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Very, very quiet last night at 117. I got there at 5PM and was practically empty. If you combined the staff and the cleints, they would have outnumbered the boys. Christian was there when I arrived. Once again. I think there is a new popular, tall and twinkish bottom in town. Wonderful smile. Sweet personality. Did a programa with my favorite Thiago. If he was smart and not nice, he could easily work me for quite a lot of money. But when we got a room at about 6:40PM, no wait at all. Zippo. As I left at 7:55PM, there were only 7 people waiting for the freebie rooms. Definitely slower than normal. I think because it is the end of the month and people are waiting for their first(to fifth)of the month paychecks. This month we had the Festa Juninas in the middle of the month and Festa de Corpus Cristi to start of June/finish May. 4-5 weekend and many took trips.

Just received news from two FACEBOOK friends that there is a nationwide general strike set for 1 July. Not sure how much more Dilma can do. She heard and she spoke. Monday afternoon she had a televised cabinet meeting concerning the demonstrations.

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I received this email about 3 hours ago from the US Consulate. The U.S. Embassy in Brasilia alerts U.S. citizens traveling to and residing in Brazil to continued protests in several cities throughout the country including Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Recife, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Fortaleza, Salvador, and Manaus. Protests have occurred throughout Brazil in the past week and more are planned for June 26. There have also been calls on social media for a series of strikes and protests throughout Brazil, which could potentially occur in the next week. U.S. citizens should avoid the protests and areas where large gatherings may occur. Even demonstrations or events intended to be peaceful can turn confrontational and possibly escalate into violence. U.S. citizens in Brazil are urged to continue to monitor local news reports and to plan their activities accordingly. I can only report that in the central area of Rio things were very calm. The corner newstands on the sidewalks were getting ready to close at 5PM. Most por quilos shut early anyway as they are normally luncheon spots. The banks are still almost totally boarded up except for a single entryway which is opened and closed for business hours only. No problem getting money(saque) just need to do it before 4PM or 5PM, depending on when the last employee leaves and the security guards fasten down the metal doors and/or plywood barriers. In different spots around the city there were groups of 10-12 military police from the states of Rio de Janeiro with kevlar vests, guns, some with semis and batons. Different from the Municipal Guard/Guarda Municipal who only carry batons and the BOPE and the mounted police who have helmets and heavier-duty "stuff. These really are demonstrations over sundry complaints and not riots, per se. Yesterday, while walking to Meio Mundo, I passed a group of 10-11 retirees from VARIG complaining that they were missing their pensions. They had their handmade signs scrawled on posterboard. Feeble graphics. The Banco Brasil Cultural Center was closed, but there they were standing in front on the stops smiling for a couple of photographers. Part of the lawlessness, are people taking advantage and looting and destroying whatever. Tonight in the Complexo Mare, which is on the other side of the highway from the hospital near the airport Galeao, part of UFRJ University, 9 people were killed in drug violence, and a news helicopter from RECORD for Cidade Alerta show youths running wild in the narrow streets, marauders as it were, stealing women's purses and even running into and out of restaurants stealing shopping bags as well. One woman ran into a restaurant/bar for protection and still a couple adolescents follewed her inside to rob her and you could see them exiting with her bags. Lawlessness. There was video of police apprehending some - the total reported was 16.

I am stupider than stupid. Just went to the YouTube link. Kick Me. Strangle Me. Or Whatever. For all of these years, I thought the name of the group was Rockafella and a play on the Rockefeller dynasty. My Badder Than Bad. Edward Snowden could do much worse than Ecuador. Lots of mountains and jungles to lie low in. And the cost of living is quite reasonable there.

Last week on Yahoo there was a survey of current possible food regimes. #1 was The Alkaline Diet which I have been following for about a month for acid reflux problems. Its #1 proponent is Victoria Beckham. I am not sure how effective it is, but if it will get me hubby, David, "to Bend It Like"..., änd let me have his children, then I am a definite convert. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/the-alkaline-diet-vs-the-52-diet-8480617.html

#1)From listening and reading lots and lots of "stuff", I think it really all boils down to what works the best for you. #2)Basically boils down to calorie intake + calories produced by exercise over amount one's body needs for base functions divided by 3555 = pounds lost #3)Nothing is a quick fix. For almost all, fad diets do noyt work, one needs to plan for the long haul, slow and sure. According to the book I am on reading, the FAST Diet by dr. Michael Mosley, 12 hours plus without food daily/nightly on alternate days can be a good thing. Still trying to figure out how I can tailor the nutrition and eating plans for my timetable.

