tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66542778877546704892024-03-05T16:27:05.048-08:00PEACE? YOU NAME IT!This blog contains the contributions to the 10th FRIOUR project developed by Guido Vermeulen. FRIOUR is the word PEACE in Icelandic. The 10th project asked the question what peace means to you? So results are often surprising. Sometimes even funny, to say it with the words of Reid Wood: PEACE = TO TURN ONIONS CLOCKWISE.Guido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-66804396940165566092012-06-08T10:08:00.005-07:002012-06-08T10:08:48.999-07:00Peace is a question of the right stitching<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From Amy Irwen</div>Guido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-85018849157791400862012-03-21T07:18:00.002-07:002012-06-08T10:09:18.258-07:00Fashion: she is still wearing 4 peace!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From Nadine Wendell - Mojica, USAGuido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-46961580123096559492011-11-19T02:40:00.000-08:002012-06-08T10:09:50.259-07:00WHY PEACE? I give you 20 reasons and moreSource: http://necrometrics.com/pre1700a.htm<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">(Possibly) The Twenty (or so) Worst Things People Have Done to E</span>ach Other:<br />
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Rank Death Toll Cause Centuries<br />
1) 63 million Second World War 20C<br />
2) 40 million Mao Zedong (mostly famine) 20C<br />
3) 40 million Genghis Khan 13C<br />
4) 27 million British India (mostly famine) 19C<br />
5) 25 million Fall of the Ming Dynasty 17C<br />
6) 20 million Taiping Rebellion 19C<br />
7) 20 million Joseph Stalin 20C<br />
8) 19 million Mideast Slave Trade 7C-19C<br />
9) 17 million Timur Lenk 14C-15C<br />
10) 16 million Atlantic Slave Trade 15C-19C<br />
11) 15 million First World War 20C<br />
12) 15 million Conquest of the Americas 15C-19C<br />
13) 13 million Muslim Conquest of India 11C-18C<br />
14) 10 million An Lushan Revolt 8C<br />
15) 10 million Xin Dynasty 1C<br />
16) 9 million Russian Civil War 20C<br />
17) 8 million Fall of Rome 5C<br />
18) 8 million Congo Free State 19C-20C<br />
19) 7½ million Thirty Years War 17C<br />
20) 7½ million Fall of the Yuan Dynasty 14C<br />
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What other people say:<br />
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"The destruction of the Indians of the Americas was, far and away, the most massive act of genocide in the history of the world." David E. Stannard, American Holocaust: the Conquest of the New World (1992) page x<br />
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"The Mohammedan Conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in history." Will Durant, The Story of Civilization: I - Our Oriental Heritage (1935) page 459. (see alsothese)<br />
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"Little did we guess that what has been called the century of the common man would witness as its outstanding feature more common men killing each other with greater facilities than any other five centuries together in the history of the world." Winston ChurchillGuido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-41877388167115735882011-11-10T02:08:00.000-08:002012-06-08T10:10:03.121-07:00E VIVA FRIOUR !!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSm_nKQHCrbUSTO_DZD-zM1FOpFisu7CrqyR3m_L0eISTmQs4Q5hx4znhxjCxA2xGddmdWBr_XqUaI6fqmEwfZMC5tgbe9jXEbBQk1mW9sCQVp5d9qshrvgUPROhufY1L8ZB2ddTIh0s/s1600/Stefano+Fossiant+Sini%252C+e+viva+Friour.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673307138857984434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSm_nKQHCrbUSTO_DZD-zM1FOpFisu7CrqyR3m_L0eISTmQs4Q5hx4znhxjCxA2xGddmdWBr_XqUaI6fqmEwfZMC5tgbe9jXEbBQk1mW9sCQVp5d9qshrvgUPROhufY1L8ZB2ddTIh0s/s400/Stefano+Fossiant+Sini%252C+e+viva+Friour.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 289px;" /></a><br />
