IVIV (8): Nixonizing U.S. Currency

[Joe Allonby]

Odd coincidence. I just brewed another pot of coffee, sat down with a
cup to read this while listening to Steve Earle's version of Townes
Van Zandt's "Poncho & Lefty". The chorus, of course, begins "All the
Federales say 'we coulda caught him anyday'".

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> "Next morning, waiting for the coffee to percolate ..." (IV, Ch. 8, p. 117)
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>

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> "a posse of federales"
>
> Federales is a slang Spanish term for the Mexican Federal Police,
> specifically the Federal Investigations Agency (formerly the Federal
> Judicial Police) but now extended to the Federal Police (Mexico)
> (formerly the Policía Federal de Caminos or Federal Highway Police).
> The term gained widespread usage by English-speakers as a result of
> being popularized in such films as The Wild Bunch and The Treasure of
> the Sierra Madre....
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federales
>