Japanese (tingi)Tanga

To live is to break
One's heart for the sake of love;
A couple of doves,
Beaks touching on their way,
Are stepping out in the sun.



by Ueda Miyoji, Japanese Tanga artist (English translation by S. Noritoshi)

Tinpot Dictator Hall of Fame: Islam Karimov

This procedure and this form of execution, which you now have the opportunity of admiring, have at present no open supporters left in our colony.
I am their sole defender, and at the same time the sole defender of the legacy of our former commandant.
I can no longer contemplate any further development of the system; all my energy is consumed in preserving what we have.

-- Franz Kafka, "In the Penal Colony"


Karimov's Profile

From his website, Karimov has (inter alia):

- a strong will, self-confidence and courage, defending the honor and dignity of the Uzbek people. When he headed the Central committee of the Communist Party, others tried to blacken his name, producing lawlessness and persecution

- raised to the level of state policy respectful relations to the spiritual values of our nation, renewal and development of our sacred religion, traditions and customs, the priceless heritage of the people

- raised the international respect for Uzbekistan

Some of his achievements - open with caution, VERY EXPLICIT IMAGES!

Bertolt Brecht - The Solution

After the uprising of the 17th June
The Secretary of the Writers Union
Had leaflets distributed in the Stalinallee
Stating that the people
Had forfeited the confidence of the government
And could win it back only
By redoubled efforts. Would it not be easier
In that case for the government
To dissolve the people
And elect another?

The English translation is from Bertolt Brecht, Poems 1913-1956, eds. John Willett and Ralph Manheim (Methuen 1976), p. 440.

Read the original version here:

The Greatest of Great Men Produced by Heaven

from Harper's Magazine, December 1997

Top of the Class

Michael Kaufman: The Attraction of the Bush

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Tingitanga Dreaming

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The capital Tingitanga - our ancient beacon of light on the shores of the Med

- from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mauretania Tingitana

The commercial town of Tingis came under Roman rule in the course of the 1st century BC, first as a free city and then, under Augustus, a colony (Colonia Julia, under Claudius), capital of Mauritania Tingitana of Hispania. In the 5th century CE, Vandals conquered and occupied "Tingi" and from here swept across North Africa. A century later (between 534 and 682), Tangier became part of the Byzantine empire, before coming under Arab control in 702.

The city had a chequered history from the late Middle Ages, being held by the Portuguese from 1471-1580; by Spain during the Portuguese unification with Spain, 1580-1640; and by Portugal again, 1640-1661. In 1661 it was given to Charles II of England as part of the dowry from the Portuguese Infanta Catherine of Braganza. The English gave the city a garrison and a charter which made it equal to English towns.

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The Dear Leader's birthday

American Thinker Blog: The Dear Leader's birthday
Yesterday, listening to the radio while driving, I learned that (once again) I had missed the Dear Leader's birthday, the major event of the year in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.



... from Tingi's photoblogs...

Dear Leader's Birthday - a North Korean family's photo gallery
http://www.pbase.com/tingi/north_korea


... and from Harper's 08/2002

Speak No Evil

Tingitanga Woman

Woman in the medina of Tangiers - April 2007

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ombion: Όταν ένας οργανικός διανοούμενος συναντά τον Banal φασισμό

http://ombion.blogspot.com/2007/03/banal.html

In the beginning... there was the Word

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