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He is now wanted by the Interpol, having seemingly fled Mexico. Readers in Miami, FLA should be on the lookout.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Have you seen this man? Interpol would like to know
He is now wanted by the Interpol, having seemingly fled Mexico. Readers in Miami, FLA should be on the lookout.
Barrales: Make a fuss, and ye shall receive
Here is an example of a practice I abhor but that seems to be ever more utilized these days:
Alejandra Barrales was just presented as a senator candidate for the left for Mexico City, by Marcelo Ebrard himself. Independent of Barrales' qualifications, this leaves me with a bad taste in the mouth.
Why? Because this is simply rewarding Barrales for not having been a democrat and accepted her loss in the poll that decided the left's mayor candidate for Mexico city 2012. She clearly, utterly lost the poll, but threw a fit about it, and according to some rumors even threatened a separate run on the PANAL label, refusing to accept the validity of the poll and insinuating, without offering any shred of evidence, that she was the victim of foul play. To make her shut up and prevent a break on the left, it now appears, she was simply awarded a senate seat - which I am far from certain she is particularly well prepared for.
In short: It pays to act not only like a stubborn child but even anti democratically and refuse to accept your loss, because the further you push your protests, the more likely it is you will be rewarded with a consolation price.
This is truly a logic of diminishing returns for political parties, as it will only encourage similar behavior in the future.
Alejandra Barrales was just presented as a senator candidate for the left for Mexico City, by Marcelo Ebrard himself. Independent of Barrales' qualifications, this leaves me with a bad taste in the mouth.
Why? Because this is simply rewarding Barrales for not having been a democrat and accepted her loss in the poll that decided the left's mayor candidate for Mexico city 2012. She clearly, utterly lost the poll, but threw a fit about it, and according to some rumors even threatened a separate run on the PANAL label, refusing to accept the validity of the poll and insinuating, without offering any shred of evidence, that she was the victim of foul play. To make her shut up and prevent a break on the left, it now appears, she was simply awarded a senate seat - which I am far from certain she is particularly well prepared for.
In short: It pays to act not only like a stubborn child but even anti democratically and refuse to accept your loss, because the further you push your protests, the more likely it is you will be rewarded with a consolation price.
This is truly a logic of diminishing returns for political parties, as it will only encourage similar behavior in the future.
How many children does Peña Nieto really have?
According to him, six - with various women, to be sure.
Yet from today's Reforma
Yet from today's Reforma
Maritza Díaz Hernández, mother of one of Enrique Peña's children, accused the PRI presidential candidate on her Facebook page of lying about the support he gives to his son, and about the number of children they have procreated.
"You should think about the fact that the presidency only lasts six years, while your children are forever, and you are leaving marks with all that you do and say. You do not fool them; they know and realize many things, even if you go out and say something else."Juicy!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Phone taps of Mexican congressional leadership?
A story broke this morning that PRD leadership in chamber of deputies - which, by rotation, also hold the key leaderships post in the chamber (Guadalupe Acosta Naranjo, the Mesa Directiva, and Armando Ríos Píter, the Junta de Coordinación Política) - had their phones tapped.
Senator Carlos Navarrete asked for a search in the Senate as well
PRI, which also apparent was targeted, called it a "dirty war" from government of Calderón.
I wonder what will come out of this one.
Senator Carlos Navarrete asked for a search in the Senate as well
PRI, which also apparent was targeted, called it a "dirty war" from government of Calderón.
I wonder what will come out of this one.
More class warfare... this time José Ismael Loría Ancona
Another "Gentleman de las Lomas" incident of pure class hatred from the very wealthy in Mexico, this time the former state sports secretary in Quintana Roo, José Ismael Loría Ancona, who drove his car into a tree dead drunk, and with his sister proceeded to curse out the police, threaten them, and try to bribe them. Rather than try to translate the insults, here they are in pure undestilled form:
To the police:
"Te crees muy chingón no, muy culito, pinche muerto de hambre cabrón"
“Tu seguridad pendeja me pararon, yo les dije tranquilos déjenme ir, les doy una lana, lo que quieran”
"..no sabes con quién trato."..
"si me meten en el bote no hay pedo, mañana salgo, pinche gente no tienen ni la secundaria"
And from his sister, to the police with love:
"Ahora sí se los carga su puta madre cabrones!"
Wow.
To the police:
"Te crees muy chingón no, muy culito, pinche muerto de hambre cabrón"
“Tu seguridad pendeja me pararon, yo les dije tranquilos déjenme ir, les doy una lana, lo que quieran”
"..no sabes con quién trato."..
"si me meten en el bote no hay pedo, mañana salgo, pinche gente no tienen ni la secundaria"
And from his sister, to the police with love:
"Ahora sí se los carga su puta madre cabrones!"
Wow.
Gay rights: Supreme Court tells Jalisco and BC off
The ultra-reactionary neo-falangist governments of Baja California and Jalisco, still stuck in a pre-enlightenment time warp, are not happy harrassing women and gays in their own states: They even took the gay unions and adoptions in Mexico City to the Supreme Court, so offended were they over this rampant threat to their families.
Now the Supreme Court essentially ruled, what happens in Mexico City is absolutely none of their concern, and it is certainly not "unconstitutional." 'Nuff said? Wouldn't count on it.
Now the Supreme Court essentially ruled, what happens in Mexico City is absolutely none of their concern, and it is certainly not "unconstitutional." 'Nuff said? Wouldn't count on it.
An apt metaphor for the PRI
A story from PRI presidential candidate Enrique Peña's campaign stop in Queretaro:
(where the front runner appeared remarkably out of sync; while his party insisted that it broke with teacher union despot Elba Esther Gordillo, he maintained that it was her party PANAL that did so).
Regardless. From the campaign event:
(where the front runner appeared remarkably out of sync; while his party insisted that it broke with teacher union despot Elba Esther Gordillo, he maintained that it was her party PANAL that did so).
Regardless. From the campaign event:
... close to 20 supporters of the candidate denounced that they had been robbed. ..... before entering the auditorium Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez, security personnel prevented them from entering with bulky backpacks or bags in which the victims kept wallets, clothes, keys and cell phones. But after the event, they approached the guards to have their belongings returned, but were told that there were no objects left to return.How suitable.
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