There will be political ramifications from this semi-final result. It is a symbolic collapse (in the purest pars pro toto sense) of the entire Brazilian political and economic system, which despite all its glossy PR (i.e. emerging economies and BRIC promotion by investors) could no longer hide gross mismanagement. I finally understand now why friends […]
The majority of modern day corporations give business and the capitalist system a bad name. Free trade has always been part of human civilization, but now monopolies and profit as end goal are the norm. A threat to life and wellbeing on this planet. A lot of it stems from policies described here: http://disinfo.com/2013/10/hitman-kill-death-economy-interview-john-perkins/
Another week, another pound. More crisis in the news, as if nothing good is also happening. The snowfall made most of the UK ground to a halt, but really shows the incompetence of those in charge of the infrastructure. Not even salt on stairs or sidewalks when it started to melt. I guess that tax […]
Time moves like a dark freight train in the night. Birthday passed beginning of November. Then two weeks in Amsterdam. Corporate film shoot, Aviation Authority, planes, offices, interviews. Renovating my writing space/library, painting walls, archiving, dumping unnecessary stuff. Kilos of newspaper, mags. Getting lean. Ayahuasca private moment with Mano a colleague and the travelling Hilario […]
I read about this young potential candidate for the first time back in January 2007 on my way to the Rotterdam Film Festival. There was a newspaper lying around on the train and one page was dedicated to the race lying a year ahead and the possible runners. Besides the usual suspects with the same […]
We’ve been absent from the weblogs for a while. As mentioned before, I’m writing mostly longhand and working on new fiction material, so staying away from the computer as much as I can, except for the essential business. Some turbulent times, monetary systems imploding, recession, depression, if you have to believe the newspaper headlines we’re […]