Posted on October 8, 2008 by Colin Brayton
O Arnesto nos convidô prum samba, ele mora no Brás
Nóis fumo e não encontremos ninguém”
Nóis vortemo cuma baita duma reiva!
Da outra veiz nóis num vai mais,
Nóis não semos tatu!
JusBrasil reported in July about a shakedown scheme operating in Brás in which cops and city inspectors were shaking down irregular street vendors for bribes. The local [...]
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Posted on October 8, 2008 by Colin Brayton
Cause I love my dog. I love all my dogs. I love every dog I ever had. I remember em all. And I love every one of them. Still love all my dogs, and I’ve had me a lot of goddam dogs. In my lifetime, I have had [...]
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Posted on October 8, 2008 by Colin Brayton
A Coisa Nossa: Newsmagazine publisher Mino Carta returns to his Blog do Mino.
After thanking all and sundry for welcoming the old raconteur back — welcome back to Mino and his good old Olivetti! — he responds to a reaction by Brazil’s Chief Justice to a cover story this week by Mino’s CartaCapital (above).
The article details [...]
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Posted on October 8, 2008 by Colin Brayton
Relatório reservado nº3481 08/10/2008: I read this M&A newsletter as deep background material for work.
I rarely blog about work here because — because, well, work is work, and why dwell on it when you are done with it for the day? At one point I thought of making this more of a business blog, but [...]
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