The Eurasians and Africans just finished up another wild and woolly day that included: An ambush upon Pakistani paramilitary forces that killed 40, a day after a major raid on an army headquarters by Taliban forces. New figures are emerging that show a meteoric rise in Cancer rates in parts of Iraq where the US has dropped a lot of Depleted Uranium ordinance- people in the Arab world care about this even if others don't. North Korea once more demonstrated its ability to fire missiles into the Pacific, launching 5 for no known reason as the South tries to engage it on flooding concerns that have already killed several people... different priorities I suppose. China once again got an opportunity to show the world that unlike many places in the world, they get to exercise their sovereignty, which in this instance means killing some of the rioters from Xinjiang (almost certainly to be all Uyghurs). Africa, being the completely chaotic clusterfuck that it is these days experienced a hell of a day too: Guinea reeled from a strike called to commemorate deadly protests several weeks ago, to which the government/armed forces of Captain Camara naturally responded to with violence (the West is still debating whether or not to keep slanging guns to them or not). Despite the surrender of thousands of fighters in the Niger Delta under an amnesty program, MEND and other groups announced that it will keep up the fight and that most of those that went over where 'rented'. As has been the case for many years now, Somalia was the scene of fighting. A raid by the Ethiopians sparked diplomatic outcries, a threat by Islamic militants to blow up hospitals unless they stop using western aid is leading to that most likely becoming a reality. So then the Sun rose upon us in the Americas and we start another day. Heavy trading and fluctuations in the US dollar on the global market makes for an uncertain American economy that is far and away the most important thing to the average US citizen. An Iraq War veteran opened fire on Indiana police after they tried to take him in on suspicion of a triple homicide. A large favelha in Sao Paulo was smoldering and the night ended, with thousands of people from the shantytown now completely screwed. Mexico shut its major state run energy company because it, like many subsidized firms, was an economic train wreck bleeding money from many open wounds. This was no doubt a boon for those who greedily wait to buy up its assets and promptly raise prices for the average Mexican. So goes another day on Earth for the Humans in the strange year of our madness 2009. No need for concern, my song goes:
Fun times and the day has just gotten started for me
every time you awake in this world something to see
the brutal and beautiful all wrapped up into one
think of this when day dawns and you see the sun
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