If you just imagine, good things can happen!

Now, you can look at next video as marketing campaign, you can judge, you can criticize, you can say it doesn't change a thing in the world. Maybe not for you. 

How many small events have made you take a 180º spin in your life? Or at least in your mind?

Let's not forget we are all human beings here, even "they". "They", that unknown entity that everybody says, everybody talks...

Now, as I said, you can look at it in many perspectives. The way I see it, for one time, "they" actually sing along with the rest of us. Even if he was just a middle age man, blushing with the embarrassment of being on the stage to sing, and forget the lyrics, he sang along. Maybe, and you will never know, for these children and these audience in this place, in this moment, it made a difference.

This video is from a show given for Shimon Pere's 80th birthday. Former USA President, Bill Clinton sings the song "Imagine" by John Lennon, along with Israeli 16-year-old phenomena singer, Liel and 40 Arab and 40 Israeli children.

Freedom has a face - Aung San Suu Kyi

Digital Art by Shepard Fairey

"Coup d'état"

"Coup d'état" is a french word that means "stroke of state". It is used to describe a sudden, extra-legal movement that ends with the deposition of the current government and its replacement by a new body, either civil or military. Usually there is a temporary organism that replaces the deposed government until new government is appointed or elected.

This is the list of countries where new governments were never again appointed or elected and the leader remains the same since taking office.

• Since 1969 - LIBYA - Leader and Guide of the Revolution: Muammar al-Gaddafi
• Since 1970 - OMAN - Sultan: Qaboos of Oman
• Since 1979 - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - President: Teodoro Mbasogo
• Since 1987 - BURKINA FASO - President:  Blaise Compaoré
• Since 1987 - TUNISIA - President: Zine Ben Ali
• Since 1989 - SUDAN - President: Omar al-Bashir
• Since 1992 - MYANMAR - Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council: Than Shwe
• Since 1994 - GAMBIA - President: Yahya Jammeh*
• Since 1995 - QATAR - Emir: Hamad bin Khalifa
• Since 2003 - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - President: François Bozizé*
• Since 2006 - FIJI - Acting Prime Minister: Frank Bainimarama
• Since 2008 - MAURITANIA - President: Mohamed Abdel Aziz*
• Since 2009 - MADAGASCAR - President of the High Transitional Authority: Andry Rajoelina
• Since 2010 - NIGER - Chairman of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy: Salou Djibo

* In these cases, leaders were confirmed by post "coup d'état" elections. However, I don't personally consider those legitimate, as so, I still include them in this list.

Source: Wikipedia

Neglected Eighty-Eight Butterfly

Photograph by Joel Sartore

in National Geographic

What Is The Bilderberg Group And Why It Must Be Stopped?

"BILDERBERG GROUP: TOWARDS CREATION OF ONE WORLD COMPANY, LTD."

Trancript (english) / Transcript (spanish)

The above video is the recording of a speech given by investigator and reporter Mr. Daniel Estulin, in a meeting held on 1st June 2010 in European Parliament HQ in Brussels. This speech was part of a presentation titled "Bilderberg Group - Towards creation of World One Company Ltd.". This presentation as well as Mr. Estulin presence were requested by MEP Mario Borghezio. 

A thorough search of parliament archives revealed to me, that this is not unknown theme in Brussels. Bilderberg questions started to pop in December 1998 (this is as far as the on-line records go) by Irish MEP, Patricia McKenna. I've found that between 1998 and now, 24 written and 2 oral questions were submitted to the Commission by eight MEP's, namely, Patricia McKenna (IE), Mario Borghezio (IT), Esko Seppänen (FI), Robert Kilroy-Silk (UK), Jeffrey Titford (UK), Nick Griffin (UK) and David Campbell Bannerman (UK).

In these questions several actual and former Commissioners were referred as attendants in Bilderberg meetings, namely Emma Bonino (IT), Hans van den Broek (NL), Leon Brittan (UK), Ritt Bjerregard (DK), Mario Monti (IT), Erkki Likanen (FI), Frederik Bolkestein (NL), Solbes Mira (ES), Gunter Verheugen (DE),  Chris Patten (UK), António Vitorino (PT), Neelie Kroes (NL), Javier Solana (ES), Pierre de Boissieu (FR).

Also referred was former ECB executive member and euro "creator", Tommaso Schioppa (IT); and former and actual Commission presidents, Romano Prodi (IT) and Durão Barroso (PT).

Most of the referred attendance were confirmed in answers given by Jacques Santer and Durão Barroso on behalf of the Commission. Also, Mr. Barroso confirmed his own participation in 2005 meeting in answer given last August (here).

What you believe is yours to decide.

"Carinho"

Photography by Carlos Serra

What makes you a beautiful individual?

Video by Dey Dos, Beautiful Individuals

Because it is not possible to survive the "ifs" of our lonely world without love;
because you cannot chose when it happens;
because once it happens, you're changed without chance of reverse;
because this change, no matter how wrong it can turn...

...will always be the best thing that ever happened to you.

Believe in yourself, believe in your love, believe in your beauty!
Enjoy Life!

The Miniature Earth Project 2010

If we could turn the population of the earth into a small community of 100 people, keeping the same proportions we have today, it would be something like this...


61 Asians
12 Europeans
08 North Americans
05 South America and the Caribbean
13 Africans
01 Oceania
50 women
50 men
47 lives in urban area
12 are disabled
33 are Christian (Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox, Anglicans and other Christians)
21 are Muslims
13 are Hindus
06 are Buddhists
01 Sikhs
01 Jews
11 are non-religious
11 practice other religions
03 Atheists
43 live without basic sanitation
18 live without an improved water source
20 people own 75% of the entire world income
14 are hungry or malnourished
12 can't read
Only 12 have a computer
Only 8 have an internet connection
01 adult, aged 15-49, has HIV/AIDS


The village spend US$1.24 trillion on military expenditures UN and only US$ 100 billion on development aid


If you keep your food in a refrigerator
And your clothes in a closet
If you have a roof over your head
And have a bed to sleep in
You are richer than 75% of the entire world population


21 people live on US$ 1.25 per day or less


Appreciate what you have
And do your best for a better world!


Check out the Miniature Earth Project (website)