Another harrasment by IRI to Bahai community

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/16/iran.bahai.arrests/

Socialmessministry and crisis

Now Finally has Social Minister of Estonia announced she will step down in 22nd of Feb, before that she is asked to clear mess that started before new year to reform related to payment of support money for people with various disabilities and their levels and of delivery of pensions to retired people. You see state is cutting expenses and they have certain number of whom they will deliver the pension to home, they have turned down some, some of which have been disbaled people, those who cant or have difficulties to get their pension from bank, atm or postoffice, but some people live in places where they cant acsess easily bank or post office or they are disabled...the social minister lied that if people wit serous probalems , whose application by mistake has denies, they could appeal the decision- but it turned out that that was a lie, there was certain quota of ppl who will get pension to home via mailman. And finally Priminister said that there wasnt better person to deal with problem than current Social minister and he was just thinking whether to take her down or not. now Primeminister said that she has made mistakes, she needs to clean up her mess and step down.

And you know what I heard on radio that one paper called Videvik ( Duskor Nightfall or Twilight in English) is calling for retired to gather at front of Parliament in Toompea at 11.02 for a protest meeting...mmmmmm...is govt afraid that Riga and Vilnius will be repeated here? After all, Riga showed that peaceful demonstration can end differently...Can change of minister appease the crowd and the the Parliament windows will be unshattered? we dont know yet...but anything can happen...
maybe govt will fall too..or change...we will see...its crisis time

Obamas Inauguration

New US President inaugarated
20 January 2009 at 22:29
Le roi est mort VIVE LE ROI

Inaugural Address of Obama
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27721638/vp/28738177#28738177
NBC s Special Report: INauguration
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/22887392#22887392
mmmmm, very bold speech...echo of MLK I have a dream theme. but said to be fulfilled
yeah, It has, but there is still way to go
and he had better oiled campaign
and people were tired of Bush and Reps
so no wonder :D
But I ma kinda happy,
I hope that means no more stupid political faux pas
but why do i have feeling that
perhaps this is bad cop vs good cop scenario
bad cop is gone and good cop steps in..
I dont have anything agains americans per se
or any nations, its the systems Or THE SYSTEM
i am concerned about. And the system is the same IMHO

Report part mentioned also rumor of Somali terrorists suspicion somewhere in capital. but was later diminshed.

President mentioned "Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred."
Clue to The Base Group ? :)

It was pretty stong and bold an idealistic speech. But not offensive one, at least to me.
He is a good speaker and US is major player. this all affects the speech..
and he has charm....he is likable. i have keep in mind...that lets wait and see..
after all he said roughly that it may take time to better the cndition... which is good cause, ther is not such thing as overnight change...

now if i forget the option everything that conspiracies talk about him or thought that he is just figure in the game of politics of chess...he is allright guy...:)

Bad thing, its gonna be less fun with no bushisms around haha
i hope that humour industry will not die out nevertheless ;D


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/28657278#28657278

Palestine Question

From another blog outside blogger
http://www.jeunestreet.com/2009/01/10/the-palestine-question/

Quote:
"Taking sides in the conflict would not only be unwise, it would be a misreading of the debate — there are no sides to take. We can only mourn the lives that are lost and work for the promotion of trust and the abolition of prejudice."

This is loongtime goal, and while there are sides to take, it is true that that this what is happening is not working either.
But we can indeed mourn dead,
promotion of trust and abolition of prejudice is perhaps bit farway dream.

Strong economy backing the war in Gaza

Stark ekonomi backar upp kriget i Gaza
http://sydsvenskan.se/ekonomi/article403001/Stark-ekonomi-backar-upp-kriget-i-Gaza.html
Translated thanks to google translator :D
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Strong economy backing the war in Gaza
Of Per Roijer
First published: January 2, 2009 23:30 Last updated: January 3, 2009 12:44

The war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip is not a financial venture. With the experience of the war against Hezbollah in 2006 in the back, the Israeli leaders assumed that the current conflict not to harm Israel's economy.

