<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6858616782302832363</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:08:45 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>Politics</category><category>Spain</category><category>Personal</category><category>Brew</category><category>United Kingdom</category><category>Economy</category><category>Arts and Literature</category><category>Africa</category><category>Philosophy</category><title>Abrevaderos</title><description>Welcome. I wish you love and freedom. &#xa;Bienvenido. Te deseo amor y libertad.</description><link>http://abrevaderos.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (borjabrela)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>263</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6858616782302832363.post-4061808003806109307</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-06-16T20:28:51.153+01:00</atom:updated><title>Come to London Business School to discuss entrepreneurship in Spain and enjoy some Spanish food and drinks</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p style&gt;Hello!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The London Business School Spanish Club are hosting the first &lt;strong&gt;Spain  Business Day&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://clubs.london.edu/click.aspx?uid=559d5d6c-d6a6-11e2-b6cd-001372652830&amp;amp;r=http%3a%2f%2fwww.SpainBusinessDay.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Spain Business Day website&quot;&gt;www.SpainBusinessDay.com&lt;/a&gt;)  on Wednesday, 26th June 2013 (4.30pm-8pm) at the Lecture Theatre 6 of the  London Business School campus.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;The Spanish Club knows how to promote their events so after the talks there  will be a networking buffet serving FREE Spanish foods and drinks (&lt;a href=&quot;https://clubs.london.edu/click.aspx?uid=559d5d6c-d6a6-11e2-b6cd-001372652830&amp;amp;r=http%3a%2f%2fspainbusinessday.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2013%2f06%2fSBD2013_LBS_Menu_Hispania.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Spain Business Day menu&quot;&gt;see menu enclosed&lt;/a&gt;) to enjoy  the discussion with all attendees (including LBS members and senior  professionals from the business and financial community of London).&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Register at &lt;a href=&quot;https://clubs.london.edu/click.aspx?uid=559d5d6c-d6a6-11e2-b6cd-001372652830&amp;amp;r=https%3a%2f%2fclubs.london.edu%2fspanish%2frsvp%3fevent_uid%3d3210cb3a-9232-11e2-ac21-001372652830&quot;&gt;https://clubs.london.edu/spanish/rsvp?event_uid=3210cb3a-9232-11e2-ac21-001372652830&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p&gt;We will discuss &lt;strong&gt;business and entrepreneurship in Spain&lt;/strong&gt;,  and we have brought &lt;strong&gt;Carlos Espinosa&lt;/strong&gt;, Spanish Government&amp;#39;s  High Commissioner for Brand Spain (ex-vicepresident of Inditex),&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt; Fernando Casado&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt; (CEO of the Business Council for  Competitiveness), and &lt;strong&gt;José Martín Cabiedes&lt;/strong&gt; (Angel Investor,  Managing Partner at Cabiedes&amp;amp; Partners) for a panel &lt;/span&gt;moderated by &lt;strong&gt;Michael  Hay&lt;/strong&gt; (Professor of Management Practice in Strategic and International  Management and Entrepreneurship of London Business School). Ah, and the &lt;strong&gt;Ambassador  of Spain&lt;/strong&gt; and the &lt;strong&gt;Dean of LBS&lt;/strong&gt; will be attending  too. &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://clubs.london.edu/click.aspx?uid=559d5d6c-d6a6-11e2-b6cd-001372652830&amp;amp;r=http%3a%2f%2fwww.SpainBusinessDay.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Spain Business Day website&quot;&gt;Spain Business Day&lt;/a&gt;  intends to strengthen the image of Spain and the Spanish resources among the  international business and investment community based in the UK. This flagship  event is a unique opportunity to discuss the realities of doing business in or  with Spain and network with outstanding speakers and attendees whilst enjoying  delicious &lt;a href=&quot;https://clubs.london.edu/click.aspx?uid=559d5d6c-d6a6-11e2-b6cd-001372652830&amp;amp;r=http%3a%2f%2fspainbusinessday.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2013%2f06%2fSBD2013_LBS_Menu_Hispania.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Spain Business Day menu&quot;&gt;Spanish food and drinks&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p&gt;For further information please visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://clubs.london.edu/click.aspx?uid=559d5d6c-d6a6-11e2-b6cd-001372652830&amp;amp;r=http%3a%2f%2fwww.SpainBusinessDay.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Spain Business Day website&quot;&gt;www.SpainBusinessDay.com&lt;/a&gt;  or contact:&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;Borja Breña Lajas (&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:bbrenalajas.mba2013@london.edu&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;bbrenalajas.mba2013@london.edu&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agenda of the event&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;• 16:30-17:00 Registration&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;• 17:00-17:05 Welcome words by Sir Andrew Likierman (Dean, London Business  School)&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;• 17:05-17:10 Introduction to the event by Mr. Federico Trillo (Ambassador  of Spain to the United Kingdom)&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;• 17:10-17:40 Keynote address by Mr. Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros (High  Commissioner of the Government of Spain for the &quot;Brand Spain&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;• 17:40-18:45 Panel discussion on &#39;Spain welcomes business. Business boosts  Spain&#39;, featuring Mr Carlos Espinosa&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;, Mr Fernando Casado (CEO of the Business Council for Competitiveness),  and Mr José Martín Cabiedes (Angel Investor, Managing Partner at Cabiedes&amp;amp;  Partners), and&lt;/span&gt; moderated by Mr Michael Hay (Professor of Management  Practice in Strategic and International Management and Entrepreneurship of  London Business School)&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;• 18:45-20:00 Networking buffet offered by Hispania London restaurant (&lt;a href=&quot;https://clubs.london.edu/click.aspx?uid=559d5d6c-d6a6-11e2-b6cd-001372652830&amp;amp;r=http%3a%2f%2fspainbusinessday.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2013%2f06%2fSBD2013_LBS_Menu_Hispania.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Spain Business Day menu&quot;&gt;see menu enclosed&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Register at &lt;a href=&quot;https://clubs.london.edu/click.aspx?uid=559d5d6c-d6a6-11e2-b6cd-001372652830&amp;amp;r=https%3a%2f%2fclubs.london.edu%2fspanish%2frsvp%3fevent_uid%3d3210cb3a-9232-11e2-ac21-001372652830&quot;&gt;https://clubs.london.edu/spanish/rsvp?event_uid=3210cb3a-9232-11e2-ac21-001372652830&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;&lt;!--
