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Aug. 24th, 2009
This is what I was afraid of
Aug. 24th, 2009 05:22 amLooks like the story still has legs.
And this on ToL:
According to these articles - although I haven't seen it on the news here - some folks are calling for a boycott on Scottish products to protest the release, whatever the reasons were behind it. I just don't know how you could tell if something was Scottish-made. According to Wiki, "Scotland's primary exports include whisky, electronics and financial services." I don't drink whiskey and I don't need financial services... and when was the last time the sticker on your stereo or video game said 'Made in Scotland'?
I guess it could he a symbolic boycott if we just all stop wearing plaid.
Libyan suggestions that the UK released convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi in exchange for trade considerations has raised the spectre of Tripoli engaging in oil diplomacy, says the BBC's Rana Jawad, in the Libyan capital.
Even as the British Foreign Office denied the claims, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was hinting at the same allegation made by his son, Seif al-Islam, hours earlier.
"This step [Megrahi's release] is for the benefit of relations between Britain and Libya, and relations of personal friendship between me and them, and it will certainly be positively reflected in all fields of co-operation between the two countries," Col Gaddafi is reported to have said during his first meeting with the convicted Lockerbie bomber.
The UK government has vigorously denied that any under-the-table dealings were struck to secure Megrahi's release from jail on compassionate grounds.
However, this will do little to ease suspicions among its critics among the UK and US public that a deal was struck behind closed doors.
And this on ToL:
Scotland's government faces a fight for its survival as the furor over its decision to free the Lockerbie bomber escalated last night.
Opposition parties north of the Border are preparing to hold a confidence vote over the decision by Kenny MacAskill, the Scottish Justice Secretary, to free Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi. Alex Salmond, the First Minister, has confirmed that he would resign if the Holyrood vote went against him.
According to these articles - although I haven't seen it on the news here - some folks are calling for a boycott on Scottish products to protest the release, whatever the reasons were behind it. I just don't know how you could tell if something was Scottish-made. According to Wiki, "Scotland's primary exports include whisky, electronics and financial services." I don't drink whiskey and I don't need financial services... and when was the last time the sticker on your stereo or video game said 'Made in Scotland'?
I guess it could he a symbolic boycott if we just all stop wearing plaid.
This and that
Aug. 24th, 2009 04:04 pm1. I was able to get my must-have rx refilled at last. Yay!
2. My second rx (the one I take for allergies) has apparently been discontinued. Which sucks, because it was really working, but I guess the company that makes it either stopped making it or has gone out of business. I called my doctor and made an appointment for tomorrow so I can get something else prescribed.
3. (By the way, our health care system? Totally sucks. We should just scrap it and go Canuck. *rolls eyes*)
4. I bought a few more plants... a dwarf lisbon lemon that I'm going to espalier *feels fancy* and an Elizabeth Angus Bougainvillea that I can plant next to my jasmine for a splash of color. When the sun is off the backyard I'm going to go out and plant the Japanese Maple I bought day before yesterday.
5. While I was getting the plants at Lowe's I saw this cool recycled rubber mulch that I might get for the planter areas instead of the 'monkey hair' I was pondering. I normally don't give a rat's ass about using recycled materials, but with this stuff you don't need to remulch every year and it doesn't invite bugs. So, thumbs up there.
6. I still need to bag up some of the leftover bark/dirt in the back. Yuck. That's my least favorite part.
7. No Mayor Bee sightings lately. Fingers crossed.
8. I checked and I don't own anything plaid.
9. Because it hates me, the site where job postings go up is not working. But I'm assuming nothing new has gone up because my principal said she would email the listing to me as soon as it came in to her.
And because I have to have an even 10...
10. Does anyone else think it's coincidental that in the middle of Obama's approval numbers tanking and the Dems in disarray, he goes on vacation and the White House goes into a frenzy of OMG CIA TORTURE! Can you say, "shoring up your base"?
ETA: Oh, damn, I forgot...
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kismatt, I got the new Moira book via half.com today! Hee! Unfortunately, I need to finish reading Tigana first and then I want to reread Heroes Adrift first. But how cool is it that I got it before the actual release date??
2. My second rx (the one I take for allergies) has apparently been discontinued. Which sucks, because it was really working, but I guess the company that makes it either stopped making it or has gone out of business. I called my doctor and made an appointment for tomorrow so I can get something else prescribed.
3. (By the way, our health care system? Totally sucks. We should just scrap it and go Canuck. *rolls eyes*)
4. I bought a few more plants... a dwarf lisbon lemon that I'm going to espalier *feels fancy* and an Elizabeth Angus Bougainvillea that I can plant next to my jasmine for a splash of color. When the sun is off the backyard I'm going to go out and plant the Japanese Maple I bought day before yesterday.
5. While I was getting the plants at Lowe's I saw this cool recycled rubber mulch that I might get for the planter areas instead of the 'monkey hair' I was pondering. I normally don't give a rat's ass about using recycled materials, but with this stuff you don't need to remulch every year and it doesn't invite bugs. So, thumbs up there.
6. I still need to bag up some of the leftover bark/dirt in the back. Yuck. That's my least favorite part.
7. No Mayor Bee sightings lately. Fingers crossed.
8. I checked and I don't own anything plaid.
9. Because it hates me, the site where job postings go up is not working. But I'm assuming nothing new has gone up because my principal said she would email the listing to me as soon as it came in to her.
And because I have to have an even 10...
10. Does anyone else think it's coincidental that in the middle of Obama's approval numbers tanking and the Dems in disarray, he goes on vacation and the White House goes into a frenzy of OMG CIA TORTURE! Can you say, "shoring up your base"?
ETA: Oh, damn, I forgot...
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kismatt, I got the new Moira book via half.com today! Hee! Unfortunately, I need to finish reading Tigana first and then I want to reread Heroes Adrift first. But how cool is it that I got it before the actual release date??