Israel's economy is strong. After growing problem in the 1990s and a substantial decline of the millennium was reformed in the state sector. The global boom gave Israel a real shot. Many indications that the financial crisis will not hit particularly hard in Israel. - Israeli banks are conservative and not so sophisticated, it pays off, the Israeli Governor Stanley Fischer said. There are similarities between Sweden Göran Persson and the Conservative Israeli policy Benjamin Netanyahu. Both led by finance ministers of the reform of their country's economy, Persson in the 1990s and Netanyahu years 2003-2004. - You can think what you will about Netanyahu's foreign policy, but for Israel's economy, he was definitely an asset, "said Lars Christensen, chief analyst of Danske Bank in Copenhagen. - Israel carried out the Sweden made a few years earlier, "he says. Netanyahu cut sharply in public spending, introduced a tax reform, monopolies disbanded and privatized former public activities. Israel had until then had a highly state-dominated economy. Government debt was gradually reduced from 100 per cent of GDP (gross domestic product) to 60. The differences between Sweden and Israel are great, but there are striking similarities. The Israeli currency shekeln flows, the central bank sets interest rates independently (several cuts during the late autumn), the dependence on exports is large, and the industry is dominated by high technology, pharmaceuticals and IT. The latter allows Israel to an attractive partner for Swedish companies. Ericsson is dominant. The American-Israeli cooperation in the arms industry has been criticized by the left and the Green Party in Sweden.

The direct financial aid from the U.S. to Israel supports the other hand, the currency in a way that Sweden lacks, and allows shekeln been strengthened even though the country has a trade deficit. Israeli oranges are a major export product, generally, but to Sweden is the high-tech exports worth four times more than food exports (2007). It is clear that Israel will not escape the international recession, but the Bank of Israel maintains that neither the real estate bubble or unsound mortgages had an impact in the country. Any bank emergency does not arise. When the Israeli government is considering the economic risks of attacks against Hamas in Gaza, they do so in light of the previous two bloody conflicts: the attack on Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006 and the second Intifada, which began in 2000. Of the war in Lebanon, it was feared that the economy would take proper ironing. But it was not the case. The head of the Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer said afterwards that he was surprised by the Israeli economy's resilience. According to the Bank of Israel became the country's GDP just 0.5 percent lower than it would have been if the war never took place. Much was in ruins in the north. Agriculture was a big bang and tourism störtdök - but stalk quickly. Intifada from the occupied territories five years earlier targeted a much larger blow to Israel's economy, including by terrorist acts inside Israel. Exports to the U.S. was hit simultaneously by the IT bubble burst and the subsequent economic downturn. But that was before the domestic reforms. - If the war in Gaza will not be for long, I do not think it harms the Israeli economy, "said Lars Christensen

Svenska large established in Israel Ericsson (available both in the West Bank and Israel) AstraZeneca Volvo (both trucks and passenger cars) Assa Abloy (factory in an illegal residence, forced to move since one of the AP funds threatened to sell shares) Electrolux ABB Ikea (a department store, another is planned) Alfa Laval SSAB H & M (planned introduction of several stores in 2010) Source: Swedish Trade Council

Swedish-Israeli cooperation between companies and authorities Flextronics QlikView (Data Company from Ideon in Lund, are now owned by American and Israeli capital) Defense Materiel Administration to cooperate with Israeli company Electro Optic Industries and has imported optical equipment to the JAS 39 Gripen International. Sweden also has a cooperation and an agreement with the Israeli armaments company Rafael about the possible use of Israeli weapons of JAS 39 Gripen. These include air missiles, ground weapons and reconnaissance capsules. (Advance of Left stone Alice Åström in parliament in 2004) Defense.

In 2002, Israeli military equipment were tested on Swedish soil. A driver loose plan produced by Israel Aircraft Industries, started and ended in Kiruna and flew test loops down to Vidsel and back. The plane was driven from the airport in Kiruna. According to sources within the United Nations and UNRWA, the type of plane used by Israel during the incursions in the Gaza Strip. (Advance of Green Yvonne Ruwaida in parliament in 2005) Per Roijer

