And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Arecibo Observatory - drone and ground view during the collapse & pre-co...
Amazing coincidence to have the drone in the air inspecting the cables when they broke.
Unfortunately, Puerto Rico is one of the most corrupt places on earth. Any money that got sent there to rebuild it would likely end up in some government hack's pocket.
all other considerations aside: this was probably the highest paying place for miles around. suddenly, every person who works there has at best one and a fragment of a paycheck coming, and no reason to live there anymore. houses and apartments flood a market here nobody can afford them, nd hat house just ceased to be an investment and became a liability.
the job market is flooded with people with high salary expectations and no high salary prospective jobs on the island.
this will disrupt lives and the local economy for a very long time.
Well, Congress recently passed an an enhancement to the dreaded and terribly corrupt H-1B visa program. They'll just bring in foreign workers for pennies on the dollar after American workers magically become 'unqualified'. There's enough in that program for politicians to get richer.
Fly over the Navajo Nation sometime. See the clusters of new looking trucks surrounding prit near every hogan. Some of those trucks are 'broken' because they ran out gas or had a flat tire. Your government would rather give another truck than repair. You're paying for it.
Those are two examples of the countless corrupt expenditure schemes in government. I'm sorry to say, look to the U.S. as host of a corrupt government.
This was the radio telescope featured in the movie Goldeneye. A stark look at what happens when you divert maintenance and upgrade funding to an uncompromising engineering design. The collapse started last month - that's why they had all the intensive surveillance going on - it was inevitable. A very apt allegory for Puerto Rico's system of US-based patronage.
I spent a couple of months working in PR. Some of our guys there were making $15 an hour and happy to get it. They also had master's degrees. PR is in bad shape.
I know very little about it but it seems like a terrible waste.
ReplyDeleteHad not heard that. I believe there are only 3 of these facilities in the world.
ReplyDeleteAmazing coincidence to have the drone in the air inspecting the cables when they broke.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, Puerto Rico is one of the most corrupt places on earth. Any money that got sent there to rebuild it would likely end up in some government hack's pocket.
all other considerations aside: this was probably the highest paying place for miles around. suddenly, every person who works there has at best one and a fragment of a paycheck coming, and no reason to live there anymore. houses and apartments flood a market here nobody can afford them, nd hat house just ceased to be an investment and became a liability.
ReplyDeletethe job market is flooded with people with high salary expectations and no high salary prospective jobs on the island.
this will disrupt lives and the local economy for a very long time.
Well, Congress recently passed an an enhancement to the dreaded and terribly corrupt H-1B visa program. They'll just bring in foreign workers for pennies on the dollar after American workers magically become 'unqualified'. There's enough in that program for politicians to get richer.
DeleteFly over the Navajo Nation sometime. See the clusters of new looking trucks surrounding prit near every hogan. Some of those trucks are 'broken' because they ran out gas or had a flat tire. Your government would rather give another truck than repair. You're paying for it.
Those are two examples of the countless corrupt expenditure schemes in government. I'm sorry to say, look to the U.S. as host of a corrupt government.
This was the radio telescope featured in the movie Goldeneye. A stark look at what happens when you divert maintenance and upgrade funding to an uncompromising engineering design. The collapse started last month - that's why they had all the intensive surveillance going on - it was inevitable. A very apt allegory for Puerto Rico's system of US-based patronage.
ReplyDeleteI spent a couple of months working in PR. Some of our guys there were making $15 an hour and happy to get it. They also had master's degrees. PR is in bad shape.
ReplyDeleteHumpty Dumpty was pushed....
ReplyDeleteYears and years of mismanagement and neglect. The NSF needs an audit followed by a thorough house cleaning.
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