Tag Archives: mexico

MIstaken Identity

June 24, 2012 – 6:08 pm

Mexico’s war on drugs has claimed over 55,000 lives in the past six years of President Calderon’s rule. The police and army have been corrupted by traffickers shipping cocaine and marijuana to the USA. Last week officials claimed to have arrested the son of a notorious drug lord. The DEA were quick to congratulate the […]

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Basketball A Mexico

June 7, 2012 – 6:49 pm

What do you call two Mexicans playing basketball? Juan on Juan.

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Viva La Revolucion

September 12, 2011 – 11:08 am

The victory of Mexican liberals in 1861 led to a revolution against the debts incurred by the previous governments to the European banks. France invaded Mexico backed by the Roman Catholic clergy and the conservative upper class. The French installed an Austrian archduke to oversee the monetary and military rape of the nation. The debt […]

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Dama La Pistola

August 31, 2011 – 11:56 am

“Dama la cuete.” is ‘gimme the gun’ in slang Mexican and guns have flooded across the Rio Grande to fuel a wicked murder spree by the vicious narco-bandidos of the drug cartels. Slang expressions for the dead are many. According to a Fox Latino News report of Apr 14, 2011 “Encobijados” are bodies wrapped in […]

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Zombie Dreams

May 4, 2009 – 10:35 am

The swine flu panic seems to have abated after the news media stopped flogging the story. New cases are still reported around the country, although without the fatalities that struck Mexico. My trip throughout the Midwest ranged far from urban centers. Sometimes my Scottish friend and I didn’t have any human contact for hours. The […]

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