I went back to Meio Mundo and there has been a general freshening and things seem to be operating better. Most everyone probably are interested in the quality of the boys. Some older ones, some newer ones and some fresh out of the Zonas Oeste and Norte/West and North Zones - meaning the area near Bangu through Campo Grande to Santa Cruz and the Baixada Fluminense which includes Caxias, Mage, Maua and Nova Iguacu. I haven't been in a while as I have been chasing a swimsuit/photographic model with the most incredible abdominals from 117. There was a number to chose from for the type that I like. I was very safado tonight. I suppose frustrated for little happiness from a few programas at 117. Quite blatant with lots of dick stroking, kissing and even me sticking my fingers up their butts out in the open for three of the guys. Not at all shy like many at 117. Quite refreshing! I was quite surprised they let me. Even more went on, in the relative darkness of the dry and wet saunas before I made my first selection. Going back to the house's refresh. The client's locker room has been repainted. Still no new sofas in the lower TV room. Both of the saunas working very well. The doors open and close nicely and STAY SHUT. Someone was smart enough to put in door closers. The one shower downstairs and two upstairs all had HOT water tonight. Also, new soap dispensers were installed and they had soap in them. Vincius was working the cashier station tonight. They have a new towel guy who was right on the ball and was getting clients towels and sandalias/filp-flops very quickly. When dressing to go him, he quickly took away our towels and sandlaias just as fast. I was quite impressed at how quickly he brought out the mop to dry up and drips after three of us got dressed quickly in succession. I rented a room(simple without the cavalhette - vinyl hobby-horse for screwing) at 15$Reais and it had new flooring installed as well as good hooks to hang up our keys and towels. Not the old broke ones. Nice light with a good dimmer. Less than 117 and for a longer time period. Having to go down the hall to the shower doesn't really bother me. Biggest news is that they have put a disco up on the fourth floor. They offer two packages with unlimited beverages. I cannot remember if it includes snacks. But entry is included for either 100$Reais or 135$Reais for the evening. If you want a boy as your date up there, the charge for each boy's unlimited tab is 50$Reais. I cannot wait to go back and scope the place out. Now if only Acyr and Jorge can keep reinvesting and improving, they can really gain and keep lots of new clients and boys Last year Jorge spent the winter in Italy. I can only imagine how much he pulled out of the business and what they could have done with that amount improving things a year ago instead of now.

Touchy. Touchy. I didn't bother to read the entire thread. Just was going to post yesterday about the the fan favorites down here from Tahitia, and the general progress of the football matches and read the post right above.

Bookings for this promotion do not begin until June 6th. I just tried using the promo code they had sent me. I was denied. I hate being denied by either an airline or a boy.

Back on topic here, WTF does the Royal Rio Copa have to do with the Confederation's Cup???, but Uruguay is playing the mighty lads from Tahiti right now. For Uruguay to advance to the semifinals, Forlan and Co. need to score by 8 or more goals. Spain slaughtered them by 10-Nil this week. Right now with 15 minutes to play in the second half, the Uruguaianos are up 6-0. I don't think that if the Tahitians clogged up their cleats with poi, it would help them. Meanwhile, back to a bit of news about the demonstrations around the country, Sepp Blatter, the president of FIFA fled the country a couple of days back, me'thinks to avoid embarassing questions, and supposed to return in time for the first semifinal match.

Well, it wasn't to fly from Meio Mundo to Pointe 202 to see if the selection of sauna boys was any better. TAM needed to somehow get there crews to the Guarulhos to work some flights. The demonstrators were blocking the roads and the bus trip airport/citycenter was at about 5 1/2 hours. There are photos on GLOBO of people literally walking on the highway with their rolling luggage trailing behind them. I thought that it was a quite inventive solution to keep the airline running. The US airlines were delayed 6-10 hours in some cases.

