IS IT A BIRD...IS IT A PLANE!?

Our real enemy is not the one living in a distant land whose name or policies we don't understand; The real enemy is a system that wages war when it's profitable, the CEOs who lay us off our jobs when it's profitable, the Insurance Companies who deny us Health care when it's profitable, the Banks who take away our homes when it's profitable. Our enemies are not several hundred thousands away. They are right here in front of us - Mike Prysner

Back in the middle of May I was moved to blog on the plight of the unjustly incarcerated Aung Suu Kyi, since then the case has rightly garnered great publicity. Here is an update on the situation: The UN Security Council has failed to agree on a statement condemning Myanmar for extending Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest, a verdict the opposition leader called "totally unfair". Diplomats cancelled a meeting of the 15-member council on Wednesday and instead held talks with China and other member states that have expressed concern over how the UN should respond to the Nobel peace laureate being detained a further 18 months. A US-drafted statement condemning Aung San Suu Kyi's detention at her home in Yangon and demanding the release of all political prisoners in Myanmar was discussed on Tuesday. But several countries, including Vietnam and veto-wielding China and Russia, said they wanted to consult with their governments before acting further on the text. 'Respect s...

SLAGINC III : WILLOW WEEPS WARSAW FRIDAY 25TH JANUARY 7 PM TIL 10PM Featuring : Ernesto Muniz (Mexico DF) Panko Rzadka (Odessa) 25/01/08 - 02/03/08 Fri - Sun 12 - 6pm Slaginc: 30 Maude House Horatio St London E2 7RY http://www.mxski.com/ So, Slaginc muses We are the gloomy children of the night. Curses they call us in our homes beneath the ground. We drive from home those who have shed the blood of men. Where is the place, then, where the killer's flight shall end? A place where happiness is nevermore allowed. Now the House of Justice has collapsed. There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain. I, disinherited, suffering, heavy with anger shall let loose on the land the vindictive poison dripping deadly out of my heart upon the ground; this from itself shall breed cancer, the leafless, the barren to strike, for the right, their low lands and drag its smear of mortal infection on the gr...

pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp Poetry by Edward Hughes aka Bernard Badpoet aka BB aka my "significant other". Geoff's Death (in memoriam Geoffrey France 1917-2006) Nov 6 2006 Exit. Stage managed, Without applause. Footlights dimmed, And then out. It's over. He's gone. What was Isness Is now Wasness. There's no more business To transact. No show to transfer, And no bow taken. Forsaken? We all are. For each run ends, And every House darkens. Bernard Badpoet Nov 2006 The Human Delusion (Inspired by Richard Dawkins' book 'The God Delusion") I am Dawkins' Robot, Complex in my way, it's true, But I only exist to serve to serve my genes, As they are the ones that do. They allow my sham existence, Whilst turning to their task Of striding across the millennia With a single-minded zest. From Amoeba to Me they've condescended To join in Corporate groups, And even Albert Einstein Was simply one of the troops. My life story weaves a ...