Sum Seals Sobbing Silently in the night wit Brigitte!

Well there you go. I have a thought... yes it hurt. Instead of choosing rogaine as your baldness cure I recommend copious amounts of salt and vinegar chips. It surely gets your follicles going.

I was a bit concerned for poor Brigitte Bardot as she sobbed in Ottawa because of the seal hunt. I would reckon she wouldn't support a force in Darfur, or Iraq, or Bosnia either. Let them have their own wars and solve their own problems. Hey, nobody interfered when America had their civil war.

As we learned, Yulia was called the gas princess. Interesting. I wonder if she had any input into the Gazprom debacle in which the Ukraine had a huge price hike. Also note this happened only after the election in which a pro western party was elected.

Finally, Psam's favourite singer. Britney, giving birth on all fours straddling a bear skin rug. It has a neat little title, Monument to Pro-Life. Out comes the abortionists, the PETA groups, and the singers fans and detractors. I think the public relations dept has done well in getting exposure. Impressive sculpture though. http://www.caplakesting.com/2006_catalog/de/index.htm
The position seems as though it is a bit unnatural for a birth.... but alas I cannot really comment; can I? Another note. Mrs Federline, gave birth by C section.

Oh my oh my, what would the Thomsons deduce now? Or is it Thompson?

the ukranian zimbabwian falls into the abyss of love!

(click on the link below before reading, then read... note, you WILL have to open a new page.)
http://www.madore.org/~david/music/midi/turc.mid

And the spoils belong to the victor. I think naming your new child, victor would be a great idea. Yes you are pregnant, siesiers, Bench, tara and AV..... me? who are u? Thanks for your help in the delivery room.

Briefly, I wonder about this so called raid, which rescued these civilian hostages. I would suggest that some reports are flawed. An anonymous tip off led to this pick up. No dramatic rescue.... the terrorists were simply finished. Fortunately not all were killed.

Zimbabwe. Yes Afrika again. A country that has such natural beauty, endless sunsets, beautiful game...... but has been raped because of one old man trying to hold onto power. Please follow this link, and then decide if you want to follow their links.... I concur. Absolute power does corrupt. Now follow the elephant....http://www.gal.co.za/newsitem.php?id=509 .... after reading below.

Aah. The orange revolution. Ukraine. The western embracing hero, poisoned, allegedly, by nefarious agents disfiguring his face. Viktor Yushchenko,(pictured above right) declaring the vote was rigged, encouraged the people to take to the streets. And they did. Re election. This time, scarred face and all, Viktor was the victor. Wow, what a difference one year makes. Today, Yushchenko will be supplanted by his chief rival, (Yanukovych pictured left) and also his former ally.(Yulia Tymoshenko pictured middle) It will be an interesting exercise in democracy. What will probably play out though, is a coalition government, if, and only if, the former "orange allies" form a partership.

Last. Indian culture generally favours boys over girls. Female foeticide has been going on for years and only as recently as 1994 has the government seriously fought against gender selection. It seems they have now gone step further, by placing pregnant women as decoy patients. For the first time a doctor and his assistant have been sent to prison for revealing the sex of a foetus and then agreeing to abort it. Estimates state, that 10 million female births have been aborted since 1986..... Is it possible to change public perception with such a ruling? Or will it just make it a little harder to continue this practice?

I believe the Captain is unlucky this time. Things are not always what they seem... right?
Chanks.

9/11 and he said; LETS ROLL!

Two things were forwarded to me this week which piqued my interest. I will address them in one go, hopefully. One other note. If you wish to forward me anything without "commenting" on the blog, chankslee@gmail.com is the place to go.

Lets roll............
The name "United Nations", coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was first used in the "Declaration by United Nations" of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when representatives of 26 nations pledged their governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers. http://www.un.org/aboutun/index.html

The United Nations Development program helps 174 countries help themselves. Could it be said that something good came out of a long war? Questions have been asked as to whether or not the United Nations are still relevant in the world today. On paper, the concept looks quite good. But are they really making an impact? What is your impression?

