M. K. ~ e-glob, Wa****ngton, DC
> Frank Kalder ~ GLOBAL HAPLIFNET
~ http://haplifnet.blogspot.com
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- transatlantic daily -
. Democratic "Finish Line"
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Hillary Clinton won a landslide victory in Kentucky
on May 20 , but momentum -- and a growing sense of inevitability -- is
now firmly on Barack Obama's side.
He took Oregon last night, but it was his symbolic victory with
pledged delegates that was the storyline.
The one-time long shot for the Democratic nomination has a majority of
pledged delegates to the Democratic Convention and is now about 70
delegates shy of the finish line. =85
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/21/may.20.analysis/?iref=3Dmpstoryview
>
> . Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
>
> > > ...
>
> > That=92s been already a nice op****tunity, thus far, to scrape
> > on the =93US soul=94.
>
. Belmont Plateau
> The first two links contain a bit of information about Belmont Plateau,
th=
e
> remainder nice pictures
>
>
http://cityguide.aol.com/philadelphia/entertainment/belmont-plateau/v-1081=
03092 >
http://www.fodors.com/world/north%20america/usa/pennsylvania/philad=
elphia/entity_185039.html
>
http://openphoto.net/gallery/image.html?image_id=3D6629&hints=3Dautumn_bel=
mont_plateau_philadelphia_fall_orange_green_yellow
>
http://openphoto.net/gallery/image.html?image_id=3D6628&hints=3Dautumn_bel=
mont_plateau_philadelphia_fall_orange_green_yellow
>
Beautiful photos of colorful trees.
>
>
http://images.google.com/images?hl=3Den&q=3Dbelmont%20plateau%20philadelph=
ia&um=3D1&ie=3DUTF-8&sa=3DN&tab=3Dwi
>
Lovely =91park system=92 photos.
>
> Belmont Plateau is an im****tant part of the Fairmount Park System built
by=
> William Penn. It's a great place to play a game of football, or
hockey, =
or
> soccer. Take a bike or a hike. It's a huge amount of acreage. Some of
t=
he
> Universities in the area use the land for their games. As they did the
> Saturday we visited to catch the rugby game. Rugby is an interesting
s****=
t
> with its own set of legends and customs.
>
. Rugby Football
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_football
>
> It's obviously physically very difficult. The after game experience,
whic=
h
> we did not attend, includes beer, lewd drinking songs and rugby queens.
I=
t
> sounds fun but we would have been out of place!
>
> . Brazilian Biofuel & Environment
>
>
> > > > The overall conditions have to meet European standards of
> > > > environmental compatibility, and the project shall be sustainable
in=
> > > > regard of profitability and social responsibility.
(bundeskanzlerin.=
de)
>
> Still I think this is good news for Germany, while President Bush is out
> there yelling at the Middle Eastern world about how they have to prepare
f=
or
> the fact that the world is changing to rum based fuels, Germany has
secure=
d
> such a contract but Bush is still yelling. As my mother said, o well
ther=
e
> goes the rainforest. I am delighted to have switched to an almost
carless=
> life.
>
Environmentally appreciable thinking.
. Cannes (C=F4te d=92Azur, France)
>
> > =93Brangelina=94 | Festival-goers call the craze "Cannes-gelina"
(usatod=
ay.com)
>
> At Cannes, her costar Jack Black accidentally let slip she's expecting
twi=
ns.
>
>
> > Showing at Cannes: Sean Penn and His Three Women
http://afp.google.com/a=
rticle/ALeqM5jDMhM85f-yfKx7tetDHPVQuDKQmA
>
> I love the description of him "scowling".
>
. Nigeria
> Thought you might get a kick out of this: Nigeria is giving Cannes a
run
> for its money.
>
>
http://www.modernghana.com/music/6975/3/films-rake-in-450m-for-nigeria.htm=
l
>
> Films Rake In $450m For Nigeria
> By Daily Graphic - Daily Graphic - 15 May 2008
>
> Nigeria=92s Information and Communications Minister, Mr. John Odey, has
pu=
t
> the net worth of the country s film industry at $450m (N52 billion).
>
> Odey spoke in Abuja during the opening ceremony of this year s edition
of
> the ZUMA Film Festival with the theme, Films Across Borders, organised
by
> the Nigerian Film Festival.
