Category: Southern Hemisphere

For Bolivia, Socialism Is a Coca-Leaf Cake

16 Jun 2006 @ 14:41 GMT | Permalink | Comments

Evo Morales wants to give Fidel Castro a coca cake for his 80th birthday. What a friend!

What would you give Fidel Castro for his 80th birthday? "A cake made from coca leaves," said Bolivian President Evo Morales who wants to be just like "Che" Guevara.

Mr. Castro, who used to speak at Wagnerian length with a stogie in hand, is an aging man with signs of a degenerative neurological disease. And he won't make it to 140.

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Posted by Dayhawk Kim at 14:41 | Permalink | Comments (0)

"Political Economy of Defecation"

11 Aug 2005 @ 11:11 GMT | Permalink | Comments

What are the political and economic implications of going to the bathroom -- a daily (or twice daily) chore for most of us around the world? Where do the feces go? How does that affect us?

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Posted by Dayhawk Kim at 11:11 | Permalink | Comments (0)