05-24-26 carib
| Republican politicians warn Iran ceasefire deal could strengthen Tehran, would be 'disaster' |
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05-24-26 carib
Savo: in the summer, most beaches reachable by land are crowded, in Italy.
But I have my private Carib beach that you are welcome to share (in the carib)..
;-) |
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05-23-26 panasonic
Meanwhile, USA marking territory:
https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-us-military-aircraft-embassy-drill-b8feee6c1add9f2b48a2e1e1a1627579 |
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05-23-26 panasonic
Savo, Saab knows exactly if Maduro was captured or self-ejected, the guy is a valuable piece for sure.
Not sure wife is safe in Italy or any place outside USA, probably went there to apply for immigration status. |
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05-23-26 savo
| i do not know enough... but are there any good long stretches of under-crowded sandy beaches in Italy other than in Sardinia? |
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05-23-26 savo
| carib.. in true 007 mode... i think Saab was a double agent. |
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05-23-26 carib
"A memorandum of understanding is being fine-tuned" to end the US-Iran war, a Pakistani security official who was briefed on the army chief's visit to Tehran and his meetings with Iranian leaders said on Saturday, referring to a memorandum of understanding.
The visit has made "significant progress" on the Islamabad Talks points toward ending the war, he said.
Taco? |
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05-23-26 carib
Luego de versiones encontradas, confirmaron que Camilla Fabri, esposa del empresario colombiano y presunto testaferro de Nicolás Maduro Alex Saab, abandonó Venezuela para regresar a su Italia natal, una semana después de la extradición de su marido a Estados Unidos.
Fuentes del Ministerio de Exteriores italiano informaron a EFE que Fabri "ha abandonado Venezuela para regresar a Italia". Sin embargo, no dieron más detalles. |
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05-23-26 carib
Panas: good point. Italy is the second biggest industrial exporter in the EU after Germany, but today most of the GDP consists in services, and those require digitalisation, rule of law, and use of the english language.
There is no rule of law in italy, low digitalisation,and insufficient use of english (even if less bad than Spain.
On the other hand.. Spain has 500 million spanish speakers globally.. and Portugal over 300 million portuguese speakers.
Italian is the leading language.. only for food and opera.. |
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05-23-26 panasonic
Interesting stats on co-working spaces Italy vs Spain (from claude):
Key takeaways:
Italy is one of the larger coworking markets in continental Europe, but still behind Spain, the UK, and France.
Spain's Madrid and Barcelona alone exceed 660,000 square meters (~7 million sq ft) of flex space, having grown by more than a quarter in a single year.
Italy's fastest growth is happening in mid-sized cities like Bologna, Turin, and Bari, rather than just the traditional business hubs.
Spain has around 1,400 spaces in 2025, with Barcelona at 3.5% flex penetration of total office stock — notably higher than most Italian cities.
Bottom line: Spain currently leads Italy in total coworking capacity and penetration, but Italy is closing the gap with strong double-digit annual growth. Milan is Italy's clear coworking capital, much like Barcelona is for Spain. |
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05-23-26 panasonic
Carib, true you left and Italian economy started to cool down :-)
I don't think Spanish Industry compares to Italian or French, yet Spain is growing more. |
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05-23-26 carib
| Merlino: true. I remember paying Panas in $ to get business class tickets paid in bolos. I think Veny should just dollarize, Panama style. |
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05-23-26 carib
Panas: it's simple: Italy has been declining.. since I left it!
(it's a joke, but unfortunately true)
Rome is cheap .. because it is declining, not the other way around.
Milan is expensive.. because it is a successful business, industrial and cultural hub.
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05-23-26 panasonic
Merlino, yes that is true, during period of "raspar tarjetas".
But airport was packed with passengers from other countries buying tickets at deep discount from FX conversion.
But no, Plus Ultra started after that, airport was empty except those who paid their tickets at regular int'l price. |
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05-23-26 Merlino
I checked many times the gate during my trips in CCS airport to count how many passengers boarded the flight, it was notorious that each flight had only between 10 and 20 passengers.
We all knew those flights were abt. "something else".
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There was a time during Chavez presidency, around 2008-2010 if I remember, when it was customary to actually buy and pay intl tickets not to travel but to use them as vehicles to get subsidized usd...the spread with black ones compensated the costs
At the time it was common to talk about almost empty planes |
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05-23-26 panasonic
Carib, we are talking why Spain doing better than Italy in growth dept.
Milan, Rome or Paris or London are top tourist destinations and expensive places, exactly the opposite a remote worker is looking for.
Prices of RE is Rome stalled for 15 years (your post), but Valencia or Malaga up 100% or more after covid, has to be driven by something other than tourism and being reflected in growth somehow.
Cost of living, access to decent hospitals, etc. in favour of Spain for those re-allocating to "reduce expenses". |
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05-23-26 panasonic
Spal, was during those days we had nothing to do at the airport other than walk around.
Not that I would fly plus ultra or ask questions, it was not a safe thing to do. |
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05-23-26 carib
Panas: you compare apples with oranges.
Rome is "umbelicus mundi", the eternal city. Malaga is a vacation spot. No Vatican in Malaga.
One of the problems in Rome is too many tourists and visitors, not too few. Even worse in Venezia.
The objective should be attracting people with good taste and money, not "the masses". That is not to be "elitist", but just common sense: the number of available spots is limited, so they should be for the "happy fews" (globally). |
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05-23-26 spal
I checked many times the gate during my trips in CCS airport to count how many passengers boarded the flight
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Note to self ... be careful around Panas ...
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05-23-26 spal
| Hann - "We have a place in Fukuoka" ... very cool. |
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05-23-26 spal
add no insatiable industrial military complex to feed... no wall street upon which to immolate the well being of the rest of the country...no medicare and medicaid and obama care no fanny and freddie... no endless wars... no military support for other countries endless wars... no veternas.. no space program.. no nasa... no dotcom buble... no metadata bubble.. no ai bubble... no central bank... no bidens.. no bushes...no cheneys..no blairs... all those guys care about is a good beer and shrimps at sunset watching the sea...
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I do beleive el Savo is on a roll here ... bravo |
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05-23-26 spal
but instead you get a sanchez.. unless sanchez is the driver for decoupling.
is he ???
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Probably not, but I liked Savo's writeup. |
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05-23-26 panasonic
Carib, cheaper than Milan probably still not enough attractive for tech workers or retired from cold countries who compare with Valencia or Malaga.
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05-23-26 carib
| PS: I still hold family properties there, not in centre: prices are not higher than 15 years ago... That is what I mean by "cheap". |
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05-23-26 carib
| Panas: I mean.. it's way cheaper than Milano.. and Cascais.. |
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