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From Stefano Fossiant Sini, ItalyGuido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-26435635752884942362011-10-22T16:41:00.000-07:002012-06-08T10:10:22.745-07:00VANS AGAINST TANKS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPfoDtx-yJTdCsLofFJJ24I9du-5l6CLfxhU4ptL9HbEJRLmSVj4g1G2O8jLH9SSqXkc6Do7ixhghmJmnRvtAWJBMUx9Ir4PRMVnXv9EVrtiZ_edTqyKsYpjRzsO291oUPdDgkyfmFQA/s1600/Kathleen+Hartman.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666465952169186242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPfoDtx-yJTdCsLofFJJ24I9du-5l6CLfxhU4ptL9HbEJRLmSVj4g1G2O8jLH9SSqXkc6Do7ixhghmJmnRvtAWJBMUx9Ir4PRMVnXv9EVrtiZ_edTqyKsYpjRzsO291oUPdDgkyfmFQA/s400/Kathleen+Hartman.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 226px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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From Kathleen Hartman, on Facebook, love this!Guido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-77277798892550068232011-10-20T07:16:00.000-07:002011-10-20T07:19:28.560-07:00Let’s end war to feed the poor<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9PQcl0lYAhp3RuBi-4PgpBspgyY7x-67YWoLt8wiLqRDfb_7EmOOiG596lsQGPZbifrooo2t1m6m08iAfpIOXKtOB9tv0D5Iuxl6IPKcE99eHYIkerkxEQwh1J0lx2ZgbIRe40MrVFY/s1600/Superhero%252C+end+war+to+feed+the+poor.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9PQcl0lYAhp3RuBi-4PgpBspgyY7x-67YWoLt8wiLqRDfb_7EmOOiG596lsQGPZbifrooo2t1m6m08iAfpIOXKtOB9tv0D5Iuxl6IPKcE99eHYIkerkxEQwh1J0lx2ZgbIRe40MrVFY/s400/Superhero%252C+end+war+to+feed+the+poor.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665578166477812514" /></a><br /><br />From Superhero, USAGuido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-36353433488840240022011-09-28T12:48:00.000-07:002011-10-20T07:19:14.612-07:00Peace in Blue<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HoObpGf4g4-vRiY4G7tKy1YFRGQujckb4V5VTXoedvXKC2SfkaHLmxph4tX6E_9GjMcHIqd-u7vRB65v3eSpYqRn20m4mAW-8bq5es893JBcx3pcGXDEcuRZDvIPlw4R79eJfZQ-U3g/s1600/Anja+Christine+Ross+%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HoObpGf4g4-vRiY4G7tKy1YFRGQujckb4V5VTXoedvXKC2SfkaHLmxph4tX6E_9GjMcHIqd-u7vRB65v3eSpYqRn20m4mAW-8bq5es893JBcx3pcGXDEcuRZDvIPlw4R79eJfZQ-U3g/s400/Anja+Christine+Ross+%25282%2529.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657499828396829938" /></a><br /><br />From Anja Christine Ross, GermanyGuido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-7402561855678682592011-08-16T03:15:00.000-07:002011-08-16T03:25:26.958-07:00Peace is to collect discarded items in a New York subway station at 14th street, display them and print them in a chapbook<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPBVoBMu5bOCCEIpA58uM6lz1CDmsARBGRR8i3ibdk3WLKKQRmTXTIK6nyITtbGnO-hlcNHPpFnHDwfCk2JgzP72MaFchQIk4yE6IT01yqONNpES3IPNh_bmvMXxk0ydFxD9GmHpJtzM/s1600/0.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPBVoBMu5bOCCEIpA58uM6lz1CDmsARBGRR8i3ibdk3WLKKQRmTXTIK6nyITtbGnO-hlcNHPpFnHDwfCk2JgzP72MaFchQIk4yE6IT01yqONNpES3IPNh_bmvMXxk0ydFxD9GmHpJtzM/s400/0.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641397629152090402" /></a>
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<br />Intervention for peace by Mark Sonnenfeld in New York on November 11 (Armistice Day), 2006Guido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-2754351532938114362011-08-16T02:08:00.000-07:002011-08-16T03:15:26.069-07:00From Lavona to Guido to Lavona<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRdouNsJ02KFn9OWOBHdEM1O0Maq23lhJSf4iFDhzRTJlesMOojcv70oJWg0-0J9P0YBEC1MaAf9okbCUx6aEb8Rma9FDIjfiNUFc-PFGV3xexzwszfxguxYMoidUSHTf2R9Z1LQ8hmk/s1600/Lavona+frog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRdouNsJ02KFn9OWOBHdEM1O0Maq23lhJSf4iFDhzRTJlesMOojcv70oJWg0-0J9P0YBEC1MaAf9okbCUx6aEb8Rma9FDIjfiNUFc-PFGV3xexzwszfxguxYMoidUSHTf2R9Z1LQ8hmk/s400/Lavona+frog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641395138259145922" /></a>
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<br />
<br /><strong>Dear Little Owl,</strong>
<br />
<br />The day I realized
<br />Frogs were made of clouds
<br />Clouds were made of frogs
<br />I jumped into a pond
<br />To catch a winter fish
<br />Lit by moonlight
<br />Lit by shadows dark
<br />
<br />Smashing mirrors were no longer
<br />Part of my desires
<br />Smashing desires were no longer
<br />Part of my mirror
<br />
<br />A big smile in the rippling waters
<br />Without clothes
<br />Naked I howled
<br />Change is here
<br />To come!
<br />
<br />
<br /><strong><em>Guido Vermeulen</em></strong>
<br />
<br />Art from Lavona Sherarts, USA
<br />Poem as reaction on that art from GVGuido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-80367862445566439782011-08-16T02:06:00.000-07:002011-08-17T06:14:18.557-07:00From Lynn<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicX37YyecltZmVQcQO_KELwnvkH4yDGlnNjyQ_ETpGHAVQPwVw22mmqQau4RGttLmgTnIpeqVHM7WfQZeCdal90lWR_dvPGANMGNr1GsNSaWyYelc7yG6WK2XD9bYSjszWs-ysm1FEfj8/s1600/Lynn+Palmiter+Jr+USA.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 336px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicX37YyecltZmVQcQO_KELwnvkH4yDGlnNjyQ_ETpGHAVQPwVw22mmqQau4RGttLmgTnIpeqVHM7WfQZeCdal90lWR_dvPGANMGNr1GsNSaWyYelc7yG6WK2XD9bYSjszWs-ysm1FEfj8/s400/Lynn+Palmiter+Jr+USA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634437406367566802" /></a>
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<br /><strong>Diplomatic Removal (true story)</strong>
<br />
<br />I live in Brussels and today
<br />I saw a truck whose sides did say
<br />‘we do Diplomatic removal’
<br />With, I wondered, whose approval?
<br />
<br />I know that politics is tough
<br />With euphemisms for that stuff
<br />Like cleaning house, and cutting slack
<br />And stabbing people in the back
<br />
<br />But you are really out of luck
<br />If they remove you in a truck
<br />
<br />
<br />From Lynn Palmiter Jr, USA
<br />
<br />Text by Winston, a Brit living in BelgiumGuido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-38639146643271795692011-08-16T01:44:00.000-07:002011-08-16T01:49:47.242-07:00Peace is mailing a blue fish for your aquarium<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0XHPb2w7ooumFvPS_SFGIYLEwSoPupb7sOUJVU_ejVIC2ei9TQbcc-pKNUa46tYA1FkCYEIzSxhbYyPKUK0xnyvZnpujh8TvCvERNcEb_qRoQUpSWhSYyIyRmjb5DX57qHXN1Jc-oFQ/s1600/Zois+Blue+Fish.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0XHPb2w7ooumFvPS_SFGIYLEwSoPupb7sOUJVU_ejVIC2ei9TQbcc-pKNUa46tYA1FkCYEIzSxhbYyPKUK0xnyvZnpujh8TvCvERNcEb_qRoQUpSWhSYyIyRmjb5DX57qHXN1Jc-oFQ/s400/Zois+Blue+Fish.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641373111329262354" /></a>
