Roger Waters Brings 'The Wall' To Muslim Countries


![]() | Roger Waters takes 'The Wall' Concerts to 57 Islamic Countries to Protest against Sharia Law and Execution of Homosexuals by having Walls Fall on Them Having supported every wall-related cause and courageously stared down the free world over hundreds of minor injustices involving walls, co-founder and former lead singer of Pink Floyd Roger Waters has announced that he will take 'The Wall' performances to the Muslim world to protest the practice of crushing homosexuals with walls. "I've already dragged my Wall concerts around the world to protest against walls, fences, and miscellaneous types of enclosures," explains Waters. "There's no reason I should exclude Muslim countries just because the cause would be real and the album's message would actually apply." |
"After my wall protest in Israel, a holler against death walls in Muslim countries would just be a hop, skip, and a jump away. I was literally only one zip code away from doing this anyhow," says the legendary author of the we don't need no education jingle. Indeed, it won't be the first time the singer braves the Middle East. In 2006 he defiantly protested the border wall in Israel that keeps gays escaping Gaza and the West Bank from having walls fall on them, including those that may topple onto them at Israeli night clubs because of suicide bombers. "It fills me with horror," Mr. Waters said at the time. "The thought of being constrained by something like this - it's like living in a giant prison." He adapted the lyrics of the famous song to: "We don't need no occupation. We don't need no racist wall." Before performing, Waters spray-painted graffiti across part of the wall near Bethlehem, reading "No thought control," and urged Israel to tear down the wall, since preventing anyone from killing Jews is by definition racist. "After my Israel trip I have received many letters from fans in Muslim countries," says Waters. "Most of them happened to be homosexuals who pleaded with me to come and perform The Wall in their area, as a way to raise awareness about the walls of death that are being dropped on gays there in accordance with the Hadith." As an artist and therefore not a hypocrite, not a coward, and not one to measure Muslims by different standards from the rest of humanity, Waters decided to rise to the challenge of speaking to a part of the world where "thought control" is the understatement of the 7th century. "If I did it in Israel and Berlin, I should be able to take The Wall to Islamic countries to benefit gay rights there," says Waters. "If all cultures are equal, what worked in Israel should also work in Saudi Arabia. I honestly believe that Muslim cultures are just as mentally and morally equipped as the Western cultures, if not more so. Besides, a gesture like this would add a nice new touch to my image as an artist with a message who brings meaning to his lyrics, one who has always defended progress against irony and sarcasm." |
Roger Waters protests a picket fence in Spitsville, Minnesota |
Middle East 'Wall' Tour Update:
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reporting by Julia Gorin and Red Square




"They're gonna send you back to mother
In a cardboard box
You better run"
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ZB





Does anyone else find it unfair that Mr. Waters paints over other folk's progressive messages? I guess he is entitled to deface the messages of others since he is, after all, a very wealthy celebrity capable of buying more Carbon Credits than the other progressive graffiti artist. Why, I should fly down to Israel right this minute with my hammer and chisle and get me a chunk of the that wall with his signature and sell it on E-Bay to score some serious campaign dough! I'm sure some campaign cash would make MTE very happy (She hasn't been doing so well since B. Hussein Obama brought up her spot on the Wal-Mart BOD).



Very good! *Kommissar Vodkov pats useful idiot Waters on the head*
Next time remember that Bu$h got his education mostly in liberal states, not Texas. The Party can only tolerate so many mistakes...


Waters is a hack... a party hack, but a hack.
Give me
Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Ummagumma
Atom Heart Mother
Saucerful of Secrets
Meddle
any day over those later silly bits
and yes, I know that Syd was only on Piper before he whacked his brains out on LSD - but the sound remained up through Meddle.


Pink Floyd was one of my favorites until The Wall came out. I had expected a lot from it. But I listened to it and listened again, trying to get it. But it was just empty. The music was mostly boring and the message was pretentious and rather juvenile. After that I wasn't even curious in more Floyd. I like the older stuff, though. Atom Heart Mother was very cool.




