February 2011
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It's Time for a Vendetta Against Email →
El Boletón by Paul Knapp 2/18/2011
A D A P T I N G T O T H E A V A I L A B I L I T Y O F …
… the Yankee $$$. One of the things that separates the “Manz From Da Boyz” is flexibility. For example … this week’s ECONO Shopper will be criticized by some “EgoBoBo’s because there are no fresh meat specials. ECONO is playing the numbers game and making a very serious effort to decrease merma which is now at the...
Entrevista con Carlos García, Pres BGF
Caco: tu mismo admites a veces no saber las consecuencias de las decisiones; procura respetar a los q vinieron antes q tú, tambien con buenas intenciones y no caigas en la trampa de culpar a la pasada adm (=old, cheap, overused excuse). Todavía está por verse las consecuencias de tus decisiones: https://twitter.com/elnuevodia/status/3931244797997056
“Read my lips: we’re going to cut spending.”
– House Speaker John Boehner, borrowing an expression from George H.W. Bush, who famously used the phrase in a campaign promise not to raise taxes. Bush broke that promise. Boehner left the stage quickly after that comment and is reported to have said, “I can’t believe I just said that.” (via...
Red Wine making explanation →
PR Chief of Staff Denies Conflict of Interest
A member of the Government Development Bank’s (GDB) Board of Directors happens to be a contractor with 23 contracts totaling over $41.3 million with the Infrastructure Finance Authority, a subsidiary of the GDB. The Puerto Rico Commonwealth Government’s Chief of Staff denies there may be any conflict of interest since in any discussions regarding those contracts, the contractor...
@caribnews, 2/13/11 10:52 AM
CaribNews/PuertoRico (@caribnews) 2/13/11 10:52 AM El @PRSecState opina sobre Egipto y la prensa en Puerto Rico | ¿En qué galaxia cree la prensa que vivimos?. http://ow.ly/3VuJZ
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“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this – you haven’t.”
– Thomas Edison (via nevver)
“doubles tennis player hits a behind-the-back winner”
– Page 2: Humor, columns, commentary, lists and analysis from ESPN.com’s Page 2 - ESPN
“This was on Feb 7, 2011 (NOT 2006 or 2007 or 2008). Watch out!
“There’s...”
– David Jacob, an executive managing director at credit ratings agency S&P, on the declining quality of commercial mortgages that are being securitized and sold to investors. (via officialssay)
Wow. Este programa ha sido un éxito.
“@caribnews: En los dos meses de prueba nadie ha reclamado el premio del IVU-LOTO en Puerto Rico. http://ow.ly/3Sk7I”
“Búscalo en www.chanchullo.com: “@caribnews: A contar votos electronicamente en...”
Only 1 book this year? Make it Vaynerchuk’s “Thank... →
My initial motivation to learn about Gary Vaynerchuck was to see how he sells wine (so I can sell more). His wine tasting videos are great. But apparently, there’s more to Gary than selling wine. I’ve read his first book about wines and it was very entertaining. I about to begin reading his second book, Crush It. Apparently this one, “Thank You Economy” is supposed to...
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What started it all in Egypt →
I didn’t know what started things up in Egypt. Here’s a NYT article that sheds some light.
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Familia Toro-Diaz
Saliendo pa’ Ponce.
El Boletón by Paul Knapp 2/3/2011
“M A C H O” E C O N O
ECONO regains its power point image of aggressive and penetrating specials in their eight page color Shopper featuring fresh Muslitos (Drums) & Caderas (Thighs) at 78 lb. on the Shopper cover page along with fresh U.S. Spareribs at $ 1.68 lb. This has to be particularly “disturbing” to SELECTOS … continuing last weeks cover page special of fresh Drumstick...