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<br />From Zois Elizabeth, fab mail art objectGuido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-63719007749220109892011-08-16T01:43:00.000-07:002011-08-16T01:44:20.289-07:00From Zois<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChNjj89GwsED7r88Bn61nL1vekxF1UjAOjnoQdTjsqUR7yOwO0GNMOq6TL86iuPWmk-bdTnl7HjgMNSIlJVOITvIbqKzMwKke41vCrPeJ617Ehyphenhyphendpsfd6H26GsZq3wKk6U1oqs5UpYyQ/s1600/Zois+USA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChNjj89GwsED7r88Bn61nL1vekxF1UjAOjnoQdTjsqUR7yOwO0GNMOq6TL86iuPWmk-bdTnl7HjgMNSIlJVOITvIbqKzMwKke41vCrPeJ617Ehyphenhyphendpsfd6H26GsZq3wKk6U1oqs5UpYyQ/s400/Zois+USA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641371810679712082" /></a>
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<br />From Zois ElizabethGuido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-43470775000913648912011-08-16T01:41:00.000-07:002011-08-16T01:43:09.698-07:00From Zois & Lynn<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsDpvWfvyLkYiZmUrHoyL9mkqTlHzsQS7TQIxS_5zU5asrAMXcOo6-SBGDHdrXXnIttBk5vEbZ88lteZxTJuznLrP8rM68AokEpq5-plRes_CVjguaM2-8HTx_l8cAN82RxiRTwh1tQDY/s1600/Zois+and+Lynn+Jr+USA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 328px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsDpvWfvyLkYiZmUrHoyL9mkqTlHzsQS7TQIxS_5zU5asrAMXcOo6-SBGDHdrXXnIttBk5vEbZ88lteZxTJuznLrP8rM68AokEpq5-plRes_CVjguaM2-8HTx_l8cAN82RxiRTwh1tQDY/s400/Zois+and+Lynn+Jr+USA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641371449127173106" /></a>
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<br />From Zois Elizabeth & Lynn Palmiter JrGuido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-17205761358718730242011-08-16T01:34:00.000-07:002011-08-16T01:41:23.384-07:00From Zazzle<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXk05X0DLqraUcvLQvbCQzK3603A8MzY3ok9W4d-HSSDmhZ5tVYgOl08LRva1fiVCAEts7XpJdicFOBUeViyPoJw2l_EsMS1AFe9Ye63-Vlcdt9tZZILaFjvvGklqd5P8aj0m52suFUd4/s1600/Zazzle+Com+USA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXk05X0DLqraUcvLQvbCQzK3603A8MzY3ok9W4d-HSSDmhZ5tVYgOl08LRva1fiVCAEts7XpJdicFOBUeViyPoJw2l_EsMS1AFe9Ye63-Vlcdt9tZZILaFjvvGklqd5P8aj0m52suFUd4/s400/Zazzle+Com+USA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641369596506130082" /></a>
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<br /><strong>Education</strong>
<br />
<br />I was taught from my first tooth
<br />That education searched for truth
<br />
<br />But these days universities
<br />It seems, are geared for companies
<br />Who want their candidates anointed
<br />In Marketing, and business-pointed
<br />
<br />Perhaps our land of milk and honey
<br />Requires that, in truth, be money
<br />
<br />
<br />Collage from Zazzle Com, USA
<br />
<br />Text from Winston, a Brit living in BelgiumGuido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-49405817362849170552011-08-16T01:31:00.000-07:002011-08-16T01:33:10.867-07:00From Vaiva<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUbYiYVYPs1CNM9tOrV14nh6Ipz6XHxeDreOU47pnMRkbknjHVUYgw9w6zIPNESnJr8DCHzcG-u2mdMQKHqpXYh1whA6CbwlyXbMFCAxOK_XAQ6U5_aLdIJuzskcFlnaITOmGUXYGIKk/s1600/Vaiva+Kovieraite+Lithuania.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUbYiYVYPs1CNM9tOrV14nh6Ipz6XHxeDreOU47pnMRkbknjHVUYgw9w6zIPNESnJr8DCHzcG-u2mdMQKHqpXYh1whA6CbwlyXbMFCAxOK_XAQ6U5_aLdIJuzskcFlnaITOmGUXYGIKk/s400/Vaiva+Kovieraite+Lithuania.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641368844348679650" /></a>
