Oy Vey Gevalt

July 22, 1940

Understanding a Thing
Makes the Thing.
No-one understands
anything until some
Patient Person points
out its Value.

Picasso
1921
1925
1926
1927

Stuart Davis

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Gloucester Sketchbooks, 1932

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slight artistic value? Oy Vey Gevalt!

Reed Business Information has its head up its..

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Democracy Now
Over 1,000 Arrested as Anger over Inequality, Racism Boils Over
August 10, 2011


Amy Goodman:  How do you think this should all be resolved? We’re talking about four days of this uprising, of the riots, of the fires, of more than a thousand people arrested, police out in the largest presence in history now in the streets of London and others. What do you think needs to happen right now?

DARCUS HOWE: There has to be an overture made to young blacks, saying, "Peace." And you could do that with making clear that you disassociate yourself—I’m talking about the Prime Minister now—disassociate themselves with Operation Trident and dissolve it, dissolve Operation Razorback, which is terrorizing communities right now.  (Operation Razorback changed the stop and search law which needed grounds, to groundless stop and search on the suspicion of terrorism.  As a result black people are being harrassed and bullied All The Time!)

And the other thing, the genuine black intellectuals and working-class unionists, and so on, should hold an international conference within the next six months to lay out precisely the state of society. We must have black Americans there.

We must have broadcasters from all over the world and discuss the future of a civilization within a civilization, and make that absolutely clear.

We invite delegates from Africa, we invite delegates from the Caribbean, and say this is not the country that Cameron boasts of—and how, beneath the surface, the terror and the disrespect—on the question of race, mainly—and we have to resolve it. We have to resolve it, and resolve it in a civilized way.

..... Not go with a demonstration to the House of Lords or Parliament and to your MP and whatever. We have to lift it sky-high and let the entire civilization of this world know that what they’re doing in Afghanistan is much of what they do to kill people here. I’m not angry, but I’m deadly serious. Every time I walk the street, my eyes are scanning the landscape for rogue police officers. And that’s—I warn my children to do that, and my grandchildren.

You don't hafta bring yer psychiatrist flowers for Psychiatrist's Day... just try to act well for just one day ;))
Tell him/her how much you appreciate the help and how your quality of life has improved while in his/her care.

Albert Einstein to Robert S. Marcus of the World Jewish Conference consoling him on the loss of his son to polio.
In 1947 Marcus took the position of Political Director representative of the World Jewish Conference to the United Nations.
Marcus died in 1951, a year after his son.

Two Years Ago:
Some Question the Purpose of War in Afghanistan
By Anna Mulrine
Posted: October 23, 2009

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates took to the talk shows to explain just why he thinks Afghanistan isn't destined to be the graveyard of all empires. The Soviet Union's dismal failure in the country doesn't compare with America's current circumstances, he said. "They conducted a war of terror against the Afghans," killing 1 million people and creating 5 million refugees. The Soviets also tried "to impose an alien social and cultural change on the country. So the situations are completely different," Gates concluded.

... as President Obama convenes his war council again this month to discuss U.S. strategy, including whether to fulfill Gen. Stanley McChrystal's request for more troops, U.S. officials have made no secret of the fact that they are growing more concerned with endemic Afghan corruption. This is particularly true in the wake of the widespread allegations of fraud in August's presidential elections.

(corruption, allegations of fraud in US presidential elections? what have we to teach them? is greg mortenson out of hiding yet?)

that was then, this is now:
Afghanistan: America’s Longest War – A talk by Anand Gopal
July 3, 2011

2.What is the purpose of this war? Originally the reasons given were to make Americans feel safe and to defeat Al Qaeda. Journalist Anand Gopal said that he was in Afghanistan when bin Laden was killed and he got lots of calls from international media on how local Afghanis were responding. He said they were going about their lives in normal fashion because not only do Afghanis not care about bin Laden, they see the real enemy as the foreign occupier. Unfortunately since the US has invested so much in a victory, they are going to stay until they can determine there is a victory. This will mean permanent bases, putting in power a client state and maybe remove all troops by 2014.

(But wait a minute.. wasn't this longest, most expensive war about getting Bin Laden? Can't they come home yet?)

We've been through this before.  Now a lot gets written... but is anybody listening?  Try the BBC One Session recording.  She was an effing genius, and there will never be another like her.

Russell Brand has written someting rather good on his blog,

and Tony Bennett:

"Amy Winehouse was an artist of immense proportions. I am deeply saddened to learn of her tragic passing."
"She was an extraordinary musician with a rare intuition as a vocalist and I am truly devastated that her exceptional talent and has come to such an early end," 
"She was a lovely and intelligent person and when we recorded together she gave a soulful and extraordinary performance."
"I was honored to have the opportunity to sing with her,"
"It had been my sincere hope that she would be able to overcome the issues she was battling and I send my deepest sympathy to her father Mitchell, her entire family and all of those who loved her."

the white line is annoying but this recording is gorgeous:



"Back To Black"

He left no time to regret
Kept his dick wet
With his same old safe bet
Me and my head high
And my tears dry
Get on without my guy
You went back to what you knew
So far removed from all that we went through
And I tread a troubled track
My odds are stacked
I'll go back to black

We only said good-bye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to.....

I go back to us

I love you much
It's not enough
You love blow and I love puff
And life is like a pipe
And I'm a tiny penny rolling up the walls inside

We only said goodbye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to

Black, black, black, black, black, black, black,
I go back to
I go back to

We only said good-bye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to

We only said good-bye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to black

Ronson/Winehouse

Nothing like a cup of strong Italian roast and a robust protest letter to set me up for the day: