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♫ China Grove ♫

Filosofa's Word

I just played this one last June, but back by special request …


According to Doobie Brothers singer/guitarist Tom Johnston …

“The words were written last, and they were made up around this whole idea of this wacky little town with a sheriff that had a Samurai Sword and all that sort of thing. The funny thing was that I found out in 1975 in a cab in Houston that there really was a China Grove, although what happened was in 1972 we were touring in Winnebagos, and we were driving into San Antonio. And there is a China Grove, Texas, right outside of San Antonio. I must have seen the sign and forgotten about it. And when I came up with the term ‘China Grove,’ I thought I was just making it up because of the words being about this crazy sheriff with a Samurai Sword.”

Songfacts did an…

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Fascism’s History Offers Lessons about Today’s Attacks on Education – Scientific American

“I find the moves to exert more power over education disturbingly familiar. Even ignoring the obvious harm DeSantis’s campaign inflicts on Florida’s students—already detailed by numerous experts—the effort to constrict the information available to students mirrors fascist ambitions in important ways and threatens the very democratic foundations its proponents claim to champion.” Source: Fascism’s History Offers Lessons about Today’s Attacks on Education – Scientific American

Flower Power

ore de drum

Parc Botanique de Haute Bretagne Le Chatellier, 2022

Vreți să vedeți grădina celor O Mie și Una de Nopți, Labirintul, să ne rătăcim prin junglă, să ne amețim cu exotism,

să dăm ocol unui iaz închipuindu-ne că e ocean,

iar parcul unde vă conduc să fie lumea în chip floral ?

Debarcăm lângă Fougères,

pe tărâmul care trasează vecinătatea dintre Bretania și Normandia,

un spațiu de frumusețe pură, armonie și oameni primitori. De la bun început, geografia parcului mă incită, amenajarea e somptuoasă și se parcurge într-un traseu optim de două ore, fără a pune la socoteală pauzele.

Pășim în lumea antică descrisă de Homer,

spațiu împărțit de cele patru fluvii care brăzdează Paradisul pe direcția punctelor cardinale unde, înconjurate de o incintă, se grupează patru grădinițe alegorice.

În versiunea lor bretonă, gasim marul, pomul cunoașterii binelui și răului,

rodiul, arbore al vieții care poartă fructele nemuririi, migdalul, chezaș pentru reînnoirea…

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Marii Freire

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Ao escrever, não faça nada com indiferença. Mas escreva algo que ajude as pessoas atravessar suas próprias fronteiras. Procure tecer pensamentos que reforcem a ideia de ultrapassar obstáculos. “Muita gente vem de longe…”, carregando consigo as suas dores, estão sobrecarregadas de problemas, cansaço na alma, falta de expectativas. Então, você tem que servir como andaime na construção daquilo que elas se sentem penduradas. Acredite: muita gente é sobrevivente nesse mundo! Há quem não tenha pena. Mas existem aqueles que nem chão têm. Simplesmente, vivem numa esquina, dormem em qualquer lugar, catam e comem resto de comida como se bicho fossem.
Existem pessoas que não tem casa, televisão, uma cama confortável e “um café da manhã digno”. Portanto, não cabe achar que todos vivem a mesma realidade. Parte das dos indivíduos que compõem o mundo são simples. Ora, do dinheiro que recebem de seus trabalhos, a embalagem de produtos que mais…

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Statement from Vice President Harris on Decision in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA | The White House

Today’s unprecedented decision threatens the rights of women nationwide to make decisions about their health care and the ability to access medication prescribed to them by their doctors. Simply put: this decision undermines the FDA’s ability to approve safe and effective medications—from chemotherapy drugs, to asthma medicine, to blood pressure pills, to insulin—based on science, not politics. This decision threatens the rights of Americans across the country, who can look in their medicine cabinets and find medication prescribed by a doctor because the FDA engaged in a process to determine the efficacy and safety of that medication.

Source: Statement from Vice President Harris on Decision in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA | The White House

Moderna CEO Bancel Cites Declining COVID-19 Vaccine Demand as Reason for Fourfold Price Increase (M: He thinks we are stupid enough to believe this? A reasonable price will get more takers!)

As the Biden Administration transitions Covid-19-related costs to public and private markets, Moderna is increasing its vaccine price from $26 to $130 per dose.

Source: Moderna CEO Bancel Cites Declining COVID-19 Vaccine Demand as Reason for Fourfold Price Increase

France rolls out first order for avian influenza vaccines, mulls trade curbs

France on Thursday became the first member of the European Union to launch a tender for 80 million doses of bird flu vaccines.The decision followed the French health and safety agency ANSES’s endorsement of the government’s plan to vaccinate millions of poultry birds against avian influenza.

Source: France rolls out first order for avian influenza vaccines, mulls trade curbs