Lost in translation

Gosto do filme, mas como não podia deixar de ser vou meter o Sokras e o partido do sokras no assunto.


É difícil lutar contra um adversário como Sócrates se seguirmos as regras da decência, já nem falo de ética.
A polémica sobre a redução da TSU mostra isso. O PS classifica como má a medida, embora a tenha aprovado no memorando com a troika.
Eu suspeito que como o memorando foi escrito em good english e no PS só se fala bad english se tenha perdido algo na tradução...

É no que dão as licenciaturas dominicais...


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Tá caladinho senão levas nas fuças!

ABRUPTO: "É Portugal e o que é tem muita força, os partidos são o que são, e as pessoas são o que são. Muita fome, e poucos lugares ao sol. E a política começa a ficar como as claques de futebol. Se não estás a duzentos por cento connosco, estás com eles; se não calas as nossas asneiras, fazes o jogo do inimigo. Se perdermos, não será por causa das asneiras que fazemos, mas por tua causa que as criticas. Frágil poder esse que cai ao mais pequeno abano."

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Como gastar pilim na tropa... com a ajuda do wikileaks

Like most NATO allies, Portugal falls short of
the NATO official standard of two percent of GDP dedicated to
military spending. Portugal is currently at 1.3 percent and
spends that money unwisely.


Portugal has more generals and
admirals per soldier than almost any modern military: 1 per 260.
The U.S., by comparison, has a ratio of 1 per 871.

The image of generals sitting around doing nothing is no mere allegory.

Portugal has an additional 170 generals and admirals receiving
full pay while in inactive reserve status.



Regarding defense procurement, the MOD´s desires
and actions seem to be guided by peer pressure and the desire
for expensive toys. The MOD purchases weapons platforms as a
matter of pride, regardless of their utility. The two most
obvious examples are their two submarines (currently delayed)
and 39 fighter jets (only twelve of which are airworthy).


With 800 kilometers of coastline and two distant
archipelagoes to defend, the two German submarines they
purchased in 2005, and which are still under construction,
are not the wisest investment. The subs have no formal mission
task and lack the resources even to patrol aimlessly. Portugal
purchased the submarine hulls but failed to order missile
systems, meaning the subs will be without a strike capability
even if they did have a mission. The two submarines replace two
50-year old Daphne class submarines that, although officially
in service, were described by a U.S. Navy submariner as
”deathtraps” that rarely left the pier.
Meanwhile, Portugal has few serviceable coastal patrol craft for littoral defense and to
address narcotrafficking, migration, and fisheries.
 Portugal has a few early-generation F-16s, but only one operational C-130 to
get its soldiers and equipment to and from the fight. (Note: this
C-130 spent three months in Afghanistan in 2008 and may return
for a 2009 deployment. End note.)






Similar funny accounting occurred with patrol
helicopters, a critical necessity for Portugal´s two Atlantic
archipelagoes. The European-made EH-101 was ruled cheaper than
U.S. competition, but only because spare parts and service were
not included in the European proposal. Weeks after entering
service, the EH-101s were grounded for lack of spare parts. The
20-year old Pumas the EH-101s were supposed to replace were
forced back into service.



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Portugal's bail-out: Sócrates's poison | The Economist

Ler a imprensa internacional ajuda a limpar a névoa.

Não vou traduzir.

Peço desculpa a quem só fala bad english.

Portugal's bail-out: Sócrates's poison | The Economist:PORTUGUESE voters listening to José Sócrates, the caretaker prime minister, announcing a €78 billion ($116 billion) bail-out deal from the European Union and the IMF this week may have thought it was a campaign broadcast for the June 5th election.

"Pedro Passos Coelho, leader of the centre-right Social Democrats, the main opposition party, called the bail-out a “vital, if depressing, step”. But he also wrote that “it is only a short-term measure that buys some time.”"

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Y ahora algo completamiente distinto

Não merecemos gente tão boa!





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