Under eighteen miles from Congonhas to Guarulhos - last week TAM was having problems getting their crews to work at Guarulhos, SP's international airport, as the demonstrators were closing down the expressways in Sampa by physically blocking them with live demonstrators. They solved it by flying in some crews from Congonhonas, the in-city airport that serves as the ponte area/air bridge to RJ and as well as other closer destinations.

It's all Greek to me. Well for this site, not that type of Greek. Impossible to decipher. When back in the states and I go to my favorite wineshop. tell the manager, resident expert my favorite wine, how it is produced, etc. they are usually at a loss to give me a comparable bottle. In the past, whatever the recommended was never as good. They are lost normally or wrong. And ditto for the Robert Parker scores and desriptions. An okay generalization, but never spot on. So.... Last time back in the States, I just spent the funds and got me a few bottles of Chateau St. Jean Cinq Cepages, produced from the grapes from 5 different varieties of old vines at $60/bottle. My two friends with whom I stayed became addicted to the stuff. A wonderful way to get blasted chatting with old friends over great wine and some artesanal cheese. A bit different from the Spanish Rioja or 2-buck Chuck at TJ's

Riots? Violence? More like large peaceful demonstartions. After all, down here they are calling these manifestacoes or demonstrations. I was in he city last week on Thursday and Friday and again this past Tuesday and outside of the demonstatration areas, things appeared perfectly normal. Rio de Janeiro is not a city in flames or under siege with the populace looting supermarket shelves bare. Reality has come to the real with the lowering of sky-high interest rates and money searching for other markets with better returns. But ya know, being alarmist and shocking makes for much better headlines. Just remember W., Dick and the WMD.

Watching the news and the helicopters in SP have video of protesters, like ant, climbing up the sides and ramps to the elevated expressways and totally shutting down the entrance to the city at various points. Ditto the highway to Congonhas and the bus stations at Tiete and Castelo Branco. Just happening now. In Rio, the protest is certainly more placid, must be that Samba beat, as they have marched on the Cidade Nova/City Hall, just past the Sambodromo, not sure why, but it is being defended by the stronger BOPE and Shock troops, not the Municipal Guard and regular police. Definitely more serious it seems than in the festive group of photos above. Not too many explosions in reporting from SP, RJ or Brasilia. Supposedly, what the are calling here "manifestations"are taking place in 100 cities across the country. Protesters are carrying all kinds of signs referring to various complainets. Just goes to show the power of social media. Was it Egypt where they shut down the internet? No clue if that could be done here.

The pink plywood boards are the same as are constructed for Carnaval and a few other holidays to protect bank branches against looting mainly. From the first night there were photos of an ITAU branch that was destroyed. The one photo here shows a metro entry in front of City Hall/Cidade Nova metro stop which crosses over Avenida Presidente Vargas and would be a great spot from which protesters could throw whatever at security, police and troops. I thought most in the photos looked like the ""concentracao/concentrations"that we have here before the start of Carnaval blocos. Certainly nothing drastic. Rather festive, or dare I say "gay?" With Batman, Dragalicious and Venetian masks, almost time for Bandas da Ipanema or Quengas on Carnaval Tuesday.

I stayed home to watch the Confederations Cup - The Cheering by everyone at the Maracana for Tahiti, losers by 10-0 was wonderful. Here's 38 photos from the O Globo website that should be simple to navigate for even non-Portuguese speakers. http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/fotos/2013/06/fotos-rio-tem-6-dia-de-protestos.html#F845356

