domingo, 31 de março de 2019

Are donated school buses being used to transport dissidents to jail, instead of children to school?


Are donated school buses being used to transport dissidents to jail, instead of children to school?
Dec. 18 - The so called Pastor for Peace, better known as Pastors for Dictators, have been conducting yearly caravans to donate school buses and other items that they classify as "humanitarian aid" to the Castro brothers.
But it seems that the "humanitarian aid" is being used for very inhuman purposes by the Cuban dictators.
This is the flyer used by the Pastors for Peace for their 2011 caravan:

sexta-feira, 29 de março de 2019

As manifestações e o jornalismo chapa-branca

- Oi, chefe, cheguei.
- E aí, foi lá cobrir a manifestação?

- Fui, sim, chefe!
- E cumé que foi?

- Sen-sa-cio-nal, chefe!
- Hã. Sei. Por que?

- Tava LOTADÃO, chefe. Fechou a avenida.
- Sei.

- E na maior paz, cheio de família, criança, velhinho. Nenhuma vidraça quebrada. Nenhuma banca incendiada. Nenhum cinegrafista morto.
- Mas eu não te mandei achar alguma briga?

quarta-feira, 27 de março de 2019

The Blasphemy Collection

The concept of blasphemy seemed for some decades to be in decline in the West, but not any more. It may be useful to look back at some recent cases of militantly religious outrage...




Rated by
Vulgarity
–the piece shocked through its conflation of the sacred and the profane
Criminality –the piece contravened laws in a given country
Religious impact –the work caused outrage from religious leaders
Political impact –speeches were made by governments, laws were created or changed.
Deaths – outrage at the work led to the death of one or more people



terça-feira, 19 de março de 2019

Intelectuais de Esquerda (Esquerdismo Caviar)

"Não é preciso dizer que os artistas não se compadeceram da real classe trabalhadora, semelhante a Maria Antonieta, que vivera fantasiada de pastora, segundo sua visão romantizada do que seria uma pastora" (Theodore Dalrymple, Nossa Cultura..., 2015: 179).