Each day I live I want to be a day to give the best of me. I'm only one but not alone. My finest day is yet unknown. I broke my heart fought every gain to taste the sweet. I face the pain, I rise and fall, yet through it all this much remains. I want one moment in time when I'm more than I thought I could be. When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away and the answers are all up to me. Give me one moment in time when I'm racing with destiny. Then in that one moment of time I will feel I will feel eternity. I've lived to be the very best. I want it all no time for less. I've laid the plans, now lay the chance here in my hands. You're a winner for a lifetime if you seize that one moment in time . Make it shine. Then in that one moment of time I will be I will be I will be free I will be I will be free.
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(One Moment in Time 1988 - Whitney Houston)
Whitney Houston- one moment in time lyrics
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Astrid Adrienne: Goodbye to one moment in time : Whitney Houston, pop titan, dies at 48 :: http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-whitney-houston-20120211,0,1429262.story
Whitney Houston, pop titan, dies at 48
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"The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses" – Vladimir Lenin
World Press Photo of the Year 2011 winners
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Astrid Adrienne: I'm guessing, what is the greatest news in 2012? It will fill the contestation of 2013. In 2010: Iran's election in 2009. In 2011: Bibi Aisha Afghanistan Taliban in 2010. In 2012: Arab Spring with Tunisia as its trigger in 2011. The press will remember you, people! Your blood, your sweat and your tears which did not have time to drip will be the words which may still be in the pen of an author, just like new teeth which are still waiting on the gums of a human baby.
Astrid Adrienne: World Press Photo of the Year 2011 (15 October 2011) : Samuel Aranda, A woman holds her wounded son in her arms, inside a mosque used as a field hospital by demonstrators against the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, during clashes in Sanaa, Yemen on 15 October 2011.
■ http:/www.worldpressphoto.org/content/samuel-aranda-wins-world-press-photo-year-2011
World Press Photo
The international jury of the 55th annual World Press Photo Contest has selected a picture by Samuel Aranda from Spain as the World Press Photo of the Year 2011.
Astrid Adrienne: The U.S. planned to disburse the economic aid more than U.S. $ 800 million for the Middle Eastern countries that affected by the Arab Spring. In particular, the aid highlighted the U.S. military ties with Egypt. Obama called for the aid to Egypt remained at the level of U.S. $ 1.3 billion. Some members of parliament questioned Obama's decision. Actually, I'm also not sure with whom they will negotiate and where this money will flow.
■■ http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/02/14/inside_the_us_china_valentine_s_day_lunch
Inside the U.S.-China Valentine’s Day lunch
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden hosted a star-studded lunch at the State Department Tuesday in honor of Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, with a Valentine's Day theme to boot.
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Love Wars - Vicente Bonet Martínez
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En el interior de la Estrella de la Muerte dos soldados imperiales libran su propia batalla.
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Astrid Adrienne: NASA Discovers New "Tatooine" Planet With Two Suns :: http://www.space.com/12963-tatooine-planet-2-suns-star-wars-kepler-16b.html
Planet Like 'Star Wars' Tatooine Discovered Orbiting 2 Suns www.space.com
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: Alderaan cruiser :: http://www.starwars.com/explore/encyclopedia/technology/alderaancruiser/
StarWars.com | Alderaan cruiser
Both Bail Organa and his adoptive daughter, Princess Leia, used their position i See More
Astrid Adrienne : A planet with two suns. Does it mean I can have more than two lovers? ahahaa...
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Astrid Adrienne: ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gib3BLZFEE
CCR cotton fields lyrics
Adriaan Zef :This article is important for us. Making Room for Baby: Improving Sex Life After Having a Baby [http://www.healthinplainenglish.com/health/pregnancy_childbirth/sex-life-after-baby.htm]
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Astrid Adrienne: Kris photo's : Kids in Sudan's Nuba Mountains in the cave where they shelter from bombings. They're half-starved and 16 of them live in the cave. They were just haunting. ►http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151327418070389
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I photographed these kids in Sudan's Nuba Mountains in the cave where they shelter from bombings. They're half-starved and 16 of them live in the cave. They were just haunting.
By: Nicholas Kristof
Astrid Adrienne: "Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them" - Mother Teresa
Astrid Adrienne: and children who died of starvation :: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oxfam/with/5932893721/
Flickr: Oxfam International's Photostream
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Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog
the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.
Astrid Adrienne : and children who had died and that --- maybe --- going to die, again, because of the war. :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x2axqjhI6g
Rich Siegel "In Palestine" Part 1 Dedication and Song
Audio download available at richsiegel.com 20% goes to charities that help Palestinian children.
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Astrid Adrienne: The younger baby laughter reminds me of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's smile. ehhhee... I am thinking, ngngng.... maybe he's as sweet as he is when he was a baby. :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM&feature=fvwrel .... ehehheee.... kiss you both, babies! mmmmuahh..
Charlie bit my finger - again ! Even had I thought of trying to get my boys to do this I probably couldn't have.
Astrid Adrienne: They are the most beautiful thing that will improve my life's quality. :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vupEpNjCuY
BABIES - Official Trailer [HD]
Release Date: April 16, 2010 Genre: Documentary Director: Thomas Balmes Writer:
Astrid Adrienne: Last night when he was reading his book, I asked him to open his mouth. Without taking his eyes from his book, he did what I asked. Then without his consent I put my finger into his mouth. He did not bite my finger, but he just kept his mouth wide open. At that time he seemed more amusing than the babies I've ever known. Then what happened at that time were two adults who looked so foolish as
trying to portray the babies behaviour in that video.
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I've tried to imitate Keiser's accent when he said, "Liar!" 1x ... but I can't lie. I can't do exactly such that, except to type here, "Liar! Liar! Liar! Liar!" Haaaa... 4x? Isn't it too much?
Watch the full Keiser Report E251 on Saturday In this episode, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss the riches made monitoring the population.
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Astrid Adrienne : Romney's decision to reopen the debate about the billions of dollars of government bailouts for auto companies like GM and Chrysler are at risk. Both are close to bankruptcy at the beginning of the global financial crisis, but last year they were expected to reach record profits and re-create jobs. But on the other hand, bailouts for auto manufacturers are not favored by conservatives who fear the policy will potentially erode taxpayer funds. Other candidates also criticized the bailout policy was an abuse of government authority.
Astrid Adrienne: But actually, if it is observed further, why does the Tea Party benefit the rich? Because, with the strengthening of Tea party existence, Obama regime's efforts to encourage more progressive taxation on the wealthy to be obstructed. The tax issue to be "biased". Bias, because the Tea Party deliberately and or indirectly manipulate the opinion, propaganda that its emphasis is the overall tax (which should be removed as much as possible). Meanwhile, within 3 years of Obama's leadership, Obama has repeatedly tried to impose taxes on the rich who so far their wealth will always be safe because the taxation rate of their property is very low, whereas they could pay as much tax as possible, but they pretended to be reluctant to pay taxes, because they tend to be greedy.
Astrid Adrienne : Obama is not superman who could transform the U.S. economy becoming better in a short time. In one last year when the U.S. led by Bush Jr., it seemed to collapse the U.S. economy not only because global crisis. Bush Jr. regime intentionally built a "legacy trap" for any regime that would lead the U.S., would have trouble fixing the U.S. economy. In other words, Bush Jr. actually knew that the U.S. was moving towards a crisis (eg, military costs are too large, reaching 300 billion dollars per year). But in the first years of his tenure, some savings policy were intentionally not to be carried out by Bush Jr. regime, so that the U.S. economy was getting worse.
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Bill Clears Path For 30,000 Surveillance Drones Over US In Next Ten Years: http://www.infowars.com/bill-clears-path-for-30000-surveillance-drones-over-us-in
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Astrid Adrienne: Another great info from Chris. Chris, thanks again.
■ http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/46355034#46355034
Drones roam skies of US cities
Video on msnbc.com: U.S. police departments are adding unmanned drones, familiar
Astrid Adrienne: (This video info also from Chris :: A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors) ► http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQIMGV5vtd4&feature=youtu.be
Hmm, if the United States can legally kill people from the sky in a country not at war, other countries will say that they can do the same thing. And those who use the joystick in Langley and the Nevada desert can now be considered under international law to be engaged in warfare, which means they can legally be able to reply. Eh, that's a new horizon of thought.
A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors
Experiments performed with a team of nano quadrotors at the GRASP Lab,
Astrid Adrienne: Based on a personal observation without further analyst, the man's sperm journey will reach the maximum speed at 4 pm. But it can't fly like this Argus One : ► http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2092532/Argus-One-Pentagon-Flying-Sperm-US-spy-plane-designers-left-red-faced.html
Argus One: Pentagon 'Flying Sperm' US spy plane designers left red-faced
This oddly shaped device is Argus One; the Pentagon's newest unmanned spy plane.
Christopher Aaron Grills : Much love. Thanks for paying attention!
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Project for the New American Century - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Project for the New American Century (PNAC) was an American think tank based in Washington, D.C. that lasted from 1997 to 2006. It was co-founded as a non-profit educational organization by neoconservatives
William Kristol and Robert Kagan. The PNAC's stated goal was "to promote American global ...
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Astrid Adrienne: ehehehe....hehe.... http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=233887303329684Astrid Adrienne: Many other important facts which have never reported by CNN, Fox News, ABC, CNBC, or the BBC. And the worse thing is the news coming from the media also played back by the local television media of other countries. Assume the following facts:
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Ryan Dawson When people say I like your economics just not your foreign policy I have to smile and sigh. How can you ignore a trillion dollar expenditure and act like its not part of the economy. It's the easiest thing to cut in the world. We don't need war. Is bombing kids in Afghanistan really that important to you, to hurt your own family over it? I think food on the table is more important than meat heads peeing on dead bodies in the mountains of Kandahar. It's a waste of money. It has nothing to do with fighting terrorism. In fact it IS terrorism. They wage war to personally profit at your expense and lie to you by selling fear.
■ PNAC controls of the American government. They have many motives which open the door for the 9/11 attacks.
