Stupid shit in Medellin

[Paulie97]

Lmfao, you're happy to see a left-wing extremist without any experience of the real world as vice president. Lmfao, because Kamala Harris is doing such a great job! Lmfao. Some people never learn.

I can't believe anyone would have more confidence in a good-for-nothing loudmouth than a professor. The contempt for knowledge and experience is real.

As they say, elections have consequences, but from the perspective of a Swedish basement eating pickled herring and dreaming of buying pussy it doesn't make a lot of difference. LMAO.

[Paulie97]

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Lets see what happens, Venezuela didn't see it coming.

Colombia is a long standing US ally, have had leftist presidents before and little will change, irrespective of any Chicken Littles in Sweden who frequents the free for all threads but has never been to the country.

[L00PY]

Lmfao, you're happy to see a left-wing extremist without any experience of the real world as vice president. Lmfao, because Kamala Harris is doing such a great job! Lmfao. Some people never learn.

I can't believe anyone would have more confidence in a good-for-nothing loudmouth than a professor. The contempt for knowledge and experience is real.

On one hand we have a professor who's been in academia for her entire life.

On the other we have an activist who in the 90's stopped a gold mining company from polluting her local river; in the 00's and 10's led protests against illegal mining, receiving international recognition for her work; also in the 10's participated in the peace negotiations with the FARC, eventually being elected to the council that monitored compliance with the peace agreement. She also became a lawyer during that time.

Regardless of politics, one of the two has more leadership and more real world experience. We're talking pure experience in politics and which candidate would be a better choice for a running mate.

I still maintain that if Colombia is able to continue to reduce corruption and redirect money towards bettering its people, their country is headed in the right direction. The investment I've seen and heard of in their schools and children further reinforces this opinion of mine.

[Paulie97]

1. Nothing at all will change until his inauguration.

2. After his inauguration nothing will continue to change for several months.

3. After several months there might be some tiny changes, but it will likely take years before they have a significant impact on the mongering scene.

4. There's a microscopic possibility he will attempt to make some drastic changes. If so, the Colombian Supreme Court will almost certainly whack his peepee and nothing will change.

These are facts. So much for the Chicken Littles. Yawns.

[Osteoknot]

Catgirl was probably saying "Voto en Blanco."

https://thebogotapost.com/what-is-voto-en-blanco/29983/

Isn't it a wonderful sign that I might not communicate effectively with my novia of going on three-years? Jajajajaja. My fall back will be, "Ignorance is Bliss".

I had 2 sessions today in El Centro that I dare not write about because few would believe me. The lull that I have been expecting ever since annexing Scarlet from my sex life finally occurred and no one was lining themselves up to be my personal playground today. Crickets. That is one of the beauties of staying at The Nutti. I took the five-minute stroll, and Ground Zero did not disappoint.

Round One I found Mini-Vennie's or Sugar Baby's sister. I doubt she will ever become a kept woman like her sister, but they share the same mother and there is enough DNA there to make her worthwhile. I booked an hour, it was slow because of the Corpus Christi Day holiday and the staff didn't come knocking on our door until 90 minutes later (I usually tip the check-in girl, and the maids, two mil COP each or fifty cents USA and they never rush me). We almost fell asleep in each other's arms, she on top me, we hadn't moved in twenty minutes. That's right, Romance at Ground Zero and we did everything except anal, but we used a condom for fucking. I gave her a huge tip because the session was phenomenal and I have met her infant kid and been to her place over at Hotel Puta, before. Not to mention she exists in the shadow of her much more attractive Sugar Baby sister.

I came down 15 minutes after she left and dayum if she didn't fix me up right outside the hotel with one of her friends. We made a You-turn (fucking auto-editor) back into the hotel and had a crazy session where both parties did waaaay to much tussi but ended up happy. I straggled behind and tried to make a play from my bed for a girl standing in the hall at the window because she was so cute, I was too high, and it felt like fantasy fulfilment. Turned out she was the younger sister of the check-in girl who worked behind the glass, and definitely not P4P.

One of the maids came over and explained the situation to me. Then three more maids, and then the sister from behind the glass came out to join us. By the time we were done we were all practically rolling on the floor laughing. I tipped everyone with a two mil COP note until I ran out of twos then I gave the older sister a fin. They said the front room on that floor, considered desirable real estate, was now "my" room, jajajaja.

I was too high to be walking around El Centro but was able to make a controlled bee-line back to my room and pass out in bed until now. I am going back over because on my way out I spotted one of my "dream" chicas from a previous trip to Ground Zero months ago and who I only ever sessioned once and then lost track of her. She agreed then to come to my hotel in the future and if I am lucky enough to snag her, she allows fotos and you will see why I say "lucky. " Ostee Out and I will Keep On Keepin' On.

[ShooBree]

Seriously? You think a leftist like Petro who believes in alleviating poverty and corruption in Colombia is "like" a military propped up dictator who believes in lining his own pockets and the rest of the population of Venezuela be damned. I don't think they are even remotely similar.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Lets see what happens, Venezuela didn't see it coming.

[ShooBree]

Bernie Sander is also Socialist. Socialist doesn't equal to anti-America. And after October Brazil election, almost entire Latin America will have lefty government in office. Is US going to sanction them all?

All socialists are against the West.

[ShooBree]

The USA tries. It sanctioned Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia. All for electing presidents that the people wanted and the USA didn't. Much of Central America has also recently shifted left. And El Salvador didn't go left but also elected an anti-establishment people's president. There is a growing solidarity in the region, which can only benefit all. If enough of them can elect presidents with integrity, I think there will be major changes, not just in their relationships with the USA, but opportunites for the people. Also sounds like Colombia will normalise relations with Venezuela, wihch may make Venezuela a more attractive destination for single men, but reduce the nuimber of Venezuelanas on the streets of Colombia.

