WAR KILLS. It’s a concept people tend to consider “obvious”. I would have suspected that evolution and civilization would make this concept unconceivable, and that by now any problems in the world would be solved through negotiation and mediation, not through physical force and gun power. But the horrors we are witnessing or [...]
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Written By: Anna Presso on May 30, 2009 One Comment
This one was so different – and that’s exactly why I noticed it: because it was running. I couldn’t chase from my mind this image of someone saying out loud with pure admiration “oh, this one is sooo pretty!” and following her with a pair of scissors.
you don't cut flowers. you kill them.
ps: If the English language [...]
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Written By: Anna Presso on February 16, 2009 3 Comments
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That would be ME. After giving birth to all my fears, I nursed each and every one of them, I cuddled them, I fed them and raised them well. I took them along everywhere I went. I stayed up nights to tend to their needs. I even enrolled friends [...]
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Written By: Anna Presso on February 5, 2009 No Comment
Another thing I’ve learned: Evolution doesn’t necessary imply Evolution of Humanity. Quite the opposite, it seems.
Check Peter Singer’s idea regarding the armies of robots, incapable of compassion or empathy, and how, with the new technologies, they can turn war into entertainment. [...]
Written By: Anna Presso on January 30, 2009
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Another memorable piece of advice. Ok, at least this one is funny
Written By: Anna Presso on January 29, 2009
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Someone asked me recently if I think there might be an inflation of advisors these days. Never, I said. Of real ones? Never!
I know perfectly well I shouldn’t be the one to throw the stone… not because I live in a glass house, but because I live in a nice house [...]
Written By: Anna Presso on January 28, 2009
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Seriously, he should have his own tv show, do stand up comedy or something…It’s a shame for so much raw talent to get wasted from now on, away from the cameras.
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Written By: Anna Presso on January 27, 2009
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What if the Cricket would be a simple and small recording video camera in a public place? Or any kind of “bug” that could trace you and any information about you, manipulate you and and your choices and ultimately command you? Would you give your power/identity away? Never underestimate the power of “small” things. [...]
Written By: Anna Presso on January 26, 2009
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This video was posted by Le Monde on their website and it adresses the idea of the endangered jobs during this ongoing economic crisis. First laugh, then think about it….
Written By: Anna Presso on January 25, 2009
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Oh, bummer! We disobeyed. “Judge not by appearances.” said Jesus of Nazareth. We disregarded the teaching of The Man Himself. Yes, we did, because God knows it’s very difficult not to love Mr. Barack Hussein Obama. But can we trust him? – well, this is [...]
Written By: Anna Presso on January 22, 2009
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Nothing? Not even the smallest bit of hope? )
ps: I found this a while ago and found it highly amusing; anyway, I tried to check the website again today and it doesn’t seem to be there anymore…
Written By: Anna Presso on January 21, 2009
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A while ago, a small-town newspaper advertised: “Read your Bible to know what people ought to do. Read this paper to know what they actually do”. This is so often the case, for so many of us, isn’t it? That difference between what we know we should be doing and what we actually do: [...]
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