Gila MonstersNews from the UK has resonances here;
headteachers are demanding an end to the "totally unacceptable" increase in attacks and threats from angry parents. I doubt that the British parents mentioned could afford the $2,000+ per month which it costs to enrol students in the
Jakarta International School where
Theo Toemion recently
assaulted students and staff. I don't know if his seven year old is a student there ~ he doesn't seem to fit the criteria, but I do know that if I were a headmaster then I would certainly ban the father from my school.
The investigation into
the assassination of Munir continues to be hampered.
Former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) secretary Nurhadi Jazuli insists he had absolutely nothing to do with last year's murder of human rights campaigner Munir. If that's true, then why is he steadfastly refusing to be questioned by a government-backed team investigating the case?The BIN and police hierarchy were appointed before SBY came to power, as was Theo Toemion. They act as if they are above the law, and some of them, such as police chief Bachtiar, are tainted with Suharto-era human rights violations. Conspiracy theorists will love
the full article. Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that they aren't out to get you.
They are and they are also
gila monsters. (
gila = crazy). And this is a heavily contrived and awkward segue into the irrelevant news that a
new injectable diabetes drug, developed from the saliva of the gila monster lizard, has been approved for sale in the USA.
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