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Hadouk Trio: Hi Jazz / Hijaz

Kto stoji za kofliktom v Darfure? Onion vie:)

Iran So Far - Saturday Night Live sketch

Historia sa opakuje?

TIME Person of the Year 1938: Adolf Hitler

TIME Person of the Year 2007: Vladimir Vladimirovic Putin

Aj zdovodnenie mozno povazovat za podobne:

"At significant cost to the principles and ideas that free nations prize, he has performed an extraordinary feat of leadership in imposing stability on a nation that has rarely known it and brought Russia back to the table of world power." - 2007

"What Adolf Hitler & Co. did to Germany in less than six years was applauded wildly and ecstatically by most Germans. He lifted the nation from post-War defeatism. Under the swastika Germany was unified. His was no ordinary dictatorship, but rather one of great energy and magnificent planning. The "socialist" part of National Socialism might be scoffed at by hard-&-fast Marxists, but the Nazi movement nevertheless had a mass basis. The 1,500 miles of magnificent highways built, schemes for cheap cars and simple workers' benefits, grandiose plans for rebuilding German cities made Germans burst with pride. Germans might eat many substitute foods or wear ersatz clothes but they did eat. What Adolf Hitler & Co. did to the German people in that time left civilized men and women aghast. Civil rights and liberties have disappeared. Opposition to the Nazi regime has become tantamount to suicide or worse. Free speech and free assembly are anachronisms." - 1938

H/T: Johan Norberg

Ked demokrat podpori republikana

Joe Lieberman, viceprezidentsky kandidat demokratov v roku 2000 (Al Gore bol kandidat na prezidenta) dnes podporil republikana Johna McCaina.

Pre fanusikov Rona Paula

Kedze na Slovensku ocividne vznikol a existuje nejaky Spolok priaznivcov Rona Paula, tak tieto dve videa sa prave pre nich.

Netvrdim, ze niektore jeho nazory nie su sympaticke a urcite je dobre ze v americkom zakonodarnom zbore je, ale ako prezidenta si ho neviem prestavit .... niekedy sa mi zda byt az prilis odrezany od reality.

Po 1,5 roku konecne Fico splnil svoj slub

Ako pise Myslanov, posledni vojaci z Iraku sa "konecne" vracaju na Slovensko.

Teda nie uplne, kedze NRSR len minuly utorok schvalila ich odchod, ale do konca roka uz by mali byt spat.

Myslanov splieta nieco aj o Iraq Body Count, ale podla nej prave pocet mrtvych posledne mesiace klesa:



Este nieco splietal o tom, ze bozie mlyny zomleli vojnoveho stvaca Blaira a dalsich. To som mu uz trosku vytmavil v diskusii, vlastne robi klasicku logicku chybu Post hoc ergo propter hoc.

Ale vratme sa k samotnej misii. Informacia pre Myslanova, co tam okrem ineho nasi vojaci robili (zo schvaleneho zakona):



Hnusni okupanti! Naozaj si uz zasluzia ist iba do Afganistanu - pravdepodobne robit to iste - ako uvadza spominany zakon - priority pre misie budu: Balkan (pan Fico rata sa aj buduca misia EU v Kosove?;), Cyprus a nase "okupačné vojská" v Afganistane.

No a nakoniec este informacia kolko poslancov hlasovalo proti vladnemu navrhu.

Dvaja.

V stane v Parizi musi byt asi zima :)

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Zdroj: FP Passport

Irak - zmena k lepsiemu?

Aspon podla verejnej mienky v USA. Teda skor podla poslednej AP-Ipsos poll.

Jaj aby som nezabudol, Ipsos je franticka spolocnost, v minulosti nebola medzi republikanmi prilis v oblube - obvinovana z mierneho bias. Ale dost bolo French-bashing.

Jedna z otazok bola, ci United states is making progress or losing ground in Iraq.

52% respondentov odpovedalo making progress (narast o 13% spred roka). Losing ground odpovedalo 41% respondentov (pokles o 15% spred roka).



Zaujimava bola aj otazka How do you think history will judge the war in Iraq.

V tomto pripade si kombinacia Complete success / more of a success si polepsila o 8% (z 34% na 42%) a kombinacia More of a failure / complete failure poklesla o 4% (z 59% na 55%)



Hmm, by ma zaujimalo ako by sa zmenila retorika demokratov, kebyze sa tento trend prehlbi este pred volbami ... Vlastne Hillary za vojnu v Iraku aj tak hlasovala ....

H/T: Sandmonkey

The Land of Mordor

Ako to vystizne Mordorom Lemuel nazval, Rusko zacina byt coraz viac .... ako to nazvat .... typicky ruske.

Gideon Rachman cituje nemenovaneho americkeho "senior administration official", ktory vypocitava symptomy Mordoru:

"The symptoms of this are many and various. They include - and here I am quoting - "the 'hate week' against Georgia, the cyber-attack on Estonia, the Litvinenko murder, the constant pressure on free speech and democracy, Russian recalcitrance over Kosovo, Russia's threat to pull-out of the CFE treaty; the threats made to Poles over missile defence and Russia's possible recognition of Abkhazia." This, according to the official, would make Russia a “revisionist power, which would be getting us into very dangerous territory”."

Preco stupa cena potravin ?