Ivan Betinov
"Several Species of small furry creatures gathered together in a cave and grooving with a Pict." My favorite song title of all time.Yes Comrades. That and "be careful with that axe, Eugene". It's not only the titles which exude such
Rage Against the Machine or Pink.


Red Square
He adapted the lyrics of the famous song to: "We don't need no occupation. We don't need no racist wall."Oh dear. How tacky. As if the original lyrics were not progressive enough. Perhaps he should try this for his next revolutionary performance.
We all need re-education
We all need the Jews to fold
This leftist anger is so trendy
I hope it gets my next tour sold
Hey! Lefties! Buy it ‘cause you’re told!!
All in all I’m just a'nother prick with a cause
Apologies for not being able to emulate his fine, progressively whacked-out grammar i.e. "leave them kids alone". I don't want to appear too educated.





Three Little Pigs Story deemed ‘too offensive’ to Muslims


BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Three Little Pigs ‘too offensive’
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A story based on the Three Little Pigs has been turned down from a government agency’s annual awards because the subject matter could offend Muslims.
The digital book, re-telling the classic fairy tale, was rejected by judges who warned that “the use of pigs raises cultural issues”. Becta, the government’s educational technology agency, is a leading partner in the annual schools award.
The judges also attacked Three Little Cowboy Builders for offending builders.


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The judges also attacked Three Little Cowboy Builders for offending builders.I certainly would be offended if I were a builder (not that I would actually build anything but world Socialism) to be mentioned in the same sentence as a "cowboy." There is so much wrong with that term that it makes me feel dirty to even type it here. The cowboy is an uber-hetero male icon figure, and thus offensive to metrosexual sensitivities. The cowboy is equated with the foreign policies of Ronald Reagan, the man that the Rethuglicans glory in, claiming he "won the Cold War (a preposterous LIE!) The cowboy is an ecological war criminal, imprisoning and torturing peace-loving bovine persons against their will, contributing to global warming by doing so (and by insisting on riding horses, which produce probably several metric tons each of methane every year). The cowboy slaughtered the buffalo (wich do not produce methane and never have) to provide the land for his war crimes. If he had the chance he would do the same to both polar bears and baby seals.


Classical education runs contrary to GroupThink and Political Correctness (aka Party Truth). Those who received and absorbed this IndividualThink education realise they do not need the Party and our
Now, as for the wall painting, I hope that was Non-CFC spray paint he was using!!!! For that matter, even non-CFC paint is bad since it induces particles into the air! He better make sure his carbon credit fund is well stocked! Such a screw up can lead to the downfall of even thre most useful of idiots.
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I really do wish more of our Hollywierd "elite" would actually try this in Sharia dominated countries!! Coming face to face with the real evil they project at us would be "enlightening" to say the least..... Probably the last bit of enlightenment these leftists would ever get as the knife came down and/or the stones rained in (or drawn and quartered, electrocuted, beaten in the streets by a mob.... did I miss one?).
Of course, these same fools who insult and belittle the American Armed Forces would cry out in despair if we did not risk everything to save the Hollywierder from their Islamofascist "allies"...
Someone really should give these people a clue... They do not want to believe the MILBLOGS, Soldiers, former Muslims, refugees from Sharia nations, etc so I do not know what, besides experiencing uncensored Sharia first hand will convince them. And that experience is terminal.
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How pigheaded can you get? I see they also covered Animal Farm, but what about Wilbur the Pig in Charlotte's Web? Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle? And Piglet from Winnie the Pooh?
Should Miss Piggy be stoned to death for (a) being a pig, (b) pursuing an interspecies relationship with a frog, (c) not wearing a burqa, or (d) all three?
How about the little piggies on our children's feet who went to market, had roast beef, and went wee-wee-wee etc? Should we turn them into, say, puppies? (Sorry, Pupovich.)
Does this mean I should no longer wear my hair in pigtails?
That you can no longer go to an all-you-can-eat buffet to "pig out"?
You can't give piggyback rides? Or have them?
If I can't speak Pig-Latin, then how am I supposed to verbally transmit classified information in front of the kids?
If my house isn't a pigsty, then what is it?
Is this why you don't see many Muslims at football games? Because of the pigskin?
The Beatles' White Album includes a song called "Piggies." All copies of that album should be destroyed. Maybe it can be reissued without that song.
Finally, how are they supposed to end Looney Tunes cartoons without Porky Pig sputtering, "Buhdeeba-buhdeeba-duh-that's all, folks!"
Piggybank? You don't need one, kids! Just give your nickels and dimes to Hillary. She knows better than you how to spend it, and besides, she cares about you!