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One of the fat men says: &quot;I only wish we can keep on having everything under control once the police realizes they belong to the people&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;Left-leaning female Facebook friend (LLFFF)&lt;/span&gt;: I like this cartoon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Character 1: Quién manipula esto?&lt;br /&gt;21 February at 23:20 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFFF: A qué te refieres?&lt;br /&gt;21 February at 23:25 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Character 1: A la idiota actuación policial, en los tiempos que corren esto me suena a manipulación o guión.&lt;br /&gt;21 February at 23:28 · Like ·  1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFFF: Está claro! según parece es sembrar el miedo para que nos quedemos en casa &#39;tranquilitos&#39; y dejemos hacer a los políticos lo que quieran...&lt;br /&gt;21 February at 23:29 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Character 1: Habría que estudiar ambos bandos. Unos pueden intentar des prestigiar a otros o otros intentan ser duros con unos. Investiguemos antes de tomar una postura, siempre la minoría intenta manipular a la mayoría.&lt;br /&gt;21 February at 23:38 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFFF: A ver Alberto, qué bandos!! Quinceañeros que iban con mantas pq les han cortado la calefacción??? Esto no es cuestión de ideas políticas, es simplemente intolerable la brutalidad policial y más aun, que no se den cuenta que quizás sean ellos los que salgan a protestar dentro de poco...&lt;br /&gt;21 February at 23:41 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Borjabrela: LLFFF, estás en Marruecos recibiendo información que puede estar sesgada. Unos medios indican que hay arrestados mayores de 18 http://www.cuatro.com/noticias/sociedad/Ascienden-detenidos-manifestaciones-estudiantiles-Valencia_0_1561043910.html. Otros medios (que supongo que no lees) sugieren que los altercados podrían estar organizados por Compromís (http://www.intereconomia.com/noticias-gaceta/sociedad/compromis-detras-primavera-valenciana-20120221). El sesgo sucede siempre como ilustra esta fotografía http://blog.hiddenharmonies.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cnn_lies.jpg. Tú misma estás usando la demagogia con tu &quot;Quinceañeros que iban con mantas pq les han cortado la calefacción&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NOTICIAS CUATRO | Sociedad - Ascienden a nueve los detenidos en las manifestaciones estudiantiles...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 02:00 · Like · &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Character 2: Supongo que de 300 habra alguno mayor de edad,alguno que aprovecha la situacion para sacar su agresividad por mero gusto por la violencia. Pero no creo que la mayoria de ellos sean unos violentos sin control. Y quien ha tenido quince años (hace otros quince que los pase jijiji) sabe que las cosas se viven de otra manera,con mas intensidad,asi que no se confundan las hormonas que toooodos hemos tenido elevadas y a lo loco, con agresores en potencia. La actuacion policial debe de verse desde dos puntos de vista, de que es un trabajador que cumple ordenes (sean o no aceptadas por ellos, alguno habra con hijos de esa edad) y los que &quot;mandan&quot; que evidentemente no salen a la calle a solventar problemas ni se llevan la mala imagen que esta dando la policia. Supongo que si habian 300 manifestantes habria 400 policias, con lo cual, habria alguno al que pegar le provoque adrenalina, alguno que esos dias haya contado hasta mil porque tiene hijos de esa edad y alguno que haya dado golpes aunque no estuviera de acuerdo con las actuaciones. Hay de todo en esta vida, cada uno su version, cada uno su verdad, pero el derecho a manifestar desacuerdo con lo que esta pasando necesita un poco mas de libertad,porque nos estamos ahogando mientras otros viven como reyes.&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 08:02 · Like ·  1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Character 2: Ademas,¿cuantos de esos estudiantes estan viviendo el que ninguno de sus padres encuentre trabajo?¿cuantos de ellos tienen algun miembro de la familia o incluso ellos mismos sin un techo por el embargo de sus casas?? Esto no es demagogia, es la realidad!&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 08:36 · Like ·  1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFFF: Borja, y tú estás en Londres!!jajajajaa&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 10:17 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFFF: Pero bueno, la información que recibo es las misma que todos, no hay justificación para los palos, y punto!!! Si tú los quieres justificar, allá tú.&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 10:18 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFFF: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=338839552828063&amp;set=a.103685469676807.2243.100001060628532&amp;type=1&amp;theater&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wall Photos&lt;br /&gt;Uns policies explicant-li a un alumne valencià el concepte de Democràcia i Llibertat d&#39;Expressió. Classe pràctica.&lt;br /&gt;by: Pep Ferret&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 10:24 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFFF: http://noticias.lainformacion.com/policia-y-justicia/magistratura/jueces-critican-al-jefe-policial-de-valencia-por-llamar-enemigo-a-estudiantes_YvYO3CkJMYJ86H4r4qSNh6/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jueces critican al jefe policial de Valencia por llamar enemigo a estudiantes&lt;br /&gt;noticias.lainformacion.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;La asociación Jueces para la Democracia (JpD) ha censurado hoy al jefe superi...See more&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 10:35 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFFF: http://www.diariocritico.com/nacional/partido-popular/valencia/instituto-luis-vives/primaveravalenciana/cargas-policiales/407923&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El PP envía una circular para que los suyos digan que no eran estudiantes los que protestaban&lt;br /&gt;www.diariocritico.com&lt;br /&gt;El argumentario del PP para responder sobre las protestas que se están producien...See more&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 10:59 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Borjabrela: Yo no justifico nada ni tomo partido por ninguna de las partes (policías violentos y manifestantes ilegales). Eres tú la que critica que la Policía use la violencia cuando digas lo que digas no conoces todos los datos. