WOW… Really?

Explosión en Tec de Mty Campus EdoMex

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Acabo de recibir esta noticia:

http://contenido.com.mx/2011/08/estalla-paquete-explosivo-en-tec-estado-de-mexico/

Un artefacto explosivo estalló esta mañana en las instalaciones del Tec de Monterrey Campus Estado de México, ubicado en Lago de Guadalupe, dejando como saldo dos profesores heridos.

Reportes de la policía municipal señalan que presuntamente uno de los profesores recibió un paquete y que al momento de abrirlo explotó. Ambos lesionados fueron trasladados al Hospital Satélite.

Los lesionados fueron identificados como Alejandro Aceves López, de 41 años, quien resultó con heridas en el tórax y Armando Herrera Corral, de 49, con excoriaciones en un pie.

El Tec confirmó que había ocurrido el estallido, que rompió algunos vidrios, pero la comunidad estudiantil resultó ilesa

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En seguimiento a la nota, según la PGJEM el paquete tenía como destinatario un profesor de la institución.

Inicio de clases con nota muy triste… que decepcionante que vivamos en una sociedad en la que esto sucede.

THIS is marketing…

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This, as opposed to most of the cheap sex sells crap that comes out of Mexico, is what marketing is all about. Simple, smart, creative and uses humor intelligently. The joke is even directly linked to the value proposition of the end product.

Gotta love it:

 

Mexican marketers still think the only way to sell is via sex…

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This is an ad for a Mexican airline.

The tagline is “You won’t see anything more amazing than our prices”… With such cheesy and bad publicity, I guess we won’t.

 

US to cut OAS support

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A snippet from AQBlog… some really bad news for the LATAM Region (final comment under brackets is my own opinion):

U.S. House Committee Votes to Defund OAS During a July 20 markup hearing, the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted in favor of cutting the entire $48.5 million that the United States contributes annually to the Organization of American States (OAS). “Let’s not continue to fund an organization that’s bent on destroying democracy in Latin America,” said Connie Mack (R-FL), who authored the amendment and is among GOP committee members who accuse the OAS of supporting anti-U.S. governments in the Americas. Committee Democrats contend the move signals backing away from multilateralism. “Here we are for a lousy $48 million willing to symbolically turn our backs on our own hemisphere,” said Gary Ackerman (D-NY). Foreign Policy’s Josh Rogin reports that the decision “is only the beginning of what looks to be a long and contentious debate over the fiscal 2012 State Department and foreign operations authorization bill written by chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL).”

[I miss those years when Republicans actually thought that International Relations were fostered by something other than a gun. When did the GOP get so stupid? Hey Tea Party and friends, what the hell is that tea laced with anyways?]

So you want to be a diplomat?

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Well if you’re Norwegian, you better start cramming up on your knowledge of Black Metal  Satanist music.  As recently reported by AFP here, the Norwegian Diplomatic Academy has introduced teaching about this genre as part of its curriculum, as a means to graduate diplomatic envoys knowledgeable of all parts of Norwegian culture.  

The report says that Norway has identified fans in Italy, Japan and France trying to learn the language in order to understand the lyrics of songs by groups like Mayhem, Darkthrone, Satyricon, Emperor, Enslaved, Burzum, Dimmu Borgir and Gorgoroth (yeah, I’ve never heard of any of them either).  This has caused the foreign affairs community to consider the music as a means to spread and promote Norwegian culture.
Here’s a taste of that Norwegian culture the diplomatic core will now be sharing with the world:

I’m all for people learning different languages… I just wonder how learning Norwegian is going to help anybody understand what “gargh farfarhb raaaaa hons fafeeeeer guawwwwr” means.  

Oh what a day!

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One hundred and fifty-two years ago today, Mexican President Benito Juarez declared all of the Church’s goods a national property, breaking ties between political and religious institutions.

Four hundred and eighty-six years  ago today,  Martin Luther married the nun Katharina Von Bora, breaking with celibacy.

It’s also Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s birthday.

Happy Birthday, Natalie

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Today we celebrate my ex-girlfriend Natalie Portman’s 30th birthday. Congratulations, Natalie.

Even though our break-up could have been less messy, I’m glad each of us found their way to happiness with their respective others. In the end, we are both in a better place then when we were together, especially after our relationship took a dive and got a bit conflictive. I’m also happy we were able to make our peace and can now be great friends.

Anyways, dear readers, please join us in celebrating Natalie’s big three-o. There are many ways in which you can be a part of this special day.

Here are some ideas:

1. You can dress up as Madonna and sing “Like a Virgin”, like Natalie did in “Leon: The Professional.”

2. You can shave your head bald, like she did in “V for Vendetta.”

3. You can have sex with Darth Vader and then give birth to the Last Jedi, like she did in the Star Wars Saga.

4. You can have a lesbian encounter with Mila Kunis, dress up like a funky chicken and win an Oscar for acting like a crazy dancer, like she did in “The Black Swan.”

Or my personal favorite:

5. You can dress up like an elephant and kick it old-school with Elmo, like she did in Sesame Street. Whatever your choice, don’t miss out on the opportunity to celebrate Natalie today.

What do you mean Flash Gordon approaching?

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Here’s a blast from the past. All I can say is we’ve come a long way in terms of movie production, animation and special effects since 1980.

I remember watching this film as a kid and thinking it kicked ass. Now it looks like a bad Halloween party with that a weird blonde dude with no shirt crashed.