■ U.S. soldiers were laughing and dancing around the bodies of Iraqi civilians who were killed covered in blood.
■ The U.S. imprisons the boy of 11 years in prison Abu Ghraib. The former U.S. commander said, according to the general investigation, there has been persecution in the jail.
■ The British police operating in Basra tortured at least two civilians to death by using an electric drill.
■ The U.S. took advantage of the spread of the opium trade in Afghanistan.
■ An inmate at Guantanamo in April 2003 reported to the FBI that he was forced to stand naked in front of a female interrogator.
■ HIV-AIDS virus was originally not from chimpanzees, but it was a creation of the scientists who then diverted through a specific engineered to exterminate a particular ethnic.
■ For the long term, Fluoride in toothpaste is harmful to health. But, for 50 years, the government and the U.S. media suggest fluoride as a safe and effective means to prevent the cavities.
■ U.S. weapons of mass destruction, such as the uranium tubes were rarely mentioned the American media, including its long-term impact. *****
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Astrid Adrienne : Will Israel Assassinate Obama? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IheJ2Rohz1c
Will Israel Assassinate Obama?
http://www.davidduke.com/
Edward Adler, the publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times in candor and chutzpah suggested that Israel assassinate the President of the President of the United States to serve its war agenda against Iran.
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Russian scientists reveal secret of eternal life
Watch more on RT's documentary channel
http://rtd.rt.com/
How long can a man live? Does he use all the resources? How do you extend your life? What's the secret?
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Astrid Adrienne : Scientists in France managed to find ways to "rejuvenate" your cells. Published in the Genes & Development journal on 1 November 2011, the study
"marks the first step in the development of regenerative medicine to cure a disease," said Jean-Marc
Lemaitre, research head of Functional Genomics Institute of the University of Montpellier. In addition, this study could provide a better understanding of the effects of aging and pathology. The scientists examined the skin cells from a donor aged 74 years. Elderly donor was intended to examine the time at which the cell has reached a
period of aging, which was characterized by cessation of cell spread. Then they started doing the reprogramming of cells in vitro, where they added two additional genetic factors into the cells. The result? "The signs of aging in cells have been removed, and the iPSC stem cells which we obtain can produce functional cells of all types with a
capacity to grow and develop as well as long life" said Jean-Marc Lemaitre. The researchers also tested the same for cells from older donors, ranging from 92 to 101 years, as well as the cell trees. "Age is definitely not a barrier to cell reprogramming," he added. Previously, it had been done more or less the same experiment on a
group of rats, but the experiments in human cells is a new thing.
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■■ http://genesdev.cshlp.org/search?fulltext=Jean-Marc+Lemaitre&submit=yes&x=10&y=7
Astrid Adrienne : Erasing Signs of Aging in Human Cells Now a Reality :: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111103120605.htm
Erasing signs of aging in human cells now a reality
www.sciencedaily.com
Scientists have recently succeeded in rejuvenating cells from elderly donors (aged over 100). These old cells were reprogrammed in vitro to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) and to rejuvenated and human embryonic
stem cells (hESC): cells of all types can again be differentiated after this genuin...
Astrid Adrienne : I'm still learning about what underlies my idol with his great following sentence: http://www.facebook.com/Leo.Nikolayevich.Tolstoy/posts/102989816437189
.... He's a Russian poet, social reformer, pacifist, Christian anarchist, vegetarian, moral thinking and an influential member of the Tolstoy family.
Leo Tolstoy
Sickness and death will come to those I love or to me; nothing will remain but stench
and worms. Sooner or later my affairs, whatever they may be, will be forgotten, and I shall not exist. Then why go on making any effort?
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: so, a little thought provocation... Learned the Jehova Witness philosophy on Armageddon. Apparently... these guys believe in "God" so much... That when the shit hits the fan... and because "God" and "Jesus" promoted pacifism... these guys think, because Jehovas witnesses can't defend themselves, "God" will swing into action and protect them from all the horribleness.
To me... It sounds a bit like an occult approach to teaching/creating
people who refuse to defend themselves... Thus are easily more manipulated...
But, all in all, out of all the crazy Christian stuff out there...
This at least is... positive...
Pacifism is a good thing... Right?
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Astrid Adrienne : Some people who consider themselves pacifists, sometimes, even though they oppose the war, in fact they don't oppose all use of violence, physical force against another person or destruction of property. The anti-military, for example, they
specifically will soothe the military institutions of the modern nation-state rather than supporting "violence" in general. The other pacifists follow principles of nonviolence, because they believe that only the non-violent action can be justified.
Astrid Adrienne : Recommendation of pacifism can be found deep in history and literature. For example, a love of all life, human and nonhuman, is central to the teachings of Jainism was founded by Mahavira 599-527 BCE. Human life is valued as a unique and rare opportunity to attain enlightenment, and kill someone - anyone - any evil that might have done, is a disgusting act and can not be imagined. In ancient Greece, two examples of the Peloponnese War 431-404 BC was a non-violent protests of Hegetorides from Thasos, and the Athena women's sex strike in Aristophanes comedy (Lysistrata).
Astrid Adrienne : Many people think of Jesus as a pacifist, based on his sermons on the hill. Leo Tolstoy was also a staunch advocate of pacifism. In one of his later works, "Kingdom of God is among you," Tolstoy gave history, description, and his advocacy of pacifism.
"I do not believe what has been taught to me as a child, but I believe in something. What I believe I can't tell at all, I believe in God or I do not deny God, but I can not tell what is God. I also do not deny Christ and his teachings, but what and how he teaches, I can not say " − Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 1882.
Astrid Adrienne
:There is something in the air, and if it's not a feeling of love, some people say it is the second best thing: the negative ions.
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Astrid Adrienne : Read more here: http://www.webmd.com/balance/features/ negative-ions-create-positi ve-vibes
February 19, 2012
Astrid Adrienne : Olalaa ...., every day I read and learn a lot, every day I feel more and more stupid, even more stupid than ever. Indeed, only the fools who want to study for the exams throughout their lives, and the closest example of
fools is me. :: http://101science.com/
February 19, 2012
Astrid Adrienne : Actually, before this I was reading this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ 2012/02/15/ ufo-explodes-and-crashes-_n _1279588.html#s676376&titl e=Manufactured_UFO_
February 19 , 2012
Astrid Adrienne : Also this :: http://www.openminds.tv/ufo-crashes-explodes-in-sou th-carolina-888/
February 19 , 2012
Astrid Adrienne : then it reminds me of this : http://www.trutv.com/conspiracy/bizarre/ chemtrails/ gallery.html?curPhoto=1
February 19, 2012
Astrid Adrienne : Some of which are: Brother Nathanael (The Jewish War On Vladimir Putin), http://www.realzionistnews.com/ ?p=690
Astrid Adrienne : Bush - A Legacy Of Perpetual War :: http://www.realzionistnews.com/ ?p=349
Astrid Adrienne : ANTHRAX
& MORE ZIONIST LIES By Brother Nathanael Kapner, Copyright © 2008;
Articles May Be Reproduced Only With Authorship of Br Nathanael Kapner
& Link To Real Jew News : http://www.realzionistnews.com/ ?p=247
February 19 , 2012
Astrid Adrienne : FDA Ignores Scientists, Dentists Warning of Amalgam Mercury Pandemic - Mike Barrett in Natural Society February 17, 2012 :: http://naturalsociety.com/fda-ignores-scientists-dent ists-warning-of-amalgam-me rcury-pandemic/ #ixzz1mmrhPNsh
Astrid Adrienne added 9 new photos to the album Honduras Jail - Comayagua.
Worried relatives wait for news outside the prison
Guitar lies near puddle of blood in cell of jail in Comayagua
Tuesday night’s blaze burned and suffocated 358 men alive as it swept through the jail located just north of the Central American country's capital on Tuesday night, making it the world’s deadliest prison fire in a century.
Bodies of dead inmates lined up for identification inside prison walls
Injured inmate escorted by policeman
More dead inmates lined up for grim task of identifying blaze victims
Forensic technicians and Red Cross workers hand body bag to soldiers on lorry
Family members of inmates who perished in fire sleep outside morgue in capital Tegucigalpa
Policemen stand guard outside jail in Comayagua
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Astrid Adrienne: Honduras: The Most Dangerous Country January 23, 2012 ► citizenreporter.org/2012/ctrp409-honduras-the-most-dangerous-country/RELATED LINKS
ctrp409 Honduras: The Most Dangerous Country
In 2011 the Republic of Honduras became the most dangerous country in the world. With the murder rate rising and wages plummeting, the miitary have now been granted extraordinary police powers.
Astrid Adrienne: Jails in Honduras An avoidable tragedy - A horrific fire puts a long-overdue spotlight on prison conditions Feb 18th 2012 ╪ http://www.economist.com/node/21547847
An avoidable tragedy
► Burned alive in their cells:
Hundreds died because guards couldn't find the keys as bodies fused to
ceiling reveal full horror of Honduras jail blaze that killed 350 . Read more: http://
► Honduras
jail fire: most prisoners had not been convicted - More than half of
inmates in Comayagua jail, where 358 died, were awaiting trial or being
held as gang suspects (Associated Press in Comayagua) Thursday 16
February 2012 10.08 GMT :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/
► ANALYSIS AIR DATE: Feb. 15, 2012 - From Overcrowding to Corruption, Examining Prison Life in Honduras ► http://www.pbs.org/
UN calls for reforms after Honduras jail fire ■ http://www.aljazeera.com/ video/americas/2012/02/ 20122185012362379.html
World body calls for major reforms to penal system and independent probe after deaths of 350 inmates.
► From Overcrowding to Corruption, Examining Prison Life in Honduras:: http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=G5SL4rYqAYEb
UN calls for reforms after Honduras jail fire :: http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=FJYKB3GXdKc&feature =player_embedded#!