Venezuela's top food company has accuses troops of illegally seizing more than 500 tonnes of food. Hugo Chavez reported 'still hungry'.

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Just answer me correctly
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Don't resist while I break you down.
I will give you pain,
And break your face again and again.
Reeducate!
I'll give you the information first
Just the beausuios facts.
Don't make me have to inflict on you the hurt!
There is no pain you are receiving.
The hammer and sickle once again arising!
You will only eat and drink in waves.
Your lips will move but no one will hear what your saying.
Treat all just like a child, we will cure you of your fever.
Your hands will be filled with a shovel and two brooms.
Now that you will have no career once again.
No need to explain, the masses would not understand.
The scourge that is capitalism.
We all must become collectively numb!
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Commissarka Pinkie
Finally, how are they supposed to end Looney Tunes cartoons without Porky Pig sputtering, "Buhdeeba-buhdeeba-duh-that's all, folks!"
I guess this means the movie "Deliverance" is out too.
--
ZB






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But how can you improve upon perfection?With I in control! Muuuuwwwhaaha Muuwwwhhhhaaa




I was speaking in a purely theoretical sense, brought on by too much vodka after reading of the shocking results in S Carolina.


Red Square
//off chartacterPink Floyd was one of my favorites until The Wall came out. I had expected a lot from it. But I listened to it and listened again, trying to get it. But it was just empty. The music was mostly boring and the message was pretentious and rather juvenile. After that I wasn't even curious in more Floyd. I like the older stuff, though. Atom Heart Mother was very cool.
Some words that come to mind concerning "The Wall": boring, pedantic, repetitive, derivative, sophomoric, vapid, untalented, uninspiring, unhelpful. Something akin to, (what was it Beelzebob said?) listening to a goat take a shit? My strongest memory of the album and the movie was watching Bob Geldoff sit in a chair while his cigarette developed a prodigious ash. Wow! Art! And somehow one is supposed to feel sorry for the poor slob as he whacks chunks out of his head with one exotic ingested substance after another. Ah... no.


Ivan Betinov
"Several Species of small furry creatures gathered together in a cave and grooving with a Pict." My favorite song title of all time.Made using nothing but Roger Waters' voice played at different speeds. Far OUT, dude.


Commissarka Pinkie
(Pinkie off)How pigheaded can you get? I see they also covered Animal Farm, but what about Wilbur the Pig in Charlotte's Web? Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle? And Piglet from Winnie the Pooh?
Should Miss Piggy be stoned to death for (a) being a pig, (b) pursuing an interspecies relationship with a frog, (c) not wearing a burqa, or (d) all three?
How about the little piggies on our children's feet who went to market, had roast beef, and went wee-wee-wee etc? Should we turn them into, say, puppies? (Sorry, Pupovich.)
Does this mean I should no longer wear my hair in pigtails?
That you can no longer go to an all-you-can-eat buffet to "pig out"?
You can't give piggyback rides? Or have them?
If I can't speak Pig-Latin, then how am I supposed to verbally transmit classified information in front of the kids?
If my house isn't a pigsty, then what is it?
Is this why you don't see many Muslims at football games? Because of the pigskin?
The Beatles' White Album includes a song called "Piggies." All copies of that album should be destroyed. Maybe it can be reissued without that song.
Finally, how are they supposed to end Looney Tunes cartoons without Porky Pig sputtering, "Buhdeeba-buhdeeba-duh-that's all, folks!"
Piggybank? You don't need one, kids! Just give your nickels and dimes to Hillary. She knows better than you how to spend it, and besides, she cares about you!
Brava, maestra. Practically perfect in every way.
I think that Muslims need to start persecuting the porcupine, too. Perhaps a public flogging!
They ought to cease all conjugal relations, b/c you can't pork each other in the Muslim world.
They could also persecute anyone who tries to smoke a "fat hog" or ride around on a Harley.
Piggly Wiggly convenience stores must be jihaded; as should movies like "Animal Farm", "Babe" and "Pygmalion."
All this backwardness in the Muslim world probably stems from their not following the edicts of the Baconian revolution and other enlightenment thinkers.
(BTW ; they couldn't play football also b/c of the pigpiles that occur)


