Selma!
In response to your mail, a short note...
While agreeing with you in the main that protests and strikes have their
rightful place in a democracy, excessive strikes and protests in themselves
are not the symptoms of a functioning and mature democracy but rather a
failed one.
but ofcourse!
DAILY GROOK #255
DOC TALK
by Francis Rodrigues
a gynaec's so gay
cos' his forte is,
put in a hard day
at the orifice!
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puns word-play of all kinds,
if you read between the lines!
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Why was Bush missing from McCain's convention? And why does the latter
avoid any mention of the president in a positive way in his campaign
speeches?
-- RKN
McCain is not desperate to keep President Bush out of his campaign.
Presidents typically do not overtly engage in campaigns. For example,
Hello!
Here is the new posting on mandgoa blog:
Goa's draft Mineral Policy fails to understand mining Click below links to
read more by Ramesh Gauns
http://mandgoa.blogspot.com/2008/10/goas-draft-mineral-policy-fails-to.html
Warmly,
Seby
'Super jumbo' touches down at Begumpet ...Belying apprehensions about the
runway length required to accommodate it, the A-380 took a little over 500
metres to come to a halt before being taxied to tarmac...[Comments:] Looks
like the Begumpet (old civil enclave) runway held up well in the
CRYcket Tournament on 7 November 2008 in Kuwait
The 11th CRY (Child Relief and You) cricket tournament for children will be
held at the Ahmadi Hockey Grounds on Friday, 7th November 2008 starting at
6:30 a.m.
The one day tournament, called 'CRYcket 2008', is now a very popular annual
Goa Suicide Rate (with Suicide Helpline)
I remember reading few weeks ago a young boy 18 committed suicide by hanging
(in his house near Colva/Benaulim)
He lost his parents few months back and living all alone (eldest bro married,
was living somewhere in Raia/ponda). The neighbours only
Hi All,
This is what I mean by saying 'ILLITERATE MLAs'.
They have no idea about the law.
He does not know that Monserate or any other, can be arrested for obstruction
of justice.
MLA or no MLA they should be arrested on suspicion and questioned.
ED.
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Freddy Fernandes said:
Article on Herald
A friend (Karl) asked recently:
Subject: Use of Post Office to send RTI Applications to Central Govt. Depts
Hello, Has anyone actually used the RTI facility to send RTI Applications to
Central Govt. Depts using Post Officesm any ideahow it practically works?
Thanks Karl
My response:
I've
If the BJP in India prevails, years from now historians will be introspecting
on India's free-fall into fascism, the insidious and malevolent role the BJP
played and how the vast majority of liberal India was lulled into thinking that
all the while democracy was in operation.
Take for
Radhakrishnan Nair said:
Why was Bush missing from McCain's convention? And why does the latter
avoid any mention of the president in a positive way in his campaign
speeches?-- RKN
If you had followed them properly you would have noticed that the slogan
Hussain has adopted is the same.
Herald, 17 October 2008
The 'natural' order of things?
We need to change our laws to decriminalise homosexuality, argues
VIDYADHAR GADGIL
Efforts to get homosexuality decriminalised are now reaching their
final stages, with the hearing in the Delhi High Court on the petition
filed by Naz
Police to review rape case against Goa Minister's son
Panaji (PTI): The Goa Police will review the rape case against Goa
Education Minister Atanasio Monserratte's son as the victim, a German
minor, is not deposing before the police.
The girl is not willing to depose. In this situation, it is
Freddy
You are absolutely spot on. Is'nt it ridiculous that the parents are not aware
of the whereabouts of their own son? Can anybody believe this? Are'nt they
telling lies. How can this family be trusted in any case. All that the PWD
Minister and the Power Minister have talked in this
This morning, I went to a ATM near Preston Market. I had to do a double-take -
in the corner, conspicuous by its presence, was a bright-red splotch. That left
by paan. It could not be anything else. A paan-chewing idiot had done his bit
to leave his DNA behind.
I don't go to the Melbourne
--- On Tue, 10/21/08, Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I do not know whether to laugh or to cry about YOUR desire for facts.
It is troubling to note that Gilbert cannot decide to laugh or cry when he is
presented with the fact of a horrible and tragic death of an innocent human
In the late 1990s, Republican revolutionaries seemed to bring instability,
and the American voter softened on Clinton. Then terrorism threatened the
equilibrium and he helped re-elect Bush. Then, post-Iraq and post-Katrina,
administrative incompetence led him a bit the other way.
