Mikel Agirregabiria: Quiniela rectoral
Array · Scoured and raked the country to roust God out of every heart and hiding place, out of every schoolroom and football game and school board meeting · Set children against mother and father, wife against husband, woman against man, race against race · Legitimized every form of fornication and foulness · Driven the farmer off the land and the smallholder out of his property and made our people renters & strangers in their own land · Traversed the globe with armies and fleets, bombing cities and nations and imposing upon them the imperial will or death · Eroded the rights of Man defined so clearly in Bill of Rights · Suspended Habeas Corpus (1861, 1862 and apparently and subtly in 2002) · Created a welfare state · Taxed the people beyond reasonability · Legislated every aspect of human existence · Denied cultural identity to a significant portion of the population
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Besides at that time we had moved around in a Tonga and then after sunrise taken a boat ride.This time around we started the boat ride the first thing in the morning. They made a nice picture as they sprinted on the water surface before taking off.We saw a marvellous sunrise in the background of dry shrubs. Its immobility was actually the reason that some had difficulty locating it among the mass of dry leaves within a distance of five feet J!!Having thanked Harisingh we bid him farewell to take our next train to SavaiMadhopur.Ranathambore National Park presents a range of vegetation from dry arid regions with limited water resources to thick foliage in ravines and gorges. Satisfied we continued further.I had not expected a tiger sighting at Ranathambore. He met us before the ride and was of the opinion that R1 had low probability of tiger sighting. The movements of the tiger are quite well traced in the jungle. As soon as the tiger is noticed all the animals & A purple heron, painted stork and ducks swimming on the waterfront completed the picture.But given the significance of the alarm calls and signals, we knew that the entire jungle was keenly alert to the movements of the tiger while going about their mundane activities. The intention of the tiger is also estimated. And yet one has got to be aware of the tigerâs presence.Our driver twice opined that the tiger must be hidden in the tall grass near the water. Still we failed to spot the tiger though false deductions in the form of tufts of grass and bark of trees continued.Two three vehicles were parked around us trying to spot the striped animal. After a while when there was still no sign of the tiger the vehicles moved. The larger the canter and more the number of foreign tourists, heavier is the pocket of the driver by the end of the day in the instance of a tiger sighting.Knowing this very well our driver calmly removed the number plate denoting the route and proceeded in the direction of Padam Lake.Padam Lake is the major fresh water resource for the park and is frequented by thirsty avifauna. No one was interested in peacocks⦠all attention was concentrated on the tiger. Till the binocâs could reach their hands our driver noticing a patrol vehicle approaching had started moving away from the site.The next day we did get an opportunity to view this particular tiger at leisure. That day as soon as our driver was informed about the tiger he stepped on the accelerator only to stop when we reached Padam Lake. The tiger was in full view lying by the waterside taking an afternoon nap. Every time the tiger turned from side to side we got a glimpse of its white belly. After we entered the park a little distance further down from the official gate some vehicles were waiting and the tourists were looking in one direction. The incident is etched on every onlookers mind and it stays there more so because the low morning light did not lend itself to photography.After the tiger entered the jungle on the right, the canters started moving to track it to the next location. Such was the effect of the close encounter with the tiger that for a while we could register nothing but the image of tigers in every moving thingJJ!!Further down the route a sloth bear crossed our path.
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A. Scott Piraino It appears that Al Qaeda was behind a series of bombings in Madrid that killed 200 people, and injured 1500. Proof came when Spanish authorities obtained a videotape of a man claiming to represent the Al-Qaeda network. A man speaking Arabic on the tape said We declare our responsibility for what happened in Madrid exactly two and a half years after the attacks on New York and Washington. It is important that we realize, Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for their campaign of terror, but they have not admitted the attacks were their fault. The tape also said, “this is a response to the crimes that you caused in the world, and specifically in Iraq and Afghanistan”. So, what exactly are our crimes?We supplied Osama Bin Laden while he was fighting the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. We also supported Saddam’s regime when he decided to attack neighboring Iran. After the United States helped Bin Laden drive the Russians out of Afghanistan, he formed Al-Qaeda, (the base). Saddam Hussein negotiated an end to the war with Iran after eight years of bloody stalemate, then decided to invade Kuwait. Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden are psychotic murderers and we should never have had anything to do with them. But the fact remains, both men turned against us after the United States supported them during their wars. Our actions do not explain their actions, or Islam’s pathological hatred of the United States. Osama Bin Laden’s own words are mostly diatribes of lies and propaganda, particularly his outrageous statements about the United States. “America, head of the infidels in particular, bear hate and grudge against Islam and Muslims that cannot be described”. “The US government has committed acts that are extremely unjust, hideous and criminal”.The truth is the United States has had very few military conflicts with the Arab world. The US Navy engaged the Barbary corsairs early in the 19th Century. Our troops fought against Germany in North Africa in World War Two. The US also intervened to separate warring factions in Lebanon and Somalia, and Presidents Reagan and Clinton ordered air strikes in retaliation for terrorist bombings. The Gulf War in 1990 was the first war the United States waged against an Islamic nation before September 11th 2001. Of course our purpose was to liberate Kuwait, and we fought that war with an international coalition that included Islamic troops. We did not even overthrow Saddam Hussein after the first Gulf War, instead we negotiated an end to hostilities and enforced sanctions to prevent Iraq from re-arming. By contrast, Britain and France occupied many Islamic nations for over a century, and created the modern geopolitical map of the Middle East. Britain carved Persia into Iraq and Iran, and it was Britain that gave the Israelis control of Palestine. The French suppressed Arab nationalists, and fought viciously to keep Algeria a French colony after WW II. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, and today the Russians are fighting a brutal war against the Muslims of Chechnya. Serbia has ethnically cleansed and slaughtered Muslims in Bosnia and Kosovo. Even the Chinese are killing Muslims, in their western province of Xinjiang. If Al Qaeda’s real purpose is to strike at those who “bear hate” against Islam, they would be bombing the Serbs, the Russians, and the Chinese. Instead Bin Laden has declared a holy war against “Jews and Crusaders”. Bin Laden justifies his hatred of the United States because we are “occupying the lands of Islam in the holiest of places, the Arabian Peninsula, plundering its riches, dictating to its rulers, humiliating its people”. Bin Laden fails to mention that the Saudis invited US troops into their country after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. They were petrified by the massive Iraqi army dug in on the borders of Saudi Arabia. After the first gulf war, the US military presence was reduced to a mere 5000 men, mostly air force personnel enforcing Iraq’s no-fly zones. Now that the second Iraq war has ended Saddam’s regime, the US has announced plans to withdraw all US military personnel from Saudi Arabia. As for Saudi Arabia‘s riches, the Saudis nationalized, (seized), their oil industries from petroleum companies years ago. They have had full control over their oil wealth ever since. Saudi Arabia is now the world’s largest crude oil producer, oil exports earned them 1 billion in net revenues last year. With their low population, those oil revenues give the Saudis some of the highest standards of living in the world. Bin Laden’s claim that the United States is “occupying,…plundering,… and humiliating” Saudi Arabia is clearly a lie. He has only made one statement that provides the real explanation for Al Qaeda’s campaign of terror against us. Our terrorism is a good accepted terrorism because it is against America, it is for the purpose of defeating oppression so America would stop supporting Israel, who is killing our children. When Israel was recognized by the United Nations in 1948, Arab armies from Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon, attempted to drive them into the sea. The Israelis held their ground, then launched an offensive that drove the Arab armies from their territory. In 1949 a UN brokered armistice brought an end to outright war, but no end to raids and reprisals from Arab territories. Then Egypt’s President Nasser closed the Suez Canal to Israeli shipping. Negotiations over access to the canal continued for six more years, while Israel endured border attacks from Palestinian guerrillas. In 1956, Israel had had enough, and launched a coordinated air and ground assault that captured the Sinai peninsula, and forced Egypt to settle the canal dispute. Over the next decade the Arab alliance received massive arms shipments from the Soviet Union, and by 1967, another war was inevitable. Faced with an imminent invasion, Israel launched an air campaign that destroyed the Arab air forces. With total air superiority, the Israeli army routed the Arabs and captured the West Bank, Gaza strip, and Jerusalem. The war only lasted six days, and established Israel as a military power in the Middle East.In 1973 Egypt and Syria made a final attempt to destroy Israel by launching an invasion on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. The Israelis were taken by surprise and took heavy casualties fighting on two fronts. Only superior Israeli generalship allowed the Israelis to regroup, and counter-attack into Egypt and Syria.With a population of only five million citizens, Israel has repeatedly defeated the Arab armies of the Middle East. The Israelis have also occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since 1967, and forced these Muslims to live under an Israeli government. These humiliations at the hands of Israel are the real motivation behind Islamic terrorism. When Egypt’s President Nasser led the Arab Alliance in wars against Israel he proclaimed his intentions were, “the eradication of Israel. In 1956 he made the Arab opinion of Israel clear,
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Array · Scoured and raked the country to roust God out of every heart and hiding place, out of every schoolroom and football game and school board meeting · Set children against mother and father, wife against husband, woman against man, race against race · Legitimized every form of fornication and foulness · Driven the farmer off the land and the smallholder out of his property and made our people renters & strangers in their own land · Traversed the globe with armies and fleets, bombing cities and nations and imposing upon them the imperial will or death · Eroded the rights of Man defined so clearly in Bill of Rights · Suspended Habeas Corpus (1861, 1862 and apparently and subtly in 2002) · Created a welfare state · Taxed the people beyond reasonability · Legislated every aspect of human existence · Denied cultural identity to a significant portion of the population