Inmate reportedly set deadly Honduras prison fire - February 15, 2012 ■ http:// latimesblogs.latimes.com/ world_now/2012/02/ honduras-prison-fire-death- toll-set-by-inmate.html
Honduran
officials say the prison fire that killed at least 272 inmates was
apparently ignited by an inmate who set fire to his mattress.
officials say the prison fire that killed at least 272 inmates was
apparently ignited by an inmate who set fire to his mattress.
► More than 300 killed in Honduras prison fire By Mariano Castillo and Elvin Sandoval, CNN - February 16, 2012 ► http://edition.cnn.com/ 2012/02/15/world/americas/ honduras-fire-deaths/ index.html
More than 300 inmates were killed in a prison fire in central Honduras, officials said Wednesday.
► Honduras prison fire relatives storm morgue for bodies ► http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ world-latin-america-1710857 2
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"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?" ― Mahatma Gandhi
Mad World - Gary Jules
The original video of Gary Jules' and Michael Andrews' cover version of Mad World, directed by Michel Gondry.
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Astrid Adrienne: "When the Washington Post telephoned me at home on Valentine's Day 1989 to ask my opinion about the Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwah, I felt at once that here was something that completely committed me. It was, if I can phrase it like this, a matter of everything I hated versus everything I loved. In the hate column: dictatorship, religion, stupidity, demagogy, censorship, bullying, and intimidation. In the love column: literature, irony, humor, the individual, and the defense of free expression. Plus, of course, friendship - though I like to think that my reaction would have been the same if I hadn't known Salman at all. To re-state the premise of the argument again: the theocratic head of a foreign despotism offers money in his own name in order to suborn the murder of a civilian citizen of another country, for the offense of writing a work of fiction. No more root-and-branch challenge to the values of the Enlightenment (on the bicentennial of the fall of the Bastille) or to the First Amendment to the Constitution, could be imagined. President George H.W. Bush, when asked to comment, could only say grudgingly that, as far as he could see, no American interests were involved" − Christopher Hitchens (April 13, 1949-December 15, 2011) :: http://www.npr.org/2011/12/16/143595854/writer-christopher-hitchens-dies
Writer Christopher Hitchens Dies At 62 : NPR
The influential writer and cultural critic died Thursday at the age of 62 from complications of cancer of the esophagus. Hitchens confronted his disease in part by writing, bringing the same unsparing insight to his mortality that he had directed at so many other subjects.
Astrid Adrienne
The conflict in Sudan, both of South Sudan conflict, Darfur conflict and the Eastern Front conflict are nothing but the manifestation of the struggle between the U.S. and Europe. And the U.S. had won the fight in the South, leading the Eastern Front and continues to compete in Darfur. Both the U.S. and Europe carry the capitalist ideology. Their goal is to rob the wealth of Sudan. That's the nature of the capitalist state and it is proved from what is happening in Islamic countries.
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Here's a family in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan outside the cave where they live, trying to stay safe from government bombings. Yes, the family lives in that crevice that the girl is crawling out of. It's heartrending.
By: Nicholas Kristof
February 22, 2012
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Astrid Adrienne: Norm Dixon, a columnist from Australia, wrote the title of his column on 08/19/04, "Oil profits behind West tears for Darfur". Uwe Friesecke, a German analyst said that the Western thirst for Sudanese oil would in fact started the conflict in Darfur by training rebels SLM/A and JEM. Chaos in Sudan will provide an opportunity for Western governments to intervene militarily and provoke the change of regime in Kharthoum. With the new government then controlled by the World Bank and IMF to open up (liberalize) Sudan's economy. This country will be accessible to Western oil companies.
The U.S. has announced its intent to make Africa as one of its main source of oil. Britain also has a large oil company. Friesecke cited the source in the U.S. government that "they (the West) have made detailed plans for the post-peace Sudan in the west".
February 22 , 2012
Astrid Adrienne: Any U.S. effort to cover up its motive is still not working. Carter doctrine has revealed the veil. Carter stated, "Gulf Oil has the urgency of national security for the U.S., and the U.S. will use every means, including military force to secure its interests." Every American who cares about political signs, knows that the U.S. was not at war with Iraq for democracy, because there's no democracy in the Arab world. The U.S. is not fighting for the royal family in Kuwait. The U.S. went to war to stop Iraq over control of a single source, which is the blood for the industry and the economy that determines the life and death. This policy is not just specific to the Gulf, but for all Muslim countries including Sudan, which is one of the largest oil wells in Africa. Human Rights Watch in a report stating, "Religion and the oil have put Sudan in the priority list of the U.S. government "
February 22, 2012
Astrid Adrienne: People & Power - Sudan: War and independence ► http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9wjNOTPMRA
People & Power - Sudan: War and independence
People & Power travelled to the disputed border area of Southern Kordofan for an exclusive interview with Abdel Aziz Adam Al Hilu, the leader of the SPLA rebels there
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raw video: obama belts out blues - latimes.com
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February 22, 2012
Astrid Adrienne: It is not the rhythm and tone that drives the feelings, but the musicians expertise in playing the song. Have you ever felt deeply intrigued when listening to songs? Especially in certain parts when the tone is made by musician can create the feeling of being sad, happy, even angry? Or do you ever find a musician more touching than the other? It is attractive to some scientists to dig up the answer. I read it from this article:: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/science/19brain.html?pagewanted=1
To Tug the Heartstrings, Music Must First Tickle the Brain
Astrid Adrienne: Blues Brothers - 'Sweet Home Chicago'... ♫ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tlou_2lMLAc .... dung dung dung
Blues Brothers - 'Sweet Home Chicago'
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February 22 , 2012
Astrid Adrienne: My feeling arises when they make the subtle changes to the patterns of music. And there's music that always makes me sad, dungdungdungdungdung.... :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4OXrmxDp44
Rock Me Baby-BB King/Eric Clapton/Buddy Guy/Jim Vaughn
February 22 , 2012
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Photos as a sign have given entrance to all the people to find themselves or even eliminate themselves when they are difficult to distinguish pleasure in experiencing the event or delay for giving meaning to the photograph. Visual age has been trapping the human on artificial consciousness. The authenticity of self begins to run away because
everything must be translated in the picture. Meaning of the photographs is being biased due to the motives repression for excessive imaging. The image has become "the opiate". Photos are forced "to nag". Finally, the picture begins telling people until they are tired. Well, that's about it.
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February 24, 2012
Astrid Adrienne: Jean-Paul Sartre in Les Mots, Orhan Pamuk in Istanbul, and Edward W. Said in Out of Place described themselves with heaps of words. The chapters in their book were equally concerned over the meaning of image presence as a key story of self and family. Photos took them on imagination of the past to know the pedigree, the situation of the times, and human character. So, I think this is also a wandering sign of the past and creation of the future imagination energy.
February 24 , 2012
Astrid Adrienne: Why do people linger for just one "click"? ... cheers! ► http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKpxd8hzOcQ
2D Photography Rube Goldberg Machine
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February 24, 2012
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They start with children and work there way up
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Astrid Adrienne : Some info/helpful links from Chris
► http://www.facebook.com/christopher.grills
■ 85 Things That Might Make You a Terrorist : http://www.wariscrime.com/
2012/02/18/news/85-things-that-might-make-you-a-terrorist/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Siz-1_-Mjgc&feature=g-all-f&context=G26e638cFAAAAAAAAAAA
■ TSA Strips Woman in Public - NAZI style Dehumanization tactic :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vSUhxoaFW0
■ What in the World Are They Spraying? (Full Length) :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf0khstYDLA&feature=youtu.be
■ Secretly Recorded CHEMTRAILS Pilot Speaks Video :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wshBhDlI1dY&feature=youtu.be
■ Geoengineering with Chemtrails Presented at Florida County Commission :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulc6nPuyJdo&feature=youtu.be
■ The insider: chemtrails KC-10 sprayer air to air - The proof:: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSSWnXQsgOU&feature=youtu.be
■ "Why in the World are They Spraying?" Official Trailer :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3__ssxTvNc&feature=youtu.be
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Astrid Adrienne: If negative ions are God's gift to us to feel the serenity, the positive ions are the gift from the U.S. and friends. Positive ions have the opposite effect of negative ions, making us feel bad and depressed. Next time, if I sit in a commercial airplane, I'll ask myself, "Do I fund the New World Order's mission to spray the country under me with toxic substances through the purchase of this airline ticket?"
February 24, 2012
Christopher Aaron Grills : Much love Astrid. Thanks for making me feel useful!
February 25, 2012
Astrid Adrienne: You're welcome, Chris. Share honesty that makes me cry is better than making me smile with false facts.
February 25 , 2012
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Anonymous - Message to Vic Toews
Hello, Mr. Toews. We are Anonymous. We warned you not to force your abhorrent spying legislation onto the Canadian people. You did not heed our warnings. Now...
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Valentino Vie : Welcome to the political stage, a stage of trying to play the character in a narrative essay to manipulate and deceive the public.
Adriaan Zef : Actually, I've been examining the issue of political corruption involving politicians of public office holders. You know what they are? Just a collection of thugs. My fiancee says it's a high-level squeezer, and it is reflected in a discrepancy between words and deeds, right hon?
February 27 , 2012
Astrid Adrienne : yesyesdahlingdahling, mwahmwah ...
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Finally, the digital era has created an extraordinary advances in technology and science, and make tremendous changes drastically, occurring in almost all sectors, resulting in a "quantum leap" or a leap in a very remarkable and admirable.
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A scarf knit in the round translating a quote from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy into binary code. 2.3 meters of soft warm loveliness for my good friend Donna who turned me onto linux and into a bit of a geeky gal.
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Astrid Adrienne : Digital era does not know the numbers other than zero and one. These numbers have changed as well as an age which occurs in humans. Binary number will also give birth a high human civilization, that's a digital human. Digital human are those who only know the numbers zero and one in their principle of life.
Astrid Adrienne: From here we will begin to discover the spiritual meaning behind the numbers zero and one. 0 is the symbol of purity of heart and mind, while the first is a symbol of the Oneness of God. The result is infinity, as well as sharing in a special corner of 1:0 on the tangent of 90°. When human put themselves on the 'zero digem', then their full potential identity which has been covered by various chains will emerge, making it possible for divine light to emit its rays. Divine light is a ray of justice, solidarity and love supreme coveted by all human beings.
