GRIPE PORCINA

Bueno, al menos sabemos cómo empezó todo ésto.

RUMSFELD Y EL TAMIFLU

Les dejo esta noticia (en inglés) sobre la participación accionaria de Donald Rumsfeld en la empresa que creó el medicamento Tamiflu.
Es imposible no preguntarse si ellos mismos no lanzan el virus. (y eso que no soy de los que creen en las teorías de la conspiración).



By Nelson D. Schwartz, Fortune senior writer
NEW YORK (Fortune) - The prospect of a bird flu outbreak may be panicking people around the globe, but it's proving to be very good news for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other politically connected investors in Gilead Sciences, the California biotech company that owns the rights to Tamiflu, the influenza remedy that's now the most-sought after drug in the world.
Rumsfeld served as Gilead (Research)'s chairman from 1997 until he joined the Bush administration in 2001, and he still holds a Gilead stake valued at between $5 million and $25 million, according to federal financial disclosures filed by Rumsfeld.
The forms don't reveal the exact number of shares Rumsfeld owns, but in the past six months fears of a pandemic and the ensuing scramble for Tamiflu have sent Gilead's stock from $35 to $47. That's made the Pentagon chief, already one of the wealthiest members of the Bush cabinet, at least $1 million richer.
Rumsfeld isn't the only political heavyweight benefiting from demand for Tamiflu, which is manufactured and marketed by Swiss pharma giant Roche. (Gilead receives a royalty from Roche equaling about 10% of sales.) Former Secretary of State George Shultz, who is on Gilead's board, has sold more than $7 million worth of Gilead since the beginning of 2005.
Another board member is the wife of former California Gov. Pete Wilson.
"I don't know of any biotech company that's so politically well-connected," says analyst Andrew McDonald of Think Equity Partners in San Francisco.
What's more, the federal government is emerging as one of the world's biggest customers for Tamiflu. In July, the Pentagon ordered $58 million worth of the treatment for U.S. troops around the world, and Congress is considering a multi-billion dollar purchase. Roche expects 2005 sales for Tamiflu to be about $1 billion, compared with $258 million in 2004.
Rumsfeld recused himself from any decisions involving Gilead when he left Gilead and became Secretary of Defense in early 2001. And late last month, notes a senior Pentagon official, Rumsfeld went even further and had the Pentagon's general counsel issue additional instructions outlining what he could and could not be involved in if there were an avian flu pandemic and the Pentagon had to respond.
As the flu issue heated up early this year, according to the Pentagon official, Rumsfeld considered unloading his entire Gilead stake and sought the advice of the Department of Justice, the SEC and the federal Office of Government Ethics.
Those agencies didn't offer an opinion so Rumsfeld consulted a private securities lawyer, who advised him that it was safer to hold on to the stock and be quite public about his recusal rather than sell and run the risk of being accused of trading on insider information, something Rumsfeld doesn't believe he possesses. So he's keeping his shares for the time being.

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MAS DE LOS ATEOS

Gracias Fucktricio, está buenísimo.

DISFRAZ

LEGO SHIP

Pues ahí tienen, el barco más grande del mundo, construido con LEGO.

Es la copía del barco de guerra japonés llamado YAMATO.

Tomó 6 años construirlo y pesa más de 150 kilos. Ahí está todo el rollo en el link.

Lo mejor son los comentarios, y en especial uno que dice: "Very Impressive! Now go outside and find a woman!" ( y lo pone una chava! jaja).

THE QUIET REVOLUTION

Vean nomás que chulada de ilustraciones de Claire Scully. W-O-W-

PROCRASTINATION

Me gustó mucho éste video. Explica el significado de la palabra "Procrastination" que para los que no saben (además de ser una de mis palabras favoritas en inglés) básciamente significa "dejar las cosas para después".

Pero vean el video, des-sataniza (¿así se escribe?) un poco la palabra.

Denle click al link pq no lo pude "embedear".

Saludos a todos y felicidades a Groucho por su primer novela. Mándanos el primer capítulo para que lo pongamos por aqui, así recibes tus primeras críticas "no comprometidas".

Ah, por cierto, vayan a ver la nueva película de Doris Dorrie: "Las flores del cerezo". Buenísima. Se vale chillar (nomás en el cine, donde lloran los verdaderos hombres).

BBQ AND FOOT MASSAGE

Buenísimo. Es broma? Frien hasta el pico.