As far as the "porking" goes, if the news gets out that certain followers of Prophet Mohammed are porking other followers of Prophet Mohammed, it may lead to a huge international scandal and identity crisis, which will result either in a sharp decline in population growth among the Mohammedans, or in massive defections from the radical interpretation of Islam. Which of the two scenarios is more preferable for the revolution?


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Piggly Wiggly convenience stores must be jihadedAh, PigglyWiggly. We still have one in my home town. They're doing a storebrand generic line of soft drinks now. Their knockoff of Dr Pepper is a knockoff of Mr Pibb, which they call "Mr. Pig." I have a bottle sitting on mybookshelf and whenever I feel really weird--about twice a day--I'll look at and in my best Sidney Poitier voice intone "They call me Mister Pig." Then I feel better.


Red Square
As far as the "porking" goes, if the news gets out that certain followers of Prophet Mohammed are porking other followers of Prophet Mohammed, it may lead to a huge international scandal and identity crisis, which will result either in a sharp decline in population growth among the Mohammedans, or in massive defections from the radical interpretation of Islam. Which of the two scenarios is more preferable for the revolution?Well, if the response is castration of the faithful, the followers ofMohammed could then eliminate the further problem of being equippedby Allah with pork and beans! (of, course, they'd only eliminate the beanspart, so maybe it isn't so good a solution)


Ivan Betinov
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Piggly Wiggly convenience stores must be jihadedAh, PigglyWiggly. We still have one in my home town. They're doing a storebrand generic line of soft drinks now. Their knockoff of Dr Pepper is a knockoff of Mr Pibb, which they call "Mr. Pig." I have a bottle sitting on mybookshelf and whenever I feel really weird--about twice a day--I'll look at and in my best Sidney Poitier voice intone "They call me Mister Pig." Then I feel better.
HA HA. That's priceless.




Ivan Betinov
Ah, PigglyWiggly. We still have one in my home town. They're doing a storebrand generic line of soft drinks now. Their knockoff of Dr Pepper is a knockoff of Mr Pibb, which they call "Mr. Pig." I have a bottle sitting on mybookshelf and whenever I feel really weird--about twice a day--I'll look at and in my best Sidney Poitier voice intone "They call me Mister Pig." Then I feel better.I think they closed the Piggly Wiggly in my home town. Who would have thought that Arab, AL could be so "progressive"?
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ZB


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I think they closed the Piggly Wiggly in my home town. Who would have thought that Arab, AL could be so "progressive"?Was it killed by a Wal-Mart?


Ivan Betinov
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I think they closed the Piggly Wiggly in my home town. Who would have thought that Arab, AL could be so "progressive"?Was it killed by a Wal-Mart?
I don't know for sure. But probably, yeah it was.
--
ZB


Red Square
Perhaps it's time Pink Floyd lost the intolerant bigoted pig balloon that's insulting to the Muslim sensibilities. All album covers from the 1977 "Animals" album to be replaced with an updated version. Those holding the album in private collections must get them out and cover the pig with a blot using a black permanent marker.Three Little Pigs Story deemed ‘too offensive’ to Muslims


BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Three Little Pigs ‘too offensive’
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A story based on the Three Little Pigs has been turned down from a government agency’s annual awards because the subject matter could offend Muslims.
The digital book, re-telling the classic fairy tale, was rejected by judges who warned that “the use of pigs raises cultural issues”. Becta, the government’s educational technology agency, is a leading partner in the annual schools award.
The judges also attacked Three Little Cowboy Builders for offending builders.
Dear Comrades, as I recollect from early childhood Party
Approved reading, it was comrade Wolf who I felt sorry for the most. Listen, as it Really happened.
The poor comrade Wolf just wanted to borrow a cup of sugar for Red Hood's grandma's cake surprise recipe from nearest neighbor. To his misfortune the neighbors happen to be just Pigs.
The First Pig refused to open his door, then went to bed with a lit cigarette and burned house down in his sleep. Wolf running to save him, found just smoked rind of pork and took it home for supper.
The Second Pig refused to open his door, then went out the back and had a cigarette next to leaky propane tank on deck. Resulting explosion barbequed him very nicely. Wolf rummaging thru debris finds nicely BBQ'ed pork takes it home and eats it.
The Third Pig refused to open his door, called 911.
Comrade Wolf was arrested and charged with B & E, looting and suspected in soliciting minor, Red Hood.
Hood confessed that she made it all up. Solicitation charges were dropped.
However NY Times yet to publish a retraction on reporting false facts of that story.
The editorial on harmful effects of smoking, targeting residential spaces as well as public, was published also


Guest
Commissar Pupovich
Now wait just a minute Comrade Iron Felix, are you suggesting that one of the Party's approved propoganda organs, the NY Times, is not printing the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but? Clearly there is a contradiction here and there can be no contradictions unless pre-approved by the Party, so I submit that one of your premises must be incorrect.Dear comrades at the prograssive Party organ of Record, simply should really just printed a reBUTTal rather than retraction. We must try not build the Walls around Party Approved Information, but rather bring it to the masses, who don't need no education, how to use their self control. We have MTE for that.
If it however pleases the party, I'm willing to subMitt myself to Party Loyalty Tribunal for an exam. In my defence, I'm willing to demonstrate a Party Approved Lewinsky technique, which I also taught at Party organ of Record, as part of Party Loyalty Awareness seminar.
I'll bring the gloves.
And few smoked pork items.
Who is bringing vodka? And a cigar...
Glovingly,
Iron Felix


Don't forget your gloves either, especially if you toil in the field of proctology, politics, or selling used cars. The routine of saying "trust me" and "bend over" in one sentence is what unites all those three professions. Gloves are optional - but highly recommended.
The people are ready! Their dire need in unconditional glove is going to determine this year's elections. "Smile, this won't hurt a bit."
GLOVE IS ALL YOU NEED!

The need of glove is profoundly covered in many other romantic glove songs, from Glove Me Tender to Give Me All Your Glove to Whole Lotta Glove.

This theme has also been covered by tireless people's researchers Jennifer "Glove" Hewitt and Courtney "Glove," and has become the subject of such popular films as Glove's Abiding Joy, Glove the Hard Way, Enduring Glove, Mad Glove, Glove at Large, and Addicted to Glove.


Glovingly,
Iron Felix




Egypt Seals Gaza Border Using Secret Weapon
Turns out, Yoko Ono's classic FEELING THE SPACE album released in 1973 is a great repellent for Palestinian intruders when blasted by the Egyptians from the same speakers that are normally used to call Muslims toprayer.





-Mikhail




Iron Felix
... it was comrade Wolf who I felt sorry for the most. Listen, as it Really happened.The poor comrade Wolf just wanted to borrow a cup of sugar for Red Hood's grandma's cake surprise recipe from nearest neighbor. To his misfortune the neighbors happen to be just Pigs.
The First Pig refused to open his door, then went to bed with a lit cigarette and burned house down in his sleep. Wolf running to save him, found just smoked rind of pork and took it home for supper.
The Second Pig refused to open his door, then went out the back and had a cigarette next to leaky propane tank on deck. Resulting explosion barbequed him very nicely. Wolf rummaging thru debris finds nicely BBQ'ed pork takes it home and eats it.
The Third Pig refused to open his door, called 911.
Comrade Wolf was arrested and charged with B & E, looting and suspected in soliciting minor, Red Hood.
Hood confessed that she made it all up. Solicitation charges were dropped.
However NY Times yet to publish a retraction on reporting false facts of that story.
The editorial on harmful effects of smoking, targeting residential spaces as well as public, was published also.
Don't forget Comrade Iron, the Wolf was also a cross-dresser. So what's even more important was he belonged to an oppressed, misunderstood progressive minority.
Beez




Progressives love adding dark twists to traditional narratives. Here's a dark twist to a progressive narrative...