Economist ma zaujimavy clanok o tom, preco stupaju v poslednej dobe ceny polnohospodarskych vyrobkov a inych potravin.

Ako hovoria tuna na zapad - Vorgeschmack:

"Higher incomes in India and China have made hundreds of millions of people rich enough to afford meat and other foods. In 1985 the average Chinese consumer ate 20kg (44lb) of meat a year; now he eats more than 50kg. China's appetite for meat may be nearing satiation, but other countries are following behind: in developing countries as a whole, consumption of cereals has been flat since 1980, but demand for meat has doubled."

Via: FP Passport

My puppy is called Mohammed

O tom ze svojho medvedika, morske prasiatko pripadne korytnacku nemate volat menom, ktore je povazovane za "the most common given name" na svete, uz asi viete.

Vlastne mali by ste vediet, kedze moslimovia to vyjadrili vcelku jasne a presvedcivo (pozri Sandmonkeyho photo essay).

Nejak mi tam len chybala reakcia od Jara Drobneho(1,2), pripadne Jozefa Lenca alebo dokonca Kamila Kandalafta, ktora by tuto deviaciu? excess kritizovala ....

Ci ako sa to - kto mlci ten svedci?

Anyway ak este niekto nevidel, davam do pozornosti film Submission, za ktory bol napokon zavrazdeny jeden z autorov - Theo van Gogh a spoluatorka Ayaan Hirsi Ali sa musi skryvat doteraz.

Ako pise Kamil, Islam mohol byt kedysi tolerantny (vzhladom na dobu), ale zial ostal v tom 10. storocii.

A Mohammed Bouyeri mi moze, vsak viete co ....

Kaslem vam na nenazrane svine

Nejak sa teraz rozmohla moda urobit Google bomb zo slovenskych bank (a.k.a. nenazrane svine).

Moja nenazrana svina, bola zatial zasytena, ale uz mi poslala dopis, ze od noveho roku ma pre mna super cool ponuku (skoro vsetko zadarmo) a to iba za 89 Sk (small print niekde dole).

Tak som si spomenul na moj WaMu ucet (pise o nom napr. Martin Vystavil na svojom blogu), na moju platinovu Visu zadarmo k free studentskemu uctu v Bank of America a napokon na moju spoluziacku z Erasmu z Norska, ktora mala internetovu banku a hadajte ake mala poplatky...

A tak som si povedal ze dam tej mBank sancu, len by to este mohol niekto otestovat, kedze ja som taka stara skepticka konzerva :)

Anyway kurier z banky sa mi este neozval a karta ma byt mozno az v polke decembra a ano mali dost pochybnu PR kampan.

Ale co uz, aj Bushovi som tie W.M.D. odpustil :)

Konecne spravodlivost? (update 2.12.)

Alebo aky je rozdiel medzi rozhodnutim Europskeho sudneho dvoru a Europskeho sudu pre ludske prava?

Teda okrem toho, ze jeden je organ Europskej unie a druhy Rady Europy, jeden sa riadi europskym acquis communautaire a druhy Dohovorom o ochrane ludskych prav a zakladnych slobod.

Jeden rozhodol, ze novinar, ktory publikoval clanky o rozsiahlej korupcii v organoch EU moze byt za to perzekvovany, mozu mu byt jeho materialy zhabane a moze byt hodiny vypocuvany ohladom svojich zdrojov.

Druhy mu prisudi 10 000 Eur za nepenaznu ujmu za porusenie clanku 10 Dohovoru (Sloboda prejavu). Tlacova sprava tu a rozhodnutie sudu (po francuzsky) tu.

Jedna sa o novinara Hans-Martina Tillacka zo Sternu, o nom som uz pisal tu.

Co sa da dodat? Asi nic.

Asi len to co pise dansky europoslanec Jens-Peter Bonde vo svojej knihe:

"In a normal society, founded on the rule of law, you punish those responsible for the crimes. In the Eurostat affair the boss was suspended, but he still receives a full salary and can visit the offices. Those who have been punished in this context are Paul van Buitenen, who first brought attention to irregularities in Eurostat; Marta Andreasen, who showed how easy it was to embezzle all the other accounts and refused to endorse accounts which she was not allowed to control; Dorte Schmidt-Brown, who did her duty when she refused to use taxpayers’ money for false contracts; and, most recently, the journalist who wrote about the affair.

Those that have been punished are those that did their duty. It is hard to believe that this is Europe in the year 2004."

A ako pise samotny Hans-Martin Tillack viceprezidentka komisie pre komunikaciu Margot Wallström, ktora ma v poslednej dobe obrazne plnu hubu ucty pred novinarmi, si zrazu nevie spomenut co sa stalo v jej minulej komisii.

Update 2.12.

Trosku sa o tom rozpisal aj samotny akter tejto aferky - novinar Hans-Martin Tillack na svojom blogu.

OLAF- European Anti-Fraud Office (nazvany v style ministerstiev z knihy 1984 Minitrue a Minipax) na zaklade ktoreho ziadosti belgicky stat vyssie opisane veci spachal (aby nasiel kto materialy novinarovi poskytol miesto toho aby hladal toho kto robil podvody), by nevahal ani do buducna postupovat podobnym stylom, a sef OLAFu vydal tlacove vyhlasenie, kde sa hra na pstrosa.