[Goanet] What next after vote is cast

[Nelson Lopes]

What after vote is cast

Pre election, voter king  filled with pride
It is sacred duty emphatically chide
enamoured with right ,duty vote is cast
Importance and worth of citizen is last.

The right  for errant electors to recall
Forfeit ,ban, reelction not order tall
Representatives must have experience  qualification to serve
Tax free ,huge monetary gains do not deserve


No legislator beyond 2 terms  serve .
Women as per reservation  representation deserve
Candidates with criminal records  find place
Representatives with such cases is disgrace

Elections must focus on progress done with plans for more
Stinging character assassination alone comes to fore
Election  campaigns are at all time low
Position and status  not issues provide the glow.



Voter has absolute no say after vote  is cast
It is your privilege  ,right last
Wait  for long 5 years to vent your ire
Boiling with discontent  under fire.

Representatives power ,privileges reap
As demagogues, orators seek publicity cheap
Prostrate, genuflect at their feet
An appointment to greet or meet.

Representatives then bask in glory
Forgetting promises as past story.
Voters alone propelled them to power
Some crumbs here and there they shower.
Nelson Lopes
Chinchinim






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Chinchinim
https://lopesnelsonnat.wordpress.com


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Chinchinim
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[Goanet] What Child Is This (O Heraldo, 24/12/2023)

[V M]

https://www.heraldgoa.in/Edit/By-invitation/What-Child-is-This/215628

Today of all days we cannot turn away. This evening at midnight, countless
millions of people in every part of the world will celebrate the birth of
“whom shepherds guard and angels sing.” That is Palestine, where there will
be no Christmas celebrations in the original Manger Square in front of the
nearly 2000-year-old Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. “People are
grieving and sad about what is happening in Gaza,” the parish priest
told *Deutsche
Welle *earlier this week. “This is the first time that the place where
Jesus was born, I see it empty like this.”

Father Issa Taljieh is a Bethlehem native who has served the famous
pilgrimage site for 12 years, where he’s responsible for the Greek Orthodox
premises (by ancient agreement, the church is shared with the Catholics and
Armenian Apostolic Church). Today, it is under the loose administrative
control of the Palestinian National Authority headed by Mahmoud Abbas, at
the heart of an envelope of territory hemmed in by two bypass roads and 37
separate enclaves for the exclusive use of Israeli settlers. Just like
every other part of the occupied West Bank, these are tense environs
shrouded in an atmosphere of violence, and it has remained that way for a
very long time.

I had the opportunity to experience this fraught “holy land” way back in
1984, when my family was granted special permissions to visit Israel that
came printed on little slips of paper that were meant to be discarded after
we left Ben Gurion Airport on the way home. In those years, like all other
Indians, our passports carried this prominent proscription: “Not Valid for
Travel to Israel, South Africa and Southern Rhodesia”. Since then, it has
become relatively common for many of us to make similar trips, and tens of
thousands of Goans have undertaken pilgrimage tours to all the iconic
Biblical sites: Jerusalem, Nazareth, the Sea of Galilee. But that was not
the case 40 years ago, and we had known no one else from our backgrounds
who had made it out there for the apex event that is Midnight Mass in
Bethlehem, in what is most likely the oldest Christian site of worship in
the world.

Unbeknownst to us, that very same Christmas Eve turned out to be an
important turning point for Palestine and the Palestinians. The territories
of the West Bank had been originally seized from Jordan in 1967, after the
so-called Six-Day War, when Israel decisively defeated an Arab coalition
(and simultaneously occupied the Golan Heights from Syria, and the Gaza
Strip and Sinai Peninsula from Egypt), but were left relatively alone and
handled comparatively gingerly until Midnight Mass in 1984, when my family
and everyone else was entirely shocked when Shimon Peres suddenly showed up
– the first Israeli leader to ever visit the iconic shrine – and popped up
onstage in Manger Square to exhort us: “I bring a greeting of peace to all
those who seek peace.” It’s an indelible memory: Peres delivering promises
that sounded like threats, with an army of snipers standing out against
cloudless dark skies on all the surrounding rooftops. The holy night became
tinged with menace.

What happened since then – the massive expansion of settlements, Intifadas,
constant violence and the steady devolution of Israel into an apartheid
state – has directly led to the war of extermination being waged against
the Palestinians in Gaza, enabled by an increasingly obviously
ethnonationalist coalition of the west led by the USA. To the stark horror
of yet another generation of young people who expected better from the
world, we are seeing exactly how the “rules-based international order”
applies only selectively, with some lives valued more than others.
Arundhati Roy described this terrible moment in time at an award function
in Kerala earlier this month: “Something in our moral selves will be
altered forever. Are we going to simply stand by and watch while homes,
hospitals, refugee camps, schools, universities, archives are bombed, a
million people displaced, and dead children pulled out from under the
rubble? The borders of Gaza are sealed. People have nowhere to go. They
have no shelter, no food, no water. The United Nations says more than half
the population is starving. And still they are being bombed relentlessly.
Are we going to once again watch a whole people being dehumanised to the
point where their annihilation does not matter?”

A couple of days ago on Twitter, the outstanding writer and public
intellectual Priyamvada Gopal (she is a professor at Cambridge University
in the UK) posted that “I’m dreading the evening we think about a baby born
in Bethlehem. Too painful to contemplate.” I agreed at first, but now it
seems to me this Christmas Eve is perfectly timed precisely because we are
firmly enjoined – via scripture, tradition and historical circumstance too
– to think and talk about Palestine. And of course, it’s not only about
Palestine but the future 

[Goanet] What does ChatGPT "think" of Goanet?

[Frederick Noronha]

ChatGPT on Goanet:

How efficient has Goanet been as a source of sharing news and views related
to Goa?

As an AI language model, I don't have access to real-time data on the
efficiency of Goanet as a source of sharing news and views related to Goa.
However, based on my knowledge of Goanet, I can provide some insights.

Goanet is an email-based network that was established in 1994 to share news
and views related to Goa and Goans. It is a platform for individuals and
organizations to exchange information, opinions, and ideas on various
topics related to Goa, including culture, politics, environment, and
development.

Over the years, Goanet has played an important role in bringing together
people from different backgrounds and providing a space for them to share
their perspectives on various issues. It has also been instrumental in
raising awareness about important issues affecting Goans, such as the
impact of mining on the environment and the preservation of Goa's cultural
heritage.

However, like any other platform, Goanet has its limitations. As an
email-based network, it may not be as accessible or user-friendly as some
of the more modern social media platforms. Additionally, since it is a
closed network, it may not reach a wider audience outside of its subscriber
base.

Overall, while it is difficult to measure the efficiency of Goanet as a
source of sharing news and views related to Goa, it has undoubtedly played
a significant role

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[Goanet] What do you make of the Lord's Resistance Army....?

[Frederick Noronha]

It seldom seems to make it to the news (except when there's something
sensational or large-scale atrocities). What would those expats who had
connections in Uganda make of this?

An extremely rare interview with Joseph Kony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scMHLWzGOd0

Lord's Resistance Army, on the Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_Resistance_Army

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Re: [Goanet] What Goa Lost, For No Good Reason (O Heraldo, 12/11/2022)

[Rajan Parrikar]

Contrary to what is claimed in the header and in the dribble under it, Goa
won and for a very good reason. The "Festival of Filth" got canned.

The people who lost are the anti-Hindu muckrakers pretending to be
scholars, and their local Leftwing handmaidens who got caught trying to
sneak one in. It was supposed to be a group crap session on Hindus but they
got caught and hence all this whining. RSS! Hindutva fascists! Modi! This,
that, the usual Leftwing piss.

Note the pulling of rank - Harvard! As if anyone today gives a sh!t. The
old Harvard with its distinguished roster of classical scholars is long
dead. It is the Woke Harvard now, populated by Marxist/progressive gits and
BLM grifters.

Imagine the howls of protest from the same crew if the subjects were
reversed - if they had brought in people to speak on the historical
brutality Hindus were subjected to by the Portuguese Christians (all of
which a matter of historical record). They would have gone postal on social
media, Herald would have come out with a supplement. You can unload your
bowels on Hindus without consequences.In fact, it has been a profitable
metier and a path to career advancement. Until now, that is. The new Hindu
has finally decided she has had enough.

Predictably, 'House Negro' and useful idiot Mauzo (the "good bamon") is
quoted. The impression conveyed that Yengde is some kind of intellectual
giant is risible. In truth, the fella is a cretin, his bile reserved
especially for bamons.

Here is an introduction to Mr. Yeng-effing-de:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxf39NVOv6g

Why this crew would want to inflame social tension under the cover of
"ideas" I don't know and I don't care. True scholarly exchange of ideas
this was never going to be given the abysmal intellectual quality of the
speakers. They scraped the bottom of their Leftwing excrement barrel and
came up with this smelly pile.

What I know is, all middle-of-the-road Goan Hindus are going to oppose this
tooth and nail.

You can have your hatefest with your own coin. Just not with taxpayer money.

PS: Goanet and Herald, with their predominantly Catholic audience already
primed against RSS/Hindutva/BJP is the perfect target for this agitprop.
Sometimes I wonder why I even bother. Any pushback such as mine is not
going to convince anyone who is already convinced that the other side is
evil. I write here because I want to place the counter view on record.


r - Goan nationalist & nativist, Hindu, bamon, Hindutvavadi, pro-patriarchy
dude

[Goanet] What Next After Goanet?

[Roland Francis]

Are there any plans to sustain the idea of Goanet after it collapses, a 
possibility that looks likely.

Goanet served an excellent purpose - to use FN’s phrase: Creating Social 
Capital - but now as Gabe Menezes says “It is going kaput”.

I have greatly benefited from Goanet. I made contacts with people from the Goan 
Diaspora and for those beyond Canada, without meeting them a single time, they 
have become good friends. 

Like a train journey seeing people alighting, some of those friends have left. 
A few this life, others just the bulletin board. I miss them all. 

In the 25 odd years I have kept a presence here, I have been actively posting. 
It started out with FN encouraging me to post on Goanet Reader which led me to 
discover that writing helped me in many ways. It organized my thoughts, it 
revived my memories and it aided me in walking back to my lanes and roads 
through which I might have never walked again. Surprisingly writing did some 
other thing for me: it allowed me to use words and phrases dwelling in the 
recesses of my mind that I hesitated to access. It helped me in my work where I 
was able to counter hesitation and objection with a thought or turn of the 
phrase that suddenly became facile but to the deal, effective. It taught me 
that even with full disclosure, there are certain things that must not be said. 
It taught me to ponder before I write else I would place Sabre Toothed Tigers 
in Siberia. The mind like everything else, is a muscle or a machine that 
performs best when oiled and used often.

Will I mourn Goanet when she is gone? Despite younger more vigorous and active 
channels that are now accessible, of course I will. How do you not cherish an 
old song or an old friendship?

But I mourn too soon. Maybe Goanet like the late Queen will rule for many more 
years even after her ‘mobility issues’ creep up. 

Roland.
Toronto.

Gabe Menezes writes:
Your posts reach moderation and are released. The system is kaput, as your
posts are rejected by the system. If you wish please send the posts
directly to me and I shall forward it for you. Incidentally I can post but
do not receive any posts from Goanet.

[Goanet] What a comparism.

[Gabe Menezes]

https://www.timesnownews.com/india/shah-jahan-didnt-invite-quotations-when-building-taj-mahal-goa-minister-counters-gfp-mlas-norm-violation-charge-article-92863972

[Goanet] What Filipinas Fear

[Roland Francis]

A humorous video without the creator intending it to be. 

