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Tainari88 wrote:After all Red_Army we are dealing with reptilian brains and fear is one of the most powerful of all in politics, we must appeal to fear....


Sad but true.

As Secretary of State is it ok if I arrange a few political/economic related assassinations using my mafia/CIA (hard to tell them apart) contacts?

If this is too severe perhaps I can use the same contacts to bring in huge piles of cash.

Here is an actual historical tidbit. LBJ, when running for congress, sat behind a card table piled high with $20 bills. As a line of Mexicans filed by, he presented each one with a $20 bill for their vote.
#14870095
I recently watched 2 Spanish movies based on books. Las Palmeras en La Nieve (Palm trees in the snow) and El Tiempo Entre Costuras (The Time in Between). In both, the main character was played by Adriana Ugarte. I quite like her acting style. She is not only beautiful but she is so graceful and she becomes the character she plays. Both stories were moving and fascinating. I have not read either book yet. Both movies are on Netflix.
#14870179
MistyTiger wrote:I recently watched 2 Spanish movies based on books. Las Palmeras en La Nieve (Palm trees in the snow) and El Tiempo Entre Costuras (The Time in Between). In both, the main character was played by Adriana Ugarte. I quite like her acting style. She is not only beautiful but she is so graceful and she becomes the character she plays. Both stories were moving and fascinating. I have not read either book yet. Both movies are on Netflix.


Las Palmeras en La Nieve has some of the most romantic and lovely sex scenes I have ever seen filmed. The Spanish man and the African woman. It was great. The movie was well done. The Time in Between I have not seen. The Book "Las Palmeras en La Nieve" is a great book too. I am currently reading "The Barefoot Queen" by Idelfonso Falcones. A Spanish writer. Good book.

Misty I am going to put you in the third episode of "La Casa de las Barajas" the official 'accountant and treasurer for the Rancid Campaign". Lol. You will like it!
#14870186
La Casa de Las Barajas (Episode Two) Press Conference


Red_Army feels the heat of having to misdirect he takes a shower at the hotel and puts on his most conservative clothes, khaki pants (chinos) and a blue shirt with a belt and some loafers. He is used to much more casual wear, he prepares his scripted speech---all made available by Potemkin. Potemkin has a lot of chinos and blue shirts. He has to cover for Red_Army.

Red_Army practices his speech in front of the hotel mirror. His wife sleepily hugs him from behind and says to him yawning, 'Come on lets have some more fun before you head on out to work for the day..."Red_Army is very tempted since he knows no one can match his manly assets.

He goes out to the designated area and his speech opens like this:

Red_Army: My fellow Texans the media who is well known to distort messages coming from Rancid, all to try to favor Ted Cruz, and distort Rancid's important message of "Penis!" as an affirmation, and "Show me the Money!" and who have never favored our All American message to the public---have spread untrue rumors about my misspending funds, to just sight see around Austin with my lovely wife. It is all fake news. It is plot to discredit the anarchist cause. My wife she is a true Alaskan, and knows that I admire the state of Texas, and all of its fine cultural monuments. I pay my respects to the great citizens of Texas! I know my wife is beautiful, but I ask the all important question? Does Ted Cruz know about his wife? Heidi Cruz, who apparently has to do something about her appearance. A wife is for show. Everyone knows this. "Show Me the Money" is about show me how much money you have in that all important Republican Bank Account by the type of wife one can display to the public! Once she is not quite the fresh daisy you married, and begins to show some wear and tear? You got to do something important. Image with a wife that looks picture perfect is all important to the fake Christians that we abhor! Ted Cruz knows he needs to spruce up the old jalopy. She is visiting plastic surgeons. There is something there that is not right about Ted Cruz and his haggard wife. You want someone fresh faced, beautiful and who represents the up and coming beauty of multicultural diversity? It is Rancid's wife. Mrs. Rancid. A paragon of youth and beauty and a woman who will bring the right VIBE to Texas! Plastic surgery, why does she need it? I ask you Texas who needs it but those with the WRONG STUFF!?

@Decky: We don't give a fuck about Heidi Cruz and her old look! We want to know why are you as thick as thieves with them Russian dodgy characters? Damn Yanks always coming up with some LIE about what they are doing....don't you people have some shame! (The heckler Decky in the hotel conference room unfurls his protest banner it reads "Communists from Birmingham Against Anarchist Conmen in Texas! Down with RANCID! He is RANCID and ROTTEN TOO!). Rotten RANCID! FUCK THAT ANARCHIST!