February 25, 2012
Astrid Adrienne: But, what is happening now is majority of the people using a digital energy only in the field of technology and science, not on a spiritual thing, whereas, the use of human mental is still underdeveloped, or it can be said still analog, so the lameness will occur. They have been using electronic tools with the concept of 0 and 1, but for they don't use it for themselves. So the irony is, they who are supposed to be the subject then even become the object of such tools, since only their devices with concept of digital, it does not cover their mental health. So it's possible if the human will become the slave to digital technology.
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After watching this video, I remember some old writings on the theme of education. The original article title is "Education: The Necessary Utopia", by Jacques Delors. This paper is an introduction of a collection of articles entitled "Learning: the Treasure Within", published by UNESCO. For me, the title for the introductory article is very interesting and provocative.
RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms
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Astrid Adrienne : As in the beginning paragraph of Jacques Delors writing, education is not Harry Potter's magic wand. It is a long-term effort to do so tirelessly. "The Commission does not see education as a miracle cure or a magic formula opening the door to a world in which all ideals will be attained, but as one of the principal means available to foster a deeper and more harmonious form of human development and thereby to reduce poverty, exclusion, ignorance, oppression and war." ► http://www.unesco.org/delors/utopia.htm
Education: The Necessary Utopia
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(from left to right) Mr Jacques Delors, Mr Federico Mayor (Director General of UNESCO) at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris in April 1996 at the presentation of the report to UNESCO of the International Commission on Education for the
Twenty-first Century, Learning: the treasure within.
Astrid Adrienne: Education may be considered a utopia because of its long-term impact, while the need is so urgent. But Delors writing title reminds us, that education may be a utopia, but a utopia is indeed necessary.
February 25 , 2012
Jan Pepijn Servaas : Let's learn to live together , I mean this article ... http://www.unesco.org/delors/ltolive.htm
Learning to live together
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While the idea of teaching non-violence in schools is certainly praiseworthy, it seems quite inadequate if we look at what is really involved. The challenge is a difficult one since people have a natural tendency to overestimate their own abilities or those of the group to which they belong and to e...
February 27, 2012
Valentino Vie : Various deadlock is facing problems because we still think in terms of a narrow-frame, and dichotomous. Ruler who has the power to make changes is busy making a compromise that will trick them into political awkwardness. Breakthroughs are rarely made, with the constitutional reasons, though, the quality of the constitution is too much questionable.
February 27 , 2012
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Astrid Adrienne : A jamais, le sourire osé, rayonne devant. A jamais, pour atteindre tes yeux d'eau profonde. A jamais, les douces cordes flottent devant, pour atteindre mes oreilles ouvertes. A jamais, l'esprit concentré sur le corps fait de bois. Savoir à jamais, ton âme, écouter. A jamais, la pièce se remplit de mélodies. A jamais, le recueillement de signes anciens à la lueur d’une simple bougie. (CHLOE DOUGLAS, 2010)
February 26, 2012
Sally: Divine decadence darling!
Brian Roberts: You're American.
Sally: Oh God, how depressing! You're meant to think I'm an international woman of mystery. I'm working on it like mad.
Brian: What is it darling?
Sally: God damn it, I'm going to have a baby!
Sally: Bri, listen. We're practically living together, so if you only like boys I wouldn't dream of pestering you. Well, do you sleep with girls or don't you?
Brian: Sally! You don't ask questions like that!
Sally: I do.
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(Memorable quotes for Cabaret 1972)Astrid Adrienne : I do.
Astrid Adrienne: At the Folies Bergère there were many types of singers, dancers, acrobats, clowns, and sensations such as Birmane family, who all had beards. The audience attracted by the danger of circus performances (sometimes the animal tamer of lions killed by them), but what happened on stage wasn't just entertainment. Often the audience were watching one another, took a walk, met their friends or prostitutes. At the beginning of the 20th century, when war almost broke out, prices soared, cabaret became a place for rich people. ♫♪... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyZeGOsR9IA
A Chorus Line - One ( Finale)
A Chorus Line - One ( Finale)
February 26, 2012
Valentino Vie : Je ne te quitterai plus jamais. Please buy time until it's over.
Valentino Vie : Oui, femmes, quoi qu'on puisse dire,
Vous avez le fatal pouvoir
De nous jeter par un sourire
Dans l'ivresse ou le désespoir.
Oui, deux mots, le silence même,
Un regard distrait ou moqueur,
Peuvent donner à qui vous aime
Un coup de poignard dans le coeur.
Oui, votre orgueil doit être immense,
Car, grâce à notre lâcheté,
Rien n'égale votre puissance,
Sinon votre fragilité.
Mais toute puissance sur terre
Meurt quand l'abus en est trop grand,
Et qui sait souffrir et se taire
S'éloigne de vous en pleurant.
Quel que soit le mal qu'il endure,
Son triste rôle est le plus beau.
J'aime encor mieux notre torture
(A Mademoiselle - Alfred de Musset)
Pranay Suresh : Namaste, memsahib!
February 27, 2012
Astrid Adrienne : Thanks, Kashmir. Namaste!
February 28
Valentino Vie : Baby, thanks for stealing all my pictures haha...ma femme, j'ai vraiment vous manquez. Dans ma maison je t'ai vue.
Adriaan Zef: was there a gigolo campaign?
Valentino Vie : Je t'aime de tout mon cœur et vous appartenez à moi. Ma femme, prenez bien soin de votre grossesse et notre bébé. Allez, à bientôt!
February 27 , 2012
Valentino Vie
DJ Lelewell - Attenti Al Lupo
For Entertainment purpose Only
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Valentino Vie :Bonjour, ma chérie douce. Gla gla! haha
Jan Pepijn Servaas: Just skip the comment above, sweetie. He is a terorrist!... Valentino Vie, .... Vincent, er is een bom! <
Valentino Vie: Ja, ik ben een terrorist, en jij bent een sexbom! hahaha
Jan Pepijn Servaas : Er is een bom afgegaan in het centrum van Los Angeles, en.... Oeps ... je bent te laat!
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This is my most honest short thought before midnight
I can't sleep.
Maybe I should be stoned to death
For example, by the Taliban.
And the Taliban is not the name of
A cheese sandwichOf course
Hmm, what's it like to die?Dad, forgive me
Mom, forgive me.
Jan Pepijn Servaas dahling, Pranay Suresh dahling, Valentino Vie dahling,
And you too, dahling
Also all my friends
And those who secretly hate and envy me
Both in the past, present and future
If I die,
Will you all miss me?
No?
Ah
So, is it useless I'm stoned?
Wow
Wow
Ridiculous
If so, I'd rather be alive again.
Can it be?
Dahling, please do not be angry
Dahling, please do not be angry
Now we are four
Now we are four
If you can not love each other
I will love that one alone
With all my heart and my soul
I'm not threatening you
I'm not threatening you
I will not move anywhere
One more step,
I'm dead
One more step,
I'm dead
Can you hear me?
Can you read me?
No?
Ah
Terrible
I'll be alone with it
I'll just leave a solitude for you
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- Lacalifusa 022812 ─ This is not a poem, stupid. I, me and myself, we hate each other. Mom, I wish I could laugh in the madness)
Without the right end of sentence marker.
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Astrid Adrienne: Dahling, you've been sleeping. Sorry, I did not ask permission to borrow your laptop. Now I'm going to bed, too. Good night. If you wake up, please don't be grumpy. Or I won't prepare your dinner tomorrow morning...February 28, 2012Astrid Adrienne : Maybe this is not a good bedtime music, but it's pretty good for my spirit to sleep tonight. ► http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63J38oONe60Bimbo Jet - EL BIMBO (1974)
Courtesy of Joselito Ebro. Isang hit na hit na uri ng sayaw ang nauso noong mid 70's ang Salsa, ang El Bimbo kung saan nasundan pa ng isa ting big hit ang :L...Jan Pepijn Servaas : Who is reading your comment, huh? Who is feeling threatened? Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? For all questions, the answer is, "I am." Valentino Vie said to Jan Pepijn Servaas via his personal email. Come on, you are prohibited from denying, Vincent dahling... excuse me, sweetie, I'm copying your "dahling" for him. Thanks for dahlinging me, too...February 28, 2012Adriaan Zef : It's almost morning. I can't get mad at you, just blind and deaf! But I get frustrated and grumpy when you are not with me. Don't die, idiot. If ¼ step happens again, we die together.February 29 , 2012Valentino Vie : suck it up, mega weapon! you can't stop true love!
March 1 , 2012
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How the actions of Muslim countries in the world and the OIC attitude on Israel? Can they do much to see the suffering of the Palestinians as fellow Muslims?
Ken O'Keefe Lecture at Middlesex University - Israeli Apartheid Week - February 23, 2012
Speaking at Middlesex University to a great crowd of Palestinian supporters and a few hostile Zionists. Middlesex University: Sponsored by Free Palestine Soc...
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Astrid Adrienne : Some issues are also carried in this event, such as the Nakba day, imprisonment of Palestinian activists, labor discrimination and construction of separation wall by Israel in the West Bank. ■ http://electronicintifada.net/it-fence-it-wall-no-its-separation-barrier/4715
Is it a Fence? Is it a Wall? No, it's a Separation Barrier
Astrid Adrienne: Arab-American Writers Identify with Communities of Color. This essay appeared in Al Jadid Magazine, Vol. 9, Nos. 42/43 (Winter/Spring 2003) Copyright 2003 ©
by Al Jadid. :: http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=1386
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation : Arab-American Writers Identify with Communities of Color
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This essay appeared in Al Jadid Magazine, Vol. 9, Nos. 42/43 (Winter/Spring 2003)Copyright 2003 © by Al Jadid. Permission to reproduce kindly given by Al-Jadid.Astrid Adrienne :The Coverup of Zionist Organized Crime!
