Category Archives: Transhuman News

Resistance to the Post Human Slave Borg

By: Adi zamer

See the original post:
Resistance to the Post Human Slave Borg - Video

A post-race dinner has left a sour taste for some after the Saint Clair Vineyard Half Marathon on Saturday when guests were forced to sit on the floor to eat their meals.

First-time race participant Jono Scott, of Christchurch, said the Saint Clair Vineyard Half Marathon Makana Confections Finishing Toast was the "most disorganised after-party" he had been to.

"There were so many things they could have done better. I spoke to others who were at previous ones and they said this was by far the worst," he said.

Scott spent about 45 minutes outside the Marlborough Convention Centre waiting with hundreds of others who were evacuated during a fire alarm not long after the event started.

"On top of that there weren't enough tables and chairs for everybody, so we ended up grabbing tables and chairs ourselves out of the closet to use. When you've just run 21k you didn't really want to stand up to eat."

Following the evacuation, guests went inside to line up for their choice of five or six meal options, some of which ran out, Scott said.

Scenic Hotels human resource manager Matt McLean said service for the night had been disrupted by the alarm.

"As soon as we came back in, all 800 people went straight to the food stalls, and the chefs had to start cooking again. It's unfortunate, and it's not an excuse but they all went back into the building at the same time as the guests," he said.

The centre had hosted the event for the past seven or eight years, and food service usually happened over a longer period of time, he said.

Third-time half marathon runner Wellington woman Sharne Fairbrother said the race itself was once again "really well" organised, but her first Finishing Toast dinner was the opposite.

Read the original:
Post race after-party leaves sour taste

March 21, 2014: Then-United Nations investigator Richard Falk addresses a news conference in Geneva.Reuters

It didn't take long for the United Nations to fill the anti-Israel role that controversial human rights investigator Richard Falk played -- as he left his post earlier this month, his wife and co-author on numerous pro-Palestinian papers was named to a separate position by the U.N. Human Rights Council.

The perfectly timed switcheroo has the Obama administration and others fuming. Falk was notorious in his role as the point person for the Palestinian territories, known for his anti-Israel remarks and association with the 9/11 truther crowd -- his wife, Hilal Elver, carries a similar reputation.

A statement from the U.S. Mission in Geneva warned that the appointment, to be the new Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, could "reflect negatively" on the council. The statement noted "several of Ms. Elver's previous publications include biased and inflammatory views regarding the United States and the state of Israel."

Further, the Obama administration said her "lack of relevant experience" in the area of food "raises questions about her readiness" for a post dedicated to studying access to food.

But it is her public statements and writings that have caused the most concern. UN Watch, a United Nations watchdog group, repeatedly objected to the appointment, including in a recent letter to U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power.

"Decisions like this threaten to turn the UN into a joke," UN Watch director Hillel Neuer said in a statement. "Falk was an open admirer of 9/11 conspiracy theorists and an apologist for terror groups whose term was finally up, so now the UN installed his closest professional collaborator -- his wife."

A 2007 article by Elver and Falk compared the situation in Israel and the Palestinian territories to genocide. She also has repeatedly warned about the "Jewish lobby," claiming it has been "manipulating American politics" to ensure support for Israel.

Further, in December she presented a paper on what she called "water apartheid," focusing on Israel's alleged control over water to deprive Palestinians.

Like her husband, Elver has associated herself with 9/11 conspiracy theorists. She was listed in David Ray Griffin's "The New Pearl Harbor," which suggests the George W. Bush administration was complicit in the 2001 terror attacks, as having helped on the project.

Follow this link:
US fumes as wife of 'biased' UN official named to post- UN aims to boost influence in the push for a global green ...