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<br />From Vaiva KovieraiteGuido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-72280435578349576642011-08-16T01:29:00.000-07:002011-08-16T01:30:14.925-07:00From Torma<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEDae1XYXIR667K88SL_iW5Q25P-Wys8GLMj6VeemzD6UW5xcZncD5o7_ojRtoBpVdKUFRum0UWQASsKLR-I8m_xEtTAX9SMgDSY2ehvwFZf03Zvj6d9Sk7HjAf5F1NBf_qpmO-SvVR2M/s1600/Torma+Cauli+Hungary.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEDae1XYXIR667K88SL_iW5Q25P-Wys8GLMj6VeemzD6UW5xcZncD5o7_ojRtoBpVdKUFRum0UWQASsKLR-I8m_xEtTAX9SMgDSY2ehvwFZf03Zvj6d9Sk7HjAf5F1NBf_qpmO-SvVR2M/s400/Torma+Cauli+Hungary.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641368125910929218" /></a>
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<br />From Torma CauliGuido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-70628559348930759522011-08-16T01:25:00.000-07:002011-08-16T01:27:37.560-07:00From Suzlee<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibiJLhvzSOIV1wTv11hG4Kp1CgzO19BsNLV9yB3-RVsL4b5R4UeRPUFDx7g1HsWuI1T1LLows2gyaD-gWGypPK66k0Vr6fO7D3BmQ-E9Xi3lWAIr1dfi3as_nA5BOHSFki1Lr-Q22Va50/s1600/Suzlee+Ibrahim+Malaysia.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibiJLhvzSOIV1wTv11hG4Kp1CgzO19BsNLV9yB3-RVsL4b5R4UeRPUFDx7g1HsWuI1T1LLows2gyaD-gWGypPK66k0Vr6fO7D3BmQ-E9Xi3lWAIr1dfi3as_nA5BOHSFki1Lr-Q22Va50/s400/Suzlee+Ibrahim+Malaysia.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641367490916865218" /></a>
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<br />From Suzlee IbrahimGuido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-59325287931048815842011-08-16T01:22:00.000-07:002011-08-16T01:23:40.014-07:00From The Strada's<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9whyT2E2QcjBd985dCtoGmq1g9LFQ0TS1_6aRVtFTNfeEbSaPxZgql2wnIlCXOb3aA9XiT6fcKgaKP_WgN_HaOEaZ56nlfBm_ZMvWNArFE7K4YnGtK5KOu0FO4i5XXI671BCBzsfpCh0/s1600/Strada+Italy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9whyT2E2QcjBd985dCtoGmq1g9LFQ0TS1_6aRVtFTNfeEbSaPxZgql2wnIlCXOb3aA9XiT6fcKgaKP_WgN_HaOEaZ56nlfBm_ZMvWNArFE7K4YnGtK5KOu0FO4i5XXI671BCBzsfpCh0/s400/Strada+Italy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641366415766083586" /></a>
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<br />From Giovanni & Renata StradaGuido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-21426907617836953812011-08-16T01:20:00.000-07:002011-08-16T01:21:54.239-07:00From Snappy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsaA9QT8pbuH7lH_vov2I_bKK31DeJPcEFLlcSQeKz5kmPnpqMxIZxTLjsJsEuusocEbmh1z-cDvaNYZxMktq0WXI_i0QbwCg3KCJvvQlUK3dWHzzZ4wcXuneGX24J-74FNcCPs5QiHY/s1600/Snappy+Canada.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsaA9QT8pbuH7lH_vov2I_bKK31DeJPcEFLlcSQeKz5kmPnpqMxIZxTLjsJsEuusocEbmh1z-cDvaNYZxMktq0WXI_i0QbwCg3KCJvvQlUK3dWHzzZ4wcXuneGX24J-74FNcCPs5QiHY/s400/Snappy+Canada.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641365970667961682" /></a>