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La violencia puede ser física, verbal o, incluso, por omisión (amenazas). Lo que veo es que la misma crítica no es dirigida contra otros violentos en España y el mundo (sindicalistas piqueteros, etarras, manifestantes ilegales del 15M, etc.). Eso me parece parcialidad.&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 12:07 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Character 2: Tres policias contra una persona es algo inceptable!!lo veria de otra manera si fuera Jet Li o the Rock quien se las vieran con esos tres pero no es el caso. No hay justificacion ninguna!!&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 12:21 · Like ·  1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFFF: Borja, puedo criticar lo que quiera, libremente, y si tú tienes algún problema con eso, no mires mi muro. Así de simple.&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 12:30 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Borjabrela: La verdad, sinceramente no sé en qué mundos de Yupi vivís. Si os sorprende que pase eso no tenéis mucha idea de cómo debe actuar la Policía para cumplir el cometido que le ha encargado la soberanía popular. El problema es que estamos pasando del Homo Sapiens sapiens (&quot;pienso luego existo&quot;) al Homo Sapiens videns (&quot;veo luego existo&quot;). Me parece muy triste.&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 12:31 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Borjabrela: Jaja, nooo, si no me gusta algo no &quot;dejo de mirarlo&quot; sino que lo critico igual que haces tú! Se llama &quot;debate&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 12:32 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Character 2: Ante un juez sera justificado si la fuerza ejercida contra un individuo con una conducta agresiva,alterada y que suponga un peligro para los demas y para si mismo, es proporcional al daño que ese individuo esta cometiendo. Pegar patadas tres contra uno por mucha navaja,piedra,o cualquier objeto que pudiera atentar contra ellos,no es justificativo. La policia tiene conocimientos de defensa personal y creo que eso mas bien es una pelea de barrio!&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 12:33 · Like ·  1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFFF: Borja, me has llamado demagoga y yupiísta, yo no me he metido contigo. Si quieres, publica en tu muro tus ideas, tus fotos, todo lo que quieras, nadie te lo impide. Pero respeta que los demás tengamos otra opinión.&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 12:39 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Character 2: La funcion de la policia es proteger al ciudadano y evitar o poner fin a actos vandalicos,haciendo cumplir la ley,usando los medios necesarios para llevarlos a cabo. Bien!!pero coño dentro de un orden!&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 12:40 · Like ·  2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFFF: Muy bien dicho Marta!! :)&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 12:43 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Character 2: ‎:-)&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 12:50 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Borjabrela: Estoy de acuerdo con los últimos comentarios de Character 2, el orden lo indican los jueces, que hable el que le toque en una sentencia (no en entrevistas o comentarios que no tienen validez ninguna). Sin embargo, hubo otras manifestaciones en contra del Gobierno durante el finde y no hubo violencia policial, por qué? Porque eran manifestaciones legales. Las sentadas y los cortes de carretera en Valencia no habían sido permitidas, por tanto eran ilegales, con lo cual no vale que acusen (y vosotras secundéis) a la Policía de actuación ilegal.&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 12:52 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFFF: No hay justificación para pegar a nadie pq corte un calle. Y no voy a seguirte el juego, no tengo pq justificarte mis ideas. Yo pienso lo que quiero y tú tb.&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 12:58 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Character 2: Yo no seria tan legalista en cuanto algunos miembros tanto de gobiernos como de comunidades autonomas y ayuntamientos se lucran &quot;ilegalmente&quot; del dinero que le corresponde al pueblo para pagar los gastos que generen la educacion y la sanidad a la que tenemos derecho. Como por ejemplo, los gastos de gas para que los adolescentes no se congelen en el instituto! Para mi,cortar una carretera o paralizar el pais es una medida tan buena como cerrar centros de salud y que nuestros mayores hagan kilometros cada vez que necesiten su medicacion.&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 13:01 · Like ·  2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Character 2: Cada uno hace lo que puede y como puede. El estado recorta, suprime y negocia, sin importarle las consecuencias de sus actos,en beneficio de la soberania popular, dios me libre de criticar por criticar!!&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 13:07 · Like ·  1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Character 2: Ademas, los actos de la policia no se deberian definir como ilegales en si, porque se trataba de una manifestacion ilegal no?vale, esta justificada su intervencion. Ahora, se pueden considerar sus actos como delito, en algunos casos como el de pegar tres contra uno, ya que se vulneran derechos cuya proteccion compete a ellos.&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 13:22 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Character 1: Ñossss (expresión canaria maravillosa), debatiendo pienso que ninguno se pone en la piel del otro. Explico, los policías en minoría se enfrentan a una cantidad mayor de ciudadanos manifestándose de manera ilegal. Su única herramienta es el conocimiento antidisturbio para amedrentar a la mayoría. Este es su trabajo y para ello se forman. La mayoría se manifiesta pero no saben si todos tienen el mismo fin o existe algún provocador, unos están pacíficos, otros no, pero todos ilegales. &lt;br /&gt;Para mi lo fuerte es lo que ocurre en Siria, eso si es violencia donde se están matando entre ellos por culpa de uno.&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 23:23 · Like ·  1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFFF: Ehhhhh, mayoría desarmada, &quot;menor de edad&quot; en muchos casos, sin formación policial, etc... Si la manifestación es ilegal se les denuncia, en ningún caso se les tiran encima con las tanquetas como se ve en uno de los videos de TV3 que colgué... En Siria no se están matando exactamente entre ellos, un dicatador está masacrando a un pueblo Homs, por manifestarse en su contra, pq no quiere que le pase lo de Túnez... No pienso ponerme en la piel del &quot;pobre&quot; policiía ni del &quot;pobre&quot; soldado aramdos que se enfrentan a &quot;enemigos&quot; que el dictador de turno ha creado.