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I've been hoarse for 10 days now, it's very tiring. :(

Uhm, I wouldn't bite into her to start with, I suppose. Reese's Peanutbutter Cups

23:52 Drinking buckets of water to get those medics out of me system. What on earth was that?

Yeesh! Will you be in Berlin too, Nina? :wideeyed:

^ and ^^ and ^^^ : Totally, yeah! It's a great gif, hahaha. Since I'm awfully sick atm, and on painkillers and coughing syrup and some dodgy throat pastilles and whatnot, I caught myself staring at this gif for...I dunno, I think it was 15 minutes this afternoon, like omg. The staring goes really well with Pavement's "We dance". Anyone with nothing better to do, try it, it's awesome. But take care, you might develop yet unheard of sensations for flying Thom. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqgAo4UccDE]Pavement - We dance (HD) (Wowee Zowee - 1995) - YouTube[/ame] Now if anyone finds a way of shedding the light on Colin again, I wouldn't mind.

Likewise! (: I think that's always the reason regimes use as an explanation for clinging to their structures. And it can't be denied that after an initial wave of unity in the face of opression, a people will split up again and might not be able to calm down and find peace in a carrying democracy. But yeah, if a people is as enraged about its government as the Syrians, and that government doesn't listen, doesn't offer dialogue and reforms, than it's getting very evil. You are right, the UN and whatever actions from the outside won't achieve anything. As to Asma's motifs...hard to tell. To be honest, she got dodgy the moment she let herself get tapped by Bashir, like eurgh, but that's another story and doesn't help much. I'm not sure I get your estimation of a woman's role as a first lady/ in politics generally right? Do you personally think women can't influence anything, or do you think women in Syria do not? I think it could be effective. It's one thing to be aware of this crazy massacre but to somehow maybe justify it and put it on inner ignore, while moving in your circles. But if other women, other mothers confront you with it as explicitly as they do here, and confront you with the great things you once said, and the responsibility you do have as a first lady, this self-defence might crack. And if her husband has any cojones left, he should react too, because this is about him ultimately.

Hi Kiame, I am Valerie. Ah, I see, you still then have a more in depth understanding of the complexities connected to the 'arab spring' than me and this forum's more caucasian/ christian backgroundish people though, I reckon. A friend of mine who's got a lot of friends in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem (both muslim/ christian Palestinians and Jews) said that they told her that the Syrian people are an incredibly ununified lot of different nationalities and clans, so initially the only feasable reason for whatever Assad's doing there possibly being to avoid an agonising neverending civil war. Well, then Bashar and Asma could enlighten the world about this. Or isn't it largely self-sustaining motifs? Quite seems so... Yeah, there are so many petitions to sign on the net and most don't lead anywhere. But this has a fresh angle, I think. Women and mothers from around the globe wondering how you can possibly act how she does. And btw. I think most of the signing people are aware that she's aware of what's going on, which makes it the issue in the first place. Her silence (let alone the content of those emails, which might have been legit, non?) casts a massive shadow of doubt over her love for anything STYLE and seems obscene and ultimately vulgar. People are disgusted, why not let her know openly, and give her the opportunity to explain herself. And let the people of Syria know, that we actually care? To challenge the Assads eye to eye. It's never too late, imo. I don't think it's pointless at all when people declare their solidarity with people in danger, no matter how small the impact eventually is. And yes, even if it's only for venting the anger in the end, again- at least people care and show that they see it. The women who started this are affiliated to high levels of international politics and its diplomatic corps. Asma might not be totally indifferent to critique from them, since that's her caste.

A great idea of two UN-Ambassadors' wives, I think. You might have read about it already. Asma al- Assad's behaviour during the ongoing Syrian bloodshed has been quite irritating, since she once claimed and portrayed herself as being all for a modern, free and just way of running things in Syria. If you share that irritation, you could follow this link and sign it, but please- as always- read it carefully and make up your mind first. You can also tick an option where you may sign anonymously, which I'd advise for the younger of you. Personally, I regard it to be a splendid way of politely reaching out to Asma herself, confront her with said irritation in a pretty straight way and ultimately hope for a reaction, which for her to ignore will be increasingly difficult in the long run, if there are thousands and thousands of people challenging her conscience publically. If there are people from the middle East here on this board ( I for example remember Indanomati, who is from Jordan, I think?), it'd be interesting to get your take on the situation in Syria. http://www.change.org/petitions/asma-al-assad-stop-the-bloodshed-in-syria This is the Youtube bit of the petition. It contains graphic material, so only click if you can stomach scenes of war. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzUViTShIAo]International Letter & Petition to Asma al-Assad - YouTube[/ame]

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nope tnp didn't have a cold this winter

last monday wwtlty ate gummibears?

