Brief update

my last post was on sunday from prishtina, kosovo, where i was waiting for the baggage that had been delayed due to a very short connection between my reno-san francisco flight and the san francisco-frankfurt flight... i finally got both bags on monday morning, after which i took the bus to skopje and then yesterday drove with friends here to siviri on the halkidiki peninsula south of thessaloniki, greece...

siviri is on the beach and is full of greeks and residents of the balkans enjoying the last weeks of summer... it's hot and crowded but most pleasant nonetheless... last evening, i watched the sunset from a little restaurant/bar while eating aubergine croquets, nibbling greek olives, sipping ouzo and puffing on a good stogie... life is good...

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HOLY FREAKIN' CRAP!

i had seen excerpts from this wapo article but i hadn't seen the accompanying photo...



The $1B+ new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

GREAT GOD ALMIGHTY...! any american who isn't embarrassed to death by this obscene display of empire run amok is seriously living on another planet... and, as e. buttler at the barstool chronicles (who tipped me off to this photo) says...

Well, of course wounded vets at Walter Reed have to live with rat shit, mold spores, and who knows how many other manifestations of privatized "care," when the Stalinist freaks they so inexplicably serve operate raj-style embassies, such as this one located in the Halliburton-approved subsidiary otherwise known as Iraq.

a new embassy is a-building in skopje, macedonia, on a hill overlooking the city, next to the 12th century fortress... i can't wait to see what kind of over-the-top monstrosity THAT turns out to be...

and, naturally, the u.s. interests come ahead of any local, historical, cultural, or religious interests...

[The] American plan to construct $50 million United States Embassy on Gradiste hill overlooking capital of Skopje, Macedonia, runs into opposition from many Macedonians, who consider hill as one of most important historical sites in country, as well as home to recently discovered 300-year-old cemetery that may hold as many as 2,000 graves; they want Macedonian government to cancel its deal to sell land to US government and designate area as national heritage spot; it appears unlikely that would happen; US Amb Lawrence Butler denies that proposed building would damage historical remains or artifacts.

that article was dated almost three years ago... the new embassy in skopje is projected to open this year...

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