TRACK LIST: GLAM Y ROCK

Les dejo este track list, está cabron!

8 TRACKS

Les recomiendo muchísimo ésta página. Cada persona sube 8 tracks del tema que quiera, por ejemplo escuché uno muy bueno de cementerios.

Y se pueden "pegar" estas selecciones en cualquier blog. Les dejo ésta de folk, a penas escuché la primer rola pero me gustó mucho, es de "Yo la tengo".

Aviso: 8 track es bastante adictivo, así que si no tienen mucho tiempo que perder, no se metan.

THE FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER

Que bueno que surgen los comentarios sobre el ateísmo y el agnosticismo (Strika, Groucho) porque me recordaron a algo que alguna vez había mencionado aqui: El flying spaghetti monster (FSM)

A ver, trataré de explicar (a reserva de que lo lean directamente en la wiki). EL FSM es una deidad satírica creada por Bobby Henderson (un programador de maquinitas en Las Vegas) en oposición a la resolución estúpida del Kansas Board of Education en la que se permite enseñar en las escuelas la teoría del "diseño inteligente" como una teoría alterna a la "evolución" (darwiniana, científica, probada).

Básicamente, el "Intelligent Design" habla de que la creación del universo fue hecha por un diseñador inteligente (léase Dios, pero no lo mencionan para darle vuelta a la Ley que separa la religión de la educación) y no por la evolución de la especie (como bien dice Darwin).

Bueno, el punto es que este señor Bobby Henderson, manda un desplegado muy simpático al Kansas Board diciendo que realmente la creación fue hecha por el FSM, que es un para de albóndigas con espaghetti y da toda una teoría muy simpática. Y pide que también el "pastafariansim" (así le llaman a la religión) se enseñe junto con las otras dos teorías en las escuelas (y amenaza con meter acción legal si no se le da la oportunidad, dice que es igual de valida e incomprobable como la teoría del "diseño inteligente")

Esto creó todo un fenómento en el cual miles de personas se afiliaron a la iglesia del FSM (a la cual yo me afiliaré en estos días) como una protesta a las pendejas del Intelligent Design. Incluso en Boing Boing ofrecen 1,000,000 de dólares para el que prueba que Jesucristo NO es el hijo del Flying Spaghetti Monster.

y por último, (ya me extendí demasiado, pero haciía días que no les escribía) les dejo aqui mi parte favorita: El evangelio del FSM que es´ta cagadísimo, y ahora creo en el más que en cualquier otra cosa.

Si the gustó el Pastafariansim por favor déjame un comentario aqui, que ya les informaré como nos podemos afiliar.

Tengan un día por lo menos normal.

AUDI VS BMW

Esto esta increible. Jaque Mate.

CAMUFLAJE

No hay duda que la naturaleza es cabrona...

THE FOOL IN ME

“ I must learn to love the fool in me—the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled, masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me of human aliveness, humility, and dignity but for my fool.
— Theodore Rubin (via scout)


¿A poco no está espectacular esta cita?

Y a poco no, deberíamos sólo utilizar el signo de interrogación al final de la frase como lo hacen los gringos? Siempre me ha parecido más práctico.

POR QUÉ CHINGADOS NO?

“ My mum used to say to me,
‘you can’t have fun all the time,’
and I used to say, ‘why not?’.
Why the fuck can’t I have fun all the time?
— Kate Moss


Mira nada más, la Moss tiene razón.

CAMPAÑA ATEA

Gracias por el link.
Buenísimo, la mayor campaña atea de la historia.

Bravo!

SHWEPES

Por favor, deléitense con éste anuncio.

BUKOWSKI ON WRITING

“ Somebody at one of these places asked me: What do you do? How do you write, create? You don’t, I told them. You don’t try. That’s very important: not to try, either for Cadillacs, creation or immortality. You wait, and if nothing happens, you wait some more. It’s like a bug high on the wall. You wait for it to come to you. When it gets close enough you reach out, slap out and kill it. Or if you like its looks, you make a pet out of it.
—

Bukowski

CITA

“ I must learn to love the fool in me—the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled, masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me of human aliveness, humility, and dignity but for my fool.
— Theodore Rubin (via scout)

RAZBLIUTO

“ The Russian word “razbliuto” means ‘the feeling you have for someone you were once in love with but are no longer so’.