Watch it in the context of old and sometimes a little rich American men running 
off to the Philippines to live their retired lives with the monthly Social 
Security they receive from the US Govt.

Why you will ask. For the same reason you will see white haired men driving off 
in a convertible Porsche, Lamborghini or Mercedes Benz, imagining they are 
attractive to younger women - a mid life crisis.

Another reason is Filipinas are caring, devoted, gentle and polite (they make 
great nurses and healthcare workers) while western women are brash, 
argumentative and don’t believe the man is the centre of their lives. So after 
death of the partner, separation, divorce or desertion, the American man rather 
than seeking another American woman of his age, sees an opportunity not only to 
get a younger model but also a caring, devoted one. 

So they take off to South East Asia to find themselves one or more women 30 or 
40 years younger than they are, more often than not preferring Filipinas to 
Thais, Cambodians or Vietnamese because of the English language proficiency. 
Word on their vine is that they are better off going to the provinces rather 
than Manila or other cities, just as an older, Goan lecherous man would prefer 
a little educated but attractive woman from Canacona instead of a Margao or 
Panjim sophisticate.

With Goa as a destination becoming less and less ideal for the single, older 
Diaspora Goan man you will see hanging out with his pals on beaches or the more 
upper class pubs in Goa, it is only a matter of time before they discover the 
charms of the Philippines for themselves - a surfeit of young, pretty available 
women not just for temporary pleasure but to keep, cheap living, beautiful 
beaches, a Catholic and Spanish-American hospitable society, streets much 
cleaner than Goa and traditions and feasts just like Goa. 

All in all you will enjoy this video from the Filipina Pea. She is articulate, 
forward and tackles the subject well.

https://youtu.be/noh7gtJGpZ8

Roland.
Toronto. 

[Goanet] What Is It Like to Work at Amazon.

[Roland Francis]

A Business Insider comprehensive investigation on working conditions, hiring 
and firing at North America’s second largest employer.

Here are details.
1. Some employees are fired based on algorithms.
2. Managers are expected to fire a certain number of employees each year.
3. Some employees are hired based on intention to fire them within the year.
4. Working conditions are unsafe.
5. The company fights unionization.
6. There is a high 35% employee turnover.
7. Very significant worker exploitation that compares with sweatshops during 
the industrial revolution.
8. Delivery drivers are known to pee in bottles and miss break and lunch times 
to meet their daily schedule deadlines.

Several relevant links in addition to the main article.

https://www.businessinsider.com/work-at-amazon-jobs-performance-reviews-hiring-firing-interviews-warehouses-delivery-drivers

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] What is in for us all ?

[Antonio Menezes]

Astronomically and perhaps astrologically, the week between
19th and 24th  April ( both days inclusive) could be the most
eventful ever for a great conjunction of small hard planets like
Mars and Venus and great gaseous planets like Jupiter
and Saturn is going to occur across our skies.

Re: [Goanet] What constitutes Goan identity

[Nelson Lopes]

On Sun, Mar 27, 2022, 12:47 AM Nelson Lopes 
wrote:

> What constitutes Goan identity
> A flash back of 450 years of repressive rule of Portuguese did not bend
> the will of the people for unity.That is the identity  that is the idea of
> Goa.Fear and brutality, inquisition, did not deter people against common
> goal for freedom.Religion did  neither divide or unite Goans.They stood as
> one block. It was neither preservation of culture, traditions or customs
> which were not the forces of unity.Languages were not the focus of Goan
> identity.Communal harmony was the hall mark.Kon as a language  was degraded
> as lingua of cooks and butlers and attending Teatro was considered as
> demeaning the status  of attendees.Land again was not considered precious
> to confine boundaries.It is  now sold by land sharks for self
> enrichment.The communal harmony ,social cultural life that , western
> influence had  that is an attraction to outsiders..Goans never bothered to
> selectively  preserve cultural identity   as to merger with motherland and
> for  economic aspects.None wanted  to enforce any specific identity
> associated with majority and minority nor religious denominations
> The common civil code which is praised by India is another valuable factor
> that constitutes idea of Goa.The opinion poll was the first wedge to bring
> into focus religious differences,  but unitedly and side by  side  Goans
> worked to preserve its unique identity  English  was prevalent  but
> Portuguese flourished  as language of elite and for jobs and higher
> education in Goa.Mararhi was widely  used as spoken language and still
> today Marathi circulation outstrips all other languages.  THE demand for
> statehood revived the language wars as state in India  were formed on
> linguistic basis.Naturally Kon was the language that could give exclusive
> identity.Emotional tensions, protests , violence  brewed between Kon and
> Marathi and exploited by politicians to vertically divide an United Goan
> populations. Finally two languages  diluted the identity   states being
> formed on language parameters.The division between Roman  Devanagri  script
> for konkani added fuel to fire.Govt to keep controversy alive funded
> largely the Marathi lobby with spread of Marathi schools and keeping close
> contact with Maharashtra even after opinion poll settled the issue.
> What is the idea of Goa can be best visualized by Goans settled abroad
>  when they unite and celebrate as Goans and not as Hindus and catholics  or
> promote culture of any single community .Goans till now never identified on
> the basis of religion  culture etc  but coexistence as as a community.The
> politicians have further increased  the wedge on religion as now we see
> North and South divided on religion
> TOP functionaries of BJP do not show their presence in the South by any
> special visits
> Inter religious marriages   and discussions try to mend the gulf of
> religious divide Accentuated  by politics of survival
> Kon could be a uniting force  but those who profess their support of Kon
> educate their children in English mediums  and even knowledge of Kon
> relaxed for employment purposes.Unity alone, economic progress  facilities
> for education, employment opportunities, remained idea of Goa
> Special status to put restrictions on limited source of land is a
> regressive demand  today. In many  countries the native population  is in
> minority, but that has not dismissed the idea of national
> identity.Migration emigration is purely fir economic reasons  and not
> create identity between identity
> Goa of the day is home and residential  settlement for all Indians and
> hence will be home to many cultures and traditions.One cannot expect that
> Govt give thrust to promote preserve any specific culture ot
> tradtions.Accept, be tolerant to each other and superiority of any cultural
> practice cannot be focussed to represent Goan idea
> Promotion of way of life without conflicts  or competitions  ,will unify
> all to live in peace and harmony..It is proud privilege that Goa had no
> religious riots and politicians have not been able to engineer one.Avoid
> hatred  indifference or emphasize  superiority of any particular
> culture.Carnival as traditions is a big draw and Goa is entertaining
> capital of India.Tourism promotes Goa, so also cuisine, hospitality that
> makes a Goan idea
> Idea of Goa is live and let live, accepting and respecting all cultures
> and traditions
> Customs like dashra   Sigmo   and those of Rajasthan ,Kerela Guerat Bihar
> etc are enhancing idea of new  Goa .Festivals,   celebrations do not make
> idea of Goa
> When we assimilate other cultures, as Goa has over the centuries western
> lifestyles  that  become our own integral part
> The climate, natural beauty of environment contributes to idea of GoaLet
> us not appropriate it on religion   language, cusine or another factor but
> as unity in diversify
> Nelson Lopes Chinchinim
>

[Goanet] What constitutes idea of Goa

[Nelson Lopes]

What constitutes Goan identity
A flash back of 450 years of repressive rule of Portuguese did not bend the
will of the people for unity.That is the identity  that is the idea of
Goa.Fear and brutality, inquisition, did not deter people against common
goal for freedom.Religion did  neither divide or unite Goans.They stood as
one block. It was neither preservation of culture, traditions or customs
which were not the forces of unity.Languages were not the focus of Goan
identity.Communal harmony was the hall mark.Kon as a language  was degraded
as lingua of cooks and butlers and attending Teatro was considered as
demeaning the status  of attendees.Land again was not considered precious
to confine boundaries.It is  now sold by land sharks for self
enrichment.The communal harmony ,social cultural life that , western
influence had  that is an attraction to outsiders..Goans never bothered to
selectively  preserve cultural identity   as to merger with motherland and
for  economic aspects.None wanted  to enforce any specific identity
associated with majority and minority nor religious denominations
The common civil code which is praised by India is another valuable factor
that constitutes idea of Goa.The opinion poll was the first wedge to bring
into focus religious differences,  but unitedly and side by  side  Goans
worked to preserve its unique identity  English  was prevalent  but
Portuguese flourished  as language of elite and for jobs and higher
education in Goa.Mararhi was widely  used as spoken language and still
today Marathi circulation outstrips all other languages.  THE demand for
statehood revived the language wars as state in India  were formed on
linguistic basis.Naturally Kon was the language that could give exclusive
identity.Emotional tensions, protests , violence  brewed between Kon and
Marathi and exploited by politicians to vertically divide an United Goan
populations. Finally two languages  diluted the identity   states being
formed on language parameters.The division between Roman  Devanagri  script
for konkani added fuel to fire.Govt to keep controversy alive funded
largely the Marathi lobby with spread of Marathi schools and keeping close
contact with Maharashtra even after opinion poll settled the issue.
What is the idea of Goa can be best visualized by Goans settled abroad
 when they unite and celebrate as Goans and not as Hindus and catholics  or
promote culture of any single community .Goans till now never identified on
the basis of religion  culture etc  but coexistence as as a community.The
politicians have further increased  the wedge on religion as now we see
North and South divided on religion
TOP functionaries of BJP do not show their presence in the South by any
special visits
Inter religious marriages   and discussions try to mend the gulf of
religious divide Accentuated  by politics of survival
Kon could be a uniting force  but those who profess their support of Kon
educate their children in English mediums  and even knowledge of Kon
relaxed for employment purposes.Unity alone, economic progress  facilities
for education, employment opportunities, remained idea of Goa
Special status to put restrictions on limited source of land is a
regressive demand  today. In many  countries the native population  is in
minority, but that has not dismissed the idea of national
identity.Migration emigration is purely fir economic reasons  and not
create identity between identity
Goa of the day is home and residential  settlement for all Indians and
hence will be home to many cultures and traditions.One cannot expect that
Govt give thrust to promote preserve any specific culture ot
tradtions.Accept, be tolerant to each other and superiority of any cultural
practice cannot be focussed to represent Goan idea
Promotion of way of life without conflicts  or competitions  ,will unify
all to live in peace and harmony..It is proud privilege that Goa had no
religious riots and politicians have not been able to engineer one.Avoid
hatred  indifference or emphasize  superiority of any particular
culture.Carnival as traditions is a big draw and Goa is entertaining
capital of India.Tourism promotes Goa, so also cuisine, hospitality that
makes a Goan idea
Idea of Goa is live and let live, accepting and respecting all cultures and
traditions
Customs like dashra   Sigmo   and those of Rajasthan ,Kerela Guerat Bihar
etc are enhancing idea of new  Goa .Festivals,   celebrations do not make
idea of Goa
When we assimilate other cultures, as Goa has over the centuries western
lifestyles  that  become our own integral part
The climate, natural beauty of environment contributes to idea of GoaLet us
not appropriate it on religion   language, cusine or another factor but as
unity in diversify
Nelson Lopes Chinchinim

[Goanet] What is the way forward

[Nelson Lopes]

What is the way forward

People say vote for good candidate and that is a sacred duty  not to waste
your right. The parties force the choice on voters and  slavishly  must
abide with decision.
ALLEGIANCE ,loyalty to the party will be the compulsion. Voters are
ignorant about reasons for selection   never made public  but left to guess
with your personal and intimate knowledge about the integrity  character
that will not matter.How  to choose the lesser  evil is what expert
prescribe from amongst the rotten apples.But NOTA  is the only option to
protect your dignity, but is of no consequence  with its limitations.Voters
are but pawns on the chess board of politics either to vote or abstain.The
multiplicity  of parties and candidates are creating a confusion in the
minds of voters.Besides allurements fuel the choice.Some say receive a part
of what they make and make your own choice.Either it is treachery or wisdom
of deceit or both.An effective suggestion is to vote for  a new face , a
new party to drive the point  of preferring a unknown devil to a  known
Saint ,immersed neck deep into corrupt ways for personal agradisement of
great magnitude .Only a change always is way forward to crush the hegemony
of parties and perpetual aspirants   who have  made and aspire to
perpetuate  it as lucrative profession and career
Voters must put an decisive  end to this circle  of continuity  called
dynasty

Nelson Lopes Chinchinim

[Goanet] What is fuelling intolerance in India - Al Jazeera

[Marshall Mendonza]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CKIPv-v0g48

[Goanet] What The Israeli’s Say

[Roland Francis]

A chilling account of current events in India by Israel’s leading English 
newspaper.

