quinta-feira, julho 07, 2005
They will never succeed
"It is through terrorism that the people that have committed these terrible acts express their values and it is right at this moment that we demonstrate ours.
"I think we all know what they are trying to do. They are trying to use the slaughter of innocent people to cow us, to frighten us out of doing the things that we want to do, trying to stop us from going about our business as normal, as we are entitled to do and they should not and they must not succeed.
"When they try to intimidate us, we will not be intimidated. When they seek to change our country or our way of life by these methods, we will not be changed."
At around midday, Mr Blair broke off from the G8 summit to speak about the attacks.
"It is reasonably clear that there have been a series of terrorist attacks in London," he said.
"There are obviously casualties, both people who have died and people who are seriously injured, and our thoughts and prayers, of course, are with the victims and their families.
"It is my intention to leave the G8 within the next couple of hours and go down to London and get a report face-to-face with the police and the emergency services and the ministers who have been dealing with this and then to return later this evening.
"It is the will of all the leaders of the G8, however, that the meeting should continue in my absence, that we should continue to discuss the issues that we were going to discuss and reach the conclusions that we were going to reach.
"Each of the countries round that table have some experience of the effects of terrorism and all the leaders, as they will indicate a little bit later, share our complete resolution to defeat terrorism.
"It is particularly barbaric that this has happened on a day when people are meeting to try to help the problems of poverty in Africa and the long term problems of climate change and the environment.
"Just as it is reasonably clear that this is a terrorist attack or a series of terrorist attacks it is also reasonably clear that it is designed and aimed to coincide with the opening of the G8.
"There will be time to talk later about this.
"It is important, however, that those engaged in terrorism realise that our determination to defend our values and our way of life is greater than their determination to cause death and destruction to innocent people in a desire impose extremism on the world.
"Whatever they do it is our determination that they will never succeed in destroying what we hold dear in this country and in other civilised nations throughout the world.
"There are obviously casualties, both people that have died and people seriously injured. And our thoughts and prayers of course are with the victims and their families.
"It is my intention to leave the G8 within the next couple of hours and go down to London and get a report face-to-face with the police and the emergency services and the ministers who have been dealing with this and then to return later this evening".
"It is the will of all the leaders of the G8 however that the meeting should continue in my absence, that we should continue to discuss the issues that we were going to discuss and reach the conclusions that we were going to reach.
"Whatever they do it is our determination that they will never succeed in destroying what we hold dear in this country and other civilised nations in the world".
"I think we all know what they are trying to do. They are trying to use the slaughter of innocent people to cow us, to frighten us out of doing the things that we want to do, trying to stop us from going about our business as normal, as we are entitled to do and they should not and they must not succeed.
"When they try to intimidate us, we will not be intimidated. When they seek to change our country or our way of life by these methods, we will not be changed."
At around midday, Mr Blair broke off from the G8 summit to speak about the attacks.
"It is reasonably clear that there have been a series of terrorist attacks in London," he said.
"There are obviously casualties, both people who have died and people who are seriously injured, and our thoughts and prayers, of course, are with the victims and their families.
"It is my intention to leave the G8 within the next couple of hours and go down to London and get a report face-to-face with the police and the emergency services and the ministers who have been dealing with this and then to return later this evening.
"It is the will of all the leaders of the G8, however, that the meeting should continue in my absence, that we should continue to discuss the issues that we were going to discuss and reach the conclusions that we were going to reach.
"Each of the countries round that table have some experience of the effects of terrorism and all the leaders, as they will indicate a little bit later, share our complete resolution to defeat terrorism.
"It is particularly barbaric that this has happened on a day when people are meeting to try to help the problems of poverty in Africa and the long term problems of climate change and the environment.
"Just as it is reasonably clear that this is a terrorist attack or a series of terrorist attacks it is also reasonably clear that it is designed and aimed to coincide with the opening of the G8.
"There will be time to talk later about this.
"It is important, however, that those engaged in terrorism realise that our determination to defend our values and our way of life is greater than their determination to cause death and destruction to innocent people in a desire impose extremism on the world.
"Whatever they do it is our determination that they will never succeed in destroying what we hold dear in this country and in other civilised nations throughout the world.
"There are obviously casualties, both people that have died and people seriously injured. And our thoughts and prayers of course are with the victims and their families.
"It is my intention to leave the G8 within the next couple of hours and go down to London and get a report face-to-face with the police and the emergency services and the ministers who have been dealing with this and then to return later this evening".
"It is the will of all the leaders of the G8 however that the meeting should continue in my absence, that we should continue to discuss the issues that we were going to discuss and reach the conclusions that we were going to reach.
"Whatever they do it is our determination that they will never succeed in destroying what we hold dear in this country and other civilised nations in the world".
terça-feira, julho 05, 2005
Live 8
'To sneer at such events," cautioned The Sunday Telegraph apropos Live8, "demeans the generosity which they embody".
Oh, dear. If you can't sneer at rock stars in the Telegraph, where can you? None the less, if not exactly a full-blown sneer, I did feel a faint early Sir Cliff-like curl of the lip coming on during the opening moments of Saturday's festivities, when Sir Paul McCartney stepped onstage.
Not because Sir Paul was any better or worse than Sir Elton or Sir Bob or any other member of the aristorockracy, but because it reminded me of why I'm sceptical about the "generosity" which these events "embody".
Seven years ago, you'll recall, Sir Paul's wife died of cancer. Linda McCartney had been a resident of the United Kingdom for three decades but her Manhattan tax lawyers, Winthrop Stimson Putnam & Roberts, devoted considerable energy in her final months to establishing her right to have her estate probated in New York state.
That way she could set up a "qualified domestic marital trust" that would... Yeah, yeah, yeah, in the immortal words of Lennon and/or McCartney. Big deal, you say. We're into world peace and saving the planet and feeding Africa. What difference does it make which jurisdiction some squaresville suit files the boring paperwork in?
Okay, I'll cut to the chase. By filing for probate in New York rather than the United Kingdom, Linda McCartney avoided the 40 per cent death duties levied by Her Majesty's Government. That way, her family gets all 100 per cent - and 100 per cent of Linda McCartney's estate isn't to be sneezed at.
For purposes of comparison, Bob Geldof's original Live Aid concert in 1985 raised £50 million. Lady McCartney's estate was estimated at around £150 million. In other words, had she paid her 40 per cent death duties, the British Treasury would have raised more money than Sir Bob did with Bananarama and all the gang at Wembley Stadium that day.
Given that she'd enjoyed all the blessings of life in these islands since 1968, Gordon Brown might have felt justified in reprising Sir Bob's heartfelt catchphrase at Wembley: "Give us yer fokkin' money!" But she didn't. She kept it for herself. And good for her. I only wish I could afford her lawyers.
I don't presume to know what was in her mind, but perhaps she figured that for the causes she cared about - vegetarianism, animal rights, the usual stuff - her money would do more good if it stayed in private hands rather than getting tossed down the great sucking maw of the Treasury where an extra 60 million quid makes barely a ripple.
And, while one might query whether Sir Paul (with his own fortune of £500 million) or young Stella really need an extra 15 million or so apiece, in the end Linda McCartney made a wise decision in concluding that her estate would do more good kept out of Mr Brown's hands, or even re-routed to Africa, where it might just about have defrayed the costs of the deflowering ceremony for the King of Swaziland's latest wife.
And that's why the Live8 bonanza was so misguided. Two decades ago, Sir Bob was at least demanding we give him our own fokkin' money. This time round, all he was asking was that we join him into bullying the G8 blokes to give us their taxpayers' fokkin' money.
