Career Opportunities (The Clash)

The Town hall of a village in the Spanish region of Extremadura had a revenue of 15 000 euros and they did not know what to do whether to spend the money on bullfighting so that improve their "fiestas" or to create jobs. In consequence, a public poll was arranged in order to ask people their opinion. Many thought that the best thing in these times is to promote jobs as there are a lot of people unemployed. What is more, other added that a public poll was not needed as the obligation of the authorities is to encourage the creation of new jobs.

 

On the other hand, some said that the addition of bullfighting to “fiestas” would attract more tourists. Hence, the village would earn a lot of money as bullfighting is a recipe for success. Furthermore, these people argued that everybody would enjoy the bulls to the benefit of the whole village while only a few people would take advantage of the new career opportunities.

Voters went to the polls and the winner was….. Bullfighting!!!!!

As far as I am concerned, I am bemused by the fact that only the 30% of the voters attended because the opinion of the people can be regarded as the cornerstone of the democracy, Or in particular ocassion is not so clear?  What do you think? Was bullfighting the right answer? Do you think it was correct to prepare a poll?

                                                                  

According to this post I have added a superb song which fits best, Will you miss it? The first is a live recording and the second is a different version, you should watch them above all in the times we are living..... and if you do not understand it properly you also have the lyrics. Hope you enjoy it!!! Happy Summer for everybody. (The song is called Career Opportunities and the lyrics are really sardonic, It was written by Joe Strummer, Mick Jones and Paul Simonon who were the leaders of a punk-rock band named The Clash.

                                                                    

                                    


The Clash is one of the most importants band in music history, as a matter of fact, they were called "the only band that matters"

They did not last long but they recorded some of the best songs in punk-rock history, anyone of their albums is worthy. Their music is good and their lyrics even better!!!. Joe Strummer passed away in 2002, Mick Jones and Paul Simonon are still rocking!!! What is more, eternity is to be conquered by Joe Strummer as a square or main street in Central Granada is to be named after him. By the way, Granada is one of the most beautiful cities in the world as the saying goes " Dale dinero mujer, qué no hay nada como la pena de ser ciego en Granada"

THE CLASH

Sincerely.

                              

La Cortina de Humo (Wag the Dog)

Spanish- English 

Why does a dog wag its tail? Because a dog is smarter than its tail. If the tail were smarter, the tail would wag the dog".

“La cortina de humo” es una película interpretada por Robert de Niro y Dustin Hoffman muy interesante, resulta que el presidente de los Estados Unidos se ve envuelto en un escándalo sexual y para desviar la atención mediática, Robert De Niro (que trabaja para el Gobierno) contrata a Dustin Hoffman que es un director de cine.

La Cortina de Humo

La oposición quiere sacar tajada de la oportunidad que se presenta por lo que Robert De Niro y Dustin Hoffman planean, inventan y ejecutan una crisis en Albania y así evitar que las noticias sobre el escándalo sexual se propaguen por todos lados, nadie amenaza a los Estados Unidos, lo que ven en televisión es ficticio. Incluso se contrata a una joven actriz para que interprete a una albanesa y a un cantautor y publicar así una canción  haciendo todo más creíble, se apela a los sentimientos y no a la razón. Todo es una farsa. La gracia es comprobar como se puede manejar a la gente desde los medios de comunicación. La película es entretenida y tiene momentos muy interesantes. De hecho, es uno de los mejores papeles de Robert De Niro en los años 90 y Dustin Hoffman fue nominado al Oscar.

¿Qué tiene que ver esto con España?

A finales de mayo, se jugó la final de la Copa del Rey entre el Barcelona y el Athletic de Bilbao, la polémica estaba servida y calentada (declaraciones de Esperanza Aguirre)  ya que se abrió (otra vez) el debate sobre los pitidos al Rey y al himno, al mismo tiempo, el presidente del Gobierno y el líder de la Oposición se reunían para hablar del rescate a Bankia, una entidad privada, con dinero público. (24 mil millones de euros después de haber recortado en Sanidad, Educación y I+D).

