EL TRI CON TECNOLOGIA G4

Normalmente lo que más disfruto de los partidos de fútbol es la narrativa. No hay nada como un buen partido salpicado con el ingenio de los locutores. Los interminables festejos de cada GOOOOLLLLL.
Pero lo cierto es que los partidos se ganan en la cancha, y hoy el TRI empleó tecnología de punta, TECNOLOGÍA G4 en la triada del Gio, el Guille, y Guardado de arriba abajo en la cancha y el guardameta Guillermo (Memo) Ochoa que no permitió que los Ticos le perforaran la malla. Hoy el TRI jugó como si fuera el llamado “Gigante” de la CONCACAF. Habrá que ver si mantiene su nivel contra los Catrachos en su intento por acortar la cita con Sudáfrica 2010. De cualquier modo, esta tarde hicieron que 70 millones de mexicanos olvidaran el hambre, las carencias, el desempleo, la inseguridad, hasta la desigualdad social (a la hora del triunfo todos somos mexicanos, ¿verdad?). Nada más importa cuando gana el TRI, aunque sea por 90 minutos todos somos mexicanos. De los otros 30 millones, pues tenemos que reconocer que no tienen electricidad, y mucho menos televisores.

Barrick & Jones (Equal but Different)

This was supposed to be the announcement prior to their wedding party. However,Tyler Barrick and Spencer Jones had to fight homophobia from their townhome newspaper, before being able to toast with family and friends. Even though more than 1,000 papers nationwide have policies allowing same-sex wedding and engagement announcements, The Spectrum in St. George, Southern Utah decided not to publish the annoucement for Barrick and Jones because "only legal marriages" are published in that news paper. The Spectrum thus tried to wind up by alleging that "Gay marriage" is not legal in Utah. Fortunately, another news paper -The Salt Lake Tribune, agreed to run the announcement.
Here's my tribute to Tyler and Spencer: Cheers!

CHENALO MASACRADO DOBLEMENTE

Los Muertos de Chenaló, Masacrados Doblemente
A casi 12 años de la masacre de 45 indígenas en Chenaló (Las Abejas) Amnistía Internacional pide una nueva investigación para esclarecer los hechos que aparentemente –ahora resulta, fueron fabricados por el gobierno de Ernesto Zedillo. Esto a un día de que la Suprema corte ordenó liberar a varios sentenciados por el caso y a que se esperan más liberados en días siguientes.
Este caso de barbarie definitivamente me trae amargos recuerdos. Era diciembre del 97 y en la casa del Indio Fernández en Coyoacán, Ofelia Medina encabezaba una posada para recabar fondos para los habitantes de Chenaló (Las Abejas). Noche bohemia en la que también participaba Denise De Kalafe con su guitarra, su bella música y su voz, complaciendo a los invitados “por una lana” para ayudar a los indígenas. Noticias llegaban de que los indígenas simpatizantes Zapatistas llevaban días preocupados por su seguridad y rezando, implorando a Dios que los protegiera. De nada sirvieron sus ruegos, ya todos sabemos cómo los paramilitares se ensañaron con ellos y masacraron principalmente a mujeres y niños indefensos.
Los indígenas que fueron asesinados por grupos paramilitares eran simpatizantes del Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN), que se alzó en Chiapas contra el Gobierno en 1994 en demanda de mejores condiciones de vida para las comunidades autóctonas del país.
No obstante que sobrevivientes de la masacre y familiares de las víctimas aseguran que quienes dejaron la cárcel Sí participaron en los crímenes, y organizaciones de derechos humanos han alertado sobre posibles actos de violencia por represalias, la Suprema Corte aprobó ayer la liberación de 20 personas acusadas de participar en la matanza. Los ministros señalaron en su fallo un cúmulo de irregularidades en las investigaciones, como fabricación de pruebas y un proceso judicial injusto. La Corte revisará posteriormente los casos de otros 31 condenados, que podrían también salir libres.
Que interesante que sea precisamente este caso del que la Suprema Corte se ocupara para exhibir, sentar un precedente, y ventilar la tan conocida falta de justicia del sistema mexicano. ¿Y para las víctimas y los sobrevivientes de Chenaló quien va a clamar justicia? Ya pueden empezar a rezar otra vez.

