Debbie Nathan

Sex pol, borders, Mexico, Yiddish, my camera

Archive for the 'MexUSA: Border Crossing Words & Photos' Category

Border FOAF-Tale? Poodles and Iraqis in the Microwave?

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var addthis_pub = \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’abcnews\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’; Oh my goodness — Iraqis smuggled through our southern border! The FBI says so. ABC does, too. It sounds real!
But so does the story of that poor woman in the 1980s who shampooed her little dog then put it in the microwave to dry off, and you know [...]

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Frida’s spine and AMLO’s tchotchkes

Kooler than Kahlo? “Whorehouse: Pseudo-journalists at a good price” Zócalo, July 2007
Did Frida Kahlo have spinal bifida? Does correctly guessing the Mexican left’s future lie in parsing its gusto for Canal-Street-style trinkets? Tune in, folks — below.
First, Frida’s medical problems. A New York Times story today about the artist’s current exhibit at Mexico [...]

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Border to Feds: Build a Wall Around Washington

McAllen Chamber president calls for wall around nation’s capital
James Osborne
June 19, 2007 - 4:56PM
McALLEN — What do you do when the federal government announces it’s going to build a large, metal fence through your community and there’s nothing you can do to stop it?
Write your members of Congress, complain on talk [...]

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Dulce Home Chicago

Last week I was lucky to be doing some business in Chicago during the city’s annual blues festival. At a Jazz Record Mart party on Sunday morning – where bands played inside the store – I spotted what appears to be a new trend: old blues musicians dressed as Texans. Or, more precisely, Texicans. [...]

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