September 2009
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John Coltrane — Giant Steps alternate take.
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“Brazilian paper accuses the New Yorker of trying... →
Essa aqui também é boa: campanha Chicagoans for Rio.
Miles Davis & John Coltrane — So What, Live in...
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Redistribution: Blocking the Revenge of the Nerds? →
Via unregulated: “It’s suspicious — and if you combine the Jock/Nerd Theory with some evolutionary psych, it makes sense. When the best hunter in the tribe gets rich, his neighbors will probably ask nicely for a share, if they dare to ask at all. But if the biggest nerd in the tribe gets rich, how long will it take before the jocks show up and warn him that “You’d better share and share alike”?”
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“A brewery has launched a low alcohol beer called... →
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The Economist: Schumpeter →
“This week we launch a new column on business and management. Why call it Schumpeter?”
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John Coltrane — Psalm
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“Adolf Hitler may not have died in a bunker after... →
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John Coltrane — I Want To Talk About You
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NASA found 99% pure water ice on Mars →
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Brazil’s risky role in Honduras crisis may... →
“A deal between Zelaya and the interim governmnent that deposed him seems distant after months of fruitless negotiations and the risks of violence is real.”
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“Nadir Of Western Civilization To Be Reached This... →
“Experts predict that the penultimate catastrophe will occur at approximately 7:15 p.m. Thursday night, when the social networking tool Twitter will be used to communicate a series of ideas so banal they will instantaneously negate the three centuries of the Renaissance.”
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Facts Don't Speak For Themselves →
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Kasparov e Karpov revivem duelo →
“Dois mestres do xadrez, Garry Kasparov e Anatoly Karpov, revivem nesta semana o duelo histórico de 1984.”
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“It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.”
– George Bernard Shaw
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The Man Who Defused the Population Bomb →
“That this great man and benefactor to humanity died little-known in his own country speaks volumes about the superficiality of modern American culture.”
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Google Fast Flip →
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“Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.”
– P. J. O’Rourke
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The Concept of Dread →
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The Keynesians Were Wrong Again →
“Borrowing close to a trillion dollars out of the private economy to increase government spending by close to a trillion dollars does nothing to increase incentives for investment and entrepreneurship.”
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The Next Osama →
“If you’re asking whether the United States has defeated al Qaeda, you also have to ask: Which al Qaeda are we talking about? The senior leaders operating somewhere in the tribal areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan? The al Qaeda franchises around the world, most notably in Iraq, Algeria, and Yemen? Or the global ideological following, sparked by al Qaeda, calling itself al Qaeda, but not...
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Brazil’s Public Option →
“As U.S. President Barack Obama strives to pass health-care reform in the coming weeks, he would do well to examine the praiseworthy successes — and the worrying failures — of a decades-old universal system in the region’s second-largest democracy”.
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“Nine women rescued from fake Big Brother house in... →
“Captives tricked into believing they were reality TV show contestants and filmed naked, say reports.”
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“Is the world getting better or worse?” →
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Financial Times: “Off key in Brasília” →
“It is a good idea to hold the state’s stakes separately from Petrobras, to keep the company from swelling. But details on this are worryingly vague; as well as on a savings fund to channel oil money to development. The hurried jumble is partly due to Ms Rousseff’s designs on the presidency next year. But electioneering should put in jeopardy Brazil’s pragmatic (and successful) brand of leftism.”
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“Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on weekends.”
– Woody Allen
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Trabalho escravo é flagrado em obra da Votorantim... →
“A construção da usina Salto do Rio Verdinho é de responsabilidade da Votorantim Energia, braço do Grupo Votorantim, e tem o apoio do BNDES, que no final do ano passado injetou cerca de R$ 250 milhões na sua implantação.”
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“In imperial China it was common to describe officials as “Confucians when in...”
– Roderick Long
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A market that healed itself →
While the government struggled to come up with a viable recovery plan, one ailing financial market has managed to heal itself.
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“North Korea Opens Dam Flow, Sweeping Away 6 in... →
Alguns argentinos acreditavam que era isso que o Brasil e o Paraguai pretendiam quando construíram Itaipu.
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“Democrats, who were riding high six months ago... →
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“The sight of a green apple offers evidence that... →
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“When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be...”
– P.J. O’Rourke (via unregulated)
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“Men lose their minds speaking to pretty women” →
(via aleatorio)
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“The government has unveiled plans to give the... →
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“It is interesting to observe that in the year 1935 the average...”
– Albert Jay Nock
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“How to Read 300% Faster in 20 Minutes” →
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Obama’s getting ready for the U.N. global warming... →