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Land of the Free, Home of the Brave

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:09:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Or, since I am referring to Honduras, "tierra de los libres, hogar de los valientes". Congratulations to the people of Honduras, who maintained their democratic process in the face of tremendous international pressure to abdicate it.

It is now only a matter of time before other nations--including my beloved Brazil--will recognize the legitimate government. Look for Chavez' Venezuela to be a spitefully perpetual holdout.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Honduras' Congress ended hopes of reversing a coup that has isolated one of the poorest countries in the Americas, voting against reinstating ousted President Manuel Zelaya despite intense international pressure to do so.

"My vote is (a lesson) for anyone who pretends to perpetuate himself in power. My vote is so that my son can look at me and say 'Dad you defended democracy,'" said Antonio Rivera of Lobo's conservative National Party.

Tags: honduras, brazil, elections, democracy, latin america

And What Problems Would Those Be?

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:57:09 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Amazing story of a Brazilian who believes the Obama hype, and the lengths he went to based on said hype.

Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Paulo Roberto Vieira stumbled into the Brazilian consulate on L Street NW bedraggled, nearly broke and at the end of his rope.

he had just ridden his motorcycle from his home town in southern Brazil to Washington, a monumental, 18,000-mile quest for official recognition of his life's proudest work, a vehicle accessory he says he invented.

"I decided to come here because Washington is where things get done," he said. "Barack Obama is already solving so many other problems, how much more trouble would it be for him to solve mine?"

Tags: brazil, obama

Brazil, US Face Off Over Honduras

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:59:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The election is only disputed by leftist countries who are upset with the results. And Lula's moralizing about "coups" is funny considering some of his best buds were originally brought to power by military coups.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

Honduras' disputed presidential election is likely to set Washington against emerging Latin American power Brazil over whether to recognize the winner of a vote promoted by the leaders of a June coup.

Brazil, which is increasingly flexing its muscles as its economy becomes more powerful, refuses to recognize the vote.

"Brazil will maintain its position because it's not possible to accept a coup," President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Sunday.

Tags: brazil, honduras

Don't Try This At Home...

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:47:09 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ...or anywhere else, for that matter.

Clip Source: www.comingstobrazil.com

Going through some archived pictures on my laptop I came across these taken by my Mom while she visited here two years ago.

Tags: brazil

A Jury of their Peers

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:10:06 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Mark Steyn takes on the "peer review" of climate change hustlers.

Clip Source: www.ocregister.com

Here's what Phil Jones of the CRU and his colleague Michael Mann of Penn State mean by "peer review". When Climate Research published a paper dissenting from the Jones-Mann "consensus," Jones demanded that the journal "rid itself of this troublesome editor," and Mann advised that "we have to stop considering Climate Research as a legitimate peer-reviewed journal. Perhaps we should encourage our colleagues in the climate research community to no longer submit to, or cite papers."

When another pair of troublesome dissenters emerge, Dr. Jones assured Dr. Mann, "I can't see either of these papers being in the next IPCC report. Kevin and I will keep them out somehow – even if we have to redefine what the peer-review literature is!"

Mann peer-reviewed Jones, and Jones peer-reviewed Mann, and anyone who questioned their theories got exiled to the unwarmed wastes of Siberia.

Tags: climate change

A Man Divided...

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:08:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Great cartoon.

Clip Source: z.about.com

Tags: obama

Animal Kingdom...

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:21:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ...in my backyard.

Clip Source: www.comingstobrazil.com

As I have mentioned before, our son Mikey is turning into a real nature photographer. Here are some of the pictures he has taken recently, along with the "scientific names" of the animals.

honkingus bigabus lizardum

snakis deadis thankthelordeum

babymonkeyum freeloadeum

Tags: animals

God's Sense of Humor

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:51:34 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This little piece of trivia seems like a good Thanksgiving post.

