Beginner's guide to brujeria

Que mala entraña tiene esa negra, que mala entraña tiene con fe. Me ha trabajao con to los muertos, para ponerme la vida alrevés. No hay un santo ni un cabildo y nunca falta ningun bembé. Ella siempre vive pensando que mi cabeza baje a los pies.
Me tenian amarrao con fe, amarrao pero me solté.
De la puntica de un tarro viejo, sacaba polvo para el café, y me lo daba la muy maldita para ponerme el mundo alrevés. Tambien me daba polvo de sapo porque con eso me incha los pies.
Me santiguaba con apazote, con mejorada y flor de cafe.
Tras de la puerta siempre tenia una retratro mio puesto alreves.
Hacia un sahumerio y un reguio, y lo hechaba por la pared. Y todo eso para amarrarme, y con todo me le solté.
Me tenian amarrao con fe, amarrao pero me solté.
Esa negrita y su brujeria, esa negrita que mala es.
Era bruja, pero a mi no me entra la brujeria, porque yo también tengo a ocha.

 

What horrible essence that woman has, what a horrible essence with faith. She's worked me with all the dead, to turn my life upside down. There's not a saint or Cabildo and she's never short on bembé. She's always thinking that my head go down to my feet.

She had me tied down, tied down but I freed my myself from her. From the edge of an old jar, she would  grab dust for the coffee, and that wicked woman would give it to me to turn my world upside-down. She would also give me frog dust, because with that she would make my feet swell. She would make the cross at me with basil, mejorara, and coffee flowers. Behind the door she would always keep a portrait of me backwards. She would prepare incense and a reguio, and would throw it on the wall. All of that to tie me down, and with all that I freed myself. 

She had me tied down with faith, tied but I freed myself. That little negra and her witchcraft, that little negra... how bad she is!

She was a witch, but witchcraft doesn't work on me because I also have follow the [regla de] ocha. 

Beginner's guide to brujeria

Que mala entraña tiene esa negra, que mala entraña tiene con fe. Me ha trabajao con to los muertos, para ponerme la vida alrevés. No hay un santo ni un cabildo y nunca falta ningun bembé. Ella siempre vive pensando que mi cabeza baje a los pies.
Me tenian amarrao con fe, amarrao pero me solté.
De la puntica de un tarro viejo, sacaba polvo para el café, y me lo daba la muy maldita para ponerme el mundo alrevés. Tambien me daba polvo de sapo porque con eso me incha los pies.
Me santiguaba con apazote, con mejorada y flor de cafe.
Tras de la puerta siempre tenia una retratro mio puesto alreves.
Hacia un sahumerio y un reguio, y lo hechaba por la pared. Y todo eso para amarrarme, y con todo me le solté.
Me tenian amarrao con fe, amarrao pero me solté.
Esa negrita y su brujeria, esa negrita que mala es.
Era bruja, pero a mi no me entra la brujeria, porque yo también tengo a ocha.

 

What horrible essence that woman has, what a horrible essence with faith. She's worked me with all the dead, to turn my life upside down. There's not a saint or Cabildo and she's never short on bembé. She's always thinking that my head go down to my feet.

She had me tied down, tied down but I freed my myself from her. From the edge of an old jar, she would  grab dust for the coffee, and that wicked woman would give it to me to turn my world upside-down. She would also give me frog dust, because with that she would make my feet swell. She would make the cross at me with basil, mejorara, and coffee flowers. Behind the door she would always keep a portrait of me backwards. She would prepare incense and a reguio, and would throw it on the wall. All of that to tie me down, and with all that I freed myself. 

She had me tied down with faith, tied but I freed myself. That little negra and her witchcraft, that little negra... how bad she is!

She was a witch, but witchcraft doesn't work on me because I also have follow the [regla de] ocha. 

How to get up to two years of free healthcare in Europe

This is assuming you're already able to travel into the European Union (easy for Americans, the ones who need it). I'm not an immigration expert so I can't tell you how to get into the country. Sorry, not everyone gets to have an awesome Dutch mom.

So, now you're kayak thinking of buying a plane ticket to Amsterdam or Barcelona because Jose told you that you can get free treatment. Well, just show up. Tell them you'll pay them later. If that doesn't work, commit a petty political crime. I hear offending the monarchy is illegal in some of the kingdoms here in the EU. The prisons are better than your apartment in the US anyway and you'll get to tell people you did time in Europe for defending America's honor.

