Kita sedang main-main dengan Ravi, ketika Inyik menunjukkan artikel di RCTI. Juara IBF 99 sekarang jadi kuli panggul.
Aku malu dan marah menonton artikel ini.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Sashimi
How does it feel to dedicate your life to your work? Sitting in a sashimi bar, I wonder if the answer of my questions lies in dedication.
You dedicate your time to something beautiful and to the goodness of others.
That sounds like a life purpose. I can die at peace with that.
That sushi chef taught me more of life than most lecturer I had.
You dedicate your time to something beautiful and to the goodness of others.
That sounds like a life purpose. I can die at peace with that.
That sushi chef taught me more of life than most lecturer I had.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Watchmen
Dr. Manhattan is the all knowing all powerful. He could stop anything, but he didn't.
Did he lose care? Don't know yet, but I suspect he lost some people that he love.
I guess being almighty has its price.
I think he lost care because he was abandoned.
Did he lose care? Don't know yet, but I suspect he lost some people that he love.
I guess being almighty has its price.
I think he lost care because he was abandoned.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Days of the week
http://lifehacker.com/5219830/whats-the-most-stressful-day-of-your-work-week
Most workers coast through Monday getting their brain in gear and catching up with gossip from the weekend through social networking sites.
But on Tuesday reality sets in and staff spend the first part of the day going through emails they ignored on Monday before planning the week ahead.
And 11.45am is the point when everything comes to a head.
Most workers coast through Monday getting their brain in gear and catching up with gossip from the weekend through social networking sites.
But on Tuesday reality sets in and staff spend the first part of the day going through emails they ignored on Monday before planning the week ahead.
And 11.45am is the point when everything comes to a head.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Obama blew lid on CIA method
I'm awed. But like the rest of the world, there's nothing Indonesia can do.
It makes me think of what our method of interrogation may be.
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Washington, April 16, 2009 (AFP) -
President Barack Obama Thursday blew the lid on harsh CIA terror interrogations approved by ex-president George W. Bush, including the use of insects, simulated drowning and sleep deprivation.
But despite releasing four partially blacked-out memos detailing the tactics, Obama said operatives who carried out the interrogations would not be prosecuted, saying they acted on orders and were defending their country.
"This is a time for reflection, not retribution," Obama said.
"We have been through a dark and painful chapter in our history. But at a time of great challenges and disturbing disunity, nothing will be gained by spending our time and energy laying blame for the past."
The graphic memos offered a stunning glimpse inside the covert interrogation program introduced after the September 11 attacks in 2001, which critics say equated to torture, and Obama said undermined America's moral authority.
The documents were written by Bush administration legal officials and argued that a long list of coercive techniques did not equal torture as they did not amount to the inflicting severe mental or physical pain.
Detailing methods used to question Al-Qaeda terror suspects, the memos reveal the use of dietary manipulation, forced nudity, facial and abdominal slaps, and the use of confined or "stress positions" for suspects.
In one technique known as "walling," interrogators could push a suspect against a false wall, so his shoulder blades make a slamming noise and make him think the impact is greater than in reality.
The memos also show interrogators asked for a ruling on whether the placing of a harmless insect in a cramped box with Al-Qaeda terror suspect Abu Zubaydah equated to torture.
The technique "certainly does not cause physical pain" and therefore could not be termed as torture and should be permissible, one of the memos said.
Similarly, techniques included waterboarding or simulated drowning, walling and sleep deprivation also fell short of torture, the memos said.
Another memo details a 'prototypical interrogation,' which begins with a detainee stripped of his clothes, shackled, and hooded, "with the walling collar over his head and around his neck."
Human rights groups reacted with dismay to Obama's decision to shield interrogators from prosecution.
"The Department of Justice appears to be offering a get-out-of-jail-free card to individuals who, by US Attorney General Eric Holder's own estimation, were involved in acts of torture," said Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International.
The Center for Constitutional Rights said the immunity for officials was "one of the deepest disappointments" of the Obama administration.
"Government officials broke very serious laws: for there to be no consequences not only calls our system of justice into question, it leaves the gate open for this to happen again."
In a statement, Obama said the tactics adopted by the administration of his predecessor "undermine our moral authority and do not make us safer."
He said he was releasing the documents to avoid "an inaccurate accounting of the past," which would "fuel erroneous and inflammatory assumptions about actions taken by the United States."
"In releasing these memos, it is our intention to assure those who carried out their duties relying in good faith upon legal advice from the Department of Justice that they will not be subject to prosecution," he said in a statement.
"The men and women of our intelligence community serve courageously on the front lines of a dangerous world," he said.
Dennis Blair, the Director of National Intelligence said the torture memos must be read in the context of the "horror" of the September 11 attacks.
"Those methods, read on a bright, sunny, safe day in April 2009, appear graphic and disturbing," he said, but pledged Washington would not use similar methods in future.
"But we will absolutely defend those who relied on these memos and those guidelines," he said.
A federal court had given the government until Thursday to either turn over the memos in response to a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union or explain why they cannot be released.
The memos were authored by Jay Bybee and Steven Bradbury, who at the time were lawyers for Bush's Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel.
col-mac/ao
It makes me think of what our method of interrogation may be.
