Displaying 1,351 To 1,380 Of 18,974 Comments You made your point Miles, and I agree with the history of brutality against black people in your country, there is no denying those facts and no one here is trying to. Is this a blanket statement too, or is it for those of us you deem to be uninformed and therefore inferior here on The Planet? You know, us “white folks”, who have never known any suffering throughout history. “There’s no shame in ignorance, unless it is willful”. » Posted By Kalima On July 23, 2014 @ 5:02 pm I didn’t imply that you implied it either, please read my other comments. Naive or as he stated, just wanting to hear all the facts before deciding? We all have differing opinions and how we react to certain situations, and that’s not a bad thing. » Posted By Kalima On July 23, 2014 @ 4:38 pm KT, if you check my comment below you will see that I changed the word “racist” to “those who condone or look the other way”. I might be the only person here who could not watch the video to the end because I was aware of what I would see, and again, I don’t believe for a second that Nirek is someone who condones or looks away from this example of police brutality. » Posted By Kalima On July 23, 2014 @ 4:24 pm Miles, what you write about is facts, no one here would disagree with you. My point was that you did single out Nirek’s first comment here, and labeled him in the groups who condone crimes against black people or choose to look away, whether intentionally or unintentionally. I know for a fact that no member here falls under either category, so I felt the need to speak up and make this clear. » Posted By Kalima On July 23, 2014 @ 4:03 pm Thanks for the reply, monicaangela, and I know you are right about this brutality being an every day thing in black communities all over America. I just felt that he was being lumped into the group who condone it, and that it was unfair judgement because it wasn’t the reason for his statement about waiting until all the facts were presented. I am white but have seen my share of racism directed at my husband in London. I myself was beaten senseless as a child in England just for being German, so I’m no stranger to brutality and hate. Will have to leave it at that until I have more time, it’s early morning here. See you soon. » Posted By Kalima On July 23, 2014 @ 3:39 pm It doesn’t have to be in black and white, monicaangela, the accusation is there, and this was not directed at you personally. I will replace the word “racist” with the words “people who condone it or look the other way”. Neither of which apply to Nirek in this case. » Posted By Kalima On July 23, 2014 @ 2:58 pm When a simple statement as “I’ll reserve my judgement until I know the facts” can be misconstrued as wearing blinkers to the fact that violence against minorities is rampant in NY, then we have a problem. It is an accusation of racism no matter how it is written, either directly or indirectly to that person. I think I have known Nirek long enough here, and read all of his comments since he joined us, to know he would have said the same thing had the man who died been white. I’m a bit disappointed. Have been here reading but unable to type. » Posted By Kalima On July 23, 2014 @ 2:35 pm Russia’s Shooting Down of Malaysia Flight 17 – The New Lusitania? Couldn’t agree more, kes. Putin is as usual faking his glory for those Russians who actually give a shit, and we know from the last stolen elections that the numbers are dwindling. “I’m ready for my close-up Mr. Stalin”. » Posted By Kalima On July 26, 2014 @ 7:09 pm Well they shot down a civilian passenger plane. I think they are, kes. Interesting article I was saving for the next MB. PUTIN’S NUMBER ONE GUNMAN IN UKRAINE WARNS HIM OF POSSIBLE DEFEAT » Posted By Kalima On July 26, 2014 @ 6:49 pm In case you missed that the EU is not just sitting on their hands lamenting. —- Russia lambasts new EU sanctions Russia warns new EU sanctions against it over the Ukraine crisis will jeopardise security co-operation and the fight against terrorism. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28502256 » Posted By Kalima On July 26, 2014 @ 6:02 pm Hi ExFan, if you follow down from monicaangela’s first comment with video on TOOT, I replied to you there. The story about the murdered Israeli teens was top news for weeks all over the world, and I posted links on MB too. Then what about the 16 year old Palestinian boy, snatched off the street, beaten and burned alive in retaliation for the murder of those teens? What did he do to deserve such brutality? There will be no WW3 because of this, no one is that stupid, and as for the unemployed, blame that on decades of bad leadership, ruthless corporations, and the politicians who sit in their back pockets and pimp for them while they pay less in taxes than we do. We can’t stop people from having children. We can offer them safe and hopefully affordable birth control so that they have other options. Take care. » Posted By Kalima On July 26, 2014 @ 4:50 pm Hi ExFan, I have to respectfully disagree. You are Italian, and Italy was one of the first countries to join four others in the EU in 1951, so now that there are 28 member countries, recently joined by countries from the former Eastern Bloc, and getting those countries to agree in limiting gas