RA, flees the stage and podium and behind the scenes there is @skinster the policy advisor.

The conversation goes down like this:

Skinster: RA, you did a good job. That heckler almost ruined it all though. Some British Commie in Texas protesting? Who would have thought it. But hell, I am British too....anyway, our strategy to get an Anarchist into the senate is this--we give the simple message of---when in doubt WHIP IT OUT. Got it Red Army? When in doubt about the government you want a true American and an Anarchist Engineer married to a Chinese woman in charge of SHOWING you the MONEY! Our policy is a gun in every home in Texas and it is to keep all the fake Christian fascists like Ted Cruz from taking your right to hate every form of government away from you. We will draw up a new policy that states.....when in doubt---WHIP IT OUT. Whip out your GUN and your PENIS and fight the EFFING GOVERNMENT and save AMERICA from the Fascist Fake Christian FRONT!! I will draw up how many of the congress people and senators are willing to sign on the bill of "WHEN IN DOUBT...WHIP IT OUT! GUN AND PENIS TOGETHER ARE A RISING PHOENIX! Shit yeah?

Red_Army: That is great! Do you think it is going to work? I got the munchies. You got any pot on you?

Skinster: Does a bear shit in the woods? Of course but Texas isn't Colorado RA. It is illegal here. Let's be discreet eh?

Red_Army: I got to meet up with you later.....to smoke. And joke.

Decky has manuevered through the crowd and he finds Red_Army....he says to him loudly this:

Decky: You dumb Yank! We are not being fooled with your fancy words and dodgy face....where is that slimy Anarchist bastard so I can let him have it from a True Communist from Birmingham.....I AM KICKING ASS for the WORKING CLASS!

Red_Army: And I am smoking pot and making money for the Rancid MAN!! YEAH, get out of my way you loser!

A crowd of Mexican men and Salvadoran women gather near the exit to RA's hotel room.....they chant in Spanish,

Latino Crowd says:

Queremos RANCIDO el nos prometio una pistola por cada hogar y preferencias para los Latinos...

PISTOLA AHORA, Y YANQUIS A LA PORRA! PISTOLA AHORA Y YANQUIS A LA PORRA!

Translation "We want Rancid he promised us a gun in every home and preferential treatment for all Latinos....

A GUN NOW, and YANKEES IN JAIL! A GUN NOW AND YANKEES IN JAIL!!

Skinster takes a cell phone picture and thinks she needs to report how his message is working the Latino crowd...what this implies for the Ted Cruz campaign...boy does she need a drink and to relax....the weight of Rancid's campaign and all its mighty responsibilities are weighing on her shoulders....she has a plan to integrate the Latin crowd and sweep Rancid to landslide victory....her brain fires off ideas...she is on her way to the Rancid headquarters now.....

COMMERCIAL BREAK.......La Casa de las Barajas will continue....... ;)
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Tainari88 wrote:Las Palmeras en La Nieve has some of the most romantic and lovely sex scenes I have ever seen filmed. The Spanish man and the African woman. It was great. The movie was well done. The Time in Between I have not seen. The Book "Las Palmeras en La Nieve" is a great book too. I am currently reading "The Barefoot Queen" by Idelfonso Falcones. A Spanish writer. Good book.

Misty I am going to put you in the third episode of "La Casa de las Barajas" the official 'accountant and treasurer for the Rancid Campaign". Lol. You will like it!


Oh yes, the sex scenes in Palms are sizzling! Very sensual.

I will have to look into "The Barefoot Queen."

The Time in Between was intriguing, more of a political type thriller. I don't remember steamy sex scenes but the sexual tension...that I could feel.

Haha I look forward to that episode! :-)
#14870734
Some suggestions for Rancid's campaign:

"Tired of getting your penis caught in your fly zipper? A vote for Rancid is a vote to rid Texas of this scourge."

"Ted Cruz is soft on penis's "

Locate a dozen or so women willing to testify under oath that Ted Cruz suffers from erectile dysfunction.

"Penis Power!" (suitable for a bumper sticker or baseball cap.)

Free Viagra for seniors supplied by the Texas Department Of Penis's.
#14870755
jimjam wrote:Some suggestions for Rancid's campaign:

"Tired of getting your penis caught in your fly zipper? A vote for Rancid is a vote to rid Texas of this scourge."

