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POPSObama's Brother Lives In A Slum In Nairobi Now, the Italian press discovered Barack Obama's younger brother George in a slum hut in Nairobi. He is the son of Barack Obama Sr. and Jael. . Half brother George is not pictured and was the son of Barack's father and an unknown Kenyan woman. Obama's younger brother George was discovered in Kenya living in a hut. He says last year during elections 6 people were hacked to death in his neighborhood. The Telegraph reported: The Italian edition of Vanity Fair said that it had found George Hussein Onyango Obama living in a hut in a ramshackle town of Huruma on the outskirts of Nairobi. Mr Obama, 26, the youngest of the presidential candidate's half-brothers, spoke for the first time about his life, which could not be more different than that of the Democratic contender. "No-one knows who I am," he told the magazine, before claiming: "I live here on less than a dollar a month." According to Italy's Vanity Fair his two metre by three metre shack.
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POPSThe Waste-Pickers of Delhi The original Delhi recyclers have turned garbage into cash for decades. Now, a carbon-credit-generating incinerator may put them out of business.
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POPSMugtada al-Sadr keeps the truce for now.... Cont.... Such tales abound. Sudani said she'd heard of troops bursting into a woman's home and arresting her four sons, as a soldier threw the mother to the ground and put his boot on her head. Iraqi troops are said to have seized gasoline canisters from a Sadr City resident and distributed them to others, claiming they were from the government. Ali Jassim, 30, another resident, said his cousin's phone rang at a checkpoint with a ringtone containing a chant about Sadr. When soldiers heard it, they slapped him, he said. Sadr's militia, the Mahdi Army, has suffered a series of setbacks since last spring. It lost control of Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, and the southern city of Amara after Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki ordered his forces to retake those areas. Many charge that Maliki is waging a political war against his former allies in time for fall's provincial elections.
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POPSRacially blind or racially just? Is the anger of whites and blacks really comparable? Read this in a comment on a post critical of the Obama race speech, and have heard no one say it better.
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POPS24 hours in pictures - April 09 3. Helsinki, Finland: Conductor Sakari Oramo rehearses with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra 4. Tenerife, Spain: An illegal immigrant recovers from his journey to the Canaries, on a boat from Africa 6. Washington, US: General David Petraeus, commander of American forces in Iraq, prepares to testify before the Senate armed services committee 14. Houston, US: The coffin of a US soldier killed in Iraq is transferred to Houston national cemetery 15. Seville, Spain: A cup floats in a puddle during the first day of the annual April feria, or fair. Strong rain and winds caused the cancellation of some events 1. Nairobi, Kenya: A policeman prepares to fire teargas during clashes between police and opposition party supporters in the slum area of Kibera
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POPS24 hours in pictures - Mar 28th 7 Chuzom, Bhutan: Indian women labourers carry rocks while working on a road widening project. Tens of thousands of migrant workers, mostly Indians, do the hard manual jobs that Bhutanese shun, such as building roads and construction 2 Baghdad, Iraq: Supporters of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr shout slogans during a protest against a crackdown on Shia militia in Basra and Baghdad by Iraqi government forces 14 London, UK: A work of art entitled Washed Up Fingers by Emma Donovan. It is part of a collection of work from 60 finalists entered in the BlindArt: Sense & Sensuality competition at the Henry Moore gallery, Royal College Of Art 13 Moscow, Russia: A model displays a creation by Antonina Shapovalova at a fashion show
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POPSHow To Buy A Mansion You Can't Afford.......
.............and Barack Obama's housing problem Within in a month of purchasing their new home, the Obamas began the same process the doctor previously went through. Because Tony Rezko was being indicted, they needed to be distanced from him. So the Obamas hired a lawyer and an architect. Additionally, the Obama’s wanted to put up a fence separating the two properties. On page 21 of the Landmark Ordinances above, it states fences for Historic homes can be no more than 5’ high and must not be visible from the street. The new fence was specially fabricated to conform to historic standards, and the $14,000 cost was billed to Rezko per agreement by Obama and Rezko. Obama states he paid for the architect and Lawyer. Strangely enough the fence actually sits ON the property line between the two lots. Obama agreed to yard maintenance for both properties. By City Nell on February 4, 2008 at 5:12 PM in Real Estate, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Tony Rezko
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POPSThe Irish Invented American Slang: Jazz, Dude,
The Secret Language of the Crossroads: How the Irish Invented Slang. Irish words and phrases are scattered all across the American language, regional and class dialects, colloquialisms, slang, and specialized jargons (like gambling), in the same way that Irish-Americans have been scattered across the crossroads of North America for five hundred years. Cassidy traces the hidden history of how Ireland fashioned America, not just linguistically, but through the gambling underworld, urban street gangs, and the powerful political machines that grew out of them. In a series of essays, including: "Decoding the Gangs of New York," "How the Irish Invented Poker and American Gambling Slang," "The Sanas (Etymology) of Jazz," "Boliver of Brooklyn," and in a first dictionary of Irish-american vernacular, Cassidy provides the hidden histories of so-called slang, and words with unknown origin—words that define the American language and culture: scam, slum, snazzy, sucker, swell, poker, daddy-o
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POPSDharavi is often called 'Asia's largest slum'. "When I was growing up, this was an open space. We could see Mahim station from here. People used to be afraid to come to Dharavi. They thought of it as a jungle," recalls Ramjibhai. Original article at http://www.hinduonnet.com/2000/09/17/stories/13170632.htm
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POPS"Honest Ed" Mirvish R.I.P. Ed Mirvish. I may not know the entire expanse of his work and contributions, but I've seen his contributions to this city. My condolences to the family.
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POPSEvery third person will be a slum dweller within 30 years, UN agency warns Very few countries have recognised this critical situation and very little effort is going into providing jobs or services. he authors roundly blamed laissez-faire globalisation and "neo-liberal" economic policies imposed on poor countries by global institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organisation for much of the damage caused to cities over the past 20 years. In a form of colonialisation that is probably more stringent than the original, many developing countries have become... suppliers of raw commodities to the world, and fall further and further behind. The authors say people are encouraged to move to the cities by factors including the privatisation of public services, job losses, and the removal of subsidies and tax breaks from key industries. Such effects, they say, increase inequality, and make sure that those who move to the cities remain in deep poverty.
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