Modi's Politics of Hate Come for India's Christians, Amid Calls to Kill Muslims 
- Haaretz.com
hi 
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/modi-india-politics-of-hate-christians-muslims-1.10495913

Roland.
Toronto 

[Goanet] What Was Christ’s Caste? (Felicio Cardozo, tr by Augusto Pinto, JRLJ)

[Frederick Noronha]

What Was Christ’s Caste?
Konkani to English
By Felicio Cardoso
Translated by Augusto Pinto
https://www.joaoroqueliteraryjournal.com/fiction/tag/Augusto+Pinto
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[Goanet] WHAT THE STARS FORETELL FOR PANAJI

[Stephen Dias]

WHAT THE STARS FORETELL FOR PANAJI

BY Stephen Dias
   Social Activist
  Dona Paula
  9422443110
  13 th December 2021

The election to Goa Assembly will be done by February 2022. There are
various aspirants for the post of Panjim MLA in the various political
parties of Goa. Panjim being the capital city is important to all the
political parties. Winning Panjim is a matter of prestige in Goa and any
party which wins Goa would aim and expect to go to win the parliamentary
elections of 2024.

Issues before Panjim are many;
1. We don't have a proper garbage management plant in place.
2. The sewage released from Casinos is dumped in the Sewage Treatment plant
(STP) at Tonca despite exceeding its capacity resulting in pollution of the
St. Inez Creek and the river Mandovi.
3. The garbage of Panjim is not scientifically treated and the garbage
plant planned at Bainguinim is so far a non-starter.

Now, we have a long time patron in charge of Panjim vying for the Panjim
seat on a BJP ticket but the court case of the stoning of the Panjim Police
station is like a sword over his head. The hard-core BJP party workers want
Utpal Parrikar to be the Panjim candidate. Time only will tell what will
happen.

Interestingly the Congress is fighting hard to win Panjim which they lost
when Babush won on the Congress ticket and defected to BJP. At the moment
Congress have many aspirants for Panjim -- Some of which I can count are
Babush Monserrate, Utpall Parrikar, Uday Madkaikar, Surendra Furtado,
Menino de Cruz among others.

Among the other parties the Aam Aadmi Party has got the very well educated
and clean politician Valmiki Naik. It is not known yet if  the TMC and MGP
union which is just formed is going to fill a common candidate for Panjim.

What is very important for the residents of Panjim to consider is who among
these candidates will be best suited to meet the most critical challenges:

1. Will the Casinos from River Mandovi be removed.
2. Will the candidate be able to give a Garbage Treatment plant for Panjim.
3. Whether the St  Inez creek and Mandovi will be desilted and sewage
pollution in the river would be stopped.
4. Whether the construction of the monstrous and environmentally dangerous
terminal building on the jetty near the existing Captain of Ports will be
stopped.
5. Will he or she address the parking woes of the city as Casino vehicles,
scooters, tourists, tempos, tankers, tour buses are choking all the
arteries of Panjim streets and making loud noises not allowing the nearby
residents to sleep and to move due to traffic congestion on pavements and
roads. There is heavy dust pollution and buses moving without Pollution
certificates thus they too emitting black smoke throughout their journey
with impunity in front of traffic policemen who fail to issue Challans. All
the above are causing respiratory ailments which can have far reaching
consequences, specially with Covid infections starting to spike again, and
must not  be neglected by those seeking votes from Panjimites.
5. MIRAMAR beach has turned into an eye sore where you can see number of
illegal construction including a huge Samadi construction is in progress.
To shut People's mouth a recreation facility and garden has been made.
Those who frequent from Miramar to Dona Paula know the whole stretch of
road is smelling of sewage and bad smell at certain pockets specially near
the new Vivanta hotel and also near the Goa Science Centre area.

We have already seen the BJP has no interest in removing the Casinos. In
fact since they have been in power for more than 10 years we have to
acknowledge they are incapable of doing any of the things on this list. All
they can do is promise a Smart City. Notice I said 'promise'. That's all
our Goan politicians can typically do. Make promises they can't deliver.

Only our government could have the nerve to talk about Panjim as a Smart
City while you have multiple illegalities going on and even basics like the
number of huge trees fallen down are unattended. Our roads are in a
dilapidated condition with a number of pot holes all over Panjim. Even
their pride and joy - the Atal Sethu - can't be used half the time.

I think the best symbol of the plight we are in is one of the streetlights
put up with great fanfare costing lakhs each, which stands broken and
destroyed for some years now... Abandoned to be consumed by the elements.
Not even worthy of being removed apparently.

The government only knows how to spend our money on the facade. The house
may be falling down but they will pay a huge amount to cover it in poor
quality paint and pretend all is well.

Let's wait and watch if any candidate will care enough to solve the
structural issues that face Panjim instead of only putting on a show before
the elections.

Stephen Dias

Re: [Goanet] What Is the Price of the Modi Years?: In Conversation with Aakar Patel

[Roland Francis]

An excellent 33 minute interview by two intelligent people who break down their 
discussion to understandable issues, making it easily digestible.

Aakar Patel the author has detached himself from any bias in his views as well 
he should and Mitali Mukherjee does likewise. It’s people like these two to 
whom Modi should listen and not to his own overblown authoritarian ego.

Here is how Patel, also a Gujarati like Narendra Modi, is best described:

“Aakar Patel has courted trouble for a long time. The temporary suspension of 
his Twitter account was only the latest. Through all his identities as 
reporter, editor, podcaster, Gujarati, Amnesty International’s India chief, 
Patel has always been a mischief maker. While his latest tweets, saying that 
Muslims, Dalits, and Adivasis should stage their own form of Black Lives Matter 
protest in India, have left many angry and entertained, the Indian State is not 
amused.

What’s going on with Aakar Patel appears to be a frequent question among 
India’s commentariat. Has he just been reduced to a Modi-Shah baiter today?

On closer inspection, Aakar Patel is like any other writer, thinker, 
journalist, or activist who refuses to turn a blind eye to the State’s 
excesses, and does not mince his words. Some of his critique, be it of the 
Narendra Modi government at the Centre or of other governments in states, has 
been through his writing, or through reports he oversaw while helming human 
rights watchdog Amnesty International.”

Roland
Toronto.


> On Dec 3, 2021, at 7:02 PM, Frederick Noronha  
> wrote:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HozHH4sD8Pg
> ᐧ

[Goanet] What Is the Price of the Modi Years?: In Conversation with Aakar Patel

[Frederick Noronha]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HozHH4sD8Pg
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[Goanet] What snow is to the Eskimoes, the coconut is to Goans?

[Frederick Noronha]

In those days, when Konkani and Marathi were competing for space in Goa,
 the late Dr Wilfred "Willy" de Souza FRCS (Lon) and FRCS (Edin), Chief
Minister of Goa for four short-and-incomplete stints, would often say that
the coconut tree has 57 words connected with it in Goa.

So, is the coconut to Goa what snow is to the Eskimo (50 different words
for snow in their language
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/there-really-are-50-eskimo-words-for-snow/2013/01/14/e0e3f4e0-59a0-11e2-beee-6e38f5215402_story.html
) I recall him saying this when I was a young reporter in the 1980s.

Recently, I did a search, mainly through dictionaries in my collection and
through friends in the know. Actually, there seem to be more like 80+
words. Still tidying it up... Can you help me build this collection? Will
share it once it gets closer to completion. Thanks!

FN +91-9822122436 fredericknoron...@gmail.com
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[Goanet] What is "Starfish Pickle" about?

[Frederick Noronha]

https://youtu.be/p92xylauWBQ

Join an online discussion on this book:
Tuesday, Sep 28, 2021
Time 4.30 pm
Online at: Google Meet https://meet.google.com/qjd-wtzt-pzr
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[Goanet] What If Only 100 People Existed on Earth?

[Frederick Noronha]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop=UbffuGZHeR0

[Goanet] WHAT WE NOW KNOW ABOUT RACE

[eric pinto]

 

  Africans crossed the Sinai around sixty thousand years ago. They evolved into 
three broad physical types,  Turkcic, Coptic and Keltic in the plains and hills 
aroundthe Black Sea. The Copts were further refined into today's Europeans in 
the Kavkas mountains ofArmenia, Georgia and the lesser republics now swallowed 
by Russia. Feel free to say Caucasians.   Turkey, then known as Asea/Asia, sent 
waves of Kaltic and the related Atrusi (Etruscans) into Europeand the Balkans. 
There is a Atrusi Museum in Croatia.   Kaltik mummies in Uzbekistan feature pig 
tails and tartan skirts. Kaltik types live in Nepal and Tibet.   It was the 
expansion of Germanic types that pushed the Celts into Scotland and Wales. 
French Normandy is home to their remnants on Europe's mainland.    The 
relentless Turkcic move east gave us the peopling of Oriental Asia, Siberia and 
the the American continents. A few herd reindeer in Sweden and Norway.     Your 
DNA test will label you Asian. That implies the early Coptic land of 
Turkey/Asea.      Because 'Oriental' is derogatory today, the people of the 
East have borrowed the moniker 'Asian'   
   
 
 
 
When Nazis tried to trace Aryan racemyth in Tibet
   

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[Goanet] What happened to Flight 447?

[Roland Francis]

If you have never watched a re-creation of a passenger aircraft falling from 
the sky, or like me you have watched several, you will still be eerily chilled 
at viewing Australia’s 60 Minutes simulation of Air France’s Flight 447 from 
Rio to Paris dropping like a stone in the Atlantic Ocean between Rio and Dakar, 
Senegal.

https://youtu.be/lYMxj3aaygE

Roland
Toronto.

[Goanet] What Next India?

[Roland Francis]

During the first half Parakala Prabhakaran analyses the geopolitical effect on 
the neighbourhood of Afghanistan.

It is his following half that you must pay attention to: Can the liberal, 
secular heritage within the country resist the three forces going to be soon 
let loose, sometimes in concert with each other - Islamic fundamentalism, Hindu 
fundamentalism and the deep Indian state.

He also brings up an interesting concept that China pushes - governing 
authorities that are first selected and then elected, rather than the western 
concept of totally elected. 

Coming closer to home in Goa, imagine the Chinese concept of selection and then 
election being set in motion. It will mean:
First weed out all the criminals, the poorly educated, the openly corrupt and 
then put up for elections only the persons thus vetted.

https://youtu.be/ZZEvYKe7w9g

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] What my love?

