Capital punishment: Jokowi’s shameful move to PPU
Jokowi has chosen to move the capital, rather than deal with Jakarta’s problems. He is violating at least two of the new site’s “10 Cultures of Shame”.
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Clowns demand more of Indonesia’s political circus
Indonesian kids are starving to death: where are the health services?
Don’t make martyrs of religious-themed thugs: lessons from Egypt
In memory of 170,000 Indonesians. Or not.
Is invisibility the price of success for Indonesia?
Sheet happens, yes, but does the mob really rule in Indonesia?
Indonesian president encourages extra-judicial killings (foreigners preferred)
Just occasionally, words fail me
For the sheer beauty of it: Java from space
Let’s for once leave politics and the perfidy of men behind, and revel in the beauty of the earth and the ingenuity of mankind. The photo of the volcanoes of East Java and beyond comes from the International Space Station, courtesy of NASA (and the US taxpayer). You can download a bigger version without the text labels here (jpg, 6kb) and find the source here. But I’m copying the text in full, because, well, because I find it fascinating. Thanks…