Miguel.GFZ

Semi-retired like Vito Corleone before the heart attack. Consiglieri to J.Kb and AWA. I lived in a Gun Control Paradise: It sucked and got people killed. I do believe that Freedom scares the political elites.

They make it too easy

I am starting to understand why they resort to violence: You catch them contradicting themselves and they rather hit you than admit they were wrong.

And yes, I shouldn’t be trolling idiots in Twitter. One just called me Anti-Semite which should be like a total surprise to J. Kb. 🙂

Florida Man: The College Professor Part Two.

Rumors of ‘armed Aryan brotherhood milita’9: a.m.: A professor in UF’s geography department emailed his students Wednesday afternoon to be careful with Spencer in town. It was picked up by the department and sent out on a student email listserv just after 4 p.m.

“FYI,” the professor wrote, “I just walked into Turlington 10 minutes ago, and there were armed Aryan Brotherhood militia circling the building. It feels like they are testing how much they can get away with, openly carrying weapons.”

Source: Richard Spencer at UF: Live updates on speech, protest from Gainesville, Florida | Miami Herald

I’d guess the two “Black Aryans” would render the observation invalid. Either that or the Aryan groups in Florida are all-inclusive and following Federal standards for Race Relations.

 

The politics of Starvation.

A video showing perfectly good food and water set for the relief efforts in Puerto Rico inside dumpsters is making the rounds:

The OP says the gentleman is Puerto Rico’s secretary of state and vowing to start an investigation.

If the cap is not compromised, that water is good for at least six months for consumption or a full year for personal hygiene.

Meals Ready to Eat. Somebody wants to tell me they suddenly expired?

screen cap rotated 90 dgrees

Unopened boxes of MREs just thrown to the garbage.

This is the Politics of Starvation. There has been reports that PR Mayors have been hoarding the supplies and only giving them to those who voted for them or the party. Those who did not, they get to eat shit and die.

This is Third World politics at its worst. This is Venezuela Politics. This is Somalia Politics.

Voting has consequences, but yet the same fuckers will be re-elected.

 

The bungle of Catalexit.

And if you have not heard anything else about this on the news, do not fret, everybody is on stand-by after the referendum and alleged triumph of the yes vote.

I am going to forego the legality (or lack ) of the referendum itself. Let’s say that it is iffy at best according to the laws of Spain and even Cataluña itself. I do want to just add my two cents on why suddenly the fervor died and we are not hearing a firm and final declaration of independence from the President of Catalonia.

The short of it: Pro-Catalexit politicians  did not think it through and bet of stuff that did not happen.

Here is the thing: Catalonia’s strength is banking and investment. Sure, they have some industry, but nothing compared to its neighbors to the west Basques and Galicians. The day after the referendum was done, all the major banks in Catalonia moved their HQs to other parts of Spain and took their capitals with them. You see, once Cataluña becomes a country, they do not have the banking protection of the EU, nor a currency as they would not be allowed to use the Euro because simply they are not members of the EU and becoming members would take too long and that is if Spain does not do what it can to sabotage the application.

So basically we have a brand new country that does not have money or a financial backing or even a currency to pay for its needs or has ambassadors or negotiators or spoken with anybody to help them out during the transition. Its citizens no longer belong to the EU nor enjoy its benefits, have no passports (they would lose Spanish Citizenship) and basically cannot travel outside their little land anywhere.

And let us not forget that half of the Catalonians never wanted to split from Spain. If anything, you have a country that may end up in civil war when the shelves become bare and there is no fuel to move cars or heat up their homes in the upcoming winter.

My guess is that the local politicos never gave the consequences too much of a thought or they figured Spain’s central government would not play hard ball and extend all kinds of protections and social security till they got on their feet while the banks and clientele would remain faithful and remain doing business with them.

Oopsie?

 

 

Florida Man: The College Professor

This is a beauty. First he says that millionaire NFL players are paying a price for Free Speech and next he says rich people do not pay the price for free speech.

I am so glad I am not wasting money sending a kid to college.