Thursday, April 12, 2007
Great American Novelist Kurt Vonnegut Dies
Kurt Vonnegut, the great German-American novelist died yesterday of complications from a fall in his home. Basically he suffered brain damage.
He wrote Slaughterhouse Five, one of the most scathing and marvelous novels about war of all time. It was based on his experiences as a prisoner of war who survived the firebombing of Dresden.
Favorite quotes, from Slaughterhouse Five: 'The nice thing about war is everybody gets a little something'
He was a very great man, and it's a sad thing to lose him, not just for his family but for his country.
My computer is up to some interesting tricks this morning. I will be back in a bit I hope with some other news.
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Other News:
Some Grants of Bosnian Citizenship Withdrawn
http://wpherald.com/articles/4242/1/Bosnia-withdraws-some-grants-of-citizenship/Most-of-367-foreigners-targeted-are-Muslims.html
A few others were deemed to have been legally correct. BiH is trying to kick out extremists who entered the country during the war, to take advantage of the situation in BiH.
Captain Dragan to be sent to Croatia for trial
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.404071342&par=0
Fifth Bosnian Contingent Departs for Iraq
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/51009.html
Racan dies at 63
http://rawstory.com/news/dpa/Croatian_opposition_leader_Ivica_Ra_04122007.html
This is totally a Mind Improvement story! Also very Borat!
17 year old Serbian tries to enter Hungary in a suitcase
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20070412133339878C388812
Finns want to deport a 71 year old Kosovo Albanian woman
http://virtual.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=15469&group=General
She's partially paralized, and the situation for older people isn't good there at all, no functioning system of care and no relatives. I'm glad my mother isn't alive, her one avowed predjudice was toward Finns! She'd have had a field day with this story! Me personally, I have nothing against Finns, I have even had Finnish-American friends.
And this little story would have really added fuel to the fire
http://virtual.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=15480&group=General
This story was good for some chuckles too, another Mind Improvement story that Borat would like too! :)
Police Sieze Horse
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2284064.html?menu=news.quirkies.strangecrime
also eisweb on youTube has a new seris of videos, not that new, they were uploaded in March, I've been too busy with my own stuff to look anyway it's about Kosovo, so I'm sure many of my readers will want to see it.
He wrote Slaughterhouse Five, one of the most scathing and marvelous novels about war of all time. It was based on his experiences as a prisoner of war who survived the firebombing of Dresden.
Favorite quotes, from Slaughterhouse Five: 'The nice thing about war is everybody gets a little something'
He was a very great man, and it's a sad thing to lose him, not just for his family but for his country.
My computer is up to some interesting tricks this morning. I will be back in a bit I hope with some other news.
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Other News:
Some Grants of Bosnian Citizenship Withdrawn
http://wpherald.com/articles/4242/1/Bosnia-withdraws-some-grants-of-citizenship/Most-of-367-foreigners-targeted-are-Muslims.html
A few others were deemed to have been legally correct. BiH is trying to kick out extremists who entered the country during the war, to take advantage of the situation in BiH.
Captain Dragan to be sent to Croatia for trial
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.404071342&par=0
Fifth Bosnian Contingent Departs for Iraq
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/51009.html
Racan dies at 63
http://rawstory.com/news/dpa/Croatian_opposition_leader_Ivica_Ra_04122007.html
This is totally a Mind Improvement story! Also very Borat!
17 year old Serbian tries to enter Hungary in a suitcase
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20070412133339878C388812
Finns want to deport a 71 year old Kosovo Albanian woman
http://virtual.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=15469&group=General
She's partially paralized, and the situation for older people isn't good there at all, no functioning system of care and no relatives. I'm glad my mother isn't alive, her one avowed predjudice was toward Finns! She'd have had a field day with this story! Me personally, I have nothing against Finns, I have even had Finnish-American friends.
And this little story would have really added fuel to the fire
http://virtual.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=15480&group=General
This story was good for some chuckles too, another Mind Improvement story that Borat would like too! :)
Police Sieze Horse
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2284064.html?menu=news.quirkies.strangecrime
also eisweb on youTube has a new seris of videos, not that new, they were uploaded in March, I've been too busy with my own stuff to look anyway it's about Kosovo, so I'm sure many of my readers will want to see it.
# posted by Katja R. @ 8:08 AM 