Texel- Netherlands

profanity prayers- beck

Bradley

milkshake beer or wine

Sag' nein zu Hunger the sun is up, the sky is blue it's beautiful and so are you

Yak steak

swallow refried beans

'The Path to Hope' by Stéphane Hessel and Edgar Morin, which -in the USA- will be released on April 24th. [ame=http://www.amazon.com/The-Path-Hope-Stepnane-Hellel/dp/1590515609/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333031128&sr=1-1#reader_1590515609]Amazon.com: The Path to Hope (9781590515600): Stepnane Hellel, Edgar Morin: Books[/ame] Ooohm, the link says Stepnane Hellel, haha.

^ Dear Berrywoman, I see that many onlookers get distracted by the general picture that the mainstream media are painting of OWS. That's ok I guess, since there ARE many outcasts gathering around Occupy. And it's not only the romantic outcasts without a clue, but also the smelly ones, the lost ones, the druggies and homeless (and utterly teethless, I can tell you). Those are the ones that mercilessly hit their drums in Zucotti Park pretty much 24/7 last fall, or bring their specific socio-/or even psychopathy with them. Since the driving spirits behind all this try to create a sustainably different alternative of organising society, they don't shoo those outcasts away, but try to get in contact with them, which is often very frustrating of course, but problems don't go away just because you don't look at them, right? If you care, I can tell of a situation with heroin-addicts in Frankfurt, which is quite amazing, it doesn't have a real happy end...but it's still amazing. Anyway, mainstream media presents pretty much only those people, and some camps have consisted of those people alone from start. So that's definitely one side of OWS, but it's one side of society in general, so ultimately it's not OWS but planet earth 2012. If you look carefully, you'll see lots of elderly citizens supporting the rallies, really normal looking folks, quite many I would have called rather square in my more snot-nosed years of youth. Should give you something to think about?! Do people still not get what it's all about? It's ethics, plain and simple. And trying to intelligently(=sustainably) recreate ourselves who we are those funny animals with self-reflectory brains, who just reach the height of an era*, of which the necessary impact assessments didn't quite catch up with the speed of its technical developement. (*industrialisation, that is) The driving heads behind this and many other such movements around the globe are gathering for exactly that impact assessment, no matter if the world notices or not at this moment. And they start local projects to bring their ideas to life. Those ideas aren't even very new, but it's only now, that they slowly get global attention. Here my answers as to what (not only!) Occupy is about: -sustainability (in every respect, it's the core parameter, imo) -ethics (women, fair trade/economy, ecology, third world, education, working conditions and wages, governing, etc...) -think global, act local (the more people participate in and take over responsibility for their local communities all over the world, the better, easier, more self- represented, self-reliant politics and governing will get. Free access to a free Internet is crucial for this developement and made it thrive in the first place.) ...guess the new era dawning could be called the sustainabilisation/ sustainable era. I think the necessity of applying those 'things' into our lives will be much more apparent (to those who still don't get it) by the end of this year. :) *Retires to her little project of 'occupying' public space in her little town, where there's going to be a community garden from this spring on, with people from over 12 nations/ four continents and all age-groups growing their veggies together. Gosh, they've already talked more with each other the last two months than they have the previous 10 years. And it's constructive talk, they talk about their cultures, they realise that the Somalis, the Turks, the Polish, be they Muslims, Christians or Atheists, etc, are able to do something together. Addendum: Do you guys who are sceptical of this movement's impact think that Barack Obama's speech on the State of the Union where he more than tackled social issues this time, that this would've been possible pre September 2011? Before that it was all about raising the debt ceiling, you know... And the Tar Sands Pipeline? Obama has rejected it on TransCanada's favourised route, which experts say means it's not gonna happen at all. OWS and its people have made that easier, too. I think the discourse in the USA has changed quite a bit over the last half year. 8th December 2013: great piece by David Simon http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/08/david-simon-capitalism-marx-two-americas-wire

the white album- the beatles hunky dory- david bowie hail to the thief- radiohead homework- daft punk the velvet underground & nico- the velvet underground dock of the bay- otis redding never for ever- kate bush street life- brian ferry & roxy music wowee zowee- pavement the swinger from rio- sergio mendes not exactly my favourite albums of all time, but a list of the ones that i think would accompany/entertain me best through the happy and desperate moments and for a long tropical island while. luckily, i do have a lot of my utmost beloved music inside my head. =)

http://lowerdens.com/ hey william, hope you is fine? this new signature picture of yours is waaaay better than the creepy wild boar skull from back in time, man. only imho, of course. :P am out again.

An interview with Thom Yorke and 3D about why they support Occupy.

Thom is dj'ing in support of Occupy London/everywhere atm. Sadly, the quality of this life-stream is really really bad. Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja and Tim Goldsworthy from UNKLE are also there. http://www.livestream.com/occupylsx http://occupylondon.org.uk/ "The songs and album will be available from http://www.occupationrecords.co.uk which is going live tomorrow." ... 10:40 pm GMT, Thom has left now, it seems.