&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 23:28 · Like ·  1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Character 1: Que la mayoría se cargue al dictador&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 23:30 · Like ·  2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Character 1: Y hablando de Siria, porque no ayuda la OTAN como en Libia?&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 23:30 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Character 1: Malditos intereses, no hay nadie sano.&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 23:31 · Like ·  2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFFF: Porque además, Siria es mucho más fuerte con Irán, Rusia y China detrás...&lt;br /&gt;22 February at 23:32 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Borjabrela: Los problemas de electricidad y calefacción en el IES Luis Vives de Valencia ya existían en 2005 pero no ha habido manifestaciones hasta febrero de 2012, qué casualidad (http://terranoticias.terra.es/articulo/html/av2140312.htm). Esta información me hace creer que las manifestaciones ilegales de Valencia forman parte del agit-prop (que es una técnica que no es muy democrática que digamos) y que no fueron espontáneas sino organizadas con motivos políticos. (Nótese que no discuto en este comentario la actuación de la policía.)&lt;br /&gt;terranoticias.terra.es: Iberdrola repone luz IES Valencia tras corte 3 horas por impago&lt;br /&gt;24 February at 13:36 · Like · &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFFF: Eso ya se sabía, que llevan tiempo de calefacción... la verdad es que luego hablas de mundos de yuppy... jajajaja, al final es todo una conspiración judeomasónica, seguro!&lt;br /&gt;24 February at 14:56 · Like ·  1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Borjabrela: Ni conspiración ni judeomasónica. El agit-prop es un método de actuación habitual de algunos tipos de antidemócratas, normalmente de los anti-liberales que se autodenominan antifascistas. Pretenden ganar con violencia callejera lo que no ganaron en las urnas.&lt;br /&gt;24 February at 15:16 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFFF: Violencia callejera será la de policías con porras, no?&lt;br /&gt;24 February at 15:19 · Like ·  1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Character 3: Borja, deja de fumar hierba, majete.&lt;br /&gt;24 February at 15:26 · Like ·  2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Borjabrela: Lo de la policía es violencia de Estado, que los &quot;antifascistas&quot; pretenden conseguir como parte de la típica técnica acción-reacción-revolución de Proudhon y Pi y Margall. Interesante resumen http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historia_del_anarquismo&lt;br /&gt;24 February at 15:26 · Like · &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFFF: O policías por las calles de Valencia con metralletas vistos por una amiga mía desde la ventana de su casa...&lt;br /&gt;24 February at 15:27 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFFF: Pero hierba traida desde Afganistán por anarquistas talibanes pagados por los chinos!!&lt;br /&gt;24 February at 15:29 · Like ·  1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Borjabrela: Sois vosotras las que insinúais una conspiración nacionalsocialista o nacionalcatólica contra los derechos de unos humildes e inofensivos estudiantes. Yo no he defendido a la Policía; sólo considero que los manifestantes habían cometido ilegalidades así no eran unos santos. Si la Policía te zurra, pues no haberla cometido.&lt;br /&gt;24 February at 15:31 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFFF: ‎Se lo mete en vena... decidido!!&lt;br /&gt;24 February at 15:32 · Like ·  1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Character 3: Mira, he cambiado de opinión, mejor te me fumas un poco de hierba.&lt;br /&gt;24 February at 15:32 · Like ·  2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Borjabrela: ¿Negáis que el agit-prop y otras técnicas de acción anarquista, comunista, socialista y fascista hayan sido utilizadas en el pasado y sigan utilizándose ahora?&lt;br /&gt;24 February at 15:41 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Character 3: A eso lo llamo yo demagogia. Bravo, Borja, dominas el arte!&lt;br /&gt;24 February at 15:42 · Like ·  1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFFF: Pero es que te has metido tú solo un rollo... NO A LA VIOLENCIA POLICIAL!!! punto.&lt;br /&gt;24 February at 15:43 · Like ·  1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Borjabrela: ¿Por qué es mi pregunta demagógica, Character 3? Las formas de demagogia son falacias (no aplica por no ser una afirmación/negación), manipulación del significado (no aplica por no haber definiciones), omisiones (no aplica por ser una pregunta), redefinición del lenguaje (no aplica por no ser afirmación/negación), tácticas de despiste (no aplica pues la pregunta es sobre el tema de conversación), estadística fuera de contexto (no aplica por lo mismo), demonización (no aplica), falso dilema (no aplica). Lo único que veo es que no contestáis.&lt;br /&gt;24 February at 15:50 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Borjabrela: LLFFF, la foto inicial del post no significa solo &quot;No a la violencia policial&quot;, sino que insinúa una conspiración capitalista del 1% para mantener controlado al resto de la población. Eso es lo que todavía no has demostrado.&lt;br /&gt;24 February at 15:52 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Borjabrela: Pero, bueno, cada uno le puede dar a Like a lo que quiere. Lo dejo ya que os estáis alterando un poquito.&lt;br /&gt;24 February at 15:52 · Like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Character 3: http://youtu.be/YKtX6cf0_0A&lt;br /&gt;24 February at 15:53 · Like ·  1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFFF: Jajajaja, justo como la policía que dice que los alterados eran los estudiantes, jajajajaj, me parto!!&lt;br /&gt;24 February at 15:55 · Like ·  1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo quería entender las razones por las que LLFFF decía que le gustaba un comic que insinua que existe una conspiración de los ricos para oprimir a los pobres pero no he conseguido que me lo razone. Me da la impresión de que no saben qué quieren decir realmente las palabras y que no conocen la historia de las ideologías. Quizá soy yo el raro por intentar hurgar en los razonamientos de las personas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love and Freedom.&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;&lt;!--
