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January 18, 2012

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  • morningsuicide: lusciouslads: noe-curves: This is so powerful. Pressures of acceptance and beauty. wow …  Y_Y

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    This is so powerful. Pressures of acceptance and beauty.

    wow … 

    Y_Y

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January 4, 2012

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  • paxmachina: News out of the Middle East keeps us satiated with a high caloric diet of religion, land, nukes and Democracy, but it’s all about an 18-gram unique chemical entity vital to all—-H2O! The Nile river basin (Africa) and the Jordan River (Asia) have become flashpoints for the 21ist century.  Here’s an article from a uniquely Sub-Saharan point of view. Egypt would get a bloody nose in a River Nile water war Posted:Sun 02 Jan, 2011 (10:01 EST) Charles Onyango-Obbo Every now and then, there is sabre-rattling and the beating of muffled war drums between Egypt, and the upstream East African Nile Basin countries – Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda (Eritrea has observer status) – over the use of the river’s waters. Sudan, especially in recent years, has tended to side with its Muslim neighbour to the north on the Nile.A 1929 agreement, criticised by the East African countries as “colonial” gave Egypt, which depends almost entirely on the Nile for its water - the lion’s share of its waters, and a de facto veto on what the other Nile River states can do with the river.Early this year, the other countries agreed a new treaty that allows for more equitable use of the Nile waters, opening the door for the upstream countries to use more of it for irrigation, industry, and hydro electricity. Egypt went ballistic with ominous threats but, fortunately, calmed down quickly.Since then Cairo has been veering between being conciliatory, and outright bellicosity. There has been an angry exchange of words between Cairo and the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has recently accused Egypt of training rebels to overthrow his government, and repeated a favourite claim that because Egypt is a “desert” country that is unlikely to attack its desert neighbours, so its massive jungle war programme is intended to invade the tropical Nile Basin countries.For all its might, a war over the Nile is one Egypt is unlikely to win. For one, the population of the Nile Basin countries is more than twice larger than Egypt’s 82 million. Now, Israel beat the Arab countries in various wars, although it had a much smaller population, so there in war nothing is impossible. However, if Egypt were the aggressor, it would have a huge disadvantage fighting in a wide region where its troops are hopelessly outnumbered.Secondly, Egypt’s army has not seen any serious combat since its war (allied with Syria) against Israel in 1973, so it could be rusty. Its Nile Basin rivals – Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda – have fairly battle-hardened troops that have been continuously at war in one or the other theatre in the Great Lakes over the last 15 years.But even more interesting, is the ability of Egypt to raise men and women for war – compared to its Nile Basin water rivals (see the data on males and females reaching military service age in Africa). All of them have more hands to coming of military draft age that they can put guns into, than Egypt – which is near the bottom of the table in this regard.In addition, I think nations like Egypt – that for reasons of culture or religion restrict the extent to which women can fight in wars – have a great disadvantage in modern warfare. All the countries upstream of the Nile, have a relatively more liberal policy in sending their women to kill – and be killed – in war. There is something both appalling, but also and immensely democratic about that that makes for great soldiering.

    paxmachina:

    News out of the Middle East keeps us satiated with a high caloric diet of religion, land, nukes and Democracy, but it’s all about an 18-gram unique chemical entity vital to all—-H2O! The Nile river basin (Africa) and the Jordan River (Asia) have become flashpoints for the 21ist century. 

    Here’s an article from a uniquely Sub-Saharan point of view.

    Egypt would get a bloody nose in a River Nile water war

    Posted:Sun 02 Jan, 2011 (10:01 EST)

    Charles Onyango-Obbo

    Every now and then, there is sabre-rattling and the beating of muffled war drums between Egypt, and the upstream East African Nile Basin countries – Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda (Eritrea has observer status) – over the use of the river’s waters. Sudan, especially in recent years, has tended to side with its Muslim neighbour to the north on the Nile.

    A 1929 agreement, criticised by the East African countries as “colonial” gave Egypt, which depends almost entirely on the Nile for its water - the lion’s share of its waters, and a de facto veto on what the other Nile River states can do with the river.

    Early this year, the other countries agreed a new treaty that allows for more equitable use of the Nile waters, opening the door for the upstream countries to use more of it for irrigation, industry, and hydro electricity. Egypt went ballistic with ominous threats but, fortunately, calmed down quickly.

    Since then Cairo has been veering between being conciliatory, and outright bellicosity. There has been an angry exchange of words between Cairo and the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has recently accused Egypt of training rebels to overthrow his government, and repeated a favourite claim that because Egypt is a “desert” country that is unlikely to attack its desert neighbours, so its massive jungle war programme is intended to invade the tropical Nile Basin countries.