► http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3GMDcFOq0g
The Coverup of Zionist Organized Crime!
http://www.davidduke.com/ This documentary defends Italians from a vicious and hypocritical Zionist-dominated media constantly associates Italians and Italian...
February 29 , 2012 Pranay Suresh : Memsahib, have you read his latest book? http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/red-scribblings-the-blundering-who-a-marxist-perspective.html
Red Scribblings: The Blundering Who? (A Marxist Perspective)
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February 29, 2012
Valentino Vie : You're right, baby. They need to be urged to be objective, not just criticize Israel. They should focus their attention to all forms of human rights issues and to distance themselves from the political sentiment. The Palestinian Authority also needs to be criticized.
March 1 , 2012 Astrid Adrienne : Finally Abbas embraced Hamas, dahling.
March 2 , 2012
Valentino Vie
Bonjour ma douce dame, je ne me souviens pas de mes derniers adieux. Je suis tombé en amour avec toi dès que je t'ai vu, et que j'aime tes rumeurs. Dans les vergers quelque doux mot qui vous ait réjoui, je veux t'embrasser tout nu dans mon lit pour les nuits.
Parisienne Walkways - Gary Moore
Gary Moore is, in my opinion, one of the most under-rated, un-appreciated and un-publicized blues guitarists of our times. Here he is with his classic "Paris...
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Valentino Vie : J'étais très triste, ... pour une raison quelconque.
March 1 , 2012
Jan Pepijn Servaas : ....do not believe the lure of this ladies' man, sweetie. Valentino Vie always has the latest styles to conquer his girls. Yesterday he said he was going to your place and sing this song's lyrics outside your window ..... ahhaaa .... .... my my my Astrid Adrienne, why why why, Adriaan Zef? ....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZcBiJKUBr4
Delilah - Tom Jones (lyrics & loi dich) "Delilah" was a song written by Les Reed, with lyrics by Barry Mason and Sylvan See MoreMarch 3 , 2012Astrid Adrienne : Il est mon homme, Jan ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAtmLlz83Qc&
Mistinguett - Mon Homme
Mistinguett Mon Homme (My Man) 1916
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The U.S. was playing "dance", related to North Korea's nuclear program. The promise of food aid from Washington which highly coveted by the North Koreans managed to persuade the leaders of this communist nation to halt
its nuclear program. The U.S. officials said Washington was ready to disburse food aid package for a total of 240 thousand tons per year to North Korea. Every month, "Uncle Sam" would send various types of food in the form of a mixture of soybeans and corn, oilseeds, and food for health. Health food in the form of nutritious peanut paste is desperately needed by children and pregnant women in North Korea, many of them are suffering from malnutrition. All the aid delivery will be closely monitored to ensure it reaches the people who really need it.
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North Korea nuclear pledge draws cautious optimism
North Korea's promise to suspend its nuclear activities has raised hopes that disarmament talks could soon resume. The deal would see the US deliver food aid...
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Astrid Adrienne: ehheehe.... why is the U.S. reluctant to negotiate directly with North Korea?
March 2 , 2012
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March 2 , 2012
Astrid Adrienne : North Korea's Nuclear Attitude: What's Next? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFuK7QPWAPk&feature=g-logo&context=G2dc365eFOAAAAAAAAAA
North Korea's Nuclear Attitude: What's Next?Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said North Korea's agreement to suspend its n...
Jan Pepijn Servaas : I think the North Korea's compliance to halt its nuclear program is the impossibility, given the leadership of Jong-un has not been tested. How could a 28-year-old boy willing to give up the only force capable of providing high legitimacy when dealing with powerful countries in order to sustain his regime? He will not do it!
Adriaan Zef : I agree with you, dude. There are still military facilities other than Yongbyon used for uranium enrichment. Based on intelligence reports, there are two to three facilities that can be used. And to you, honey... don't laugh like that if you don't want me to lock your lips with my lips. You should know or you just pretend not to understand...?, the U.S. basic position is supposed to be "no reward for any action".
Jan Pepijn Servaas : so, it looks like there is an element of mistrust ...
Adriaan Zef : Of course, what do you think of this? Damn, it's time for me to loosen my pants now!... ... North Korea is a country that can't be trusted, as they further develop a nuclear program in secret even after the announcement of the Geneva agreement. Therefore, Washington is not willing to continue negotiations if North Korea does not halt its nuclear program. The U.S. also expects that the process until the disposal of North Korea's nuclear program is achieved should be discussed within the framework of multilateral in terms of 6-way talks. Don't worry, dude. Washington opens the possibility of bilateral dialogue between the U.S. and North Korea, but only in 6-way talks.
Jan Pepijn Servaas : ... Well, I just hope Washington does not have bad intentions toward North Korea, and that the country is ready to take steps to improve bilateral
relations in a spirit of mutual respect and equality, right sweetie?
Adriaan Zef : Don't worry, dude. She's not as weak and stupid as you think. Everyone knows she is my boss. Every time we're testing my special nuclear burst to her, ...you know it. She didn't protest at all, she just laughed and asked for more nuclear, at least a kind of my long-range missiles.
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This is the most prestigious event for the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but I believe this election will not change the policy that had been done by Iran, including Iran's nuclear program, which has been suspected of being used to develop nuclear weapons.
What it takes to run for Iran's parliament
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As two experts explain, winning a seat in Iran's parliament is no simple undertaking.
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Astrid Adrienne : The week ahead: January 19th 2012- Tensions ratchet up with Iran Jan 20th 2012, 12:37 by The Economist online :: http://www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2012/01/week-ahead-january-19th-2012
Tensions ratchet up with IranDAVOS kicks off, Greece takes steps to refinance its debt, the State of the Union address and the European Union votes on more sanctions against IranAstrid Adrienne : Escobar: No war with Iran before 2012 elections ■ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbUCgHKz2Mg
Escobar: No war with Iran before 2012 electionsAsia Times correspondent Pepe Escobar says that America's missile shield in Europe
March 2 a, 2012
Jan Pepijn Servaas : I estimate the panel after the election will be dominated by Khamenei's supporters, Ahmadinejad's supporters are a minority.
Astrid Adrienne : Jan, actually, the religious groups need Ahmadinejad. His defeat can weaken them to face the opposition.
Jan Pepijn Servaas : In order not to leave the slightest chance, I think the supporters of Khamenei require a majority vote in parliament. It's necessary to inhibit the chances of Ahmadinejad's allies to win the vote in 2013. For the Supreme Leader, to maintain the integrity of scholars reliability is the most urgent issue. I'm sure you know how Ahmadinejad's faction is considered trying to go beyond the power of the Supreme Leaders who are chosen by the clergy in the political hierarchy. And to interfere in
religious matter has been the prerogative of the Supreme Leader as the highest authority since Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
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The Justice Boat
To the Brazilian state many of the people who live on the Amazon are invisible. They have no access to health care, social services or the justice system. But one woman, Judge Sueli Pini, is changing that. She delivers justice and healthcare by boat.
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Astrid Adrienne : The Justice Boat- Follow the woman delivering justice and medical care to the 'invisible' people of the Amazon Rainforest. The Fight for Amazonia
Last Modified: 29 Feb 2012 :: ► http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/fightforamazonia/2012/02/201222713552170402.html
The Justice BoatFollow the woman delivering justice and medical care to the 'invisible' people of the Amazon Rainforest.Astrid Adrienne : It reminds me of the U.S. giant oil company, Chevron (previously was Texaco, but later it was acquired by Chevron), that had to pay 9.5 billion dollars because the company was considered to have contributed to cause damage in the Amazon rainforest.Astrid Adrienne : And another good memory about Arne :: CHANDANI AND HER ELEPHANT - German Trailer http://www.youtube.com/
CHANDANI AND HER ELEPHANT - German Trailer
See a little elephant playing soccer, the work in Sri Lankas Elephant Orphanage and the wonderful wildlife of this asian island in the German Trailer for Arn...
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Some experts argue, the world economy is now beginning to shift to the east, especially Asia. The emergence of new players in world economic activities such as Brazil, Russia, China, and India undoubtedly is a significant influence on world economy. West now can't turn a blind eye to these events. As the main locomotive of Western economies, the U.S. is working hard to restore its dominance. At the meeting of G-20 revealed an important fact. The U.S. through its representative government wanted China to reduce the intervention to its currency, yuan. The U.S. considered the Chinese government had intervened to the value of its currencies, so that its value was relatively weak to the U.S. dollar. This of course weakens the U.S. economy. As a result, Chinese goods entering the U.S. market will have a cheaper price than the original goods made by the U.S itself. The reaction was given by the Chinese government. They considered the allegations was too excessive. Far to the wishes of the U.S, even the Chinese government didn't heed the U.S. wishes --- wishes from a country that is predicted by some economists will lose its teeth in the next few years. My question is, what is the impact of the rivalry between the two countries to the world economy? Of course, what will happen is the transfer of production factors and capital factors in economic activities. Countries in Asia that have just become the Original Equipment Manufacturer in a value chain of production, will turn into the countries that have substantial capital factor. By a factor of large capital, technology and innovation are expected to increase. In the perception of a product supply chain, of course this is very influential. With the gathering of production and capital in Asia, the distance factor will be minimized. The distance factor can be minimized due to the producing countries and consumers will automatically have a shorter distance. How do you think?
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It may seem hard to remember a time where China wasn’t looked at around the world as this rapidly expanding force of nature that can out manufacture and under price most any other nation. Wherever you sit at this very moment, chances are something within reach says "made in China" on it. The news me...