Clip Source: www.time.com

In 1942, London's Westminster Abbey held Thanksgiving services for U.S. troops stationed in England. More than 3,500 soldiers filled the church's pews to sing America, the Beautiful and The Star-Spangled Banner — the first time in the church's 900-year history that a foreign army was invited to take over the grounds. It was an ironic gesture given the holiday's origins as a festival for pilgrims fleeing religious tyranny in Britain.

Tags: thanksgiving

If We Don't Learn from History...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:55:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ...a sobering comparison.

Clip Source: www.comingstobrazil.com

Tags: brazil, ahmadinejad, lula, appeasemant, chamberlain, hitler

Analysis of Sean Goldman Case

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:28:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Once again Riogringa has made some outstanding commentary, this time on the Sean Goldman case making its way painstakingly through the Brazilian court system. Especially appropriate is the Elian Gonzales comparison.

Clip Source: riogringa.typepad.com

I found this odd because of another case making its way to the Supreme Court, the Goldman kidnapping case. In the United States, a similar case involving a Cuban boy was resolved in less than year due to intervention on behalf of the executive branch, and the boy was returned to his father. But when Brazil had the opportunity to take a similar approach, the executive branch repeatedly stated that Brazil is a sovereign nation with an independent judiciary, which would be the sole entity responsible for deciding the American boy's fate. They also stressed the judiciary would perform its duties in a timely fashion, which has not been the case. Meanwhile, a similar kidnapping case with a Canadian child in Brazil was resolved in the courts--they ordered the child to be sent back to his father in Montreal--but the order was never executed, and the child is still in Brazil, over two years later.

Tags: sean goldman

Not Again!!!

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:01:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Another blackout hits Rio. Not nearly as big as the other one, but as the article below indicates, not a good sign for a city that wants to host the Olympic games.

Clip Source: www.breitbart.com

Rio de Janeiro's posh beach neighborhoods lost power for hours in sweltering summer weather Tuesday, prompting restaurants to toss out spoiled food and business owners to send their employees home.

"I've never seen anything like this," said Perreira, 40. "If this keeps happening, how can this city host big events? You can't leave Ipanema without electricity."

Organizers of the 2016 Olympics are pitching host city Rio as a potential "power island" immune from blackouts, though experts have said the creation of such a safe energy haven would require large investments.

Tags: blackout, brazil

Not Exactly a Pleasure Cruise

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:54:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A cutaway of the Mayflower.

Clip Source: www.mayflowersteps.co.uk

Tags: thanksgiving, mayflower

Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation (2)

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:33:36 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ...yet another excerpt.

Clip Source: showcase.netins.net

And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union.

Tags: thanksgiving

Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:31:51 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ...an excerpt.

Clip Source: showcase.netins.net

Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defence, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle or the ship; the axe has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consiousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom. No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy.

Tags: thanksgiving

Brazil Gets an Auspicious Visitor

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:31:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ...and not everybody is happy. In fact, it would appear that very few people are happy. Check out the variety of groups that have mobilized to protest his arrival, as listed in the last paragraph.

If anybody can be less popular that George W. Bush down here, it is Ahmadinajad.

Clip Source: faustasblog.com

About 1,500 people took part this Sunday afternoon, November 15, in São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, in a protest against the visit to Brazil of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad scheduled for November 23. The demonstration occurred in Arcos square and reunited several social movements and religious groups.

Besides São Paulo, other nine Brazilian capitals also had demonstrations against the Iran leader’s visit. They happened in Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais), Cuiabá (Mato Grosso), Curitiba (Paraná), Goiânia (Goiás), Manaus (Amazonas), Boa Vista (Roraima), Belém (Pará), Rio Branco (Acre) and Porto Velho (Rondônia).

The protests were called by the Front for Freedom in Iran, a just-created organization that brings together pacifist, anti-racist and human rights organizations. Jewish groups and evangelical and afro-Brazilian leaders also participated.

Tags: iran, ahmadinejad