San Diego Tijuana Olympics

San Diego Tijuana Olympics bid would bring interesting logistics strategy to the busiest border crossing in the world.   There are several articles about the early proposal.  Much of the entertainment comes from the reader commentary.  Here are a few samples…

~ chickletts $10.50, Mexican sodas $ 7.70., churros $ 5.50. I can’t wait!

~ Or think of this scenario. Olympian athlete who trained for years ends up forfeiting due to four hour wait at the border and then was detained by Fatherland Security.

~ As a San Diegan, I hate this idea. The nightmare of the crowds far outweighs any phantom economic benefit. Yes, SD/TJ is one metro area. (It’s the world’s busiest border crossing because of the people who work/live on both sides, TJ’s sewer system empties on the SD side, etc.) But crossing the border for the games would be even more of a disaster than it already is. SD has more problems building a stadium than LA. The issues are endless.

~ While we’re considering idiotic ideas, why not make bull fighting and coqk fighting Olympic events.

~ are school shootings going to be added too?

~ Why would a country that performs so terribly in the Olympics want to host it?  Everyone knows that every Mexican who can run, jump, or swim is already over here in the U.S…

~ funny thing is that at their three main sports (Boxing, Soccer and Baseball) Mexico beats the US all the time.

~ Oh, and I’m certain police corruption would instantly be curbed with the prospect of all that foreign money showing up at the same time.

~ I heard that Taco Bell is going to sponsor the Run For The Border Marathon that goes from TJ to San Diego.  The problem is that the Mexico team has a few million team members.

~ How about some water sports in the Brown Trout Canal they call the TJ River?

~ Popotla to Oceanside boat racing

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Easter Bunny

Editor’s note: Easter does not visit my home, but, I enjoy the religious scolds’ stern warning of the true reason for whatever season they are celebrating.  It is a beautiful spring day and it appears that all of the spring breakers on the beach below me have been practicing their fertility rituals.  Cheers.

by David C. Pack(complete article)

Here is further proof of the origin of Easter eggs and rabbits. It demonstrates how no one has ever been able to connect the Easter bunny to anything Christian, let alone to the Bible: “The Easter bunny is not a true Christian symbol” (John Bradner, Symbols of Church Seasons and Days, p. 52), and “Although adopted in a number of Christian cultures, the Easter bunny has never received any specific Christian interpretation” (Mirsea Eliade, The Encyclopaedia of Religion, p. 558).

None of this will stop scores of millions of professing Christians from decorating their lawns and houses with Easter bunnies each spring.

Consider this last quote: “The hare, the symbol of fertility in ancient Egypt, a symbol that was kept later in Europe…Its place has been taken by the Easter rabbit” (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1991 ed., Vol. 4, p. 333).

Even in modern times, rabbits have remained common symbols of fertility. While their rapid rate of reproduction is well known, another problem arises with rabbits—they do not lay eggs! While both are clearly fertility symbols, there is no logical way to connect them. In a world filled with pagan tradition, truth and logic can be lost. Merging these symbols with Christianity makes an already idolatrous practice worse.

There is nothing Christian about any of these symbols. The true history of these fertility symbols, rabbits and eggs, is completely unknown to all the unsuspecting children who have been led by adults to think them so special.

The entire concept that these are Christian is a lie foisted on innocent children who will believe that “the moon is made of cheese” just because someone tells them so. While these are shocking facts, they are true nonetheless.

Ensenada Pothole Update

Our traffic and road reporters are happy to update you on the pothole patching of Mex Highway 1(Reforma Ave) south of Chapultepec to Maneadero.

That 3 mile stretch is full of potholes and has caused countless accidents due to cars swerving to avoid being gobbled up by the potholes(baches en español).  See map below.

Thankfully, a contractor has been cutting out the crumbling pavement and patching with new asphalt.  Hoping that there is still money available to complete the work.  Subjectively guessing that approximately 50% of the work has been completed.

Strongly suggest extra care when driving Reforma Ave/Hwy 1 from the hill that descends into the agricultural valley through the Baja Country Club exit and into Maneadero.

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SEQUESTER BORDER CROSSING

Department of Homeland Security announces new self-processing touch screens at border crossings to replace furloughed Customs and Border Patrol agents.

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And a few more from our hard-working and passionate staff of researchers…

Keeping it local here in Ensenada, Baja California…”BC, big for you” and Ensenada…”Ensenada Por Ti!”

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Ensenada Meteor Craters

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Border Device Grab

Editor’s note: whether you are politically right, left, R, D , I, T or C,  careful when you support the Feds taking away a right from others.  Your support of less freedom for one “side” means that tomorrow, Feds can take away something from you.  Land of the Free is fading.  I’m amused when Baja visitors from the U.S. are frightened by Mexican military checkpoints.  20 years ago, who would believe that your shoes, belt, shampoo and skeleton would be so severely scrutinized at airports?

The Department of Homeland Security’s civil rights watchdog has concluded that travelers along the nation’s borders may have their electronics seized and the contents of those devices examined for any reason whatsoever — all in the name of national security.

The DHS, which secures the nation’s border, in 2009 announced that it would conduct a “Civil Liberties Impact Assessment” of its suspicionless search-and-seizure policy pertaining to electronic devices “within 120 days.” More than three years later, the DHS office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties published a two-page executive summary of its findings.

“We also conclude that imposing a requirement that officers have reasonable suspicion in order to conduct a border search of an electronic device would be operationally harmful without concomitant civil rights/civil liberties benefits,” the executive summary said.

The memo highlights the friction between today’s reality that electronic devices have become virtual extensions of ourselves housing everything from e-mail to instant-message chats to photos and our papers and effects — juxtaposed against the government’s stated quest for national security.

The President George W. Bush administration first announced the suspicionless, electronics search rules in 2008. The President Barack Obama administration followed up with virtually the same rules a year later. Between 2008 and 2010, 6,500 persons had their electronic devices searched along the U.S. border, according to DHS data.

According to legal precedent, the Fourth Amendment — the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures — does not apply along the border. By the way, the government contends the Fourth-Amendment-Free Zone stretches 100 miles inland from the nation’s actual border.

Civil rights groups like the American Civil Liberties Union suggest that “reasonable suspicion” should be the rule, at a minimum, despite that being a lower standard than required by the Fourth Amendment.

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Peña Nieto Cartoons

Just discovered this collection of Mex Prez Enrique Peña Nieto political cartoons.  Social Media is scaring the pants off of mainstream media and those that would insulate politicians from criticism.

http://www.facebook.com/Chistes.de.Pena.Nieto

Many of the EPN cartoons jab at his not being able to remember any books he has read.

I wonder what would happen if something like this was published about USA political shenanigans.

Adopt A Pothole

Adopta un Bache (adopt a pothole) is a new Facebook page with intentions of providing social media pressure on Ensenada’s politicians to repair their crumbling streets.  The page invites citizens to post photos and complaints of potholes in their neighborhoods.

In our August 2012 post, Ensenada citizens had been complaining about the size and danger of potholes.

Spanish Lesson

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