My friend Pablo published a nice post talking about the reaction of composer Tom Zé to the unfortunate statements made by University of Bahia (UFBA)’s Medicine Course coordinator, Antônio Dantas. Dantas had said that the low performance of his Medicine students in ENADE (a Brazilian national exam for those who finish the university) would be [...]

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Isso aconteceu há alguns anos comigo.
Sonhei que estava com meu irmão e minha irmã no quarto e, de repente, percebi que era um sonho. Fiquei eufórico e comecei a dizer-lhes que estávamos dentro de um sonho e propus que acordássemos prá ver se nos lembraríamos do sonho ao mesmo tempo. Como eles não pareciam entender [...]

Os Senhores do Karma têm umas filigranas difíceis de captar… Aos não-iniciados lhes custa… Aos poucos loucos que os sintonizam, no entanto, tem é novelo para desenrolar…

>”At times to be silent is to lie. You will win because you have enough
>brute force. But you will not convince. For to convince you need to
>persuade. And in order to persuade you would need what you lack: Reason
>and Right.”
>
>Unamuno in a confrontation with fascist General Milan-Astray
> at the University of Salamanca on [...]