Peruvian loggers given 28 years in jail for murder of four Indigenous leaders | Peru | The Guardian

Source: Peruvian loggers given 28 years in jail for murder of four Indigenous leaders | Peru | The Guardian

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Some time ago I did a post about counterfeit U.S. Forever postage stamps and asked readers about them. No response. Now I’m seeing them advertised far and wide, with hints they may originate overseas, as in China.

Huge discounts on postage stamps usually point to scams. Have you noticed how much things have changed in todays super hyped world, with its sophisticated equipment, capabilities for mass production, and access to online platforms and social media?

Real stamps are printed using special ink that fluoresces under UV light at a certain frequency. Special machines detect stamps that don’t glow and reject them.

A collector discovered a new development related to the packaging of a counterfeit coil that might have outed the country of origin for at least one…

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João Cabral de Melo Neto

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Saio do meu poema

como quem lava as mãos.

Algumas conchas tornaram-se,

que o sol da atenção

cristalizou; alguma palavra

que desabrochei, como a um pássaro.

Talvez alguma concha

dessas ( ou pássaros) lembre,

côncava, o corpo do gesto

extinto que o ar já preencheu

talvez, como a camisa

vazia, que despi.

Esta folha branca

me proscreve o sonho,

me incita ao verso

nítido e preciso.

Eu me refúgio

nesta praia pura

onde nada existe

em que a noite pouse.

João Cabral de Melo Neto. Psicologia da composição ( trecho), 1946 – 1947

https://www.culturagenial.com

Marii Freire

https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

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Santarém, Pá 17 de fevereiro de 2023

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Political Consultant Sentenced for Scheme Involving Illegal Foreign Campaign Contribution to 2016 Presidential Campaign | OPA | Department of Justice

According to court documents, Jessie R. Benton, 45, of The Woodlands, schemed with another political advisor to funnel political contributions to a 2016 presidential campaign from a Russian national seeking to meet and take a picture with the presidential candidate. Benton arranged for the Russian national – whose nationality Benton concealed from the campaign and the candidate – to attend a campaign fundraising event and to take a picture with the candidate. Source: Political Consultant Sentenced for Scheme Involving Illegal Foreign Campaign Contribution to 2016 Presidential Campaign | OPA | Department of Justice

♫ Baby Love ♫ (Redux) — Filosofa’s Word

I’m taking you back more than half a century tonight, to 1964 when The Supremes recorded Baby Love and hit on both the U.S. and UK charts.  The Motown songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland wrote this, and according to Lamont Dozier … “I would collaborate with Eddie on lyrics and with Brian on melodies. Then […]

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Black History Month In Canada — Viola Desmond — Filosofa’s Word

February is Black History Month in both the U.S. and Canada.  While systemic racism was codified into law in the U.S., it was more of just an ‘understanding’ in Canada, but no less lethal. She was a successful Black businesswoman. All she wanted to do was watch a movie in a theater. Instead, she was […]

Black History Month In Canada — Viola Desmond — Filosofa’s Word