fri., 6 may, 2016: french tech & it’s disconnects, ii.: give us this Day our Daily Curse

FRENCH:  T’est qu’une sale conasse qui se met du portable dans le cul!  ‡‡‡

  ‡‡)   “You’re a crazy bitch who shoves portables up her arse.”  /    “You’re a crazy bitch who shoves mobile [cell]  phones up her arse .”

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from curse + berate in 69+ languages, from Soft Skull Press.

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thurs. 5 may, 2016: ¡es!, ¡es!, ¡es!, ¡es!, ¡es cinco de mayo! : give us This Day our Daily Curse

SPANISH:    “¡Pobre Mexico! ¡Tan lejos de Dios y tan cerca de los Estados Unidos!”   ‡

SPANISH:   “Pax Porfiana”  ‡‡

SPANISH:   “Pan o palo”  ‡‡‡

SPANISH:   Remoja la bandera con heroina y yo lo chupo.  ‡‡‡‡

      ‡)  “Poor Mexico! So far from God and so close to the United States!” —  attrib. to Porfirio Diaz,  who’d participated in the routing of the French at Veracruz,  & who served as “President” of Mexico fr. 1876 to 1911  (with brief periods, 1876, & again 1880 — 1884,  when fuck-puppets Juan Méndez & Manuel González respectively served as interim presidents) ;  Diaz’s presidency was marked by a surface stability  (modernization & economic growth) made possible by political repression, graft & corruption, & by selling off everything to foreign corporations, esp. mining & agri-bizz concerns.  In 1911 Diaz was kicked out on his arse during the Mexican Revolution;  he slithered off to expile in Spain.  After the Mexican revolution many industries were nationalized;

     ‡‡)  “Porfiana Peace” — period  in Mexican history (1876—1911) marked by Porfirio Diaz’ rule,  where a surface stability, modernization & economic growth was made possible by political repression & by selling off everything to foreign corporations,  esp. mining & agri-bizz concerns.  In 1911 the shit hit the fan with the Mexican Revolution, & Diaz slithered off to expile in Spain  ;

  ‡‡‡)  “Bread or the stick”  —  Porfirio Diaz’ strategy of offering problematic politicians or generals two options:  cushy & obscenely-salaried sinecures,  or a blindfold & a last cigarette & a firing squad.  (Diaz is said to have commented that a dog with a bone would neither bite or bark.) ;

‡‡‡‡)  “Immerse the flag in heroin & I'll suck on it.”   /   “Soak the flag in heroin & I'll suck on it.”  —   attrib.  to a famous former Commisssioner of Sewers   

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from curse + berate in 69+ languages, from Soft Skull Press

http://softskull.com/?p=271

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wed, 4 may 2016: ¡es!, ¡es!, ¡es!, ¡es!, ¡es cinco de mayo! : give us This Day our Daily Curse

SPANISH: “¡Pobre Mexico! ¡Tan lejos de Dios y tan cerca de los Estados Unidos!”   ‡

SPANISH: “Pax Porfiana” ‡‡

SPANISH: “Pan o palo” ‡‡‡

   ‡)  “Poor Mexico! So far from God and so close to the United States!” —  attrib. to Porfirio Diaz,  who’d participated in the routing of the French at Veracruz,  & who served as “President” of Mexico fr. 1876 to 1911  (with brief periods, 1876, & again 1880 — 1884,  when fuck-puppets Juan Méndez & Manuel González respectively served as interim presidents) ;  Diaz’s presidency was marked by a surface stability  (modernization & economic growth) made possible by political repression, graft & corruption, & by selling off everything to foreign corporations, esp. mining & agri-bizz concerns.  In 1911 Diaz was kicked out on his arse during the Mexican Revolution;  he slithered off to expile in Spain.  After the Mexican revolution many industries were nationalized;

    ‡‡)  “Porfiana Peace” — a per.  in Mexican history (1876—1911) marked by Porfirio Diaz’ rule,  where a surface stability, modernization & economic growth was made possible by political repression & by selling off everything to foreign corporations, esp. mining & agri-bizz concerns.  In 1911 the shit hit the fan with the Mexican Revolution, & Diaz slithered off to expile in Spain  ;

 ‡‡‡)  “Bread or the stick”  —  Porfirio Diaz’ strategy of offering problematic politicians or generals two options:  cushy & obscenely-salaried sinecures,  or a blindfold & a last cigarette & a firing squad.  (Diaz is said to have commented that a dog with a bone would neither bite or bark.)

