& sunday, 15 june, 2014: a perversely catholic declaration of faith, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

ITALIAN:   Sempre ateo grazia a Dio.   §

SPANISH:  ¡Gracias a Dios que soy ateo!   §

 § ) “Thank God I’m an atheist!” — attributed to Spanish surrealist & filmmaker Luis Buñuel 

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sat., 14 june, 2014: a perversely catholic declaration of faith, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

ITALIAN:   Sempre ateo grazia a Dio.   §

SPANISH:  ¡Gracias a Dios que soy ateo!   §

 § ) “Thank God I’m an atheist!” — attributed to Spanish surrealist & filmmaker Luis Buñuel 

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fri., 13 june, 2014: brazilian hypocratic oaths, xviii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE:   Trambiclínica  ‡

   ‡)  Lit., “fraudulent clinic”  =  clinic staffed entirely by medical students so as to maximize profits

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thurs., 12 june, 2014: italian al dente, vi.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

ITALIAN:  Fighetta...  (f.)  ‡‡

‡‡) Lit.,  Cute pussy...  / Pretty pussy...  =   i.e.,  a hottie;  a pretty woman ;  a sexy babe

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wed., 11 june, 2014: the dutch of human kindness, vii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

DUTCH: Krijg de tiefttering!   ‡

   ‡ )  “Catch the typhoid tuberculosis!”

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tues., 10 june, 2014: brazilian social justice, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE:   Leis para inglês ver...  ‡‡

‡‡ )   “Just for show for the English...”  =  a Brazilian aphorism used by graffiti muralist Paulo Ito to refer to the billions & billions of dollars being spent by the Brazilian on the forthcoming World Cup, & after that, the Olympics, while making deep cuts in programs to fight poverty & dislocating thousands of residents from the stadium sites, all of this galvanizing the Brazilian public, resulting in protests & riots, & esp. to the very weak gestures the govt. has made in response to the protests; Paulo Ito has tapped into the zeitgeist with a mural most recently captured in mural by Paulo Ito, adorning the front doors of a São Paulo schoolhouse, a mural depicting a starving Brazilian child of the favela w/ nothing but a soccer ball on his plate, & virally-replicated on social & a-social media all over the world, web media & television — whether left- or right-wing... 

http://www.topix.com/br/sao-paulo/2014/05/mural-of-starving-brazilian-child-eating-a-soccer-ball-goes-viral

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mon, 9 june, 2014: argentine staycation, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

SPANISH:  ¿Dónde esta el telo?    ‡

‡ )   “Where’s the [nearest Love] Hotel?”... NOTE: “Telo” —  in Argentina’s equivalent to the French street argot called Verlan — refers to Buenos Aires’ version of Japanese love hotels,  w/ rooms rented by the hour for morning or noon or afternoon delight ;  Argentina,  as Japan,  has a premium on living space... & w/ 20-somethings often still living w/ their parents,  a “Telo” is preferable to the back seat of a car. 

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