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Rated May 11 2008 • 0 reviews • arts • wikimedia.org

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Tibet: dream and reality - Le Monde diplomatique -...

Rated May 10 2008 • 7 reviews • capitalism, china, usa, tibet • mondediplo.com

From the page: "It seems the Chinese Communists finally learned the lesson: what is the oppressive power of secret police, camps and Red Guards destroying ancient monuments, compared to the power of unbridled capitalism to undermine all traditional social relations? The Chinese are doing what the West has always done, as Brazil did in the Amazon or Russia in Siberia, and the US on its own western frontiers.

8. A main reason why so many in the West have taken part in the protests against China is ideological: Tibetan Buddhism, deftly spun by the Dalai Lama, is a major point of reference of the New Age hedonist spirituality which is becoming the predominant form of ideology today. Our fascination with Tibet makes it into a mythic place upon which we project our dreams. When people mourn the loss of the authentic Tibetan way of life, they don�t care about real Tibetans: they want Tibetans to be authentically spiritual on behalf of us so we can continue with our crazy consumerism.

The philosopher Gilles Deleuze wrote: �oeIf you are snagged in another�s dream, you are lost.” The protesters against China are right to counter the Beijing Olympics motto of �oeone world, one dream” with �oeone world, many dreams”. But they should be aware that they are imprisoning Tibetans in their own dream. It is not the only dream."

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Smart Microbes / Science News

Rated May 10 2008 • 1 review • science, bacteria • sciencenews.org

From the page: "It doesn�t take brains to have some smarts. New research shows that even bacteria can evolve to predict upcoming events based on clues, like a dog salivating at the sound of the dinner bell."

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Booty on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Rated May 09 2008 • 0 reviews • photography • flickr.com

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Asia Times Online :: South Asia news, business and...

Rated May 09 2008 • 0 reviews • politics, usa, ned, pakistan • atimes.com

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114-year-old man takes longevity keys to grave - Aging-...

Rated May 09 2008 • 1 review • health • msn.com

From the page: "A man who lived to age 114 died recently on a small Mediterranean island. Until age 102 he rode a bicycle every day to tend to his family's orchards. His 101-year-old brother, his two daughters aged 81 and 77, and a nephew aged 85 all still live in a small town on the Spanish island of Minorca."

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Pentagon Drops Post in Pakistan for Top General - New...

Rated May 09 2008 • 1 review • politics, usa, pakistan, guantanamo • nytimes.com

From the page: "the military has quietly canceled the assignment of General Hood, a 33-year Army veteran who was excoriated in the Pakistani news media for one of his previous jobs: commander of the United States prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba."

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Unseen Bob Dylan pictures published for the first time -...

Rated May 09 2008 • 1 review • music, bob dylan • timesonline.co.uk

From the page: "Photographs of the young Bob Dylan taken by his friend Barry Feinstein have been published for the first time. Here he describes capturing the poet of pop"

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