3.23.2011
3.22.2011
allTOGETHERnow?
Obama dixit, en Chile:... Which leads me to the final area where we must continue to partner, and that’s strengthening democracy and human rights ...
A decade ago, we reaffirmed this principle, with an Inter-American Democratic Charter that stated -- and I quote -- “the people of the Americas have a right to democracy and their governments have an obligation to promote and defend it.”
Across the Americas, generations, including generations of Chileans, have struggled and sacrificed to give meaning to these words -- ordinary men and women who dared to speak their mind; activists who organized new movements; faith leaders who preached social justice; the mothers of the disappeared who demanded the truth; political prisoners who rose to become presidents; and, even now, Las Damas de Blanco, who march in quiet dignity.
...
Let’s never waver in our support for the rights of people to determine their own future -- and, yes, that includes the people of Cuba. Since taking office, I’ve announced the most significant changes to my nation’s policy towards Cuba in decades. I’ve made it possible for Cuban Americans to visit and support their families in Cuba. We’re allowing Americans to send remittances that bring some economic hope for people across Cuba, as well as more independence from Cuban authorities.
Going forward, we’ll continue to seek ways to increase the independence of the Cuban people, who I believe are entitled to the same freedom and liberty as everyone else in this hemisphere. I will make this effort to try to break out of this history that’s now lasted for longer than I’ve been alive.
But Cuban authorities must take some meaningful actions to respect the basic rights of their own people -- not because the United States insists upon it, but because the people of Cuba deserve it, no less than the people of the United States or Chile or Brazil or any other country deserve it. ...
cometogetherNOW
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo-joo eyeball he one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please
He wear no shoeshine he got toe-jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot coca-cola
He say "I know you, you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free
Come together right now over me
He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease
Come together right now over me
He roller-coaster he got early warning
He got muddy water he one mojo filter
He say "One and one and one is three"
Got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see
Come together right now over me
3.21.2011
3.20.2011
wishfulThinking ... Or not
Disenchanted Japanese youth: When is that giant earthquake coming? The one that will turn everything upside down, crush all those arrogant bastards, and make me Prime Minister so I can pass a No-helmet-law. 
3.17.2011
it´s we
because it's
Spring
thingS
dare to do people
(& not
the other way
round)because it
's A
pril
Lives lead their own
persons(in
stead
of everybodyelse's)but
what's wholly
marvellous my
Darling
is that you &
i are more than you
& i(be
ca
us
e It's we)
e.e. cummings - because it's
Spring
thingS
dare to do people
(& not
the other way
round)because it
's A
pril
Lives lead their own
persons(in
stead
of everybodyelse's)but
what's wholly
marvellous my
Darling
is that you &
i are more than you
& i(be
ca
us
e It's we)
e.e. cummings - because it's
3.15.2011
godieBeauty
Lee Godie, French Impressionist,
ArtInstituteChgo Blog
“Renoir was the greatest artist of all time. He always said he painted beauty. Now I always try to paint beauty, but some people say my paintings aren’t beautiful. Well, I have a beauty in my mind, but it isn’t always easy to make paintings beautiful.”
Oh. but you did, Lee, you did... and you are way better than Cezanne...
'Would you like to buy some canvases? I'm much better than Cezanne.’ Lee Godie
3.14.2011
3.13.2011
pingarte mayambanero
caminaba por el Design District de Miami y justo en la esquina de la NW 2nd Ave y la 25 St, me topé con este graffiti en la pared de la galería Pan American Art Projects.
mientras lo fotografiaba,una chica que trabaja allí y en ese momento salía me dijo que el dibujito no estaba allí la noche anterior... "pingarte para las masas", le dije sonriendo y se ruborizó a pesar de ser hip, artsy, joven y todo lo que eso implica. ella no sabía quién lo hizo y creo que tampoco le importaba mucho averiguarlo porque se alejó fumando y haciendo muecas de disgusto.
a mí, de paso voyeuristoide en la "capital del exilio", como siempre, me pareció muy adecuado graffiti mayambanero... perfect for these castrAting times, perfect for all the disembodiment going around, perfect for our indifferent awe in the face of despair, pero cargado de ese desparpajo machista cubano que quiere centrarlo todo en ese miembro viril --por reproductor-- que ahora, reproducido sobre el muro descansaba desmembrado, impotente y flácido y observador de quien se le acercara a observarlo.
ahí se los dejo... y si alguien sabe qué pinga é, o de qué va el graffitazo, que lo garabetee en los comentarios.
aussieCrooks
via Boingboing
3.12.2011
3.11.2011
3.10.2011
3.08.2011
womenOFcourage2011
"... And finally, Yoani Sanchez of Cuba. She is the young blogger that Mrs. Obama referenced. She has used technology to promote positive change. She has created an interactive space for the exchange of ideas and free expression. She has given voice to the concerns and aspirations of her fellow citizens. And, as governments are learning around the world, you cannot stop the internet. And so her words, despite her government’s best efforts, are being translated into other languages, are being picked up and spread around because freedom knows no boundaries. And she deserves our thanks for demonstrating that again and again."
También premiadas: Roza Otunbayeva, presidenta de Kirguizistán y primera mujer en liderar una nación centroasiática; Mara Bashir, fiscal general de Herat (Afganistán); Henriette Ekwe Ebongo, periodista y activista (Camerún); Jianmei Guo, directora del Centro de Estudios Jurídicos y Ayuda Legal para Mujeres (China); Agnes Osztolykan, primera gitana en el Parlamento de Hungría; Eva Abdu Halaweh, directora ejecutiva del Mizan Law Group for Human Rights (Jordania); y Ghulam Sughra, fundadora de una organización de desarrollo rural (Pakistán).
3.06.2011
ohmio
ohmio m. Unidad de resistencia eléctrica en el Sistema Internacional de Medidas, equivalente a la resistencia eléctrica que da paso a una corriente de un amperio cuando entre sus extremos existe una diferencia de potencial de un voltio. Su símbolo es O.Gente eléctrica: Y viene de este iluminado electrificado... Ohm
Ohm's Law describes the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance....
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