Now disorder has
--- On Wed, 10/22/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And that is why I feel disappointed when our intellectuals
who should be the catalysts for such action become armchair
discussion groups trying to put on airs of objectivity.
I am disappointed that activists fail to recognize
Why do you have such a poor opinion of Indians, Gabriel? :-)
RKN
Gabriel de Figueiredo wrote: This morning, I went to a ATM near
Preston Market. I had to do a double-take - in the corner, conspicuous
by its presence, was a bright-red splotch. That left by paan. It could
not be anything else. A
[1] Freddy Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It is true that a
person is not guilty until proved guilty, but for that the accused
must surrender to the Authorities, and let the Law take it's course.
Why is he hiding if he is not guilty ?
[2] Anthony Pereira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are absolutely
The Democratic presidential candidate is called Barrack Obama, and not Hussain.
-- RKN
Edward deSilva wrote: If you had followed them properly you would have
noticed that the slogan Hussain has adopted is the same.
Only difference is Hussain said it first - change, and on its success
McPalin
Here's something that might interest Mario :-)
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - John McCain's U.S. presidential election
campaign has solicited a financial contribution from an unlikely
source -- Russia's U.N. envoy -- but a McCain spokesman said on Monday
it was a mistake.
In the letter, McCain urged
Dearest Selma,
You have been commenting on very many issues in the past. And most of the
time I have found a grain of truth in what you have said and why you have
said it.
A fully formed mind cannot think one day on the right side, the next day on
the left side and the third day on the
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:39:13 +0530
From: Radhakrishnan Nair [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Why was Bush missing from McCain's convention? And why does the latter
avoid any mention of the president in a positive way in his campaign
speeches?
Mario responds:
Bush was scheduled to speak at the convention
But there was a hitch. Fisherfolk of the village, emotionally attached to the
place, particularly the St Mary Magadelene's Church had to be convinced to give
up the place. The task fell on a former bishop of Thiruvananthapuram. During a
Sunday congregation, he spoke to the villagers about the
Please see letter Get involved in Politics on link
http://www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=11475cid=13
--
Please post your comments on my Blog:
http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/
The Democratic presidential candidate is called Barrack Obama, and not Hussain.
--
Thanks Radhakrishnan Nair for the correction,
I thought it was Barrak Hussain Obama.
ED.
Gilbert Lawrence wrote:
It is one thing to have a questioning mind, which is good. It is another to
have a 'jaundiced eye' with an attitude; and present oneself as an all-knowing
person. This applies to all of us.
Comment:
What astonishes and surprises me is the kind of nit-picking and hair
2008/10/22 Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Mario responds:
.
Future US President Bobby Jindal was also scheduled to speak at the
convention and cancelled for the same reason.
.
COMMENT: Not that long ago this is what the man wrote:-
''In this case all bets
Folks - Thank you all for your time and effort in contributing to the
threads entitled, more or less, What To Do In Falling Markets and The
Bush Legacy.
We will review any posts on these two subjects which are RECEIVED in the
next 24 hours, after which any posts received will be returned to
To Goa's Education Minister
Education Minister Babush Monserate,
This is not about your educational qualification where you lied in an afidavit
that you are SSC passed knowingly you passed upto VII std.
But this is about your eldest son Rohit who is wanted by the police in
connection with
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** Fresh complaint filed in Goa rape case - NDTV.com
[Oct 18, 2008] Fadela Fuchs, the German womanwhose 14-year-old
daughter was allegedly raped by Goa Education Minister Babush
Monserrate's
Dears,
The BJP recruited policemen in 2002, the Congress recruited the IRB in 2005. In
the last six years, Goa has added about 2000 police men and women.
On 18 February, 2008, Police women[aged 21 to 30 years] were brought from the
parking lot duties and used as human shields by the so-called
Did I say I have a poor opinion of Indians? Anyhow, do you know of any other
culture that chews paan and leaves red blotches behind?
The great leaders, past and present, have given a great example of how
Indians generally behave. Nehru's lies, Menon's lies, jeep scandals, Bofors
scandals,
Josebab, why dont you be a lawyer for Rohit ?
You might do a much better job than whoever his current
lawyer is.
samir (neither a Siddhi nor an Andamanese)
Activism, or cat's paw?
