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These days I am very aware of my mortality. Poetry:If they kill me. Found here: Canto a los hijos en marcha by Andrés Eloy Blanco Madre,si me matan,que no venga el hombre de las sillas negras;que no vengan todos a pasar la noche rumiando pesares,mientras tú me lloras;que no [...] A few weeks ago,somebody physically attacked me. He is one foot taller,weights fifty pounds more,and is white. Obviously,I called the police. Imagine my surprise when they arrive,and they yell at me! “You get away now!”Mr. White policeman shouts,while taking his hand to his pistol. Five of them are [...] The Empire is still far,far away:Guy Sorman has a scalding piece on the mirage that is modern China: The Party’s primary concern is not improving the lives of the downtrodden;it seeks power more than it seeks social development. It expends extraordinary energy in suppressing Chinese freedoms—the media operate under suffocating censorship,and [...] New at Election Central:You can’t veto the truth: And here the video: There is hope. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$(‘div.d2182′).each( function(e){e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) }); On these violent days,where news are flooded with the VT massacre and the countless dead in Iraq and Darfur,it is necessary for us to recount our human nature,and understand and remember what is what distinguish us from mere animals. We,humans,have the word – we speak,we communicate,and in doing [...] Bloggers are under attack:death threats to Kathy Sierra,and an international response. In these days,that people are simply throwing around death threats as if they were candy,it might be worth to revisit wikipedia: A death threat is a threat (often made anonymously) against a person to kill him or her. Death threats [...] Benedetti has always been political. Torturador y espejo (Torturer and mirror) by Mario Benedetti Found here and here as well. Mirate así qué cangrejo monstruoso atenazó tu infancia qué paliza paterna te generó cobarde qué tristes sumisiones te hicieron despiadado no escapes a tus ojos mirate así dónde están las walkirias que no pudiste [...] Very good argument from Tom Easton regarding the prohibition to carry liquids in airplanes:You want to ban containers of liquid? People ARE containers of liquid. And then,a nice little post from Steinn Sigurðsson,again logically arguing against this asinine reaction to threats. Perhaps it is a re-invention of the Bush brand name,with [...] These last airline restrictions spell marvels for the software industry! Seriously. I was reading last night the blog of DarcyLabMistress (and for those interested in who she is you might want to remember Kevin Mitnick),and reading her and her readers’considerations on how to fly in this era of fear and increased surveillance;the [...] From Mempunks,an article on the current administration’s War on Science. There is an unseen war going on in America. It’s part of the war on drugs,part of the war on terror,and part of consumer safety …America is waging war on science. While the government targets terrorists,drug makers and illegal fireworks,it’s [...] |  | ||||||
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