Or as Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd put it: "I want to do everything I can to persuade the G8 leaders to make huge commitments to the relief of poverty and increased aid to the Third World. It's crazy that America gives such a paltry percentage of its GNP to the starving nations."
No, it's not. It's no more crazy than Linda McCartney giving such a paltry percentage of her estate - ie, 0 per cent - to Gordon Brown. And, while Britain may be a Bananarama republic, it's not yet the full-blown thing.
Africa is a hard place to help. I had a letter from a reader the other day who works with a small Canadian charity in West Africa. They bought a 14-year-old SUV for 1,500 Canadian dollars to ferry food and supplies to the school they run in a rural village. Customs officials are demanding a payment of $8,000 before they'll release it.
There are thousands of incidents like that all over Africa every day of the week. Yet, throughout the weekend's events, Dave Gilmour and Co were too busy Rocking Against Bush to spare a few moments to Boogie Against Bureaucracy or Caterwaul Against Corruption or Ululate Against Usurpation. Instead, Madonna urged the people to "start a revolution". Like Africa hasn't had enough of those these past 40 years?
Let's take it as read that Sir Bob and Sir Bono are exceptionally well informed and articulate on Africa's problems. Why then didn't they get the rest of the guys round for a meeting beforehand with graphs and pie charts and bullet points in bright magic markers, so that Sir Dave and Dame Madonna would understand that Africa's problem is not a lack of "aid". The tragedy of Live8 is that its message was as cobwebbed as its repertoire.
Don't get me wrong. I love old rockers - not for the songs, which are awful, but for their business affairs, which so totally rock. In 1997, David Bowie became the first pop star to hold a bond offering himself. How about that? Fifty-five million dollars' worth of Bowie "class A royalty-backed notes" were snapped up in minutes after Moody's in New York gave them their coveted triple-A rating.
Once upon a time, rock stars weren't rated by Moody, they were moody - they self-destructed, they choked to death in their own vomit, they hoped to die before they got old. Instead, judging from Sir Pete Townshend on Saturday, they got older than anyone's ever been. Today, Paul McCartney is a businessman: he owns the publishing rights to Annie and Guys & Dolls. These faux revolutionaries are capitalists red in tooth and claw.
The system that enriched them could enrich Africa. But capitalism's the one cause the poseurs never speak up for. The rockers demand we give our fokkin' money to African dictators to manage, while they give their fokkin' money to Winthrop Stimson Putnam & Roberts to manage. Which of those models makes more sense?
Oh, dear. If you can't sneer at rock stars in the Telegraph, where can you? None the less, if not exactly a full-blown sneer, I did feel a faint early Sir Cliff-like curl of the lip coming on during the opening moments of Saturday's festivities, when Sir Paul McCartney stepped onstage.
Not because Sir Paul was any better or worse than Sir Elton or Sir Bob or any other member of the aristorockracy, but because it reminded me of why I'm sceptical about the "generosity" which these events "embody".
Seven years ago, you'll recall, Sir Paul's wife died of cancer. Linda McCartney had been a resident of the United Kingdom for three decades but her Manhattan tax lawyers, Winthrop Stimson Putnam & Roberts, devoted considerable energy in her final months to establishing her right to have her estate probated in New York state.
That way she could set up a "qualified domestic marital trust" that would... Yeah, yeah, yeah, in the immortal words of Lennon and/or McCartney. Big deal, you say. We're into world peace and saving the planet and feeding Africa. What difference does it make which jurisdiction some squaresville suit files the boring paperwork in?
Okay, I'll cut to the chase. By filing for probate in New York rather than the United Kingdom, Linda McCartney avoided the 40 per cent death duties levied by Her Majesty's Government. That way, her family gets all 100 per cent - and 100 per cent of Linda McCartney's estate isn't to be sneezed at.
For purposes of comparison, Bob Geldof's original Live Aid concert in 1985 raised £50 million. Lady McCartney's estate was estimated at around £150 million. In other words, had she paid her 40 per cent death duties, the British Treasury would have raised more money than Sir Bob did with Bananarama and all the gang at Wembley Stadium that day.
Given that she'd enjoyed all the blessings of life in these islands since 1968, Gordon Brown might have felt justified in reprising Sir Bob's heartfelt catchphrase at Wembley: "Give us yer fokkin' money!" But she didn't. She kept it for herself. And good for her. I only wish I could afford her lawyers.
I don't presume to know what was in her mind, but perhaps she figured that for the causes she cared about - vegetarianism, animal rights, the usual stuff - her money would do more good if it stayed in private hands rather than getting tossed down the great sucking maw of the Treasury where an extra 60 million quid makes barely a ripple.
And, while one might query whether Sir Paul (with his own fortune of £500 million) or young Stella really need an extra 15 million or so apiece, in the end Linda McCartney made a wise decision in concluding that her estate would do more good kept out of Mr Brown's hands, or even re-routed to Africa, where it might just about have defrayed the costs of the deflowering ceremony for the King of Swaziland's latest wife.
And that's why the Live8 bonanza was so misguided. Two decades ago, Sir Bob was at least demanding we give him our own fokkin' money. This time round, all he was asking was that we join him into bullying the G8 blokes to give us their taxpayers' fokkin' money.
Or as Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd put it: "I want to do everything I can to persuade the G8 leaders to make huge commitments to the relief of poverty and increased aid to the Third World. It's crazy that America gives such a paltry percentage of its GNP to the starving nations."
No, it's not. It's no more crazy than Linda McCartney giving such a paltry percentage of her estate - ie, 0 per cent - to Gordon Brown. And, while Britain may be a Bananarama republic, it's not yet the full-blown thing.
Africa is a hard place to help. I had a letter from a reader the other day who works with a small Canadian charity in West Africa. They bought a 14-year-old SUV for 1,500 Canadian dollars to ferry food and supplies to the school they run in a rural village. Customs officials are demanding a payment of $8,000 before they'll release it.
There are thousands of incidents like that all over Africa every day of the week. Yet, throughout the weekend's events, Dave Gilmour and Co were too busy Rocking Against Bush to spare a few moments to Boogie Against Bureaucracy or Caterwaul Against Corruption or Ululate Against Usurpation. Instead, Madonna urged the people to "start a revolution". Like Africa hasn't had enough of those these past 40 years?
Let's take it as read that Sir Bob and Sir Bono are exceptionally well informed and articulate on Africa's problems. Why then didn't they get the rest of the guys round for a meeting beforehand with graphs and pie charts and bullet points in bright magic markers, so that Sir Dave and Dame Madonna would understand that Africa's problem is not a lack of "aid". The tragedy of Live8 is that its message was as cobwebbed as its repertoire.
Don't get me wrong. I love old rockers - not for the songs, which are awful, but for their business affairs, which so totally rock. In 1997, David Bowie became the first pop star to hold a bond offering himself. How about that? Fifty-five million dollars' worth of Bowie "class A royalty-backed notes" were snapped up in minutes after Moody's in New York gave them their coveted triple-A rating.
Once upon a time, rock stars weren't rated by Moody, they were moody - they self-destructed, they choked to death in their own vomit, they hoped to die before they got old. Instead, judging from Sir Pete Townshend on Saturday, they got older than anyone's ever been. Today, Paul McCartney is a businessman: he owns the publishing rights to Annie and Guys & Dolls. These faux revolutionaries are capitalists red in tooth and claw.
The system that enriched them could enrich Africa. But capitalism's the one cause the poseurs never speak up for. The rockers demand we give our fokkin' money to African dictators to manage, while they give their fokkin' money to Winthrop Stimson Putnam & Roberts to manage. Which of those models makes more sense?
sexta-feira, julho 16, 2004
3%
Eu e a minha mulher decidimos que não iríamos gastar mais do que ganhamos. Após alguma discussão acordamos que podíamos gastar mais do que ganhamos, mas não mais do que 3%.