[Gabe Menezes]

https://www.thestatesman.com/india/as-centre-drops-ivermectin-from-covid-drug-list-goa-government-in-fix-1502971316.html

[Goanet] What it takes to join and weather the IAS: Tino de Sa

[Frederick Noronha]

A talk by the former Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh
https://youtu.be/GF5rEABkB_E
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[Goanet] What Alcohol Does to Your Body

[Roland Francis]

The most interesting presentation on the passage of alcohol though your body 
you will ever get outside of medical school.

And all this on a real body donated to science.

https://youtu.be/6q1RH8A3O3c

Roland.
Toronto.

Re: [Goanet] What is Goanet? YouTube Video 2021

[AF P]

Sounds like a Druid explaining Stonehenge to a tour bus group.

" ...it had immediacy, it had reach. It had charm of its own. There
was a lot of sharing happening. There was little media happening then.
We were the pioneers. It served as a very interesting way of spreading
information in those times...  "

;-0 >\>

Note the smiling man wearing a tie.

Ha, the good old days. c1997

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 What is Goanet? An absolutely beginner's guide... in which I don't
tell you too much!
Frederick Noronha fredericknoronha2 at gmail.com
Fri Apr 30 07:57:51 PDT 2021

Long before Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook... and even Google came
on the scene, Goanet was there. This Goa-focussed mailing-list depended on
simple e-mail technology for spreading news and views worldwide. Even I
find it hard to believe that it is still on the job, almost 26 years later.

Find it here (URl replaced)
http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org

Video:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufPjQLJwbZY

or send your request to join to me via WhatsApp +91-9822122436 or
fredericknoronha2 at gmail.com (prominently mentioning JOIN GOANET) in your
subject-line please.

Recorded by Frederick Noronha (FN).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufPjQLJwbZY

[Goanet] WHAT KIND OF NEW INDIA?

[John Eric Gomes]

JUSTICE LINGERS
The laws and rules do not seem to apply to our elected representatives who are 
expected to lead by example. We are now in a  massive Covid Tsunami crisis. 
Lockdowns again, people behaved like sheep and are now dying like flies. Health 
system on verge of collapse! Whose fault is this? Government will not stop 
grandoise plans (buildngs,mandirs, statues) and first urgently subsidise the 
vaccine manufacturers. There are lots of crorepatti MPs/MLAs, plenty of money 
for roadshows and EC has seized crores of illegal cash! More chaos in purchase 
and distribution of vaccines/medical goods and mess being created where common 
man is out of reckoning as ususal! Today the High courts are leading the way . 
Madras HC to EC " You have been singularly lacking any kind of exercise of 
authority.should be put up on murder charges". A Delhi city court termed 
police action on Deep Sidhu vicious! When there were attempts to defeat a bail 
order ".The arrest and incarseration since october last year of journalist 
Siddique Kapan on way to investigate Hatras case shocked the Editors Guild. The 
Guild says " It is further shocking that the SC has not so far intervened to 
ensure a fair trial". The habeas corpus challenging his arrest has been before 
the SC for the last six months! Police arrested journalistTejpal in 2013 for 
investigative stories against the government, he had to close down his 
newspaper since  they arrested him for an alleged misbhavior with a female 
staff, and slapped many separate charges against him from wrongful restraint, 
wrongful confinement, criminal assault with attempt to disrobe, rape, person of 
trust, authority etc, brought up umpteen times before courts and seven years 
later judgement keeps being postponed! The Mapusa court final judgement due on 
27th April 2021 has reportedly again adjourned the date to May 12th , without 
giving any reason! The latest shocking televised incident is a DM arrogantly 
tearing a permission obtained letter  produced and throwing it in the face 
whilst manhandling and arresting those at a marriage party, pushing the married 
couple, priest, decent citizens  and  rudely  bossing all around! Three MLAs 
have reportedly brought this to the notice of Chief Secretary, Government of 
Tripura and I wonder what political action will follow. Nobody acts on shocking 
blatant lawlessness without a complaint either! And now the Ex CEC who the HC 
remarked considered murderer for holding extended elections ones in Bengal, not 
implementing Covid protocal and apparently doing the governments biding is 
omniously appointed as Governor of Goa! Is this dangerously prejudiced 
arrogantly ruled democratic India our cup of tea?

[Goanet] What is Goanet? An absolutely beginner's guide... in which I don't tell you too much!

[Frederick Noronha]

Long before Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook... and even Google came
on the scene, Goanet was there. This Goa-focussed mailing-list depended on
simple e-mail technology for spreading news and views worldwide. Even I
find it hard to believe that it is still on the job, almost 26 years later.
Find it here http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/...

or send your request to join to me via WhatsApp +91-9822122436 or
fredericknoron...@gmail.com (prominently mentioning JOIN GOANET) in your
subject-line please. Recorded by Frederick Noronha (FN).
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[Goanet] What you can see and hear ... by walking through the weekly Mapusa market on a Friday

[Frederick Noronha]

A walk-through via North Goa's most popular weekly market. Furniture,
plants, coins, veggies, foodstuffs, sausages, pickled fish (yea!),
traditional (gaunti) eggs, packaged food products, flowers, Goan sweets and
pastries, and lots more. Recorded by Frederick Noronha
https://youtu.be/lky26yx-JEo
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[Goanet] WHAT WILL BE CM PRAMOD SAWANT’S MESSAGE FOR RIBANDAR THIS TIME AROUND?

[Aires Rodrigues]

The last time Chief Minister Pramod Sawant visited Ribandar was in April
2019 during that campaign for Panaji Assembly by-election and he publicly
cautioned the people of Ribandar by saying “Babush Monserrate is facing
Rape charges and if a Rapist becomes your MLA, the ladies and girls of
Ribandar will be so very unsafe”.

We are all eagerly waiting to see what Pramod Sawant will advise the people
of Ribandar when he now visits us during the CCP election campaign. All
that Pramod Sawant can possibly say is that he is sorry for a disgraceful
U-Turn and come clean with the words “It is not me but Babush Monserrate
who aborted that Ribandar Health Centre we had promised you”.

The people of Ribandar and Panjim have a right to understand why an
important, worthwhile and much needed Ribandar Health Centre agreed by all
in principle has been shelved.

For Babush Monserrate and his 30 candidates the writing is on the wall.
Very loud and extremely clear. The people have had enough of  the
disgusting cheap and unethical Politriks enveloped with all false and fake
promises.

Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat,

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

Mobile No: 9822684372

Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012

Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com

 Or

   airesrodrig...@yahoo.com

You can also reach me on

Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues

Twitter@rodrigues_aires


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[Goanet] What Does the Title 'Esquire' Mean, Anyway?

[Roland Francis]

An in-depth and well-written article as one typically finds in Atlas Obscura, 
this one about about the title Esquire.

In the few decades following British rule in India it was common to use the 
title Esquire after a gentleman’s name as in Thomas Fernandes Esq. in letter 
and envelope addresses. In Portuguese India such form of address for genteel 
folk (read higher Goan classes) was Exmo. Sr., an abbreviation for 
Excelentissimo Senhor, meaning Dear Sir, Respecful Mr., or Excellency. Both 
forms of addresses have since vanished. 

Some readers with a sense of history will enjoy this:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-an-esquire

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] What happened at Uttarakhand ... a discussion (offtopic)

[Frederick Noronha]

Video interview: the February 7 #glacier #burst and issues that flow from
it. What we know about what happened on Sunday... and what we don't.
#Uttarakhand #flashfloods #avalanche
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=178SERLoLOo=youtu.be
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[Goanet] What Religious Belief Sometimes Does.

[Roland Francis]

In a horrifying incident, a mother bludgeoned her two daughters in their 20s, 
allegedly at the advice of a tantric priest, while their father watched the 
grisly act in silence. 

A mother killed her two daughters using dumbells on the night of Sunday, Jan. 
24th in Andhra Pradesh, India. When police arrived on the scene, they inquired 
about the incident. The girls' parents explained that their daughters would 
come alive again after the sunrise, as "kalyuga" ends and "satyuga" begins. 
Police reached the scene of the incident after a tip-off. 

The police identified the victims as 27-year-old Alekhya and 22-year-old Sai 
Divya. As police forced themselves into the home, the parents resisted them, 
refusing to allow the bodies to be removed, saying that the “girls will come 
back by morning.” The hysterical mother later told police, “the Atmas (souls) 
left, and they were supposed to come back. But they did not. I have lost my 
daughters.” 

Police officials reported that the mother was “delusional." But when they 
finally forced their way inside, they discovered a shocking crime scene. The 
bodies of both girls were covered in long red silk sarees. The police recovered 
a trident and the dumbbells used to kill the girls as they placed the couple in 
custody.
 
Roland.
Toronto.

Re: [Goanet] What they didn't teach you in history class....

[Roland Francis]

The annual pension of £80,000 given to the last Peshwa in 1818 must have been a 
g-normous amount for those times.

Of course a pittance when compared to the Maratha lands the British Empire must 
have acquired from his control.

Roland.
Toronto.


> On Jan 15, 2021, at 1:36 PM, Frederick Noronha  
> wrote:
> 
> ... and probably something that has a link with early Goan emigration too:
> https://www.quora.com/Which-war-destroyed-Maratha-s-power-completely/answer/Jim-Phipps-17
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[Goanet] What they didn't teach you in history class....

[Frederick Noronha]

... and probably something that has a link with early Goan emigration too:
https://www.quora.com/Which-war-destroyed-Maratha-s-power-completely/answer/Jim-Phipps-17
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[Goanet] What I told Dinesh

[eric pinto]

   His  Assagao dad was J and J plant manager. He told me in his Peter Dias 
home in Bandra that we wereSocoll Vaddo kin. Dinesh studied at St. Stanislaus, 
but his father conducted a 'Christian' church out of his home. He used those 
contacts to send Dinesh to study at the Liberty College run by a prominent 
Reverend who wasmore politician than a pastor. That man placed Dinesh in the 
Reagan White House where his role was Catholic outreach 'coordinator'. That was 
his early introduction to fraud since he clearly was not raised Catholic.   HIs 
capacity for deceit is a certain yellow flag for a case of impaired personality 
development.     ps My mother is a DSouza.
On Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 01:23:25 PM EST, BT Yahoo Mail 
 wrote:  
 
 Dear Dinesh,

I have heard from you many times over the years by email, usually 
promoting your books.
The most recent email was to announce a daily podcast.
All such activities would normally call for warm rejoicing & celebration 
but sadly, in your case, your every new act recalls your bondage and 
subservience to the very white Republican establishment. In your earlier 
career, you must benefited from association with the Republicans. But 
with the downfall of the Evangelical Trump, the Republicans may not be 
worth cultivating. But, sadly for a brown man, you remain rightwing as 
ever, that is, aligned with those with wealth & power because of the 
crumbs you receive and, now with your podcast,  you seem to be 
determined to find fault with the Left at every turn. Pathetic, isn't 
it?
But it may well be the terms of the funding you are receiving for the 
podcast launch.

You seem to have forgotten your origins and moved to the extreme right 
for career advance, never tiring of praising the white man & talking of 
American
exceptionalism, heaping lavish praise on Fox News and slavishly 
submitting to the neo-con agenda.
You hold the White power elites in high regard – you need them to 
advance your career. You have to agree with whatever they say and write 
in line with their
ideology. When you criticise, you target the poor, the defenceless, the 
victims of white racism. The white settlers massacred the Native 
Americans in hundreds
of thousands but of course you never refer to this issue at all.