    For all its might, a war over the Nile is one Egypt is unlikely to win. For one, the population of the Nile Basin countries is more than twice larger than Egypt’s 82 million. Now, Israel beat the Arab countries in various wars, although it had a much smaller population, so there in war nothing is impossible. However, if Egypt were the aggressor, it would have a huge disadvantage fighting in a wide region where its troops are hopelessly outnumbered.
    Secondly, Egypt’s army has not seen any serious combat since its war (allied with Syria) against Israel in 1973, so it could be rusty. Its Nile Basin rivals – Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda – have fairly battle-hardened troops that have been continuously at war in one or the other theatre in the Great Lakes over the last 15 years.

    But even more interesting, is the ability of Egypt to raise men and women for war – compared to its Nile Basin water rivals (see the data on males and females reaching military service age in Africa). All of them have more hands to coming of military draft age that they can put guns into, than Egypt – which is near the bottom of the table in this regard.

    In addition, I think nations like Egypt – that for reasons of culture or religion restrict the extent to which women can fight in wars – have a great disadvantage in modern warfare. All the countries upstream of the Nile, have a relatively more liberal policy in sending their women to kill – and be killed – in war. There is something both appalling, but also and immensely democratic about that that makes for great soldiering.

December 21, 2011

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    The self-immolation of Thich Quang Duc.

    no offense but this would’ve smelled incredibly bad. 

    I didn’t realize there was ever a colored version of this photo. I cannot imagine what kind of mental state you’d have to put yourself in to completely ignore such pain. Your own flesh, melting. 

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December 18, 2011

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December 16, 2011

  • hynora: Things I’ll Never Forget Because I Have Photos of Them Bánh mì của vợ thầy Thanh làm. Chả biết nói đúng không nhưng bánh mì thương hiệu Thanh-Kiều đã trở thành bữa sáng truyền thống của dân tình trong trường. Thằng nào không ăn thì không được tốt nghiệp. Bánh mì gồm có trứng, ruốc, phô mai con bò cười, dưa leo đồ chua rau củ các loại. Ngoài ra còn có xôi chả thịt trứng chưa ăn xôi chưa dám comment. Mỗi lần mua bánh mì là phải chen chúc thật lâu đứng cạnh hàng rào bãi giữ xe gọi với sang bên kia đường xong chờ hết giờ ra chơi mới ăn được bữa sáng. Cắn một miếng bánh bị giòn rã của vỏ bánh cùng hơi nóng từ quả trứng mới đánh ốp la và vị mặn bùi ngùi của ruốc cùng sự béo bở của phô mai tan trong lưỡi không khiến ai khỏi nao lòng. Ấy vậy, năm 2011, sự ra đi vĩnh viễn của thầy đã khiến cho quán bánh mì ngừng hoạt động vô thời hạn, để lại nỗi xót xa trong lòng cựu học sinh về một món ăn đã tồn tại hơn 20 30 năm mà những thế hệ sau này mãi mãi không được thưởng thức… (và đằng sau là quả chưn ngắn của mềnh vất vưởng trên khung cửa sổ ngày nào…)

    hynora:

    Things I’ll Never Forget Because I Have Photos of Them

    Bánh mì của vợ thầy Thanh làm. Chả biết nói đúng không nhưng bánh mì thương hiệu Thanh-Kiều đã trở thành bữa sáng truyền thống của dân tình trong trường. Thằng nào không ăn thì không được tốt nghiệp. Bánh mì gồm có trứng, ruốc, phô mai con bò cười, dưa leo đồ chua rau củ các loại. Ngoài ra còn có xôi chả thịt trứng chưa ăn xôi chưa dám comment. Mỗi lần mua bánh mì là phải chen chúc thật lâu đứng cạnh hàng rào bãi giữ xe gọi với sang bên kia đường xong chờ hết giờ ra chơi mới ăn được bữa sáng. Cắn một miếng bánh bị giòn rã của vỏ bánh cùng hơi nóng từ quả trứng mới đánh ốp la và vị mặn bùi ngùi của ruốc cùng sự béo bở của phô mai tan trong lưỡi không khiến ai khỏi nao lòng. Ấy vậy, năm 2011, sự ra đi vĩnh viễn của thầy đã khiến cho quán bánh mì ngừng hoạt động vô thời hạn, để lại nỗi xót xa trong lòng cựu học sinh về một món ăn đã tồn tại hơn 20 30 năm mà những thế hệ sau này mãi mãi không được thưởng thức…

    (và đằng sau là quả chưn ngắn của mềnh vất vưởng trên khung cửa sổ ngày nào…)

December 12, 2011

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