Ela – Ó amorzinho estas roupinhas da Berska são tão baratas…deixa lá comprar…
Eu – Nem penses nisso, este mês já gastaste mais do que os 3% do teu ordenado.
No mês seguinte não resisti e comprei a PS2 mais o Resident Evil
Ela – Ó querido já gastaste mais do que os 3%
Eu – Cala a boca senão levas um estalo na tromba (amoroso) …
Alguns meses mais tarde…
Bicho Papão – ouve lá ó palhaço, vocês não tinham dito que só podiam gastar mais 3%? Queres levar na tromba?!
Eu – vou chamar o meu pai…
Ela – Ó amorzinho estas roupinhas da Berska são tão baratas…deixa lá comprar…
Eu – Nem penses nisso, este mês já gastaste mais do que os 3% do teu ordenado.
No mês seguinte não resisti e comprei a PS2 mais o Resident Evil
Ela – Ó querido já gastaste mais do que os 3%
Eu – Cala a boca senão levas um estalo na tromba (amoroso) …
Alguns meses mais tarde…
Bicho Papão – ouve lá ó palhaço, vocês não tinham dito que só podiam gastar mais 3%? Queres levar na tromba?!
Eu – vou chamar o meu pai…
quinta-feira, junho 24, 2004
Pagode
Escreve o Barnabé em “Coincidências”:
José Carlos terá sido sequestrado por agentes policiais que o algemaram e o levaram para lugar incerto, onde terá sido brutalmente espancado para confessar quem teria roubado uma carteira.
Depois de ter sido entregue à família em muito mau estado, José Carlos esperou muitas horas no hospital para ser atendido.
José Carlos, 16 anos, acabou por morrer.
Relatório da autópsia: não se estabelece ligação entre o espancamento e a morte do rapaz.
Isto é tudo o que sei. Mas acho estranha a coincidência de um rapaz de 16 anos morrer depois de um espancamento e de nenhuma relação haver entre os dois factos. Mas devo ser eu, que sou desconfiado.
José Carlos terá sido sequestrado – curioso, não é afirmado que foi sequestrado, portanto terá mas poderá não ter sido… (estou confundido).
Levaram para lugar incerto – o lugar incerto foi a esquadra da polícia, tem lógica, eu também não sei a morada da esquadra, logo é incerta a sua localização.
Onde terá sido brutalmente espancado – terá sido, mas poderá não ter sido… (confundido outra vez (eu)).
Foi entregue à família em muito mau estado – parece que saiu pelo próprio pé da esquadra da polícia (o tal lugar incerto) e segundo a mãe não apresentava queixas.
Esperou muitas horas no hospital para ser atendido – experimenta ir a um hospital para veres quantas horas deves esperar, claro que tu não vais a esses hospitais privados, geridos por porcos capitalistas pois não?
José Carlos, 16 anos, acabou por morrer – a morte de qualquer pessoa é sempre uma tragédia, especialmente um jovem. Não consigo perceber, mas tu também não esclareces, qual a relação entre o anterior e a morte do jovem…
Relatório da autópsia – eu não sou médico e os meus conhecimentos de anatomia patológica são básicos, mas parece que tu és médico (de anatomia patológica) e tiveste acesso ao relatório da autópsia o qual leste e fizeste a tu boa avaliação médica…
Conclusão – tudo o que sabe não é concreto nem sequer afirma ser, portanto a coincidência é mesmo a conclusão que tirou!
Meninos aprendam com ele os ensinamentos do tio José e do tio Adolfo, dizem que alguns gajos com menos já fizeram filmes e ganharam prémios!
Mas devo ser eu, que sou desconfiado.
José Carlos terá sido sequestrado por agentes policiais que o algemaram e o levaram para lugar incerto, onde terá sido brutalmente espancado para confessar quem teria roubado uma carteira.
Depois de ter sido entregue à família em muito mau estado, José Carlos esperou muitas horas no hospital para ser atendido.
José Carlos, 16 anos, acabou por morrer.
Relatório da autópsia: não se estabelece ligação entre o espancamento e a morte do rapaz.
Isto é tudo o que sei. Mas acho estranha a coincidência de um rapaz de 16 anos morrer depois de um espancamento e de nenhuma relação haver entre os dois factos. Mas devo ser eu, que sou desconfiado.
José Carlos terá sido sequestrado – curioso, não é afirmado que foi sequestrado, portanto terá mas poderá não ter sido… (estou confundido).
Levaram para lugar incerto – o lugar incerto foi a esquadra da polícia, tem lógica, eu também não sei a morada da esquadra, logo é incerta a sua localização.
Onde terá sido brutalmente espancado – terá sido, mas poderá não ter sido… (confundido outra vez (eu)).
Foi entregue à família em muito mau estado – parece que saiu pelo próprio pé da esquadra da polícia (o tal lugar incerto) e segundo a mãe não apresentava queixas.
Esperou muitas horas no hospital para ser atendido – experimenta ir a um hospital para veres quantas horas deves esperar, claro que tu não vais a esses hospitais privados, geridos por porcos capitalistas pois não?
José Carlos, 16 anos, acabou por morrer – a morte de qualquer pessoa é sempre uma tragédia, especialmente um jovem. Não consigo perceber, mas tu também não esclareces, qual a relação entre o anterior e a morte do jovem…
Relatório da autópsia – eu não sou médico e os meus conhecimentos de anatomia patológica são básicos, mas parece que tu és médico (de anatomia patológica) e tiveste acesso ao relatório da autópsia o qual leste e fizeste a tu boa avaliação médica…
Conclusão – tudo o que sabe não é concreto nem sequer afirma ser, portanto a coincidência é mesmo a conclusão que tirou!
Meninos aprendam com ele os ensinamentos do tio José e do tio Adolfo, dizem que alguns gajos com menos já fizeram filmes e ganharam prémios!
Mas devo ser eu, que sou desconfiado.
quarta-feira, junho 09, 2004
Sousa Franco (1942-2004)
Faleceu Sousa Franco, o cabeça de lista do PS às eleições europeias.
segunda-feira, junho 07, 2004
Local Sagrado
Pelo menos nove pessoas ficaram feridas esta segunda-feira numa explosão registada na mesquita de Kufa (centro do Iraque), onde o chefe radical xiita Moqtada Sadr pronuncia habitualmente o seu sermão das sextas-feiras.
O hospital Furat Awsat disse ter recebido pelo menos nove feridos, a maioria com queimaduras.
Parte da mesquita está a arder e membros do exército de Mehdi, a milícia de Moqtada Sadr, estão a proibir o acesso a este local de culto.
Ainda bem que é um local sagrado, não queremos armas infiéis cá na nossa casa.
Se fossem os reaccionários dos americanos lá vinha a ladainha toda dos ataques aos locais de culto…
O hospital Furat Awsat disse ter recebido pelo menos nove feridos, a maioria com queimaduras.
Parte da mesquita está a arder e membros do exército de Mehdi, a milícia de Moqtada Sadr, estão a proibir o acesso a este local de culto.
Ainda bem que é um local sagrado, não queremos armas infiéis cá na nossa casa.
Se fossem os reaccionários dos americanos lá vinha a ladainha toda dos ataques aos locais de culto…
Quioto
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pollution in North America fell 10 percent over three years, but coal-burning power plants are lagging in improvements among industrial sources fouling the air, it was reported Wednesday.
The 10 percent drop occurred from 1998 to 2001, said the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, a three-nation panel established by the United States, Canada and Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
In 2001, the latest year for which figures were available, the total amount of pollution released or transferred elsewhere in North America was 3.25 million tons, the commission said in a study. Of the total, nearly 1 million tons went to recycling operations and more than 600 thousand tons was sent to treatment, energy recovery or disposal facilities.