                 

Al día siguiente, todo el mundo hablaba del partido, de los pitidos e incluso de Shakira que está enamorada de un futbolista y se consiguió que el tema del rescate a Bankia con dinero público quedara en segundo plano, ¿la fecha elegida para tan importante acuerdo y movimiento fue casualidad o la película "La cortina de humo" enseña demasiado?

ENGLISH

"Wag the dog" is a really good movie, it tells about the story of a false war in Albania which is used by a worker from the United States Government in order to trick the people of America so that they do not pay attention to a sexual scandal in which the president is involved. Robert De Niro played the role of this US official who hires a film-maker played by Dustin Hoffman and together planned a false US invasion in Albania, country no many people know of, everybody believes the Army and the whole country must invade Albania as they see images on television while it is only an invention. Nobody is threating America. The opposition wants to take advantage of the President´s sexual affair but as the US Government has a war in Albania the attention changes suddenly. The producer will do anything to create this false war, an actress plays the role of an Albanian girl, a songwriter is hired... everything counts!!

                        

How the hell concerns this film Spain? As it follows...

Barcelona and Bilbao were playing the final of “Copa del Rey” and everybody was focus on whether people whistle the King and the Official hymn. Meanwhile, Rajoy, the Spanish president and Rubalcaba, the leader of the opposition were talking about the money the Government was going to lend to a private entity named Bankia. (24 000 million of euros which were borrowed from the public sector) The following day, papers were talking about the match, the disrespect towards the King and the Hymn and even of Shakira who is in love with a footballer and people did not pay all the attention to the meeting and the agreement.

Wag the dog, a great movie inasmuch as it shows in a humorous way how people in power are able to fool everybody in order to achieve their targets. Do you think the date of the reunion was a coincide?

¡Para algo somos Europeos!

100.000 millones de euros va a recibir España, dinero que será repartido entre diferentes bancos para que se saneen. Se nos dice que es lo mejor en estos momentos. Sin embargo, el presidente de la Comisión Europea Durao Barroso asegura que fue él quien convenció personalmente a Rajoy porque éste no quería aceptar el rescate o ayuda bajo ningún concepto. Además,  el crédito no va a fluir sino que es para salvar únicamente al sistema bancario por lo que los ciudadanos no van a disfrutar de ese dinero.

Alemania sostiene que el problema de España es que se ha vivido por encima de las posibilidades del país  de una manera exagerada y que hemos completado una década irresponsable, ellos son los más beneficiados por la crisis pero si no fuera por el ahorro alemán tampoco recibiríamos ningún tipo de ayuda. Pero ¿quién va a pagar los platos rotos?

España siempre ha querido estar en Europa y ha creído en la Unión Europea, siempre se ha vendido la idea de que era lo mejor para los españoles, y siempre se han seguido las directrices de Europa sin rechistar, pero tampoco es que así nos vaya tan bien, otros países más euroescépticos han dado la espalda a la moneda única y les va mejor.

España no tiene dinero, está empobrecida, hace años se hablaba del milagro español y ahora nadie se fía de nuestro país. Hace nada éramos un modelo a seguir, hoy ya no. Tanto es así, que a pesar de que se ha repetido mil veces que era un país demasiado grande (la 4 economía de Europa) para caer, el fantasma de la intervención empieza a aparecer, y los intereses que paga hoy España por su deuda se disparan.

Tan mal van las cosas que aunque las medidas ya impuestas han sido duras puede que haya más, los recortes en educación y en sanidad han sido dolorosos, de hecho, son los presupuestos más austeros de la historia de la democracia,  el presupuesto en Investigación y en Desarrollo (el futuro de una nación) es ridículo comparado con el de otros países. No obstante, se rescató con dinero público (nada más y nada menos que 24 mil millones de euros) a una entidad privada como Bankia. Nuestros sueldos son bajos y todavía son más los de los licenciados comparados con países como Alemania o Reino Unido, y la edad de jubilación se ha situado en los 67 años y puede subir (nuestros amigos franceses se jubilan a los 60).

