preoccupied …
There is so much interesting and important stuff going on:
- A new film documents the ongoing genocide perpetrated on the Acholi people in Uganda (HT to Vicky), perpetuated by, among other things, US military aid (war-on-terror-dollars)
- The US Congress is debating about subsidies for a road fuel that releases twice as much pollution as gasoline: liquefied coal
- The dictator son-of-the-dead-dictator Faure Ganssingbé has re-nationalized a key industry in Togo. Could it be that this has anything to do with the ongoing rivalry with Faure’s powerful brother Kpatcha?
- NSPD 51: in a “catastrophic emergency” in the US, the Shrubman will become essentially a dictator. Proclaims the Shrubman. Worried?
- The German police used military reconnaissance jets to spy on German G8 protestors. Is that constitutional? Is it smart?
- The Swedes come up with a more ecological way to bury their dead: freeze dried
And so on …
Yet – I am completely preoccupied with my own life. Next week we’re planning to buy a new house and we’re busy boxing up our possessions for the move and fixing up our old shack to sell it.
Oh yeah – and I am finishing the last growler from the last keg of Gruffmeister 8 in Durham …