Dunkelbunt & the Amsterdam Klezmer Band
Black Eyed Sea

The Memorial is housed in what was Sighet Prison, where the communists exterminated many of Romania's elite (writers, intellectuals, bishops, interwar democratic politicians etc.). It is important to know these things as we prepare for what is to come, including what is to come ~ incredibly! ~ in the United States...
The Memorial was founded by poet Ana Blandiana, a dissident under Ceausescu, and subjected to a vicious and prolonged hate campaign by Corneliu Vadim Tudor (remember him?) after the1989 Revolution

How I hate Pogrom season.
Blast in Georgia Kills Small Town Mayor
Mayor Bloomberg left the Republican Party, but his money continues to find its way into GOP coffers. Bloomberg donated $20,000 to the Republican Assembly Committee on Thursday - the same day the City Council voted to extend term limits, state Board of Elections records show.

U.S. will provide cash to life insurers deemed too important to fail
Saudi Stocks Join Global Rout
Back to Bretton Woods as world leaders look for new system
WSJ: Fresh Tumult as Signs of Recession Go Global
Leaders of Europe and Asia Call for Joint Economic Action

Syrian Troops Enclose Lebanon, Rice Contacts Hamas
U.S. Resupplies Lebanese Military
UN: Israel violated Geneva Conventions
Ancient Palestine, according to Palestinian Arabs
Livni Refuses to Take Stand on Jerusalem, Chooses Elections

Hundreds of Fatahsses now occupying Hebron
Israel says Syria arming Hezbollah
Islamic clerics in Malaysia rule to ban tomboys

Iraqi officials say few Christians are returning to Mosul
Secretary General of OIC calls international community to help Yemen
UAE Calls For Stronger OIC Economic Partnership
Christian leaders oppose Tanzanian bid to join OIC
As well they should.
OIC members agree on further cooperation
Afghan Druglord indicted for financing the Taliban
Chinese President Hu Jintao met with the visiting Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero in Beijing on Saturday
Uncle Chom on Iran
Up your meds before reading
Chippewa Tribe passes resolution to ban abortion on their land

Cult of the Marxist Messiah
McCain aide: Palin's 'going rogue'
Islamic courts in UK to deal with divorce disputes
Roundup ~ EUGENICS IN THE UK:
1) Legalise assisted suicide, for pity's sake5.6 in Pakistan/Afghanistan
2) Royal Mail has been criticised for releasing a stamp honouring Marie Stopes, the birth control pioneer who is accused of being a racist and a Nazi sympathiser
3) A gene mapping test could tell parents-to-be if embryos are affected by almost any inherited disease, UK scientists have claimed
5.5 in Indonesia
5.0 in Iran
5.1 off the Northern California Coast
Dunkelbunt & the Amsterdam Klezmer Band
La Revedere