Of Religious Freedom, State and Casus of Turkmenbashi

Youre wondering why I still go on and on with my interest in Religion...well its part of this world. And thus cannot be ignored...even if sometimes one wishes to pull the socket out ot of wall. Well im COOL with THAT THERE IS religion in the world. I guess my decade long involvment with Bahai Faith, partial Eastern background, curiousity , relative openmindedness and last but not least " live and let live" life philosophy makes me being okay with religion...well there are facets that i question and ppl that give me creeps, when i start thinking about them. But minus all that religion is a force to be counted in world. and i have at least now some symphathy towards religion. In fact at at times i feel appalled when someones right to believe is subject to someone elses whim or state sanctions, because Majority group or system thinks that other group is false or dangerous..Under this falls discrimination of any religious minoritys right to exist and believe what they believe. I recently saw a doc on Ruhnama and rather comical reverance that State of Turkmenistan, its citizens and religious organizations were demanded to give to lately died president Sapmurat Niyazov namedTurkmenbashi or Father of all Turks. Comical is perhaps wrong word, it is rather tragicomical, when one thinks that people had to live under this...see http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=522 TURKMENISTAN: President's personality cult imposed on religious communities, published on F18News on: 1 March 2005For Ruhnama or Turkmenbashi you can either google, youtube it and see what world appers to you..And if Ruhnama is translated into your language, its thanks to may multinational enterprises that payd lipservice or sometimes even more to get business done in Turkmenistan as they paid for translation of that "holy book" of Turkmenbashi. The doc dealing with that theme is called The Shadow of the Holy Bookhttp://www.shadowoftheholybook.net/Survey from august 2008 on above mebtioned forum is available here http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1167TURKMENISTAN: Religious freedom survey, August 2008Amonst other harrasments an incident related to one Bahai is mentoned in August 2008 surveyQuote:"One arrested Baha'i was told – after the state decided in 2004 to allow religious minority communities to apply to register – that this "applies only to Sunni Islam and the Orthodox Church, while such dubious groups as yours will be thoroughly checked out with the aim of preventing any possible conflicts." President Niyazov at that time banned Muslims from registering new mosques. However, some religious minorities – such as some Protestants including Seventh-day Adventists, Bahai's and Hare Krishna devotees – have been eventually allowed to register."I really wonder what it was like to a Bahai in country where tribute to leader is reminding of idolizing like monarchs of past, a kind of like religion on its own. And one has to put Ruhnama and presidents picture in holyground or communty centre?i know that Bahais are asked to follow the laws of country and not engange in partisan politics amongst other principles. I do not know what it was like to be a Bahai there, but i assume that it was probably not easy to meet in big numbers. Maybe the Bahais on idividual level tried to find common points in Ruhnama, something they could agree to, maybe at individual level, some liked the president s person. Yeah, question is what one does if the climate of the country is challenge to you as countryman and member of minority group? At communist times there were Lenin's case that was close to that but that could be counted as pseudoireligious reverance as Mr. Turkmenbashi ordered to build a mosque upon which he decreed that that citations from Ruhnama should be written next to Koran's verses and that Ruhnama should be read by clergy. Which is step for more religious nature than of marxism-leninism-communism's faith of century, who proclaimed that religious creed is opium for the people. Yet in odd way, Communism of Soviets trying so badly to quench the religion and their idolizing of Marx, Lenin, Stalin, ideology and the state carries like religious zeal and became a kind of religion too. And then ther was of course Chaiman Mao and his little red book. But let us return to Turkmenbashi and where it started.."Although the president's cult of personality – which includes a gold statue in Ashgabad that revolves to follow the sun and a monument to the Ruhnama – began in the mid-1990s, the cult was stepped up after the publication of the first volume of the Ruhnama in 2001, which Niyazov described at the launch ceremony as a "holy book". Officials later likened it to the Koran. The second Ruhnama volume was ceremonially launched in September 2004. In 2000, one government minister claimed that the Ruhnama would make up for shortcomings in both the Bible and the Koran, neither of which were, he claimed, fully adequate for the spiritual needs of Turkmens. Controversy was stirred among Muslims when news spread last year that the Kipchak mosque – named after the president - was decorated with quotations from the Ruhnama. Indeed, to enter the main entrance of the mosque, visitors have to walk through a gateway over which is written in Turkmen: "Ruhnama is a holy book; The Koran is Allah's book". On one side of the gateway is the text of the oath of allegiance to the president carved in stone and on the other the text of the national anthem." ( 1 march 2005 article F18news)Any opposers were naturally "well taken care of" as anybody who lives in such country can probably can imagine...Quotes from article of 1 march 2005 on F18news :"One mosque was closed down by the State Security Ministry secret police for not putting the Ruhnama on the same reading stand as the Koran (see F18News 19 November 2003 http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=187). One local Muslim suggested that four of the Ashgabad mosques demolished in the autumn 2004 campaign of mosque destruction were targeted because their imams refused to read the Ruhnama in their mosques (see F18News 4 January 2005 http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=481). One theory as to why in January 2003 Niyazov ousted the Chief Mufti, Nasrullah ibn Ibadullah, an ethnic Uzbek who had led Turkmenistan's Muslims for the previous ten years, and had him sentenced to 22 years' imprisonment in March 2004 was his lack of enthusiasm for the campaign to promote the Ruhnama in mosques." In light of this, life can be stranger than fiction and be thankful if you stil have situation wher you are not persecuted for what you believe in..and "smile...tommorow can be worse" :Dand if you drop into youtube please check out this channel. The Turkmen Dissident TV athttp://www.youtube.com/profile?user=TurkmenDissidentTV&view=videosthat features news and satirical cartoons...

