Hello all, this is a message of interest to those particularly in Toronto. It doen't have anything directly to do with 'things portuguese' but everything to do...
walked out of work this afternoon to find the city choked with smoke. a tapada de mafra caught fire again. it was so thick i thought it was monsanto, the...
Clemente Alves
cleox@...
Jul 5, 2005 1:39 am
7044
Yes, Jardim is often good for a laugh, but so are you. Thank you for todays laugh. I love your reports. Keep them coming. João...
Meus amigos, This is the perfect example of half a truth being worse than a lie. For the media and people who have been so quick to quote Joao Jardim, he...
Álvaro Lemos
alvaroy2k@...
Jul 6, 2005 2:46 am
7047
okay, so what did he say then? what exactly was the context? what i heard was no damn foreign hordes coming here to take our jobs and boink our women, unless...
Clemente Alves
cleox@...
Jul 6, 2005 12:15 pm
7048
He was refering to "suspicious" business groups that have been operating in Madeira. The fact that the media jumped on him, may just have something to do with...
Álvaro Lemos
alvaroy2k@...
Jul 6, 2005 3:42 pm
7049
i'll buy that. i knew those damn chinocas couldn't be trusted. just goes to show you what rubish an edited out of context 1 minute news report can make you...
Clemente Alves
cleox@...
Jul 7, 2005 1:19 am
7050
I think I've said it before Cleo... you remind me of the character played by Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now. You know the one. A mission is needed to rescue...
i'll buy that too. question is though, who is gonna accept the mission to float up the river and pluck me from this heart of darkness? tu? i haven't...
Clemente Alves
cleox@...
Jul 7, 2005 8:41 am
7052
From the Carcavelos Swarming to the rise of the Frente Nacional to the rantings of the insular Herr Jardim now we have Osama's minions attacking London. Where...
david_cavaco@...
Jul 7, 2005 3:16 pm
7053
Erm, can I just comment on a historical inaccuracy: >Historical note that much of Iberia was at some time under the yoke of the >caliphs beginning in 711 AD...
Carmen M Ramos Villar
carmen_ramos_villar@...
Jul 7, 2005 3:42 pm
7054
Ola Cleo, Thank you for the thought and concern old friend. It wasn't a go last Monday. I had a fever and the doctors decided not to go ahead- it has been ...
george galego
georgegalego@...
Jul 7, 2005 4:30 pm
7055
Aren't we really comparing watermelons to apricots? ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the...
Álvaro Lemos
alvaroy2k@...
Jul 7, 2005 6:05 pm
7056
To the unknown subscriber: This is realpolitik man not a fruit market! Carmen, Thank you for the correction. I knew that the Moorish era ended with the fall ...
david_cavaco@...
Jul 7, 2005 7:30 pm
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David, The unknown subscriber is named Álvaro and believe there's nothing more realpolitik than a fruit salad. On a serious note, I just fail to see the...
Álvaro Lemos
alvaroy2k@...
Jul 7, 2005 7:56 pm
7058
Alvaro, I like fruit salad and in the universe everything is connected. Carcavelos was an example at the low level of security that Portugal faces today. If a...
david_cavaco@...
Jul 7, 2005 8:40 pm
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david cavaco: what do you mean by "freedom to the middle east"? miguel...
miguel and trish rocha
rfprod@...
Jul 7, 2005 9:25 pm
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Yahpp! Security has been a major issue in the political agendas in Portugal and a serious concern, in the last decade, for people residing there. Cheers ... ...
Álvaro Lemos
alvaroy2k@...
Jul 8, 2005 1:09 am
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damn it, george! get that operation already so i can start worrying about me and my incredibly important problems instead of you. i hate having to think...
Clemente Alves
cleox@...
Jul 8, 2005 2:22 am
7062
Well, I've decided to arm myself with a copy of the Koran. I've always wanted to read it and now I will, in English translation but I'm sure I'll get the gist...
Hey Cleo and everyone on the list, I'm writing from the hospital on Friday night as I am stuck here waitimg for my surgery. Tatiana (who is wonderfully nice...
george galego
georgegalego@...
Jul 9, 2005 4:50 am
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dear george, what does wanting more control in their own countries, let's say algeria, pakistan, thailand or malaysia, which aren't western countries or even...
Clemente Alves
cleox@...
Jul 9, 2005 12:43 pm
7065
Cleo Response to: "what does wanting more control in their own countries.... have to do with the bombings-be it in muslim lands or not?" The same could be ...
george galego
georgegalego@...
Jul 9, 2005 7:32 pm
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I fail to see how this context somehow justifies his comments. Why are these business groups "suspicious"? If there are criminals from these countries...
George, Good points, but blaming European and American involvement in the middle east is also a bit simplistic as well. Many nations on the globe have been...
Let's not get "o cu confundido com as calcas" (if I may use a vulgar expression). His comments should be singled out and properly condemned. However, the...
Álvaro Lemos
alvaroy2k@...
Jul 11, 2005 12:39 am
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George S., Good points which there are no easy answers to. I never said that these groups were good forms of government, but that they wanted autonomy. In...
george galego
georgegalego@...
Jul 11, 2005 3:03 am
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the media love him! every time his picture shows up on tv, like yesterday during lunch at work, people actually stop what they're doing and turn up the volume...
Clemente Alves
cleox@...
Jul 12, 2005 11:05 am
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Here is some news from another front: Cleo, you will undoubtedly be happy to know that the fellow voxnovan & friend that you mentioned on this list last week,...