A plane ticket can be had for as little as 600 dollars. And hell, buy it on your credit card too.

How to get up to two years of free healthcare in Europe

This is assuming you're already able to travel into the European Union (easy for Americans, the ones who need it). I'm not an immigration expert so I can't tell you how to get into the country. Sorry, not everyone gets to have an awesome Dutch mom.

So, now you're kayak thinking of buying a plane ticket to Amsterdam or Barcelona because Jose told you that you can get free treatment. Well, just show up. Tell them you'll pay them later. If that doesn't work, commit a petty political crime. I hear offending the monarchy is illegal in some of the kingdoms here in the EU. The prisons are better than your apartment in the US anyway and you'll get to tell people you did time in Europe for defending America's honor.

A plane ticket can be had for as little as 600 dollars. And hell, buy it on your credit card too.

Cryogenically Preserving Sperm

Many men are running around the world competing in the same way that their ancestors did. The smartest men, however, use technology as a weapon. Cryogenically preserving sperm is easy, fast, and relatively inexpensive. You could do it for as little as 200 dollars a year.

Simply knowing that your death would not prevent your plans from being put into place is a bigger consolation than the promise of an afterlife. You don't have to be rich. All you need to know is the power of compound interest. Let's say, theoretically speaking, that you went to an Asian country, where it's easy to save 20,000 dollars a year. If you let 40,000 dollars sit for 40 years, you would have 281,000 dollars at 5% interest. If you add 5,000 dollars a year for those next 40 years, you would have close to a million dollars.

You can start with any principle, but the more the better. ~300 grand is more than enough to purchase a farm in a third world country. I know of couples that hire surrogates to carry their children for as little as 10,000 dollars.

You can live the next 40 years completely stress free. No worries about fulfilling the biological imperative: reproduction.

Cryogenically Preserving Sperm

Many men are running around the world competing in the same way that their ancestors did. The smartest men, however, use technology as a weapon. Cryogenically preserving sperm is easy, fast, and relatively inexpensive. You could do it for as little as 200 dollars a year.

Simply knowing that your death would not prevent your plans from being put into place is a bigger consolation than the promise of an afterlife. You don't have to be rich. All you need to know is the power of compound interest. Let's say, theoretically speaking, that you went to an Asian country, where it's easy to save 20,000 dollars a year. If you let 40,000 dollars sit for 40 years, you would have 281,000 dollars at 5% interest. If you add 5,000 dollars a year for those next 40 years, you would have close to a million dollars.

You can start with any principle, but the more the better. ~300 grand is more than enough to purchase a farm in a third world country. I know of couples that hire surrogates to carry their children for as little as 10,000 dollars.

You can live the next 40 years completely stress free. No worries about fulfilling the biological imperative: reproduction.

Totalitarian Pedagogy in the Tropics: Indoctrination During the Trujillo Era

Introduction
The First Teacher and Self-Loathing
Counterinsurgent Indoctrination
Censorship
First Families and the Cult of Personality
The Goat and Traditional Gender Roles
Anti-Haitianism, Slavery and the 'Dominican Race'
Balaguer and Batlle: Race, Religion and Trujillo's Brains
Catholic Complicity
Racial Revisionism, Indigenísmo and Fascist Propaganda
Nationalistic Fervor and Anticommunism
Origins of the Trujillato
Control Tactics: Spying, Intimidation, and the Public Forum
Dissemination of Dissident Works
Plan Bienal and the Literacy Campaign
Conclusion
Images


Available:
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Totalitarian Pedagogy in the Tropics: Indoctrination During the Trujillo Era

Introduction
The First Teacher and Self-Loathing
Counterinsurgent Indoctrination
Censorship
First Families and the Cult of Personality
The Goat and Traditional Gender Roles
Anti-Haitianism, Slavery and the 'Dominican Race'
Balaguer and Batlle: Race, Religion and Trujillo's Brains
Catholic Complicity
Racial Revisionism, Indigenísmo and Fascist Propaganda
Nationalistic Fervor and Anticommunism
Origins of the Trujillato
Control Tactics: Spying, Intimidation, and the Public Forum
Dissemination of Dissident Works
Plan Bienal and the Literacy Campaign
Conclusion
Images


Available:
PDF
Mobi/Epub

My Real Identity

My biological paternal grandfather was Luis Pimentel from Valverde Mao. As Junot Diaz would say, "he knew someone up in el palacio." He died when my father was young, and my grandmother later remarried. Luis never legitimized my father; he was a man of mystery.