This is part of why there are these protests all over Brasil at the moment. An article that helps to explain the basically state-supported theft that is shown in the sweetheart deal for the Maracana concession. The group pays only 2.7millionUS for 35 years and now are trying to get a piece of the operating profits of Flamengo. Hey, it would be one thing if they actually owned the stadium and paid the billion US spent over the past 7 years on 2 rehabs. But they don't. And even Djilma was a leftist guerilla long, long ago. Flamengo playing hard ball over Maracana talks Featured SA PSL 20 Jun 2013 9:39:12 AM Brazilian giant Flamengo will not be held to ransom in its negotiations over a return to the new-look Maracana and could even explore the option of hosting more games outside its home city of Rio de Janeiro, according to a senior club official. Brazilian giant Flamengo will not be held to ransom in its negotiations over a return to the new-look Maracana and could even explore the option of hosting more games outside its home city of Rio de Janeiro, according to a senior club official. Flamengo traditionally plays its home games at the Maracana, which reopened in April with a capacity of 78,000 after a near US$500 million redevelopment for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Flamengo is in negotiations with the Consorcio Maracana group, which consists of Odebrecht, Brazil’s biggest construction company, Anschutz Entertainment Group and billionaire Eike Batista’s sports and entertainment vehicle IMX. The consortium has been awarded a 35-year contract to run the stadium. Under an agreement with Rio’s state government, it will pay R5.5 million (US$2.7 million) annually for the concession. Flamengo has held several rounds of talks with Consorcio Maracana without coming to an agreement. The club is reportedly seeking a revenue-sharing contract that will include income from the corporate seats, though it has so far only been offered a deal where it will be paid a fee per game, according to Flamengo’s vice-president for marketing Luis Eduardo Baptista. “If you are foreseeing a relationship which is like a marriage for 10 years plus, you expect you share the revenues of the stadiums,” Baptista told Bloomberg. “We’re not going to accept to be only paid to play in Maracana.” The club’s first Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A game of the new season was played in Brasilia’s new $750 million Mane Garrincha stadium against Santos. “I’m pretty sure other World Cup stadiums will be expecting to host Flamengo,” added Baptista. “Flamengo has the largest set of fans in 18 out of the 27 Brazilian states, so I think the club would be very well accepted and hosted everywhere. We would better off to have a home, a stadium to call our own. But we’re not going to do anything stupid to fulfil somebody else’s business model.”

Last nights televised protests in Sao Paulo didn't look like much. While I was watching, there was televised footage from helicopters. I watched for maybe twenty minutes during "Cidade Alerta/City on Alert"- quite funny show due to the presenter's screams of dismay. They were moving down Consolacao very orderly, crossed Ave. Paulista and passed the MASP, as they trooped past the Parque Trianon, it brought back fond memories of my three year live-in Paulista lover and us necking in the park one afternoon on a bench towards the back. One I reclined on one of the benches with my head in his lap for a sonequinha/little nap, one of the guards hurried over and remonstrated with us that to lay down was definitely a park no-no. My favorite movie is Notting Hill and I had fantasies of a gay Julie Roberts/Hugh Grant moment at the end. Me with