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Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

FROM: JOHN ROSS

johnross@igc.org
Blindman’s Buff #242

MEXICO’S SHOCK DOCTRINE: THE SWINE FLU HYPE – TIPPING POINT FOR A NEW MEXICAN REVOLUTION?

MEXICO CITY (MAY 27TH) – Upon returning to Mexico City after 100 days in Gringolandia dealing with a personal health crisis, I was met at the door of the downtown hotel where I have bedded down for the past quarter century by a uniformed security guard in jackboots and blue surgical mask who insisted upon smearing my palm with a goopy hand sanitizer as a precaution against the much-hyped swine flu.

“I’m sorry,” the guardian lamented, “I know its all a ‘faramalla’ (farce, trick) but the boss gave us orders.” The hotel itself was empty, the guests having fled in the wake of the self-described “pandemic” and the draconian measures the government has taken to counteract it.
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Summer Wine

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Grammy-Nominated Elegant Raiatea Helm

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Meeting My Cervix

Monday, May 11th, 2009
Well, this is probably going to mortify my three boys, men now, (well, maybe not the one who is a doctor) but when I went to the gynecologist here in Oaxaca last week, I saw, for the first time ever, ... [Continue reading this entry]