Miguel Abreu later married my grandmother, Barbara Collado, and he adopted and raised my father, Dario Collado; in death Dario Abreu. I'm eternally grateful to the Abreu family. 

I feel no guilt: Luis Pimentel was a product of fascist times and had his mind -- cyst in temporal lobe which causes ADHD-PI -- warped from a young age.
I'll now let the mystery die and remain Abreu, since Pimentel is pretty Hebrew as well. And hey, at least they rumor that someone close to him influenced Trujillo to found Sosua, a safe haven for Jews during WWII. Since my grandmother can no longer speak, there's no one tell what else he did, and I think it's better that way.

My Real Identity

My biological paternal grandfather was Luis Pimentel from Valverde Mao. As Junot Diaz would say, "he knew someone up in el palacio." He died when my father was young, and my grandmother later remarried. Luis never legitimized my father; he was a man of mystery.

Miguel Abreu later married my grandmother, Barbara Collado, and he adopted and raised my father, Dario Collado; in death Dario Abreu. I'm eternally grateful to the Abreu family. 

I feel no guilt: Luis Pimentel was a product of fascist times and had his mind -- cyst in temporal lobe which causes ADHD-PI -- warped from a young age.
I'll now let the mystery die and remain Abreu, since Pimentel is pretty Hebrew as well. And hey, at least they rumor that someone close to him influenced Trujillo to found Sosua, a safe haven for Jews during WWII. Since my grandmother can no longer speak, there's no one tell what else he did, and I think it's better that way.

The Curse of My Father's Line

The males are born with an 11 mm aracnoid cyst in the left temporal lobe. It gives us ADHD-PI, and very high natural intelligence. We're master reverse-engineers. However, our emotions can kill us of a stroke. 

Nonetheless, I consider myself fortunate to have been given this double-edged sword. As long as I keep myself happy and well fed, I'll live a full life. Though I have been fortunate, others have a cyst that is too large for their heads. These are your Hitlers, and maybe your Bushes.

I'm not saying that everyone that has an oversized cyst in their temporal lobe is a criminal, but we must recognize that a person with this condition shouldn't be allowed to drive, own a gun, or serve in government. These are mere precautions. 

You can see my CT scan here. Why can't you see your leaders'!?

The Curse of My Father's Line

The males are born with an 11 mm aracnoid cyst in the left temporal lobe. It gives us ADHD-PI, and very high natural intelligence. We're master reverse-engineers. However, our emotions can kill us of a stroke. 

Nonetheless, I consider myself fortunate to have been given this double-edged sword. As long as I keep myself happy and well fed, I'll live a full life. Though I have been fortunate, others have a cyst that is too large for their heads. These are your Hitlers, and maybe your Bushes.

I'm not saying that everyone that has an oversized cyst in their temporal lobe is a criminal, but we must recognize that a person with this condition shouldn't be allowed to drive, own a gun, or serve in government. These are mere precautions. 

You can see my CT scan here. Why can't you see your leaders'!?

Israeli-Iranian Tensions to Dominate Venezuelan Politics for Foreseeable Future

Chavez consorts with anti-semites and is friendly with the Iranian regime, completely ignoring its persecution of LGBTQ individuals and extensive human rights abuses. He believes in, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." This is the philosophy that justified Japan's involvement with Axis powers during WWII. Chavez is a demagogue and powerful historian. 

Henrique Capriles Radonski, Chavez' opponent, is the grandson of holocaust victims. He frequently vouches his distrust of government, using his apparent paranoia (perhaps persecution complex) to project an almost laissez faire attitude. After extensively examining his blinking patterns [he blinks less frequently when talking about objects and physical movements], and from reading his work as a lawyer, I have deduced that he is on the autism spectrum. 

If Chavez wins, expect a paranoid government that actually does persecute minorities. If Radonski wins, expect a callous government and a highly paranoid population with one of the world's highest murder rates per capita.  