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Washington, April 16, 2009 (AFP) -
President Barack Obama Thursday blew the lid on harsh CIA terror interrogations approved by ex-president George W. Bush, including the use of insects, simulated drowning and sleep deprivation.
But despite releasing four partially blacked-out memos detailing the tactics, Obama said operatives who carried out the interrogations would not be prosecuted, saying they acted on orders and were defending their country.
"This is a time for reflection, not retribution," Obama said.
"We have been through a dark and painful chapter in our history. But at a time of great challenges and disturbing disunity, nothing will be gained by spending our time and energy laying blame for the past."
The graphic memos offered a stunning glimpse inside the covert interrogation program introduced after the September 11 attacks in 2001, which critics say equated to torture, and Obama said undermined America's moral authority.
The documents were written by Bush administration legal officials and argued that a long list of coercive techniques did not equal torture as they did not amount to the inflicting severe mental or physical pain.
Detailing methods used to question Al-Qaeda terror suspects, the memos reveal the use of dietary manipulation, forced nudity, facial and abdominal slaps, and the use of confined or "stress positions" for suspects.
In one technique known as "walling," interrogators could push a suspect against a false wall, so his shoulder blades make a slamming noise and make him think the impact is greater than in reality.
The memos also show interrogators asked for a ruling on whether the placing of a harmless insect in a cramped box with Al-Qaeda terror suspect Abu Zubaydah equated to torture.
The technique "certainly does not cause physical pain" and therefore could not be termed as torture and should be permissible, one of the memos said.
Similarly, techniques included waterboarding or simulated drowning, walling and sleep deprivation also fell short of torture, the memos said.
Another memo details a 'prototypical interrogation,' which begins with a detainee stripped of his clothes, shackled, and hooded, "with the walling collar over his head and around his neck."
Human rights groups reacted with dismay to Obama's decision to shield interrogators from prosecution.
"The Department of Justice appears to be offering a get-out-of-jail-free card to individuals who, by US Attorney General Eric Holder's own estimation, were involved in acts of torture," said Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International.
The Center for Constitutional Rights said the immunity for officials was "one of the deepest disappointments" of the Obama administration.
"Government officials broke very serious laws: for there to be no consequences not only calls our system of justice into question, it leaves the gate open for this to happen again."
In a statement, Obama said the tactics adopted by the administration of his predecessor "undermine our moral authority and do not make us safer."
He said he was releasing the documents to avoid "an inaccurate accounting of the past," which would "fuel erroneous and inflammatory assumptions about actions taken by the United States."
"In releasing these memos, it is our intention to assure those who carried out their duties relying in good faith upon legal advice from the Department of Justice that they will not be subject to prosecution," he said in a statement.
"The men and women of our intelligence community serve courageously on the front lines of a dangerous world," he said.
Dennis Blair, the Director of National Intelligence said the torture memos must be read in the context of the "horror" of the September 11 attacks.
"Those methods, read on a bright, sunny, safe day in April 2009, appear graphic and disturbing," he said, but pledged Washington would not use similar methods in future.
"But we will absolutely defend those who relied on these memos and those guidelines," he said.
A federal court had given the government until Thursday to either turn over the memos in response to a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union or explain why they cannot be released.
The memos were authored by Jay Bybee and Steven Bradbury, who at the time were lawyers for Bush's Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel.
col-mac/ao
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
LIC
Mama: Jadi ini ... ya?
Ayah: Ng.. nggak tau
Mama: LIC lah *tertawa geli
Ayah: Apa tu Ma? *penasaran
Mama: Like I Care lah
*tertawa
Ayah: Keren banget. Mama dapat dari Mana? *Geli
Mama: Kepikiran aja sendiri
Ayah: Ng.. nggak tau
Mama: LIC lah *tertawa geli
Ayah: Apa tu Ma? *penasaran
Mama: Like I Care lah
*tertawa
Ayah: Keren banget. Mama dapat dari Mana? *Geli
Mama: Kepikiran aja sendiri
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Tidak mau sembako murah
Aku nggak mau sembako murah. Aku mau memiliki pekerjaan dengan uang yang cukup untuk membeli apa yang kubutuhkan.
Aku tidak mau uang tunai, aku mau penghasilan yang pasti ada, pemasukan yang stabil pertumbuhannya.
Aku tidak bisa hidup hanya dengan hasil alam, aku mau pendidikan yang memberikanku keahlian untuk berkarya, dan pasar yang mengapresiasi dan mampu membeli.
Aku mau negaraku secara keseluruhan menarik devisa dr negeri lain, bukan mengalirkan devisa keluar.
Ada diantara kalian (partai) yang mampu melakukan itu?
Aku tidak mau uang tunai, aku mau penghasilan yang pasti ada, pemasukan yang stabil pertumbuhannya.
Aku tidak bisa hidup hanya dengan hasil alam, aku mau pendidikan yang memberikanku keahlian untuk berkarya, dan pasar yang mengapresiasi dan mampu membeli.
Aku mau negaraku secara keseluruhan menarik devisa dr negeri lain, bukan mengalirkan devisa keluar.
Ada diantara kalian (partai) yang mampu melakukan itu?
Friday, April 03, 2009
Interesting alternative
Driving alone, this time I'm listening a lecture. It is a good attention divider.
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