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Valentino Vie : The total economic size of ASEAN + Northeast Asia can exceed U.S. + EU, and if India is counted as part of Asia, the total economy will illustrate ⅔ of the total world population and the total size of the economy far beyond the North & South America, EU, Eastern Europe and Russia. This not only makes them just a new economic power but also shift the global politics, where a role in the global diplomatic arena arise. No doubt, the role of developing economies countries have changed the global political order, and has affected the political balance of global and regional economy. Baby, you can predict how the situation and trends are creating new challenges and opportunities in the area of investment, trade, security, environmental sustainability, development and regional cooperation, for example, political and economic cooperation between the countries closer to developing economies in Asia and the countries established economies such as Japan and South Korea, maybe this will make Asia region is stronger than ever, creating political balance in the global economy with other economic powers like the EU, North America and Latin America Region. And I say with sincerity (I swear, there's no tendency toward vague, so you don't need to put the cart before the horse haha), Changes to the game on the global settings may need a new perspective as well as leadership qualities. From there, the question of what kind of leadership qualities that will make business leaders, political and social institutions may be able to
address regional challenges which emerged as a result of changes in
political and economic order.
March 5 , 2012Valentino Vie : NOTE: sweet baby, I winked not because I was flirtatious, but because I got something in my other eye .... ah, merde. Il ya une photo de cul américain sur mon mur... shit! it is typed again! smth else hahahaa...Cul-de-sac?March 5 , 2012Astrid Adrienne : Observing the PRC development which has undergone a long evolutionary history, since Manchuria dynasty, the Qing, Ming, to the idea of Da Guo Fan or "in one big pot" of Mao Tse Tung, and then switched from Deng Xiao Ping, Jiang Ze Min, and Hu Jin Tao, the country is to keep learning, continue to dialectic, and open to the time's challenges. Then by letting happen seedbed of socialist thought, Confucius, and is now a global market, making the PRC is more competitive and productive. We may sigh with the events of Tiananmen, and some terrible things of the PRC against Taiwan, Tibet and a number of totalitarian behavior exhibited by PRC military over the years, but beyond that, the PRC make a big change. They did a critical scientific study of Mao Zedong thought about the class struggle and modify it without losing ancient tradition of China based on the Confucian values. They did the emancipation of mind, opened the horizon of its people's thinking to look out for symptoms and global change. And they implement a new idea in internal elements such as focus on the party's work which is not only in politics, but concentrated on the country's development. Nino Dahling, for more fun, you can read Martin Jacques in his book "When China Rules The World", and Naisbit with his "China's Megatrends". Those were two of many books had been written last year by linear coincident with the collapse of world economic powers: the United States and Europe. No less than Huntington until Fukuyama have "mistake" in an ideawhich slipped on the factual condition of civilization which constantly evolving search for truth and ultimate plenary, mmm ... except Derida, who should be proud on the fact of the continuity of the civilization implementation in a dialectical necessity, although its acceleration also determines the order of its organic community. Such as the East and West, Socialism and Capitalism, Islam and Europe, will not stop at the point of a new thesis as an objective truth. Indeed, in its linear motion, it would correspond, or even hits the its walls existence to test the existence of new theories in an objective and natural. You can read The Economist that quipped Fukuyama with the title of its editorial, "The end of the end of history" ■■ http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/01/china_v_america?page=4
The end of the end of historyFRANCIS FUKUYAMA'S 1990 articleValentino Vie : Oh my beautiful and intelligent wife, when we see a hundred flowers bloom, then a hundred ideas will emerge. And that a country may have the dark experience in its journey of history, but learning from past mistakes and rose again to catch up tomorrow is the main thing and important to improve the fate of a nation. Heigh-ho! here a man is talking about nation, but the nation doesn't talk about him: me. Doh! Let's talk about you, me and us, baby. We can start from the analogy of China and its corruption eradication, management of production efficiency, education and culture, mastery of technology, as well as a productive way to enjoy modernity, and not consumerism as patterns of the nation's elite who drunk with power, such as those exhibited by the political scene in your country, hahahaa.Adriaan Zef : Domestically, China is ruled by Communism, because China is still led by one party system. However, China starts to move to a free market system. At the same time, China is also being nationalistic which stimulates the disintegration of some of the region, where the U.S. provides tacit support consistently. Until the point when China decides what its true identity, this country will continue to retractable to different directions, and China won't be able to rise to rival any superpower. Although China currently can match the U.S. in economic terms that contributed to the trade quarrel between them, but the U.S. also has set the limits on Chinese imports and China is now in a position as an object of the WTO case, of anti-competitive practices. It's true, for the U.S., China is a threat in Southeast Asia, the U.S. wants to limit the political ambitions of China, but at the same time, the U.S. wants to master the Chinese domestic market valued at 1.4 trillion dollars. China's development model suggests that any country will be able to grow in any direction. But the development is essentially the ability to have a view of life (worldview) that acts as a unique foundation of all aspects of a country, both in terms of economics, law, foreign policy, energy, integration, administration, and relations of men and women. With a unique view of life, then a country will resolve all the issues consistently, have a direction, and this will make progress. Without ideology, it's possible for a country going forward, but it will find itself in an unresolved dilemma, right hon?
March 12, 2012
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So, whoever the next U.S. president, it will not change the fate of the Palestinians? There will be no peace? There's no independent Palestinian state?
Daylight: The Story of Obama and Israel
Barack Obama ran for president as a pro-Israel candidate -- but his record tells a different story. Follow @NoahPollak and @CmteForIsrael on Twitter, and vis...
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Astrid Adrienne : Ahm, maybe we should wait, how Obama will negotiate with Nyahu later on March 5, 2012.
March 4, 2012Pranay Suresh : Namaste, Memsahib... Throughout this week, some important external data that needs attention such as ISM Manufacturing data will be released Monday & Friday trading, but most importantly related to the work report in February where job growth is one of the big picture and so behind compared to other sectors in the U.S., particularly Non-farm payrolls report which is expected to grow 210 000 position (after the month of January grew 243 000 positions) with the Unemployment Rate is expected to remain stable in level of 8.3% and this can be the ticket for Dow Jones to strengthen further. Another major factor is where the movement direction of crude oil. Traders are still watching any developments related to Iran, and they are excited about how the meeting's result between U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington DC on this Monday evening. Meanwhile, domestic factors that need attention, amid the lack of certainty about how much fuel prices will be raised, is how the continuation of the financial statements for companies that used to be late and do not release the issuer's financial statements Q4/2011 above initial expectations, which of course, it will be affected to an increase in Dividend Per Share to be distributed and low inflation in February.
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Astrid Adrienne : In addressing Iran's nuclear program, the summit didn't produce any decisions, Nay. They remained on their respective decisions, the U.S. by way of diplomacy, while Israel with the threat of war. "For them (Iran), you are the great Satan (USA), we are a little devil (Israel). For them, we are you, and you are us, " ► http://mondoweiss.net/2012/03/we-are-you-and-youre-us-netanyahu-says-but-obama-thumbs-him-with-talk-of-palestinians-and-diplomacy.html
By the way, thanks for your monitoring results. BB will contact you. Lately, he's very busy with his Canada plan, even yesterday I went alone to ER and got pretty good treatment for 8 hours in there. Through his long-distance connection, BB was very worried and annoyed with me. You see that? How dare he be so,...mmm... maybe he was asking to be fired!...hehhehe... but today my health is better, although I feel it's not as good as 12 weeks ago. We can blame him for all these circumstances!
"We are you and you're us,' Netanyahu says-- but Obama thumbs him with talk of Palestinians and dipl
I just caught video of President Obama's public appearance at the White House with Benjamin Netanyahu this morning-- their ninth meeting-- and the weather has changed: Netanyahu looked distinctly unhappy while Obama looked confident. Note that in the transcript, Obama does the unpardonable and bring...
Pranay Suresh : Thus, the Middle East peace process didn't seem to take precedence in the talks. This is certainly disappointing for Palestinian high officials. Tsk! So obvious to us. By pledging allegiance to Israel, then any American presidential candidate sees this as a way to be elected U.S.
president.
Astrid Adrienne added 12 new photos to the album Russia with Putin 2012
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Astrid Adrienne : One of my favorite Russian waltz ♥ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sU4mgkGtrsRUSSIA -- Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty - Waltz
Astrid Adrienne : CrossTalk: Russians Decide ■ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvLk74s8i2Y
CrossTalk: Russians Decide
What does the future hold for the Russians after they cast their votes?
Astrid Adrienne :Are You Putting Me On?
My favorite photos of President Putin. Featuring the song "Baby Are You Putting Me On" by the Royalettes.
Astrid Adrienne :Thousands occupy Moscow in post-vote showdown :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zaja-cN56Q
Thousands occupy Moscow in post-vote showdown
Thousands have taken to the streets of Moscow for two major rallies -- for and against the outcome of the presidential vote. People on Manezhnaya Square cele...
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Astrid Adrienne : Putin warns US against rearming Georgia :: ►http://rt.com/politics/russia-friendly-relations-georgia-953/
Putin warns US against rearming Georgia — RT
Vladimir Putin said that Russia still hoped to become friends with the Georgian people and criticized the US authorities for rearming the current Georgian regime.March 25, 2012
Astrid Adrienne : CrossTalk: Putin 2.0 :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktXZ7-YZwmc&list=UUpwvZwUam-URkxB7g4USKpg&index=9&feature=plcp
CrossTalk: Putin 2.0
What will the next six years be like?
Valentino Vie : Who was being called by him, baby?
Astrid Adrienne : "No NATO infrastructure or troops in Russia" - Published: 23 March, 2012, 15:06:: ► http://rt.com/politics/russia-nato-afghanistan-ulyanovsk-281/
"No NATO infrastructure or troops in Russia" — RT
In response to media reports that first appeared in Kyrgyzstan, Russia denies it will host NATO infrastructure and affiliated servicemen in Ulyanovsk.
Astrid Adrienne : TWO COUNTRIES, ONE PROBLEM :: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/53048/michael-mandelbaum/westernizing-russia-and-china
Westernizing Russia and China
In one sense Russia and China pose the same problems. An international order of trade and cooperation has been established, and the two countries are in the process of joining. But their central governments are weak -- Russia's military is quasi-independent of Moscow, China's factories do not heed...