  Have you no original views of your own? Don’t you find any common 
cause with people of colour at all?

You may recall that in 2013/14 you pleaded guilty last year to illegally 
shelling out $20,000 in contributions in
the name of others for Republican Wendy Long’s failed 2012 bid to defeat 
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).
This led to Dinesh D’Souza having to perform a lot more community 
service for breaking campaign-finance laws than he thought, with a 
federal judge saying Monday that D’Souza
has to do eight hours each week for the entire five years he’s on 
probation and not just the eight months he was confined to a halfway 
house.

Defense attorney Ben Brafman clarified the sentence he handed down after 
D’Souza pleaded guilty last year, which means D’Souza will have to do 
over 1,600 hours more
service than he initially thought.
We’re talking about five years of eight hours a week? … This is a very 
serious impediment to obtaining full-time employment because you miss 
one day of work a
week,” Brafman said in the conference inside Berman’s robing room, as 
D’Souza listened in silently via speakerphone. “In my mind it was never 
contemplated
that the eight hours only applied to the period of home confinement,” 
Berman said, later reading out a report from a psychologist who saw 
D’Souza and then
ordering him to continue attending weekly sessions. The psychiatrist 
wrote. “The client tends to deny problems and is arrogant and intolerant 
of others’ feelings.”

So long as D’Souza stays on track with his community service, he will be 
allowed to visit his daughter in London and his elderly mom in India 
later this year (2014), Berman said.
PAMELA GELLER (President of the American Freedom Defense Initiative ) 
wrote on 15 Jul 2015
"What is being done to Dinesh D’Souza is an outrage, and all Americans 
who love freedom should be protesting.
I am no D’Souza fan. Dinesh is being hounded and punished for something 
that Democrats do every day – that’s the point.
The idea that Dinesh D’Souza would have to undergo psychological 
examination for breaking the rules is a new Stalinist mode of American 
politics."

Breitbart News reported in September 2014: “In addition to his five-year 
probation sentencing and eight months of confinement in a community 
confinement center,
  Judge Berman ordered D’Souza to undergo ‘therapeutic counselling.’”
Dinesh said: I CAM E OUT OF CONFINEMENT RATHER SHAKEN. Some of my 
idealistic assumptions about America have given way to being more alert 
about America as it is.
Not that I'm less patriotic than I was before, but rather we as 
Americans must always ask, "which America are we fighting for?"
This is not the America that the founders 

Re: [Goanet] What I told Dinesh

[BT Yahoo Mail]

Dear Dinesh,

I have heard from you many times over the years by email, usually 
promoting your books.

The most recent email was to announce a daily podcast.
All such activities would normally call for warm rejoicing & celebration 
but sadly, in your case, your every new act recalls your bondage and 
subservience to the very white Republican establishment. In your earlier 
career, you must benefited from association with the Republicans. But 
with the downfall of the Evangelical Trump, the Republicans may not be 
worth cultivating. But, sadly for a brown man, you remain rightwing as 
ever, that is, aligned with those with wealth & power because of the 
crumbs you receive and, now with your podcast,  you seem to be 
determined to find fault with the Left at every turn. Pathetic, isn't 
it?
But it may well be the terms of the funding you are receiving for the 
podcast launch.


You seem to have forgotten your origins and moved to the extreme right 
for career advance, never tiring of praising the white man & talking of 
American
exceptionalism, heaping lavish praise on Fox News and slavishly 
submitting to the neo-con agenda.
You hold the White power elites in high regard – you need them to 
advance your career. You have to agree with whatever they say and write 
in line with their
ideology. When you criticise, you target the poor, the defenceless, the 
victims of white racism. The white settlers massacred the Native 
Americans in hundreds

of thousands but of course you never refer to this issue at all.

 Have you no original views of your own? Don’t you find any common 
cause with people of colour at all?


You may recall that in 2013/14 you pleaded guilty last year to illegally 
shelling out $20,000 in contributions in
the name of others for Republican Wendy Long’s failed 2012 bid to defeat 
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).
This led to Dinesh D’Souza having to perform a lot more community 
service for breaking campaign-finance laws than he thought, with a 
federal judge saying Monday that D’Souza
has to do eight hours each week for the entire five years he’s on 
probation and not just the eight months he was confined to a halfway 
house.


Defense attorney Ben Brafman clarified the sentence he handed down after 
D’Souza pleaded guilty last year, which means D’Souza will have to do 
over 1,600 hours more

service than he initially thought.
We’re talking about five years of eight hours a week? … This is a very 
serious impediment to obtaining full-time employment because you miss 
one day of work a
week,” Brafman said in the conference inside Berman’s robing room, as 
D’Souza listened in silently via speakerphone. “In my mind it was never 
contemplated
that the eight hours only applied to the period of home confinement,” 
Berman said, later reading out a report from a psychologist who saw 
D’Souza and then
ordering him to continue attending weekly sessions. The psychiatrist 
wrote. “The client tends to deny problems and is arrogant and intolerant 
of others’ feelings.”


So long as D’Souza stays on track with his community service, he will be 
allowed to visit his daughter in London and his elderly mom in India 
later this year (2014), Berman said.
PAMELA GELLER (President of the American Freedom Defense Initiative ) 
wrote on 15 Jul 2015
"What is being done to Dinesh D’Souza is an outrage, and all Americans 
who love freedom should be protesting.
I am no D’Souza fan. Dinesh is being hounded and punished for something 
that Democrats do every day – that’s the point.
The idea that Dinesh D’Souza would have to undergo psychological 
examination for breaking the rules is a new Stalinist mode of American 
politics."


Breitbart News reported in September 2014: “In addition to his five-year 
probation sentencing and eight months of confinement in a community 
confinement center,

 Judge Berman ordered D’Souza to undergo ‘therapeutic counselling.’”
Dinesh said: I CAM E OUT OF CONFINEMENT RATHER SHAKEN. Some of my 
idealistic assumptions about America have given way to being more alert 
about America as it is.
Not that I'm less patriotic than I was before, but rather we as 
Americans must always ask, "which America are we fighting for?"
This is not the America that the founders envisioned, and so, as a 
consequence, we need to recognize our opposition

+

HOW CAN WE SAVE YOU, DINESH?
 HOW CAN WE RESTORE YOUR GOAN HUMANITY?

Eddie D'Sa (London)
+

 Eric Pinto wrote (13 Jan 2021):
 I called him a bigot whose alternate truth, or super lies, is the 
stuff of legend. I said I hoped it paid the rent: actually the 
adventures have seen millions flow into his coffers. His third sex 
object belies his early faith in 'Christian' conduct he and his friends 
sought to champion, and were not willing to credit with the church going 
Clinton, Obama and Biden.   Bible in hand Trump ?  Playboy is more like 
it !Is 

[Goanet] What I told Dinesh

[eric pinto]

I called him a bigot whose alternate truth, or super lies, is the stuff of 
legend. I said I hoped it paid the rent: actuallythe adventures have seen 
millions flow into his coffers. His third sex object belies his early faith in 
'Christian' conducthe and his friends sought to champion, and were not willing 
to credit with the church going Clinton, Obama and Biden.   Bible in hand Trump 
?  Playboy is more like it !Is Dinesh D'Souza a novel evolution of Mario de 
Gouveia !! 

[Goanet] What Rudy Giuliani Is Really Up To

[Gabe Menezes]

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/12/rudy-giuliani-trump-pardon-election/617250/

-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] What can Goa learn from indigineous farmers of Laos

[Rock Furtado]

https://youtu.be/-FEx7rcCwIA

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

Donald Duck sat on a wall

Donald Duck had a great fall

Oh, poor Trump came tumbling down!


Is it the annual Karmic audit time

when wrong doers have to pay

for wrong doing?


I am fascinated by evil as I sit

in my watch tower and

enjoy the show.


At present good people and

people of good will are protected

by Karmic winds. Be on the alert,

though, after all evil is never far away.


In Goa - when will Judas appear?

Not Jesus, Judas.


People who fight for the environment

watch out!


Judas will divide the movement. Appear

he will (or she) so become a security

guard, all day, all night.


Donald Trump bites the dust.

Who’s next?


What does Joao want to say?

Re: [Goanet] What will President Joe Biden mean for South Asia? (Dhaka Tribune, 29/10/2020)

[Venantius J Pinto]

Likewise brilliant, Roland.
Many of my schoolmates in India have turned zealots. No matter what I
shared - for one vocal MoF** it was fake this and fake that.

Venantius

On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 2:25 PM Roland Francis 
wrote:

> Well said Naguesh.
> Better to be allied with a friend who sometimes questions your actions
> than a madman who can never have any relationship with you.
>
> Roland.
> Toronto.
>
>
> > On Oct 29, 2020, at 12:11 PM, Naguesh Bhatcar 
> wrote:
> >
> > There has been no other unpredictable US President than Trump, in recent
> memory.
> > Many Indians in the US are supporting Trump, only because of his
> anti-Muslim stance. And Trump coddles up to the rich Saudis, as they have
> helped his business interests!
> > He has not said a word about the Khashoggi murder.
> >
> > If we believe that he is forever going to support India, they are
> mistaken. All he wants is business opportunities in India for him and his
> family.
> > He is ready to bury anyone that does not help/support him, as can be
> seen from his vindictive actions against the likes of Jeff Sessions.
> > Jeff Sessions, the first Republican Senator to support him in 2016,
> refused to defend him as the Attorney General of the US and he
> unceremoniously booted him out.
> > And legally, no Attorney General can defend the President, like a
> private lawyer.
> >
> > I have received WhatsApp messages and writeups, with concerns on how a
> Biden-Harris administration could be detrimental to India, just because
> they questioned some of the
> > happenings in India and more particularly related to Kashmir. It is as
> if the US is only focused on India!
> > In general, no US Administration has ever been anti-India, with perhaps
> Nixon being an exception. Indira Gandhi at times foolishly crossed swords
> with the US, in the
> > name of Non-Alignment and support of Muslim nations and her anti-Israel
> stance. And look at where India is now, with excellent relations with not
> just Israel, but even other
> > Muslim nations of the Middle East.
> >
> > Shashi Tharoor's assertions/hopes about Biden-Harris raising the Kashmir
> and CAA issues, might simply be a dream.
> >
> > NB
> >
> > 
> > From: Goanet  on behalf of V M <
> vmin...@gmail.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2020 9:44 AM
> > To: V M 
> > Subject: [Goanet] What will President Joe Biden mean for South Asia?
> (Dhaka Tribune, 29/10/2020)
> >
> >
> https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/10/29/op-ed-what-will-president-joe-biden-mean-for-south-asia
> >
> > Polls have been wrong before, but it’s looking increasingly certain
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [Goanet] What will President Joe Biden mean for South Asia? (Dhaka Tribune, 29/10/2020)

[Roland Francis]

Well said Naguesh.
Better to be allied with a friend who sometimes questions your actions than a 
madman who can never have any relationship with you.

Roland.
Toronto.