Hay muchos problemas, el dinero negro está tan a la orden del día y tan aceptado que el Gobierno en busca de ingresos ha redactado una ley que en otra época hubiera sonado a chirigota. Si alguien tiene dinero negro perteneciente a campañas anteriores y lo devuelve nadie le dirá nada, es como si un delincuente confesara un crimen pasado y se le perdonara.

Lo peor de esta crisis española es la información, bien porque no se sabe, no se quiere o no se puede la información muchas veces es contradictoria y viene con cuentagotas, si todo va bien y el dinero se devuelve el Estado puede ganar dinero y ¿si no? Grecia, Portugal  e Irlanda según muchos expertos no van a poder devolver su dinero. Grecia está tan endeudada que puede dejar el euro y si lo hace puede arrastrar a otros países e incluso provocar un caos y hacer desaparecer la moneda única. Nadie da nada gratis y el dinero que recibirá España habrá que devolverlo, se repartirá a los bancos afectados pero ¿si los bancos no consiguen los objetivos marcados? El estado estará como avalista pero ¿qué hará entonces? ¿recortar todavía más en educación, sanidad e Investigación y Desarrollo? ¿Subir el IVA? ¿Recortar el dinero a los pensionistas? ¿Retrasar todavía más la edad de jubilación? Si los bancos no hacen bien su trabajo no les pasa nada porque son los ciudadanos los que pagan las consecuencias.

Obama estaba preocupado porque a Estados Unidos le afecta la crisis y le interesa que todo siga como ahora, el presidente americano cree que España tiene que hacer algo para crear empleo pero el paro sigue y sigue creciendo, muchas becas que el estado otorga acaban en licenciados que emigran al extranjero aportando sus conocimientos a otros estados que se aprovechan de esos profesionales, dinero malgastado y talento desaprovechado. No digamos ya los que están desempleados…

Estamos sumergidos en la segunda recesión en 3 años, nuestra fe ciega en Europa tampoco hace que nos vaya mejor y todas las medidas de Zapatero y Rajoy no han conseguido los efectos esperados. A los bancos hay que ayudarlos aunque no hayan actuado bien y los problemas los pagan el débil, el humilde y el honrado (éste sobre todo). El déficit y la deuda pública que va a sufrir España en 2012 pueden ser históricos. El interés al que España paga su deuda se dispara a día de hoy  y el fantasma de la intervención aparece por la puerta por lo que todos nuestros miedos serán realidades y habrá más recortes.

                                        

La evasión fiscal de la gente con dinero en nuestro país asciende a 80 mil millones de euros anuales que acaban en paraísos fiscales, es un tema que nunca se toca porque gente con poder y dinero consigue evadir el fisco.

¿De verdad que el euro es lo mejor para España? Expertos opinan que países con diferentes presupuestos, sistemas fiscales y forma de vida es imposible que puedan compartir la misma moneda, que no puede funcionar bien, tiene que haber un consenso y una similitud entre ellos, el euro solo beneficia a los países fuertes y austeros mientras que  los países del sur (Italia está ya en el punto de mira) se ven perjudicados.

España debe muchísimo dinero a los mercados que desconfían cada vez más de España y la cultura  de este país es la de endeudarse sin ningún tipo de pudor ¿Qué podemos hacer? ¿Seguimos el ejemplo de austeridad alemán? ¿Por qué no se toca el presupuesto militar? ¿En qué guerra estamos? ¿Por qué no luchamos todos contra el dinero negro? ¿Por qué no se persigue la evasión fiscal? ¿Se puede luchar contra los paraísos fiscales? ¿Son necesarios tantos cargos públicos no solo en Madrid sino en las diferentes Comunidades Autónomas? La clave es crear trabajo pero si no hay dinero se recorta en educación y en I+D y si se endeuda el país el futuro del mismo es negro, (negrísimo).

