Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict, UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, was established by United Nations General Assembly resolution 302 (IV) of 8 December 1949 to carry out direct relief and works programmes for Palestine refugees. The Agency began operations on 1 May 1950. In the absence of a solution to the Palestine refugee problem, the General Assembly has repeatedly renewed UNRWA's mandate, most recently extending it until 30 June 2011. [emphazise: mine]Did Mrs. Livni say there's no humanitarian crisis?
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
No humanitarian crisis?
Just in case someone has / had difficulties to understand the previous post(s).
Thursday, January 01, 2009
An evil woman - alive and kicking
... or what else ought one to call Zipi Livni, if Israel's foreign ministry is being quoted properly, either in German:
?
Asking this question my friend, Tetrapilotomos spake: Personally I have been taught that Israeli politicians would never lie, but I do know someone who would wish the cheerleaders of Hamas rather than seven virgins, a very long life and slowly rotting testicles, and at the same time deeply regret that he can't wish Mrs. Livni the same.
"Es gibt keine humanitäre Krise im Gazastreifen, und deshalb ist eine Waffenpause für Hilfslieferungen nicht notwendig".and in English:
There is no humanitarian crisis in the [Gaza] Strip, and therefore there is no need for a humanitarian truce."
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Asking this question my friend, Tetrapilotomos spake: Personally I have been taught that Israeli politicians would never lie, but I do know someone who would wish the cheerleaders of Hamas rather than seven virgins, a very long life and slowly rotting testicles, and at the same time deeply regret that he can't wish Mrs. Livni the same.
An admirable woman - dead
For many many years she was one of those lonely voices in South Africa who would speak out against Apartheid. Today Helen Suzman died.
I am bowing with deep respect.
I am bowing with deep respect.
Courtesy Helen Suzman Foundation
Happy New Year
May 2009 bring you and those around you:
Health
love
peace
inspiration
success
leisure
contentment
and
- in case something does not immediately work -
lots of serene calmness and calm serenety.
... perhaps you might even find
the pot at the end of the rainbow ... :)
Health
love
peace
inspiration
success
leisure
contentment
and
- in case something does not immediately work -
lots of serene calmness and calm serenety.
And ... who knows ... why not? ...
... perhaps you might even find
the pot at the end of the rainbow ... :)
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Same procedure as every year
If counted well the Germans today can watch Dinner for one (The 90th birthday) - history here - twelve times at different times on various TV-channels.
Very strange folks, the Germans.
Well, judge for yourself.
Tiny tip-off: Be absolutely determined not to laugh.
Very strange folks, the Germans.
Well, judge for yourself.
Tiny tip-off: Be absolutely determined not to laugh.
Friday, December 26, 2008
On Harold Pinter in Every-Man's Land
Nobel Lecture: Arts, Truth & Politics
Warning: The above is nothing for contemporaries
who 'have no(t 46 minutes) time for such things'.
Brief personal note, especially for those ... experts who got het up when Harold Pinter in 2005 was awarded the Nobelprize:
Once in the 70th of the past millennium two outstanding performances of No-Man's Land made me curious to read Pinter's plays: One in the Old Vic (London) with (Sir) John Gielgud as Spooner and Ralph Richardson as Hirst, the other in Schloßpark Theater (Berlin) with Martin Held (Hirst) and Bernhard Minetti (Spooner).
If any ... expert had asked me then, f.e. 'Who's better - Nobel Laureate Thomas Mann or Harold Pinter?' - my answer had not been 'Thomas Mann'.
Well, the two gentlemen may discuss this in 'Every-Man's Land'.
D.i.P. [Discuss in Peace]
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Sometimes one has to be cruel
Yesterday, watching an interview with Marlene Dumas on her exhibition Measuring Your Own Grave, the last sentence read:
"You have to be cruel - against yourself ... and others."
And I thought by myself: Hm. Yes. Sometimes.
"You have to be cruel - against yourself ... and others."
