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> Frank Kalder ~ GLOBAL HAPLIFNET
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. 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. …
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/21/may.20.analysis/?iref=mpstoryview
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Thanks for this more discussion of same subject down below.
They both gave speeches that were very powerful. The delegate situation
still hasn't resolved.
>
> . Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
>
> > > ...
>
> > That’s been already a nice op****tunity, thus far, to scrape
> > on the “US soul”.
>
. Belmont Plateau
> The first two links contain a bit of information about Belmont Plateau,
> the
> remainder nice pictures
>
>
http://cityguide.aol.com/philadelphia/entertainment/belmont-plateau/v-108103092
> >
>
http://www.fodors.com/world/north%20america/usa/pennsylvania/philadelphia/entity_185039.html
>
http://openphoto.net/gallery/image.html?image_id=6629&hints=autumn_belmont_plateau_philadelphia_fall_orange_green_yellow
>
http://openphoto.net/gallery/image.html?image_id=6628&hints=autumn_belmont_plateau_philadelphia_fall_orange_green_yellow
>
Beautiful photos of colorful trees.
>
>
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=belmont%20plateau%20philadelphia&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
>
Lovely ‘park system’ photos.
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The Philadelphia Art Museum is situated in the park system.
http://www.philamuseum.org/visit/
It's steps were made famous in the movie "Rocky".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Steps
That weekend, the wall of the museum was covered with the big face of
Frida
Kahlo.
http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/278.html
We tried to get to it on a number of occasions, but kept missing the exit.
How I could miss the exit, I don't know. I used to work down there at the
court house only a block away.
http://philadelphia.about.com/library/gallery/blparkway20.htm
we were sort of glad to miss Frida though.
We kept missing the exit and by the time we figured it out, the museum
closed. So we instead spent the rest of that afternoon at the beautiful
Boathouse Row.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boathouse_Row
the night time view is especially lovely
This is also situated in Fairmount Park.
We grabbed a drink at one of the outdoor cafes. I remember the cafe as
having been there for a very long time, but don't remember ever sitting
down
at it. It offers a lovely view of the Schuylkill river and the scullers
and
rowers.
The cafe was made primarily of wood and appeared to have a rooftop seating
situation as well. Though I didn't see anyone up there.
The most surprising thing about it: I peered into it's beautiful frosty
glass doors. I was surprised to see a very beautiful wood basketball
court
in there. I don't remember ever hearing about it before.
Everything from there to the museum, which is quite a walk, has a very
Asian
flair to it. There are a few outlook points that sort of evoke images of
pagodas. The gardens were in full bloom, full color. The cherry trees
rival those in DC.
http://jasgp.org/content/view/473/179/
We apparently happened on the site on the day of a very im****tant Dragon
Boat regatta. There's more than one, but this one was large as all the
streets were closed off.
http://www.boathouserow.org/dragon.html
>
> 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
> the
> 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,
> which
> we did not attend, includes beer, lewd drinking songs and rugby queens.
> It
> 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
> for
> the fact that the world is changing to rum based fuels, Germany has
> secured
> such a contract but Bush is still yelling. As my mother said, o well
> there
> goes the rainforest. I am delighted to have switched to an almost
carless
> life.
>
Environmentally appreciable thinking.
. Cannes (Côte d’Azur, France)
>
> > “Brangelina” | Festival-goers call the craze "Cannes-gelina"
> > (usatoday.com)
>
> At Cannes, her costar Jack Black accidentally let slip she's expecting
> twins.
>
>
> > Showing at Cannes: Sean Penn and His Three Women
> > http://afp.google.com/article/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.html
>
> Films Rake In $450m For Nigeria
> By Daily Graphic - Daily Graphic - 15 May 2008
>
> Nigeria’s Information and Communications Minister, Mr. John Odey, has
put
> 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
> when
> 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 ‘lobbyism background’ 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
> just
> 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
> (especially
> 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
> bill.
> 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
> the
> 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
> state.
> 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
> the
> 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
> want
> 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
I forgot to edit the bottom part about Nick out, that had nothing to do
with
anything.
I did want to point out that in spite of what I think about the wisdom of
the delegate ac***ulation process, that others seem to think it is
elitist.
The superdelegates are perceived as being superior and therefore
corrective
to the original delegates. I still don't see it that way, I see it as
addendum to what may have happened between the original state election vs
that which happened over time.
Clinton feels it's elitist. Obama, who knows, he has merely declared
victory.
Speaker of the House Pelosi is expected to take a stand today.
They also announced yesterday that Ted Kennedy in fact has a brain tumor.
Sad and ironic. In the past, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Teddy's now family,
starred in a movie "Kindergarten Cop", where he played a police officer in
an undercover situation teaching children in a kindergarten.
A little boy complains that his head hurts and says he has a brain tumor.
Arnold says "it's NOT A BRAIN TUMAH"
Arnold did say it was a brain tumah yesterday, he also let slip that it is
malignant and inoperable. The press has verified it is malignant but not
that is inoperable. People are now trying to determine the truth of that
matter.
mk5000
As they say in Russian: Lyubo, bratsy, lyubo, lyubo, bratsy, zhit!
It's basically a toast or a cheer on life
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