When I came across the shameful news of the raid on The Standard & KTN in Kenya last night (thx 4 sharing, IW), the first thing that came to my mind was 1933 and the infamous Book burning that destroyed a lot of intellectual property. While some of you might consider this an [...]

Dear President Kibaki,
On March 2, 2006 armed police raided the headquarters and printing plant of the East African Standard Group. In addition to destroying equipment including the printing presses and burning newspapers, they shut down the Kenyan Television Network television station.
This latest attack follows the jailing of three journalists from the East African Standard newspaper, [...]

sausages (€0,65) and feta cheese (€0,89) in filo dough (€0,75), covered with one liquid egg (~ € 0,08) = € 2,37
RIOJA,  Paternina Banda Azul, Crianza 2001, a gift from a good friend (thx Gün :-) = € 0,00
Kikoi from Kenya, used as a tablecloth ("never travel without YOUR kikoi" (JKE)) = ~ €8,-
music Tocotronic [...]