> On Oct 29, 2020, at 12:11 PM, Naguesh Bhatcar  wrote:
> 
> There has been no other unpredictable US President than Trump, in recent 
> memory.
> Many Indians in the US are supporting Trump, only because of his anti-Muslim 
> stance. And Trump coddles up to the rich Saudis, as they have helped his 
> business interests!
> He has not said a word about the Khashoggi murder.
> 
> If we believe that he is forever going to support India, they are mistaken. 
> All he wants is business opportunities in India for him and his family.
> He is ready to bury anyone that does not help/support him, as can be seen 
> from his vindictive actions against the likes of Jeff Sessions.
> Jeff Sessions, the first Republican Senator to support him in 2016, refused 
> to defend him as the Attorney General of the US and he unceremoniously booted 
> him out.
> And legally, no Attorney General can defend the President, like a private 
> lawyer.
> 
> I have received WhatsApp messages and writeups, with concerns on how a 
> Biden-Harris administration could be detrimental to India, just because they 
> questioned some of the
> happenings in India and more particularly related to Kashmir. It is as if the 
> US is only focused on India!
> In general, no US Administration has ever been anti-India, with perhaps Nixon 
> being an exception. Indira Gandhi at times foolishly crossed swords with the 
> US, in the
> name of Non-Alignment and support of Muslim nations and her anti-Israel 
> stance. And look at where India is now, with excellent relations with not 
> just Israel, but even other
> Muslim nations of the Middle East.
> 
> Shashi Tharoor's assertions/hopes about Biden-Harris raising the Kashmir and 
> CAA issues, might simply be a dream.
> 
> NB
> 
> ________
> From: Goanet  on behalf of V M 
> 
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2020 9:44 AM
> To: V M 
> Subject: [Goanet] What will President Joe Biden mean for South Asia? (Dhaka 
> Tribune, 29/10/2020)
> 
> https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/10/29/op-ed-what-will-president-joe-biden-mean-for-south-asia
> 
> Polls have been wrong before, but it’s looking increasingly certain
> 
> 
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Re: [Goanet] What will President Joe Biden mean for South Asia? (Dhaka Tribune, 29/10/2020)

[Naguesh Bhatcar]

There has been no other unpredictable US President than Trump, in recent memory.
Many Indians in the US are supporting Trump, only because of his anti-Muslim 
stance. And Trump coddles up to the rich Saudis, as they have helped his 
business interests!
He has not said a word about the Khashoggi murder.

If we believe that he is forever going to support India, they are mistaken. All 
he wants is business opportunities in India for him and his family.
He is ready to bury anyone that does not help/support him, as can be seen from 
his vindictive actions against the likes of Jeff Sessions.
Jeff Sessions, the first Republican Senator to support him in 2016, refused to 
defend him as the Attorney General of the US and he unceremoniously booted him 
out.
And legally, no Attorney General can defend the President, like a private 
lawyer.

I have received WhatsApp messages and writeups, with concerns on how a 
Biden-Harris administration could be detrimental to India, just because they 
questioned some of the
happenings in India and more particularly related to Kashmir. It is as if the 
US is only focused on India!
In general, no US Administration has ever been anti-India, with perhaps Nixon 
being an exception. Indira Gandhi at times foolishly crossed swords with the 
US, in the
name of Non-Alignment and support of Muslim nations and her anti-Israel stance. 
And look at where India is now, with excellent relations with not just Israel, 
but even other
Muslim nations of the Middle East.

Shashi Tharoor's assertions/hopes about Biden-Harris raising the Kashmir and 
CAA issues, might simply be a dream.

NB


From: Goanet  on behalf of V M 

Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2020 9:44 AM
To: V M 
Subject: [Goanet] What will President Joe Biden mean for South Asia? (Dhaka 
Tribune, 29/10/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/10/29/op-ed-what-will-president-joe-biden-mean-for-south-asia

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[Goanet] What will President Joe Biden mean for South Asia? (Dhaka Tribune, 29/10/2020)

[V M]

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/10/29/op-ed-what-will-president-joe-biden-mean-for-south-asia

Polls have been wrong before, but it’s looking increasingly certain
that Donald Trump and his Republicans will decisively lose next week’s
election. Early next year, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will take over
as president and vice-president, and the US leadership will swing back
into the Democratic ambit.

There’s plenty at stake for South Asian countries, but less than might
seem obvious from the vastly different personal styles of the brash,
bloviating incumbent and his understated, empathetic (and visibly
elderly) challenger.

As the wily imperialist warmonger Lord Palmerston put it, “it is a
narrow policy to suppose that this country or that is to be marked out
as the eternal ally or the perpetual enemy. We have no eternal allies,
and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and
perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.”

When it comes to the United States and South Asia, there are two sets
of permanent interests at play in the superpower’s calculus:
geopolitical power, and internal electoral politics. The former
dominated overwhelmingly until the 21st century, but then South Asian
American voters emerged an increasingly potent force, possessing the
capacity to swing some states, as well as contribute funds far out of
proportion to their numbers.

Here it’s vital to note that Indian Americans (and there is good
reason to believe these trends are equally pronounced amongst other
South Asian diaspora groups) always overwhelmingly support the
Democrats, and close to 80% are expected to vote for Biden/Harris this
year as well.

What is more, this loyal bloc doesn’t really care about the American
government’s positions towards their ancestral homeland. According to
a fascinating survey released earlier this month by the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies and the University of Pennsylvania, only 3% of
Indian American voters listed foreign policy as their number 1 issue.
Everyone else cited the economy, health care, and racial
discrimination.

This is largely to be expected from what is in many ways the richest,
best-educated, and most highly integrated immigrant demographic in US
history.

These are not disaffected people. They think America is already pretty
great. Naturally, they’re alarmed by Trump’s rage, racism, and
extremist supporters. The fact that Joe Biden picked a running mate
with Tamilian roots is a bonus, albeit one that is likely to make a
policy difference.

“In the event of a Biden victory, it's clear India won't be
overlooked, let alone forgotten, in an administration of which Kamala
Harris is a senior member” says Shashi Tharoor, the veteran
international diplomat (he ran for the post of UN Secretary-General in
2006), prolific author, and popular MP who served as India’s Minister
of State for External Affairs under Manmohan Singh.

He told me Harris “is bound to be a strong voice for democracy and
human rights generally, but that could put her at odds with some of
the Modi government's actions, such as on Kashmir, the CAA and the
situation of India's Muslim minority. When you care about a country
you won't be indifferent to it, and are more likely to take a stand on
issues agitating the community.”

Tharoor says, “Mr Trump has not always been ideal for India -- his
stands on trade and tariffs, and on India's environmental policies,
could hardly have been welcome in New Delhi -- but he has been
uncritical of Mr Modi's domestic politics and his divisive Hindutva
agenda.”

He pointed out, “there are always continuities in any country's
foreign policy, all the more so that of a superpower like the US, with
well-defined interests and well-established engagements around the
world. That said, where Trump departed from his predecessors was not
only in his rhetoric, which was often ill-phrased and intemperate; but
also in his resort to 3am tweets on major policy issues, such as to
the "Little Rocket Man" in North Korea; his unpredictability and
tendency to change attitudes at a moment's notice, as with China and
President Xi, which has gone from bromance to Cold War; his extreme
transactionalism, resulting even in a mini-trade war with a country he
was trying to woo, India; and his inability to stay the course (eg
bombing Syria one day in April 2017, and failing to follow through for
the next three and a half years).

The bottom line? Tharoor says, “I believe the US's South Asia policy
has evolved definitively the way it has and there is bipartisan
consensus in both capitals that underpin it, not to mention the
influence of the significant Indian diaspora in the US, which will
ensure India's continued salience in Washington. While I do expect
course correction on global issues like multilateralism (I expect
Biden to reverse Trump's decision to pull the US out of WHO, for
instance) I do not expect 

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

Is the Pope another Donald Trump?

Whenever I visit a website recently someone or the other
is writing on the subject of the Pope’s attitude towards gays.

The reaction has spanned from disbelief to turning some people rabid
after a monsoon shower.

How can you compare the Pope with Donald Trump? they ask.

Actually, it is not so farfetched as both are Heads of States: USA and Vatican.
People tend to forget the Church is also a State and the Pope is the
Head of the Church.

Why all the barking then?

The laity appears to be struck by lightning while priests are busy undertaking
damage management which is suspicious as the clergy is well known for their
liking for boys.

Over the decades priests and boys have made headlines all over the world.
All this we all know too well.

What surprises me is the silent turn off of memory as same sex relations
is strongly opposed in the Holy Bible. Yet there is no mention of the
Holy Bible.

Surely every Christian is aware of this?

Unlike Hindu scriptures which takes a neutral attitude the Holy Bible is
full of condemnation about same sex relations.

Can Roman Catholics pick and choose a la carte from the Holy Bible?
And, the Pope, too?

Re: [Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

On 10/23/20, Joao Barros-Pereira  wrote:
> Gay marriages
> okay
>
> if
> civil union
>
> Church
> say
>
> gay sex
> is
> sinful
>
> Church
> say
>
> Pope
> and Church
> no
> understand?
>
> Laws
> are
> based
> on ethics
>
> Pope
> and
> Church
>
> going senile
> and
> psychotic
>
> maybe
> both?
>
> What does Joao want to say?
>

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

Gay marriages
okay

if
civil union

Church
say

gay sex
is
sinful

Church
say

Pope
and Church
no
understand?

Laws
are
based
on ethics

Pope
and
Church

going senile
and
psychotic

maybe
both?

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

2people
do wrong

what
happens?

Now
2people
2gether
forever

no
this is
no love story

during
lockdown
or no lockdown

2sad
and
2tragic
a story

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

Who
is afraid
of Phoolan Devi?

No one!

She is
dead

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

half half
story
no like

half half
story

no believe
in God
why?

I believe
in God
mean

God
believe
in me?

no like
half half
story

atheist say
I no
believe
in God

half half
story

God say
i don’t believe
in atheist?
no say

half half
story
no like

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] WHAT DOES JOAO WANT TO SAY?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

politicians
of all parties
visit

temples
churches
mosques

we are
all corrupt
says
Tourism Minister

unity
in diversity

What does Joao want to say

[Goanet] WHAT A DAY IT WAS

[Aires Rodrigues]

It was so nice meeting up yesterday with Sister Conrad at the Missionaries
of Charity center in Quepem. Infact, I met Sister Conrad after four long
decades. Despite being in her late 80’s, Sister Conrad recognized me at
first sight.

During the 70s whenever the now Saint Teresa of Calcutta came to Goa along
with Sister Conrad she always made it a point to visit our house in
Ribandar as my father had then accompanied her nuns during their weekly
medical camps at Chimbel and Carambolim. Mother Teresa was the recipient of
the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Nostalgic memories of my last meeting with
Mother Teresa at her headquarters in Calcutta in 1981, remain always the
most treasured moments of my life, where I witnessed humanity touched by
simplicity and humility.

Now, as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, she was always an immense solace to the
poor and downtrodden.  Her Missionaries of Charity across the country and
the world are a shelter for the destitute and homeless.

In her death on 5th September 1997 the poor and impoverished lost their
relentless savior, but the rich legacy and shining example she left behind
has been taken forward by the Missionaries of Charity who are doing a
laudable service in Goa too.

After visiting the reverend nuns at Quepem, it was so nice driving forward
to Don Bosco’s at Sulcorna and interacting with the so very warm hearted
Rector Fr Bernadino and his exceedingly cordial team. As a former student
of Don Bosco, I am very proud of my Alma Mater. In gratitude to them I
shall always remain.

Notwithstanding the current COVID-19 scare, yesterday was a very eventful
day which ended up with a late lunch at Martins Corner at Betalbatim which
has for long been my favorite joint in South Goa. A home away from home.

A Day to remember for all the right reasons. First, the solace and
satisfaction of meeting esteemed friends steeped in humility and simplicity
to help humanity. Then spiritual nourishment was followed by physical
nourishment of the best kind. The best day for both body and soul.

