1. The Summit on Climate Change Copenhagen strongly a total failure rather than a lamentable disaster
2. Iranian students took the streets: examples of courage in the face to the Islamic regime
3. The Papuan independence: how the "beau risque" Indonesia has gone wrong
4. The debacle of Tiger Woods: Why all this fuss about his infidelities and nothing on its contribution to dictatorships and violation of human rights?
5. At this time of holiday: Beware tsunami cheap and disposable products!
COPENHAGEN OR THE END OF TIME?
Discussions are underway in Copenhagen when I speak, and quite frankly, no matter what comes out you can be sure it will be a disaster
Because climate change is like no other issue which has faced humanity
Because there is no opponent of the size which we are accustomed ...
you know, the kinds of opponents that weaken over time, which then, with which we can reach an agreement or we can just ignore ...
No, this time there's no way to take none of these approaches, because this time, the opponent is the laws of physics
laws of physics have drawn the line beyond which life simply can not survive on Earth
It's been two years now that we know exactly where that line is
The NASA team, too bad if there 's the world who know the dynamics of an entire planet is really them
short, They concluded that any values of CO2, the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere above 350 parts per million, will not allow human civilization to continue as we know
It will not change regardless or do not know how they say it's not true: above 350 ppm and sooner or later the caps will melt, ocean levels will rise, be disrupted hydrological cycles, etc.
is an unprecedented challenge we face because with every year that we not deal with it, it gets exponentially worse ... until one day it becomes insoluble
Because, for example, permafrost thaw in the Arctic so hard methane in the atmosphere that we will struggle to find a safe level
We see the dawn time soon, even where if the U.S. and China should ban all cars will be too late
the current level of CO2 in the atmosphere is already at 390 ppm, although the amount of methane in the atmosphere reached its peak during the two years
In other words, it is already too late
We are no longer able to prevent global warming, only, perhaps, prevented a scale so large as to prevent the existence of civilization as we know it we play
with reductions of 17% of GHG from 2005 levels by 2020 ... which means a reduction 4% of 1990 levels
Yet the researchers calculated that industrial nations must cut their emissions by 40% if we want to keep even the hope of returning to the track
A consortium of European researchers have shown that the various offers on the table in Copenhagen at the moment we will conduct directly to a world where the atmosphere contains 650 ppm, warming the planet by an average of 4C
Still, even the best politicians in the world treat the problem as if were a normal political problem
The best and only comparison that can be done Fascism is in the middle of last century
We could not ignore the problem, nor hope to mediate ...
Should the fight at the bottom, even transform our industrial system to combat it, put everything else on hold, ask everyone to make sacrifices
You can see me that these actions are not taken now. ..
Yet the laws of physics continue to operate, continue to thaw the permafrost, the ice at the poles continue to melt, droughts will spread
It's like nothing we have seen before ... and it is dealt with as a problem ordinary and banal.
And that's the problem.
IRANIAN STUDENTS
Hundreds of Iranian dissidents were photographed in hijab, the traditional veil of Iran to protest against the arrest of student leader Majid Tavakoli.
accused of "disguised as a woman" to leave the Amir Kabir University in Tehran after the events related to the "National Student Day",
the young man became an icon of protest against the reelection of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the presidency of the Islamic Republic.
the Opponents of the Iranian regime accused the authorities have forcibly activist dressed as a woman student to humiliate him.
His photo, released by the official news agency Fars, went around the blogosphere before being taken and abused by those she wished to discredit him.
last week, a campaign call to action for the liberation of the young man in full swing on the Web
We see young Iranian students demonstrate more openly in the streets and campuses of Iran and they seem ready to fight until the end
December 7, tens of thousands of students across the country raised their voices once again against the authoritarian rule
course is forbidden journalists to report events, cellular networks and internet access are severely controlled
An outstanding innovation in these protests is the presence increasingly politicized secondary students
The world is watching to see whether the authorities will deploy security forces Basiji against them, as he did so violently during a raid against Tehran University on 8 and 9 December last
It is feared the worst for these very young courageous, since electoral fraud last June there were mass arrests, murders foul and authority Iranian court has reduced to a caricature
They use every means at their disposal, the technology of electronic communications course but also slogans on the martyrs of the war so cherished by seniors, verses from the Koran as a rallying song for democratic rights
This new generation meets the tyrannical violence with a non-democratic violence
These young turn the language and symbols of the Iranian regime against it, creating the fury and confusion in response
The Iranian people took to the streets to express their anger ...
