Proverbial

And the year is off to a great start in Brazil. For starters, after Congress brought down the ridiculous 0,38% CPMF tax (something like Provisory Contribution on Financial Transactions), the government decided to recover the R$ 40 billion (~U$ 22.7 bil) by, you guessed it, increasing taxes.
Brazil will trim outlays by 20 billion [...]

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This is the coolest thing I’ve seen in YouTube for a long time. A herd of buffaloes, a lions’ pride and two crocodiles go at it in Africa. Well worth eight minutes of your time. (via Andrew Sullivan)

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In an online chat with 321 people (.br), this thursday, Folha de S. Paulo’s science editor Claudio Angelo said the Earth will “certainly survive” global warming, but it won’t be such a good place for people - especially the poor - to live in. Pretty much par for the course, these days. But then, he [...]

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Wanna see environmentalists and treehuggers oppose a way to prevent 9 billion kilograms of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of 4 million less cars on the roads, from being discharged in the atmosphere? Tell them it can be done with genetically modified crops.

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Enviromentalists frequently say that greener sources of energy are also cheaper in the long run, but companies are too short-sighted to realize that, thus making it necessary for the government to step in and give them a little push in the right direction. Surely, it would be even better if some company were to make [...]

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