"We're still pumping more chemicals into the air than all other methods of release combined," said William Kennedy, executive director of the Montreal-based commission.
Chemical pollutants released into the air from all industrial sources decreased 18 percent over the three years, falling to 832,000 tons in 2001. But chemical pollutants from power plants fell only 9 percent, to 376,000 tons, the study said.
All but four of the top 50 air polluters in North America were coal-burning power plants.
Chemical manufacturers, smelters and steel mills, electric utilities and waste managers were the biggest polluters. The 10 pollutants released into the environment or transferred offsite in the most quantities were copper, zinc, hydrochloric acid, methanol, nitric acid and nitrate compounds, manganese, toluene, xylenes, chromium and nickel.
Almost 13 percent of the total pollution was in the form of chemicals such as chromium and its compounds, nickel and its compounds, dichloromethane, styrene and formaldehyde that are known or suspected carcinogens, the study said.
Industrial polluters in just three states -- Texas, Ohio and Michigan -- and Canada's Ontario province accounted for 28 percent of the continent's pollutants, the study found.
The study compared only those chemicals and industries that have consistently reported their pollution each year. It covers most industry in the United States and Canada. Companies in Mexico are just starting to voluntarily report figures, the study said.
The 10 percent drop occurred from 1998 to 2001, said the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, a three-nation panel established by the United States, Canada and Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
In 2001, the latest year for which figures were available, the total amount of pollution released or transferred elsewhere in North America was 3.25 million tons, the commission said in a study. Of the total, nearly 1 million tons went to recycling operations and more than 600 thousand tons was sent to treatment, energy recovery or disposal facilities.
"We're still pumping more chemicals into the air than all other methods of release combined," said William Kennedy, executive director of the Montreal-based commission.
Chemical pollutants released into the air from all industrial sources decreased 18 percent over the three years, falling to 832,000 tons in 2001. But chemical pollutants from power plants fell only 9 percent, to 376,000 tons, the study said.
All but four of the top 50 air polluters in North America were coal-burning power plants.
Chemical manufacturers, smelters and steel mills, electric utilities and waste managers were the biggest polluters. The 10 pollutants released into the environment or transferred offsite in the most quantities were copper, zinc, hydrochloric acid, methanol, nitric acid and nitrate compounds, manganese, toluene, xylenes, chromium and nickel.
Almost 13 percent of the total pollution was in the form of chemicals such as chromium and its compounds, nickel and its compounds, dichloromethane, styrene and formaldehyde that are known or suspected carcinogens, the study said.
Industrial polluters in just three states -- Texas, Ohio and Michigan -- and Canada's Ontario province accounted for 28 percent of the continent's pollutants, the study found.
The study compared only those chemicals and industries that have consistently reported their pollution each year. It covers most industry in the United States and Canada. Companies in Mexico are just starting to voluntarily report figures, the study said.
Fábula
A galinha vermelha que achou alguns grãos de trigo e disse a seus vizinhos: "se plantarmos este trigo, teremos pão para comer. Alguém quer me ajudar a plantá-lo?"
"Eu não", disse a vaca.
"Nem eu", emendou o pato.
"Eu também não", falou o porco.
"Eu muito menos", completou o ganso.
"Então eu mesma planto", disse a galinha vermelha. E assim o fez. O trigo cresceu alto e amadureceu em grãos dourados. "Quem vai me ajudar a colher o trigo?", quis saber a galinha.
"Eu não", disse o pato.
"Não faz parte de minhas funções", disse o porco.
"Não depois de tantos anos de serviço", exclamou a vaca.
"Eu me arriscaria a perder o seguro-desemprego", disse o ganso.
"Então eu mesma colho", falou a galinha, e colheu o trigo ela mesma.
Finalmente, chegou a hora de preparar o pão. "Quem vai me ajudar a assar o pão?" indagou a galinha vermelha.
"Só se me pagarem hora extra", falou a vaca.
"Eu não posso por em risco meu auxílio-doença", emendou o pato.
"Eu fugi da escola e nunca aprendi a fazer pão", disse o porco.
"Caso só eu ajude, é discriminação", resmungou o ganso.
"Então eu mesma faço", exclamou a pequena galinha vermelha. Ela assou cinco pães, e pôs todos numa cesta para que os vizinhos pudessem ver. De repente, todo mundo queria pão, e exigiu um pedaço. Mas a galinha simplesmente disse "não, eu vou comer os cinco pães sozinha".
"Lucros excessivos!", gritou a vaca.
"Sanguessuga capitalista!", exclamou o pato.
"Eu exijo direitos iguais!", bradou o ganso.
O porco, esse só grunhiu.
Eles pintaram faixas e cartazes dizendo "Injustiça" e marcharam em protesto contra a galinha, gritando obscenidades.
Quando um agente do governo chegou, disse à galinhazinha vermelha:
"Você não pode ser assim egoísta"
"Mas eu ganhei esse pão com meu próprio suor", defendeu-se a galinha.
"Exatamente", disse o funcionário do governo. "Essa é a beleza da livre empresa. Qualquer um aqui na fazenda pode ganhar o quanto quiser. Mas sob nossas modernas regulamentações governamentais, os trabalhadores mais produtivos têm que dividir o produto de seu trabalho com os que não fazem nada".
E todos viveram felizes para sempre, inclusive a pequena galinha vermelha, que sorriu e cacarejou: "eu estou grata", "eu estou grata".
Mas os vizinhos sempre se perguntavam por que a galinha nunca mais fez um pão.
"Eu não", disse a vaca.
"Nem eu", emendou o pato.
"Eu também não", falou o porco.
"Eu muito menos", completou o ganso.
"Então eu mesma planto", disse a galinha vermelha. E assim o fez. O trigo cresceu alto e amadureceu em grãos dourados. "Quem vai me ajudar a colher o trigo?", quis saber a galinha.
"Eu não", disse o pato.
"Não faz parte de minhas funções", disse o porco.
"Não depois de tantos anos de serviço", exclamou a vaca.
"Eu me arriscaria a perder o seguro-desemprego", disse o ganso.
"Então eu mesma colho", falou a galinha, e colheu o trigo ela mesma.
Finalmente, chegou a hora de preparar o pão. "Quem vai me ajudar a assar o pão?" indagou a galinha vermelha.
"Só se me pagarem hora extra", falou a vaca.
"Eu não posso por em risco meu auxílio-doença", emendou o pato.
"Eu fugi da escola e nunca aprendi a fazer pão", disse o porco.
"Caso só eu ajude, é discriminação", resmungou o ganso.
"Então eu mesma faço", exclamou a pequena galinha vermelha. Ela assou cinco pães, e pôs todos numa cesta para que os vizinhos pudessem ver. De repente, todo mundo queria pão, e exigiu um pedaço. Mas a galinha simplesmente disse "não, eu vou comer os cinco pães sozinha".
"Lucros excessivos!", gritou a vaca.
"Sanguessuga capitalista!", exclamou o pato.
"Eu exijo direitos iguais!", bradou o ganso.
O porco, esse só grunhiu.
Eles pintaram faixas e cartazes dizendo "Injustiça" e marcharam em protesto contra a galinha, gritando obscenidades.
Quando um agente do governo chegou, disse à galinhazinha vermelha:
"Você não pode ser assim egoísta"
"Mas eu ganhei esse pão com meu próprio suor", defendeu-se a galinha.
