"Foreign students are leaving Russia fearing for their safety." MosNews

No problem man, just come over to Denmark please! It's safe in here.

How big can one get?

It's funny to compare the page BBC has made for Michael Jackson's trial with for example, let say the profile of the USA.

How much do you want to stay single?

Her almost ex-"Royal Highness", soon would-be plainly her "Highness" Princess Alexandra of our little kingdom "will soon move with their two sons from the Royal Palace of Amalienborg in central Copenhagen to a house three kilometers away, but will continue to receive an annual state pension of 1.5 million Kroner as long as she does not remarry." DR
But come on, why should one get married at all when one earns DKK 1.5 million just for not doing it? And its always much more fun dating married people hidden than getting married, ain't it? I mean just gimme DKK 15 grand a month, I'll put an end to my sexual life!

When minority becomes Majority

• "The Bonn-Copenhagen Declarations, which were signed on March 29, 1955, still serve as a European model for respectful treatment of minorities."

Of course it is about Germans and Danes, otherwise the non-European "minority" is slightly becoming so much of a majority that both the German and especially Danish government are passing rules by which the minorities would NOT have "the right to use their own language, practice the religion of their native country and be elected into regional and national parliaments through minority quotas." DR
By the flow of immigrants and refugees the indigenous Europeans will soon become minority and they would have the chance to enjoy the rights mentioned above!

"Danish schools fail in war on drugs." DR
Danish schools fail to educate people too. If the students cannot read their mother tongue after being graduated at least let them sniff some cock. One should gain something from school anyway!

Some Iraqi "inmates" of a US-run "detention center" have tried to escape by digging a tunnel. They seem to have watched lots of American movies in which the prisoners get away through tunnels, "concealed under the wooden floor of a detainee tent". BBC

Pope type Pope

I always wonder, did Francis Bacon model a pope for his series of Screaming Pope paintings or the popes model Francis Bacon to look like his paintings?

ANAGRAMS (48)

You don’t need to see it,
Touch it
Hear it,
Smell it,
Taste it,
Or dream it,
Categorize it and theorize it.
It’s right there;
It’s me
It’s you
It’s all of us.

ANAGRAMS (47)

Days of nothingness:
Sitting in the middle of
Wars
Deceits
Loves
Shopping, dog-walking and cries
Whispers, betraying and lies
Scratching old, dry wounds
On your childhood knees.

Every dead man is your future
Every taxpayer your soul
And forgetfulness the only means
Of survival.

You’re glad you weren’t born a pig,
A bird
Or an insect.
You are a miracle
A human
An exception,
Pride of creation
In this universe:
Sitting in the middle of
Battles
Treacheries
worships
Suicide-bombing, skateboarding, answerless whys
Football, TV, vomiting and chicken fries
Scratching renewed, filthy wounds
On your bleeding corpse.

Fewer women get industrial injury compensation

"The National Board’s objective is to recognise 1000 more injuries this year and mostly in more female oriented jobs." DR.

Yeah, but what then if no woman gets injured? Is the National Board ging to injure them delibrately in order to play the equality?

"It's 'fun to shoot some people" reports Jesus-is-Savior.com. But "I like the smell of napalm in the morning" much better.
[See the page and play Jean Sibelius' symphony 5# op. 28, they go very well together! It just occured to my accidentally.]
And then comes the really funny stuff: "Throughout our history, Marines have given their lives in the defense of this nation and human rights around the globe," Hagee's statement read. CNN

What does B stands for? Bridge or beauty? Santiago Calatrava's bridges are a great pieces of art. They give a philosophical aspect to the concept of connecting via bridge. His bridges are celebration of this connection; A dialogue between two banks through beauty and bridge.

This is the Alamillo Bridge in Seville, Spain. When I was in Seville I just passed by it as I was in a car. I did nt have time to look at it long enough. But even in a short glance it transfixes you with its magnitude; it is not a huge bridge though. Below is a sketch of the bridge, Calatrava's study on his notebook. See more pictures of his work here.

کافه رین

حکایتی ست معروف و بی نهایت بامزه از صادق هدایت که گویا در کافه فیروز که پاتوق ِ استاد بوده همیشه بوی ِ بدی از دستشوئی در سالن ِ کافه به مشام می رسیده. روزی یکی از دوستان ِ هدایت از این وضع شاکی بود، هدایت هم ـ که یکی از تفریحات ِ سالم اش جعل ِ آیات ِ شریفه ی ِ قرآن ِ مجید بود ـ سر ِ ضرب یک آیه نازل می کند که: "لعنت الله علیه من کل ٍ قوم ِ کافِرین." و ترجمه می کنه: "همانا و به درستی که لعنت ِ خدا وند بر همه ی ِ آنان که در کافه می رینند! (کافه رین)

"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark!"