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I advocated this rule earlier this year when discussing the rescue missions of Spanish fishermen and mountaineers. At the time some people considered my idea outlandish, ruthless, and heartless. This is a typical response to lots of my libertarian ideas, even though some of them become mainstream later on and then none of those naysayers say anything about it.&lt;br /&gt;
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Let&#39;s remember what I wrote back in &lt;a href=&quot;http://abrevaderos.blogspot.com/2011/04/should-there-actually-be-one-of.html&quot;&gt;April 18th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
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Should there actually be one, the &quot;contract of the taxpayer with the State&quot; should not include a clause like the following one: &quot;The State shall make every effort to save the life of those citizens who put themselves in danger for private interests.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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Such contract should include the following [clause]: &quot;Any citizens who put themselves in danger (eg., mountain climbing, working in Lybia) should cover the costs of their rescue if not on a mission ordered by the State&quot;.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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This latter clause simply follows one of the basic rules that should govern human societies: &quot;benefits and risks must be borne by the same person or entity&quot;. Otherwise we are socialising the risks (everyone pays for rescue missions of private adventures) whilst privatising the benefits (the adventurer doesn&#39;t share the profits with the taxpayers). This basic rule would induce everyone to perform a correct benefit/risk assessment and would prevent countless opportunities for injustice.&lt;br /&gt;
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Love and Freedom.&lt;br /&gt;
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En castellano:&lt;br /&gt;
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En caso de que realmente sea necesario que exista, el &quot;contrato del contribuyente con el Estado&quot; no debería incluir una cláusula del tipo: &quot;El Estado debe hacer todo lo posible para salvar la vida de los ciudadanos que se ponen en peligro por intereses privados&quot;&lt;br /&gt;Tal contrato deberá incluir lo siguiente: &quot;Aquellos ciudadanos que se pongan en peligro [por ejemplo, montañismo, trabajando en Libia...] deberán cubrir los costos de su rescate si no era una misión ordenada por el Estado&quot;.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Esta última cláusula simplemente expone una de las reglas básicas que deben regir las sociedades humanas: &quot;Los beneficios y los riesgos relacionados deben ser recibidos por la misma persona o entidad&quot;. De lo contrario estamos socializando los riesgos [todo el mundo paga las misiones de rescate de las aventuras privadas], mientras que privatizamos los beneficios [el aventurero no comparte los beneficios con los contribuyentes]. Esta norma básica induciría a todos a realizar una correcta evaluación de la relación beneficio/riesgo y evitaría un sinfín de oportunidades para la injusticia.&lt;br /&gt;
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My email to these guys: &quot;I write to inform you that I live in the year 2011 Anno Domini and was not aware there was a Common Era. &lt;br /&gt;I will not be paying my TV licence until the BBC returns to the same time dimension I live in. The ...See more&lt;br /&gt;Less dramatic than it sounds, given we don&#39;t own a TV or pay the licence anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;Borjabrela: &lt;/span&gt;Excellent!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;Labour-leaning colleague: &lt;/span&gt;I wish there was a dislike button, as having travelled in other countries I thank god we have the BBC every time I flick a TV on switch. The state/establishment bias on the BBC is no worse than the corporate bias of the commercial media and it has been the the commercial media that has used wholesale mysogny, xenophobia and scientific illiteracy to debauch our culture these past forty years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;Borjabrela: &lt;/span&gt;I don&#39;t pay for the corporate bias of the commercial media. I pay for the bias of the BBC. You like the BBC, you pay for it. I don&#39;t like the BBC, I should not be made pay for it. Period.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;Labour-leaning colleague: &lt;/span&gt;The BBC is democratically accountable: this sometimes means the wishes of the majority(those who want a counterweight in the form of state funded media) sometimes outweigh the minority (those who would not pay for it). The BBC is a good thing for society and we know this because people keep voting for it. All you have to do to get rid of it is elect a party with its removal on their manifesto. This democratic accountability is in stark contrast to the corporate media, where whilst I have never bought a Murdoch paper, the minority that do are considered sufficiently powerful to corrupt the political and law enforcement fabric of this country - something which directly affects me as a non-purchaser.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;RandomSpaniard: &lt;/span&gt;LLC, nobody has ever been given a choice on the BBC so stop fantasising about democratic accountability. All the main parties have colluded to keep it place and not give voters a choice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;Labour-leaning colleague: &lt;/span&gt;They haven&#39;t colluded. If there was a strong move in public opinion against it you can bet it would appear on a manifesto. The conservatives in particular despise it - Thatcher hated the BBC, but recognised it would have been electoral suicide to touch it. Even when the establishment does feel brave enough to move against public opinion and attack the BBC (Hutton report) or after the tv faking scandals of a few years ago people still love the BBC. It is one of the core British institutions and a huge part of the nation&#39;s intellectual and cultural life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;Borjabrela: &lt;/span&gt;LLC, &quot;democratically accountable&quot; are two words used by authoritarian people who want to force unwilling individuals to fund their wishes (just like you). The same way that the fact that Hitler and Franco won polls didn&#39;t make them any more &quot;democratic&quot;. What is &quot;democratic&quot; by the way? It is one of those words manipulated by socialists/authoritarians to deceive the population. Any time anyone uses the &quot;democratic&quot; argument is discredited in my opinion in the same way that you claim any time anyone uses the &quot;nazi&quot; argument is discredited.