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Videos que Não Abrem – Tentativa de Solução
Videos Not Playing – An Attempt to Solve the Problem

Meus caros,
Muitos amigos têm reclamado que não conseguem abrir os vídeos postados aqui no Blog do Lessa. Numa tentativa de solucionar o problema, vou postar os vídeos aqui (por favor, vejam todos eles abaixo deste post) puxando o link do Facebook. Vamos ver se funciona. Obrigado pelo feedback, paciência e compreensão. Ah!, mais uma coisa: o tamnho do vídeo será ajustado em breve, nas novas postagens.

Dear friends,
Many of you have been complaining that you have been unable to watch the videos posted here. In an attempt to solve this problem, I am now posting all the videos (please see them below) using a link from Facebook. Let’s see if it works. Thanks for the feedback, patience and understanding. Oh1, and one more thing: the size of the videos will be adjusted for the new postings.

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A Empulhação Safada do 13º Salário no Brasil
Brazil’s “Thirteenth Salary” BS

This video was posted on Facebook and basically talks about the bulls**t created in Brazil decades ago about a fictitious thirteenth salary. This has been touted by the press and the administrations as a benefit, not a right. More recently, state governments have been announcing their impossibility to pay the so-called “thirteenth salary”. Citing lack of funds, those state governments split payment in several installments, creating havoc among workers. Worse: nobody in Brazil ever thought this is not a benefit. Nobody ever cared to inspect the calendar to find out that there are thirteen months hidden in a twelve-month calendar. I mention the solution to the problem: copying the U.S. system of bi-weekly payments. 26 payments (adding up to 13 months) are made without the so-called “thirteenth salary”, since those 26 payments already represent 13 months. I also suggest a way of transforming this into reality, either by contacting the representatives (senators or congressmen) to request they come up with a bill changing the payment system, or a popular initiative bill, which would require the signature of millions of Brazilians all over the country. The time has come to place this issue on the discussion table. The country cannot wait anymore.

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Meus 2 Centavos sobre Fidel Castro
My 2 Cents on Fidel Castro

This video was posted live on Facebook right after news of Fidel Castro’s death was announced. Besides the celebration with a drink (Cuba Libre — Rum & Coke), I tell a story about my life as a translator for the OAS – Organization of American States when I was living in the U.S. One day, I received a portion of the Human Rights report and part of it concerned the situation in Cuba. After a while doing the translation, I started to cry and could not stop it. The conditions described on the report were horrendous, atrocious, abject. Besides killing his people and spreading terror all over Latin America, Fidel Castro has left a legion of followers who have caused great damage in other countries. Criminals like Lula da Silva, José Dirceu and Dilma Rousseff are direct examples of this filthy heritage. Fidel Castro is finally dead! Cheers!

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O Blog do Lessa é Hubert
The Lessa Blog is Hubert

Brazilian cartoonist Hubert talks about the act of censorship practiced against him by Facebook. He remembers that ever since the end of the military authoritarian regime of the 1960s, when he worked for weekly “O Pasquim” newspaper and had numerous jokes censored, no one expected the resurgence of censorship in Brazil. The Lessa Blog sides with Hubert in strongly rejecting this lame attempt against freedom of expression.  We’re sorry, Facebook, but… shame on you! 🙁

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