And they are not about to leave.
Papuan independence
Come now in Indonesia, more specifically Papousasie ...
most provinces east of the archipelago of islands that form Indonesia
Each December 1 is a special day to call for an independent Papuan state ... people allow that day to take the streets and be heard
The date has special significance: it was December 1, 1962 that the Dutch have allowed the Papuan flag to float next to theirs in a stage of decolonization, paving the eastern part of New Guinea, the largest island in the world, to win its independence
Unfortunately, 1969, Indonesia annexed West Papua after a referendum still controversial to this day
since Dec. 1 has become the day when Papuans evaluate their relationship with the Indonesian state
Yet in 2001, a special law for special autonomy for the territory was passed ... and eight years later, a growing number of Papuans believe that it did not deliver
When this law was implemented, the Papuans were hoping it would develop the land, alleviating poverty, ensuring the Papuan cultural and political representation in proportion to their demography
But almost immediately, they saw that the centralized state in Jakarta really had no intention of going all the way into this adventure is
The two provinces of Papua are the poorest of the Indonesia
The World Bank estimates that 37% of the population lives below the poverty line
And without sufficient control, the funds allocated by the famous law found themselves in small pockets of unscrupulous local politicians ... or in the pockets of the industry deeply corrupt construction
A law of unity and reconciliation passed in 2000 were supposed to stop the terrible abuse of law enforcement in Papousasie ... among others ...
But it has still not been implemented, almost 10 years later, the military and police continue to be covered by a form of impunity
And the more disturbing in light of the supposed efforts to help Jakarta poor Papuans is how nothing has been done to improve education and social programs
Children living in rural areas go to school crammed into any missing build even electricity
For the future of the Papuan people, it would be worthwhile to examine the economic, political and social daily that lead to this lack of power of the people
is where to start a dialogue which could essential that draws a viable path to follow for the Papuans to take their destiny
TIGER WOODS INC..
past few weeks, the famous Tiger Woods finally found under the scrutiny of journalists, privacy setting light to the eyes of the world
Since its strange car accident on his lawn before, all his extramarital relations the subject of daily news ...
I do not know if you agree with me when I tell them how we cons-fucking!
Since the 14 years since Tiger Woods on the PGA Tour, he has apparently it never strayed morally ... His image of demigod intensity, his reputation as pure as the snow has made him the richest athlete history
On golf courses, his earnings amounted to $ 92 million, but when we included advertising, and all his off-field contracts, Tiger went to a fortune exceeding one billion $
But
Behind every great fortune lies a great crime
Following his accident, he was not able to attend the tournament for his foundation Chevron World Challenge Golf Tournament
recall that in 2008 Chevron entered into a relationship with the foundation quinquénaire Tiger Woods on the pretext of charity
But if Tiger Woods had an ounce of social conscience, this partnership has never existed
Chevron is pursuing worldwide for Dompé toxic waste anywhere on Earth
Alaska, Canada, Brazil, Angola and California have accused Chevron of having done that
Even worse, Chevron has a partnership with the military junta that rules the Burma ... oil company contributes to the Yadana pipeline project, the main source of revenue for the generals, giving them almost $ 5 billion per year since 2000
Chevron pollutes ecosystems and openly supported a dictatorship, but Tiger Woods does sees a business partner ... Then comes
Dubai, the site the first golf course designed by Tiger Woods
Located on the east coast of the Persian Gulf, Dubai has been a symbol of economic excess and, more recently, bankruptcy phenomenal
The playground of the rich and powerful in the world is also a place of human rights violations
is a city built over the last thirty years by slaves
Foreign workers paid $ 3 per day in an atmosphere of 100C
Dubai also has a reputation as the global hub for the sex trade
Draft Tiger Woods has reported $ 100 million, but we have not heard a word from him about the appalling practices of its beneficiaries
And only now, from a household dispute, the media are wondering if there is not another Tiger behind his image?
