Nsalamalekum!
~ Tata Nganga Malongo "Nana Buruku" Zarabanda Briyumba Kongo Palito Wachi Nango a la Fori Ndoki Yaya
One the most magical, mysterious and misunderstood religious traditions in the world.
The world of Palo is an extremely secretive one. Here you can find some of the stories and spells - and even a few off-the-cuff observations on life, love and witchcraft -
By candlelight, in a tiny room filled with the smells of cigar smoke, agua florida and incense - working with the "ndoki" (Central African bush spirits) to help people solve the problems in their lives, using concepts and techniques that have survived almost unchanged for hundreds of years.

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Strange that America is in the top 5 countrys to execute people Think there are around 26 countrys all told that carry out the death penalty under the US eyes I would say there are only three enlightened countrys who also have the death penalty Japan, Singapore and Saint Kitts and Nevis I also thought Isreal was in the mix as well but a friend told they do not use it due to religious reasons /or leaders would not allow it
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The reasons politicians lie is because the public doesn't want to hear the truth. People want to hear what they want to hear. When two candidates are running and one of the tells the truth and the other says what the public wants to hear, the one who says what the public wants to hear wins the election. Thus, and there are exceptions to this, if you want to win an election, you better start lying, because the guy who's telling you the truth doesn't have a chance.