Punishment by Aperreamiento (Dogs)

 

Vasco Nunez de Balboa ordered the aperreamiento (punishment by dogs) of a group of forty natives guilty of sodomy. Spanish war dogs (like those kept by Argentine Presidential candidates) were an effective weapon for the eradication of pagan customs. 

Tell me about yourself

 ‘My father was a Judean refugee. He moved to Europe with a few relatives, but there, he became a great and populous nation. The Europeans dealt harshly with us and oppressed us; they imposed heavy restrictions upon us. We cried to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our plea and saw our plight, our misery, and our oppression. The Lord freed us by a mighty hand and brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey" Free version Deuteronomy 26:5–10.

Milei's War Mastiffs

Javier Milei, the leading candidate to Argentina's presidency lives with 4 Spanish mastiff war dogs, each weighing 100 kg. The four are identical twins. The dogs have their own air-conditioned rooms. It is crazy, but less crazy than Pablo Escobar's crocodiles and hippopotami and panthers.  

Bon Mot

 

David P. Goldman

@davidpgoldman

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The inmates have taken over the lunatic asylum in America, and are chanting in unison, "We're winning in Ukraine and China is collapsing."

Another week misspent

 I did no work all the last week. I spent no time in the gym or the pool. Took no sleeping pills and drank no wine. Did nothing worth remembering. I slept a lot and day-dreamt. Need to find a goal, like buying an apartment next to home for our little daughter. But is it realistic to plan so far ahead at age 77? If not, what? Wait for some disease and zehu! The painting shows the 5 Mast Barque Potosi. It was designed to carry guano from Peru to Germany. One of the last sailing ships built. 

Fighting Slavery

 

The British Empire sent its powerful navy to chase and sink slave carriers from West Africa to Cuba and Brazil, places where strong malaria-resistant agricultural laborers were needed. They rescued thousands. Three hundred years later, The Economist continues fighting the human trade.

This statement sets out The Economist Group's actions to understand all potential modern slavery risks related to its business and to put in place steps that are aimed at ensuring that there is no slavery or human trafficking in its own business and its supply chains. This statement relates to actions and activities during the financial year 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022.

As part of the independent global media and information-services industry, we recognise that we have a responsibility to take a robust approach to slavery and human trafficking, and we continue to invest into our internal risk & control structures.

Our organisation is fully committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking in its corporate activities, and to ensuring that its supply chains are free from slavery and human trafficking.

Observation: The autocorrect robot found 3 grammatical errors in the passage above.  

Is China collapsing? Really?

 
The world media is unanimously reporting China's accelerated crisis: demographic, economic, debts, banking, construction, etc. Yet China's GNP is growing at 5-6% this year (source: The Economist) in comparison with America's 1-2% and Europe's -1%.  Who is collapsing? 

BTW, Israel is growing at 3-4% in 2023 which is very nice. Compared with the dark prophesies of the anti-government press. The Bourse believes in the HaAretz fish wrap and is considerably behind the wonderful rise of the NASDAQ. That is in spite of the 10% devaluation of the shekel vis-a-vis the dollar.  I believe that TASE will - eventually - synchronize with Nasdaq.