Monday, July 03, 2006
Monday
65 prisoners sew lips in protest
http://www.eecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=154308420&p=y543x9xxx&n=154309029
Croatian Journalist Fails to Appear at the Hague
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20060703\ACQDJON200607030847DOWJONESDJONLINE000296.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na
Amnesty International Urges Montenegro to Improve Human Rights Situation
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR660022006
the case of the people who have been 'dissappeared' should concern everyone. That kind of abuse of power is scary to say the least.
Macedonia Signs Agreement on Joining EU-led Altea Operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=123&newsid=91535&ch=0&datte=2006-07-03
I just heard on NPR that the CIA has disbanded it's unit to find bin-Ladin, they did so some time ago actually. No wonder he can't be found if there isn't anyone specifically charged with looking for him! They had people justifying this and speculating on his whereabouts. For all I know he's alive and well in Argentina! or London, or perhaps even in Saudi Arabia. So all you have to do to dissappear totally is not have a cell phone? We all know better than that!
Tomorrow is the 4th of July, American Independance Day. Most yeares I go to the Fairgrounds here in the Gulag, and make a day of it, sitting in the grass under a tree, listening to music, eatting junk food, drinking over priced cold drinks, and standing up and down because the Anthem is played a lot, and then in the evening when the place can't get any more crowded, watching the fireworks. I love fireworks, the bigger the better!
Most years I've walked down to the Fairgrounds, and taken the bus back. That has been an excellent arrangement for me. Well the bus service is no longer available sadly. There isn't the money for it, and crowded as those busses got, there wasn't the ridership! I couldn't believe there wasn't the ridership! I had a hard time believeing the ridership was that low! It was so much EASIER to take the bus! They'd drop you off about anyplace you needed on the way back to town, it was a dollar, and it was perfect for a lot of people because you got right through the terrifying traffic!
I really appreciated the drivers who worked free that night, I always thanked them because not every city had this service! It was something very special in Yakima, a feature that shows the community minded spirit of this town.
Anyway, I will watch the fireworks, but from my own street. There are compensations, it's going to be easier to film them, and I can stand there with a large glass of nice cold mead. That would not be allowed if I were actually at the fairgrounds, for perfectly reasonable reasons! You can't have alchol on a hot day with that level of crowd to control. Let's face it, not everyone can drink a nice glass of mead in a civilized manner! But I'm going ot miss the barbeque, my usual supper Miz Dee's fantastic barbeque! I'm going to miss the music, and running into my old friends.
They used to have a fire truck so you could go get really really wet, that was how I kept cool. Last year they didn't have that. It's a good thing I brought a couple bottles of frozen water, and one of frozen coffee, that kept me from getting too hot.
There susually has been a family gathering that day too. I don't think there will be this year due to my daughter's work schedule. She's changing positions in her company, and that means being up early to make sure EVERYTHING is ready for her successor. The reason she's moving up is precisely that attention to important things, not leaving a mess for others to deal with.
Well speaking of messes to deal with, I will leave you gentle readers to go sort things in the bed room. It gets terribly hot in there as the day goes on, we could reach 101 today. Yesterday was miserable and last night was worse. My son did not help by deciding to cook at midnight. To be fair he opened a door, but the house smelled of the sandwich steaks for HOURS, and I was too tired to fully air the place and it was not cool enough until 3 am when i woke up and aired.
I had guacamole and corn chips for breakfast. No cooking involved.
Here is how it's made
1 ripe avocado
about a cup and a half of plain yogurt, I prefer Mountain High because it has l. bulgaricus
a few slices of fresh onion, a clove of garlic, salt to taste, five crushed peppercorns
I mush up the avocado, and the yogurt with the onions and garlic, add salt and the five cloves of crushed pepper, if I have it, I put a pinch of red chili flakes too.
Then top it off with sliced boiled eggs
Serve with corn chips.
