Einstein on the struggle for Peace

We must not conceal from ourselves that no improvement in the present depressing
situation is possible without a severe struggle; for the handful of those who are really
determined to do something is minute in comparison with the mass of the lukewarm and the
misguided. And those who have an interest in keeping the machinery of war going are a
very powerful body; they will stop at nothing to make public opinion subservient to their
murderous ends. (Albert Einstein, 1934)

My two cents on immigration issues

It only takes a look at the street signs here in California, or in Arizona, Tejas or Florida, or to think of the state names themselves to be reminded that much of the US was Mexico, and that before that Spaniards or British came to this continent there were the natives whose extermination in no way validates the sovereignty assumed by the occupiers. The fictional borders drawn by whoever killed more of their opponents have little validity other than the current practical purposes of a social contract that could take into account the benefits of discouraging xenophobia and discrimination and allowing the possibility of greater cooperation, harmony and peaceful relations between the not-so-different people's of this world.
If massive immigration into certain countries of the world is a problem, the solution lies not in fencing off entire territories, but in exposing and uprooting the rapacious economic policies that are perpetuating and deepening the impoverishment of third world nations, countries often rich in natural resources for too long manipulated and exploited by the superpowers.

Front Porch

bahamas photos and more

At the Bahamas I took some pictures which I'm uploading to... (link below the photo) http://www.flickr.com/photos/andres_useche/

More coming up!

A new link

Okay, I'm officially back and trying to get a bit more organized so I'm placing the Vana Espuma / Idle Mist / Waking Shadows material in another page at http://wakingshadows.blogspot.com/ so that I can get more personal here. I plan to create another blog in Spanish at some point too asi que por aqui les aviso.
We'll catch up soon.

Waking Shadows locations

The Cave is the club where Keira meets Cero, (the club name an allusion to Plato's parable of the cave. His description of reality applies to this story and if you've read it you'll understand why it's partially the source for the title of the Waking Shadows Trilogy). The set is an homage to the Beatles' Cavern. The Liverpool club where they came into their own and where Brian Epstein spotted them.