Commissar Theocritus
And that went where? Up Marcia Clarks'...what?Sounds like virgin territory.
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ZB





Red Square
Pygmalion? As far as the "porking" goes, if the news gets out that certain followers of Prophet Mohammed are porking other followers of Prophet Mohammed, it may lead to a huge international scandal and identity crisis, which will result either in a sharp decline in population growth among the Mohammedans, or in massive defections from the radical interpretation of Islam. Which of the two scenarios is more preferable for the revolution?Can we have a Choice "C" for Both?




I think so in this case. Just use a very long pole.




That's why he's such a good party member too.








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ZB
prince


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whay Red Square but that song on macca pictuer?Well, that was incoherent.


Ivan Betinov
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whay Red Square but that song on macca pictuer?Well, that was incoherent.
perhaps, but he/she/it used bold letters so it must be important. We must break this code, the future of the PWONT may depend upon this message from the cubist formerly know as prince.


We only need prince to tell us who he's working for. He's obviously being paid very well to make a post with a font like that.


Commissarka Pinkie
TROLLS! TROLLS EXPOSED IN THE CUBE!!!We only need prince to tell us who he's working for. He's obviously being paid very well to make a post with a font like that.
good point, SALUTE!


He can't really be blamed for exposing himself though; he comes from such a poor background that he cannot even afford a capital letter for his name. And whose fault is that, comrades? Why doesn't he have a capital letter? Because the CAPITALists have stolen it from him, my friends! We face a shorts shortage of astronomical proportions!
This is no time for half measures or timid actions!
--I propose an immediate windfall profits tax to be levied on Big Underpants to provide direct payments to all Americans to
--I demand the creation of a cabinet-level Underpants National Deployment Interim Entitlement Secretary (UNDIES) in charge of a Department of Underpants Affairs to study the problem of sagging underpants numbers and to determine a course of action to create a sustainable program for underpants development while making sure that there shall be no increase in domestic underpants production--which would be detrimental to the environment.
--To those who say "Weave here, weave now, cut dependence on Depends," I can only point out that Big Underpants already cover much of the Midwest and Deep South with cotton production leases and receive significant rayon tax breaks. Why should new land be opened up for Big Underpants Corporate Fatcats when they refuse to produce cotton on their already held leases in the Okeefenokee Swamp and along the high granite ridges of Appalachia? And it would take at least ten years before any new production would have any real impact on underpants prices and availabilty for the consumer.
--In fact, I question our entire dependence conventional underpants, and demand an immediate and intensive crash program for the development of alternative underpants, a veritable Bloomer Apollo Program. And until our looms bear new fruit, comrades, we must recycle, reduce and reuse. We must air up our boxers, wipe twice and wait for the wind.
The kind attendant here at the KMTC has just stirred a white powder into my jar and I have to go sleepy-bye now.


From our "You Can't Make This Stuff Up" Department, I give you "diaperless parenting."
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People around the world who have no access to diapers manage to raise children, and a small group of parents in diaper-rich countries have decided to follow their lead. Around here, it's called "elimination communication" or "diaper-free." The concept is logical and simple: Infants give recognizable signs of imminent peeing and pooping; it's possible to learn your infant's signs; infant pee isn't frightening; and if you train your kid to ignore their outputs, you'll just have to go back and retrain them when traditional potty-training time arrives.Diaper-free parents and caregivers learn the telltale signs of elimination and give their own signals of recognition in return. My local experts Dana and Sarah noticed that their daughter squirmed in a particular way when pee was coming. They would say "pee-pee" and hold her over the toilet or sink -- this was their go-ahead. The child learned as an infant to refrain from peeing or pooping until these signals had been exchanged. When she started sitting up, they would hold her on a potty; at about 15 months, she went to the toilet on her own. Yes, they missed some pee, but it's basically water, so they just washed her pants. They've never had a problem seeing a poop coming far ahead.
Mind you, for this to work you have to master this one little trick:
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Parents and caregivers need to be able to pay close attention to the child, hold him or her most of the time