Fireworks in Pärnu

in Muddle eASt

This year really came with the Bangs ;) its irony, that rockets can be used both to thrill as new years and kill as in war like in MuddleEast.."happy new" war, neither happy, neither new...

2009

Happy new Year, all!

check this

http://www.iranian.com/main/node/51046

Books list

i have three books on my hand

I bought Mihkel Rauds Musta pori näkku....straitfoward, honest storytelling by Estonian mucisian about his sex, vodka and rocknroll lifestyle before he he decided that he has to stop drinking...so far i like it

then theres book about Hitler...i have get on reading, sounds promising read
a bio and historical analysis about hitler early years and rise to power. and no i dont intend to become nazi hehe

and found fascinating book called Tutankhamun deception by Gerald O`Farell...well that guys who found tomb playd trick on at everybody and opened it before....

Hotel Rwanda

I saw the movie, well, the thought is that we humans can be pretty fucked up at times...gosh and so fanatical like crazy...yet we cant totally escape our dark side

Naljakalt kirjutatet

Naljakalt kirjutatud...

1. detsembril 2007 toimus Harkujärve Püha Esimärter Stefanose kirikus oikumeeniline õhtupalvus Taize lauludega, kus teenisid kaasa nii rooma-katoliku kiriku preester isa Igor Gavriltchik kui ka pastor loci isa Heigo Ritsbek. Kirik oli rahvast täis (kohal olid ka 50 sõdurit vahipataljonist koos kaplaniga) ning mitmete konfessioonide esindajaid. Huvitaval kombel ka Eesti Bahai liikumise juhid olid kohale tulnud. Õhtupalvus läks igati hästi korda.

Kuidas saab huvitaval kombel kohale tulla? haha. Lahe...aga kutsed

"Gorjatshie estontskije parni!" hehe/ "Hot estonian guys!"

Picture this....
Nabil, Rhys and me strolling on Pärnu Rannapromenaad at Pärnu Beach after fruitlessly ended search of some of youth from Latvia, like Sasha and others etc, who later turned out that they ended up going different Steffani Pizza. We thought of first of one in town, but not finding went to beach one, again no sight.

To be honest, we didnt search every inch of downtown one, but oh well
if we would have found you guys, we would have had fun and last supper of summerschool. But i would have missed what i will tell you next

as i said....close your eyes and picture yourself to that saturday night just before midnight. Pärnus Beachpromenade lightly lit, fountain beaming colourful lights and sprinkling water. People walking by, grouping, spending their saturday night. Sunset club is reading itself for another party. So we walked there, going to grips with reality that missed meeting you, Latvians. Yeah, we had already had dinner at TexMex earlier, but it was not food that we were looking for when we anticipated the meeting that was supposed to take place..it was company and of course since i was working next day, it was chance to say goodbye, a proper goodbye. A goodbye for some time or for loong time or last time as no one knows when next meeting will be or when its time for hammer to fall for any of us..

ok,ok, i was not thinking in these terms like that then, rather like why did we ended up in so different places, i even said that its no way to end Summerchool. Gosh how i miss our bygone sumerschools many summers and winters ago...
anyway i was sad. and then alert, cauze there were many guys walking in groups...you never know which barrel will start to smokeing.

...so picture this, well built, muscular and handsome Rhys, tall and slim hehehe narrator and somewhere on middle Nabil strolling to end Promenade
bit somber mood, not ready to party, not making noise. So we turn around just before end, while i initially suggested we make round and exit to street and walk back on parallel street to promenade at other side of hotel. As we were walking back, we passed one trio, two rather middleaged women and one guy..
they were in rather spiritive mood if you know what imean hehe. they joked something on what guy did . when we or at least i had passed them, then it came out of blue...two phrases...i dont know who they saw first, as i didnt pay attention to that.
Womans voice in russian: Ooo... kakije muzhsini....."Gorjatshije estontskie parni!"¤ accompanied with laughter at end :D. I grinned while i was explaining to Rhys and Nabil of what they were thought to be... but yeah there we were, sober, quiet and not really partying at the saturday night...or maybe they saw other "hot estonian guys"...:D

¤ In Russian "Wow..whata men..."hot estonian guys"
PS! Its an irony...

Summerschool

well, i met with Nab and Rhys and tons of other people, people from Latvia: like Sasha and his wife Katya, Tanya, Katarina(this girl remembers me from Parviz times, but it is wierd that i dont, memeory is selective probabbly and perhaps we didnt really talk then), Aiga (whose pic i have seen in Kertus album, but was new face too) as well with people from estonian and Pärnu community, Marco from Belgium, Sebastian - Norway, last two being new faces. and people from Finland, of course.
plus other people i had short or no contact with.