"Exatamente", disse o funcionário do governo. "Essa é a beleza da livre empresa. Qualquer um aqui na fazenda pode ganhar o quanto quiser. Mas sob nossas modernas regulamentações governamentais, os trabalhadores mais produtivos têm que dividir o produto de seu trabalho com os que não fazem nada".
E todos viveram felizes para sempre, inclusive a pequena galinha vermelha, que sorriu e cacarejou: "eu estou grata", "eu estou grata".
Mas os vizinhos sempre se perguntavam por que a galinha nunca mais fez um pão.
domingo, junho 06, 2004
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)
Life is just one grand sweet song, so start the music
segunda-feira, maio 31, 2004
Impostos
People in Britain spend over 150 days of the year toiling, just to pay their taxes. This year, Tax Freedom Day falls on 30 May. That's 3 days later than last year and 6 days later than when Gordon Brown entered 11 Downing Street.
It's a tribute to Brown's skill with "stealth" taxes that so few people seem to have noticed the huge rise in taxes that has overtaken them. But Tax Freedom Day is a clear measure of the total burden which he can't escape.
And don't forget that Brown has been on a borrowing binge, which future taxpayers will have to pay for. Adding that burden in would push the date out to 11 June.
In the Euro zone, Tax Freedom Day doesn't come until 28 June, a whole month after Britain's. But in America, Bush's tax-cut policy makes the US Tax Freedom Day 11 April, the earliest in 37 years.
Look at those dates again. And remember that America is forecasting 4.5% growth this year, Britain 3%, and the Euro zone just 1.7%. Says something about the tax burden and a country's economic health, don't you think?
It's a tribute to Brown's skill with "stealth" taxes that so few people seem to have noticed the huge rise in taxes that has overtaken them. But Tax Freedom Day is a clear measure of the total burden which he can't escape.
And don't forget that Brown has been on a borrowing binge, which future taxpayers will have to pay for. Adding that burden in would push the date out to 11 June.
In the Euro zone, Tax Freedom Day doesn't come until 28 June, a whole month after Britain's. But in America, Bush's tax-cut policy makes the US Tax Freedom Day 11 April, the earliest in 37 years.
Look at those dates again. And remember that America is forecasting 4.5% growth this year, Britain 3%, and the Euro zone just 1.7%. Says something about the tax burden and a country's economic health, don't you think?
quarta-feira, maio 12, 2004
Quioto ?
SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) -- Australian scientists have found the Earth may be more resilient to global warming than first thought, and they say a warmer world means a wetter planet, encouraging more plants to grow and soak up greenhouse gases.
"The global water cycle has changed in response to greenhouse emissions," almost 100 Australian greenhouse scientists said in an annual statement on their research received on Wednesday.
"As the world warms it is, on average, getting wetter," said the scientists, who met recently under the banner of Australia's Cooperative Research Center for Greenhouse Accounting.
A wetter and cloudier world would see more plants and more photosynthesis to counter greenhouse gases and also mean less evaporation as less solar radiation reaches the Earth.
"Contrary to widespread expectations, potential evaporation from the soil and land-based water bodies like lakes is decreasing in most places," the scientists said.
An increase in trees and shrubs in the world's grasslands in recent decades was a major counter to greenhouse gases, they said.
"Forests, farms and grasslands across the world absorb significant volumes of greenhouse gases. They have the potential to absorb more, ameliorating climate change.
"Properly managed, they could buy time for the world's people to make the major reductions in greenhouse emissions from power generation, industry and transport that will be required to reduce the damage from climate change."
"The global water cycle has changed in response to greenhouse emissions," almost 100 Australian greenhouse scientists said in an annual statement on their research received on Wednesday.
"As the world warms it is, on average, getting wetter," said the scientists, who met recently under the banner of Australia's Cooperative Research Center for Greenhouse Accounting.
A wetter and cloudier world would see more plants and more photosynthesis to counter greenhouse gases and also mean less evaporation as less solar radiation reaches the Earth.
"Contrary to widespread expectations, potential evaporation from the soil and land-based water bodies like lakes is decreasing in most places," the scientists said.
An increase in trees and shrubs in the world's grasslands in recent decades was a major counter to greenhouse gases, they said.
"Forests, farms and grasslands across the world absorb significant volumes of greenhouse gases. They have the potential to absorb more, ameliorating climate change.
"Properly managed, they could buy time for the world's people to make the major reductions in greenhouse emissions from power generation, industry and transport that will be required to reduce the damage from climate change."
segunda-feira, abril 05, 2004
Colin Powell
QUESTION: I?d like to go back to your UN speech from last year. One of the most dramatic elements of that speech was about the mobile biological labs. And in recent weeks it has emerged that one of those intelligence sources you cited was flagged as unreliable by U.S. intelligence and another source had never been interviewed by U.S. officials and that we didn?t even know his name. It turns out that he was a relative of the INC. So, in light of that, was this really the best intelligence the U.S. could have put forward at the time?
SECRETARY POWELL: It was presented to me in the preparation of that as the best information and intelligence that we had. And I looked at the four elements that they gave me for that one and they stood behind them. Now it appears not to be the case, that it was that solid. But at the time that I was preparing that presentation it was presented to me as being solid. Now, the commission that is going to be starting its work soon, I hope will look into these matters to see whether or not the intelligence agency had a basis for the confidence that they placed in the intelligence at that time. They certainly indicated to me as I was working on that, that it was solid. I?m not the intelligence community, but I probed and I made sure, and as I said in my presentation, these are multi-sourced. And that was the most dramatic of them and I made sure it was multi-sourced. Now, if the sources fell apart then we need to find out how we?ve gotten ourselves in that position. I've had discussions with the CIA about it.
SECRETARY POWELL: It was presented to me in the preparation of that as the best information and intelligence that we had. And I looked at the four elements that they gave me for that one and they stood behind them. Now it appears not to be the case, that it was that solid. But at the time that I was preparing that presentation it was presented to me as being solid. Now, the commission that is going to be starting its work soon, I hope will look into these matters to see whether or not the intelligence agency had a basis for the confidence that they placed in the intelligence at that time. They certainly indicated to me as I was working on that, that it was solid. I?m not the intelligence community, but I probed and I made sure, and as I said in my presentation, these are multi-sourced. And that was the most dramatic of them and I made sure it was multi-sourced. Now, if the sources fell apart then we need to find out how we?ve gotten ourselves in that position. I've had discussions with the CIA about it.
quinta-feira, março 25, 2004
França
Se a esquerda ganhou as eleições em França com 40% dos votos, isto quer dizer que a direita perdeu com 60% ?
Mutação
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- A genetic mutation that occurred 2.4 million years ago could be the reason why modern humans have such big brains and weak jaws, scientists said on Wednesday.
They discovered that a fault in a gene called MYH16 in modern humans happened at about the same time that their skulls started to change in shape from other primates, allowing their brains to increase in size.
But the trade-off was a smaller, less powerful jaw.
"The coincidence in time...may mean that the decrease in jaw muscle size and force eliminated stress on the skull which released an evolutionary constraint on brain growth," said Nancy Minugh-Purvis, a member of the team at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, that made the discovery.
All humans have the MYH16 mutation but other primates, including chimpanzees and macaques, still have the intact gene. Over the past few million years, since the genetic fault occurred, human skulls have grown three times in size and the outwardly elongated jaws have receded.
Pete Currie, of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute in Sydney, believes the research published in the science journal Nature could be the first functional genetic difference between humans and apes.
"Remarkably, the timing of the appearance of this genetic alteration, or mutation, roughly coincides with the appearance of "human-like" characteristics in the hominid fossil record," Currie said in a commentary in the journal.
Minugh-Purvis along with Hansell Stedman and other experts at the university pieced together the complicated puzzle after discovering that the gene was intact in primates but mutated in all humans.
