As Lágrimas de Crocodilo deste Blog
This blog’s crocodile tears

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Enquanto derrama lágrimas de crocodilo profusamente, o Blog do Lessa se lembra de que esse velhote canalha, ladrão, safado, mensaleiro, sequestrador, inimigo do Estado, traficante de influência e sonegador (sim, os canalhas também envelhecem!) não relatava angústia nem parecia ter quaisquer problemas de saúde, inclusive psicológicos, quando praticava seus crimes e embolsava, ilegalmente, grandes quantidades de dinheiro.

While profusely shedding crocodile tears, The Lessa Blog remembers that this old fart, a scoundrel, thief, kidnapper, enemy of the State, influence peddler, tax evader, shameless SOB (yes, scoundrels do get old, too!) did not report any kind of anxiety nor happened to have any health problems, including psychological, when he committed his crimes and pocketed great sums of money illegally.
(Picture subtitle): Dirceu sends message to Car Wash judge: “I can’t stand it anymore”
(Balloon): “Arrest me now, please! Arrest me! I can’t stand this anxiety anymore! I’d rather be in jail than living like this!”

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Sergio Garschagen e os Abutres
Sergio Garschagen and the vultures

sergio_garschagenAbutres a comer o fígado da nação! Abro O Globo e, de cara, três aves de rapina na primeira página: 1) PF faz busca na casa de Collor em Brasilia e Maceió; 2) Costa reafirma pagamento de propina a Renan e 3) PF mapeia dinheiro pago a ministro Zé Dirceu. Quantas provas incontestáveis são necessárias para prender essa corja?

Vultures eat the nation’s liver! I barely start to read O Globo newspaper and find three brids of prey on the cover: 1) Former president Fernando Collor de Mello’s homes in Brasilia and Maceio are being searched by the Federal Police; 2) Former Petrobras director Paulo Roberto Costa confirms payment to Senate president Renan Calheiros and 3) The Federal Police tracks the money paid to former minister José Dirceu. How much uncontested evidence is necessary to put these scoundrels in jail?

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Renato Riella e o Crime Democratizado
Renato Riella and Democratized Crime

riellaO CRIME DEMOCRATIZADO NO BRASIL
A empregada doméstica combinou o salário de R$ 1.300. Quando finalmente trouxe a Carteira Profissional, exigiu que fosse assinada com apenas R$ 788,00. Disse que queria receber o resto por fora. E explicou: “Ganho Bolsa-Família. Se tiver salário em valor acima do mínimo perco o benefício.”
Tem também aquela da secretária-telefonista, que levou quase três meses recebendo o salário de R$ 1.500 por recibo comum.Quando decidiu trazer a Carteira Profissional para assinar o contrato, explicou com naturalidade: “Nesses três meses, não podia assinar a Carteira, porque ainda estava recebendo o Seguro-Desemprego do outro emprego.
E tem também aquela do Zédirceu. Mas esta vou ficar devendo a vocês, pois ele ainda não me confessou nenhum crime. Desculpem a nossa falha!

DEMOCRATIZED CRIME IN BRAZIL
The live-in maid negotiated a salary of 1,300 reais (around 410 dollars) with a family. When she finally brought the “professional card” to have her employment registered in writing, she demanded the registered salary to be of only 788 reais (around 245 dollars). She said she wanted to get the rest of the money “out of the books”. She explained: “I get the “Bolsa Familia” (government’s “Family Allowance”). If I get a salary above the minumim salary currently established, I lose the benefit.”
There’s also that one from the secretary/telephone operator who took some three months being paid a salary of 1,500 reais (around 470 dollars) and just signing a receipt for it. When she decided to bring her “professional card” to have the employment registered in writing, she explained with no embarrassment: “During these last three months, I couldn’t have the card signed because I was collecting unemployment insurance from the other job I used to have.”
And there’s another one from José Dirceu. But I will have to hold on to this one, because he hasn’t confessed to any crime yet. Sorry!

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