Los hombres del Espurio From Los Angeles, thanks to the Blog of Blogs, we now present this video. Axé.

I posted this to my old site, whose software supports it. I have some comments on it there. There is a lot in it, including excellent analyses of the current doublespeak, and the irrational state of (political) fear which is called ‘realistic’, or ‘reasonable’. Axé.

Normally, I do not believe in posting from YouTube. I am making an exception. Axé.

Normally I find these blog tests silly and gimmicky, but the Dante’s Inferno Hell Test distinguishes the level of Dante’s Inferno to which one will be sent. It sends me to Limbo, land of the Virtuous Unbelievers. If you are sent to Limbo, Charon ushers you across the river Acheron, where you find yourself upon … More Threshold of Hell

Today’s regular parade in commemoration of the Mexican Revolution has been cancelled as a safety measure, given the magnitude of AMLO’s parallel inauguration. What La Jornada has to say about the cancellation, however, is worth reading. Vista en forma aislada, la cancelación del desfile conmemorativo del inicio de la Revolución Mexicana, un ritual histórico cuestionado … More “De la Revolución a la restauración”

Today and tomorrow there are solidarity actions with the people of Oaxaca in various U. S. locations. Check El enemigo común for details. On Monday, the 96th anniversary of the Revolution of 1910, two million people are expected to converge upon the zócalo in México, D.F., where AMLO will inaugurate his alternative government. These are … More 20 de noviembre

Cupressus sempervirens are the cypress you see as fences, at the edges of fields in Tuscany and Spain. Their true picture has been painted by Van Gogh and many others. When my new cupressus sempervirens grow they will protect my house from the street, like this. Now they are very small. They came from Oregon, … More Italian Cypress

When J. M. Bordaberry was president of Uruguay, I was a foreign exchange student in Scandinavia. Soon after I arrived there, Pinochet took over in Chile. There were Chilean students on my program. Their parents spoke to them by telephone–in that era, when international long distance calls were far from common–to say, do not come … More J. M. Bordaberry

Here is a new picture of the re-emerging god/dess, Tlaltecuhtli, and here are two other, already excavated, gorgeous images of him/her. I would like to finish learning Arabic, and take up Náhuatl. Axé.

A is for army, or arrest. B is for a name gained in Viet Nam, and for Buddhism learned there. C is for childhood. D is for dharma, or daughter. E is for enlist. H is for habit, heroin, and ‘hood. L is for life. S is for sentence, and shooting. T is for thirty … More V is for Victory