Israeli-Iranian Tensions to Dominate Venezuelan Politics for Foreseeable Future

Chavez consorts with anti-semites and is friendly with the Iranian regime, completely ignoring its persecution of LGBTQ individuals and extensive human rights abuses. He believes in, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." This is the philosophy that justified Japan's involvement with Axis powers during WWII. Chavez is a demagogue and powerful historian. 

Henrique Capriles Radonski, Chavez' opponent, is the grandson of holocaust victims. He frequently vouches his distrust of government, using his apparent paranoia (perhaps persecution complex) to project an almost laissez faire attitude. After extensively examining his blinking patterns [he blinks less frequently when talking about objects and physical movements], and from reading his work as a lawyer, I have deduced that he is on the autism spectrum. 

If Chavez wins, expect a paranoid government that actually does persecute minorities. If Radonski wins, expect a callous government and a highly paranoid population with one of the world's highest murder rates per capita.  

Sarkozy: The Most Dangerous Demagogue in the EU

Just two weeks ago he was saying France had "too many foreigners" and now he's asking us to trust him and give him the power to further censor the internet.

Extremism is dangerous, no doubt, and those who promote it should be brought to justice, but Mr. Sarkozy is a man who I trust about as much as I do Hugo Chavez. If Sarkozy weren't so short, insecure, and uncharismatic I would put my money on him as the dude most likely to start a third world war. 

Sarkozy: The Most Dangerous Demagogue in the EU

Just two weeks ago he was saying France had "too many foreigners" and now he's asking us to trust him and give him the power to further censor the internet.

Extremism is dangerous, no doubt, and those who promote it should be brought to justice, but Mr. Sarkozy is a man who I trust about as much as I do Hugo Chavez. If Sarkozy weren't so short, insecure, and uncharismatic I would put my money on him as the dude most likely to start a third world war. 

On the importance of CT scans

Imagine if I had known my whole life that I was born with ADHD-PI. I feel like I could have been a much more productive student, and a much healthier individual. 

The libertarian in me is starting to grow up. Socialized health care is essential. America's prisons are full of individuals who committed original sin by being born with arachnoid cysts in their temporal lobes. As long as there are guns in America, and this condition -- which is very easy to conceal -- goes unchecked, the United States will remain a very dangerous place.  

On the importance of CT scans

Imagine if I had known my whole life that I was born with ADHD-PI. I feel like I could have been a much more productive student, and a much healthier individual. 

The libertarian in me is starting to grow up. Socialized health care is essential. America's prisons are full of individuals who committed original sin by being born with arachnoid cysts in their temporal lobes. As long as there are guns in America, and this condition -- which is very easy to conceal -- goes unchecked, the United States will remain a very dangerous place.  

I have an 11mm arachnoid cyst in my left temporal lobe

That 11mm arachnoid cyst has determined the course of my life, and indeed the course of civilization. Welcome to the 21st century!

I guess the number 11 is truly wonderfully balanced.

I have an 11mm arachnoid cyst in my left temporal lobe

That 11mm arachnoid cyst has determined the course of my life, and indeed the course of civilization. Welcome to the 21st century!

I guess the number 11 is truly wonderfully balanced.

My Family Background

My paternal grandmother (Barbara [née Collado], age 72, housewife of Galician descent) and my maternal grandfather (Ramon de la Cruz, age 86, respectable black mayor) both suffered strokes in January and can no longer talk. My father (Dario [née Collado], born 1956 or 1957, working class stiff) died of a stroke in 2002. My paternal biological grandfather (whose military experience and real last name is best not uttered in polite company) also died of a stroke in his 40s; the only thing the asshole passed down to my father and me was Sluggish Cognitive Tempo, an occipital bun, and good looks.

I also already have hypertension, and it was when I learned this that I said, "fuck it! I'm just going to become an alcoholic. I'm in Korea, so might as well." All that veganism, not smoking, not drinking, and excercising did nothing. My Knife is the book that helps me cope with being constantly reminded of my mortality.

My Family Background

My paternal grandmother (Barbara [née Collado], age 72, housewife of Galician descent) and my maternal grandfather (Ramon de la Cruz, age 86, respectable black mayor) both suffered strokes in January and can no longer talk. My father (Dario [née Collado], born 1956 or 1957, working class stiff) died of a stroke in 2002. My paternal biological grandfather (whose military experience and real last name is best not uttered in polite company) also died of a stroke in his 40s; the only thing the asshole passed down to my father and me was Sluggish Cognitive Tempo, an occipital bun, and good looks.