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<br />From SnappyGuido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-41381223763151151562011-08-16T01:14:00.000-07:002011-08-16T01:17:58.321-07:00From Sinasi<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsuPc8VMMgwAn16HFoKnI92PBTC0wxpRLuT_NShGHjyKHPHzPjGEBCyJBKmvYtltbTsNMyhaZm0KcrgWuvgAndZrMFAXSq6Y9_GLs0pKQcuSxIunowvRK0I2Axl3NkqIjOT0fgnOKEWDc/s1600/Sinasi+Gunes+Turkey.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 296px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsuPc8VMMgwAn16HFoKnI92PBTC0wxpRLuT_NShGHjyKHPHzPjGEBCyJBKmvYtltbTsNMyhaZm0KcrgWuvgAndZrMFAXSq6Y9_GLs0pKQcuSxIunowvRK0I2Axl3NkqIjOT0fgnOKEWDc/s400/Sinasi+Gunes+Turkey.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641364363789223202" /></a>
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<br /><strong>The perfect program</strong>
<br />
<br />If I was a programmer
<br />Gifted with grace
<br />I’d write a new program
<br />That took up no space
<br />
<br />This program would right
<br />All the wrongs that we know
<br />And bring snow to places
<br />That used to have snow
<br />
<br />It’d feed the world’s hungry
<br />Make government good
<br />Then save a rare species
<br />To prove that it could
<br />
<br />If I was that programmer
<br />God how I’d smile
<br />But I’m not, so I won’t
<br />And God’s resting a while
<br />
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<br />From Sinasi Gunes, Turkey
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<br />Text from Winston, a Brit living in BelgiumGuido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-33442508601847995032011-08-16T01:11:00.000-07:002011-08-16T01:12:44.425-07:00From Silvano<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRz6qRF6mElUiDn5MwucZTDTvrLbNQM5LlE3S0HZyRCpK0f2Fnzj926atccmIEv5Py_2FIx-gC2-0DNV7ndtMZAiOrGbGtQVm0IEGgVhnlG5HIJg0WeavM18hX4wdnLkQ6vgWKkzBx6nw/s1600/Silvano+Perione+Italy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRz6qRF6mElUiDn5MwucZTDTvrLbNQM5LlE3S0HZyRCpK0f2Fnzj926atccmIEv5Py_2FIx-gC2-0DNV7ndtMZAiOrGbGtQVm0IEGgVhnlG5HIJg0WeavM18hX4wdnLkQ6vgWKkzBx6nw/s400/Silvano+Perione+Italy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641363580996566930" /></a>
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<br />From Silvano PerioneGuido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-76710386322737564992011-08-16T00:59:00.000-07:002011-08-16T01:09:06.891-07:00From Sietse<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzo0Hm1iQfgAwm1G-E5lvqE0wgBEVsOeaKfKes1-KanSSgIe16tjFwdNuQScbSCNj6SAZwjmuPFF3VZLdT9PXfhP78pd6qjw627X0X1l1_Vtl2gLsbc5qfPryTsOOB2Q1Z0T43Nw8VuSg/s1600/Sietse+End+of+an+Empire.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 339px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzo0Hm1iQfgAwm1G-E5lvqE0wgBEVsOeaKfKes1-KanSSgIe16tjFwdNuQScbSCNj6SAZwjmuPFF3VZLdT9PXfhP78pd6qjw627X0X1l1_Vtl2gLsbc5qfPryTsOOB2Q1Z0T43Nw8VuSg/s400/Sietse+End+of+an+Empire.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641360588419414914" /></a>
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<br /><strong>Parties</strong>
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<br />Isn’t it funny how the names
<br />Of parties over time change meaning
<br />Indicating subtle change
<br />Of choices made, and of the leaning
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<br />Way back when, Republican
<br />Meant progress, new ideas and such
<br />An openness of mind to things
<br />But now, it doesn’t matter much
<br />
<br />Back in England, old Disraeli
<br />Desired a party of the masses
<br />One whose forthright slogans could
<br />Transcend the dogma of the classes
<br />
<br />Alas successors misconstrued
<br />The meaning of his message plain
<br />And nowadays Conservative
<br />Means “You keep yours, and I’ll keep meyhn.”