>
> The minister said the event, the fourth edition, was "coming at a time
whe=
n
> the nation is taking stock of her developmental strategies with a view
to
> charting a roadmap to become one of the 20 most industrialised nations
by
> the year 2020."
>
. US Lobbyism
>
> > > ...
> > > McCain was furious. The two resigned and the new policy followed.
>
> > Interesting =91lobbyism background=92 issue!
>
>
> McCain via Romney today replied to Obama's accusations about this
lobbying=
> issue, by then accusing Obama of not similarly vetting his staff.
Romney
> would not talk about his potential vice presidency. Romney's candidacy
is=
> being subconsciously connected with the huge Texas polygamy trial that
jus=
t
> started. Though Romney emphasized that he is not a believer in
polygamy,
> and even noted that he was the only candidate with a clearly monogamous
> history, (noting divorces by the other Republican contenders), people
tend=
> to make judgments based on broad generalizations. This trial and his
> religion could be a liability for any attempt at vice presidency
(especial=
ly
> because there is a fear that McCain might not make it through the 4
years
> and the successor is therefore im****tant)
>
. Stock Market
>
> The stock market is in a downturn today because they just announced that
> wholesale prices went up by .2 and the senate signed a mortgage relief
bil=
l.
> That biofuel, in the US they keep making it, rather than food. But they
> aren't making any cars that use it. How strange. Ford however
announced =
it
> will now make a "light pickup" whatever that is. You have to wonder if
th=
e
> future won't require a different US economic policy with Cuba, to get
> biofuels and food.
>
. Structure
> I now understand the wisdom of the delegate and superdelegate structure.
>
> The former vote for the candidate who campaigned before them in their
stat=
e.
> The latter vote on emerging issues as they develop during the life of
the
> campaign.
>
__
> If you can keep your head when all about you
> Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
> If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
> But make allowance for their doubting too;
> If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
> Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
> Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
> And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; --Rudyard Kipling
. Liberty Bell
>
> Of course I got to see the Liberty Bell many times last weekend. The
> display is part of the park I mentioned last week.
>
. Fahrenheit
> http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blthermometer.htm
>
> Why would they be bothering with the new fangled Fahrenheit that only
> measure in volumes.
>
> I for some reason was watching a piece on PBS about Patrick "Live Free
or
> Die Trying" Henry (That's a joke Frank, he really said "Give me Liberty
> or Give me Death". "Live Free or Die Hard" is a Bruce Willis movie)
>
> Apparently, they say he was an incredible orator. Sure wonder why they
> haven't compared Barack Obama to HIM? Because at least some ****tion of
t=
he
> US still knows who JFK is but Patrick Henry NAH.
>
> So there's all these people grumbling about how they hate the British
and
> their crummy tax.
>
> So he says something out loud that everyone's thinking. And that makes
> him a good orator.
>
> Let him take on a job of convincing folks of something that they DIDN"T
wa=
nt
> to do. That's the measure of true orator.
>
> So, you know what those pre-Americoids did?
>
> They formed a committee.
>
> That's right a government committee.
>
> And then that's outta what the Declaration of Independence was borne.
>
> Now, that's what we should REALLY celebrate on July 4:
> the birth of government committees, not independence.
>
> Last July 4, got to see the fireworks right up close, at the
> World War 2 memorial.
>
> It is difficult to get the news from poems,
> yet men die miserably every day for lack
> of what is found there. -- William Carlos Williams
. Last July 4
> I spent the day at the mall having a great time last July 4. We watched
t=
he
> DC fireworks from wwii memorial I mean so close it singed your corneas.
>
> It was probably the longest fireworks show I saw -- no shorter than 45
> minutes.
>
> I really haven't touched base with Anne recently. I feel bad about
that,
> but I don't know what I would say.
>
> The eldest kid is a NC college student
>
> Ann was going to the beach to spend some time with Nick's dad because he
w=
as
> in the hospital at the time of the Roanoke funeral.
>
> It was back surgery that he had already had before Nick died.
>
> So they were going to be back there for a while and have another
ceremony
> for all the persons back there.
>
> If they have cell phones, I never had the numbers, and I don't have
number=
s
> to any of their land lines.
>
> Nick had 2 restaurants in the area, and I keep hoping that his brother
wil=
l
> touch base with me when he comes down to handle business here.
>
> They're expanding the one that is in my neighborhood
>
__
> "Classic hoping for paradise in chaos"--art deco
>
>
Ciao, Frank
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