political activism

autopsy of a crime

By nora at 23 June, 2008, 10:59 am

Police and its scientific investigators usually agree that most crimes are either motivated by passion, power or money. An autopsy of a crime revealed that once again, the latter explanation triumphed.
Her closest friends in the international scene always celebrated her strong will for independence, her steady micro and macro-economical anchorage. Did it make others envious? […]

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the UN united for nations to rise?

By nora at 12 June, 2008, 4:58 pm

Social media marketing is “in vogue” as “the” medium to communicate companies’ core messages and values.
As any influential brand-named companies, the UN under the authority of Ban Ki-moon (former diplomat) jumped in the band wagon by asking Rajiv Dingra, founder and executive of WATConsult to implement their Millennium Campaign which audacious ambition is to eradicate […]

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Companies with cause

By charles at 29 May, 2008, 12:24 pm

Jungle[8] is of the opinion all businesses in the years to come will revolve around sustainability and social causes, as well as profit. Evidence of this burgeoning trend can be seen everywhere—environmental stewardship and greenness, or at least pretending to embrace such values is almost mandatory these days. But what about important social causes? Israel-based […]

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big brother is, more than ever, watching you…

By nora at 21 May, 2008, 5:51 pm

“We the people of the United States, in order to form perfect Union…insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense…and secure the blessings of Liberty…” will (be) implement(ed) the RFID Technology.
Already implanted universally in our societies, the chip is omnipresent in our daily lives. From Portugal to Honk-Kong, from Montreal to New Dehli, the discreet […]

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land of freedom, (finally!)

By sarah at 15 May, 2008, 6:50 pm

Well it’s about time. For the longest time, Californians were free to choose from over 20 different options for breakfast cereal at any given supermarket, but only one option as to the gender they could marry.
Today the California Supreme Court finally responded to the millions of voices advocating gay and lesbian rights, and overturned the […]

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Shame On You, Oil Companies

By charles at 14 May, 2008, 3:46 pm

Perusing the Coors Brewing Company’s homepage reveals the words “Around here the best spots are located between perfect and just right. Like Adolph Coors brewery. It’s the only place with water worthy of his beer. Since 1873, it’s been brewed with rocky mountain water. And as long as it flows, so does the legend.” Next […]

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us oil nationalized soon?

By nora at 7 May, 2008, 1:07 pm

With a net income of $ 40 billion, with sales superior to $ 404 billion, 2007 was a very good year for the commodity, for Exxon Mobil and the oil cartel.
When the price of a gallon of gasoline keeps following exponentially the price of the barrel, it doesn’t justify the profit margin achieved by the […]

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A Tradition of Activism

By charles at 1 May, 2008, 5:01 pm

As jungle[8] moves through space-time into the last 18 months of the first decade of the new millennium, it’s time to reminisce about a decade of political activism in the jungle. Most notably, jungle[8] went offline 4 separate times to commemorate political activism and/or participate in actual protests. In 2003, jungle[8] went on a field […]

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The path of origin.

By lainie at 23 April, 2008, 1:27 pm

In yesterday’s news, President Bush made a special appearance on the hit game show, “Deal or No Deal.” Rolling a pre-taped message to wish good luck to a US Iraq veteran, Bush pushes a joke to Howie Mandell, the show’s host, ” Howie, I don’t know if you’re free to come to Washington anytime soon […]

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“…To arms citizens…”

By nora at 17 April, 2008, 10:15 pm

From the French revolution in 1789 against Louis XVI’s monarchy to the Russian revolution in 1917 against Nicholas II’s tsar regime, hunger was the fertilizing ground for revolutions to break out!
The contempt of each ruler at the time, as an answer to the common people’s misery was their mistake and the trigger that accelerated their […]

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