my fat belly instead of being preganant. Oh well, he left me for a wealthy tenor with big family money in the Teatro Municipal chorus. Who then kicked is cheating ass out onto the street in 5 months. Update on protests set for today(6/20) just received from the US Consulate automatic advisory service for registered US citizens, a bit surprised at Macae, as it is the real center for the oil boom and the salaries are much better there with much better possibilities for employment: Well, I guess no Meio Mundo today with the Candelaria protest on tap... U.S. Consulate General Rio de Janeiro In Rio de Janeiro, groups have announced four protests for June 20, but times and locations of protests may change quickly. The first protest reportedly begins at 11:00am at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Urca. The second protest is supposed to begin in Candelaria at 4:00 p.m. and will follow a route through the downtown area, ending at Cinelandia. The other two protests are scheduled to begin at 5:00 p.m. and will also be in the downtown area. There will also be a Confederations Cup game beginning at 4:00 p.m. at the Maracanã stadium. The Maracanã stadium is not on the published protest route, but is located in the vicinity of the downtown protests. Protests are also scheduled for other major cities in the region, including Salvador, Belo Horizonte, Vitória, Buzios, and Macaé. Protests may also occur in other locations and cities, organized on short notice. U.S. Consulate Recife Multiple groups in Recife have scheduled a protest for Thursday, June 20, at 4:00 p.m. in the Praça do Derby area. The protesters have stated via social media sites that they intend to paralyze transportation throughout Recife by blocking key bridges. The expected chokepoints are Cais José Estelita, Rua Capitão Temudo, Avenida Cruz Cabugá, Avenida Engeheiro Abdias de Carvalho, and Avenida Norte. The Consulate in Recife will close early on Thursday afternoon to allow employees to avoid the protest. We urge U.S. Citizens residing in or visiting Recife to be conscious of the widespread transit stoppage that could occur on Thursday and to avoid unnecessary travel in the city near the time of the scheduled protest. Protests are also scheduled for other major cities in Northeast Brazil, including Fortaleza, Natal, Joao Pessoa, and Maceió. U.S. Consulate General São Paulo A protest organized by the “Movimento Passe Livre” is scheduled to begin at 5:00 p.m. on June 20th in Sao Paulo city at the Praça do Ciclista, located at the intersection of Avenida Paulista and Rua da Consolação, and may spread to other sites within the city. Recent protests have resulted in some acts of physical violence, damage to property, and confrontations between demonstrators and police. Traffic has been temporarily disrupted along some of the main thoroughfares in Sao Paulo. Protests are also scheduled for other cities in the region on June 20th. In Sao Paulo state, the cities include Campinas, São José dos Campos, Piracicaba, Sorocaba, Guaratinguetá, São Carlos, Rio Claro, Araraquara, Botucatu, Americana, Santa Barbara D’Oeste, Sumare, and Hortolandia. In the state of Rio Grande do Sul, protests are scheduled in Porto Alegre, Pelotas, Passo Fundo, Santa Maria, São Leopoldo, Alegrete, Rio Grande, Sapiranga, Santana do Livramento, Sapucaia do Sul, Lajeado, Santa Rosa, Bagé, Ijuí, Soledade, and Tenente Portela. In the state of Paraná, protests are scheduled in Curitiba, Londrina, Castro, Arapongas, Guaratuba, Cascavel, Maringá, and Ponta Grossa. In Mato Grosso do Sul, a protest is scheduled in Campo Grande for June 20th. In the state of Santa Catarina protests are scheduled in Itajaí and on June 21st in Florianopolis.

