May 31, 2008 :: J.E. Robertson :: One Comment
A new exhibit at the Palais de Tokyo, in Paris, France, examines the human suffering inherent in situations where disaster is followed by economic transformation of nearly incomprehensible proportions. ‘Superdome’ focuses its thematic attention on the situation encountered by citizens of New Orleans, displaced into chaos by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the devastation of their physical environment followed by the strange burden of seeing the economic geography of their city wiped away and replaced by something unknown to them.
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May 30, 2008 :: J.E. Robertson :: No Comment Yet
Reforestation is a necessary part of the process of any ecologically responsible development strategy. Forest cover is not only a potent natural resource feeding the overall resilience of an ecosystem, but the hydrological and soil-quality stability, along with the biodensity it can generate, mean it is now more clear than ever that natural levels of forest cover have a very high economic value over the long term.
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May 26, 2008 :: J.E. Robertson :: One Comment
According to the Financial Times, the United States is, however gingerly, beginning to break its dangerous reliance on foreign-sourced petroleum-based fuels. Foreign oil has been a major driving force in US economic and political trends for the better part of a century, and many in the US, both in politics and in private life, are increasing their calls for the country to move away from the resource that’s sown so much instability and propped up undemocratic regimes.
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May 26, 2008 :: J.E. Robertson :: No Comment Yet
Former Republican House-member Bob Barr (L-GA) has been named the Libertarian party’s candidate for US president. Barr told CNN “We are going to launch a very vigorous campaign all across America”, and that he believes he can win more votes than either of the two major-parties’ likely candidates. Polls appear to show his candidacy could bring in as much as 7% of the national vote.
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May 25, 2008 :: J.E. Robertson :: No Comment Yet
We are living in a time of unprecedented global integration, where economies, security interests, legal systems, and languages and systems of learning have been dispersed and interwoven across the globe. There are obvious positive effects to this integration, along with certain overarching and seemingly intractable problems that cause real worry for even the most hopeful or studied observers.
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May 22, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
22 May :: The US House has quickly overridden Pres. Bush’s Veto of the $307 billion farm bill… The price of oil has hit a record for the 3rd consecutive day, now topping $135/barrel… McCain campaign aide resigns, honoring pledge not to campaign against Obama…
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May 20, 2008 :: jr3o :: No Comment Yet
La desconfianza no es un estado de ánimo, no es una reacción a la desdicha; es una doctrina, y existe una secta dispersa que la difunde. Esta secta consta de una gente que apuesta abiertamente por la desconfianza, como cosmología o plan de vida, una lógica venenosa contra la que poco se puede hacer, porque su fuerza radica en la decisión total de sus congregantes de vivir en la desconfianza, confiados hasta la última en que no puede haber otra forma de vida más inteligente.
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May 16, 2008 :: jr3o :: No Comment Yet
16 May :: At least 50,000 people are believed dead in China’s Sichuan province, as the rescue mission extends beyond 72 hours; the massive quake, which included 8 to 10 aftershocks of roughly 5.0 on the Richter scale, caught many small cities unprepared; Chinese authorities have been quick to respond, and civilians are helping to […]
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May 15, 2008 :: jr3o :: No Comment Yet
THE ‘TEXT’ OF LIVED EXPERIENCE PAINTED IN VIVID COLOR WITH A NARRAIVE EDGE
Marco is a painter and graphic artist from Mexico, with a talent for rich, vivid color and evocative texturing. His works have been featured in shows on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as on the covers of and the interior of […]
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May 10, 2008 :: jr3o :: No Comment Yet
As multiple nations scramble to get aid supplies into position, and UN negotiators attempt to persuade the military junta to accept international rescue, health and food assistance, the generals ruling the country have turned away aid, seized aid packages while expelling aid-workers and sought to prevent journalists from entering the country. Some suspect the behavior, which one UN official called “unprecedented”, is tied to the junta’s aim of manipulating a referendum on its proposed constitution.
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May 8, 2008 :: jr3o :: No Comment Yet
As aid agencies warn of the threat of starvation, infection and epidemic, the junta of generals that rules Burma (which they have renamed Myanmar) is refusing access to most foreign aid being offered. The top US diplomat in the country has said the death toll could reach as high as 100,000 and some observers have said the junta has done little to collect the bodies floating in lingering flood waters.
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