And I thought by myself: Hm. Yes. Sometimes.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
In the web of Circe's daughters
Once upon a time, deep in the past millennium, Mrs. J - at that time Miss E. - and I, one day after our engament-party, in Miss E's R4 crossed the Channel to visit our dear friend J.
To cut a lovely and long story short: After a magic fortnight, J. presented me a dish-towel containing following prophesy:
End of the beforegoing.
Two weeks ago the former Miss E., now Mrs. J., and Miss J. kept me busy with washing up, as they were baking twelve different kinds of cookies all Saturday and Sunday.
And what shall I say? They knew to make me feel a very important person.
- Great, Sean, you are faster than any dishwasher.
- Popoye [not Popeye!!], would you like to taste a champagne-cookie?
- Without you, Sean / Popoye [not Popeye!!] baking would be really boring.
Well, it might have been tactic - αἰεὶ δὲ μαλακοῖσι καὶ αἱμυλιοῖσι λογοῖσι θέλγει :) - but one thing is for sure: If Circe's daughters had done the washing-up, the result of the baking would have been exciting.
Just a tiny selection
Well, and last Saturday Mrs. J made three marvellous cakes / tortes (?) to spoil her Mum and the five ladies she had invited for Sunday afternoon. And again my arms ended in the sink.
20 hours later: 491 years happily sitting in one room, and how lovely to hear the girls chirping like birdies, enjoying to get served like Queens. And how flattering to hear them praising Mrs. J's art of baking. And how ... err ... polite none of the ladies would ask why their charming waiter had webs between his wizened fingers.
All this just to let you know that said webs have almost disappeared, and I am back again.
To cut a lovely and long story short: After a magic fortnight, J. presented me a dish-towel containing following prophesy:
It starts whenDon't know why, but at that time I did not take notice of that Miss E. was laughing a bit louder than me, and that there was a certain sparkling in her eyes.
you sink
into her arms,
and it ends
with your arms
in the sink.
End of the beforegoing.
Two weeks ago the former Miss E., now Mrs. J., and Miss J. kept me busy with washing up, as they were baking twelve different kinds of cookies all Saturday and Sunday.
And what shall I say? They knew to make me feel a very important person.
- Great, Sean, you are faster than any dishwasher.
- Popoye [not Popeye!!], would you like to taste a champagne-cookie?
- Without you, Sean / Popoye [not Popeye!!] baking would be really boring.
Well, it might have been tactic - αἰεὶ δὲ μαλακοῖσι καὶ αἱμυλιοῖσι λογοῖσι θέλγει :) - but one thing is for sure: If Circe's daughters had done the washing-up, the result of the baking would have been exciting.
Just a tiny selectionWell, and last Saturday Mrs. J made three marvellous cakes / tortes (?) to spoil her Mum and the five ladies she had invited for Sunday afternoon. And again my arms ended in the sink.
20 hours later: 491 years happily sitting in one room, and how lovely to hear the girls chirping like birdies, enjoying to get served like Queens. And how flattering to hear them praising Mrs. J's art of baking. And how ... err ... polite none of the ladies would ask why their charming waiter had webs between his wizened fingers.
All this just to let you know that said webs have almost disappeared, and I am back again.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
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Website: www dot globetac dot net
[For regular readers some tiny information, more.]
Can't believe they would have given you the very job. Ha ha ha.
If so, here's to make it easy for you: The irrelevant posts - irrelevant as they don't transport anything new - you are looking for are to be found by clicking the label food-monopoly.
To help you not losing your job, I'll try to offer one or two posts per week that will let your contracting entity believe (sic) they've found Gene SH221bBSt*.
Blimey, did you ever think of that afterwards they will let you pay for 'their' patented knowledge?
Or well, good night, and good luck.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Vision & Reality
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
It might be of interest
to compare the articles above
to my recently published
Essai on the universal validity of certain virtues
The peace of the night
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