Sudan. (map above) The rebellion in the Darfur region in 2003 has set the stage for some of the bloodiest, bitterest fighting by a people already without the basic necessities. It has been alleged that the pro Arab government in Sudan, has been practicing horrific human rights violations upon the non Arabs, looting, raping and burning down entire villages in an effort to quash the uprising. At this point, over 100,000 have died fighting and one million or more people have been displaced, forcing them into refugee camps, or to flee into neighbouring Chad. This is in an area with 6 million. You do the math. I have offered to you the sanitised version. http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=88&Body=Sudan&Body1 Check for yourselves. (starting point above) It is chilling. Now the question. What do we do? Nothing? Do prosperous nations have a responsibility to intervene, or do we let this conflict resolve itself?

Augustine Rodin.
Born to a working class family, Rodin, was refused admission to the art institute, so took to the tradesmans workshop and created his work there instead. He proved himself and rightfully takes his place in history as one of the worlds best.
Camille Claudel, his student at 18, became his model and then later his lover. When he refused to leave Rose Beuret, the mother of his son, and the one who stood beside him while living in poverty, she decided to leave him. I will leave you to debate who is in the picture left. http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/rodin/rodin.html

What does the instruction booklet say about smelling the flowers during life? Is there any point to viewing creations by the artiste? Are there any creative ones in Sudan, right now? They say Charles Manson stole Helter Skelter from the Beatles. Where did that madman steal the swastika from?

poncherello and johnie ride the cyclone.

Well there you have it folks. The end, the beginning the all. I must confess to you, that I love this work. Mired in controversy, this beautiful piece adorns the walls with such a regal bearing, one cannot help but fall for it. I give you, ladies and gentlemen; pause, blue poles by Jackson Pollock. This is my favourite painting ever. If I could, I would show it to you, (raise voice) IN REAL LIFE!! http://www.nga.gov.au/Home/index.cfm

Now now now, Psaam. Never forget my friend that you may have to eat the words you speak. I trust that will be soon. If you weren't on high speed, you may notice that I did not label you as a utopian socialist. Remember, according to the police force in your neighbourhood; speed kills. ( by the way i think that is a load of yoo hoo too )

Jacques Villeneuve. Is he finished or is he just getting started? It was interesting to note, he got 2 points last weekend. I wonder if BMW will have the same growing pains Toyota has had.
http://www.formula1.com/

I was having coffee yesterday, and reading the paper and kept hearing snippets of a conversation. Now I didn't want to listen but these two young women were quite opinionated on the subject, and heck, without meaning to, I learnt quite a bit in the space of two minutes.... I felt like a low life even hearing, but what do you think about Britney and her husband? (whats his name?) The thing I am trying to find out, is how the women differ from the boys. Frankly frank puh puh, I didn't have an opinion but maybe I am out of touch, is it a big deal?

This is just a query. Okay. Yeah. Uh. Will you marry me? No not that. Now you don't have to answer this as it is a really personal question but... never mind. I'll ask you next time.

Chankslee.

oh and tara, IS it france, new york or new york, france? yes you do have to blow the picture up to find it is a fiat..... how did you figure that? o yes, fiats are always on fire.... i liked that a lot. And yeah, the guy throwing the rock ( yes psam, a man is throwing a rock at a cameraperson, while used car salespeople mill around in the background looking for wayne rooney. ) he is just cross because his bagels got burnt. AARrrrgh, second time this week! I need to look for a new car. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Rooney

cya.

Hey, I nominate this as the picture of the year so far. This in my opinion is the best one I have seen in 2006! Incredible detail! Look for it in your local papers.

So, I will ask again. If you could tarnish a legends name would you. Should you? see previous blog.... first line.

Riots in France. It seems like there is one every other month. Now I would love to be proved wrong but it seems to me that the unions have too much power in the land of fries; or is that fires. If what I read is correct, it is virtually impossible to fire someone, then don't ya reckon the pendulum has to swing the other way. Again, I don't know. Unions. Are they not a bit outdated now? Do they even have a place in today's workplace? I read this week that the Black Plague was one of the contributing factors to the end of serfdom. Suddenly workers were a precious commodity, as there were none. With an ageing population, aren't blue workers in demand again? Apparently not in France. I am probably out of touch and ill informed. Let me know.

