The Always Impressive M.M. Lee Kuan Yew
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
One full hour on The Charlie Rose Show. Oct 23 2009.
Before I Forget…
fragments & synchronicities
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"I've travelled all around the world to see the rivers and the mountains, and I've spent a lot of money. I have gone to great lengths, I have seen everything, but I forgot to see just outside my house a dewdrop on a little blade of grass, a dewdrop which reflects in its convexity the whole universe around you." Rabindranath Tagore (May 9, 1861 – Aug. 7, 1941) Book jacket inscription to a young Satyajit Ray Quote Archive
Wall Of Shame…
Note the obvious gorilla-like depiction of Robert Mugabe - the slopping hands, the menacing look, the hunched shoulders. Absolutely outrageous. 61 years on and imperialist racism is alive and well. Shame on you, FT.(click for full image)
Brain Calisthenics…
Made Me Laugh…
BBC News : Aussie Fans Face Tough Restriction Of 24 Cans Of Beer or 4 Litres Of Wine A Day(!!!) "...Spectators at the Bathurst 1000 - a three-day race meeting staged this week - will be told to stick to just the one "slab" of beer while at the racetrack. Wine-drinkers must also show restraint, facing a four litres per day limit..."(image from BBC news story)
Had heard of a six-pack, a case, but never a slab. And 4 LITRES of wine ? I can't do 4 litres of WATER a day. Maybe a similar limit is required on all Aussies interacting with immigrant students after 9PM - that and a ban on carrying screwdrivers if drunk ought to solve the carving-up-helpless-students problem. Imagine running into that (above center) "restrained" guy at 10PM in a dark alley.
About Me
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