As Mother Teresa famously said ‘Some people come in our life as blessings.
Some come in your life as lessons’. All those I visited yesterday were real
blessings in my life.

Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat,

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

Mobile No: 9822684372

Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012

Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com

 Or

   airesrodrig...@yahoo.com

You can also reach me on

Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues

Twitter@rodrigues_aires


www.airesrodrigues.com

[Goanet] What is Marriage ? The Sacrament of Marriage.

[Devak Argham]

Why are divorces rising amongst Christian families?


https://youtu.be/6tglc4inqmY


The above  linked video sheds an understanding on 'The Sacrament of
Marriage'.


 Recommend to all married couples and those intending to join in matrimony.
Do share with those you love and care.

[Goanet] What is Plan B... issues from the Goan diaspora

[Frederick Noronha]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_zDAX1Z9Ps

In a situation where thousands of Goans have suffered job losses and are
forced to return to Goa, this is a question being asked.  Many are today
back in Goa, clinging on to whatever they had managed to save; wondering,
"What next?"

This panel discussion involves four of Goa’s entrepreneurs and visionaries,
offering insight into the ways and means of how our Goans can take
advantage of the current situation.

Titled, “WHAT’S PLAN B?” this online interactive session was organised on
August 29, 2020, at 6:00 PM (IST)/3:30 PM (AST).

-- 00:05:30 Raymond Pereira
-- 00:08:30 Josephine Viera
-- 00:15:50 Coach Raymond D'Souza
-- 00:59:50 Suhas Mallya
-- 01:49:38 Nestor Rangel
-- 02:29:50 Cyril D'Souza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_zDAX1Z9Ps
-- 
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[Goanet] What should be India's national language?

[Frederick Noronha]

https://youtu.be/aZd4YqU1mzw
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[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In

the Age

of

Corona Virus


i’m claiming

my independence


on this

Independence Day


taking

a month’s

vacation


traveling in

my garden


enjoying nature

and birds

the whole trip


refreshing myself

and computer


giving

my readers

a break


giving myself

a break


trying

something

new


and

different


maybe


even try

my hand

at matka

gambling


What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In

the Age

of

Corona Virus


we are

learning

slowly


every

wicked act


has

a price tag


all we

need to know


is

how to read

the label


What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What Would You Do?

[Gilbert Lawrence]

What would you do if you suspect a robbery is in progress?
Answer: With your i-phone photograph the license plate and picture of the 
get-a-way car or truck. One does not need the photograph of the robber.  The 
police will have it on file with a copy of the driver's license.
E-mail or Take the evidence to the police station.
Regards,  GL

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In

the Age

of

Corona Virus


whenever

someone

has


nothing

to say


it is

always

a good idea


to

hide it


under

a mountain

of

big words


What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In

the Age

of

Corona Virus


some

of us

know

the story


white

priest

in Africa

presents Jesus

as white


rejected


black

priest

in Africa

presents Jesus

as black


accepted


white

priest

presents Devil

as white


accepted


What does joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus

you
can be saved
in various ways

one man’s disease
is another man’s cure

(or woman’s)

PM Margaret Thatcher
and
President Reagan

committed
a lot of crimes
all over the world

ended up with
Alzheimer’s disease

could remember
nothing

What does Joao want to say

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus

Bill Clinton
chasing
Monica Lewinsky

all over
the White House

up and down
the
Presidential Chair

is better
much better

than
Donald Trump

sitting
all alone

in the
Presidential Chair

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus

and
at other times

we come
with nothing

and go
with nothing

into nothingness

hallelujah
hallelujah

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Johnny have to say?

[augusto pinto]

In the age of
Covid-19

I felt sorry
For Ritu

rdso...@shaw.ca
Who

For the third time
Asked to

Be unsubscribed
I thought

That in these
Times of Covid-19

It isn't so easy
To escape

From
The virus

What does Johnny have to say?
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[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus

i make
a small point
using
simple language

true
indirectly

no
big words
for me

only
small point
for me

only
simple language
for me

big words
for
a small point

no good
a crime

during
Lockdown

if i do
it

please
lock me up

and
throw away
the key

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus

Lockdown
good time
good chance

we are
all connected

says
Sadguru

it is
his experience
of
enlightenment

no no
no theory
this

no no
no belief
this

Lockdown
good time
good chance

pass
evil laws

in
democracy
countries

no no
not connected

good time
good chnce

think
politicians

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus

and
other times

gays
know

something
has gone wrong

is
this why

they
look happier

than
straight people

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus

i
don’t know
if
you can read
braille or not

does
the blind man
know

what he
is talking
about?

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus

we wonder

only
a man
or
woman

who
does not
believe
in God

can be
truly religious?

all others
are

businessmen
and business
women?

we wonder

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus

and
at other times

lies and
mental ill health
go together

as
naturally
as our shadows
follows us

switch on
the light

and allow
the electricity

of good will
and sincerity
to flow freely

and
the shadows
disappear

God or no-God

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus

first
complicate
the case

Isn’t
the law
complicated
enough?
i ask

not
for lawyers
it isn’t

complicate it
further?

yes
always
complicate
the case
further

good
for good lawyer

the case
takes longer
to settle

look after
the interest
of the litigant
next

every
good lawyer
thinks it

no
never
speaks it

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What has Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus

and
at other times

we are born
as human beings

and made
into Christians
Mohammedans
Hindus Jews

and
so on

it is time
to be reborn
as human beings
again!

i hope
we do not
have to wait
for a Martian attack

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus:

you
are not
an adult

don’t
drink alcohol!

I’ve
heard this

again and
again

I
turned twenty
a few days ago

I
drank beer
and

it
tasted terrible
to me

I’m
never going
to drink again

What does Joao want to say?

Re: [Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Oscar Carmino Lobo]

Three Gods?

On Thu, 16 Jul. 2020, 10:06 pm Joao Barros-Pereira, <
joaobarrospere...@gmail.com> wrote:

> In
> the Age
> of
> Corona Virus
>
> if
> You believe
> in God
>
> You
> have virtue
>
> if
> You
> don’t believe
> in God
>
> You
> have no virtue
>
> if
> You believe
> in 3 Gods
>
> You have
> thrice
> the virtue
>
> Hindus
> believe in
> 33 million Gods
>
> Imagine
>
>
> What does Joao want to say?
>

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus

if
You believe
in God

You
have virtue

if
You
don’t believe
in God

You
have no virtue

if
You believe
in 3 Gods

You have
thrice
the virtue

Hindus
believe in
33 million Gods

Imagine


What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus

after
the
incessant
all night
rainfall

a
symphony
of
natural music

silence

dare i

open
my mouth

and
shatter

the sound
of silence?

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joa want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus

corona-ing
is the name
of the game

one family member
gets the corona

and shares it
with other members
of the family

few families
wear masks
inside
the house

NB
corona-ing
does not
recognize
borders

inside
the house
outside
the house

inside
the country
outside
the country

one world

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joa want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus

Humpty Dumpty
fell off the wall

Humpty Dumpty
had a big fall

broke
into a thousand
and one bits

much better off
are we Goans

only
coming apart
at the seams

and a few
other places

What does Joao want to say?

Re: [Goanet] What does Johnny have to say?

[augusto pinto]

In the age
of Covid -19

The Judges
Decided
To
Lockdown.

The Police
Encountering
Issues
Eliminated
Them
By
Encountering
Them.

The Netas
Were happy

The Babus
Were happy.

Most importantly
We were
Happy.

But
We might
Be
Encountered
Tomorrow.

Will that
Leave us
Happy or
Dead?

What does Johnny have to say?

On Wed, 8 Jul, 2020, 10:27 PM augusto pinto,  wrote:

> In the age
> of Covid-19
>
> A debate raged:
>
> Are Lives
> More important
> Or are
> Livelihoods ?
>
> A Powerful
> Money Man said:
> Who cares?
>
> Money is to be made
> Let's
> Make it.
>
> What does Johnny have to say?
> Augusto
>
>
> On Sun, 21 Jun, 2020, 10:08 PM augusto pinto,  wrote:
>
>> In the age
>> of Covid -19
>> On Father's Day,
>>
>> I thought about
>> Marcello Francisco Pinto
>>
>> My father
>>
>> Mad fella
>>
>> Unlike all the
>> Goan Afrikanders
>> Who loved the English
>>
>> And who had
>> Abandoned Konkani
>>
>> To embrace English
>>
>> He advised me
>> In Kenya's
>> Post Independence
>> 60s
>>
>> When I was but
>> a 6 year old
>>
>> To question
>> All my cousins:
>>
>> "Why are you rushing
>> To Britain?"
>>
>> "To lick
>> The arses
>> Of the Whites
>> Isn't it?"
>>
>> On his part
>> He declared:
>>
>> "Mhaka Goenchich
>> Mati zai."
>>
>> He came down
>> To Goa
>> in 1970.
>>
>> He reunited
>> With his beloved
>> Goenchi Mati
>> In 1972.
>>
>> Happy Father's Day
>> Marcel.
>>
>> What does Johnny have to say?
>>
>>
>> Augusto
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 20 Jun, 2020, 6:58 PM augusto pinto,  wrote:
>>
>>> In the age
>>> of Covid -19
>>> *Mzee* Gando
>>> Decided
>>> to go
>>> To the *Zatra*
>>> of the God
>>> of the Bizarre
>>> Lord Shri Vichitra.
>>>
>>> There *Mzee*
>>> *Mjinga sana*
>>> I should say
>>> Was a Somebody
>>> Searching for sanity
>>> from among
>>> the gathered *Zatrekars*
>>> Like the bright
>>> Prosore that he is.
>>>
>>> First he found
>>> Patron of the pickpocketed
>>> Anton de Padua
>>> In the fiery rain
>>> Who feeling sorry
>>> Warmly and warily
>>> Wryly  but wisely
>>> Whispered, Catlicks
>>> Will be Catlicks.
>>>
>>> Then Bwana G
>>> Met Solo D'Lit
>>> Who brush in balti
>>> Sketched *Mzee's* face
>>> On a wall over the legend
>>> *Aiz mhaka f**aleam t**uka.*
>>> Gando* s*creamed:
>>> *Saiba bhogos*! Spare me!
>>> As Solo sloshed away.
>>>
>>> Next he went to meet
>>> Magik *Mam*' Marsu
>>> But encountered instead
>>> Acerbic Aunty Alsu
>>> Who came with
>>> *Bhairi* to cure
>>> Nephew Adu
>>> Of delusionitis
>>> Beginning with his *bonku*.
>>>
>>> Finally Pro
>>> His A sore visited Anu Anon
>>> *Bhirant dista, Bhirant dista*
>>> Cringed Gando -
>>> Save me from slavery!
>>> P'd off
>>> Anu growled
>>> at Gando: up yours
>>> *Mjinga sana!*
>>>
>>> What does Johnny have to say?
>>>
>>> Augusto Pinto
>>>
>>

Re: [Goanet] What does Johnny have to say?

[augusto pinto]

In the age
of Covid-19

On July 11

World
Population Day

The Minister said
Population
Should
Be
Controlled.

So
Aunty Corona
Continued
Controlling
The
Population.

What does Johnny have to say?