15 de junio de 2012,  parece que los únicos individuos  que van a disfrutar este verano en nuestro país van a ser los turistas extranjeros, menos mal que la selección española está demostrando  que los mercados se equivocan  y los 50 millones de pesetas que van a recibir en concepto de prima si hacen bien su trabajo y ganan la Eurocopa están bien merecidos.

50 millones de pesetas en concepto de prima para cada jugador. ¡Perdón! hay que hablar con propiedad, 300 000 euros ¡Para algo somos europeos!

God Save The Queen...

Se han cumplido 60 años del reinado de Isabel Segunda de Inglaterra, como no podía ser menos, Halcombe Norilsk ha estado al tanto y aunque no pudo acudir a los festejos va a escribir algo al respecto  pero no va a hablar ni de Gran Bretaña ni de la monarca  sino de su marido y sus meteduras de pata.

La Reina de Inglaterra  se destaca por su seriedad y sobriedad, es una de las monarcas más respetadas y admiradas de la historia, ha conseguido grandes logros bajo su reinado. Nunca se sabe lo que piensa, es una persona fría y austera. Nunca se sale del protocolo ni del plan establecido, nunca se le ha visto fuera de control ni ha cometido ningún error relevante en sus 60 años de reinado. ¿Por qué? Porque para eso está casada con Felipe de Edinburgo.

Tanto es así, que su marido le ha jugado malas pasadas, es una persona que no se muerde la lengua y que dice lo que piensa a pesar de que es el marido de una de las gobernantes más importantes del mundo, de hecho, a lo largo de estos 60 años el duque de Edimburgo ha soltado perlas como las que siguen en público y delante de medios de comunicación,  en visitas oficiales, en discursos..

Las perlas del duque de Edimburgo (el monarca más divertido de Europa)

En una cena con oficiales del ejército y por su condición de consorte comentó: <<¿A qué no sabéis qué tiene de sorprendente este regimiento? Es el único cuyo coronel jefe está casado con el teniente coronel>>

<<¿Y puedes diferenciarlos?>> le respondió a Barack Obama cuando éste le comentó que tenía diversas reuniones con diferentes líderes asiáticos

<<¡Parece un púding de ciruela!>> La primera vez que vio a su hijo Carlos recién nacido

<<Si siguen aquí más tiempo acabarán con los ojos rasgados>> a unos estudiantes británicos en China

<<Me encantaría ir a Rusia, a pesar de que esos bastardos mataron a la mitad de mi familia>>, antes de visitar el citado país.

 <<Enhorabuena por no haber sido devorados>> A ingleses que recorrieron el estado de Nueva Guinea en 1998.

<<Las británicas no saben cocinar>> Aseguró en 1966

<<Parece que estás a punto de irte a la cama>> Al presidente de Nigeria vestido con la túnica tradicional de ese  país africano

<<¿De qué país exótico es usted?>> Le dijo a un lord inglés de Birminghan que era negro

<<Esa mujer tiene la boca más grande que un buzón>> mientras Cherie Blair, mujer de Tony Blair, daba un discurso

<<Si tiene cuatro patas y no es una silla, si vuela, tiene dos alas y no es un avión y si nada, pero no es un submarino, los cantoneses seguro que se lo comen>> En un discurso pronunciado en el foro mundial de la naturaleza

<<¿Ustedes todavía se tiran lanzas?>> A aborígenes australianos

<<Parece el tipo de dibujo que traería mi hija a casa después de clase de dibujo>> en una exposición de arte etíope

<<Todo el mundo decía que debería tener más tiempo libre, ahora todos se lamentan de que están sin empleo>> Durante la grave y dura  recesión británica  en los años 80

<<Son ustedes de la misma familia ¿verdad?>>a los miembros de una compañía de danza de raza negra

<<Nunca podrás ser austronauta, eres demasiado gordo>>  a un niño durante un lanzamiento espacial.