A genetic fault is often linked with some type of inherited disease but the scientists were puzzled about what type of disease was common in all humans throughout the world.
Further research revealed that MYH16 was associated with muscles involved in chewing and biting and it encoded a protein in primate jaw muscles. This led the researchers to suspect the so-called disease in humans was a weaker bite.
Stedman and his colleague said the weaker bite would have lessened the force on the skull so it could grow larger and provide more space for a bigger brain.
"We can only hope that this study represents the vanguard of a new wave of analyses that focus on the genetic basis of human evolution," Currie added.
They discovered that a fault in a gene called MYH16 in modern humans happened at about the same time that their skulls started to change in shape from other primates, allowing their brains to increase in size.
But the trade-off was a smaller, less powerful jaw.
"The coincidence in time...may mean that the decrease in jaw muscle size and force eliminated stress on the skull which released an evolutionary constraint on brain growth," said Nancy Minugh-Purvis, a member of the team at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, that made the discovery.
All humans have the MYH16 mutation but other primates, including chimpanzees and macaques, still have the intact gene. Over the past few million years, since the genetic fault occurred, human skulls have grown three times in size and the outwardly elongated jaws have receded.
Pete Currie, of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute in Sydney, believes the research published in the science journal Nature could be the first functional genetic difference between humans and apes.
"Remarkably, the timing of the appearance of this genetic alteration, or mutation, roughly coincides with the appearance of "human-like" characteristics in the hominid fossil record," Currie said in a commentary in the journal.
Minugh-Purvis along with Hansell Stedman and other experts at the university pieced together the complicated puzzle after discovering that the gene was intact in primates but mutated in all humans.
A genetic fault is often linked with some type of inherited disease but the scientists were puzzled about what type of disease was common in all humans throughout the world.
Further research revealed that MYH16 was associated with muscles involved in chewing and biting and it encoded a protein in primate jaw muscles. This led the researchers to suspect the so-called disease in humans was a weaker bite.
Stedman and his colleague said the weaker bite would have lessened the force on the skull so it could grow larger and provide more space for a bigger brain.
"We can only hope that this study represents the vanguard of a new wave of analyses that focus on the genetic basis of human evolution," Currie added.
quarta-feira, março 24, 2004
Comissões de Inquérito
Ontem estive a ver em directo o depoimento do Donald Rumsfeld na comissão do senado para avaliar se ouve falhas no 11 de Setembro.
Para além do conteúdo que foi bastante interessante valeu a pena ver como é feito na fascista América comparando com a democrática Europa.
Não sei em quantos países do mundo seria possível este tipo de inquérito, tirando a Inglaterra assim de repente não estou a ver mais nenhum.
As pessoas comportaram-se com bastante sobriedade, mas as perguntas e as respectivas respostas não eram nada meigas! Em vez de se considerarem ofendidos todos achavam que assim é que devia ser. Olhos nos olhos e muito civilizadamente “porquê que não actuaram mais cedo…o que é que podiam ter feito e não fizeram…de quem é a responsabilidade”. Ninguém ficou ofendido nem me parece que venham dizer que têm que defender a sua honra.
Tão diferente daquilo que estou habituado…
Para além do conteúdo que foi bastante interessante valeu a pena ver como é feito na fascista América comparando com a democrática Europa.
Não sei em quantos países do mundo seria possível este tipo de inquérito, tirando a Inglaterra assim de repente não estou a ver mais nenhum.
As pessoas comportaram-se com bastante sobriedade, mas as perguntas e as respectivas respostas não eram nada meigas! Em vez de se considerarem ofendidos todos achavam que assim é que devia ser. Olhos nos olhos e muito civilizadamente “porquê que não actuaram mais cedo…o que é que podiam ter feito e não fizeram…de quem é a responsabilidade”. Ninguém ficou ofendido nem me parece que venham dizer que têm que defender a sua honra.
Tão diferente daquilo que estou habituado…
domingo, março 21, 2004
Eu entendo
O Rei-Sol de Portugal diz que devemos "negociar" e "entender" os terroristas. Eles sabem do que ele fala:
ABAD QUIJADA EVA BELEN
ABRIL ALEGRE OSCAR
ACERO USHIÑA LILIANA GUILLERMINA
AGUADO ROJANO FLORENCIO
ALONSO RODRIGUEZ JUAN ALBERTO
ALVAREZ GONZALEZ MARIA JOSEFA
ANDRIANOV ANDRIYAN ASENOV
APARICIO SOMOLINOS MARIA NURIA
ARENAS BARROSO ALBERTO
ASTOCONDOR MASGO NEIL HEBE
AVILA JIMENEZ ANA ISABEL
BADAJOZ CANO MIGUEL ANGEL
BALLESTEROS IBARRA SUSANA
BARAHONA IMEDIO FRANCISCO JAVIER
BARAJAS DIAZ GONZALO
