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  • Talmud 7:16 as Quoted by Rishon Rishon in 2004
    Qohelet Raba, 7:16

    אכזרי סוף שנעשה אכזרי במקום רחמן

    Kol mi shena`asa rahaman bimqom akhzari Sof shena`asa akhzari bimqom rahaman

    All who are made to be compassionate in the place of the cruel In the end are made to be cruel in the place of the compassionate.

    More colloquially translated: "Those who are kind to the cruel, in the end will be cruel to the kind."

    Online Source: http://www.rishon-rishon.com/archives/044412.php

  • Abraham Isaac Kook
    "The purely righteous do not complain about evil, rather they add justice.They do not complain about heresy, rather they add faith.They do not complain about ignorance, rather they add wisdom." From the pages of Arpilei Tohar.
  • Heinrich Heine
    "Where books are burned, in the end people will be burned." -- From Almansor: A Tragedy (1823).
  • Simon Wiesenthal
    Remark Made in the Ballroom of the Imperial Hotel, Vienna, Austria on the occasion of His 90th Birthday: "The Nazis are no more, but we are still here, singing and dancing."
  • Maimonides
    "Truth does not become more true if the whole world were to accept it; nor does it become less true if the whole world were to reject it."
  • Douglas Adams
    "Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?" Epigram appearing in the dedication of Richard Dawkins' The GOD Delusion.
  • Thucydides
    "The Nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools."
  • Milan Kundera
    "The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting."

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    I've embarked on a great reduction in privacy by bookmarking my web-based reading on the "delicious.com" utility. It may tip my hand as to what I have in mind for blogging, but the same may help friends and frenemies alike track my thinking: here is the URL:

    http://www.delicious.com/commart

  • Author's Wish Each Friday Night
    Shabbat Shalom. May our arguments be resolved through perceptive words and good deeds only; may we live another week helpful to one another in relative peace.
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    A gentle reminder: I'm in business as a producer of fine art prints and as a provider of shoot-for-fee services, including portraiture and weddings plus assigned photojournalism. My general location: intersection of I-70 and I-81; core camera system: Nikon; transportation: Mustang.

    Main web: www.communicating-arts.com

    E-Mail: jso@communicating-arts.com

    Also: as of 2011, I am building a photography print-on-demand presence at Fine Art AmericaM. This is the address:

    http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/james-oppenheim.html

    Effort in print-on-demand will not offset the production nor value of signed, limited edition prints made under my own hand. However, for very good convenience, price, and quality, print-on-demand may work out well for many fans and patrons.

  • Research Services

    If you're engaged in funded research in conflict analysis or other areas that may be addressed here and wish to engage my mind in your project, feel welcome to drop me a note at jso@communicating-arts.com.

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June 07, 2007

070607-1100: No News Somalia

As I said, there are no slow news days in Somalia.

There may be, however, "no news" days.

Yesterday, Shabelle.Net reported the transitional Federal government had ordered closed three FM stations, includings the Shabelle Media Network's own. [1]

This morning, after monitoring the lively Shabelle.Net web practically since the start of this blog, there were no new headers.

I have sent a "why" query to reporter Aweys Osman Yusuf, and while that floats in the equatorial overnight Internet ether, I may go on to ask a few more questions.

Understood this day: every single Somalian stands somewhere between the transitional Federal government, the unofficial but potent localized power of the day, the watchful scrutiny of whatever remains of the Islamic Courts Council, and a raft of plain desparate and ungoverned humanity.

Anyone (with the wherewithal) may take up journalism in the United States. 

We're rather friendly that way with our fact finders, fact checkers, publishers, and pundits, but it takes some kind of brass balls to stand up and do the same in Somalia where the need for information--corroborated, verifiable, responsible--is great and the prohibitions for providing it with integrity severe.

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1. Yusuf, Aweys Oman.  "Somalia FM stations closed down; US shows concerns over the closure." Shabelle.Net, June 6, 2007: http://www.shabelle.net/news/ne3060.htm.

Correspondence and Permissions: James S. Oppenheim

Posted on June 07, 2007 at 11:00 AM in U.S. Foreign Policy and Warfare |

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