En 1947 le preguntó a un trabajador de ferrocarriles sobre sus posibilidades de ascenso y éste le dijo: ¡Tendría que morir mi jefe! El rey contestó <<¡Lo mismo me pasa a mi!>>

<<Y a mi que me zurzan>> tras escuchar el himno británico <<God save the Queen>>

Pues si, Dios debe de salvar a la reina teniendo como esposo al duque de Edimburgo. Para concluir una gran canción y así celebrar sus 60 años de reinado....

Cipotegato, unique experience

As times get rough and rougher it is really easy to feel stressed and fed up with everything. We are living hard times indeed. Consequently, Halcombe Norilsk have decided that he ought to write about the Cipotegato as it is an unforgettable experience hence it may help people to feel better. Cipotegato

Cipotegato takes place every 27th of August at 12 o´clock in the morning in a Spanish city named Tarazona. This is not a random invention as it is mythical figure which was born in the Middle Ages, at that epoch it  was  possessed of a religious meaning.

Cipotegato opening the fiestas of Tarazona

Cipotegato epitomises the pride of being from Tarazona, this ancient superb character is a sign of redemption, freedom and strength of a human being. As a matter of fact, not only does it represent the historic character but even a true historical event in the following way.

There was once a prison in Tarazona many years ago and every year a prisoner had a last chance of freedom inasmuch as if he were to escape from the streets of Tarazona he would be free forever. Nonetheless, little did he know that people were waiting on with stones ready to be thrown. As a consequence, one had not many chances of success...

Times do have changed and now people thrown soft tomatoes instead of stones and everything has created a unique festival which opens the "Fiestas of Tarazona". 

The festivities in Honor of the patron Saint Atilano in Tarazona, were declared of Regional Interest in 1998 and National Interest in 2009,  every year there is a public poll where the Cipotegato is elected, people born in this Aragonese city can present themselves as candidates. 

The whole event is a pretty amusing and thrilling adventure, with battles of tomatoes, the running along the streets and the redemption of the character. The person elected to be the Cipotegato has a difficult task as he/she should be fit, run along the streets of Tarazona and avoid the rain of tomatoes.

After the war of tomatoes, the running of the Cipotegato and the uploading to his statue, the "fiestas" which last almost a week,  are opened and people walk through the streets while musicians play, neighbours throw water and the bars prepare everything in order to receive people who are yearning for “fiesta”.

You only have to be clad in white, have some tomatoes and be ready to feel the charm and craziness of this unique adventure.

                           

                                                 Cipotegato in Tarazona

Why don´t you try!! It´s free, funny and addictive!! There are not a single event throughout the entire world like this one!!!. 

However, no matter how good can I  seem writing this post as should I see you that day I can assure that you would receive some tomatoes in your face!!!!

Cipotegato, every year in Tarazona. Will I see you next year? . Cipotegato

Johnny Depp and the British girl

Since they are famous stars who shine in Hollywood and elsewhere we can deem them as superficial or out of our league. However, Johnny Depp proved the contrary (or at least his character Jack Sparrow) While shooting the end of the fourth part of the flick Pirates of the Caribbean sea in the capital of the United Kingdom his main protagonist received an incredible letter. There was a little girl who plead  him for help as she was really worried because she and her fellow pirates were losing a battle against the teachers who make them study very hard. So bad was the situation  that the only person able to help them successfully was Jack Sparrow, owing to this fact she wrote a desperately letter.