Chankslee.

NOT ALL BUGS ARE FRIENDLY!

Question. If you had an encounter with an incredibly famous person, and found out details which would ruin their reputation, would you tell?

I feel enlightened. In all the important things in life I have finally figured out the truth of a very important fact. It is at times like these when you realize there are some important things and well, many things that just do not matter. So I was amazed and thankful for the one and only comment on our beloved professor. He is deaf. Thank you for that.

Psam. Huh. I find you make too many generalizations and assumptions. When you comment that people will be destroyed, back it up! How will they be destroyed? Next do you speak for every person in the world? Of course every person is capable of exercising control to make the world a better place. But they are also capable of murdering babies, or baby seals for that matter. Lastly. As the world works towards a peaceful coexistence.... hogwash. Please please please tell the dozens of nations embroiled in conflicts, today this rhetoric. Look back in history too. At any time in history has mankind striven to coexist peacefully? No. Heh heh. I do like your view though.... Bench you are next.

Now I have a confession to make. I extremely dislike it when people bend the truth. I also took that liberty. The quote by PM Harper was taken from a site, which quotes politicians. It had nothing to do with the alleged ID cards. Heck, you could back up any arguement with that site. Secondly, I think the assertation that the US is trying to take over the immigration and customs departments is simply untrue. How absurd. I was hoping someone had a bit of sense and took me to task for that. Could you be lazy readers. Maybe. Don't let it happen again. ( the last line was a joke to u, so laugh please )

Finally, as a challenge to you. Tell me, and I am prepared to hand out some money to the winner, who belongs to this flag.

Funny, ha ha, then Serious, ouch!

A lady in western Norway went into the kichen, turned on the tap to wash some utensils, and beer came out. It seems the pub, two floors down had some plumbing work done, and the plumber made a wrong connection. Whoops. She could have kept her mouth shut except that the patrons to the bar didn't like the water on tap, inside the pub. Now thats a plumber.

David Emerson. Well as promised what is the story with Canada's ethics commish and the Prime Minister? It seems that Prime Minister Harper may dismiss the commissioner and hire someone like Ed Broadbent. I highly doubt that will happen now. Interesting choice though. Could the Tories and the NDP be in bed together?

now for the biggie,

ID Cards.
http://news.com.com/FAQ+How+Real+ID+will+affect+you/2100-1028_3-5697111.html
President Bush, allegedly, is in talks with PM Harper, for Canadians to adopt the same standards, as the United States. This bold move would see Homeland Security oversee all immigration and customs matters within Canada, but have an appointed member to be a watchdog on behalf of Canadian interests. There are some plus points noted. As non currency tranfers ( including interac and credit cards ) have for the first time outpaced a cash or cheque sale at retail shoppes across North America your Drivers Licence will be used as your cash transfer card, and passport. (also headed by homeland security) This will enable easier verification against fraud and identity theft. One other move, which I am a bit uneasy about, is mandatory DNA samples to be done at birth for all people. I don't know if that would include those already born. Invasive. Perhaps.

"There is a Canadian culture that is in some ways unique to Canada, but I don't think Canadian culture coincides neatly with borders." Stephen Harper
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/s/stephenhar200056.html

Its certainly something to think about.

What do you think?

Discussion only, take no offence.

I find the attention of the media to be an interesting phenomenon. We rarely hear of anything now on depictions of mohammed by the Danish newspaper, jyllands-posten. It reminds me of a story I heard once..... some time ago........

A man had travelled the same road many times before he was caught in a furious rain storm. He drove to the side, found a safe spot and decided to wait. Some time later, he was comfortable enough to take to the road again, and was able to make it to his destination. He heard later on the news there had been some that lost their lives as a result of the sudden storm, while travelling the same road he had travelled. He was home, safely, while others were grieving. We, those of us reading now, are fortunate to be the ones who have survived the storm. Never forget there are some that are grieving, hating and questioning the last storm. The storm in question is the contoversy regarding the editorial cartoons of mohammed. The newspaper published the following regarding their views.....


