Archives for the 'Mexico' Category

Noble Savage Death Cult

Published on 29 Sep 2009 at 9:32 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under Mexico, hated Crusaders.

Overlooked. UK Telegraph art critic Richard Dorment on the British Museum’s big Moctezuma exhibit: 

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French Achievement

Published on 4 May 2009 at 1:54 pm. 3 Comments.
Filed under Europe, France, Korea, Mexico, USA, western civilization.

The Frogs excel at eating and sleeping. via Boston Herald. Mexicans have less fun. Though chicos have more fun than chiquitas. Koreans are the skinniest. I’m pretty sure they aren’t including North Korea, because forced starvation is not fair.
All fascinating though it sounds to me like the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which conducted this study of [...]

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Headed Your Way

Published on 26 Apr 2009 at 8:56 am. 6 Comments.
Filed under Mexico, illegals, medicine.

It’s swine flu, from Mexico: NYT. Your public health officials, not on the ball: Washington Post.
Most of the cases so far are in California and Texas, not surprisingly, given the high volume of legal and illegal traffic across the Mexican border. Already some linkage of swine flu and immigration policy, compliments of Malkin. 

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In The Time Of Gaffes

Published on 29 Mar 2009 at 10:30 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under Clintons, Mexico, Obama, religion.

HIllary visits the Basilica of Our Lady of Gaudalupe, views the miraculous image of Mary on the cloak, asks bright, “Who painted it?” Catholic News Agency.
Well, it wasn’t like it was an Obama miracle. It was Hillary’s second visit to the shrine revered by Mexicans. Anyway, now she’s given Mexican drug lords more to laugh about. [...]

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¡Ay Caramba!

Published on 23 Dec 2008 at 7:30 pm. 3 Comments.
Filed under Mexico, guns, money.

Mexican beauty queen caught in an SUV full of suspected gangbangers, guns, ammo and cash. Senorita Sinaloa 2008, aka Miss Hispanoamerica 2008, thought she was going shopping. Latin American Herald Tribune:  

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Thumbs Up On Downsizing

Published on 20 Nov 2008 at 8:14 pm. 2 Comments.
Filed under Mexico, illegals, media.

Mexican border-crossing is down 42 percent in the last two years, from 1.2 million to 800,000. That’s all Mexicans who left the country, whether legally or otherwise. AP, noting that most are border-hopping illegals headed north,* reports that U.S. economic woes and tighter border security are to blame for fewer people seeking to become document-challenged Americans.  [...]

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Absolut Apologies

Published on 6 Apr 2008 at 7:55 pm. 2 Comments.
Filed under America, Mexico, Nazis, Spain, booze, history, shameless self-promotion.

World-bettering boozemaker is sorry. I’ll say. And that’s nice. But first, here are some more Absolut worldviews from clever readers. This one neglects to put Absolut Sweden in the Nazi camp, which is more or less where the Nazi-enabling neutrals spent the war. via Gateway: 

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Absolutly Hilarious

Published on 4 Apr 2008 at 8:42 am. 1 Comment.
Filed under America, Mexico, booze.

Reader comments at Malkin’s re the Absolut Reconquista campaign, a booze company’s principled effort to make the world a better place. Sounds like glug flack Jeffrey Moran’s had a bad couple of days.

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Absolut World

Published on 3 Apr 2008 at 11:11 am. 6 Comments.
Filed under America, Mexico, booze.

You’d have to be drunk to think this was a good idea. If you follow the links to Absolut’s “Absolut World” campaign site, by the way, you’ll learn that vodka spurs creativity, vision, construction, better things. Creative PhotoShoppers might want try responding to Absolut’s invitation to share their vision of an Absolute World at the campaign site, [...]

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