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from curse + berate in 69+ languages, from Soft Skull Press

http://softskull.com/?p=271

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tues., 3 may, 2016: ¡es!, ¡es!, ¡es!, ¡es!, ¡es cinco de mayo! : give us This Day our Daily Curse

SPANISH: “¡Pobre Mexico! ¡Tan lejos de Dios y tan cerca de los Estados Unidos!”   ‡

SPANISH: “Pax Porfiana” ‡‡

       ‡ )  “Poor Mexico! So far from God and so close to the United States!” —  attrib. to Porfirio Diaz,  who’d participated in the routing of the French at Veracruz,  & who served as “President” of Mexico fr. 1876 to 1911  (with brief periods, 1876, & again 1880 — 1884,  when fuck-puppets Juan Méndez & Manuel González respectively served as interim presidents) ;  Diaz’s presidency was marked by a surface stability  (modernization & economic growth) made possible by political repression, graft & corruption, & by selling off everything to foreign corporations, esp. mining & agri-bizz concerns.  In 1911 Diaz was kicked out on his arse during the Mexican Revolution;  he slithered off to expile in Spain.  After the Mexican revolution many industries were nationalized;

      ‡‡ )  “Porfiana Peace” — a per.  in Mexican history (1876—1911) marked by Porfirio Diaz’ rule,  where a surface stability, modernization & economic growth was made possible by political repression & by selling off everything to foreign corporations, esp. mining & agri-bizz concerns.  In 1911 the shit hit the fan with the Mexican Revolution, & Diaz slithered off to expile in Spain 

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from curse + berate in 69+ languages, from Soft Skull Press

http://softskull.com/?p=271

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mon., 2 may, 2016: ¡es!, ¡es!, ¡es!, ¡es!, ¡es cinco de mayo! : give us This Day our Daily Curse

SPANISH: “¡Pobre Mexico! ¡Tan lejos de Dios y tan cerca de los Estados Unidos!”   ‡

       ‡ )  “Poor Mexico! So far from God and so close to the United States!” —  attrib. to Porfirio Diaz,  who’d participated in the routing of the French at Veracruz,  & who served as “President” of Mexico fr. 1876 to 1911  (with brief periods, 1876, & again 1880 — 1884,  when fuck-puppets Juan Méndez & Manuel González respectively served as interim presidents) ;  Diaz’s presidency was marked by a surface stability  (modernization & economic growth) made possible by political repression, graft & corruption, & by selling off everything to foreign corporations, esp. mining & agri-bizz concerns.  In 1911 Diaz was kicked out on his arse during the Mexican Revolution;  he slithered off to expile in Spain.  After the Mexican revolution many industries were nationalized  

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from curse + berate in 69+ languages, from Soft Skull Press

http://softskull.com/?p=271

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& sun., 1 may, 2016: may day! may day!: give us This Day our Daily Curse

FRENCH: “T. F. P. / Travail, Famille, Patrie” §

FRENCH: “Révolution c’est l’ opium des intellectuelles...” §§

GERMAN:   Ostalgia / Ostalgie   §§§

RUSSIAN: Демократия   —   Dermokratiya  §§§§

RUSSIAN:  “промочи флаг героином и я поссосу!” — “Promoči flag geroinom i ya possosu!” §§§§§

SPANISH:  “La unica iglesia que ilumina es la que arde.”  §§§§§§

§) “Work,  Family,  Fatherland”  —  Nat’l motto of the Vichy Regime, the fuck-puppet govt. of the Nazi occupation ;

§§)  “Revolution is the opium of the intellectuals...”  —  Popular Post-May ’68 Situationist graffito that sprayed its way across European & US campuses, found its way into Lindsay Anderson’s O LUCKY MAN!  ;

§§§) “Nostalgia  [for former Communist Eastern Bloc & its safety net]” — [formerly Eastern] Germ. pun & neologism; Etym., Germ, Ost = East [as in Cold War Eastern Europe & Soviet Russia] + (die) Nostalgie = nostalgia ; See also “Won’t Get Fooled Again” (Pete Townshend), fr. Who’s Next,  MCA records... [“...Meet the New Boss...same as the Old Boss...” ] ; See also < http://www.villagevoice.com/2011-07-13/art/ostalgia-new-museum-a-walk-around-the-bloc/ >  ;

 §§§§)  “Crapocracy” / “Shitocracy”  — the post-glastnost world Yeltsin & Putin presided over & bequeathed to the Russian peoples ;

§§§§§)  “Soak the flag in heroin & I'll suck on it!” — attrib. to a famous former Commissioner of Sewers  

§§§§§§)  “The only church that illuminates is a burning church.”  —  attributed to Piotr Kropotkin, but quoted by Durruti during the Spanish Civil War.  

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from curse + berate in 69+ languages, from Soft Skull Press.

http://softskull.com/?p=271

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fri, 29 apr., 2016: may day! may day!: give us This Day our Daily Curse

FRENCH: “T. F. P. / Travail, Famille, Patrie” §

FRENCH: “Révolution c’est l’ opium des intellectuelles...” §§

§) “Work,  Family,  Fatherland”  —  Nat’l motto of the Vichy Regime, the fuck-puppet govt. of the Nazi occupation ;

§§)  “Revolution is the opium of the intellectuals...”  —  Popular Post-May ’68 Situationist graffito that sprayed its way across European & US campuses, found its way into Lindsay Anderson’s O LUCKY MAN!   

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from curse + berate in 69+ languages, from Soft Skull Press.

http://softskull.com/?p=271

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