That was nice, it doesn't heat up the house and it's got some healthy things in it.
http://www.eecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=154308420&p=y543x9xxx&n=154309029
Croatian Journalist Fails to Appear at the Hague
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20060703\ACQDJON200607030847DOWJONESDJONLINE000296.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na
Amnesty International Urges Montenegro to Improve Human Rights Situation
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR660022006
the case of the people who have been 'dissappeared' should concern everyone. That kind of abuse of power is scary to say the least.
Macedonia Signs Agreement on Joining EU-led Altea Operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=123&newsid=91535&ch=0&datte=2006-07-03
I just heard on NPR that the CIA has disbanded it's unit to find bin-Ladin, they did so some time ago actually. No wonder he can't be found if there isn't anyone specifically charged with looking for him! They had people justifying this and speculating on his whereabouts. For all I know he's alive and well in Argentina! or London, or perhaps even in Saudi Arabia. So all you have to do to dissappear totally is not have a cell phone? We all know better than that!
Tomorrow is the 4th of July, American Independance Day. Most yeares I go to the Fairgrounds here in the Gulag, and make a day of it, sitting in the grass under a tree, listening to music, eatting junk food, drinking over priced cold drinks, and standing up and down because the Anthem is played a lot, and then in the evening when the place can't get any more crowded, watching the fireworks. I love fireworks, the bigger the better!
Most years I've walked down to the Fairgrounds, and taken the bus back. That has been an excellent arrangement for me. Well the bus service is no longer available sadly. There isn't the money for it, and crowded as those busses got, there wasn't the ridership! I couldn't believe there wasn't the ridership! I had a hard time believeing the ridership was that low! It was so much EASIER to take the bus! They'd drop you off about anyplace you needed on the way back to town, it was a dollar, and it was perfect for a lot of people because you got right through the terrifying traffic!
I really appreciated the drivers who worked free that night, I always thanked them because not every city had this service! It was something very special in Yakima, a feature that shows the community minded spirit of this town.
Anyway, I will watch the fireworks, but from my own street. There are compensations, it's going to be easier to film them, and I can stand there with a large glass of nice cold mead. That would not be allowed if I were actually at the fairgrounds, for perfectly reasonable reasons! You can't have alchol on a hot day with that level of crowd to control. Let's face it, not everyone can drink a nice glass of mead in a civilized manner! But I'm going ot miss the barbeque, my usual supper Miz Dee's fantastic barbeque! I'm going to miss the music, and running into my old friends.
They used to have a fire truck so you could go get really really wet, that was how I kept cool. Last year they didn't have that. It's a good thing I brought a couple bottles of frozen water, and one of frozen coffee, that kept me from getting too hot.
There susually has been a family gathering that day too. I don't think there will be this year due to my daughter's work schedule. She's changing positions in her company, and that means being up early to make sure EVERYTHING is ready for her successor. The reason she's moving up is precisely that attention to important things, not leaving a mess for others to deal with.
Well speaking of messes to deal with, I will leave you gentle readers to go sort things in the bed room. It gets terribly hot in there as the day goes on, we could reach 101 today. Yesterday was miserable and last night was worse. My son did not help by deciding to cook at midnight. To be fair he opened a door, but the house smelled of the sandwich steaks for HOURS, and I was too tired to fully air the place and it was not cool enough until 3 am when i woke up and aired.
I had guacamole and corn chips for breakfast. No cooking involved.
Here is how it's made
1 ripe avocado
about a cup and a half of plain yogurt, I prefer Mountain High because it has l. bulgaricus
a few slices of fresh onion, a clove of garlic, salt to taste, five crushed peppercorns
I mush up the avocado, and the yogurt with the onions and garlic, add salt and the five cloves of crushed pepper, if I have it, I put a pinch of red chili flakes too.
Then top it off with sliced boiled eggs
Serve with corn chips.
That was nice, it doesn't heat up the house and it's got some healthy things in it.
# posted by Katja R. @ 8:07 AM 
