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Xipe Totec

Xipe Totec's Journal
Xipe Totec's Journal
September 22, 2018

JOAN MANUEL SERRAT Las nanas de la cebolla, Miguel Hernndez

Music by Alberto Cortéz

Interpretation by Joan Manuél Serrat.


September 22, 2018

NY Times getting the Rosenstein Scoop



Nice job fucking up the story, guys.

September 19, 2018

Battle Hymn of the Republic


September 19, 2018

Vals Dios Nunca Muere (God Never Dies) - Orquesta Sinfonica del IPN, Mexico

The Orchestra of the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico

Regarded as the anthem of the state of Oaxaca

September 18, 2018

Kavanaugh's memory is amazing. Not only can he remember everywhere he's been,

he can remember where he was not.

Without telling him a specific time and place, he can tell you he wasn't there.

September 17, 2018

Thank you, Anthony Bourdain, for helping me find an ancestral name

My father's maternal last name was Echeverria. Today, watching "Episode Intel from San Sebastián"

I discovered the original name, which is Etxebarri, from the Basque country.

https://explorepartsunknown.com/san-sebastian/episode-intel-from-san-sebastian/


Etxebarri is notoriously hard to find. The Baker and I had explicit directions in our guide book, which were as good as any, but didn’t show any distances or what the “turns” actually looked like. We also had a British GPS, but Jane/Gayle was a little crazy (as we drove on the freeway, going the correct way, she would suddenly direct us to take off onto the Spanish fields alongside). And, we had Pim’s post open on our laptop as well. And it actually took all 3 devices to get us to the tiny town of Axpe, right on time, after allowing double the driving time to allow for the Baker’s slow driving, and for getting lost.

http://foodcharmer.com/2011/06/the-best-meal-i-ever-ate-etxebarri-the-grill-master/



Old Basque saying:

We are because we were.

September 15, 2018

The Cry of Dolores, September 15, 1810

The Cry of Dolores is an expression associated with the 1810 Mexican revolt against the Spanish, a cry of sorrow and anger from a priest credited with beginning Mexico's struggle for independence from colonial rule.



https://www.thoughtco.com/mexican-independence-the-cry-of-dolores-2136414

The current coat of arms of Mexico (Spanish: Escudo Nacional de México, literally "national shield of Mexico" ) has been an important symbol of politics and culture of Mexico for centuries. The coat of arms depicts a Mexican golden eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus devouring a rattlesnake. The design is rooted in the legend that the Aztec people would know where to build their city once they saw an eagle eating a snake on top of a lake. To the people of Tenochtitlan, this symbol had strong religious connotations, and to the Europeans, it came to symbolize the triumph of good over evil (with the snake sometimes representative of the serpent in the Garden of Eden).



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Mexico

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