Repenting for his sins? Is this Kenny's version of "Saul On The Road To Damascus?" Oy Vay, Kenny Boy. What shtick are you throwing at us now?

Pardon my French, änd not to be racist, "but there's a ni_ _ er in the wood pile" or how about "don't pis in my boot and tell me it's raining. Both Obama's are very intelligent people. Michelle had an incredible position at the UofC Medical Center, earning big bucks while being able to look after the girls, before giving it up for a much less-challenging position. Maybe, just maybe, before entering office in 2009, they had no clue what was really going on in the whole anti-terrorism campaign. (War?) And then after the victory and learning what was the reality, they had an Ö'Shit moment? I have an acquaintance who is well connected into the government, who revealed to me, while inebriated, that Richard Reed, the failed shoe bomber, was not the first. The actual first was successful and the US public was just kept in the dark. And that is why we are now continuing to remover our shoes when going through security. We, the uneducated and uninformed, despite all of our complaints, really have no idea what is going on around the world.

All I can say is W-O-W! This all just gets more and more....whatever? I remember reading Animal Farm and 1984 in high school. George Orwell deserves a another reading.

Reuters Editorial Downplaying The Strength of The Protesters and The Movement Analysis: Brazil's protests: Not quite a 'Tropical Spring' Analysis & Opinion By Brian Winter SAO PAULO | Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:15pm EDT (Reuters) - Brazil's blossoming protest movement is a coming-of-age for what had been one of Latin America's most politically disengaged youth populations, but does not appear to constitute a major threat to governability or established political parties. The protests, which gathered steam last week and saw some 200,000 Brazilians demonstrate in a dozen cities on Monday, are unlikely to go away anytime soon. Their broad rallying cry, which includes opposition to corruption and recent bus fare increases, has appealed to virtually any Brazilian with a grievance - and there are plenty of problems to go around. Yet, at least for now, the movement appears to be far more "Occupy Wall Street" than "Arab Spring" in terms of its motives, demographics and likely outcome. That is, the protests are a noisy sign of discontent among a swath of the population that is on average richer and better educated than average Brazilians. A survey of demonstrators in Sao Paulo on Monday by polling firm Datafolha indicated they were three times more likely to have a university degree than the rest of the population. The protests have spread quickly, and generated perhaps outsized buzz, in a country that has one of the world's highest usage rates of social media - 81 percent of respondents told Datafolha they heard about Monday's protest via Facebook. Their novelty has also been important, as Brazil does not have the recent tradition of political protest seen in Argentina, Venezuela or even Chile. The use of teargas and rubber bullets by police inexperienced in crowd control has added to the shock value and pushed even more sympathizers into the streets. As such, the protests have become a nationwide phenomenon and could lead President Dilma Rousseff and other politicians to make limited concessions on relatively small issues, such as bus fares, and bigger ones, such as the quality of public spending. They may continue to grow in numbers and disrupt daily life in Brazilian cities - perhaps for months to come. The protests also add to the sensation that Brazil, after a decade in which seemingly everything went right, has become bogged down in rising inflation, crime and social unrest. But the movement is just as notable for what it is not. Unlike the unrest that swept the Arab world earlier this decade and Turkey more recently, the protesters are not targeted at a specific leader - or even the federal government. Just a quarter of demonstrators told Datafolha they were protesting against politicians - behind bus fares (56 percent), corruption (40 percent) and police repression (31 percent). Brazil is a vibrant democracy with a variety of parties, most of them left of center. The country's current leaders - many of whom cut their teeth protesting a military government in the 1970s and 1980s - appear eager to compromise with the protesters and, eventually, try to co-opt them. Rousseff, herself a former guerrilla, made a carefully crafted statement this week praising the protesters for their "greatness." One senior official in Sao Paulo told Reuters on Wednesday: "We have to learn from this. We'd be stupid not to listen to what these people are saying." IT'S NOT EUROPE But the numbers have not been as large as they may seem to outsiders, considering Brazil's huge size. To use one comparison, Monday's total nationwide turnout, the biggest so far, amounted to about 0.1 percent of Brazil's population of nearly 200 million people. Tuesday's follow-up protest in Sao Paulo rallied about 50,000 people in a metropolitan area of some 20 million. The movement is also not a sign of massive, European- or Arab-style discontent with the economy. Unlike countries where protests or alternative social movements grew big enough to deeply shake the established order, Brazil does not have a problem with unemployment among youths or the population at large. In fact, Brazil's problem is the opposite: Near-full employment and rising wages are driving inflation of about 6.5 percent a year, which is the root cause behind the bus fare increases that originally triggered protesters' ire. If Brazil's recent economic boom is responsible for creating the bottlenecks that have enraged so many of the demonstrators, it will also likely limit their movement's appeal. A nationwide poll released on Wednesday showed Rousseff's popularity, while down sharply from March, remained very high by global standards. Fifty-five percent of respondents rated her government as "good/great," while 32 percent rated it as "average." Just 13 percent said it was "bad/terrible." Recent polls have shown similar results. Financial stability and innovative social programs helped pull some 35 million Brazilians, or about 17 percent of the population, out of poverty during the past decade. Brazil was one of the only countries in the world that matched high economic growth with falling inequality during that period. Perhaps for that reason, the rising lower-middle class has so far shown few signs of participating in the protests - even if its members support some of the motives, particularly the cry for better public transport. There are several wild cards that could transform the movement into something more threatening to the status quo. One of them is violence. Although the marches have been mostly peaceful, clashes between police and protesters have injured more than 100 people, and isolated looting broke out in Sao Paulo on Tuesday. A confrontation that resulted in deaths would likely bring many more Brazilians out onto the streets in support. The other is the economy. Brazil's currency has slid sharply in recent weeks, and its stock market is down 20 percent this year, reflecting rising pessimism among investors. That could, in turn, result in greater unemployment - in which case, the popular unrest would likely build.

Here's a second one with a fun animation included. I have translates some of the Portuguese to hopefully make the viewing a bit easier. The Governor of Sao Paulo calls it a small political movement. A bit of change. 20centavos or ??? Starring whichever Brasilian is disposed to change/movement. Today the class is in the street. The giant is no longer sleeping. And you? What are you waiting for? And already the subject is the whole world has entered the field with Neymar's t-shirt saying Dont Raise The Fare All of you can include your own subtexts.