I also already have hypertension, and it was when I learned this that I said, "fuck it! I'm just going to become an alcoholic. I'm in Korea, so might as well." All that veganism, not smoking, not drinking, and excercising did nothing. My Knife is the book that helps me cope with being constantly reminded of my mortality.

On Kony...

He makes us feel good. He helps us forget that entire parts of the United States are populated with: obese, anti-science fundamentalists; suicidal meth addicts; or individuals with PTSD just returned from three tours in Afghanistan. And that's just the Midwest. 

The inner cities are generally full of anti-intellectual minorities who bicker amongst one another for control of the drug and prostitution trade. Some of these minorities are unemployed, yet can be found lining up outside of shoe stores for days to purchase overpriced athletic footwear. These minorities also make up the world's largest prison population. The United States has 5% of the world's population, but 25% of the prisoners. The government provides no mental health in these detention facilities, and many in the elite believe in corrective rape.

The elite institutions are full of autistic individuals incapable of asking questions; most are driven purely by fear, ambition, ritalin, and anti-depressants. Entire upper-class streets are well acquainted with the doctor that can prescribe what they need to forget how callous, detached, and unaware they are. Most don't own a passport.

The supermarkets are full of subsidized products with high fructose corn syrup, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, and aspartame. Animals are raised in factory farms and pumped full of antibiotics, growth hormones, and steroids. Their emotions are not important. If emotions are unimportant, the environment is only a minor concern.

The entire government is paid for; reminds me of some of the 3rd world countries I visit. Congress usurped the constitution and gave the executive branch dictatorial powers (NDAA).

tldr; Kony is just a mild virus upon Africa. The United States is a cancer upon the whole world.

On Kony...

He makes us feel good. He helps us forget that entire parts of the United States are populated with: obese, anti-science fundamentalists; suicidal meth addicts; or individuals with PTSD just returned from three tours in Afghanistan. And that's just the Midwest. 

The inner cities are generally full of anti-intellectual minorities who bicker amongst one another for control of the drug and prostitution trade. Some of these minorities are unemployed, yet can be found lining up outside of shoe stores for days to purchase overpriced athletic footwear. These minorities also make up the world's largest prison population. The United States has 5% of the world's population, but 25% of the prisoners. The government provides no mental health in these detention facilities, and many in the elite believe in corrective rape.

The elite institutions are full of autistic individuals incapable of asking questions; most are driven purely by fear, ambition, ritalin, and anti-depressants. Entire upper-class streets are well acquainted with the doctor that can prescribe what they need to forget how callous, detached, and unaware they are. Most don't own a passport.

The supermarkets are full of subsidized products with high fructose corn syrup, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, and aspartame. Animals are raised in factory farms and pumped full of antibiotics, growth hormones, and steroids. Their emotions are not important. If emotions are unimportant, the environment is only a minor concern.

The entire government is paid for; reminds me of some of the 3rd world countries I visit. Congress usurped the constitution and gave the executive branch dictatorial powers (NDAA).

tldr; Kony is just a mild virus upon Africa. The United States is a cancer upon the whole world.

Iraq vet VS. Korean grandpa.

He put up with 6 years in Iraq, and he's not going to take anyone's shit. He'll beat you up even if you're 70 and not a direct threat. Why? Because he is having a bad day and you got in his way.

Iraq vet VS. Korean grandpa.

He put up with 6 years in Iraq, and he's not going to take anyone's shit. He'll beat you up even if you're 70 and not a direct threat. Why? Because he is having a bad day and you got in his way.

Could a Yale graduate plan the perfect crime?

"My Knife"

By: José Abreu

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About the author: "Jose Abreu is a Dominican writer from the South Bronx. He studied Latin American studies at Yale and thereafter taught in Korea for two years. He currently works as a freelance writer in Amsterdam."

Could a Yale graduate plan the perfect crime?

"My Knife"

By: José Abreu

Order from:

Amazon

Createspace

Barnes & Noble



About the author: "Jose Abreu is a Dominican writer from the South Bronx. He studied Latin American studies at Yale and thereafter taught in Korea for two years. He currently works as a freelance writer in Amsterdam."