Diplomacy is not duplicitous and is nothing if not transparent and truthful--thought not espousing or pretending that all the details are baldly set forth for debate. Personally, I am not sorry at all for America's spillage of information and opinions that was never meant to be cast out in the open, since America readily and gleefully reserves the right to monitor any and all habits, activities and communication of any one, and with no cause.
Tuesday 30 November 2010
who carried on his shoulder a siamese cat
catagories: America, foreign policy, networking and blogging
Monday 29 November 2010
tranched or enhanced pat-down
The initial leak of high-level gossip of the diplomatic corps is may or may not of been in the best taste on the more sensational items: saying one leader lacks creativity or competency or is risk-adverse is just mean-spirited and makes for poor-working relations now that all these cables are out in the open, Ombudsman 2.0, where they cannot be denied or taken back. Some of these truths are manifestly apparent, even without careless documentation, however, there is no accounting for transparency.
catagories: ๐ฅธ, foreign policy
Sunday 28 November 2010
circuit breaker or move along, nothing to see here
CH O2 or my name is hunt hunter
catagories: antiques, lifestyle, transportation, travel
Friday 26 November 2010
theory and practice
catagories: ๐ฉ๐ช, ๐, antiques, holidays and observances
another brick in the wall or please don't feed the tigers
Columnist Laurie Penny of the New Statesman sends a dispatch from the latest round of student protests in England against tuition rate hikes. This anger follows demonstrations in Germany and many other European countries where budgetary shortfalls, real or imagined, and austerity measures, imposed or voluntary, have undermined the ideal and priority of the equitable promotion of a literate society. This is something worth fighting for and the students' efforts from Dublin to London to Paris to Bamberg and all points beyond and in between are valiant and should not go unnoticed or unheeded.
catagories: ๐, ๐, revolution
Wednesday 24 November 2010
cornucopia
catagories: ๐งถ, holidays and observances, language, networking and blogging
Sunday 21 November 2010
allons-y, alonso
catagories: ๐ฌ, ๐, networking and blogging