"The cartoon is not about Islam as a whole, but the part that apparently can inspire violence, terrorism, death and destruction. And thereby the fundamentalist part of Islam. I wanted to point out that terrorists get their spiritual ammunition from Islam."

I have provided a link i you wish to view the drawings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_drawings.jpg

"Critics claim that the cartoons are culturally insulting, Islamophobic, blasphemous, and intended to humiliate a marginalized Danish minority." (taken from wikipedia)

What we cannot forget is that people have died in direct relation to these pieces. Millions of dollars have been lost. http://www.arlafoods.com/APPL/HJ/HJ202COM/HJ202D01.NSF/O/5C0F5F1A22E7A621C1257125003AA995 And why? Because of a point of view? Or because a view was used to incite muslims? Well the storm may have abated but it doesn't change the fact there are those who are still feeling loss. And can we do anything about it? Can we look forward by looking back? Can we look forward by looking back, into history. What did the circumstances of Franz Ferdinand incite? Again it started with a tiny clipping from a newspaper. Do we still feel those effects today? I reckon we do.

Paulo and the seal

I found it interesting to see Sir Paul McCartney, and wife Heather in the news the other day, campaigning against the seal hunt. (left) Do you not find it terrible, these people, bashing baby seals on the head and killing them? I mean what a terrible thing to do to a poor defenceless animal. They are pretty cute little things too, aren't they. I came across a Labradorian in my travels one year, and he had some pretty strong views on the hunt also. He personally witnessed the aftermath of more than a few seals, oh and I would guess there were babies too, die from starvation. ( What the heck is a labradorian? Someone living in Labrador, which is beside the Labrador sea, and Newfoundland. map link below ) http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/mapping/worldofmaps/images/map-canada.gif Sir Paul, went on to compare the hunt to the slave trade in saying it is a barbaric practice and continues without justification. Proponents of the seal hunt rebutted with a question as to why the McCartneys were not garnering photo opportunities with beef, chickens or lambs. One would guess that a photo op, with a chicken wouldn't be too great. I disagree. Chickens are wonderful creatures. Do you believe in the seal hunt? Should mankind disturb the course of nature? For those of you who answer no, I ask you if you believe in a person's right to die a dignified death? Does an animal have a right to die before they starve? And lastly, for the simple minded, like me I ask that if the seal is going to die anyways, shouldn't someone make some money out of it? It has been suggested by the Premier of Newfoundland that there are those who depend on the seal hunt in order to help put food on the table to feed their families. Which of course was countered with the suggestion that the government buy out the seal hunters as a way of stopping the hunt. I ask, Sir Paul if he would be willing to help out finacially? Government hand outs? There are enough of those. I go back to the words from this Labradorian. He simply stated that anyone who disagrees with the humane culling of these overpopulated seals, should be the one who has to listen to their suffering as they slowly starve. What do you say?

I leave with you a work by Goya and ask if you know the name of the painting?
Next up will be questions(maybe) about David Emerson... who?

BAN THE BURQA, today?

"I'm making the observation that to the average Australian it is confronting ... ," he said.
"In expressing that view I believe I am expressing the views of most Australians and indeed of lot of Islamic women."
These are the comments of the Australian Prime Minister to the media after 10 years in power. His popularity is as strong as it ever has been and things look good for the man some call the rodent. I saw today, a lady walking down the street in a headscarf, which I definately did not find confronting. Some would? Why should a lady be killed if she does not wear the burqa?
But alas there are more important things to dwell on like,

why the heck does the professor not react?

I am thinking of blowing up the following and putting it in my lounge room. Truly inspiring.



Finally, I can tell you. On the WHO AM i front from yesterday, the person in question does have a title, and that person is not Joe Montana.

...... and not CHANG either. do you know a chang or a chang story, tell me.