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also I don&#39;t need a strong move in public opinion against the BBC for me to deem the BBC a despicable attack to my liberty and therefore for me to consider retaliation actions. The same way that the strong move in some countries to chop female gonads doesn&#39;t make this practice any more acceptable in my opinion. STOP STATE INDOCTRINATION still beholds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It happens that individuals who are against the State are less organised and have less will to use the resorts of power offered by the State (ie., libertarians don&#39;t hold a grip in any political party like the unions do) or the mass-manipulation methods (like the liberals do with the BBC). This causes a bias in favour of the state in the governing elite. This does not indicate that my opinion is less valid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, it makes me laugh that socialist/authoritarians usually use the argument of &quot;evil corporativism influencing the government and hence people&#39;s lives&quot; against anti-statist individual-freedom advocates. Don&#39;t you guys realise that the main issues in that sentence are: 1, there is a government which can be used as a channel to dominate people&#39;s lives, so the solution is to limit government&#39;s power; and 2, corporativism is the result of no freedom of competition usually endorsed by the governments. People in power both in government and business collude, but it happens that Tesco/Times can&#39;t send me to prison whereas the government would send me to prison/fine me if I don&#39;t pay the BBC licence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love and Freedom.&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;&lt;!--
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&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://abrevaderos.blogspot.com/2011/09/film-on-mitterrand.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (borjabrela)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6858616782302832363.post-7456470905125331904</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-23T09:07:00.732+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Politics</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Spain</category><title>Discurso de Arcadi Espada para Ciutadans en Madrid</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://estaticos.elmundo.es/elmundo/blogs/elmundopordentro/documentos/Ciutadans_en_Madrid.pdf&quot;&gt;Discurso de Arcadi Espada para Ciutadans en Madrid&lt;/a&gt;: Un texto que todo español debería leer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://estaticos.elmundo.es/elmundo/blogs/elmundopordentro/documentos/Ciutadans_en_Madrid.pdf&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;A mi juicio, restablecer la confianza y la complicidad entre españoles debería ser una tarea prioritaria en estos momentos para cualquier partido político. [...]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;España no es una idea. Es una acción. Es un Estado de Derecho. Es un pacto constitucional que ha dado a sus habitantes los que probablemente sean los mejores&lt;br /&gt;años de su historia. Pero España, sobre todo, es una acción diversa. Una de las calamidades intelectuales de nuestro tiempo es cómo los nacionalismos se han apoderado del concepto de la diversidad. Porque, paradójicamente, la gran víctima de la hegemonía del nacionalismo, es la diversidad. La garantía de la diversidad catalana, vasca, andaluza, gallega, valenciana, es España. [...]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un catalán al que limitan su posibilidad de ser español es como un español al que limitaran su posibilidad de ser europeo. Una pérdida injustificable. Un pésimo negocio ciudadano. [...]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;España respecto a los nacionalismos, comprendidos los oximorónicos y ornitorrínticos nacionalismos democráticos, es una vigilancia… democrática. [...]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Y ahora me permitirán que firmemente, aunque sin énfasis. Con frialdad y en caja baja. Seco, sinecdótico y sin música les diga viva españa.&lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love and Freedom.&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;&lt;!--
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For instance, I was accepted to the MBAs of both Insead and London Business School. After a lengthy, careful thought process I chose to join the London Business School. And so here I am, sharing the next two years with other 400+ ambitious potential leaders.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;The first lesson from the MBA reinforces an idea I already had: Whereas one of the most difficult things to achieve is to convince someone to change their mind in one-to-one &amp;nbsp;conversations, convincing many people by using techniques of mass persuasion is among the easiest ones.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;In our Understanding General Management module we discussed two cases: Honda and Apple. We all know that it is very hard to persuade someone in a one-to-one conversation that Honda is better than Yamaha or that Macs are better than PCs if they already had a predetermined view. The first report of each case conveyed a positive view of the company, which seemed to explain its success; during the debates that followed most people seemed to believe this report and voiced very positive opinions on the leaders of these companies (Soichiro Honda and Steve Jobs).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;However, the second report of each case portrayed a more realistic, even slightly negative version of the story to explain the success of the company. Suddenly, almost everyone changed their mind, bought in the last version and suggested they always knew the first version was not realistic and expressed their concerns about the qualities of the company leaders.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;It looks like MBA candidates are no better than the average citizen.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;Love and Freedom.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;&lt;!--
