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Xipe Totec

Xipe Totec's Journal
Xipe Totec's Journal
December 26, 2017

I'm very glad to have many friends who are Jewish

But what satisfies me most, is when they meet each other for the first time and realize they are Jewish, and that I never told them; either of them. That I never said: this is my friend so-and-so, and he's Jewish too. It pleases me to see them discover that they are my friends, who just happen to be Jews.


December 15, 2017

North East Mexico is such a weird place

It has a bread called semitas (semites). It has pastries called turcos (Turks). There is a town called China. There is a town called Los Ramones. It has a game called quita y pon (dreidel). It has a game called changai (Shanghai).

What... the... Hell...


December 15, 2017

Do you want to know what habanero peppers taste like without blowing your brains?

I just discovered and tasted Red Teardrop Cherry Tomatoes today. I was amazed. They taste exactly like habanero peppers but without the heat. Zero, nada.

They have that floral flavor that habaneros have, which you get to savor for, oh, maybe 5 seconds before the capsaicin kicks in.

http://www.specialtyproduce.com/produce/Red_Teardrop_Cherry_Tomatoes_212.php

December 13, 2017

The Cowboy Mouse


December 10, 2017

Uranium firm urged Trump officials to shrink Bears Ears National Monument

https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/939302337465782272


A uranium company launched a concerted lobbying campaign to scale back Bears Ears National Monument, saying such action would give it easier access to the area’s uranium deposits and help it operate a nearby processing mill, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and top Utah Republicans have said repeatedly that questions of mining or drilling played no role in President Trump’s announcement Monday that he was cutting the site by more than 1.1 million acres, or 85 percent. Trump also signed a proclamation nearly halving the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, which is also in southern Utah and has significant coal deposits.

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