fri., 14 jan., 2011, faire de la politique d' haiti

CREOLE, HAITIAN:  Tonton Macoute   ++  

    ++ )     “Uncle Gunnysack” — Papa Doc’s death-squads; later employed by Baby 
                 Doc’s regime & in subsequent Haitian civil wars, circa 1957—2000 (& 
                  beyond; wore brownshirt drag & sunglasses & cultivated a baadaaaaassss
                  vodun aura, appropriating the native religion to their political ends ;  the 
                  death-squads used semi-automatics, but machete was preferred, if not 
                   totemic weapon.
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thurs., 13 jan., 2011, a welsh salutation

WELSH:  Twll din pop Saes!  **  

   ** )   “Arseholes to all Englishmen!” / “Assholes to all Englishmen!” ______________________________________________________
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wed., 12 jan. 2011, would you like fries with that?

DUTCH: Eet pinguin poep.   +  
DUTCH: Eet pinguin poep smeerlap. / Eet pinguin poep bastaard.   ++    
DUTCH: Eet pinguin poep trut. / Eet pinguin poep kaffer.   +++    

      + )   “Eat penguin shit.”
    ++ )   “Eat penguin shit, son-of-a-bitch.” / “Eat penguin shit, bastard.” 
 +++ )   “Eat penguin shit, bitch.” / “Eat penguin shit, cow.”
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tues., 11 jan., 2011, the war on drugs (a mexican note)

SPANISH:  “A este pinchi vieja la matamos por relaje...esto es va a pasar a todos
                   los pinches relajes.” — Z  [los Zetas]  ++  

    ++ )     “We killed this fucking obstinate old lady for snitching...this will happen
                 to all fucking snitches.” — Z  [the Zs / Zetas] 
                         Note written on cardboard & propped against the decapitated  
                 corpse of an old lady in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. 
                        The cops found her body & the cardboard note on 25 Oct., 2010,
                 her head in her lap, & a now-severed finger in her mouth. 
                        The Zs / Zetas are narco-traficantes [narco-traffickers] with para-
                 military origins.  
                        The Zetas trained at the Ft. Benning School of the Americas to deal 
                 with the Zapatista insurgency in Chiapas — & we know how well that went. 
                        When the Zetas were next assigned to fight narco-traficantes, the 
                 narco-traficantes offered the Zetas a better benefits package ... 
                        Over 30,000 Mexicans have died in the war on (& for) drugs since 
                 2007 ...  the lucky ones merely shot ...
             
                This note & incident is courtesy of the excellent article, The Mystery of the 
                Tainted Cocaine, Pt. iv.: The Bigger Mystery, by Brendan Kiley, The Stranger,
                6 Jan., 2011 [link below].   
              
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/the-mystery-of-the-tainted-cocaine-part-iv/Content?oid=6163374
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mon., 10 jan., 2011, a couple of arses?

HEBREW:   תחת מלוכלך  — tahkat melōchlekhet  + 
HUNGARIAN:  Menj a büdös picsába! ++

    + )   filthy arse / filthy ass ;
  ++ )  “Go up a smelly arse!”  /  “Go up a smelly ass!”   
   
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sun., 9 jan., 2011, a blasphomet

MACEDONIAN:   Да ти ебам бозество кучка!  —  Da ti ebam bozestvo kučka!    ‡‡‡  

  ‡‡‡ )  “Fuck yr God, bitch!”
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sat., 8 jan., 2011, a bollock short...

BULGARIAN:   ташак  —  tašak  *

      *  )   “one-bollock-wanker”   /   “one-bollock-jerkoff”   
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