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<br />Drawing "the end of an empire" from Sietse Hoeksma aka RAEL MAIL.
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<br />Text from Winston, a Brit living in Belgium.Guido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-42992240332427630372011-08-16T00:50:00.000-07:002011-08-16T00:53:22.502-07:00From Schoko<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQv1e_PcTpZ-viOFi4l4tfpg1roXD6IpV3sY9CF95UJj06EpjNomK7a6m3jUf-duC6e8aMwyr5npr_RZXj6gYEXq66BCog2u05V8SjNuvzzz723rsKjmyWA8zclHwoRN3L4_aWaPgt_8k/s1600/Schoko+Casana+Rosso+DE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQv1e_PcTpZ-viOFi4l4tfpg1roXD6IpV3sY9CF95UJj06EpjNomK7a6m3jUf-duC6e8aMwyr5npr_RZXj6gYEXq66BCog2u05V8SjNuvzzz723rsKjmyWA8zclHwoRN3L4_aWaPgt_8k/s400/Schoko+Casana+Rosso+DE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641358159049853778" /></a>
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<br /><strong>Omnibus?</strong>
<br />
<br />If God is good, and God is great
<br />Omnipotent to us
<br />Then how come he can’t regulate
<br />A simple London bus
<br />
<br />In pouring rain and winter’s grime
<br />You wait there like a dunce
<br />Until the pre-appointed time
<br />When five come all at once
<br />
<br />From Schoko Casana Rosso, Germany
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<br />Text by Winston, a Brit living in BelgiumGuido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-80703504341964702832011-08-16T00:47:00.000-07:002011-08-16T00:48:45.989-07:00From Sabriye<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjGSe14hNUG6cpJzJFGKqybpKas_MVXUYjWt1e4bD0g51l0UajJTsIR8vE6F69-0JpneP6UIzFofVKOP8ISlgAMVkhJZFpM8uJzPY4xoair_6OPqTIS7P_y8nZTIO83fK3oSpSxsETlo/s1600/Sabriye+Celik+Turkey.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjGSe14hNUG6cpJzJFGKqybpKas_MVXUYjWt1e4bD0g51l0UajJTsIR8vE6F69-0JpneP6UIzFofVKOP8ISlgAMVkhJZFpM8uJzPY4xoair_6OPqTIS7P_y8nZTIO83fK3oSpSxsETlo/s400/Sabriye+Celik+Turkey.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641357440943042738" /></a>
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<br />From Sabriye CelikGuido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654277887754670489.post-58936753020996331032011-08-16T00:37:00.000-07:002011-08-16T00:43:21.797-07:00From Robert<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghpCKR17n-R3PfYRaEsZrr2g3TrT0lnz2I8m9LiZH9XNZ6W0j3QbZ8Bms94fBiMpWHP4LZEk2VsJyPlodPMAgkYzJ7NDk2zetYSOKB27HfqJzDgLsigEw59A04FlTgjLt7CAxx3ls-qW8/s1600/Robert+Varlez+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghpCKR17n-R3PfYRaEsZrr2g3TrT0lnz2I8m9LiZH9XNZ6W0j3QbZ8Bms94fBiMpWHP4LZEk2VsJyPlodPMAgkYzJ7NDk2zetYSOKB27HfqJzDgLsigEw59A04FlTgjLt7CAxx3ls-qW8/s400/Robert+Varlez+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641356034731201490" /></a>
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<br />From Robert VarlezGuido Vermeulenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065226427093847661noreply@blogger.com0