supplies from Russia must be like trying to herd cats. You have cats and I have cats so you know what I mean. Germany is the leader in solar power and we will be finished with nuclear power by 2020. If you want to blame someone blame those newer members who don’t give a crap that their gas is supplied by a dictator willing to do anything to hang on to power. Merkel is trying her best to get a consensus from member countries before they can move ahead with further sanctions. Finding a new supplier doesn’t happen overnight. You are also European so you should know how long it takes us to get anything done, but when we move, we move. Right now they are trying to complete their energy saving pledges which is also grounded in easing their dependence on Russian gas. One step at a time. If all else fails, we should do what Europe does best. Massive demonstrations against Russia and that murdering pos, Putin. There is nothing quite as scary for politicians as a massive but peaceful demo. After all, their future depends on re-election. » Posted By Kalima On July 24, 2014 @ 7:43 pm Nail on the head, kes, and the trouble being that some former Eastern Bloc, newer members, are not so against getting their gas from Russia. Europe has always taken their time to make decisions. The awful memories of the second WW still not such a distant memory for many. Better to take the time to explore all options, than to charge in, kill innocents, and make enemies around the world for life. Thankfully, your President feels the same way. » Posted By Kalima On July 22, 2014 @ 3:35 pm Great article, AdLib. In lieu of a longer comment today, a few links. Sorry. MH17 black boxes handed over by pro-Russia rebels Malaysian officials receive flight recorders from downed plane in ceremony after 12 hours of negotiations http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/22/mh17-black-boxes-handed-over-pro-russia-rebels —- WHY PUTIN LET MH17 GET SHOT DOWN http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/18/why-ukraine-erupted-again.html —- To answer some questions about Europe, these two articles. Conscious uncoupling Reducing Europe’s dependence on Russian gas is possible—but it will take time, money and sustained political will —- Europe is slow, not weak — Putin’s going to feel more pressure http://www.vox.com/2014/7/21/5923289/european-sanctions-on-russia » Posted By Kalima On July 21, 2014 @ 6:16 pm I often think of life as an ongoing jigsaw puzzle with missing pieces. Things happen to us that at the time might make no sense until we grow older and can add the pieces to complete the picture. Your experience in Panama being part of your training for your time in Vietnam being a perfect example of this, Nirek. Have you ever met someone and felt that you have known them for your whole lifetime? Have you ever visited a place or country and felt so at home that you can’t get lost because somehow you know your way around like a local? Thank you for sharing your memories because they are the framework of who we are, who we later become, and something no one can ever take away from us. It makes all of us unique. Sorry I’m late. Peace. » Posted By Kalima On July 20, 2014 @ 4:44 am Let’s Put the Blame Where it Belongs Hello Nirek. As much as I blame the TP and those who voted for them, I blame all the people who didn’t vote in 2010 because they thought they were more important than the rest of the population, didn’t get what they demanded in the first year and a half of Obama’s first term, and decided they would teach him a lesson by staying home. So what was that lesson? That only they count and that the rest of America can go to hell. As we turn our backs to those in need and think only about our own satisfaction, are we then not similar to the Party we profess to despise? The TP is an open sore, not voting has made it grow and become infected. It needs to be cut out, and the only way to do that is for everyone who is eligible to vote, to vote as if their life depended on it, because for many it already does, and for many more, it will in the future. Everyone should be helped to understand that their vote is important. Sometimes just a handful of votes can decide who goes or who stays. I still remember the happiness in the faces of the Iraqi voters leaving the polling stations proudly holding up their purple stained fingers, and although for us in the West that feeling is for the most part long gone, it’s when we allow ourselves to become jaded or start to believe that our vote doesn’t count, that horrors like the TP can happen. Complacency and purely selfish motives should play no part in the voting process, and those too lazy to vote obviously were not suffering in the way that many Americans still are. The President didn’t fail these people, they failed him and the rest of America. That is truly shameful. Thank you for the post, Nirek. » Posted By Kalima On July 16, 2014 @ 11:36 pm Cable News Channels Declare, “Sorry, There’s Not Really Any News Today!” Well in this case, no news really is good news, AdLib, if only it were true. *sigh* The picture of Billoliely is worth a thousand words, but I wouldn’t waste a single one on a hyper, untalented blowhard like him. As always, thank you for the laugh. » Posted By Kalima On July 15, 2014 @ 4:04 am The Sunday Funnies to Take a Brief Hiatus Dear Sally, hoping your surgery will be a great success, and that you will be feeling better no matter how long it takes. The Planet will be here when you are feeling stronger, so will everyone who enjoys your Funnies every week. Now is the time to concentrate on yourself, and I hope you have a wonderful trip. Take care and come back soon. All the very best for September. Mata ne. » Posted By Kalima On July 13, 2014 @ 3:55 pm Could we expect anything more from your Tory what’shisface ? Australia votes to repeal carbon tax http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28339663 » Posted By Kalima On July 17, 2014 @ 6:19 am Thanks Fergie, I had to laugh because you are one of the few people who understand my often off sense of humour, so I thank you for that. 