Writings & Leftings

BBC Global News is covering the media blackout in Pakistan during the current crisis. In the absence of major broadcast news, blogs, social media sites, and SMS seem to be used to relay information. Here’s a link to one of the blogs mentioned in the BBC story. It’s called “Teeth Maestro.” Note the seriousness of the posts, in contrast to the whimsical title. 

Aloha ino – piholo ana ka aina ‘o Tabasco, i ka aoao hema o Mexico, i ka wailana he nui. Aia he hookahi miliona kanaka e nele ana i ka hale’ole, a ua make hookahi kanaka a oi paha.    Eia kekahi ninau a’u e hapai ai: pehea la ho’i keia, aia na ahi ai-hale i San Diego,  ka wa malo’o ma Georgia, a he wai pi’i ma Mexico? He wa ano ‘e keia.