BEDOYA GLORIA INES
BEN SALAH IMDDAOUAN SANAE
BENITO SAMANIEGO RODOLFO
BOGDAN LIVIA
BRASERO MURGA FLORENCIO
BRYK ALINA MARIA
BUDAI STEFAN
CABREJAS BURILLO MARIA PILAR
CABRERO PEREZ RODRIGO
CALVO GARCIA MILAGROS
CANO CAMPOS SONIA
CANO MARTINEZ ALICIA
CARRILLERO BAEZA JOSE MARIA
CARRION FRANCO ALVARO
CASAS TORRESANO FRANCISCO JAVIER
CASTILLO MUÑOZ CIPRIANO
CASTILLO SEVILLANO INMACULADA
CENTENERA MONTALVO SARA
CISNEROS VILLACIS OSWALDO MANUEL
CIUDAD REAL DIAZ MARIA EUGENIA
CONTRERAS SANCHEZ MARIA SOLEDAD
CRIADO PLEITER MARÍA PAZ
DE BENITO CABOBLANCO ESTEBAN MARTIN
DE LAS HERAS CORREA SERGIO
DE LUNA OCAÑA MIGUEL
DE MIGUEL JIMENEZ ALVARO
DEL AMO AGUADO JUAN CARLOS
DEL RIO MENENDEZ MARTA
DEL RIO MENENDEZ NURIA
DIAC NICOLETA
DIEZ HERNANDEZ BEATRIZ
DIMA GEORGETA GABRIELA
DIMITROVA PAUNOVA TINKA
DIMITROVA VASILEVA KALINA
DJOCO SAM
DOS SANTOS SILVA SERGIO
DURAN SANTIAGO MARIA DOLORES
EL AMRATI OSAMA
ENCINAS SORIANO SARA
FERNANDEZ AVILA CARLOS MARINO
FERNANDEZ DEL AMO MARIA
FERRER REYMADO REX
FIGUEROA BRAVO HECTOR MANUEL
FRUTOS ROSIQUE JULIA
FUENTES FERNANDEZ Mª DOLORES
GALLARDO OLMO JOSE
GALLEGO TRIGUERO JOSE RAUL
GAMIZ TORRES MARIA PILAR
GARCIA ALFAGEME ABEL
GARCIA ARNAIZ JUAN LUIS
GARCIA FERNANDEZ BEATRIZ
GARCIA GARCIA-MONIÑO MARIA DE LAS NIEVES
GARCIA GONZALEZ ENRIQUE
GARCIA MARTINEZ CRISTINA AURELIA
GARCIA PRESA CARLOS ALBERTO
GARCIA SANCHEZ JOSE
GARROTE PLAZA JAVIER
GENEVA PETRICA
GIL PEREZ (Y FETO) ANA ISABEL
GOMEZ GUDIÑA OSCAR
GONZALEZ GAGO FELIX
GONZALEZ GARCIA ANGELICA
GONZALEZ GRANDE TERESA
GONZALEZ PEREZ MARÍA DEL CARMEN
GONZALEZ ROQUE ELIAS
GRACIA GARCIA JUAN MIGUEL
GUTIERREZ GARCIA BERTA MARIA
HERMIDA MARTIN PEDRO
IGLESIAS LOPEZ ALEJANDRA
ITAIBEN MOHAMED
IZQUIERDO ASANZA PABLO
JARO NARRILLOS Mª TERESA
KLADKOVOY OLEKSANDR
LAFORGA BAJON LAURA ISABEL
LEON MOYANO MARIA VICTORIA
LOMINCHAR ALONSO MARIA DEL CARMEN
LOPEZ DIAZ MIRIAM
LOPEZ PARDO Mª DEL CARMEN
LOPEZ RAMOS Mª CRISTINA
LOPEZ-MENCHERO MORAGA JOSE MARIA
MACÍAS RODRÍGUEZ MARÍA JESÚS
MANCEBO ZAFORAS FCO JAVIER
MANZANO PEREZ ANGEL
MARIN CHIVA VICENTE
MARÍN MORA ANTONIO
MARTÍN BAEZA BEGOÑA
MARTIN FERNANDEZ ANA
MARTIN PACHECO LUIS ANDRES
MARTIN REJAS MARIA PILAR
MARTINAS ALOIS
MARTINEZ RODRIGUEZ CARMEN MONICA
MELGUIZO MARTINEZ MIRIAN
MENGIBAR JIMENEZ JAVIER
MICHELL RODRIGUEZ MICHAEL
MODOL STEFAN
MOPOCITA MOPOCITA SEGUNDO VICTOR
MORA DONOSO ENCARNACION
MORA VALERO Mª TERESA
MORAL GARCIA JULIA
MORENO ARAGONES FRANCISCO
MORENO ISARCH JOSE RAMON
MORENO SANTIAGO EUGENIO
MORIS CRESPO JUAN PABLO
MUÑOZ LARA JUAN
NARVAEZ DE LA ROSA FRANCISCO JOSE
NEGRU MARIANA
NOGALES GUERRERO ISMAEL
NOVELLON MARTINEZ INES
ORGAZ ORGAZ MIGUEL ANGEL
PARDILLOS CHECA ANGEL
PASTOR PEREZ JUAN FRANCISCO
PAZ MANJON DANIEL
PEDRAZA PINO JOSEFA
PEDRAZA RIVERO MIRIAN
PELLICARI LOPEZOSA ROBERTO
PEREZ MATEO Mª PILAR
PINEL ALONSO FELIPE
PLASENCIA HERNANDEZ MARTHA SCARLETT
POLO REMARTINEZ MARIA LUISA
POPA IONUT
POPESCU EMILIAN
PRIETO HUMANES MIGUEL ANGEL
QUESADA BUENO FRANCISCO ANTONIO
RAMIREZ BEDOYA JOHN JAIRO
RAMOS LOZANO LAURA
REYES MATEO MIGUEL
RODRIGUEZ CASANOVA JORGE
RODRIGUEZ CASTELL LUIS
RODRIGUEZ DE LA TORRE Mª SOLEDAD
RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ ANGEL LUIS
RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZ FRANCISCO JAVIER
ROGADO ESCRIBANO AMBROSIO
ROMERO SANCHEZ CRISTINA
RZACA PATRICIA
RZACA WIESLAW
SABALETE SANCHEZ ANTONIO
SANCHEZ LOPEZ SERGIO
SANCHEZ MAMAJON MARÍA ISABEL
SANCHEZ QUISPE JUAN ANTONIO
SANCHEZ-DEHESA FRANCES BALBINA
SANTAMARIA GARCIA DAVID
SANZ MORALES JUAN CARLOS
SANZ PEREZ EDUARDO
SENENT PALLAROLA GUILLERMO
SERRANO LASTRA MIGUEL ANTONIO
SERRANO LOPEZ RAFAEL
SFEATLU PAULA MIHAELA
SIERRA SERON FEDERICO MIGUEL
SIMON GONZALEZ DOMNINO
SOLER INIESTA MARIA SUSANA
SOTO ARRANZ CARLOS
STAYKOVA MARIA IVANOVA
SUBERVIELLE MARION CINTIA
SUCIU ANLEXANDRU HORACIU
SZPILA DANUTA TERESA
TENESACA BETANCOURT JOSE LUIS
TORIBIO PASCUAL IRIS
TORRES MENDOZA NEIL FERNANDO
TORTOSA GARCIA CARLOS
UTRILLA ESCRIBANO JESUS
VALDERRAMA LOPEZ JOSE MIGEL
VALDES RUIZ SAUL
VEGA MINGO MERCEDES
VILELA FERNANDEZ DAVID
ZAMORA GUTIERREZ JUAN RAMON
ZOKHNYUK YAROSLAV
ZSIGOVSZKI CSABA
ABAD QUIJADA EVA BELEN
ABRIL ALEGRE OSCAR
ACERO USHIÑA LILIANA GUILLERMINA
AGUADO ROJANO FLORENCIO
ALONSO RODRIGUEZ JUAN ALBERTO
ALVAREZ GONZALEZ MARIA JOSEFA
ANDRIANOV ANDRIYAN ASENOV
APARICIO SOMOLINOS MARIA NURIA
ARENAS BARROSO ALBERTO
ASTOCONDOR MASGO NEIL HEBE
AVILA JIMENEZ ANA ISABEL
BADAJOZ CANO MIGUEL ANGEL
BALLESTEROS IBARRA SUSANA
BARAHONA IMEDIO FRANCISCO JAVIER
BARAJAS DIAZ GONZALO
BEDOYA GLORIA INES
BEN SALAH IMDDAOUAN SANAE
BENITO SAMANIEGO RODOLFO
BOGDAN LIVIA
BRASERO MURGA FLORENCIO
BRYK ALINA MARIA
BUDAI STEFAN
CABREJAS BURILLO MARIA PILAR
CABRERO PEREZ RODRIGO
CALVO GARCIA MILAGROS
CANO CAMPOS SONIA
CANO MARTINEZ ALICIA
CARRILLERO BAEZA JOSE MARIA
CARRION FRANCO ALVARO
CASAS TORRESANO FRANCISCO JAVIER
CASTILLO MUÑOZ CIPRIANO
CASTILLO SEVILLANO INMACULADA
CENTENERA MONTALVO SARA
CISNEROS VILLACIS OSWALDO MANUEL
CIUDAD REAL DIAZ MARIA EUGENIA
CONTRERAS SANCHEZ MARIA SOLEDAD
CRIADO PLEITER MARÍA PAZ
DE BENITO CABOBLANCO ESTEBAN MARTIN
DE LAS HERAS CORREA SERGIO
DE LUNA OCAÑA MIGUEL
DE MIGUEL JIMENEZ ALVARO
DEL AMO AGUADO JUAN CARLOS