March 6, 2012
Astrid Adrienne : North Korea-Russia Relations: A Strained Friendship :: http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/asia/north-east-asia/north-korea/B071-north-korea-russia-relations-a-strained-friendship.aspx
North Korea’s relations with Russia have been marked by unrealistic expectations
Astrid Adrienne :Russia needs independent policy on North Korea :: http://en.rian.ru/russia/20100330/158367224.html
Russia needs independent policy on North Korea - experts
North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear program and Russia has to take th...
Astrid Adrienne : Kim Jong Il’s train crosses Russian border for first time in nine years - Published: 20 August, 2011 ; Edited: 22 August, 2011 :: http://rt.com/news/north-korean-leader-visits-russia-013/
Kim Jong Il’s train crosses Russian border for first time in nine years — RT
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il arrived in Russia on Saturday at the start of a rare official visit to the country. In the course of his trip he will hold high-level talks with President Dmitry Medvedev.
Astrid Adrienne : Russia and China accelerate economic ties - Last Modified: 28 Mar 2012::► http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/03/201232851051345505.html
Russia and China accelerate economic ties
As BRICS leaders meet in New Delhi, trade between Moscow and Beijing set to hit $100bn in next few years.
Astrid Adrienne : Is an India-China arms race brewing? ::► http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2012/03/2012358105253868.html
Is an India-China arms race brewing?
As Asia's two rising powers boost defence capabilities, we ask who stands to benefit and what it means for the region.
Astrid Adrienne : Cover Story: Putin 'the man' revealed ::
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Cover Story: Putin 'the man' revealed
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'No military solution to Iran stalemate' — RT
Saying that a military solution to resolving the Iranian crisis is too hazardous, Igor Ivanov, former foreign minister, believes that Tehran must convince global leaders that its nuclear research has no military purpose.
Astrid Adrienne : Russia to block any UN decision on foreign intervention in Syria – FM Published: 18 January, 2012 ::► http://rt.com/politics/official-word/russia-syria-foreign-minister-061/
Russia to block any UN decision on foreign intervention in Syria – FM — RT
Outlining a year in Russian foreign policy, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has reiterated Moscow’s insistence on an immediate halt to violence in Syria and the start of a national inclusive dialogue.
Astrid Adrienne : "This Is How You Elect a F*cking President?" - Putin cracks down on Moscow's protesters before the victory tears are dry on his face. ■ http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/03/05/this_is_how_you_elect_a_fucking_president
"This Is How You Elect a Fucking President?" - By Julia Ioffe
MOSCOW — When Duma deputy Gennady Gudkov left Pushkin Square Monday night, the crowd -- estimated by the police at 14,000 -- was just starting to disperse. They had stood for two hours in sub-zero temperatures, not 24 hours
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P1 : MOSCOW — When Duma deputy Gennady Gudkov left Pushkin Square Monday night, the crowd -- estimated by the police at 14,000 -- was just starting to disperse. They had stood for two hours in sub-zero temperatures, not 24 hours after Vladimir Putin wept after sweeping to victory in Sunday's presidential race with 63.6 percent of the vote. They had listened to speeches from the whole gamut of the opposition -- the leftists, the nationalists, Alexey Navalny, Mikhail Prokhorov, all had their turn at the microphone. They chanted "Putin is a thief!" and "We are the power!" They weren't as cheerful as they'd been in past protests, but they were peaceful, despite the crowd of Putin supporters that had arrived from central casting. Gudkov, who represents the Just Russia party and has been a central figure in this winter's opposition protests, made sure to talk to the police officer overseeing the whole operation before he left for his appearance on opposition channel RainTV. Ilya Ponomarev, another Just Russia Duma deputy who has been a key figure in the movement, had announced from the stage that he would meet with anyone who wanted to talk to him at the fountain in the center of the square, a sort-of impromptu town hall. Navalny, the anti-corruption activist who's become the opposition's most natural leader, and leftist activist Sergei Udaltsov had announced that they weren't leaving the square, period -- an unlikely prospect given the temperature. "He told me, fine, let them stay and shout for a few hours," Gudkov said, of the police supervisor. It didn't quite go down like that. Gudkov and his son Dmitry, also a Duma deputy from the same party, left Pushkin Square with a clear conscience. Ponomarev climbed up on the granite fountain in the center of the square, where Navalny, Udaltsov and a few others joined them. A small crowd of supporters -- almost all male -- stuck around, too. When the police started shouting at them to clear out, Navalny's bodyguard commanded the crowd to form a tightly packed chain around him, and the young men at the bottom of that snow-filled empty fountain joined up. Riot police started to sweep the square and drag people into armored vans: holding pens on wheels. Then the police descended into the fountain, snatching links out of the human chain, one by one, and dragging them to the side of the fountain, and hurling them, like sacks of potatoes, over the red granite border. "Hey! Toss the next one!" one of the cops waiting up there giggled in delight. They got Udaltsov, Navalny, opposition figure Ilya Yashin, a Western journalist, and Ponomarev, who stood shouting into a loudspeaker: "Police! Stop breaking the law! This is a peaceful meeting!" (They quickly released him.) All in all, they got 250 people, including Alena Popova, a glamorous young media consultant and e-government evangelist who has linked up to Ponomarev and the opposition movement. She wasn't so lucky, though: the police broke her arm. Hearing about this, the Gudkovs raced back to Pushkin Square from the television studio. By the time they arrived, the riot police and the OMON special police had formed a chain and started to push everyone out of the square. There was plenty of room and not many people, but they managed to get into such a formation -- a reverse cowherd -- that people, many of them journalists with press badges in full view, started falling and getting trampled underfoot.
Astrid Adrienne : Gudkov, who represents the Just Russia party and has been a central figure in this winter's opposition protests, made sure to talk to the police officer overseeing the whole operation before he left for his appearance on opposition channel RainTV. Ilya Ponomarev, another Just Russia Duma deputy who has been a key figure in the movement, had announced from the stage that he would meet with anyone who wanted to talk to him at the fountain in the center of the square, a sort-of impromptu town hall. Navalny, the anti-corruption activist who's become the opposition's most natural leader, and leftist activist Sergei Udaltsov had announced that they weren't leaving the square, period -- an unlikely prospect given the temperature. "He told me, fine, let them stay and shout for a few hours," Gudkov said, of the police supervisor. It didn't quite go down like that. Gudkov and his son Dmitry, also a Duma deputy from the same party, left Pushkin Square with a clear conscience. Ponomarev climbed up on the granite fountain in the center of the square, where Navalny, Udaltsov and a few others joined them. A small crowd of supporters -- almost all male -- stuck around, too. When the police started shouting at them to clear out, Navalny's bodyguard commanded the crowd to form a tightly packed chain around him, and the young men at the bottom of that snow-filled empty fountain joined up. Riot police started to sweep the square and drag people into armored vans: holding pens on wheels. Then the police descended into the fountain, snatching links out of the human chain, one by one, and dragging them to the side of the fountain, and hurling them, like sacks of potatoes, over the red granite border. "Hey! Toss the next one!" one of the cops waiting up there giggled in delight. They got Udaltsov, Navalny, opposition figure Ilya Yashin, a Western journalist, and Ponomarev, who stood shouting into a loudspeaker: "Police! Stop breaking the law! This is a peaceful meeting!" (They quickly released him.) All in all, they got 250 people, including Alena Popova, a glamorous young media consultant and e-government evangelist who has linked up to Ponomarev and the opposition movement. She wasn't so lucky, though: the police broke her arm. Hearing about this, the Gudkovs raced back to Pushkin Square from the television studio. By the time they arrived, the riot police and the OMON special police had formed a chain and started to push everyone out of the square. There was plenty of room and not many people, but they managed to get into such a formation -- a reverse cowherd -- that people, many of them journalists with press badges in full view, started falling and getting trampled underfoot. Gudkov tried to stop them in their tracks. "I'm a deputy of the Federal Duma!" he said. "I'm a Duma deputy!" The police kept pushing. "What the fuck?" Gudkov exclaimed, as the police nearly bowled him over. "Do you hear me? I'm a Duma deputy!" Dmitry wasn't having any more luck, even when he flashed his Duma ID."Motherfuckers," he grunted as the police shoved him forward. "This is how you elect a fucking president? Where is Gennady Yurievich?" the elder Gudkov growled when the pushing abated for a minute, demanding to see the police supervisor who had upended the contract. "Who is the commanding officer here? Who?" The police were mute.
