Saturday, January 16, 2010

The angel of death


During his 21-month stay at Auschwitz, Mengele earned the sobriquet "Angel of Death" for the cruelty he visited upon prisoners. Mengele was referred to as "der weisse Engel" ("the White Angel") by camp inmates because when he stood on the platform inspecting new arrivals and directing some to the right, some to the left, his white coat and white arms outstretched evoked the image of a white angel. Mengele took turns with the other SS physicians at Auschwitz in meeting incoming prisoners at the camp, where it was determined who would be retained for work and who would be sent to the gas chambers immediately.[4] In one instance, he drew a line on the wall of the children's block 150 centimeters (about 5 feet) from the floor, and sent those whose heads could not reach the line to the gas chamber


Mengele's experiments also included attempts to change eye color by injecting chemicals into children's eyes, various amputations of limbs and other brutal surgeries. Rena Gelissen's account of her time in Auschwitz details certain experiments performed on female prisoners around October 1943. Mengele would experiment on the chosen girls, performing sterilization and shock treatments. Most of the victims died, either due to the experiments or later infections. According to a website, "Once Mengele's assistant rounded up 14 pairs of Roma twins during the night. Mengele placed them on his polished marble dissection table and put them to sleep. He then injected chloroform into their hearts, killing them instantly. Mengele then began dissecting and meticulously noting each and every piece of the twins' bodies.

Mengele was listed on the Allies' list of war criminals as early as 1944. His name was mentioned in the Nuremberg trials several times, but Allied forces were convinced that Mengele was dead, which was also claimed by Irene and the family in Günzburg. In 1959, after suspicions had grown that he was still alive, given his divorce from Irene in 1955 and his marriage to Martha in 1958, an arrest warrant was issued by the German authorities. Subsequently, German attorneys, such as Fritz Bauer, Israel's Mossad, and private investigators like Simon Wiesenthal and Beate Klarsfeld followed the trail of the "Angel of Death". The last confirmed sightings of Mengele placed him in Paraguay, and it was believed that he was still hiding there, allegedly protected by Hans-Ulrich Rudel and possibly even by president Alfredo Stroessner. Mengele sightings were reported all over the world, but they turned out to be false.

Mengele was listed on the Allies' list of war criminals as early as 1944. His name was mentioned in the Nuremberg trials several times, but Allied forces were convinced that Mengele was dead, which was also claimed by Irene and the family in Günzburg. In 1959, after suspicions had grown that he was still alive, given his divorce from Irene in 1955 and his marriage to Martha in 1958, an arrest warrant was issued by the German authorities. Subsequently, German attorneys, such as Fritz Bauer, Israel's Mossad, and private investigators like Simon Wiesenthal and Beate Klarsfeld followed the trail of the "Angel of Death". The last confirmed sightings of Mengele placed him in Paraguay, and it was believed that he was still hiding there, allegedly protected by Hans-Ulrich Rudel and possibly even by president Alfredo Stroessner. Mengele sightings were reported all over the world, but they turned out to be false.

The ring of fire


A few lucky people may see a "ring of fire." That's a name for the central view of an annular eclipse of the Sun by the Moon. At the peak of this eclipse, the middle of the Sun will appear to be missing and the dark Moon will appear to be surrounded by the bright Sun.

Though this was supposd to have a negative effect on people for me it signified a new phase this week has been filled with new experiences for me.




And thankfully my stupid knack for meeting gits have stopped and now my life is only filled only with the people i love :)

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Euphoria or is it?


People i desrve a record i think im the only person in the freakin world to hate numerous people at one go.Yet when i put down some solid co-relations they all have the same characteristics i go to a new place ..i make loads of new frnds.I dive in and get to no these frnds almost immediately and some how i end up with more enemies in the end.

Its not like im intentionally mean i guess sometime's its becoz i need to go against the current in the room just becoz i disagree.Sometime's its becoz im a GIT.Howevr its usually becoz i blurt out what im thinking.SOme of you might call this honesty but nae my frnds we are not rewarded with the singin of cherubins but rather anothr person who thinks your a stuck up obnoxious bitch.Just today i had a fight with a frnd and i know i shall end up hating my self for even intiating it but sometime's i think its best to just let the solid truth just float out there and deal with the consequences later but if we all did that im pretty sure the cozy rules of society,im talkin about the very foundations of our civilization, God forbid the practice of Air kissing EEK *muah muah* sry couldnt resist might crumble away till were left with nothing but a truthful savage euphoria.

Monday, January 4, 2010

To love a God.


Weird title eh? thats the orange juice talking.But seriously im not what you would call "religious"but then what is.When i saw this picture i swear i ended up sitting and staring at it for hours.I dont know what it was .. maybe i thought i would get some inspiration or an answer i was looking for.Anyway try it ..just look at it and let yourself go i honestly just felt happy for everything that i had in my life.Do you pray everyday i dont mean go to the temple have a bath with freezing cold water in the wee hours of the morning.No i mean just a simple one and one with GOD thanking him for life,love and evrything you have.Asking him for forgivness for all your sins.Its funny how i got into this habit.I actually felt guilty if i didnt pray regularly i mean its like your using him in a totally cheap manner.Faith is a powerfull thing.

Only the formless endures.

When you understand
The truth of this teaching,
You will not be born again.

For God is infinite,
Within the body and without,
Like a mirror,
And the image in a mirror.

As the air is everywhere,
Flowing around a pot
And filling it,
So God is everywhere,
Filling all things
And flowing through them forever.

- Ashtavakra Gita 1: 18-20

Hey dont get me wrong as i wrote this i was listening to "we made you" by eminem which is far from saintly.

The universe in a bottle?


Hmm is fate or destiny for that matter predetermined? are we merely pawns to a higer system,a network of co-related existence.Well there is sufficient evidence to argue for and agaisnt the above question.Coincidence's,miracles,religion,epiphany's,deja'vu.. to name a few.Are we all meant for something great.Is there a higher purpose out there maybe our purpose is ...life to live on this earth,make friends,achieve our goals,find love and then die.Some of us achieve greatness during our existence in a period in time.They die but in essence live on.If everyone is meant to be unique i guess it loses it character as uni = one.Another thing that keeps bothering me is the question of reincarnation.If the soul reincarnates .. then am i just an identity? Me as a person if you look at the big picture ceases to exist.If so which part is the soul.Im soooo full of questions sometime's i wonder if i will ever find all the answers or atleas the ones that matter most.If the soul is the only constant and the identity the variable can we really make a difference? OK im getting way to philosophical.. :P perhaps the effect of flu medicine,economics and orange juice.

Change


Haven't we all faced it.Sometime's its good other time's its just rubbish.CHANGE.
I suppose its just a part of life to change or be a part of change.In its complete essence you feel like someone who was just standing around watching the world comfortably until ..whoosh..a flying brick just come's out of no where and just BAM hits on the head.Its worse for me because i can see the change coming my way like some big rolling boulder on theis long glass bridge just making its way towards me.