Proverbial

So it seems 5% of US dogs are obese, with another 20% to 30% overweight. Just as with their owners, with the extra fat comes greater risks of diabetes, heart conditions and such. What to do? Well, give them drugs, of course:
The drug, Pfizer Inc’.s (PFE.N: Quote, Profile , Research) Slentrol, helps decrease appetite [...]

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I really don’t understand why Google still tries to make business in Brazil. As if the continuous censorship of Orkut wasn’t enough, now a court in São Paulo has decided that access to YouTube should be blocked in Brazil as long as they don’t take down a video of model Daniella Cicarelli having sex with [...]

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A friend of mine usually says that “Brazil didn’t get the Internet”, when faced with news like the latest breakdown on Orkut communities. But the abundance of this sort of thing throughout the world just makes me think that no country has really got the Internet. Which in turn just makes me believe some country [...]

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Good news, indeed:
For six months this liberal northern corner of Somalia’s capital had been under the rule of one of the city’s most conservative Sharia courts. Cinemas were shut and music had to be played discreetly. [...] Today Mogadishu is in the hands of the country’s two-year-old interim Government. As their Prime Minister announced the [...]

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And the breakdown on Orkut continues. According to Folha Online, the Tribunal de Justiça of Rio de Janeiro is calling for personal data (.br) of the owners of two communities in Google’s social network: “Sou de menor, mas sei dirigir” (I’m a minor, but know how to drive) and “Eu sei dirigir bêbado” (I know [...]

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Folha Online reports that at least two recently elected state governors have decided to halt hirings and biddings (.br) for, at least, 30 days. The idea is to review the processes in hopes of cutting expenses.
Now, am I the only one to find this a very bad way to begin an administration? I mean, aren’t [...]

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At the time of the Paris riots, last year, I remember Matthew Yglesias calling for a much needed reality check for those pundits who, all of a sudden, knew about everything French and had a list of reasons why the country’s politics were wrong - and which pretty much boiled down to “they don’t do [...]

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