Isn't Meryl Streep delightful? I mean the old saying "The older the wine the better" has never been to better use than to describe this wonderful actress. I didn't know about Julia Child -pardon the ignorance, but seeing her come to life through Meryl's masterful creation made me fell in love with her like Julie, the character from the movie. Julia & Julie brought back melancholy to my life. My mother in the sixties, women cooking, dressing up for their men that acted as such. I couldn't help but come home and bake (OK I'm vegetarian so I wouldn't go and throw on a pot live lobster) but YES I BAKED an apple strudel that's been waiting in my fridge for weeks. BON APPETIT!

68-31 MAKES HERSTORY

68-31
and that's not a basketball score. It is Herstory in the making. Finally Judge Sonia Sotomayor has been confirmed to the Supreme Court. Ground breaking in several ways: First Latina, third woman to the bench. Turned out the "Wise Latina" was right, her hard work, discipline, and willingness to keep her dream alive, paid off. Despite a reticent GOP that tried relentlessly to throw stones her way, Judge Sotomayor has been confirmed today August 6, 2009 to the bench as the 111th Justice. Despite lately accomplishments by minorities (Obama and now Sotomayor) much has to be done in this country to balance things off, however, for now on little girls in America can look up to Sotomayor and believe that, just as more than 40 years ago activist Dolores Huerta said: YES WE CAN. Congratulations Judge Sotomayor!

JUDGING SONIA

Sonia Sotomayor enters confirmation hearings for her historic nomination to the Supreme Court this morning. If confirmed she will be the court's first Hispanic and third woman justice.

In the nearly seven weeks since President Barack Obama nominated Sotomayor to replace retiring Justice David Souter, critics have labored without much success to exploit weaknesses in her record. Republican senators also must take care to avoid offending Hispanic voters, the fastest-growing segment of the electorate, by attacking Sotomayor too harshly.

The opposition has insisted Sotomayor will twist the Constitution to which she has been quoted saying: "I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it."

Big noise has made the Ricci case where Sotomayor was following the Rule of the Law. Her ruling reflected 38 years of court decisions, had she done otherwise she would've been sidelined as a judicial activist trying to create law.

Sotomayor has been chastised for her saying "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life."
This is particularly important because while she's been accused of reverse racism (whatever that means) her words have come from a minority living by the rule of a white-males-society, whom had never had to apologize for 'being' since male-whiteness has been taken as the norm. And that's where white-male-senators judging her today don't want to go.

Senior Follies of San Diego good, but Lack Diversity

The Christian Community Theater presented the musical "Senior Follies" last month in East County. With the theme "On the Road Again" the musical journey occupied a cast of San Diego seniors from 55 to 94. That's right a 94-year-young Mrs. Vesta Young vibrant piano player was part of this cast.
The production with more than 50 song-and-dance numbers honors every state in the union, from Ragtime to Big Band, from Swing to Barbershop. Thence, the audience enjoyed geographically themed numbers such as “Kalamazoo,” “Pennsylvania Poker,” “Old Cape Cod,” “Bluest Skies in Seattle,” “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” “Chicago Is My Kind of Town,” “Sweet Home Alabama,” “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” “California Girls” and “Moon Over Miami.”
While the performances are impeccable, the lack of racial diversity from the cast made the show look like one sided. Too many blonds, too many white folks, as if blacks, Hispanics and Asians -for instance, didn't exist in America up until "Sweet Home Alabama" or "Viva las Vegas" times. A little disappointing was, also, the script, where the presenters played the smart man and the 'dumb' blond. For every question the guy asked (facts about America)the woman didn't know the answer. Then in two of the numbers there was what looked like a midget, and wasn't very clear what was the purpose of the production to excessively 'shorten' the only guy that could pass by Mexican and was the only one speaking a little bit of Spanish. For some reason the plot only shows white Americans enjoying their tourist lives across the country, and there is a sense of melancholy in it. As if the make up of this country was better off leaving out the real melting pot that America has been, it is and will be. Thumbs up for the scenography, the costumes and the lighting, though.