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The Religion is a horror novel written in 1982 by Nicholas Conde. It explores the ritual sacrifice of children to appease the pantheon of voodoo deities, through the currently used practice of Santería. This is by no mean accurate, as the practice of Santería has never practiced nor condoned the sacrifice of humans, much less children, but the novel depicts the various deities and personas commonly seen in Santería, and it attempts to explain the connection between Santería and voodoo.
This religion is huge, complex and living in our midsts. Sacrifices must be made to save the world, or so they believe. Anthropologist Cal Jamison intends to study 'Santaria' but finds himself hopelessly ensnared. Trying to help a NY cop discover the killers of several children, he gets in over his head and finds his 7-year-old son Chris is in jeopardy. What is the price needed to ensure good? Can he rescue Chris in time? Who are his friends and who are his enemies? Chilling!
The novel served as the basis for the 1987 feature film The Believers.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (/ˈpuːtɪn/; Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Пу́тин; IPA: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ ˈputʲɪn], born 7 October 1952) has been the President of Russia since 7 May 2012, succeeding Dmitry Medvedev. Putin previously served as President from 2000 to 2008, and as Prime Minister from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. During his last term as Prime Minister, he was also the chairman of United Russia, the ruling party.
For 16 years, Putin was an officer in the KGB, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel before he retired to enter politics in his native Saint Petersburg in 1991. He moved to Moscow in 1996 and joined President Boris Yeltsin's administration where he rose quickly, becoming Acting President on 31 December 1999 when Yeltsin unexpectedly resigned. Putin easily won the subsequent 2000 presidential election and was reelected in 2004. Because of constitutionally mandated term limits, Putin was ineligible to run for a third consecutive presidential term in 2008. Dmitry Medvedev won the 2008 presidential election and appointed Putin as Prime Minister, beginning a period of so-called "tandemocracy". In September 2011, following a change in the law extending the presidential term from four years to six, Putin announced that he would seek a third, non-consecutive term as President in the 2012 presidential election, an announcement which led to large-scale protests in many Russian cities. In March 2012, he won the election, which was criticized for procedural irregularities, and is serving a six-year term.
Yeah my desolate days turning me obsessive and crazed
I'm trying to get rid of this anger, the petulance stays
The essence of my message, a mess of a maze
The breathlessness, all the sentences resentment and rage
Stays inside my face, lives in my chest like a cage
So I can't go to sleep, I ain't been resting for days
And the question remains, am I left with this pain?
Or do I need it all to fuel me in this treacherous game?
Fuck a necklace or chain, need no ring and no watch
Close the door inside the booth, I do my thing in this box
All's I need a microphone a beat that's knocking in my headphones
I'm a turn this motherfucking planet to a dead zone
Life is short I hear my heart the clock is ticking
I rose out of the bottom, I ain't had a pot to piss in
But now I'm coming up, it's like I'm speaking out of Uzis
Pushing SUVs and taking leaks inside jacuzzis
I roll city to city rocking stages keeping floozies
Picture in the paper, they seen me in the movies
Around the clock it was like I was destined to fail
I should have been dead in the streets or arrested and jailed
Instead I burned the nation with these lyrics and determination
And now it's like you see a spirit when you turn to face him
Lost in the cold glare, the rebel's on the rise