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death by toothpaste
ahhh, it’s been a great week for cojito the infidel. first, my favorite contrarian christopher hitchens, launched a vicious left hook to the body of christ. you can check out excerpts of his new book entitled, “God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything,” in slate. then, the bbc reported el papa (aka the pope) [...]
news roundup – the terror bird tastes just like chicken
forget the grisly updates on the toni grossi abrams murder, or the colombian killers riding around panama city on the back of a moto, here’s a quiz on a couple of the more interesting stories coming from south of the border.
news roundup
speaking of squabbling writers – why did mario vargas llosa sucker punch gabriel garcia marquez in a Mexican cinema? if you’ve ever been punched in a mexican cinema, you know it hurts like hell. i’m a fan of both of these guys. in fact, i just picked up a worn copy of mario vargas llosa’s [...]
american woman brutally murdered in panama
here’s the flip side to my recent article about living cheaply and safely in panama. check out this new york post story about a staten island philanthropist who came to panama to invest, and start up a bed and breakfast. the wealthy widow was staying just down the street from me, in the edificio Atlantis, [...]
expat writer rumored to be fugitive on the run.
breaking news! panama city panama – citizens already reeling from the tragic fires in curundu, the uptick in gang violence, record breaking coke shipments, pedophiles, scam artists, and illegal immigrants, learned today that yet another vile monster could be lurking in tropical paradise. cojito, editor and writer of panama after hours, is suspected of using [...]
