Category: English
2009-10-03
This might give Rio a real chance to break out of the downward spiral which started when the government moved to the new capital city of Bogotá in the 1960's. It might also be a chance to correct the city's image abroad, which is mostly about drugs,… more »
2009-09-09
16:08:14 by Stephan, Categories: English , Tags: censorship, charal, l214, metz, slaughterhouse, torture You might have read about the zombie cows dangling by their feet at Charal's slaughterhouse line in Metz. Maybe you've even seen the videos (here, here or here) which were secretly taken by a member of the French animal rights organization L214 (viewer d… more »
2009-09-01
After reading this long but excellent article about Craigslist on WIRED I checked if there's a Craigslist Luxembourg by now and was surprised to see that it actually exists. It's mostly empty, but it's definitely there:
http://luxembourg.en.craigslist… more »
2009-08-06
23:03:06 by Stephan, Categories: English , Tags: abbl, cercle de cooperation, compu-global-hyper-mega-net, exploit, exploitation, fernand grulms, luxembourg, luxembourg for finance, poor countries, study A while ago, while doing research for my blog about the economic crisis in Luxembourg1, I went to the ABBL's website and was greeted with a big headline which read:
"Luxembourg does not exploit poor countries"
Would you eat at a restaurant which pr… more »
2009-07-13
19:37:25 by Stephan, Categories: English , Tags: 2009, earth, home, movie, planet, yann arthus-bertrand You've still got until July 15 to watch it on YouTube.
You might not like how it starts. I didn't. I was skeptical when I saw PPR's brands prominently displayed and, quite frankly, I also found the soundtrack rather annoying at the beginning (around t… more »