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&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://abrevaderos.blogspot.com/2010/12/where-is-home.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (borjabrela)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6858616782302832363.post-202214805127588646</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-30T22:36:24.365+00:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Politics</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Spain</category><title>La quema de brujas en España</title><description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;¿Hemos de creer que en tal o cual ocasión determinada hubo brujería, solamente porque los brujos así lo dicen? No, naturalmente, no debemos creer a los brujos, y los inquisidores creo que no deberán juzgar a nadie a menos que los crímenes puedan ser documentados con pruebas concretas y objetivas, lo suficientemente evidentes como para convencer a los que las oyen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alonso de Salazar, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;Inquisición de Logroño&lt;/span&gt; (1690)&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como Marbregal &lt;a href=&quot;http://deespana.blogspot.com/2010/11/quema-de-brujas.html&quot;&gt;indica&lt;/a&gt; acertadamente, gracias a la intervención de Alonso de Salazar el proceso de Logroño de 1690 sería la última vez que la Inquisición española condenaría a muerte a alguien por crímenes de brujería.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mi comentario a Marbregal:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Alguna vez me comentaste que, en tu opinión, la existencia de la Inquisición Española fue un adelanto judicial a su tiempo, ya que, a través de esta institución, la persecución popular denominada &quot;caza de brujas&quot; fue reconducida por el Estado de modo que hubo algún tipo de reglas formales en su ejecución, al contrario de lo que sucedía (y siguió sucediendo durante varios siglos) en todos los demás países europeos, donde las hordas populares linchaban a las &quot;brujas&quot; sin ningún tipo de enjuiciamiento previo (¡y, por supuesto, sin miramientos!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por lo tanto, en contra de la versión llena de desprecio que promueve la leyenda negra española distribuida por el mundo (principalmente por el Reino Unido), la Inquisición Española pudo ser ejemplo de los intentos por desarrollar un código del enjuiciamiento que tuviese en cuenta la igualdad de los ciudadanos ante la ley (continuando la labor iniciada por Francisco de Vitoria y Bartolomé de las Casas con respecto a los nativos americanos).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bien dices que los juicios no deben ser anacrónicos. Sin embargo, hoy día se hacen juicios anacrónicos con demasiada frecuencia y el narcisismo de la sociedad moderna hace olvidar a sus engreídos miembros que somos enanos a hombros de gigantes.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En las Islas Británicas la brujería estuvo tipificada como crimen punible con la muerte hasta 1735 y la última ejecución por brujería ocurrió en Escocia en 1727. El Acta de 1735 eliminó el crimen de brujería pero lo sustituyó por el delito de fraude; esta Acta fue usada para perseguir gitanos y espiritualistas ¡hasta 1950!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En Francia la última ejecución por brujería tuvo lugar en 1745; en Alemania fue en 1775, en Suiza fue en 1782 y en Polonia, en 1793.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estas fechas son posteriores al 1690 en casi un siglo y prueban que, pese a la leyenda negra sobre la Inquisición Española, la sociedad española del siglo XVII no estaba más retrasada en este aspecto que el resto de la sociedades europeas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El retraso de España vino después causado por la ausencia de Revolución Industrial y la política de sumisión a Francia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love and Freedom.&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;&lt;!--
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&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://abrevaderos.blogspot.com/2010/11/la-quema-de-brujas-en-espana.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (borjabrela)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6858616782302832363.post-3340645487932539534</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-29T01:24:35.084+00:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Politics</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Spain</category><title>Éxito de Escons en Blanc/Ciudadanos en Blanco</title><description>[In English below]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El domingo 28 de noviembre de 2010 tuvieron lugar las elecciones al Parlamento autonómico de Cataluña. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La coalición Escons en Blanco/Ciudadanos en Blanco (Eb/CenB) ha conseguido más de &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.parlament2010resultats.cat/09AU/DAU09999CM_L2.htm&quot;&gt;18.000 votos&lt;/a&gt; en dichas elecciones. Este resultado es un éxito teniendo en cuenta que el presupuesto de su campaña era de unos 5.000 euros aproximadamente (según tengo entendido). Comparen este presupuesto con el de los partidos políticos usuales: de los que tienen representantes en el Parlamento de Cataluña, Ciutadans son los que tienen un presupuesto menor, estimado en 200.000 euros. Probablemente el ratio votos/presupuesto de Eb/CenB sea el mayor de todos los partidos políticos que se presentaban a estas elecciones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ciudadanos en Blanco es el nombre de la agrupación que intentará presentarse a las elecciones regionales y municipales en toda España. Ciudadanos en Blanco es una agrupación ciudadana de voluntarios que prestan sus nombres para que el voto en blanco compute ya que, según la legislación actual, el voto en blanco (emitido mediante un sobre vacío) es válido pero no cuenta en la distribución de los escaños. Ciudadanos en Blanco se compromete a dejar el escaño vacío, a no cobrar y a reclamar que el voto en blanco sea computable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para más información visita &lt;a href=&quot;www.ciudadanosenblanco.com&quot;&gt;www.ciudadanosenblanco.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amor y Libertad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elections for the regional Parliament of Catalonia were held on Sunday 28th November 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The coalition Escons en Blanc/Ciudadanos en Blanco (Eb/CenB, Seats in Blank/Citizens in White) has obtained more than &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.parlament2010resultats.cat/09AU/DAU09999CM_L2.htm&quot;&gt;18,000 votes&lt;/a&gt; in that election. This result is a success, considering that its campaign budget was about €5,000. Compare this budget with those of the usual political parties: of those parties with representatives in the Parliament of Catalonia, Ciutadans are the ones with a smaller budget, estimated at 200,000 euros. Eb/CenB&#39;s votes/budget ratio is probably the greatest of all political parties running in these elections.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ciudadanos en Blanco (Citizens in White) is the name of the group that will try to stand for council and regional elections in Spain. Ciudadanos en Blanco is a citizen group of volunteers who lend their names to make the blank vote to be computed since, in accordance to current legislation, the blank vote (cast by means of an empty envelope) is valid but does not count towards the distribution of seats. Ciudadanos en Blanco promises to leave the seat empty, to forgo any monies and to work for the blank vote to count in the distribution of seats.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information visit &lt;a href=&quot;www.ciudadanosenblanco.com&quot;&gt; www.ciudadanosenblanco.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love and Freedom.&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;&lt;!--