Roger Waters: Israel Is a ‘Racist Apartheid Regime’
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Roger Waters, formerly of 1970s rock giant Pink Floyd, told Counterpunch Magazine in an interview earlier this month that he maintains a cultural boycott of Israel because of their government’s “ethnic cleansing” and is a “racist apartheid ... regime.”Waters is a big proponent for pro-Palestinian causes. The man best known for Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall spoke last year at the United Nations General Assembly as Palestinians won recognition from the world body as a non-observer state.
In an interview printed Dec. 6, Waters spoke with Frank Barat of Counterpunch magazine about his latest tour and his cultural boycott of his Israel, where he calls the Israeli government a “racist apartheid... regime” and said that the “The Jewish lobby” in the music industry is the reason that other like-minded people are not willing to speak up.
“The situation in Israel/Palestine, with the occupation, the ethnic cleansing and the systematic racist apartheid Israeli regime is unacceptable. So for an artist to go and play in a country that occupies other people’s land and oppresses them the way Israel does, is plain wrong.”
Waters continued:
“[N]o Israeli government has been serious about creating a Palestinian state since 1948. They’ve always had the Ben Gurion agenda of kicking all the Arabs out of the country and becoming greater Israel. They tell a lie as part of their propaganda machinery whilst doing the other thing, but they have been doing it so obviously in the last 10 years. For instance, even after when Obama went to Cairo and made that speech about Arabs and the Israelis, everybody was like, ‘Oh, this is a step in a new direction at least.’ But as soon as he visited Israel, they said. ‘Oh by the way, we are building another 1200 settlements.’ Exactly the same when Kerry went last year saying, ‘Oh I am going to try to get the sides together and talk peace.’ Netanhayu said, ‘F*** you.’”
“It is a very complicated situation, which is why you and I and all the other people in the world who care about their brothers and sisters and not just about the people of our own faith, our own color, our own race or our own whatever, have to stand in solidarity shoulder to shoulder. This has been a very hard sell particularly where I live in the United States of America. The Jewish lobby is extraordinary powerful here and particularly in the industry that I work in, the music industry and in rock ‘n roll as they say.
“I promise you, naming no names, I’ve spoken to people who are terrified that if they stand shoulder to shoulder with me they are going to get f***ed. They have said to me: ‘Aren’t you worried for your life?’ and I go ‘No, I’m not.’ A few years ago, I was touring, and 9/11 happened in the middle of the tour,l and two or three people in my band who happened to be United States citizens wouldn’t come on the next leg of the tour. I said ‘Why not? Don’t you like the music anymore?’ and they replied ‘No, we love the music, but we are Americans, and it’s too dangerous for us to travel abroad. They are trying to kill us,’ and I thought ‘Wow!’” added Waters.


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I promise you, naming no names, I’ve spoken to people who are terrified that if they stand shoulder to shoulder with me they are going to get f***ed. They have said to me: ‘Aren’t you worried for your life?’ and I go ‘No, I’m not.’ A few years ago, I was touring, and 9/11 happened in the middle of the tour,l and two or three people in my band who happened to be United States citizens wouldn’t come on the next leg of the tour. I said ‘Why not? Don’t you like the music anymore?’ and they replied ‘No, we love the music, but we are Americans, and it’s too dangerous for us to travel abroad. They are trying to kill us,’ and I thought ‘Wow!’” added Waters.He's a regular Colonel Blimp. "There I was! The enemy to the right of me! The enemy to the left of me. In front of me was their entire army! Behind me? Behind me, you ask? The cliff. A ten thousand foot shear drop that's claimed the lives of scores of men. The worst cliff ever known to man. What did I do, you ask? Why, there was only one thing to do. I put my blue UN helmet back on my head, wiped away the blood from my guitar, and started waving my arms around like a banshee which got their attention real quick, and then I…"
He thinks he's risking death from the Israelis. That guy is living in a fantasy land where he's the hero.