The U.S. says it wants the meeting tomorrow in Geneva to be the start of a dialogue aimed at ensuring Iran doesn’t develop a nuclear weapon.
“The Obama administration is going into these talks with much more leverage than it’s had in a while,” said Gary Sick, who worked for Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Pardon Your Fly Is Open!
Posted in current news, tagged AQ Khan, black marketing in nuclear secrets, Chernobyl, FDR.Manhattan Project, Geneva talks, Mordecai Vanunu, nuclear leaks, Nuclear proliferation, politics, The Three Mile Island incident on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Fable for our Times
Posted in current news, election USA, tagged Election 2012, fables, kerb politics, Neptune, Poseidon, Roman god, Sarah Palin on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Mule or the Porpoise?
Before the Council of gods there were animals all lined up. Each god except Neptune got what he wanted. Neptune found only two animals left to him and he said: Something tells me I am left with nothing but this mule and this porpoise. He was disappointed. “This porpoise hasn’t the [...]
The Tale of the trader and the Jinn
Posted in illustrations, tagged 1001 Night, art, merchant prince, portrait, The Arabian Nights, Trader on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Polanski, Justice and Cuckoo Clock
Posted in current news, tagged news on the March, delay in justice, sex predator, The Third Man, Rosemarie's Baby, the Pianist, Roman Polanski, rape charges, miscarriage of Justice, Switzerland on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Roman Polanski arrived in Zurich to receive a lifetime achievement award from a film festival. There was an arrest warrant pending and it had for more than 30 years not served on him. On a nod from the Swiss Justice Ministry the Swiss police arrested the famous director last Saturday.
A complicated legal process awaits all [...]
Tale of the Trader and the Jinn-ready to kill
Posted in illustrations, tagged 1001 Nights, art, b&w, dead boy, life for life, pen and ink, The Arabian Nights, the jinn on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Godfather Part II- 1974
Posted in Hollywood films, tagged Al Pacino, American Dream, Diane Keaton, Francis Coppola, Great films, Mario Puzo, Robert di Niro, sequel, the Corleone family, the Godfather on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
( Note: This post first appeared in cinebuff.wordpress.com. b)
The kernel of the film is same as what Machiavelli in his book The Prince seems to say. The book was meant for Lorenzo de Medici, the Magnificent. Of course the Medicis of another age and clime hold parallel to the Corleone family in as far as [...]
The Tale of Two Brothers-found out!
Posted in illustrations, tagged art, b&w, cuckoldry, first tale, The Arabian Nights, the jinn, the sleeper, the wife, two brothers on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The trader and the Jinn-crying calf
Posted in art, books,, illustrations, tagged watercolor, The Arabian Nights, 1001 Night, lulu.com, Benny Thomas, black art, Jinn, pen, illustrated tale, sorcery on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Tale of the trader and the Jinn
Posted in illustrations, tagged 1001 Nights, art, first sheik and son, jealous wife, The Arabian Nights on September 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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