Baithak World May 10: Nargis, M F Hussain, Headlines, Starbucks, Palestinian Spirit, RealNews

The spectacle is deeply disturbing. The junta is not extending a helping hand to its own citizens. And worse! It is creating obstacles for those who want to help. Compare the military junta in Mynamar/Burma with the GoP and the earthquake in the north western parts of the country. In that instance, the people and the government became one in the face of adversity. Reading about the numbers of dead escalate, houses and buildings demolished, the k(h)akistocracy is going ahead with the referendum. What a imbecilic world we live in!

This is not the first time Mr Husain's work has caused controversy

A court in the India has dropped legal proceedings in three cases against one of the country's best-known and controversial artists.

MF Husain has been accused of obscenity in at least seven cases filed against him in a number of Indian states.

He is alleged to have offended Hindus with a painting in which he represented India as a nude goddess.

In dropping criminal proceedings against the painter, the Delhi court said the painting was not obscene.

Under Indian laws, obscenity is a criminal offence. Indian painter work 'not obscene'

and:Husain remains non-committal on ending self-exile

Headlines

Yes Sir! US tightens its grip on Pakistan

THE MOGAMBO GURU : A nightmare of magic tricks

A review of books on how the centre of gravity of English has moved

Essay: Immaterial aristocracy of the Internet

The Original Black Man's Guide to the Press: Ten easy rules for spinning the white man's media

Arianna Huffington: Truth Alert: McCain's Freudian Slip is Showing (and Very Telling)

McCain Lies To O'Reilly: Says He Voted For Bush In 2000

O'Reilly interview with McCain reveals McCain lie, now or then?

What do you want from the next generation internet?

For some Palestinians, one state with Israel is better than none
Unbelievable? Mother with 17 children with names beginning with J is expecting again
Brodner's Cartoon du Jour: John McCain

Books of The Times: In a Changing World, an Ever-Evolving Terrorism

News Analysis: Israel Readying for a Post-Olmert Era

Who is an intellectual?

'Benazir gave N-technology to N Korea'

Exploring Zionism
An atheist goes undercover to join the flock of mad pastor John Hagee:
A lifeline to a millionaire: Obama Suggests Offer Maybe Clinton Can't Refuse
Morra Aarons-Mele: If Wal-Mart Can Change a Noodle, the Wall St Journal Can Put a Woman in a Picture
James Zogby: Arab Public Opinion & the U.S. in 2008


Watch them buckle: Starbucks Labeled "Slutbucks" By Christian Group Due To New Logo

Joseph A. Palermo: A Toxic Media Environment
John Eskow: Flawed Messengers and Wooden Soldiers: Why Obama Beat Clinton -- and Why He'll Beat McCain, Too
Interview: David Peace
Waugh at the BBC: 'the most ill-natured interview ever' on CD after 55 years
Brazil: The country of the future finally arrives
Happy days are here again? Big guns roll through Red Square once more
Interested in numbers? China: In Numbers
Ramzy Baroud:Terror Report: Selective Data, Wrong Lessons

Poem: Palestinian Spirit

By Katherine Mukhar (Dedicated to the Palestinians in their continual fight for freedom) Vultures swoop above While I, their future prey, Must stand alone Beneath the sun To face my death Without an ounce of fear. I will not succumb To what the hawks have Deemed to be my fate. Stripped of all I own I stand with Dignity… Pride. Force me on my knees… I will stand again! Strangle me with all your might… I will breathe again! Bulldoze what I built… I will build again! Try to kill my soul But it will live again! Remember this: Go tell your sons Each time I die My passion will rekindle In the children Of my daughters And my sons. And don't forget to tell them Each time you killed me… I died standing!

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Paul Jay presents RealNews

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