Augusto


On Wed, 8 Jul, 2020, 10:27 PM augusto pinto,  wrote:

> In the age
> of Covid-19
>
> A debate raged:
>
> Are Lives
> More important
> Or are
> Livelihoods ?
>
> A Powerful
> Money Man said:
> Who cares?
>
> Money is to be made
> Let's
> Make it.
>
> What does Johnny have to say?
> Augusto
>
>
> On Sun, 21 Jun, 2020, 10:08 PM augusto pinto,  wrote:
>
>> In the age
>> of Covid -19
>> On Father's Day,
>>
>> I thought about
>> Marcello Francisco Pinto
>>
>> My father
>>
>> Mad fella
>>
>> Unlike all the
>> Goan Afrikanders
>> Who loved the English
>>
>> And who had
>> Abandoned Konkani
>>
>> To embrace English
>>
>> He advised me
>> In Kenya's
>> Post Independence
>> 60s
>>
>> When I was but
>> a 6 year old
>>
>> To question
>> All my cousins:
>>
>> "Why are you rushing
>> To Britain?"
>>
>> "To lick
>> The arses
>> Of the Whites
>> Isn't it?"
>>
>> On his part
>> He declared:
>>
>> "Mhaka Goenchich
>> Mati zai."
>>
>> He came down
>> To Goa
>> in 1970.
>>
>> He reunited
>> With his beloved
>> Goenchi Mati
>> In 1972.
>>
>> Happy Father's Day
>> Marcel.
>>
>> What does Johnny have to say?
>>
>>
>> Augusto
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 20 Jun, 2020, 6:58 PM augusto pinto,  wrote:
>>
>>> In the age
>>> of Covid -19
>>> *Mzee* Gando
>>> Decided
>>> to go
>>> To the *Zatra*
>>> of the God
>>> of the Bizarre
>>> Lord Shri Vichitra.
>>>
>>> There *Mzee*
>>> *Mjinga sana*
>>> I should say
>>> Was a Somebody
>>> Searching for sanity
>>> from among
>>> the gathered *Zatrekars*
>>> Like the bright
>>> Prosore that he is.
>>>
>>> First he found
>>> Patron of the pickpocketed
>>> Anton de Padua
>>> In the fiery rain
>>> Who feeling sorry
>>> Warmly and warily
>>> Wryly  but wisely
>>> Whispered, Catlicks
>>> Will be Catlicks.
>>>
>>> Then Bwana G
>>> Met Solo D'Lit
>>> Who brush in balti
>>> Sketched *Mzee's* face
>>> On a wall over the legend
>>> *Aiz mhaka f**aleam t**uka.*
>>> Gando* s*creamed:
>>> *Saiba bhogos*! Spare me!
>>> As Solo sloshed away.
>>>
>>> Next he went to meet
>>> Magik *Mam*' Marsu
>>> But encountered instead
>>> Acerbic Aunty Alsu
>>> Who came with
>>> *Bhairi* to cure
>>> Nephew Adu
>>> Of delusionitis
>>> Beginning with his *bonku*.
>>>
>>> Finally Pro
>>> His A sore visited Anu Anon
>>> *Bhirant dista, Bhirant dista*
>>> Cringed Gando -
>>> Save me from slavery!
>>> P'd off
>>> Anu growled
>>> at Gando: up yours
>>> *Mjinga sana!*
>>>
>>> What does Johnny have to say?
>>>
>>> Augusto Pinto
>>>
>>

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus

cause
and effect

that’s karma!

a law
of psychology

do wrong
harm someone

and the mind
starts to heat up

maybe
hotter than the inside
of a pizza oven

God or no-God

we suffer
emotionally

wrong decisions
are made

now
a house on fire
we are

with the sign
NO EXIT

we damage
everyone and
everything
in our path

visible and
invisible

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus

we realize
how we are
conceived
in a
dark hole

no matter
the color
of our parents

we grow
and
change
in darkness

see light
on our birth day
for the first time

until
the time of death

when the light
is switched off

and it is
dark again

good night

What does Joao want to say?

Re: [Goanet] What does Johnny have to say?

[augusto pinto]

In the age
of Covid-19

A debate raged:

Are Lives
More important
Or are
Livelihoods ?

A Powerful
Money Man said:
Who cares?

Money is to be made
Let's
Make it.

What does Johnny have to say?
Augusto


On Sun, 21 Jun, 2020, 10:08 PM augusto pinto,  wrote:

> In the age
> of Covid -19
> On Father's Day,
>
> I thought about
> Marcello Francisco Pinto
>
> My father
>
> Mad fella
>
> Unlike all the
> Goan Afrikanders
> Who loved the English
>
> And who had
> Abandoned Konkani
>
> To embrace English
>
> He advised me
> In Kenya's
> Post Independence
> 60s
>
> When I was but
> a 6 year old
>
> To question
> All my cousins:
>
> "Why are you rushing
> To Britain?"
>
> "To lick
> The arses
> Of the Whites
> Isn't it?"
>
> On his part
> He declared:
>
> "Mhaka Goenchich
> Mati zai."
>
> He came down
> To Goa
> in 1970.
>
> He reunited
> With his beloved
> Goenchi Mati
> In 1972.
>
> Happy Father's Day
> Marcel.
>
> What does Johnny have to say?
>
>
> Augusto
>
>
> On Sat, 20 Jun, 2020, 6:58 PM augusto pinto,  wrote:
>
>> In the age
>> of Covid -19
>> *Mzee* Gando
>> Decided
>> to go
>> To the *Zatra*
>> of the God
>> of the Bizarre
>> Lord Shri Vichitra.
>>
>> There *Mzee*
>> *Mjinga sana*
>> I should say
>> Was a Somebody
>> Searching for sanity
>> from among
>> the gathered *Zatrekars*
>> Like the bright
>> Prosore that he is.
>>
>> First he found
>> Patron of the pickpocketed
>> Anton de Padua
>> In the fiery rain
>> Who feeling sorry
>> Warmly and warily
>> Wryly  but wisely
>> Whispered, Catlicks
>> Will be Catlicks.
>>
>> Then Bwana G
>> Met Solo D'Lit
>> Who brush in balti
>> Sketched *Mzee's* face
>> On a wall over the legend
>> *Aiz mhaka f**aleam t**uka.*
>> Gando* s*creamed:
>> *Saiba bhogos*! Spare me!
>> As Solo sloshed away.
>>
>> Next he went to meet
>> Magik *Mam*' Marsu
>> But encountered instead
>> Acerbic Aunty Alsu
>> Who came with
>> *Bhairi* to cure
>> Nephew Adu
>> Of delusionitis
>> Beginning with his *bonku*.
>>
>> Finally Pro
>> His A sore visited Anu Anon
>> *Bhirant dista, Bhirant dista*
>> Cringed Gando -
>> Save me from slavery!
>> P'd off
>> Anu growled
>> at Gando: up yours
>> *Mjinga sana!*
>>
>> What does Johnny have to say?
>>
>> Augusto Pinto
>>
>

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus

BJP Goa Minister Azgonkar
You and all 40 of us
are corrupt!

BJP Goa Minister Lobo
You and all 40 of us
are corrupt!

What’s going on?
BJP supporters
are disappointed!

Corruption and lies
make people mental
Is this the case?

No Goa Legislature
session this monsoon?

yes One Day Only!

Why? Nothing to discuss?
No problems in Goa?

All 40 MLA love each other
words are unnecessary?

great love deeper than
the deepest sea?

Romeo and Juliet
thy love is shallow

now we finally understand
why you committed suicide

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In

the Age

of

Corona Virus


we know

dead ancestors

are waves


who wave

in the rooms

of our houses

and gardens


also security

system

on several

levels


a huge tree

collapsed

a few days ago

away from

my house


broke

the fence

and gazebo


big house

untouched


people

who see it

comment


your ancestors

are protecting

you and

the house


I know


on waking

everyday

I wave

to the waves


they

wave back


and soon

there is

a glow


in

my heart


What does Joao want to say

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In the Age of
Corona Virus

My Facebook friend
sends me this

I’ve tried to think of
the sweetest words
I could say to you

something different
and something true

no word I guess
could be sweeter than
saying GOD LOVES YOU

words words
words

To My Facebook friend
I sent this

more important
is for me to love myself

She sends me a thumbs up!
I send her a thumbs up!

God
on the lips

overflowing magma
for all to see
of lies
of anger and
of hatred
in the heart

a strange menu
indeed

as common as
fish curry and rice
in Goa

and
God too

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the
Age
of
Corona
Virus

the wag
noted
in a
rueful way

the wedding
was
a great success

the
marriage
failed

What does Joao want to say?

Re: [Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[augusto pinto]

On Thu, 2 Jul, 2020, 10:18 PM augusto pinto,  wrote:

> In
> the
> Age
> of
> Corona
> Virus
>
> i've
> taken
> an airplane
>
> from
> another
> country
>
> to get
> to India
>
> also
> a train
>
> a bus
>
> and
> a jeep
>
> when
> i could easily
> have changed
>
> into
> loose clothes
>
> sat on
> a yoga mat
>
> in
> my room
>
> and
> meditated
>
> What does Joao want to say?
>
>
> End of Goanet Digest, Vol 15, Issue 461
> ***
>
> This is a good one Dotor although I am on my 5th so my judgement may be
> flawed.
> Augusto
>
>

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the
Age
of
Corona
Virus

i’ve
taken
an airplane

from
another
country

to get
to India

also
a train

a bus

and
a jeep

when
i could easily
have changed

into
loose clothes

sat on
a yoga mat

in
my room

and
meditated

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the
Age
of
Corona
Virus

God is
a fiction

are
ancestors
not

they lived
in houses
we live in
today

sat
on chairs
we sit in
today

ate
breakfast
lunch dinner

all three
maybe

on
the same table
we eat today

slept in beds
we sleep in
today

and
walked in
rooms
we walk in
today

we need
to respect
them
and honor
them

or they
might
get back
to us

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the
Age
of
Corona
Virus

don’t throw
Chinese TV
from
fourth floor

TV go
BOOM!

economic war
begins

TV price
go up
mobile phone
price
go up

lot
of price
go up

in the time
of corona virus

when
Indian man
and
Indian woman
money go down

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the
Age
of
Corona
Virus

saw
a movie

The Witness
Harrison Ford

a young boy
witnesses
a crime

he has
to go!

is real life
similar
to reel life?

the
criminals
can’t eat

the
criminals
can’t sleep

until
the witness
ceases
to exist

he has
to go!

What does Joao want to say?
In
the
Age
of
Corona
Virus

saw
a movie

The Witness
Harrison Ford

a young boy
witnesses
a crime

he has
to go!

is real life
similar
to reel life?

the
criminals
can’t eat

the
criminals
can’t sleep

until
the witness
ceases
to exist

he has
to go!

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want t say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus

recall
the famous words
of Descartes

I
think

therefore
I am

this guy
a brilliant
logician

had no insight
into human nature

I
control
my students

therefore
I am

is
much closer
to the truth

I think

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want t say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the
Age
of
Corona Virus

as
always

life is
a magic show

if
you can
feel it

you’re
alive

otherwise

you’re
dead

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao wantto say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus

Moses
visited me
in
a dream
last night

Go
forth and spread
the word

the old ten
commandments
are cancelled
outmoded

there will be
only two
from now on

a sense
of humor
and
a feeling
of gratitude

commandments?
Is God
Commander-in-Chief?

okay
only a scale
for you
to  stand on
to check
your spiritual
health

Why me?

why not
Donald Trump?

You are
Chosen!
Don't
ask why

I
didn't

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the
Age
of
Corona Virus

heading
the ball

can
damage
your brain

say
doctors

Don't
worry

I
say

you need
no brain

to play
soccer

What does Joao want to say?