DEVIL'S ADVOCATE / By Frederick Noronha
Everyone in Goa seems to want to don the status of an activist these
days. This term is no longer used as a bad word, as it was in the
past. We've also come a long time from the days when a cocksure
Pratapsing Rane dismissed the
And lo! The name of Savio Lobo led all the rest
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080069743ch=633603430984375000
Following on from Kevin John Pinto
In these troubled financial times, trust a Goan to lead us to the money!
FR
Talent Search : Natioanl Games 2011
In yesterdays discussion Ex. Director of Sports Authority of Goa Shri v. M.
Prabhudesai said that non except Cricket and Foodball Sports Association
maintain register of talented sportsman in its dicipline.
He want public to should ask through Right to
Dears,
When I was a little boy there was a man known as Sacrula. Fr. Nascimento
Mascarenhas tells us that his name was Sacrafamilia and that he was besotted
with a girl called Ursula, whom he never married, hence the combo name SacrUla.
He called himself the Pope of all Goa. That was in the
Politicians shielding Goons... says Home Minister Ravi
...so who will Shield the Home Minister?
God Knows!
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D.R.I.P.
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when the mad legacy of dubya
is failed by history's best,
lo, the name of mario goveia
sycophantly leads the rest!
FR
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Dear Samirbab,
Just because you are not a Siddhi does not excuse you from not using
your God given Buddhi.
If you have a point of argument with what I have written - do make it.
If not you might as well go an do some land grab in the Andamans.
Hey why not you?
cheers
jc
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I presume the dead River Princes is still entrenched at Candolim beach. It is
now 8 years or more. Nobody seems to be bothered.
Since it is probably stuck for good now, perhaps some enterprising person could
make the best out of a bad bargain - buy it off the owners, spruce it up
nicely, and
Ex. Director of Sports Authority of Goa Shri v. M. Prabhudesai said at Seminar
on Duties and responsibilities of Sports Association that non except Cricket
and Foodball Sports Association maintain register of talented sportsman in its
dicipline.
He want public to should ask through Right to
Dear Fred
An excellent piece and an eye opener for me who has not visited Goa
recently
George
[Disclaimer: All characters are fictitious and no resemblance to any person
living or dead is intended]
Take a look at the plot.
A powerful minister of a small state in India wishes to boost the
political career of his 21 year old son, so he engages a lawyer to
frame his son in a case that will
RIGHT TO PRIVACY
Protect identity of child victim, says children's court judge
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Panaji: The children's court on Wednesday advised the police and the media
(electronic and print) not to violate the child victim's right to privacy
and refrain from disclosing the identity of
Hi,
Police to review rape case against Goa Minister's son Panaji (PTI): Therefore
this Minister should voluntarily go to the Police to clear any mistaken Identy
or whatever. It is a civilised way of doing things in the 21st Cent.
Read:
Mr Al Fayed's spokeswoman Katharine Witty said he
2008/10/22 Viviana [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Folks - Thank you all for your time and effort in contributing to the
threads entitled, more or less, What To Do In Falling Markets and The
Bush Legacy.
We will review any posts on these two subjects which are RECEIVED in the
next 24 hours, after which
2008/10/22 edward desilva [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
The Democratic presidential candidate is called Barrack Obama, and not
Hussain.
--
Thanks Radhakrishnan Nair for the correction,
I thought it was Barrak Hussain Obama.
ED.
COMMENT: You got it wrong yet again, the Burrak is Palin and the
Viviana wrote:
Folks - Thank you all for your time and effort in contributing to the
threads entitled, more or less, What To Do In Falling Markets and The
Bush Legacy.
Folks,
Since I may not get another chance to say this, let me take this opportunity to
be
the first on Goanet to
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:47:18 +0530
From: Radhakrishnan Nair [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here's something that might interest Mario :-)
John McCain's U.S. presidential election campaign has solicited a financial
contribution from an unlikely source -- Russia's U.N. envoy -- but a McCain
spokesman said
Activism, or cat's paw?
DEVIL'S ADVOCATE / By Frederick Noronha
Everyone in Goa seems to want to don the status of an activist these
days. This term is no longer used as a bad word, as it was in the
past. We've also come a long time from the days when a cocksure
Pratapsing Rane dismissed the
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** Fresh complaint filed in Goa rape case - NDTV.com
[Oct 18, 2008] Fadela Fuchs, the German womanwhose 14-year-old
daughter was allegedly raped by Goa Education Minister Babush
Monserrate's
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