I can't believe this shit. We are living under an unannounced martial law almost, being taken hostage and robbed by the companies. Everything is ready for the rise of a Hitler.

• "RKI Credit Information, a company which registers bad payers, has purchased a service with the Central National Register (CPR) which provides it with daily information about 2,5 million Danes who do not necessarily have outstanding debts.
  The information gives names, addresses, job, arrival date in Denmark, name changes, date of death and so on. RKI then sells the information on to about 500 companies so they can follow the movements of their customers." DR

And the RKI is refusing to answer media's questions. Read more here in Danish.

Hookers in the refugee camps

• "Nigerian prostitutes are being placed by their managers in Danish asylum centers so they can get free board and lodging while they are in the country." Says DR.

And of course it has nothing to do with the Danish immigration rule that gives them no money, only so-called "food-box." I just wonder why people become prostitutes when they do not have money and as DR says "they stand no chance of getting asylum." It's very strange, one might wonder.
And the Red Cross… Oh, fuck Danish Red Cross. It is just the slave of the Danish government.

Fuck Human Rights; We're Danish!

"How human rights should be interpreted within Danish courts." Justice Minister, Lene Espersen, suggests in support of Dansk Folkeparti.
I think is very easy. Just keep voting for this current facist govermnet. Or else give the throne of Denmark to Bertel Haarder.

IMPORTANT! Click on the Folkepati's link to check out how to spell Pia Kjærsgaard's name in Arabic: پیا کجیرزغارد (I'll be pronounced "Piya Kagieerzaghard!"). I'm serious. This was the funniest thing I have seen for the last couple of months. More hilarious than The Big Lebawski.

Denmark does not only exports goods, but also shit. Several European countries are looking to Denmark for inspiration on dealing with immigration problems. DR News reports.
I have always said that Denmark is an influential country in the world affairs.

Hoegaarden

My buddy [otherwise my graphic designer] Jens Burau called me yesterday and said that he had read my weblog and found a great deal of depression there. I said I am fucked up but not really depressed, although I got all the reasons for being so.
However I decided to write a bit about the beauties of life, that is, I discovered a new beer: Hoegaarden bièr blanche.

It is an unfiltered, cloudy white beer from Belgium, 4.9% alcohol which tastes great and smells absolutely marvelous. It's very effective too, that is, you feel you are drinking "beer" in the first sip. I did not have the chance to practically exam my theory but I think that it would be a great refreshing beer when one is pissed-drunk. I mean I would trade this with a green Bacardi Breezer, a Saturday morning at 05:00; of course after making sure I have already call the cab!
The price is relatively low in compare to what you pay for a shity Tuborg for instance. It is 14 DKK for bottle whereas a Tuborg costs around 8 DKK.
However I was very happy to find this beer and I think I'm gonna list it as my favorites. I have always liked most of Belgian beers but this was very special, more specifically when drunk while watching Carol Reed's The Third man.

Eugenio's Urhamlet

Eventually Odin Teatret is going to do Hamlet at Kronborg Castel. They have been talking about it for a couple of years now but there was no money granted.
Last summer at the ISTA (International School of Theater Anthropology) we worked on Shakespeare's Hamlet under Eugenio Barba's direction. So I think I know what the performance is going to be like. I guess Akira Matsui is going to play the Ghost. If so, just borrow couple of extra eyes to check him out. He's amazing. The Theatro Mundi's music is also great.

هاشم ِ فیاض هم از دارِ دنیا رفت. به دور از همه ی ِ نوستالژی های ِ معمول در مورد ِ این پدیده ی ِ نیمه جان و ای بسا مرده ای که نامش تعزیه است، به نظر من هاشم ِ فیاض در میان دست اندرکاران سنتی ی ِ تعزیه آدم بسیار مهم و مرجعی بود. جدای ِ از اطلاعات و بایگانی یِ مهمی که فیاض داشت، ضمنا ً باید از قدرت ِ شبیه خوانی یا بازیگری ی ِ او هم یاد کرد. من تنها یک بار او را در یک تعزیه ی ِ مضحک در نقش ِ "یهودی" دیدم که بی هیچ اغراقی بی نظیر بود. در ضمن شیوه ی ِ بازی او با تمام ِ شبیه خوان هایی که من در زنده گی دیده بودم فرق می کرد. باور کردنی نبود که آن آدم ِ چاق ِ اخمویی که به سختی می توانست راه برود، در هنگام ِ بازی، این قدر شوخ و بامزه و چست و چابک باشد.
تنها برخورد ِ شخصی ی ِ من با هاشم ِ فیاض در روزی بود که جایزه ی ِ دوم ِ کارگردانی ی ِ جشنواره ی ِ نمایش های ِ سنتی و آیینی برای ِ نمایش ِ "آبی که مار می خورد زهر میشود" را از دست او در تئاتر ِ شهر گرفتم. دو نفر ِ دیگری که برای ِ اهدای ِ جوایز بر روی ِ صحنه حضور داشتند سعدی افشار و مرشد ترابی بودند.

