A quote from New York Times, via AAIO:
The city’s [New York’s] crime index, a figure adjusted for population, is on par with much smaller cities, like Ann Arbor, Mich., and ranks 194th out of 200 cities with more than 100,000 residents, making it one of the safest.
I think there’s something wrong with the statistics. But if the stats is okay, it sure does make Ann Arbor sounds safer…
Saddam has been captured alive, but still no WMD. I don’t like Saddam Hussein but the capturing of Saddam is secondary to finding the WMD. With no WMD, the war is still a lie.
Half way across the globe, Keiko, the famous killer whale has passed away due to pneumonia. I wish there will be no more Keiko in the future. All lives deserve a life out of cage, or aquarium.
On more deserving news, the recent European Constitution Summit in Brussels and the Kyoto Protocol related meeting in Milan failed to reach any accord.
And God damn it. The expected is now inevitable – it’s snowing. I find the urge to hibernate increased ten folds. Sigh…
And ehem.
Ajax lost to Club Brugge in Belgium. It hurts to admit that Ajax didn’t qualify even for the UEFA Cup competition but nothing could be said or done now. Frustration could be seen in various Ajax forums. Even Escude couldn’t seem to cope with the fact that Ajax finished at the bottom below Celta and Club Brugge. Yet, among all the gloomy posts in the forum, one post by Vak425 says:
You are letting your heart rule your head on this one Jakobg – a team that loses 4 out of the 6 games plus doesnt manage a point in the last 3 games doesnt deserve to go through to the next round. Also remember the trouble we had getting past a small Austrian side in the preliminary round.
If we are looking for result that dumped us on our backsides, look no further than that Brugge win in Milan.
What was missing out there tonight was a leader and some experience of how to deal with the situation.
This team has not been firing on all cylinders this season – cannot understand why as it has such wonderful skillfull players throughout the team.
So the Class of 2003/04 was not up to the challenge – role on 2004/05 and Hup Ajax we love you.
What’s done is done and looking at the bright side, Ajax at least could concentrate on stretching their lead over PSV, Feyenoord and a whole lot of other Dutch clubs in the Eredivisie. Sigh…
At least there’s still the Rose Bowl for the Wolverines.
p/s – The Green Party almost won the mayor post in San Francisco.
Currently, I’m having a post-game blues due to over-hyping and pre-holiday laziness. So, I’m too lazy do anything even though I need to write a paper on the Kyoto Protocol.
I thought that in order for me to warm up, it’s good for me read all the whole news and wrap it up. Here goes.
Georgia – political instability. The opposition seized the Georgian Parliament and the President threatens to declare a state of emergency and let the military takes over. Thousands camp out of the Parliament’s compound and effectively helping out the almost coup de tat. Unfortunately for the President, despite the threat made, the military went out to the Parliament’s compound and guess what? The military hugged and kissed the campers. LOL!
Lithuania – rally against the President as corruption allegation gains momentum. The President is screwed.
Croatia – elections. The opposition is currently strong enough to wrestle the governmental seat from the incumbent.
Iraq – The US military is taking on the offensive for the first time in months after dozens of US personals were lost to guerilla (not terrorism. I shall not cave in to newspeak) attack. The latest news, three more US troops were killed – two of them got their throat silted.
Afghanistan – more attacks and Al-Qaeda is encouraging more attack. Not really a development.
Turkey – post-bombing trauma.
Saudi Arabia – post-bombing trauma though the magnitude has reduced.
US – another Enron styled case is developing up. Watch out for Freddie Mac though not as serious. The NYSE might suffer another dip before the Thanksgiving break.
EU – textile trade war with the US officially starts.
China – textile trade war with the US starts as the US imposed tariff earlier this week on Chinese textile export to the US. Talk about the hypocrisy of free market. China and EU will probably team up and bash the US.
Japan – threatens to impose steel tariff on the US if the US refuses to remove the tariff imposed on Japanese steel. Another trade war.
Asia Pacific – the stock exchange in various prominent Asian Pacific nations took dip as the NYSE went down three percent.
Malaysia – NSTP’s chief editor, the prominent Abdullah Ahmad was sacked by the government despite NSTP being a private press. He was sacked due to his criticism of Saudi Arabia. The pressure most probably came from the Royal House of Saud.
Vietnam – first US warship visit to Ho Chi Minh City after the Vietman War. Its nice to see at least, some parts of the world are heading for flowers and pleasantries instead of AK-47 and M-16A.
Israel – Sharon offers more plans to dismantle Palestinians’ home.
Uganda – the local Church severs their relation with the US Episcopal due to the Crunch tolerance of gays. Gays…
and of course, Michigan – ROSE BOWL BABY. LOL!!! OHIO STILL SUCKS.
hook me up a new revolution,
cuz this one is a lie,
we sat around laughin and watched the last one die
p/s – an excerpt from The Star:
PAS and Parti Keadilan Nasional Youth handed over a 19-point memorandum to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi urging him, among others, to reinstate government aid to the people’s religious school and to reserve admission only for bumiputras to bumiputra institutions like the Mara junior science colleges, Mara skills institute and Giatmara centres.
I take back my words about “Keadilan oddly enough fights for some of my ideal”.