julho 22, 2008
Strange times, strange names
Some scholar will end up writing about the willful tribute that armed bands pay to the hero universe. In Sierra Leone, one of the top rebel commanders during the 1990s was called Denis "Superman" Mingo. War-torn Yugoslavia had its "Rambo"; the same for Sierra Leone.
Rio de Janeiro too has its share of hero-obsessed thugs. One of the main "militias" in action in the western region of the city is called "Justice League" after the DC powergroup; its symbol is nothing but the batlogo.
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maio 03, 2008
São Paulo-Tokyo-São Paulo
Highlights from Tokyogaqui, a small, but smart, local expo of Japanese pop culture (through Brazilian eyes). Unfortunately, It is just about to end.
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abril 21, 2008
What would Jesus drink?
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abril 03, 2008
Nietzsche Vending Machines
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março 21, 2008
How to support (brazilian style)
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março 14, 2008
Empty day at Maracanã
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outubro 01, 2007
Blck Pwr
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julho 04, 2007
The news someday - 07/04
Wig party: Brazil woman's hair stolen after leaving church 
Close but no cigar: Brazil invited to become special EU partner
Ain't no promised land: 100 palestinian refugees head to Brazil
The Beach: Security woes may shut Live Earth in Rio
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julho 02, 2007
The news someday - 07/02
Dark flight: Birds crash into plane, pilot becomes one eye blind 
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Save Our Souls: The air network is lost in space, says airport 'czar' /
Favela rising: Lula pledges billions to shantytowns in Rio
Unchained melody: Woman forgives husband who took her hostage
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The news someday (weekend 06/30 - 07/01)
Death waits down the corner: In Bahia, men are fearful of living in a street inhabited mostly by widows /
Ministry of Partying: Lula's ministers dress costumes for Saint John's celebration (seriously) /
Big mouth strikes again: Chávez bashes 'brazilian right' and threatens to leave Mercosul
Greenhouse: Golfer Angela Park (almost) rocks US Women's Open
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junho 29, 2007
The news someday - 06/29
Trials of justice: MSN chat between two public servants goes public on São Paulo's Public Bulletin (boss-bashing or set-up?) /
The law won: City officials forget owner inside his closed bar /
Rio's war: Government urged to investigate deaths in police raid
Out of pace: The Guardian plays down Nelson Freires's performance at Queen Elizabeth Hall
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junho 28, 2007
The news someday - 06/28
Dog's life: Animal control agents leash boy /
Carnival of rage: 1,350 policemen raid slum and kill 13 'suspects'
Emirate of Rio no more: Oil town sinks slowly, study shows
Sex for the masses: Government offers morning-after pills; Church feels the side-effects
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maio 12, 2006
Our brightest hours (1)
Two years ago, a district court in the state of Goiás heard the case of a man who complained of being raped by a friend after being lured into an orgy. The orgy, by the way, included the plaintiff's wife.
After hearing all the parties involved, the judge said so:
The practice of group sex stands against the values and manners of our civilization. If the individual, by its own will, engages in an orgy promoted by some of his peers, he cannot, by the end of the affair, complain of being a victim of an indecent act. The one who yearns to satisfy his own or others lust by stepping into the bacchanalia, agrees consciously to play the active or passive role - such is the lack of morality and righteousness of this sort of event.
Ain't no joke.
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abril 13, 2006
Rule of engagement
As for the subjects, do not expect a single drop of coherence. We're true Peri-pathetics. "Peri" for brazilian, "pathetics" by choice and always moving.
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abril 10, 2006
Wild by nature
Dear you, whoever you are. You came all the way to our somehow disturbed sunshine, among unfinished businesses, buildings and lives, with loads of whys wandering in your alcooholic mind. And you put on your louzy flowers t-shirt, and you bring on your humanist smile. But don't expect to find among us that sort of thirworldish, groovy dancing, world music and protect the rain forest speech. Down here, there are no stray shots, and we only call lost bullets those who find a place, usually in someone's body. To make a long story short, let me tell you: in our very particular way, we're wild. By nature.
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abril 06, 2006
Good advice
"Obrigado" is the portuguese (oh yes, in Brazil we do speak portuguese) word for thank you. And it´s the sort of thing that you´ll hear coming out of the stinking mouths of 100% of these old rock stars who make the trip down here in the end of their careers. The audience usually screams, claps and cheers.
But beware you foreigners. If I was you, I would quickly learn how to say please in our native language.
Because that´s what you´ll have to say to cold blooded gang members, happy thugs, corrupt policemen, fake lawyers, dubious taxi drivers, zoombie drug dealers, lovers to be, and even child prostitutes, if you want to come out alive from this wonderful tropical experience of ours. And, as most of our public services, political system and capitalism, it may not work.
Repeat after me: Por favor, por favor, por favor, aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!
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abril 04, 2006
The men and women with the plan
You ask about our staff. Here's the deal: carnivalized pundits, stressed-out newsmen, self-proclaimed decadents, muscular christians and tropical jews, all live in our midst. Apostos is a barbaric territory inhabited by connoisseurs.
Posted by apostos at 11:32 AM | Comments (0)
Battle call
Reach. In the sake of this panacea, Apostos goes english.
Out of chance or curiosity, many of you have stumbled upon our domain during the last 12 months. Expecting to find something useful (let's pretend) or educational (let's pretend even more), you've came to face our beautiful, yet less spoken, language. No more undergoogling, though. For now on, the field is plain - plainer than you think.
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