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For Anna-Giulia

“Our knowledge has made us cynical,
our cleverness hard and unkind.
We think too much and feel too little.
More than machinery we need humanity;
More than cleverness we need kindness
and gentleness. Without these qualities
life will be violent and all will be lost.”

Charlie Chaplin, final speech from “The Great Dictator”.

In Italian: click here.
In German: click here.

by “Prljavo Kazalisste”
Thanks to Nandor Ljubanovic

Thursday May 13, 2010: Pope Calls Abortion, Divorce & Gay Marriage ’some of today’s most insidious and dangerous threats to the common good.’

Thanks, pope.
I feel relieved.
I always believed that
famine, wars, illnesses, hate, poverty, climate chages….
are the most serious threats
now I can sleep relaxed.

Kad su papu Jožek zvali,
Da l’ je majko i on plako
Kao drugi hlapci mali?
Je l’ dizao desnu u zrak?
Bješe li ga strah od Krista?
Od Židova? Komunista?
O Lili Marlen…

Kad je papa Jožek bio,
Je l’ se igro s malim mendom
Il’ se igro sa Jugendom?
Je l’ za kike vuko klinke
Ester, Hanu i Rebeku
Kad su išle put Treblinke?
O Lili Marlen…

Je li ko od Marktlovčana
Znao da će Jožek mali
Biti papa jednog dana?
A kad dim se bijeli vije,
Da l’ pomisli papa tada:
Je l’ to Moša ili nije?
O Lili Marlen…

Eto, to bih htio znati…
Da l’ mu Moša u san svrati?

By “Gori Ussi Winetou”
Thanks to Mileta Mijatovic

By Nemanja Moravich Balkanski & Vladimir Dr. Protich
Thanks to Mileta Mijatovic

Happy the Day of Liberation from nacism.

In Serbia, they renamed this day. It is now called “The Day of the EU”. Antifascism is oficially not welcome anymore. Stupid stupid stupid.

Misko is Dejan’s friend. Dejan is repairing his car, and Misko is taking care that from time to time
Dejan has something to do.

He is also a son of a montenegro woman and a german soldier, who was
posted in Montenegro during the second world war.

As a son of a german father, he has a permanent residence in Germany.

Child abuse does not happen only in catholic church, of course. It happens everywhere, every time. But some naive people are surprised that it is also practiced by priests. As more and more cases emerge and more and more victims start to talk about their experiences from the youth, a big picture assembles itself. And it is becoming apparent that catholic church was systematically trying to hide this cases from the public, as much as possible, and to pretend that nothing was happening:

“Very much more serious is the role of Joseph Ratzinger, before the church decided to make him supreme leader, in obstructing justice on a global scale. After his promotion to cardinal, he was put in charge of the so-called “Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith” (formerly known as the Inquisition). In 2001, Pope John Paul II placed this department in charge of the investigation of child rape and torture by Catholic priests. In May of that year, Ratzinger issued a confidential letter to every bishop. In it, he reminded them of the extreme gravity of a certain crime. But that crime was the reporting of the rape and torture. The accusations, intoned Ratzinger, were only treatable within the church’s own exclusive jurisdiction. Any sharing of the evidence with legal authorities or the press was utterly forbidden. Charges were to be investigated “in the most secretive way … restrained by a perpetual silence … and everyone … is to observe the strictest secret which is commonly regarded as a secret of the Holy Office … under the penalty of excommunication.” (my italics). Nobody has yet been excommunicated for the rape and torture of children, but exposing the offense could get you into serious trouble. And this is the church that warns us against moral relativism! (See, for more on this appalling document, two reports in the London Observer of April 24, 2005, by Jamie Doward.)”

Christopher Hitchens, The Great Catholic Cover-Up.

Child abuse is a serious crime. But trying to cover it up…? Is it not the same?

Deutsche Telekom is first Dax 30 company to introduce women’s quota
Mar 15, 2010

-> 30 percent of management positions worldwide to be filled by women by end of 2015

Taking female advancement seriously: Deutsche Telekom is the first Dax 30 company to introduce a women’s quota. By the end of 2015, thirty percent of upper and middle management positions in the company are to be filled by women. This regulation applies worldwide. In addition to broadening its talent pool, Deutsche Telekom is also expecting to add value to the company in the long term with greater diversity at management level. More…

Pezza Pan: one could of course interrogate why only for management positions. But at least it is something. The french have already introduced women’s quota for their parliament some years ago.

Lake activities, summer 2009. The photo “Outdoor 9″ was shot by Dusan.