ALEX TREBEC PEDO

WINNEBAGO MAN

Chéquense éste video. Es un guey haciendo un promocional para los campers estos que tanto le gustan a los gringos. Estas son las tomas malas, las que por razones obvias no salieron en el promo. Chequen que mal la pasa.
(al parecer es muy famoso en internet)

MELENA ELEFANTE

Qué peinado! Bravo!

CITA

CITA

“ There’s just some stuff I like, and some of that stuff is shallow, and I don’t fucking care."
— ryan adams (via scout)

BUENÍSIMA.

CAMARA ROBOT

Les dejo aqui el comentario que me mando N. Claro, con el respectivo link. Esta muy impresionante.

AQUI TIENES UNA FOTO DE LA TOMA DE POSESION DE BARAK OBAMA DEL 20 DE ENERO  PASADO, EN ELLA SE PUEDE DISTINGUIR CLARAMENTE CADA PERSONA DE LA  MUCHEDUMBRE.
APUNTA A CUALQUIER PARTE. HAZ DOBLE CLICK CON LA MANITA TANTA VECES COMO  QUIERAS (o gira la rueda del ratón) PARA AGRANADAR LA IMAGEN DE LA  PERSONA. ESPERA UNOS SEGUNDOS Y VERAS LA PERSONA.

ESTA FOTO FUÉ TOMADA CON UNA CAMARA ROBOT DE 1.474 MEGAPIXELES, ES DECIR
295 VECES MAS POTENTE QUE LAS FOTOS DE 5 MEGAPIXELES DE NUESTRAS CAMARAS.

¡UNA SOLA FOTO Y LA POSIBILIDAD DE "FICHAR " A UN MILLON DE PERSONAS!

SABINA

Gracias atrasadas por el link de Sabina. Se los dejo ahi. Gran canción.

POSTER (COSAS QUE NOS GUSTAN EN DB)

FOTO

Me encantó esta foto. Aqui la comparto.

KAFKA ON BOOKS

“ I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we are reading doesn’t wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for? We need the books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.
— Franz Kafka

CITA SOBRE LA LECTURA

“ You get a little moody sometimes but I think that’s because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.
— Pat Conroy (via everybodycares) (via lola912)(via justlearning)(via srsly)(via vesi)(via shesapsycho)(via nashamble) (via paperbackgirl) (via kendraspear) (via dilaudid) (via beautyintherain)

¿Será?

ROBERT DOWNEY JR.

I’ve always been the type of fellow to put all my eggs in one basket and then promptly take a dump in the basket.
— Robert Downey Jr

TRUST ME ON THE SUNSCREEN

Gracias a que la amable Iris me invitó a comer también amablemente a su casa (milanesas!) me enteré que el famoso discurso de "Trust me on the sunscreen" era nada más y nada menos de Kurt Vonnegut. (yo pensaba que era de algún estudiante de una de estas super escuelas gringas). Pero no, es de Kurt y es una joya. Lo pasteo a continuación. Gracias Iris.


'Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97: Wear sunscreen:

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blind side you at 4 pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don't know.

Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.

Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.

Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.

Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble, and children respected their elders. Respect your elders. Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.

Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

EL PEOR COMERCIAL DE LA HISTORIA

Plagiado de la página del Mariscal Bisteces, sin su autorización (sorry) les dejo aqui el peor comercial de la historia. Me encanta.

Con ustedes, Ahorracel. Saludos al Pipen. Por cierto Pipen, te vi como el "Pirata" en la revista Deep. Jajajaja.

CUENTOS PARA NIÑOS CON UN TWIST

Gracias por el link T.


Me mandaron este link de cuentos para niñós. Solo vienen algunas páginas, pero valen la pena. Chequen el pie con el zapato alrevesado. Me gustó también el del niño con dos ombligos. (ese es del autor de "Freakonomics")

MI AMIGO EL CHINO

Estoy comprando unas madres en china. Les transcribo aqui abajo el mail del proveedor. Está muy cagado, me pone Hello, Dear.
Creo que usa una especie de traductor y mete "Hola Estimado tal" y le traduce que como "Hola Querido"
ah, y además el no usa UPS, utiliza USP. Es enorme. Lo quiero.

__________________________________________________________________________________

Hello ,dear
have you received my sample?
USP told us it had send to you .I want to make sure
Best wishes to you ,waiting for your reply.

yours ,
yanfei

DRAMATIC CHIPMUNK

No puedo creer que no había yo visto éste. Supongo que ustedes si lo habían visto. Es una joya y dura poco además.