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Besides at that time we had moved around in a Tonga and then after sunrise taken a boat ride.This time around we started the boat ride the first thing in the morning. They made a nice picture as they sprinted on the water surface before taking off.We saw a marvellous sunrise in the background of dry shrubs. Its immobility was actually the reason that some had difficulty locating it among the mass of dry leaves within a distance of five feet J!!Having thanked Harisingh we bid him farewell to take our next train to SavaiMadhopur.Ranathambore National Park presents a range of vegetation from dry arid regions with limited water resources to thick foliage in ravines and gorges. Satisfied we continued further.I had not expected a tiger sighting at Ranathambore. He met us before the ride and was of the opinion that R1 had low probability of tiger sighting. The movements of the tiger are quite well traced in the jungle. As soon as the tiger is noticed all the animals & A purple heron, painted stork and ducks swimming on the waterfront completed the picture.But given the significance of the alarm calls and signals, we knew that the entire jungle was keenly alert to the movements of the tiger while going about their mundane activities. The intention of the tiger is also estimated. And yet one has got to be aware of the tigerâs presence.Our driver twice opined that the tiger must be hidden in the tall grass near the water. Still we failed to spot the tiger though false deductions in the form of tufts of grass and bark of trees continued.Two three vehicles were parked around us trying to spot the striped animal. After a while when there was still no sign of the tiger the vehicles moved. The larger the canter and more the number of foreign tourists, heavier is the pocket of the driver by the end of the day in the instance of a tiger sighting.Knowing this very well our driver calmly removed the number plate denoting the route and proceeded in the direction of Padam Lake.Padam Lake is the major fresh water resource for the park and is frequented by thirsty avifauna. No one was interested in peacocks⦠all attention was concentrated on the tiger. Till the binocâs could reach their hands our driver noticing a patrol vehicle approaching had started moving away from the site.The next day we did get an opportunity to view this particular tiger at leisure. That day as soon as our driver was informed about the tiger he stepped on the accelerator only to stop when we reached Padam Lake. The tiger was in full view lying by the waterside taking an afternoon nap. Every time the tiger turned from side to side we got a glimpse of its white belly. After we entered the park a little distance further down from the official gate some vehicles were waiting and the tourists were looking in one direction. The incident is etched on every onlookers mind and it stays there more so because the low morning light did not lend itself to photography.After the tiger entered the jungle on the right, the canters started moving to track it to the next location. Such was the effect of the close encounter with the tiger that for a while we could register nothing but the image of tigers in every moving thingJJ!!Further down the route a sloth bear crossed our path.
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A. Scott Piraino It appears that Al Qaeda was behind a series of bombings in Madrid that killed 200 people, and injured 1500. Proof came when Spanish authorities obtained a videotape of a man claiming to represent the Al-Qaeda network. A man speaking Arabic on the tape said We declare our responsibility for what happened in Madrid exactly two and a half years after the attacks on New York and Washington. It is important that we realize, Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for their campaign of terror, but they have not admitted the attacks were their fault. The tape also said, “this is a response to the crimes that you caused in the world, and specifically in Iraq and Afghanistan”. So, what exactly are our crimes?We supplied Osama Bin Laden while he was fighting the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. We also supported Saddam’s regime when he decided to attack neighboring Iran. After the United States helped Bin Laden drive the Russians out of Afghanistan, he formed Al-Qaeda, (the base). Saddam Hussein negotiated an end to the war with Iran after eight years of bloody stalemate, then decided to invade Kuwait. Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden are psychotic murderers and we should never have had anything to do with them. But the fact remains, both men turned against us after the United States supported them during their wars. Our actions do not explain their actions, or Islam’s pathological hatred of the United States. Osama Bin Laden’s own words are mostly diatribes of lies and propaganda, particularly his outrageous statements about the United States. “America, head of the infidels in particular, bear hate and grudge against Islam and Muslims that cannot be described”. “The US government has committed acts that are extremely unjust, hideous and criminal”.The truth is the United States has had very few military conflicts with the Arab world. The US Navy engaged the Barbary corsairs early in the 19th Century. Our troops fought against Germany in North Africa in World War Two. The US also intervened to separate warring factions in Lebanon and Somalia, and Presidents Reagan and Clinton ordered air strikes in retaliation for terrorist bombings. The Gulf War in 1990 was the first war the United States waged against an Islamic nation before September 11th 2001. Of course our purpose was to liberate Kuwait, and we fought that war with an international coalition that included Islamic troops. We did not even overthrow Saddam Hussein after the first Gulf War, instead we negotiated an end to hostilities and enforced sanctions to prevent Iraq from re-arming. By contrast, Britain and France occupied many Islamic nations for over a century, and created the modern geopolitical map of the Middle East. Britain carved Persia into Iraq and Iran, and it was Britain that gave the Israelis control of Palestine. The French suppressed Arab nationalists, and fought viciously to keep Algeria a French colony after WW II. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, and today the Russians are fighting a brutal war against the Muslims of Chechnya. Serbia has ethnically cleansed and slaughtered Muslims in Bosnia and Kosovo. Even the Chinese are killing Muslims, in their western province of Xinjiang. If Al Qaeda’s real purpose is to strike at those who “bear hate” against Islam, they would be bombing the Serbs, the Russians, and the Chinese. Instead Bin Laden has declared a holy war against “Jews and Crusaders”. Bin Laden justifies his hatred of the United States because we are “occupying the lands of Islam in the holiest of places, the Arabian Peninsula, plundering its riches, dictating to its rulers, humiliating its people”. Bin Laden fails to mention that the Saudis invited US troops into their country after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. They were petrified by the massive Iraqi army dug in on the borders of Saudi Arabia. After the first gulf war, the US military presence was reduced to a mere 5000 men, mostly air force personnel enforcing Iraq’s no-fly zones. Now that the second Iraq war has ended Saddam’s regime, the US has announced plans to withdraw all US military personnel from Saudi Arabia. As for Saudi Arabia‘s riches, the Saudis nationalized, (seized), their oil industries from petroleum companies years ago. They have had full control over their oil wealth ever since. Saudi Arabia is now the world’s largest crude oil producer, oil exports earned them 1 billion in net revenues last year. With their low population, those oil revenues give the Saudis some of the highest standards of living in the world. Bin Laden’s claim that the United States is “occupying,…plundering,… and humiliating” Saudi Arabia is clearly a lie. He has only made one statement that provides the real explanation for Al Qaeda’s campaign of terror against us. Our terrorism is a good accepted terrorism because it is against America, it is for the purpose of defeating oppression so America would stop supporting Israel, who is killing our children. When Israel was recognized by the United Nations in 1948, Arab armies from Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon, attempted to drive them into the sea. The Israelis held their ground, then launched an offensive that drove the Arab armies from their territory. In 1949 a UN brokered armistice brought an end to outright war, but no end to raids and reprisals from Arab territories. Then Egypt’s President Nasser closed the Suez Canal to Israeli shipping. Negotiations over access to the canal continued for six more years, while Israel endured border attacks from Palestinian guerrillas. In 1956, Israel had had enough, and launched a coordinated air and ground assault that captured the Sinai peninsula, and forced Egypt to settle the canal dispute. Over the next decade the Arab alliance received massive arms shipments from the Soviet Union, and by 1967, another war was inevitable. Faced with an imminent invasion, Israel launched an air campaign that destroyed the Arab air forces. With total air superiority, the Israeli army routed the Arabs and captured the West Bank, Gaza strip, and Jerusalem. The war only lasted six days, and established Israel as a military power in the Middle East.In 1973 Egypt and Syria made a final attempt to destroy Israel by launching an invasion on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. The Israelis were taken by surprise and took heavy casualties fighting on two fronts. Only superior Israeli generalship allowed the Israelis to regroup, and counter-attack into Egypt and Syria.With a population of only five million citizens, Israel has repeatedly defeated the Arab armies of the Middle East. The Israelis have also occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since 1967, and forced these Muslims to live under an Israeli government. These humiliations at the hands of Israel are the real motivation behind Islamic terrorism. When Egypt’s President Nasser led the Arab Alliance in wars against Israel he proclaimed his intentions were, “the eradication of Israel. In 1956 he made the Arab opinion of Israel clear,
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-ne Predicciones sobre el próximo Rectorado de la UPV-EHU Animados por el circunstancial éxito pleno de anteriores pronósticos, tales como la elección de Rajoy por Aznar y las dos últimas elecciones Generales y Municipales, algunas amistades me solicitan aplicar estas supuestas dotes adivinatorias al proceso abierto de elección del Rectorado en la Universidad del PaÃs Vasco. Los periódicos de hoy recogen el clima de incertidumbre en el resultado, derivado fundamentalmente de la novedad absoluta de la normativa que rige el proceso, asà como por la abundancia de candidaturas. La pasividad estudiantil resulta preocupante y denota poca motivación e insuficiente atención prestada hacia el destinatario de la acción formativa universitaria en la acelerada campaña, que -a pesar de las interferencias con las Elecciones Generales y el 11M- ha sido un modelo de “fair play”, por madurez universitaria e incluso por el relativismo de opción real de algunas listas.El análisis de las posibilidades entre las siete candidaturas se presenta complejo.
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