases of the virus have been reported to the CDC –...
MPs squirm as the spotlight turns on second jobs →
A new Commons register of outside earnings is causing mayhem. While Tories are sacrificing huge salaries, Labour MPs want one last pay day.
The Prime Minister’s plan to embarrass the Shadow Cabinet by forcing MPs to publish details of their second jobs looks set to backfire after it emerged that senior Labour MPs and former ministers are more reluctant to part with their outside...
lovegifs
jhnbrssndn:
mogadonia:
If anyone on Twitter would like to help me to get this tea-leafing credit-stripping bastich here: lovegifs ,to either credit me or to remove my ORIGINAL gifs that they blatantly stole from my tumblr archives yesterday, they are using Twitpics to host what they eventually post on tumblr here: http://twitpic.com/photos/animatedGIF The first EIGHT pictures you see there are...
Bad, Dangerous, Smooth Criminal and other Michael... →
retropolitics:
Matt Bors
With the King of Pop’s frightening visage blaring from every cable station, website and newspaper in the land, what better time for news to break that Obama is preparing to assert radical executive powers: The Obama administration, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, is drafting an executive order that would...
BBC NEWS | UK | May's flight to 'edge of space' →
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Sri Lanka astrologer is arrested →
The authorities in Sri Lanka have arrested a popular astrologer who predicted that the president will be ejected from office, police say.
Chandrasiri Bandara announced last week that the government would flounder in September and October because of political and economic problems.
The opposition have condemned the arrest and warned that the country is heading towards a dictatorship.
Astrology...
jmarie3:
terryblakey:
Apologies everyone - I must stop Tumblring after I’ve imbibed a few too many fermented fruit juices, my spelling goes to shit. (It was my ‘going away’ party).
I need to drink your kind of fruit juices.
Where are you going?
Tunisia, tomorrow, for 6 weeks. (Working)
Hey jmarie, by my calculation it’s 03:20 in the morning and you’re still awake! You must have some stamina.
Apologies everyone - I must stop Tumblring after I’ve imbibed a few too many fermented fruit juices, my spelling goes to shit. (It was my ‘going away’ party).
Oh, Fucking Hell
jmarie3:
thepilgrim-chapter32:
I went to put in a dvd in the home theater thing today to escape the Jackson/Fawcett drama today, and the damned thing won’t turn on. I think it may have been struck by lightning last night. The part that pisses me off is that I unplugged it during the storm last night, but we had another storm in the middle of the night, and that must’ve done it. Bad fucking...
D’ya know, I’ve had a great evening, I’m pissed, but much too pissed to blog an photos, so I’ll post them in the morning.
G’night all
Confession
retropolitics:
negevrockcity:
I’ve lived in the Holy Land for a year now and the experience has stripped me of any lingering religiosity. I still have reverence and respect for those who believe, but this place is feeding my cynicism like you wouldn’t believe. Hebron is a hell on earth where fanatical Jewish extremists, Muslim Hamas sympathizers and overworked Israeli army soldiers all find new...
Marco, please don’t tell me that there’s nothing wrong with Tumblarity. I just saw it, in the space of 30 seconds, drop from 299 to 159 after I made a single post.
Something is very fucked up in the code here.
And no, I didn’t just lose a load of followers.
Zimbabwe army 'runs diamond mine' →
Lobby group Human Rights Watch has accused Zimbabwe’s army of using forced labour, including children, to mine diamonds in the east of the country.
Local villagers who do not co-operate with the military are beaten and tortured, the US-based group says.
Their report also details an alleged massacre of diamond diggers last year, after the disputed elections.
It urges the unity government...
EU plans giant IT network for 'freedom, security... →
shadowfirebird:
‘All three systems might be expected to spark concerns from even mildly wary civil liberties types, even in their standalone versions.
However, it has now occurred to Brussels that the current situation “does not allow the full exploitation of the synergies between these systems and results in higher costs, less efficiency and overlaps” and “it is not the Commission’s core task...
Luxury yachts offer pirate hunting cruises |... →
shadowfirebird:
’ Passengers, who can pay an extra £5 a day for an AK-47 machine gun and £7 for 100 rounds of ammo, are also protected by a squad of ex special forces troops.’
’ “They are worse than the pirates,” said Russian yachtsman Vladimir Mironov. “At least the pirates have the decency to take hostages, these people are just paying to commit murder,” he continued.’
(Via Neatorama.)
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I’m glad I’m off to Tunisia on Sunday. Hopefully they won’t be so hysterical about Michael Jackson there.
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Whale chief... →
“I am probably convinced right now that there would be less whales killed if we didn’t have the commercial moratorium “
Dr William Hogarth, IWC chairman
I think this guy must be retiring on mental health grounds
“I’m sorry, White People. The plight of Iranians is not some bumper sticker...”
– w/e
I agree. Actions speak louder than words. Support them with information, tools, signs of active concern.
(via soupsoup)
I’ve been saying for the past couple of weeks now that this is an ancient civilization with plenty of experience in sorting out it’s own problems. It...
insertname:
survived flight to the uk, despite almost committing homicide on the passenger in front of me with there fucking reclined chair.
I think that counts as justifiable homicide
this woman should be in jail right now
afghanibanani:
stammy:
itscaseynotkc:
you left your 3 year old daughter in the car for 8 hours. she was stuck to the seat! her skin was peeling off and she was foaming from the mouth. she died of heat stroke. so why is this woman on oprah! why isn’t she in jail? she forgot her daughter! all day! WTF! im really mad.
i saw that shit on oprah wtf!??!? err, i mean, i heard about it from a...
Breaking News: Moon on Collision Course With Earth →
topherchris:
I just found this on the internet.
I’ve been wearing this silly foil hat for hours now and still nothing’s happened. I think this might be wind-up.
Ann Coulter Justifies The Tiller Assasination →
retropolitics:
Frederick Clarkson | Talk To Action
Ann Coulter is skilled at saying what she really believes while building in a certain plausible deniability, and that is what she has repeatedly done in justifying the assassination of abortion providers. But the beauty of her rhetorical beast is that her meaning ultimately, is always clear. We will get to her latest provocation in a moment, but...