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The UN Theater

The Purposes of the United Nations are:

• To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace;
• To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace;
• To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion; and
• To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends.

The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members.

Based on these articles, the UN is a failure. Will the BRICS+ re-organize and re-locate this international organization? I think they will need to do so.

(3.7 min) 'A Threat to Humanity’: Jeffrey Sachs on the President’s Iran Obsession

Afternoon folks!

Prepare to bathe in wonderfulness. Starting out we have a great 70's Muddy Waters album with some really great tunes on it. Following that is a Junior Parker lp and a great Aretha Franklin record from her Atlantic period. After that it's on to blues-rock with The Butterfield Blues Band followed by a great album from Traffic. We finish off in the diversity department with a live album from a new wave band, Ultravox.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Good morning, good people! I hope you are all in fine fettle, and have fun plans for the weekend.

A couple of guys came by this week to help remove the heavy stuff from the office. There are files and file cabinets to remove, and the contents of the office kitchen and some closets remaining. I have until Oct. 9 to get that done. We put lots of furniture inside the house, and it will take some time to find the pieces a permanent place. What we will have in spades is time. We are not letting this overwhelm us.

Happy Friday everyone. Well, we made it through another week of endless wars, rising inflation, a collapsing economy, and a country on the brink of financial disaster. Not to mention an environment that's slowly burning up the planet. As bad as it is, it's not all doom and gloom 24/7. Tell us what you did this week to put a smile on your face and forget about the doom and gloom. My go to is to get out with the camera and take photos, What's yours?

After photography, watching or listening to sports is another way I tune out the doom and gloom. At the top of the list is baseball. I'm a real happy camper. The San Diego Padres qualified for the post season with their win last night. Who and where they play in the opening round of the playoffs will be determined over the last three days of the regular season. Whether they play at home or on the road, I'm just happy they will be playing in the post season

Earlier this month the camera club went to La Jolla Cove for our monthly outing. Each month we have a photo challenge based on the location of where we are shooting. Since La Jolla Cove tends to have a lot of sea and shore birds, this months photo challenge was birds. The Blue-footed Booby is a rare visitor. Normally they are not found this far north, but because of the expanding warming ocean temps in the Pacific due to the developing El Niño, the Booby's food source has moved north with the expanding temps and the Booby's have moved north with them. There have been sightings from San Diego to as far north as the Port of Los Angeles.

Juvenile California Gull

The Wikipedia has a decent write up. I think of this as Chuseok, the Korean harvest moon festival, but the other Sino-centric cultures have their own versions of the Chinese festival.

中秋节 / Mid Autumn Festival

The three branches of government are supposed to be equal, right?

In my humble opinion, the President is too powerful, Congress is worthless, the Judiciary has stepped beyond its boundries.

And they all are as corrupt as hell.