Obama's secret kill list

“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. ” 
― George Orwell


I wasn't shocked when I read Obama's kill list on NYT. All presidents lie, and it's just a matter of how well they package themselves. Everyday, the government shreds our constitutional rights, taps our mobile, kills innocents abroad, and keeps these different avenues in secrecy when the people demand greater transparency.Once the president claims some sort of power, even if there are objections and their decisions don't seem to be constitutional, it becomes impossible to get the power back.


This article basically says that the executive branch claim to have the right to kill their "enemies" at any time, and Obama spends every Tuesday to review how far counterterrorism operations will go and approves new names on an expanding "kill list." How chilling is it to learn that President Obama– who campaigned against the Iraq war and torture– simultaneously justifies the use of drones to do his killing because they are "surgical" and those killings are consistent with our values? What is he talking about? 


One thing we have to keep in mind is that no matter who we voted for, we must remain vigilant and realize that nobody ever seizes power with the intention of giving it up.


The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Don't let patriotism blind you. Don't let political language make you forget that some other sets of people are human too.

carolina inn

went to tea @ Carolina Inn today, we're both really full since we had a 7" baguette beforehand (and Candice ate all of that D:)

and we took lots of photos, which at one point a random person couldn't stand us and offered to take one for us. 

1Q84

「世上大多數人，並沒有在追求可以證實的真相。 所謂真相大多的情況，是伴隨著強烈的疼痛的–而大部份的人並不追求伴隨疼痛的真相。人們所需要的，是能讓他們盡,量感覺到自己的存在,具有深刻意義的，美麗而舒服的故事。」

習慣了大城市的冷漠，喜歡了美國人的(慣性?)禮貌和幫得就幫的態度。當然，待在這個小鎮是不能跟New York比較。或許你會覺得這不是一個地區性的問題，而是整個社會風氣使然。

只是我有時很困惑。他們的問候顧然是出於好意，但有人要聽真話嗎？不想聽真話就不該說 to be honest吧？一個陌生人聽到你說 I'm not fine 的時候，多數會進一步關心你還是用笑帶過？如果讓你選，你會比較受不了熟悉的人們的冷漠與不聞不問，還是陌生人不懷好意的問候與表面的關心？

Beautiful

一個人欠缺勇氣，總會導致（至少）兩個人受到傷害。

當你躲於房間中不肯面對現實，門外一定有一個人同時在哭。

致:苦戀島主的未來banker

好啦。我終於被banker（＋悶到要死的media law)逼到絕路，就dedicate篇文比你啦。

第一次見到就覺得他好似小夫，尤其他zup陰，真的很神奇（像反地心吸力般挺！) 五官相似度不在話下。


記得有一次打完羽毛球後去康橋間房睡覺。當我卸完妝，穿著睡衣準備睡覺時，banker竟然衝進來，說要hea陣。其實我是超級conscious自己素顏這件事，但也無可奈何，只能盼望在燈光昏暗的環境下（兼用張披）能夠檔一擋。當時有點尷尬，同banker沒有那麼熟，但他甚麼話題都能接–記得談起stalk人我倆特別興奮 D:


我常常覺得banker是裝著一顆女人心的（好聽一點就是心思細密）。除了他緊貼D寸嘴模互插的新聞，極度留意女生的裝扮及照片（“某某的粉也太厚了吧／她ps得好勁wo”），其實他很懂得站在女生的角度思考。失落時他一定會挺你，而且給一些很賤的advice(!)，逗你開心。


我說啊，banker你應該毀掉那些對我不利的照片跟某些記憶（尤其是關於我的感情史），否則你會後悔的！