[lbo-talk] Green Left success in Brazilian election

[Shane Mage]

...With Ms. Rousseff coming up short, the election will now be decided  
with an Oct. 31 runoff. Ms. Rousseff was denied her victory by a  
strong showing by a third candidate, Marina Silva, the Green Party  
candidate and a former environmental minister, who captured more than  
19 percent... (NYT)

Shane Mage

  This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it

  always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,

  kindling in measures and going out in measures."

  Herakleitos of Ephesos