Johnny Depp

Any famous person would throw the letter away. Nonetheless, Johnny Depp phoned the school and announced that Jack Sparrow and some friends of him were on his way to the school in order to help the little girl and the mutiny.Ten minutes later, Depp dressed as Sparrow with the letter on his hand  and some friends arrived at the school and call on the girl (whose name is Beatrice Delap) so that be able to win the battle and fulfil the mutiny

                         The situation is really funny and you can see it below

Cuando el rodaje de la 4 parte de Piratas del Caribe llegaba a su fin, Johnny Depp recibió una increíble carta, una niña de un colegio de Londres le rogaba que les ayudara porque estaban perdiendo un motín contra los profesores que les obligaban a estudiar y a trabajar muy duro, el único que les podía ayudar era Jack Sparrow.Cualquier persona famosa hubiera tirado la carta a la basura pero Johnny Depp llamó a la escuela y anunció que iba a llegar enseguida con unos amigos piratas.Depp, vestido de Sparrow se presentó en la escuela y ayudó a la niña cuyo nombre es Beatrice Delap y a sus amigos a completar el motín.

                                
                     La situación es muy divertida y la puedes ver en el vídeo de arriba.

Plutocracy and Halcombe Hackney Norilsk as a model

Plutocracy: (Cambridge definition) a system of government in which the richest people in a country rule or have power.

Why must we spend several millions in buying a car which is so expensive and big whether we can go by walking or by bus, by bike to anywhere?

Why should we buy a house and pay a mortgage which costs us nearly our full salary which is so complicated to earn? Why?

Why everybody should go to University if there are not enough jobs for all of them?

Why everything is made of products which derives from petrol?

Why we must buy so many things and follow traditions based only on spending loads of money?

                                       

We have been cheated. We live in a plutocracy and under no circumstances are we allowed to end it as everything has been prepared in that way.Do not panic, after having read such a sad post here you have another chapter of the live of Halcombe Norilsk, somewhat superficial.

HALCOMBE NORILSK AS A MODEL

 Halcombe Norilsk decided to become a model, he was dismissed as an idiot and a sexual predator  before but he was handsome, therefore, he entered a model agency in London  and  was ready to do a foray into the world of modelling. He told himself, You are a hunky dory man, you are going to set the world on fire!!!  He sent a letter to his friends and told them that he was a starlet in a famous scion of young models wearing swanky clothes and appearing like a slick ethos of fashion. He wanted to appear on the cover of the GQ magazine. Nevertheless, he encountered with some powerful  shenanigans in the model agency, the people jeer at him as his accent was horrible and his tummy fat. He ended up in a hosiery shop playing hoopla  and looking after an ugly poodle, he felt as he was incarcerated and into staycation.

Halcombe Hackney as a Journalist

Consequently, he shunned this world as he felt he had received an outright drubbing.

Lastly, he screamed, Tut!Tut! Tut! Leave this world as there are abound other places to discover!!!!!

Halcombe Hackney Norilsk as a journalist.

When his time in prison was over and his reputation was excruciating, Halcombe Norilsk thought that at least he could write for another great newspaper “The Sun” and he was hired to find great exclusives. Nevertheless, time passed by and he started to feel bad. While a cold snap in London he decided to take some hols and went to Bournemouth. One day while he was in a pub quaffing a drink he saw a woman and fell in love. She seemed a dork but she was a model and was really pretty, she was an important Scouse celebrity who was whirling round on the dance floor strutting around the attention of everybody and mingling her beauty with her perm hair. He paid her a fiver drink and they started to talk and she started to give a great hoot of laughter very soon. He knew she was going to be his. In fact, he had sexed her mood up....

Halcombe Norilsk

In spite of being deemed many times as a lanky before, his look this time proved that he was the dapper perfect gentleman who every women dreams of as his clothes were the  perfect attire for the occasion. He gave her a hint and then she gave him a demure smile and as he was being tantalised by her offer, they started to kiss each other, everything was cushy and he was frisky. She even blabbed  to him some grudges against her hubby.... Because of her fame Halcombe Norilsk knew that his salary would go up with a hefty 80 per cent, therefore, his reputation as a lover and a journalist will go up too.  He will sell the exclusive and he would be famous. The only fly on the ointment was that she was married to an important footballer and a lot of grumpy sozzled hooligans were there looking at each other. Halcombe was beleaguered, clobbered and his head clouted across with glasses of beer which were even hurled across his face and finally he was chucked out of the club. What is more, he was  flogged by them and plunged into the night  ending  up in the stark street, harmed and beaten. Furthermore, a smug and wrinkled journalist by the Daily Mail, foresaw the scoop, Halcombe Norilsk was grovelling and stuttering the journalist do not publish the story but he told him he was going to blow the gaff and clobber "The Sun" about the thorny issue.Halcombe Norilsk was yanked out of "The Sun" and had a whiplash but at least he had another wacky, ticklish cover story on his wall.

