THE CHINA PRIZE: IN BRAZIL AND IN THE USA
It's all about trade and commodities.Last week, on the sidelines of RIO +20, Brazil and China have jointly reinforced their financial cooperation with a financial reserves $30bn swap arrangement aimed...
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RIO +20 Collapse -- photo sourcePowerful words from George Monbiot:After Rio, we know. Governments have given up on the planet The post-summit pledge was an admission of defeat against consumer...
View Article1776 AND ITS LEGACY
It was quite a year for visions of a possible future.January 15 – Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense justifying dissent and popular rule.February 17 – Edward Gibbon publishes the first volume of The...
View ArticleSTILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
photo by Shanti Martin My old Oregon community. May God bless and keep them well.AND it's important to note that there are ecological conditions that do or do not support this. For example, if there...
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Yup! I'm starting a new walk. I've been toying with the thought for awhile. I liked my previous retreat from the Internet and I'm doing it again, this time in an open-ended way. I'm not sure where the...
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The Daime, Caetano Veloso & Gilberto GilAn Amazing StoryTranslated from the Portuguese by Jose Murilo and Lou Gold Go to Portuguese Version THE DAIME, CAETANO AND GIL by Juarez Duarte BomfimThe...
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