Racist rioters in Czech Republic(links)
Frank sends me snippets of news from time to time, usually about the US and not about Czech Republic. But he sent me links about this thing.
Briefly, about 600 people joined a demonstration by the "Worker's Party" which is a right-wing nativist outfit to march into a housing area populated by Roma. They carried signs, rocks, and "petrol bombs" (by which I assume is meant Molotov cocktails). They were met, to the credit of the Czech people, by 1000 counter-protestors and also 1000 riot police, though when you click through to here you might be a bit concerned, as I was, about their methods. But they were engaged in stopping a mob which proposed to firebomb a neighborhood where people actually live.
There are some terrible details. There were, apparently, some people from the town who were not in the demonstration but were chanting for the police to let the people with firebombs into the neighborhood. Yes. They were calling for the police -- whose job it is to protect people -- to allow thugs to stone and bomb and burn their neighbors. Frank thinks they were local Worker's Party members, and not additional racists just popping out of the woodwork. I hope so.
Roma are the scapegoats of Europe.
On another front, I have decided on the colors for my house. Currently it is sort of pale brown: too yummy a color to be beige, but otherwise sort of beige. I call it the color of hazelnut mousse. The roof is reddish.
The roof will continue to be reddish. The walls will be a creamy butter color on the horizontal siding part and a light ochre on the plywood sheathing part and the corner reinforcements. The gutters and window trim will be a light dusty blue with roof-colored accents on the windows, and the door will be roof-colored with blue and possibly ochre accents.
There you are. None of the colors are gaudy by themselves, but when you combine them, you have the epitome of gaudy: all the primary colors together.
Briefly, about 600 people joined a demonstration by the "Worker's Party" which is a right-wing nativist outfit to march into a housing area populated by Roma. They carried signs, rocks, and "petrol bombs" (by which I assume is meant Molotov cocktails). They were met, to the credit of the Czech people, by 1000 counter-protestors and also 1000 riot police, though when you click through to here you might be a bit concerned, as I was, about their methods. But they were engaged in stopping a mob which proposed to firebomb a neighborhood where people actually live.
There are some terrible details. There were, apparently, some people from the town who were not in the demonstration but were chanting for the police to let the people with firebombs into the neighborhood. Yes. They were calling for the police -- whose job it is to protect people -- to allow thugs to stone and bomb and burn their neighbors. Frank thinks they were local Worker's Party members, and not additional racists just popping out of the woodwork. I hope so.
Roma are the scapegoats of Europe.
On another front, I have decided on the colors for my house. Currently it is sort of pale brown: too yummy a color to be beige, but otherwise sort of beige. I call it the color of hazelnut mousse. The roof is reddish.
The roof will continue to be reddish. The walls will be a creamy butter color on the horizontal siding part and a light ochre on the plywood sheathing part and the corner reinforcements. The gutters and window trim will be a light dusty blue with roof-colored accents on the windows, and the door will be roof-colored with blue and possibly ochre accents.
There you are. None of the colors are gaudy by themselves, but when you combine them, you have the epitome of gaudy: all the primary colors together.