News from Around the Globe, September 30, 2012
The following is a (briefer than usual) assortment of current news stories from around the world.
Costa Rica ….street signs to be installed in capital.
http://www.ticotimes.net/Current-Edition/News-Briefs/Numbering-of-San-Jo...
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/49229184/ns/world_news-americas/
Costa Rica is one of the most stable countries in Latin America. It is one of a handful of countries that does not even have a military. It also does not have street signs in its capital and largest city, San Jose. San Jose is the heart of Costa Rica with a population of more than 350,000 and a metropolitan area population that encompasses more than one third of the country. Yet, there are no street signs in the city. That is about to change as plans were announced last week to begin installing more than 22,000 street signs. The project is being funded by two major banks and the city’s population is split on whether or not street signs are needed. I wonder how a GPS directional device works there? Turn left at the Burger King…..no, not that Burger King…..recalculating, recalculating……..
Russia.....Orthodox ‘Christians’ protest musical Jesus Christ Superstar, show is cancelled.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/theater-pulls-musical-after-p...
Reveling in their censorship victory over the dangerously subversive band, Pussy Riot, Russia’s Orthodox community has achieved another victory in their continuing war on freedom of expression. The 1970s musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, has been cancelled after a small number of Orthodox ‘Christians’ complained that the show depicted Jesus in a blasphemous manner. Now that Putin is best friends with the Orthodox Church, the rest of Russia is rightly afraid to offend the church and incur Putin’s wrath. Ah, Mother Russia, you have lost your way.
From Syria….war toll surpasses 27,000 as fighting rages in Aleppo.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19775530
America achieved a sad milestone today as the 2,000th American was killed in Afghanistan in the eleven year long war. In Syria, the exact number of dead is impossible to know, however, most estimates are that more than 27,000 people have been killed in the war that began in March of 2011. There is no end in sight for the conflict in either Afghanistan or Syria.
From Chili…..human rights observers to be allowed inside police buses.
http://www.santiagotimes.cl/chile/human-rights-a-law/25199-chilean-human...
Chili is a country with a long history of police abuse. Beginning next week human rights observers will be allowed inside police buses which are transporting detainees. This is an unprecedented move towards transparency and will go far in ending the history of police abuse against the country’s citizens. As more and more police abuses are reported in America, this is an idea that just might need to be implemented here in some manner.
From Pitcairn Island….full time teacher needed for remote island with a population of 50.
http://www.government.pn/index.html
When I was a boy I read Mutiny on the Bounty and became somewhat obsessed with all tales of the sea. I’ve always dreamed of living on an island. The sun always shining, the sound of the ocean ever present, and a breeze that continually blows fresh air. Pitcairn is the island that was settled by the Bounty mutineers. It has been described as the most remote place on the earth that is continuously inhabited. A position for a full time teacher is advertised on the governmental website. If you are a licensed teacher (or know one) who is interested in getting away from it all, get your application in immediately. Jobs like this do not happen every day.
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yeah, I want to live on an Island, but-
I want a Carribean Island. Too many horrid things in the Pacific Ocean~
I'm witcha there on that.
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I like your thinking.
For starters, civlilian observers having no ties to police or government would be a great start for interrogation in the police department and other law enforcement agencies. I know they're videotaping "some," but not enough.
Or better yet, "follow" the entire process once a suspect arrives at a law enforcement building.
"Activists" estimate 27,000 people
Ya, that's the same line the MSM has used since the beginning of the Syrian conflict. And the snipers, that was there at the beginning as well. As usual, the MSM doesn't report who the activitsts are, nor the contrary reports about death squads, aka Iraq and Nicaragua western designed death squads including snipers that create terror, the big part of the plan to destabilize countries.
well, at some point some number has to be accepted
I mean is it likely that a million have been killed? 500k? I'm not being argumentative but some number is more likely than another, right? The UN was there but they have left. The Arab League had observers there, too, but they left a long time ago. I understand what you are saying, these numbers are estimates at best, however, there are people on the ground seeing what is happening. Maybe it's 22000, maybe it's 35000. I don't know. No exact number will be known until years after this is over. I did find a list of quite a few organizations that are on the ground in Syria. Lots of interesting reading on their sites, and if you have the means and inclination, there are places to donate. What's happening in Syria in a geopolitical aspect is separate from what is happening to the family on the street living the terror. HELP is still there, the Danish Refugee Council, IECD, International Medical Corps,Premier Urgence, Islamic Relief France.
http://womenpeacesecurity.org/rapid-response/syria/
http://www.syriahr.com/
http://www.irusa.org/emergencies/syria-humanitarian-relief/
I'm not railing on the number,
who knows, I've heard estimates over 50K. I'm talking about the reference to "activists" in the article. Who the activists are is the question, and depending on what source they're using, they very well could be CIA "activists". Then there's Hillary and the neocons, Friends of Syria", and others controlled and created by western interests. Not saying there aren't real, sincere activists in Libya and outside as well, but that's been the MSM propaganda source from the beginning, "activists", without identifying who that is.
here is a great primer on how the Syrian uprising began
I'm not an expert on the Arab Spring movement, however, here is a little primer on how the uprising began in Syria. It was born out of a demand in March 2011 for the release of political prisoners being held by Assad. The security forces responded violently and that was the spark:
http://www.responsibilitytoprotect.org/index.php/crises/crisis-in-syria
Thank you, Sartoris, for another great round up, and
the additional links in your comments.
I do have my reading cut out for me now. Thanks again.
Thank goodness for Evernote, which I just recently started using. I'm accumulating a lot of good links for later reading.
Outstanding.
So glad I finally read this. Yes, great fantasy--move to Pitcairn Island. And I could it do it.
Here's my review of a moving and challenging film juxtaposing the enormous telescope in the desert with the women who search ceaselessly through the sand for the remains of their disappeared loved ones who were tortured in the nearby camp. It is watchable, not horrendous and inspiring for some.
Brb with the link.
It's been five mintues, but you get extra time ;)
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Thank you
and the wait will be worth it. (I was having to fix a very annoying youtube mistake in the version of a song I love. aargh)
This is a terrific, thoughtful, expansive documentary: Nostalgia for the Light.
My review. I wrote that review late one night when I was exhausted from watching films all day, but I was so blown away by this one, that I wanted to record it while the memory was fresh.
It looks like the entire film is available on youtube, but it really should be seen with good presentation, because the cinematography is stunning.
Thanks, Geomoo.
I clipped in Evernote for later watching.
Thank you ;)