Halcombe Norilsk as a journalist

Halcombe Norilsk as a writer.

In consequence of his dreams Halcombe Norilsk arrived at London in order to work as a writer in the capital of the United Kingdom. At first, he showed a rueful smile and he was drenched in sweat but little by little he realised he was being mesmerised by the fact that he had devised a great story that could appear on his favourite newspaper, The Guardian.

                   

He concocted a great plan. An important politician had embezzled oodles of money from the British citizens and squandered them on clothes, drugs and weapons, the tinge of success was clear, the top politician would be arrested and he will be rich and famous. He was going to scupper the career of this important public figure. It was an ominous act and he must be punish as he had derided British taxpayers as stupid.The story will depict the whole affair to some extent it will be such a torrid story that it will blare whereby it will swish through London and elsewhere. It was a proffer opportunity to be successful and Halcombe Norilsk would be rich.Thereby, he sent the story and when he was gauging the amount of money he was going to earn "The Guardian" called on him as his story was a preposterous farce and so bad written that it was called “wonky offal”. Notwithstanding, he would be in the cover as it follows: "Tinged with the debris of a zany soothsayer" as the politician was a wonderful person who, in fact, might write in the newspaper. Halcombe Norilsk was wrong and the misdeed actions were done by a criminal who shares the same name than the renowned politician. Furthermore, the lawyers of the politician sued him as he had discarded his reputation and Halcombe Norilsk ended up doing time in prison where he put the cover of The Guardian on the wall.

New Petroleum on a melting North Pole and plastic world

Whether you believe it is our fault or not the truth is that the ice is thawing in the North Pole and we are living in a hotter planet than before. Nevertheless, there are people who do not care about... (at all) because of the discovery of huge amounts of oil which is hidden under the ice... Indeed, United States, Russia and other countries  have made an arrangement as this oil reserves belong to them. What is more, countries such as Greenland are to separate itself from Denmark as they are going to be rich owing to the precious black liquid. Oil and therefore money are important above all when the reserves of oil in Europe, Africa, and Middle East are running out. At least, there will  be less wars and conflicts in the world, (I suppose so). However, all that glitters is no gold as it will be very difficult and expensive to extract this new petrol but the result is worthwhile, in fact, Russia, United States, Finland and Greenland are going to be very powerful and rich in some time. What do you think? (In some decades time there will be important problems as far as petroleum is concerned) Do you think the climate change is a fable or is it real? Do you think we should introduce hard measures so that reduce pollution or nothing should be done?

PLASTIC PLANET

The city of The Angeles in the state of California is to delete plastic bags forever removing  them from shops and putting paper bags instead. We have got used to plastic bags without a clear reason, we use far too many plastic and we do not care about it as we ignore there is a problem. There was a small island in the Pacific which was only habituated by birds, the sea has been pushing plastic bags and plastic for years  and now the island is three times the size of Portugal and Spain together. Animals are trapped and it would be really difficult to clean everything. Plastic bags are used worldwide and are really, really difficult to recycle as there are the result of different mixtures so it lasts years and years to delete a single plastic bag or a plastic bottle of water. In the past, great interests made us use plastic ( made from oil and petroleum) without thinking the consequences and now we do not know what to do without them nor with them. There is a great business related to plastic and nobody is to do anything.The contamination is damaging our planet but we carry on using plastic worldwide because we are unaware of the effects.There is a new documentary named Plastic planet, which shows this problem, It is really interesting and it shows cleverly the problem we do not face.