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&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://abrevaderos.blogspot.com/2010/11/exito-de-escons-en-blancciudadanos-en.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (borjabrela)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6858616782302832363.post-1691067765468518916</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 02:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-21T03:28:43.860+00:00</atom:updated><title>Introducing the axis of upheaval</title><description>Article written by Niall Ferguson, Professor of History at Harvard University, published by The Times on March 14th, 2009 (as underlined by Borjabrela)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;In 2002 George W. Bush warned of an Axis of Evil that was assisting terrorists, acquiring weapons of mass destruction, and &quot;arming to threaten the peace of the world&quot;. According to President Bush, the Axis of Evil had three members: Iran, Iraq and North Korea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Barack Obama faces a larger and potentially more troubling axis: an axis of upheaval. What unites them is not so much their wicked intentions as their instability, which the global financial crisis only makes worse every day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Mr Bush&#39;s speechwriters coined the phrase Axis of Evil, they were drawing a parallel with the wartime alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan. The axis of upheaval, by contrast, is more reminiscent of the decade before the outbreak of the Second World War, when the Great Depression unleashed a wave of global political crises.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is good reason to fear that the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression could have comparable consequences for the international system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Three factors made the location and timing of lethal organised violence more or less predictable in the last century. The first was ethnic disintegration: violence was wordst in areas where majorities lived uneasily side by side with religious or linguistic minorities. The second factor was empires in decline: when imperial rule crumbled, battles for power were most bloody. The third was economic volatility: the greater the magnitude and frequency of economic shocks, the more likely conflict was.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In at least one of the world&#39;s regions - the greater Middle East - two of these three factors have been present for som time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now the third variable, economic volatility, has returned. The &quot;Great Moderation&quot; has been obliterated by a financial chain reaction now triggering collapses in asset prices, production and trade around the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It won&#39;t be as bad as the Great Depression that began in 1929 because governments worldwide are trying to repress this new depression with policies undreamt of 80 years ago, but Depression Lite will cause a substantial increase in unemployment and a painful decline in incomes. Such pain nearly always has geopolitical consequences.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are some parts of the world where upheaval is the norm: Congo, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Mexico, Middle East, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan. As the global crisis snuffs out what little remains of economic activity, events have fanned the flames of Islamist radicalism: rising unemployment means more frustrated young men with nothing better to do than to fantasise about jihad. Expect also gains for sabre-rattling nationalists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;History suggests that it is precisely when such regimes feel insecure that they are most likely to take foreign policy risks. Vladimir Putin declared at Davos, &quot;Provoking military-political conflicts is also a convenient way of deflecting people&#39;s attention from mounting social and economic problems&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The most likely recruits to radical Islamist organisations are not the millions of dirt-poor slumdogs but the relatively well-off educated twentysomethings who have glimpsed prosperity only to have their hopes dashed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The crisis of globalisation is bringing trouble to parts of the world we thought had been made safe for democracy. The financial crisis is proving to be most sever among the newly industrialised countries of Asia: South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. Of the three, Thailand is the most politically vulnerable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eastern European countries, many of which were formerly Communist, are paying the price of a reckless borrowing binge: Latvia, Ukraine. The Soviet Union may be gone, but it has left a legacy of Russian minorities all over Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Adding economic volatility to the mix of ethnic disintegration and post-imperial conflict is a recipe for upheaval.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The problem is that, as in the 1930s, most countries are looking inward, grappling with the domestic consequences of the economic crisis and paying little attention to the wider world crisis. This is true even of the US.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The US gross federal debt is going to balloon to 100 per cent of GBP within ten years. For US foreign policy, this implies that resources available for policing the world are certain to be reduced.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Economic volatility, plus ethnic disintegration, plus empires in decline: that combination is about the most lethal in geopolitics. We now have al three. The age of upheaval starts here.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I find this article interesting and accurate. I hope you find it the same.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love and Freedom.&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;&lt;!--
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