I was there visiting, mostly at evenings, because i had to work on three days and i spent times with my lovely ones in town and shopping accompaning. Visitng Sschool was good for a change. Though at times i felt different and alien, like i dont belong there . Cant talk in same lines always...Though people treated me nicely in general. Some people assumed things though and one doesnt really get to deep in short conversations. I was reluctant at times to tell details about my life and they didnt ask for everything too always. Had talks with Rita and Iti about the family of mine and the baby and reason whys. It was civil at least, even if views are different. well at least about holy matrimony, i didnt really get into bigger discussion into God, afterlife, prayers etc but briefly said where i stand at the moment, my agnostic kind of stand. about when it came to be, for repeating record i will state, last phase of losing faith started around 2 to 3 years ago. but as i have been there before around 1999, it dawned upon me some time ago, that i probably joined cause i liked people and social principles,and it all made sense.
or so i believed, i kinda feel that i automatically went along with atmosphere and spirit so i went along with th faith required aspects. I was more optimistic about life then too. But i dont regret my experience and now i try to be realistic optimist. As of more discussion, i talked with Nab more later.

I had chance to deliver via Rhys one question to Mr.Grossmann, who was main speaker at Sschool. i have many questions. i recieved reply, characterically faith based.

What affected my sschool experience is that i was there randomly. it is one thing to visit and other one to hang around and lodge in school. though it was fun to play minigolf and frisbee with folks there. and also to eat out in Steffani on second night. last night of school was kind of dissapointment , though it had fun parts inside. I got to the building at very end of evening program, missing feast and Indian Dances, watched people playing games, talked a bit, accompained nab and rhys and two middle aged finnish bahai ladies, Kaisa and Birgit, who wanted to go steffani, but as that was packed we went to TexMex. I felt kind funny, maybe because iam not really in community anymore, maybe because i was expecting that wed go hangout with young ones. later it dawned on me that we are not exactly young too Nabil is around 40 and Rhys and me over 30ies. I felt especially ackward, when one them tried to make joke about ordering tequila. well, bahais in good standing dont drink usually but i havent been bahai in good standing for already some time. to be exact i havent felt to be bahai for some time. and i have tried some stuff, including tequila. In fact last month...so i sat there saying nothing..in beginning
I was more talking more to Rhys meanwhile. We ordered our foods, which took some....time. then we got our salads and burritos. I took Chili con carne burrito it wasnt that spicy. bit dissapointed.also other people were not happy with their salads. salads were said to be dry and not warm. Later Tiia joined us and we saw some other people from summerschool coming to eat there. Pearl of evening was, that
in middle of dinner, stage lights were lit and one guy announced that one dancegroup is giving show. Its name is Lancy, and lady who runs it is also an actress and runs own dance shcool that in the building next to bahai center here. It was an all girl group and i think its classifies under showdance. they used some mexican music partly, but werent dressed like one haha
They were good though. initially we started to giggle as we didnt expect that, but we clapped our hands at the end...so i got to see dance that evening afterall
Rhys told Nabil that why dont there are many girls like them among Bahais hehe!
after giving thanks to Kaisa and Birgit as they insisted on treating us we left for the search of the Latvians...see next story

Patareid laetud, Holland maetud

Kastna ja kolm unustamatut päeva :D
aga Kahju et Holland edasi ei saanud

pictures from memorial event for Brigitte

Mixed feelings, memorial meeting

Brigitte is now buried, rests in peace! I attended memorial event in her honour and i have say she was remarkable woman indeed.Pictures and comments from Lawrence. Nice. I couldnt make it to funeral, but i a m somewhat happy that went. Saw Nabil and lots of people. And they were nice to meee. I felt funny though, tried to be invicible man. not all comfy. white crowish bit. polite answers. selected openings.
Nab was much easier to talk wit and Vassili, yeah. and Mark and Mart and others Though others chats werent bad, no they were friendly. made bit hard to tell that i feel to be out of fold. i didnt tell some ppl that i have kid. it is kind bizarre. i better shape up.

Coat of arms of Hasselblatt family, where Brigitte came from

http://www.brigittelundblade.com/
Website in honor of Brigitte

Cartoon on Irans Bahai Case

http://censeo.cc/2008/05/story-time/

Yeah Blame Canada eerrr Bahais hehe! who doesnt get joke search for shiraz explosion on search!

Poem for Brigitte

Poem for Brigitte
http://khalblogstaniwrits.blogspot.com/2008/05/requiem-aka-her-name-was-brigitte.html