"Almost every other highly educated Dane under 40 has plans to leave Denmark and work abroad", reports DR News. You see, it's so fucked up. Denmark sux so much that even Danes don't wanna live here. Of course that has nothing to do with the fact that "Denmark is the very best country in th eworld" and every child being born in the world is wished by their moms to immigrate to Denmark one day, as Danish goverment seems to believe.

The Copenhagen Post call these escapers "smart." Aren't they?

Hunger strike in Sandholm

Tina Engelbrecht Ising, an inspector in the Sandholm institution told media “This is a dreadful situation. And I don’t think their [asylum seekers] hunger strike will make the slightest difference to their case consideration by the authorities.” says DR News. (Læs på dansk) But wait a minute; what the fuck is "the Sandholm institution?" Are they talking about the "jail?" Because there are hundreds of refugees in Sandholm camp. The number of 80 must be the jail. And of course the hunger strike wouldn't make a difference when those people are in a jail where no journalist has access to. They are lucked up, refusing to eat till they collapse and the "authority" take them to hospital and that is the end of the story. Because there is noone to follow their cases and the fucking "authority" can do whatever shit they want.

ANAGRAMS (46)

I made nightmares my home:
In the living room you die
In the bathroom I cry
And in the kitchen
We eat each other
(or was it the bedroom?)

ANAGRAMS (45)

Between each blowjob and prayer
Petrodollar chews semtex.

ANAGRAMS (44)

I'm daring
I'm sharing
I'm a bomb
Scaring you numb!

ANAGRAMS (43)

There were two nights tonight:
One for brighter side of death
The other for darker side of its shadow.

Today is the forth anniversary of my fall into this pit, Denmark.

Just imagine what is going on in the ministers homes in Denmark in the evenings, after "the Prime Minister has promised voters more transparency concerning the economic interests of his ministers after a series of scandals has affected his administration."

"Husband: Det er ikke min skyld, skat!
Minister: Hold keft, din idiot!"

However I think the prime minister ought to seek help from one of the imams of Copenhagen to solve the problem. He would probably rule that women should stay home and therefore the husbands have to become minister.

ANAGRAMS (42)

We kill each other
And vise versa.

A Danish ship rams into a Danish bridge and three foreigners get injured and one goes missing, says DR News. It's all about these fucking foreigners!

پینک فلوید: کاش اینجا بودی

خُب، پس فکر می کنی بتونی بگی
که فرق ِ بهشت و جهنم چیه.
فرق ِ آسمون ِ آبی رو با درد.
می تونی بگی فرق ِ یه دشت ِ سبز
با یه ریل آهن ِ سرد چیه؟
فرق ِ یک لبخند با حجاب؟
فکر می کنی بتونی بگی؟

و تونستون اونا وادارت کنن
که قهرمونات رو با اشباح مبادله کنی؟
درختا رو با خاکستر ِ داغ؟
نسیم ِ خنک رو با هوای ِ تفتیده؟
سرما رو، آرامش رو با پول ِ خُرد؟
و آیا نقش ِ یه سیاهی لشگر رو در جنگ
با نقش ِ اصلی در یک قفس
معاوضه کردی؟

چقدر دلم می خواد ای کاش اینجا بودی.
و ما عین ِ دوتا روح ِ گمشده ایم
شناور تو یه تُنگ ِ بلور
سال از پس ِ سال
دوان در اطراف ِ همون زمین ِ کهنه.
و چی به دست آوردیم؟
همون ترسای ِ سابق.
ای کاش اینجا بودی.

ترجمه ی ِ : وحید عوض زاده

This is a translation of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here into Persian.

ردّپا در برف

بر خاکستر برف
گور ِ تو را می سوزد باد
در وِزـ وِز ِ بی وَزن ِ وَزِش اش.
هر گور به ردّی می رسد
و هر راه به پاای.
و کودک ِ سرخوش
خوش خوشان
سر خویش
در جای ِ پای ِ پدر می نهد.