6 of 8 lost posts from June 2004


Asawa problems. Her phone not working, txt only, so I sent $ for a new phone
but spent on windows (?) and 800 for police(?) So I sulked and no txt until Sat.
Now Asawa is sulking, no txt for 10 days.
I lie awake wondering. Call my hipag sister. Cell answered in Sabang by Riza.
Both sisters are down at the beach. A. assures me that Asawa is still up in Town.
Gives me another # to txt, but not in service. Bad situation,
Feel like jumping on a jetplane.
My little brother anonces he is dropping out from his law firm.
Im just a jealous guy
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Iraqi Blogs...
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raedandtheirani
Islam for me, as a secular leftist, is more than a mere religion
Islam is my cultural heritage that I will protect and maintain until the last moment of my existence.

Islam is the small ornaments in my architecture, the small details of the doors of Al-Mustansiryya school in Baghdad, the arches of the Abbasi palace, the domes of Al-Kathum shrine and the wooden windows of my grandfathers’ courtyard house.

Islam is the small kids playing in the narrow streets of the crowded neighborhoods in Baghdad and Cairo, it is the charming smell of the mosques of Najaf and Karbala, the spicy taste of the Iraqi Dolma, the colorful pigeons flying at the time of dawn in Al-Hamedyyah market in Damascus, the warm palm trees surrounding Shatt Al-Arab in Basra.

Islam is the genius poetry of Quran every morning, the strong voice of Um-Kalthum every evening, the soft sound of Athan every sunrise.

Islam is the shy smile of my woman.
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asked if I could have a ‘go’ on his AK 47 when we got to Baghdad. I don’t know why. And I never expected to actually be given the chance. It was the kind of comment that I would normally make on the kind of building site where I often work. Wanting a ‘go’ on someone’s big drill / grinder / power tool.

So I fired an AK. Magazine removed, into wasteland that followed the trajectory of the bullet. It was a big, powerful, wall – breaking, spark – flying, dangerous, noisy, fantastically engineered tool.
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raedinthemiddle
Saturday, May 29, 2004So yeah
Finally, we have a president and a prime minister
So "they" selected our president and prime minister in a small meeting,
But they couldn’t even announce the place of their meeting!!!
Haha!
What a great strong authority!
Hiding in a dark smelly shelter someplace in the "green zone', and announcing fake governments

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riverbend
Tuesday, June 01, 2004
The Roof...
Hot. It's hot, hot, hot, hot.
The weather is almost stifling now. The air is heavy and dry with heat.
By early noon, it's almost too hot to go outside. For every two hours of
electricity, we have four hours of no electricity in our area- and several
other areas. The problem now is that the generators in many areas are starting
to break down due to constant use and the bad quality of the fuel. It's a big
problem and it promises to grow as the summer progresses.
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Iran duped hawks into Iraq war
Julian Borger Guardian Weekly

"It's pretty clear that Iranians had us for breakfast, lunch and dinner," said an
intelligence source in Washington on Monday. "Iranian intelligence has been manipulating
the US for several years through Chalabi."

Larry Johnson, a former senior counter-terrorist official at the state department, said:
"When the story ultimately comes out we'll see that Iran has run one of the most masterful
intelligence operations in history. They persuaded the US and Britain to dispose of its
greatest enemy."

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weird science...
Scots Wind Turbines
"Even in Altamont Pass in America, where 7,000 turbines were erected on a migratory route, it was only 0.2 birds per turbine per year. Compare this with the number killed by cats, cars and by flying into windows, or even by global warming..

.. In the 17th century we had 90,000 windmills in Britain. They were a part of life. What we're looking to do is install perhaps 4,000, making 5,000 in total. Roughly half will be onshore and half offshore. If 4,000 turbines sounds a lot, compare Germany, where last year alone they installed more than 2,500MW of capacity and now have 7,000 turbines."

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Hokan Colting lover of all things dirigible
or here?

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Geobacter
NASA-supported researchers are working to develop a fuel cell that can extract electricity from human waste.
Geobacter metallidreducens.
isolated from the Potomac River..1987... Geobacter metallireducens,
..the first organism found to oxidize organic compounds to carbon dioxide with iron oxides as the electron acceptor.....may explain.. the massive accumulation of magnetite in ancient iron formations
Thats one tough bug...