🙂 Coming here was a great culture shock for me, and once you get used to it there are so many things to laugh at, but never in a bad way. Once in a while, my Japanese family have to laugh too when I explain how I see things, and have never taken it in a bad or insulting way. As I said to ppo, when you have lived in another country as long as we have, have worked and payed taxes there, been affected by government decisions there, we have earned the right to have an opinion and sometimes laugh about the things that are hard to explain. Take care. » Posted By Kalima On July 15, 2014 @ 2:44 am I’ve been here over 30 years, ppo, and sometimes the only way to stay sane, is to laugh, and that’s what I do a lot of when things are not so easy to understand or changeable. Have fun at the super and don’t forget where you park that kangaroo. » Posted By Kalima On July 15, 2014 @ 1:26 am Hi ppo, said I’d come back but didn’t expect it to take this long, sorry. 😳 Knowing you a little from your time here at The Planet, this tongue-in-cheek piece is exactly how I imagined your first post to be. When we live in a country that is our second or in my case, third home, for a long time, we have every right to make fun of some of the more unflattering and comical aspects of that country, I do it with Japan quite often. Still, Tokyo was again voted the most expensive city in the world, so I take first dibs on that one, living in a shoe box as I do. 😉 So thanks ppo, it was fun. » Posted By Kalima On July 15, 2014 @ 1:06 am Good Morning, ppo. I’ll be back to comment as soon as I can, things are a bit hectic in Old Edo for the past week. Thanks for doing the post, and for the kind props. See you soonish I hope. 🙂 » Posted By Kalima On July 13, 2014 @ 4:55 pm Hi kevinbr38, let us know if you need any help. Very happy to hear that, good to have you here with us » Posted By Kalima On July 13, 2014 @ 4:49 pm Hello kevinbr38 and welcome to The Planet. To get an image to show, you will first have to download it from your Desktop to our Media Library found in your Dashboard, to get a PlanetPOV URL. Copy the URL and paste it into the drop down box you will find when you click on ADD IMAGE under your comment box. Your image will then show up in your comment when you Submit. Hope this helps. » Posted By Kalima On July 13, 2014 @ 4:12 pm The pleasure is all ours, KT. Let’s never stop dreaming and hoping for a better world, because the minute we stop, we are nothing. » Posted By Kalima On July 14, 2014 @ 7:25 pm This was a splendid read, KT. It felt so raw and real that it touched the very lightning bolt strikes that appeared in the darkened sky that night. Thank you sincerely for letting us peek into an intimate moment you shared with another person in your life. I enjoyed every word and emotion as you told it so very well. » Posted By Kalima On July 14, 2014 @ 1:22 am The Weekend Music Thread-Anything Goes Omar Feat. Erykah Badu – Be Thankful https://youtube.com/watch?v=w458aTECqEk What’s Love Got To Do With It (Black & White Version)
» Posted By Kalima On July 12, 2014 @ 9:57 am To all Planeteers who like fusion, or maybe those of you who don’t know that they did. Have a peaceful Saturday and see you soon. DIRTY LOOPS – Hit Me https://youtube.com/watch?v=nls1HtXQe8E Randy Crawford One Day I’ll Fly Away https://youtube.com/watch?v=tH2rgPqi8Ag For bito with love. Rio De Janeiro Blue – Randy Crawford & Joe Sample https://youtube.com/watch?v=U05sFAvKoI8 Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway – Back Together Again https://youtube.com/watch?v=zcWFOIhY9eM Donny Hathaway – Someday We’ll All Be Free https://youtube.com/watch?v=cv1B0ejhFVE Corinne Bailey Rae – Trouble Sleeping https://youtube.com/watch?v=-wc0qMerzz0 Herbie Hancock Corinne Bailey Rae – River https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xukwe6bSYVo » Posted By Kalima On July 12, 2014 @ 8:13 am Coalition Of Church And State: Destroyed From Within. As I said, sometimes in blogging there are misunderstandings, and they could be for any number of reasons we might never know about in the other person’s private life, so we often have to go the extra mile to try to explain exactly what we mean. You will sort it out I’m sure. I’m in and out today, but I’m glad I was passing through when I did. Take care, and have a nice what is left of your evening. Greetings from my Tokyo morning and thank you. » Posted By Kalima On July 14, 2014 @ 6:20 pmComments Posted By Kalima
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