"Ted Cruz is soft on penis's "

Locate a dozen or so women willing to testify under oath that Ted Cruz suffers from erectile dysfunction.

"Penis Power!" (suitable for a bumper sticker or baseball cap.)

Free Viagra for seniors supplied by the Texas Department Of Penis's.



I am going deep into psychological theory on Rancid's mottos. Guns, Penis, Show Me the Money? What do they all have in common Jimjam? A need for power. If people feel powerless? A gun might give them that sense of protecting themselves. Penis? Male symbol of pro-creation, masculine habits or thoughts, masculine perspectives on politics, a statement or reaction against constant feminization of political discussion, a feeling of threat from vaginas, it could be a lot of things. Lol.

But for me it is going to have to be the WHOLE Rancid. The entire Rancid. Anarchy, Latino man and multicultural, engineer, and his attitude about political life in the present USA. Fit it all together in a symphony of statements about what is in the subconscious collective consciousness of American men and women when they think about Penis, and Show Me the Money? I think it is really bringing what drives American ambition in this society? Potent male dominance and economic power. The Great Phallus in the Sky that has the power to deliver what? MONEY, SECURITY, and drive away a feeling of fear and powerlessness. That is the key. It will come out in Rancid's campaign.

The cast in the next episode. You Jimjam, Skinster, Misty_Tiger, and Red Army and Rancid, and Potemkin.

Decky I might stick in as a great wild card in the final episode, episode FIVE. This is Three, the prep for the debate and assessing the money and you jimjam laying out the agenda as potential secretary of state to an Anarchist American Dominican engineer from Austin who is fed up with bullshit governments. The right to defend yourself against all the bullshit. A gun, a penis and both are cocked and loaded ready to fire off against the forces of Ted Cruz idiocy.

BTW, Ted Cruz and his nutty rifle:



In other words Jimjam? Who is going to win the battle of the masculine power symbols? Ted Cruz or Rancid. My money is on_______________. Have to wait for the finale of La Casa de las Barajas :)
#14873755
For @Potemkin . I think you should give "Macho Camacho's Beat" a try. It is a very fun and interesting read. I had to read it when I attended the Uni in PR for Puerto Rican Lit.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez liked it a lot.

It is by an author from Puerto Rico named Luis Rafael Sanchez. In Spanish the book is entitled "La Guaracha del Macho Camacho".

Here is the cover and the promo...or quick summary.

https://www.amazon.com/Macho-Camachos-B ... 1564782581
#14876147
Potemkin wrote:Thanks for the tip, Tainari! :up:

I'll order a copy as a post-Christmas present for myself.... :)


So many books and so little time. Did you get to read the little intro they give there?

It is helpful.

I wanted you to see this 93 year old granny in Puerto Rico reciting poetry by heart....the older generation used to memorize poems and recite them to each other and their family during walks to the main plaza of their hometowns. This little old lady is so sweet. Part of the poetic tradition on the island.

Here it is:
#14876310
So many books and so little time. Did you get to read the little intro they give there?

It is helpful.

I've read the little intro and some pages of the book in the 'Look Inside' thing on Amazon. It looks awesome. But unfortunately, it's "Temporarily Unavailable" on Amazon UK. I keep checking every day, and as soon as it's available again I'll click on 'Add to Basket'. :)

I wanted you to see this 93 year old granny in Puerto Rico reciting poetry by heart....the older generation used to memorize poems and recite them to each other and their family during walks to the main plaza of their hometowns. This little old lady is so sweet. Part of the poetic tradition on the island.

That was awesome, Tainari. My own abuela used to recite poetry she had memorised all the time, often in public at restaurants and the like. The waiter would be trying to take our order and she would suddenly start reciting Wordsworth's 'The Prelude' to him for no particular reason, in a loud voice. Lol. :D
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Potemkin wrote:I've read the little intro and some pages of the book in the 'Look Inside' thing on Amazon. It looks awesome. But unfortunately, it's "Temporarily Unavailable" on Amazon UK. I keep checking every day, and as soon as it's available again I'll click on 'Add to Basket'. :)


That was awesome, Tainari. My own abuela used to recite poetry she had memorised all the time, often in public at restaurants and the like. The waiter would be trying to take our order and she would suddenly start reciting Wordsworth's 'The Prelude' to him for no particular reason, in a loud voice. Lol. :D


Darling Potemkin, the key to the past is remembering our ancestors. There is much to be learned from ancient cultures who revere their ancestors. They lived lives and did the same things we did at different stages. So? One should learn from the older people. The younger people babies and young children represent hope for the future and new energy and new thoughts, and the older folks? The ancient ones, they represent survival, wisdom and a lot of knowledge. You need both....like bringing together polar opposites, and respect both of the those parts of human life to make for a better society. The societies that don't respect children or old people? Doomed to be failures at human living.