Lmfao, soon they might even have more solidarity than Venezuela! Lmfao!

[ShooBree]

This change has been coming along though and I think Colombia is on the right path towards prosperity as a country. A lot of it has been actually getting in leaders that realized that if they weren't corrupt, they could actually bring a lot of good to the people. From my very superficial view of their politics, I'm happy Petro won because of his choice in vice presidents. Both candidates chose Afro-Latina women, but Petro chose an activist, someone who has a history in politics. His opponent asked for resumes and picked a professor that has never been in politics, a very odd choice.

As for the metro conversation, I spent a good amount of time on it and didn't have too much of a problem with it. The residents of Medellin take a lot of pride in it and it shows. It's just too fucking crowded at times and that's from someone coming from NYC. Getting out of El Centro any time between 5 PM - 7 PM was a nightmare. After spending time in a hotel in LA 70 and one in Poblado, staying in the Nutti made more sense for me given how much I enjoyed El Centro. I'm leaning towards just staying there when I go back next month.

Anyone know if the construction is still going on in Parque Lleras? Or when it's expected to be completed?

And Osteo, my last comment about phones was that if you're using an eSIM, you can't move that eSIM between phones easily for most providers. A physical SIM can bounce around phones with ease. It's generally not a problem for travelling I expect to run into for travelling.

Lmfao, you're happy to see a left-wing extremist without any experience of the real world as vice president. Lmfao, because Kamala Harris is doing such a great job! Lmfao. Some people never learn.

I can't believe anyone would have more confidence in a good-for-nothing loudmouth than a professor. The contempt for knowledge and experience is real.

[ShooBree]

You are sooooo neutral, LOL.

Well I don't see any counter-argument from you.

[JjBee62]

Whether you're happy with the Colombian election results or not, look at the bright side. Quite a few Colombian women vowed to post a picture in a thong if Petro won. Twitter and Facebook are entertaining today.

[JjBee62]

An almost-developed country, Colombia, gets a new president and people use it as an excuse to espouse their own political predilections, glory and doom, while ignoring reality?

This discussion, as do most political discussions, rises almost to the same level for me as one of my favorite (original) allegories, "a pack of rabid pitbulls in a pool of piranha" that I used here to describe the vaccine debates, all points there now moot, as I predicted.

JuJuBee comes across as an appropriately sardonic voice of reason on this topic. Where do people get the idea that change occurs so easily?? Modern politics move in sludge. No one asked me, and I am not going to give another opinion on this thread.

My guy lost. I doubt I will notice any direct impact on my-way-of-being. Actually, I loved Catgirl's response when I asked her if she cared to share who she was going to vote for, she told me, "I have a blank. " Jajajajjaajajajaaaaaa. She probably voted based on the sound of the candidates names, like many people do.

Before the first round of the Presidential election I asked my girlfriend* if she had properly prepared for the election. She wanted to know how to prepare. I told her the most important preparation was to buy a bottle of tequila before the dry law went into effect. Worrying about the outcome of the election, once voting begins is completely useless. Might as well drink.

Catgirl was probably saying "Voto en Blanco."

https://thebogotapost.com/what-is-voto-en-blanco/29983/

[Elvis 2008]

They do. But the ones that allow the USA a free pass to exploit its resources, are tolerated. Only the ones that refuse to be subservient are targetted for coups and embargoes and wars.

Maybe that is how things were, but Venezuela constantly went back on its word. The Europeans and Chinese got screwed just as badly as the Americans in Venezuela. Exxon sued Venezuela in world court and won. Chavez was convinced the Western world needed his oil but companies invested in USA shale and the Vaca Muerta field in Argentina.

https://www.bbva.com/en/vaca-muerta-...e-gas-deposit/

The USA Department of Energy calculated that combined, USA And Argentina's shale gas and shale oil resources account for 32% of the world's crude and 10% of its natural gas.

The villains in Bolivia were not American energy companies but Brazilian. Morales sent out the national guard to seize the natural gas wells and Lula wisely backed off a military action. Afterwards, Morales reneged on the original deal, raised gas prices, and had a short lived economic miracle. Of course, any action like this, stealing what is not yours, works in the short run but fails in the long run because no one wants to invest in a country where you build up a business and once it is profitable, the government steals it or buys it on the cheap.

Venezuelan law was that any country in Venezuela had to pay out 50% of its profits to shareholders in the form of dividends. The goal was to make sure shareholders do not get ripped off by companies and to me, that was an interesting take but when I went to Venezuela after having invested in said phone company, the Venezuelans were hostile to any Americans getting one penny of dividends. And that is when I knew the company and country were doomed. Why would anyone invest in a country like that when you have ones like Chile who welcome you with open arms and are hostile towards the notion that stealing is okay?

For all the socialistic talk of helping the poor, demonizing the rich, and denouncing the USA, Hugo Chavez snuck out $8 billion and put it in his daughter's name and she currently lives in Miami. The issue with me is which kind of socialism / leftist policies is Colombia going to adopt: those of Venezuela and Bolivia or those of Chile.

[JustTK]

I thought that the US (CIA and FBI) hated all leftists.

They do. But the ones that allow the USA a free pass to exploit its resources, are tolerated. Only the ones that refuse to be subservient are targetted for coups and embargoes and wars.

[NorthernLight]

I'm pretty sure the US is going to take the same extreme action they took when Uruguay elected a former leftist rebel as President. And Colombia will probably experience the same total collapse as Uruguay under Mujica.

I love it. Excellent answer! People without background knowledge don't understand your humor. Hahaha.