Astrid Adrienne: When Dmitry Gudkov tried to get through the line to find this commanding officer, he was immediately detained, but released when the officers waiting for him in the police van saw who he was. Why did the police show such disregard for a government official, ostensibly a reprentative of the people, even when he showed them proof of his identity -- and stature? "Because we haven't abided by the law here in ages," Dmitry Gudkov told me afterwards, angrily adjusting his shearling. "I was just in Astrakhan, monitoring the vote. They wouldn't let me into the polling stations. I was climbing over fences to get in, even though, as a Duma deputy, I have the right to walk into any government office without impediment. "It was all a strange echo of the night of Dec. 5, when thousands of people came out to Chistye Prudy in central Moscow to
protest the fraudulent parliamentary vote the day before. That night's protest was peaceful and the cops stood respectfully by until a small faction tried to march down to Lubyanka, the headquarters of the FSB. That's when the batons rained down and bodies were dragged kicking to the arrest vans, and the police made the colossal mistake of arresting Navalny, instantly turning a blogger into a leader of the movement. And instead of turning people away, the violence seemed to galvanize people: Five days later, a crowd of 50,000 showed up to Bolotnaya Square to demand free elections and the respect of their government. On the eve of the presidential election, I wrote that, when faced with two options in a tense political atmosphere, Putin tends to pick the absolute worst option. The days since -- from his paranoiacally armored, tear-filled victory speech when only a third of the votes were counted, to Monday's crackdown-- seem to continue to bear that theory out. Instead of letting the stragglers shout in Pushkin Square until they could no longer stand in ankle-deep snow, to let the protest fizzle away into the very insignificance that Putin claims they represent, the command come down to arrest the sons of bitches -- and mint some new martyrs. (One lesson they did seem to learn from Dec. 5, when they jailed Navalny for 15 days: This time, they released him after charging him with a petty offense -- organizing a protest, maximum fine $70.) "It's not clear what to do with the protests," Masha Lipman, a political analyst with the Moscow Carnegie Center, told me a couple days before the election. "On one hand, they're probably thinking, '"enough leniency, let's crack down." But if they do crack down, then the press is filled with images of contorted faces and police batons, and it's a very unpleasant picture of Putin's first day after the election." And Putin, it should be noted, cares about his image in the West. At an investor conference this fall, he courted Western capital and went on at length about what a European country Russia was. One of the last things he did before the election was to invite the editors of some of the most important European newspapers to his dacha for an interview, partly to talk to them about how Russian foreign policy would continue to be friendly -- and business friendly -- toward the West during a third Putin term. In May, three weeks after his inauguration, Putin will go to Chicago for the G-8 summit. How good can an alpha dog feel if his victory -- which he clearly saw as an emotional, historical milestone -- is marred by some roughed-up hipsters? Already, the chidings are pouring in. Prokhorov, who had just met with a very welcoming, encouraging Putin Monday morning, issued a statement condemning the violence. "I'm outraged by the use of force against people who had gathered to express their civic position," he said. "I am positive that the use of force and arrest of opposition politicians could have been avoided." "Troubling to watch arrests of peaceful demonstrators at Pushkin square," tweeted Michael McFaul, the new U.S. ambassador to Russia and close advisor to President Barack Obama, with whom Putin is to have a tête-a-tête in Chicago. By 11 p.m., four hours after the protest on Pushkin Square had started, there were few people left. Dmitry Gudkov was trying to find out the whereabouts of Ponomarev, Navalny, and the others who had been arrested. A shocked Gennady Gudkov stood talking to a scrum of journalists -- who had themselves been roughed up -- when a cop with a megaphone walked by. "Go to the metro," the cop droned. "Stop your illegal actions." Gudkov did a double take. "What illegal actions?" he said. "I'm standing in the square, talking to people. I'm not even shouting political slogans!" I asked him how tonight's crackdown looked for Putin, so jubilant and generous in his victory. "Party's over," Gudkov sighed. "Party's ruined."
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‘This Is How You Elect a Fucking President?’ - By Julia Ioffe
MOSCOW — When Duma deputy Gennady Gudkov left Pushkin Square Monday night, the crowd -- estimated by the police at 14,000 -- was just starting to disperse. They had stood for two hours in sub-zero temperatures, not 24 hours after Vladimir Putin wept after sweeping to victory in Sunday's presidential...
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Astrid Adrienne : Russia, Its Neighbors, and the Future of Post-Cold War Europe :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwZ1mduoz1Q
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Astrid Adrienne : "NATO hijacking UN powers"– Putin :: ► http://rt.com/politics/putin-nato-us-elections-2012-265/
‘NATO hijacking UN powers’ – Putin — RT
Astrid Adrienne : A conspiracy theorist's take on Russia-US relations :: ► http://rt.com/politics/columns/bridge-too/conspiracy-theorist-russiaus-relations/
A conspiracy theorist’s take on Russia-US relations — RT
In an attempt to get a handle on slippery Russia-US relations, I decided to pay a visit to an old acquaintance who never fails to provide an unorthodox view of the geopolitical scene. Indeed, some would say that "Uncle Jack" is a conspiracy theorist nutcase who spends sleepless nights surfing the In...
Astrid Adrienne : 200 Years of U.S.-Russian Relations and the Road Ahead :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkvkuv7mTC8&feature=related
200 Years of U.S.-Russian Relations and the Road Ahead
The future relationship between the United States and Russia will have a impact on the entire world at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy.
March 6 , 2012
Valentino Vie : Although the United States has been launching an initiative to restructure the relationship with Russia for three years, but they are still at loggerheads, associated with a number of issues. Is this a sign of the two countries re-enter the era of new Cold War?
Adriaan Zef : Yes! Yes, and Russia and China are playing a decisive role in new chapter of Cold War. You know it!
Astrid Adrienne ►Putin warns U.S. against rearming Georgia :: http://rt.com/politics/russia-friendly-relations-georgia-953/
Putin warns US against rearming Georgia — RT
Vladimir Putin said that Russia still hoped to become friends with the Georgian people and criticized the US authorities for rearming the current Georgian regime.
Astrid Adrienne : President Saakashvili against "Georgian Dream" Published: 13 March, 2012 :: ► http://rt.com/politics/columns/sergey-strokan-column/president-saakashvili-georgia-russia/
President Saakashvili against "Georgian Dream" — RT
In a whirlwind of comments on the future of Russia after the March, 4 presidential election the most passionate – and the most bizarre statement came from Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili. Reacting to the news of Vladimir Putin winning another six-year presidential term, the Georgian President...
Astrid Adrienne : Putin, Russia and the West :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51592s0H5JQ
Putin, Russia and the West: "War" - Rus Subs - © BBC HD 2012
Putin, Russia and the West - Episode 3. War Vladimir Putin, after eight years as president of Russia and four more as prime minister, is stubbornly holding o..
Astrid Adrienne :"Russia is Public Enemy No. 1" – Mitt Romney .... wooy ..Published: 27 March, 2012... woyyy Romneyy yey....ehehehhe... ► http://rt.com/news/romney-russia-enemy-obama-532/
‘Russia is Public Enemy No. 1’ – Mitt Romney — RT
US presidential candidate Mitt Romney has branded Russia as America’s number one geopolitical enemy. He slammed President Obama’s comments to Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev over flexibility concerning US missile
defense as alarming and worrying.
Astrid Adrienne : Hoooy, .... this is one woman's powerful story about what you would mean for America :: ► http://front.moveon.org/one-womans-powerful-story-about-what-mitt-romney-would-mean-for-america/?rc=fb.fan
One Woman's Powerful Story About What Mitt Romney Would Mean For America
Have you ever been in her shoes?
Astrid Adrienne : Vladimir Putin -- teary-eyed ► http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/03/vladimir-putin-crying-russia-election.html
Vladimir Putin -- teary-eyed [Video]
No one was surprised that Vladimir Putin won the Russian presidency on Sunday.
Astrid Adrienne : Video: Teary-eyed Putin addresses 110,000 crowd near Kremlin :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbqJg88UEBo&feature=relmfu
Video: Teary-eyed Putin addresses 110,000 crowd near Kremlin
Vladimir Putin, set to win a third presidential term, declared his victory and thanked his voters for their support.
to continue dialogue and cooperation, especially in the NATO-Russia missile defense system.
You, Jan Pepijn Servaas and Astrid Adrienne like this.
Astrid Adrienne : Election 2012: Russia votes, Putin wins. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9686RwFvouU&feature=relmfu
Congratulation, Mr. Putin!
Election 2012: Russia votes, Putin wins
Preliminary results show Vladimir Putin securing 63.18 per cent of votes in Russ...
Valentino Vie : I can feel your excitement. What do you want me to buy something for you, baby?
Astrid Adrienne : Putin to name new govt prior to inauguration – report :: ► http://rt.com/politics/putin-new-inauguration-government-178/
Putin to name new govt prior to inauguration – report — RT
The new composition of the Russian government could be announced even before thepresidential inauguration on May 7, a business daily reported, quoting Vladimir Putin’s press secretary.
Astrid Adrienne : Putin's tears: Why so sad, Vlad? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/05/putin-tears-vlad-election .... Because he wins! hooray!...
Putin's tears: Why so sad, Vlad?
Vladimir Putin's triumph in the Russian election was hardly a surprise, but his tears during his victory speech were more of a mystery. Here are the five lessons we can learn from the president's high emotions
Astrid Adrienne : Call for change or provocation? The face of Russian opposition ► http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfmql8JBBkQ
Call for change or provocation? The face of Russian opposition
What do anti-Putin protesters look for when they stage rallies across Russia? What are their goals and motivations? RT's Daria Pushkova takes a look at the i...
Astrid Adrienne : Escobar: Putin not part of NWO - labelled evil by elites ■ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YY7tFfxT5w
Escobar: Putin not part of NWO - labelled evil by elites
It's official - Vladimir Putin has won the presidential race to become Russia's leader for a third term. Official results have given him almost 64 per cent o...
Valentino Vie : After "the game" is over, the opposition should be supportive and recognize the victory of Putin and shouldn't do the things to embarrass themselves.
Astrid Adrienne : Russia and the changing world :: ► http://rt.com/politics/official-word/putin-russia-changing-world-263/
Russia and the changing world — RT
In the run-up to Russia’s presidential elections, prime minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin has published his seventh article in which he defined Russia’s niche in a "changing world."
Astrid Adrienne : Putin a break against neo-colonial West :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbB4GBTe2GM
Salbuchi: Putin a break against neo-colonial West
International consultant and author Adrian Salbuchi who's in Argentina gives a view of the Russian election from abroad. RT on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_
March 6 , 2012
Astrid Adrienne : US entering Fascism, please fasten your seatbelts - Published: 25 February, 2012, Edited: 27 February, 2012, 10:23 - ► http://rt.com/politics/columns/bridge-too/fascism-us-russia-elections/
US entering Fascism, please fasten your seatbelts — RT
With Russian presidential elections just days away, it is hard not to notice a marked difference between the US and Russian versions of "democracy in action". While neither system has worked out all the kinks of electing their leaders, in the United States the story boils down to the latest franchis...
► Russians want Putin to change government - Published: 05 April, 2012, 15:56 :: http://rt.com/politics/putin-government-poll-vciom-321/
It has been more than two months I have not worked on this blog, but ... do you still remember with my support for Putin in my previous post? Well, I can not explain how I "feel", (although I also can "think") why and how Putin will win in 2012, then Russia will be safe in his hands, as well as I can not explain why I "feel" Libya won't shine if they are not honest to the cause of Gaddafi's death. And one more thing, I do not see "something" in the face of Mitt Romney. Let's take a look at the end of this year. Don't forget me. I miss you all.
Oops.... with five months of pregnancy, the energy to "feel" in me is greater than to "think".
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