I wonder how long it is going to take my Potemkin to get through all the Latin American classics? If you dig deep? It will take you a lifetime. Just get the classics down.

I have a lot to learn about the United Kingdom. It is one part of the world I have not paid that much attention to. Just the basics.

;)
#14877529
@skinster this is a piece on Julia de Burgos in a show called "Realidades". This show was aired on public television in New York City in the 1970's. The guy who introduces this piece? He was my father's best friend. Humberto Cintron. Absolute best friends. Humberto is retired now. He loved writing teleplays about Puerto Rican life in NYC and on the island.

Humberto was a great dancer too Skinster. Lol. He still makes me laugh. His wife who is now deceased used to say the funniest things! Made me laugh so hard I used to pee in my pants and had to change my clothes around her: Anwyay 'Realidades' was a cool program.

Humberto loved Julia de Burgos. This is a bit on her.



Also @Potemkin Julia de Burgos was a very heavyweight in Latin American poetry. So much so that the United States Postal Service issued a stamp in her name. They don't even do that for women American poets in the English language. That only happens if the poetry is of the best of the best and the pressure to recognize is very strong. She was of extreme talent, and died in some very humble way in NYC as just another 'Puerto Rican' dead woman in a street corner. No one cared. But she was reburied with pomp and circumstance in Puerto Rico.

So many great poets, writers, painters, artists but they are rarely studied in the United Kingdom if they are from Latin America. I got a beef with those folks @Potemkin . ;)

http://search.myway.com/search/AJimage. ... etail=true
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So many great poets, writers, painters, artists but they are rarely studied in the United Kingdom if they are from Latin America. I got a beef with those folks @Potemkin . ;)

I bought a copy of her Collected Poems from Amazon several months ago, Tainari. I love her poem 'To Julia de Burgos' especially. In that poem, she enacts Rimbaud's dictum that "Je est un autre' better than any other poet I know. Please forgive me for quoting it in an English translation. It's a great poem even in a bad English translation.... ;)

TO JULIA DE BURGOS

by Julia de Burgos

Already the people murmur that I am your enemy
because they say that in verse I give the world your me.

They lie, Julia de Burgos. They lie, Julia de Burgos.
Who rises in my verses is not your voice. It is my voice
because you are the dressing and the essence is me;
and the most profound abyss is spread between us.

You are the cold doll of social lies,
and me, the virile starburst of the human truth.

You, honey of courtesan hypocrisies; not me;
in all my poems I undress my heart.

You are like your world, selfish; not me
who gambles everything betting on what I am.

You are only the ponderous lady very lady;
not me; I am life, strength, woman.

You belong to your husband, your master; not me;
I belong to nobody, or all, because to all, to all
I give myself in my clean feeling and in my thought.

You curl your hair and paint yourself; not me;
the wind curls my hair, the sun paints me.

You are a housewife, resigned, submissive,
tied to the prejudices of men; not me;
unbridled, I am a runaway Rocinante
snorting horizons of God's justice.

You in yourself have no say; everyone governs you;
your husband, your parents, your family,
the priest, the dressmaker, the theatre, the dance hall,
the auto, the fine furnishings, the feast, champagne,
heaven and hell, and the social, "what will they say."

Not in me, in me only my heart governs,
only my thought; who governs in me is me.
You, flower of aristocracy; and me, flower of the people.
You in you have everything and you owe it to everyone,
while me, my nothing I owe to nobody.

You nailed to the static ancestral dividend,
and me, a one in the numerical social divider,
we are the duel to death who fatally approaches.

When the multitudes run rioting
leaving behind ashes of burned injustices,
and with the torch of the seven virtues,
the multitudes run after the seven sins,
against you and against everything unjust and inhuman,
I will be in their midst with the torch in my hand.

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