Ah if only we took the opportunity to examine it more carefully for the right reasons?
Yes, Tiger Woods has every right to keep personal problems at private
But when it comes time to sign agreements that benefit dictatorships and polluting enterprises, he deserves no privacy
we hear about
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Tiger Woods fell to very high ... unprecedented in the history of sport
After weeks of pseudo-news about his infidelities, it was really a new sound, there
The greatest golfer ever puts his career on hold to keep in
head, cons, it came as a result of subsequent decisions of his bosses to stop advertising spend with his face in
He announced his departure on December 11 ...
Not having been on an advertising page to a prime time since Nov. 29, three days after the accident
Each partner Tiger Woods Inc.. rather than give him support and solidarity, decided to push
There are only a few companies that remain at his side ... Nike, for example
Together for a decade, Tiger Woods has brought huge sums to the manufacturer of shoes
And in ten years by cons, not a word about Woods revolting practices of work with sub-contractors Nike in Asia that allow the company to increase its profit margins
I told you about his relationship with the oil company Chevron, which alone keeps the military dictatorship of Burma afloat and throw toxic illegally everywhere on Earth
His relationship with financial criminals of Dubai, also
And there are the Philippines ... the Filipino government, in association with the army and unscrupulous developers
They tried to expel thousands of peasants from their land into a golf course
The peasants resisted and three leaders of the movement gathered dead ... uh .. Tiger Woods had to say about it?
Nothing. The government had invited him to play an exhibition golf match in the country for an amount of money that has not been announced, almost simultaneously
Tiger with its ethnic origins that can please everyone, was a frequent guest in the South to sell its sport
But the media have for years defended the right of Tiger not to be politicized, even if his actions are!
No, Tiger Woods has practiced primarily policy to bring its brand, its image over any other issue, including the immorality of his business parternaires
All this, as long as he can put another ten million in the bank
WASTE PRODUCTS CHEAP
is the holiday season soon and since the day after Halloween we grow everywhere go shopping to buy the stock cheap
Oh, we do more things as before, you know, in the good old days when the patents were made to last a lifetime ...
Now almost everything is produced in China and made in advance for the dump
The U.S. imported $ 320 billion worth of Chinese products in 2007
production, distribution and disposal of this ever-growing mountain of stuff has course a significant environmental impact
But we can not just blame China for the quantity and quality of cheap Cossins that inundates us
For that, we can not accuse obsolescence and functional obsolescence of fashion
Functional, or planned obsolescence is the appropriate decision of the designers and manufacturers who make sure that things will not last long before consumers will buy up other
obsolescence of fashion is change or aesthetic features that are there to push consumers to get rid of the old model for a supposedly better or more beautiful
product obsolescence is, it seems The remedy to stimulate the economy
an economy based on demand ... saw that the offer is within easy reach with our factories performance ... stimulating demand it supposedly puts the world at work ...
And the only way to ensure that demand is increasing and ensuring that people replace the patent they have already
So we need things to be produced to be consumed, used up, replaced and discarded at an ever accelerating
Instead of having things made to last or easily repairable low cost, quite the contrary ...
consumption as an engine of our economy is the core of the ideology of capitalism more than ever ... to the point where we are much more consumers and citizens today ... with all that that implies
is possible, nevertheless, to make green choices and smarter economic ...
There are some website that allows consumers to calculate their ecological footprint and offering suggestions on how to reduce their impact
MyFootprint.org indicates how many Earths it would take if everyone shared your lifestyle
H20Conserve.org measure your water consumption
Wattzon.com calculates the energy needed to maintain your lifestyle
And above all, must find a way out of this economic ideology obsolescence ... it is quite possible to maintain a robust economy by making it more sustainable, ensuring that we can maintain them, repair, improve and reuse
If jobs are lost because This drop in consumption, although others could be created in the areas of maintenance and repairs
Where the jobs are production overseas, jobs will be local maintenance
Anyway, today's economy is not sustainable ... gross consumption of energy and materials can not continue accelerating as it
It's totally absurd that it's cheaper to get rid of one product and buy another one than repair ... well, it's also because the producer of cheap stocks have low wages and almost no environmental regulations
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