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Syrian regime troops appeal for immediate aid in Al-Raqqa
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Caribbean-Latin America
Hot mic: Argentina's Cristina Kirchner is an 'old hag'
ARGENTINA has made a formal complaint to Uruguay today after the country's leader seemingly made some rather disparaging remarks aimed at president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her late husband.

Jose Mujica reportedly called his Argentine counterpart an "old hag," without knowing his microphone was switched on last night.
*tap tap* "is this thing on?"
He was heard telling, Carlos Enciso, the governor of Uruguay's Florida province: "That old hag's worse than the cross-eyed one," referring to Ms Kirchner's late husband and former Argentinian president Nestor Kirchner.
"he weirded me out"
"Cross-eyes was more of a politician, she's just stubborn," he added.

The irate Buenos Aires swiftly responded with an official protest, calling the comments "unacceptable".
"she's not that old!"
Posted by: Frank G || 04/05/2013 11:02 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  LOL.
Curse her mustache!
Curse her mustache!
Curse her mustache!

By all rights Argentina should have the highest per capita income in the Southern Hemisphere.

IDK I just DK.

Posted by: Shipman || 04/05/2013 11:41 Comments || Top||

#2  By all rights Argentina should have the highest per capita income in the Southern Hemisphere.

By all rights Mexico should be way higher than its GDP neighbor South Korea which has a fraction of the population, no natural resources, and very little arable land. Argentina and Mexico, what do they have in common that kills GDP [coming to 'Alta' California very very soon]? /rhet question
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/05/2013 11:54 Comments || Top||

#3  Was traveling in Europe in the early 80's. Wound up talking to some locals who assured me that South America would be the next economic up and comer. I just laughed and told them that it would never happen until they got the corruption under control. So, in case any of those fine folk are reading this -- I told you so!
Posted by: Iblis || 04/05/2013 13:29 Comments || Top||

#4  Brazil will always have a bright future.
Posted by: Matt || 04/05/2013 13:56 Comments || Top||

#5  There's one one real resource and that's productive people. All the rest is something you exchange for productive peoples time.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 04/05/2013 20:07 Comments || Top||

#6  Brazil will always have a bright future.

In the jam yesterday and jam tomorrow, but never jam today sense, Matt? Ouch.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/05/2013 20:50 Comments || Top||

#7  As a Brasilian buddy says, "Brasil is the country of the future... and always will be".
Posted by: SteveS || 04/05/2013 22:34 Comments || Top||


Economy
Cities laying off police - rich hire own private police force
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/05/2013 19:19 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  YAY!!! We are becoming a lot like third world countries! What fun!
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/05/2013 19:21 Comments || Top||

#2  OOOOOOOO, you just know this has got "ROBOCOP V" written all over it???
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 04/05/2013 20:10 Comments || Top||

#3  Cost effectiveness analysis - hire more private security [along with potential liability - see the tort lawyers salivating] or move out. Detroit II, III, IV, V, VI...coming soon. Parasites are killing the host. From the same political spectrum that throws fits about clear cutting and strip mining the environment, but can't see their own action are no different to the financial state of their local/state governments.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/05/2013 20:51 Comments || Top||

#4  Academi [ex blackwater - ex xe ..] are always offering their services..
Posted by: linker || 04/05/2013 21:23 Comments || Top||

#5  Oakland has "wealthy enclaves"?
Posted by: tu3031 || 04/05/2013 21:43 Comments || Top||


Champ returns 5% of salary in sequester damage control move
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/05/2013 03:22 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A useless gesture. Makes him look even cheaper.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 04/05/2013 10:06 Comments || Top||

#2  So did Messrs Holder and Kerry, except the esteemed Secretary of State is donating his to "charity".
Posted by: Pappy || 04/05/2013 10:43 Comments || Top||

#3  Are they returning their salaries, or applying it towards next year's taxes?
Posted by: Glenmore || 04/05/2013 11:33 Comments || Top||

#4  Champ [most powerful man in the world] wasted no time in sending WH condolences regarding the death of Taylorville, IL native and film critic Roger Ebert. The 5% won't be felt, Roger probably left him a few million dollars or a few thousand Google shares, or both. Just a bit to tide the community over.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/05/2013 11:43 Comments || Top||

#5  We should set up a RantBurg GrandGive purse to cover fearless' loss.

On 2nd thought... naw....... Ima Juche type, which means FredFirst.
Posted by: Shipman || 04/05/2013 11:44 Comments || Top||

#6  Are they returning their salaries, or applying it towards next year's taxes?

For Jawn, it'll be an income-tax deduction.
Posted by: Pappy || 04/05/2013 12:13 Comments || Top||

#7  Five percent of his president's salary, that's what the appetizer round on beyonce night or hole 19 with Tiger?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/05/2013 12:28 Comments || Top||

#8  And he forced some FED employees into a 20% cut... insulting, keep it for all I care. the 5% he gives back will get covered in spades by the dollars he wastes hosting his criminal friends.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 04/05/2013 14:29 Comments || Top||

#9  Sometimes I think he's totally tone-deaf and then I realize that the people that are paying attention to this sort of thing already have made up their minds about him so this sort of thing has no effect.

Makes me wonder why the president even gets a salary. I believe every single thing in their life is paid for during their term of office.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 04/05/2013 14:46 Comments || Top||

#10  th, they have to save up so they won't die in poverty.

Oh wait. Ex presidents get a life time salary, health care, secret service protection, etc. for life.

Not to mention the book deals, speaking engagements, campaign funds and any other money they can scrounge.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 04/05/2013 16:13 Comments || Top||

#11  And multi-million dollar compound somewhere in Hawaii.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/05/2013 17:21 Comments || Top||

#12  drip.
Posted by: junkiron || 04/05/2013 18:55 Comments || Top||

#13  So he just tacks on another vacation on the other end...
Posted by: tu3031 || 04/05/2013 21:41 Comments || Top||



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