in the meantime: the hunt for Mladic and Karadzic´s trial

Mostly overlooked -

on Monday serbian police raided a factory in the southwestern town in Valjevo in search of Ratko Maldic.

Sadly, the raid was not a success. According to the report, there have been reports in the past, that Mladic used the Valjevo region as a hideout. In 2001 he was located there after a telephone call was intercepted by secret services. (and no action then?, course not)

Here are the news:

• AFP: Serbia´s police raid factory in search of Ratko Mladic
• Belgrade: Serbia urges EU to stop setting new conditions
• Karadzic: Krajsnik not part of bosnian serb presidency
• Bosnian War Crimes court: three ex-soliders not guilty of war crimes

More information on Karadzic´s and further development on the International Crime Tribunal of former Yugoslavia directly here

• remembering Vukovar: Seselj and his demonic rhetoric: the result

Point of view

While I was reading some of Rogert Ebert´s reviews,
I stumbled upon a link to Jim Emerson´s Blog Scanners and there I found first this map and the accompanying article:

depends how you look at it

• Election maps

And I wept

I wept in my kitchen, listening to the news today, seeing all the people cheering and laughing. Oh Joy!
It is so amazing. Today there is no anger, no negative feelings and no judging.
And what is so touching: In our hearts, we all know, that it is not important, what skincolour someone has, what religion, what name and even gender- it is not important and never should be important. From today that is clear.  Thank you America, thank you.  I am speechless.

November bang, reconnect with your goals, tell everyone

It´s time to wake up from our dreamy state and reconnect with our goals and ideals.
If you have any.
Change is in the air, excitement and hope. And I am not just referring to the U.S. elections.

Currently I am not angry at all. Maybe finally meditating and living in the moment pays off. Imagine, if we all would start living in the moment, what effect such a change in behaviour could bring..
Conscius ignorance at the very least, maybe? Or much better – an effort in conscientiousness in regard to all our actions.
No more pretending not to know, being aware of pretending not to know. Denial, delusion, ignorance,
what will happen to these loyal companions? They will never leave us, because they are just way too entertaining friends…

I am wandering off, again. In psychology there is a distinction between self perception and interpersonal perception. The perception we have of ourselves often does not comply with the image others have of us. Or how they see us. Knowing this, we are worried how some of our actions will be judged by others, how this and that remark could paint a picture of ourself as a really not likeable person. Or a really likeable person.
The fun beginns, when image and reality collide. Some master through it, with matching mannerisms, body-language and mimic. But often, our body and our face tells a different story.
Just think of former President Bill Clinton and his non-confessions: “I did not inhale” and ” I had no sexual relations with that woman”.
But what is even more entertaining – people actually believing it.
I was reading the following posts recently, and they obviously enlightened me drastically:

• Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks column on the Huffington Post about Sarah Palin´s Body language and why it should worry you
• and more on Election Anxiety: Advice from Abraham Lincoln
• and some more from the Huffington Post : Fox News Major Garrett defends Obama against
  Fox & Friend´s in leaked e-mail

and, after I discovered George Carlin, it was just a matter of minutes to find out about Bill Hicks.
Finally, there is nothing more entertaining,enlightning and mindblowing than individuals being open and honest. We laugh about it, because it is funny.

So, in memory of Bill Hicks,