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The castle of Maddaloni.
Built during the Roman Empire.
Fortified and enlarged by Roger II of Sicily in 1134.
Raided and set on fire by Ferdinand of Aragon in 1460.
Taken back to its old magnificence by Dukes of Carafa until the end of Bourbon Kingdom of Naples.
Occupied by the troops of Garibaldi in 1860, and then abandoned.
Sacked and plundered by Allies of World War II.
Now abandoned and giving way.
People of Maddaloni will regret about that when it will collapse once and for all.
Maddaloni, South Italy.
August 17, 2007.
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My testimony to Irish Parliament, 2013
Thank you for inviting me to participate in this profoundly important hearing.
Beginning in 2006, I began conducting comprehensive interviews with medical professionals, Chinese law enforcement personnel, and over 50 refugees from the Laogai System, in order to piece together the story of how mass harvesting from prisoners of conscience evolved in China. Based on my research, here is a short timeline:
In 1994, we have evidence that the first live organ harvests were performed on the execution grounds of Xinjiang.
In 1997, following the “Ghulja massacre,” we have evidence that the first political prisoners, specifically Uyghur activists were harvested on behalf of high-ranking cadres.
In 1999, Chinese State Security launched its largest action of scale since the Cultural Revolution, the eradication of Falun Gong.
By 2001, Chinese military hospitals were unambiguously targeting select Falun Gong prisoners for organ harvesting.
By 2005, overall transplant numbers--and the refugees that I have spoken to--suggest that the number of numbers of Falun Gong who are being harvested had increased dramatically.
In early 2006, the Epoch Times revealed the first charges of organ harvesting of Falun Gong, and this was followed that summer by the distribution of the Kilgour-Matas report.
In 2012, Wang Lijun attempted to defect at the US Consulate in Chengdu. Two weeks later information surfaced that he had overseen thousands of organ transplants. Six weeks later the Chinese State declared an end to organ harvesting of death-row prisoners over a five-year time frame. No mention was made of prisoners of conscience. Any attempt at third-party verification was rejected.
I can’t supply a death-count for House Christians, Uyghurs and Tibetans. But I estimate that 65,000 Falun Gong were murdered for their organs from 2000 to 2008.
What does this have to do with Ireland? China is the organ repository of last resort and Ireland—in spite of its sterling human rights record—is no exception. So my policy recommendation is simple enough.
Down in Australia, the local legislature of New South Wales is currently discussing criminalizing organ tourism—i.e. if you go to China and come back with a new organ you will be incarcerated. Simple as that. And until the Chinese authorities provide a full accounting of this crime against humanity, this is precisely the model that Ireland should follow.
Ethan Gutmann
Mistakes, failures, and Fuck-ups, the 2011 Suckadelic REJECTS series is here.
SALVAGED FROM THE SHIT-BIN!
These unwanted Mutants are the un-approved Color-tests, Bum-Castings, and Cobbled-together Frankenstein Wreckage from the Suckadelic Bootleg Sweat Shop.
Each figure is unique, comes in Green or Pink packaging and are sold Blind Boxed.
That means no Choosing!
You get what you get.
Kirtanananda leaving the court house on his final trial. No longer dressed as a Swami, with most of his disciples having rejected him. His face looks different from earlier photos. He is older and no longer has the belief that he is invincible.
Did you know the price of a US passport went up this week? By a LOT?
We don't have any immediate plans for international travel, but it seems like a prudent thing to have a current passport just in case, right? Like, if someone wants to hire us for a lucrative job in the south of France... (yeah. I'm putting it out there, Universe.)
So we got our butts in gear and turned in applications before the rate increase... and of course, we took our own photos. (I took Christina's and she took mine!)
These were some of the rejects that wouldn't pass muster with the Department of State. (The third one doesn't have a "neutral expression," FYI.)
This was my reject for this week, this really captured more how I felt. Wishing I could fall asleep and awake to what things used to be like. I thought I was past this particular emotion, but it appears not. I hate the roller coaster associated with loss, it's a ride in which you have no control, and can't get off when you want to. There will be brighter days tomorrow I'm sure.
Explored! THANKS!!
I just don't like it. There's no way I'm cutting up my string blocks to put into this, I just can't do it. I think I'll salvage my 10" squares of solid fabric pieces and then I can use them later on something else, and I'll sew the crazy 9's into a small lap quilt or something, maybe add a sashing to make it bigger. I don't really even like them for that, though. I just don't like them.
It's all about the fabric choices, I am slowly learning that. Anita's came out so beautiful and it has cohesion. This does not. there's nothing about it that says "ahhh!" More like it's saying "EW!"
Signed,
The big fat quitter.
Wait, I thought I would try one other thing- I've printed out the photo, going to cut it up and see if it gets any better by chopping up the big plain squares and making 1/4 circles out of them...... stay tuned, maybe I'm not a quitter yet after all.....
This image relates to an article:
Gates and Rockefeller Cafeterias Reject Monsanto GE Foods!
A brief clip:
"Bill Gates outlined his planned "digital revolution" of the world's food supply in Rome, Italy on February 23, 2012. He was grilled by reporters regarding his heavy promotion of genetically modified foods, to which he retorted, “You should go out and talk to people growing rice and say do they mind that it was created in a laboratory when their child has enough to eat?”[3] This seems to be a false dichotomy: 'Eat poisonous genetically modified food or die of starvation.' The third option, food freedom and the choice to eat natural food, will unfortunately not be an option for the masses if Bill Gates and friends have their way.
Read more:
templestream.blogspot.com/2012/02/gates-and-rockefeller-c...