Canada is a fool for mowing its forest and polluting its water for some black goop, and useless US dollars.

95% of the worlds oil is controlled by sovereign entities who extract a decent tax on the non-renewable resource. Only the US and Canada let the Oil companies have a ‘free’ market. So yes Canada is a main cause of the US addiction to cheap energy and thus their jingoistic world view. Only the US can afford to be that way abetted by bombs and cheap fuel.

I’m surprised so few [even] here appear to notice another Latin American coup, and appear to be gripped by the monomanical politics of American grievance.

This sort of thing must be ingrained in the collective conciousness down south.

Elecciones insólitas
by Julio Cortázar (1970) +
Fierce, Fast and Low Dub – Midnight
by Maria Angelica Orjuela

Elecciones insólitas

No está convencido.

No está para nada convencido.

Le han dado a entender que puede elegir entre una banana, un tratado de Gabriel Marcel, tres pares de calcetines de nilón, una cafetera garantida, una rubia de costumbres elásticas, o la jubilación antes de la edad reglamentaria, pero sin embargo no está convencido.

Su reticencia provoca el insomnio de algunos funcionarios, de un cura y de la policía local.

Como no está convencido, han empezado a pensar si no habría que tomar medidas para expulsarlo del país.

Se lo han dado a entender, sin violencia, amablemente.

Entonces ha dicho: “En ese caso, elijo la banana.”

Desconfían de él, es natural.

Hubiera sido mucho más tranquilizador que eligiese la cafetera, o por lo menos la rubia.

No deja de ser extraño que haya preferido la banana.

Se tiene la intención de estudiar nuevamente el caso.

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thanks for the updates on honduras all…….

vs. CNN have a reporter summarising what Zelaya has said to Telsur, interjecting his own comments.

vs. Al Jaz, who run a full translation over Zaleya’s statement and extended answers to questions put by Telesur.

He’s says not possible to land as military have blocked the runway with trucks. He will state his next actions shortly…

Talking to reporter on the ground, she says the crowd cheering airplanes passing over the airport. Reporter spoke to control tower, who said he could confirm Zelaya plane had entered Honduran airspace, but radar had gone blank.

We’re all plane-spotters now. ;o)

Tourettes!! Oh my! At least you don’t come across like a schoolteacher on steriods…:)

Karl, the English CNN reporter is at the gates of the terminal, he says at other side of airport protesters tried to break into the runway area, the soldiers “were outnumbered’ and had fired, mentioned tear gas. Says unconfirmed reports by witness claiming 3 dead. Say these are not confirmed “by the interim authorities”. Now CNN talking to an American think-tank expert Larry Birns (COHA)…says Zelaya was elected as a conservative, but when he joined Chavez’ trade/econ initiatives he was abandoned by the rich and middle class….says then Zelaya then instituted wage reforms etc…

I think he said two children had been shot, mentioned one aged maybe 16.

Now a cameraman, Alfredo de Lara (?) Describes a calm march to airport, he went to south of airport. Calm protest, chanting. The some younger men tore down the fence, but didn’t enter the airport. Said military called up reinforcements, crowd started throwing stones. Said weapons fired in the 11 minutes of fire. Saw only one soldier level his rifle at the crowd. Saw one man around 30 shot. Was ushered to see the boys who’d had his brains blown out. His mother hysterical, crowd were screaming at him, ‘this is what the coup makers want!’

Said the crowd of protestors was mixed, men and women of all ages, people ran and just a hundred or so youths stayed throwing rocks and bottles, Saw no arms used, and nothing to justify at least one soldier firing into the crowd.

Al Jaz say Red Cross report treating up to 30 protesters.

Their latest report said Honduran emergency services had confirmed the child has died.