Jozef Imrich, name worthy of Kafka, has his finger on the pulse of any irony of interest and shares his findings to keep you in-the-know with the savviest trend setters and infomaniacs.
''I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.''
-Kurt Vonnegut
This quote is from Swearingen. "Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or f****** beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back." First anniversary of blogger Wu Gan’s conviction | RSF
Not only dissidents and activists, but high-level officials, Marxists, foreigners and even a movie star have been whisked away to unknown destinations.
Using data from the IMF and World Bank, this map by Näytä Data shows how quickly the relative fortunes of China and African countries changed over the last few decades. For reference, in 1980, Africa had an estimated population of 480 million and China’s population was 994 million, while in 2016, Africa had 1.23 billion people and China had 1.4 billion people.
LIFE UNDER LATE SOCIALISM: Women want to escape Venezuela so badly they sell hair, breast milk, sex. “Without passports or work permits, the Venezuelans — many with university degrees or decent jobs in what was once the wealthiest nation in Latin America — are now resorting to whatever it takes to survive.”
It’s like the old joke: What did socialists use before candles? Electricity
