Sicko

Photo Copyright - Time Warner Cable

"... the 18-month-old baby who dies of a seizure when she's denied emergency-room access, ..." [Time]

I thought that that only happened in China but obviously I was wrong.

Our Tiny Ancestor

Copyright - The Times, May 15, 2007

Let's take a hard look at our family tree. We're Africans, after all.

PS: I think there's a typo in The Times article: "Aegyptopithecus zeuxis, which probably resembles the common ancestor of New World monkeys and apes, lived about 29 million years ago." The correct version ought to be: "Aegyptopithecus zeuxis, which probably resembles the common ancestor of Old World monkeys and apes, ..."

Amigo

This is my friend. My friend below wanted me to show him the friend above so I obliged.

My Friend

This is my friend, Mr Nice Guy.

Goddess of Mercy aka Avalokiteśvara

I'm trying to post a photo here. Isn't that obvious?

It's Bodhisattva Guan Yin in Mount Pu Tuo in China.

NATO Air Raid Killed 21 in Southern Afghanistan

An air strike commissioned by NATO killed 21 civilians, including women and children, in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan on 8 May 2007.

"The air strike late on Tuesday night hit houses in a village of the Sangin district, where NATO forces have been hunting Taliban militants in recent weeks." (Reuters)

Smart bombs aren't that smart, after all. These unarmed people were sitting ducks awaiting their doom.

Graffiti with a Mission

"I want to be a non-comformist. Just like everybody else." (Banksy)

I wonder the graffiti of Banksy can still be called "graffiti". At least they're graffito with a message.

I certainly don't mind Banksy doing his graffiti in the streets of Hong Kong.

More Banksy's work on the New Yorker.