DEL RIO MENENDEZ MARTA
DEL RIO MENENDEZ NURIA
DIAC NICOLETA
DIEZ HERNANDEZ BEATRIZ
DIMA GEORGETA GABRIELA
DIMITROVA PAUNOVA TINKA
DIMITROVA VASILEVA KALINA
DJOCO SAM
DOS SANTOS SILVA SERGIO
DURAN SANTIAGO MARIA DOLORES
EL AMRATI OSAMA
ENCINAS SORIANO SARA
FERNANDEZ AVILA CARLOS MARINO
FERNANDEZ DEL AMO MARIA
FERRER REYMADO REX
FIGUEROA BRAVO HECTOR MANUEL
FRUTOS ROSIQUE JULIA
FUENTES FERNANDEZ Mª DOLORES
GALLARDO OLMO JOSE
GALLEGO TRIGUERO JOSE RAUL
GAMIZ TORRES MARIA PILAR
GARCIA ALFAGEME ABEL
GARCIA ARNAIZ JUAN LUIS
GARCIA FERNANDEZ BEATRIZ
GARCIA GARCIA-MONIÑO MARIA DE LAS NIEVES
GARCIA GONZALEZ ENRIQUE
GARCIA MARTINEZ CRISTINA AURELIA
GARCIA PRESA CARLOS ALBERTO
GARCIA SANCHEZ JOSE
GARROTE PLAZA JAVIER
GENEVA PETRICA
GIL PEREZ (Y FETO) ANA ISABEL
GOMEZ GUDIÑA OSCAR
GONZALEZ GAGO FELIX
GONZALEZ GARCIA ANGELICA
GONZALEZ GRANDE TERESA
GONZALEZ PEREZ MARÍA DEL CARMEN
GONZALEZ ROQUE ELIAS
GRACIA GARCIA JUAN MIGUEL
GUTIERREZ GARCIA BERTA MARIA
HERMIDA MARTIN PEDRO
IGLESIAS LOPEZ ALEJANDRA
ITAIBEN MOHAMED
IZQUIERDO ASANZA PABLO
JARO NARRILLOS Mª TERESA
KLADKOVOY OLEKSANDR
LAFORGA BAJON LAURA ISABEL
LEON MOYANO MARIA VICTORIA
LOMINCHAR ALONSO MARIA DEL CARMEN
LOPEZ DIAZ MIRIAM
LOPEZ PARDO Mª DEL CARMEN
LOPEZ RAMOS Mª CRISTINA
LOPEZ-MENCHERO MORAGA JOSE MARIA
MACÍAS RODRÍGUEZ MARÍA JESÚS
MANCEBO ZAFORAS FCO JAVIER
MANZANO PEREZ ANGEL
MARIN CHIVA VICENTE
MARÍN MORA ANTONIO
MARTÍN BAEZA BEGOÑA
MARTIN FERNANDEZ ANA
MARTIN PACHECO LUIS ANDRES
MARTIN REJAS MARIA PILAR
MARTINAS ALOIS
MARTINEZ RODRIGUEZ CARMEN MONICA
MELGUIZO MARTINEZ MIRIAN
MENGIBAR JIMENEZ JAVIER
MICHELL RODRIGUEZ MICHAEL
MODOL STEFAN
MOPOCITA MOPOCITA SEGUNDO VICTOR
MORA DONOSO ENCARNACION
MORA VALERO Mª TERESA
MORAL GARCIA JULIA
MORENO ARAGONES FRANCISCO
MORENO ISARCH JOSE RAMON
MORENO SANTIAGO EUGENIO
MORIS CRESPO JUAN PABLO
MUÑOZ LARA JUAN
NARVAEZ DE LA ROSA FRANCISCO JOSE
NEGRU MARIANA
NOGALES GUERRERO ISMAEL
NOVELLON MARTINEZ INES
ORGAZ ORGAZ MIGUEL ANGEL
PARDILLOS CHECA ANGEL
PASTOR PEREZ JUAN FRANCISCO
PAZ MANJON DANIEL
PEDRAZA PINO JOSEFA
PEDRAZA RIVERO MIRIAN
PELLICARI LOPEZOSA ROBERTO
PEREZ MATEO Mª PILAR
PINEL ALONSO FELIPE
PLASENCIA HERNANDEZ MARTHA SCARLETT
POLO REMARTINEZ MARIA LUISA
POPA IONUT
POPESCU EMILIAN
PRIETO HUMANES MIGUEL ANGEL
QUESADA BUENO FRANCISCO ANTONIO
RAMIREZ BEDOYA JOHN JAIRO
RAMOS LOZANO LAURA
REYES MATEO MIGUEL
RODRIGUEZ CASANOVA JORGE
RODRIGUEZ CASTELL LUIS
RODRIGUEZ DE LA TORRE Mª SOLEDAD
RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ ANGEL LUIS
RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZ FRANCISCO JAVIER
ROGADO ESCRIBANO AMBROSIO
ROMERO SANCHEZ CRISTINA
RZACA PATRICIA
RZACA WIESLAW
SABALETE SANCHEZ ANTONIO
SANCHEZ LOPEZ SERGIO
SANCHEZ MAMAJON MARÍA ISABEL
SANCHEZ QUISPE JUAN ANTONIO
SANCHEZ-DEHESA FRANCES BALBINA
SANTAMARIA GARCIA DAVID
SANZ MORALES JUAN CARLOS
SANZ PEREZ EDUARDO
SENENT PALLAROLA GUILLERMO
SERRANO LASTRA MIGUEL ANTONIO
SERRANO LOPEZ RAFAEL
SFEATLU PAULA MIHAELA
SIERRA SERON FEDERICO MIGUEL
SIMON GONZALEZ DOMNINO
SOLER INIESTA MARIA SUSANA
SOTO ARRANZ CARLOS
STAYKOVA MARIA IVANOVA
SUBERVIELLE MARION CINTIA
SUCIU ANLEXANDRU HORACIU
SZPILA DANUTA TERESA
TENESACA BETANCOURT JOSE LUIS
TORIBIO PASCUAL IRIS
TORRES MENDOZA NEIL FERNANDO
TORTOSA GARCIA CARLOS
UTRILLA ESCRIBANO JESUS
VALDERRAMA LOPEZ JOSE MIGEL
VALDES RUIZ SAUL
VEGA MINGO MERCEDES
VILELA FERNANDEZ DAVID
ZAMORA GUTIERREZ JUAN RAMON
ZOKHNYUK YAROSLAV
ZSIGOVSZKI CSABA
segunda-feira, março 15, 2004
Espanha
Os resultados em Espanha têm feito correr muita tinta e bits! Parece que os espanhóis não podem votar nos socialistas sem que quer a esquerda quer a direita fiquem fora de si!
A democracia funciona! Cada pessoa um voto! Toma lá se ganharam os Socialistas…
Vêm depois as eternas perguntas se isto não foi uma vitória dos terroristas, cedências inqualificáveis, etc?
Como tudo o que acontece influencia os votantes é claro que isto teve importância, mas o PP pode queixar-se de si próprio pois não soube gerir bem esta situação, tal como tinha acontecido no caso do “Prestige”. O PSOE apresentou melhores argumentos e ganhou, ponto final. Isto é democracia, os espanhóis escolhem o rumo que querem para o seu país, inclusive se assim o entenderem a capitulação aos objectivos dos terroristas (que eu não acredito).
A democracia funciona! Cada pessoa um voto! Toma lá se ganharam os Socialistas…
Vêm depois as eternas perguntas se isto não foi uma vitória dos terroristas, cedências inqualificáveis, etc?
Como tudo o que acontece influencia os votantes é claro que isto teve importância, mas o PP pode queixar-se de si próprio pois não soube gerir bem esta situação, tal como tinha acontecido no caso do “Prestige”. O PSOE apresentou melhores argumentos e ganhou, ponto final. Isto é democracia, os espanhóis escolhem o rumo que querem para o seu país, inclusive se assim o entenderem a capitulação aos objectivos dos terroristas (que eu não acredito).
domingo, março 14, 2004
Pérola
HOMEM-A-DIAS: A ver se percebo: se os atentados foram obra da ETA, a ETA é responsável pelos atentados; se foram da Al-Qaeda, os responsáveis são Aznar e Bush. É assim? Está percebido. Desculpem a maçada.
