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Falklands have a per capita GDP “ten times higher than Argentina”

Tuesday, November 4th 2014 - 05:05 UTC
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Argentina's financial daily, El Cronista Comercial has published two articles on the Falkland Islands based on data from the 2014 Statistical Yearbook stating that the Islands enjoy a GDP per capita several times higher than Argentina and that the economy has been expanding at 11% annually since 2008. Read full article

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  • Anglotino

    It is getting harder and harder to peddle the lie that the Falkland Islanders would be better off being part of Argentina.

    Perhaps they will eventually purchase a CT Scanner so that Paul can stop worrying.

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 05:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Marcos Alejandro

    Great news! now they can afford a dairy...without dead animals.

    http://www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=5301&source=3

    Anglolatino please say hi to the Reynolds.

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 06:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Anglotino

    Hi Reynolds!

    ???

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 06:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • stick up your junta

    Come on you fools, on them, there, Islands, cut the shackles from your British masters and start living the Argie dream !!!! :-)

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 07:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Britworker

    Nice photo of Mrs Thatcher

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 08:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • zathras

    “Furthermore Ms Thatcher adopted a protection attitude towards the Islanders and granted them full British citizenship”

    I was not sure of the precise status of the People of the Falklands.

    This is game, set and match for any Argentinian expansionist/colonial ambitions.

    The people of the Falklands are British citizens.

    They should immediately request, note request, not order or demand as Argentina bullies people, but they should request to be removed from the UN decolonization list.

    Note being made of the Free, Fair and internationally monitored referendum the peoples of the Falklands took part in recently.

    As for the Argentinian claims on the territory, It should be suggested that if Argentina wishes the Falklands to remain on the Decolonization list they should immediately apply to the ICJ.

    If Argentina does not apply to the ICJ, lets be generous and give them one month, then the UN should take it that the claim for sovereignty by Argentina has been withdrawn.

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 08:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • golfcronie

    @4
    And the “ Argie dream ” is what exactly, Insolvency? Crime ridden?

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 09:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Usurping Pirate

    Of course , they fail to mention the rent the US government pays for HMS Penguin , the submarine base on W Falkland or the listening and monitoring station on Tumbledown .
    There is a casual reference to mining , but the figures derived from uranium mining are never disclosed in any case .

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 09:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • golfcronie

    @8
    You of course are right about the mining or should I say “de-mining” that is going on in the FALKLANDS, but unfortuneatly it is costing money, not to mention endangering lives. Anyway the Nuclear Penquins are on standby for any incursion buy a foreign state.

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 09:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    I would love to know when the last time Marcos, Think, Voice, USAir (Guss/Stevie) were last in Argentina.
    Methinks it was sometime in the late 70s.

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 11:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Evil Colonialist Pirate

    Perhaps Argentina should invite the FIG to take over in Buenos Aires. I'm sure they'd do a better job than Kirchner.

    Instead of “Malvinas Argentinas”, you could have “Argentina Malvinas”...

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 12:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • zathras

    Well done 2 Marcos Alejandro (#),

    A story from 2009 that has nothing whatsoever to do with...

    Falklands have a per capita GDP “ten times higher than Argentina”.

    But a good try for you.

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 12:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    @6. How about the Islanders tell the UN that it is no longer recognised by the Falkland Islands Government? The FIG should take the opportunity to point out that neither the United Nations Fourth Committee nor the C-24 has done ANYTHING FOR the Islanders in over 40 years. Neither have even complied with the UN Charter. Britain should beef up the garrison. For instance, any Type 23 frigates should be deployed to the Falklands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands instead of being scrapped. When the time comes, don't scrap Tornados, send them to the Falklands. Deploy gun crews and pilots from the UK until the Falklands can provide personnel. The Royal Falklands Navy and Royal Falklands Air Force. No problem with this. Gibraltar has the Royal Gibraltar Regiment even though defence is a UK responsibility. The Falklands has the FIDF. We should quit throwing aircraft and ships away when our people could use them. Just imagine the argie surprise when vessels of the RFN steam out to meet them. Or Tornados of the RFAF head for Buenos Aires.

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 12:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • zathras

    Damn it !

    I find myself agreeing with 13 Conqueror (#).

    The point about:
    “neither the United Nations Fourth Committee nor the C-24 has done ANYTHING FOR the Islanders in over 40 years. Neither have even complied with the UN Charter.”

    Is well said and needs repeating.

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 12:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • nigelpwsmith

    I love the mention of the Sovereign Wealth Fund. When Norway decided to remain outside the EU, but affiliated to it in a free trade zone, it was the best decision they made. As a consequence, instead of pumping money into the EU, Norway was able to build a substantial wealth fund.

    The Norwegian Wealth Fund owns 1% of all listed companies worldwide and 3% of the equity of all European companies.

    Their DAILY revenue in interest and dividends alone is over $ 750 million ($270 Billion per year) and the wealth fund is in the Trillions of dollars.

    The 5 million Norwegians could sit back and not work at all for the rest of their lives and they would still be richer than any other country in Europe. Mind you, a lager in Oslo will set you back £8 per pint!

    The fact is that the Falkland Islanders stand to gain phenomenal amounts of royalties for the oil exploration, let alone the fishing licenses and if this is pumped into a Sovereign Wealth Fund, then life in the Islands will become extremely comfortable with cheap utilities, fabulous infrastructure, all the leisure amenities you could want and cheap transportation around the Islands.

    With a bit of development the wild beauty of the Falklands can be available to even more people seeking a quiet retirement. The Falklands may have a coldish climate, but there's no doubt that they are a natural paradise for the wildlife.

    I'm glad that the Falkland Islands Government has not let the revenues make them spend beyond their means. So many oil rich countries have damaged their land by spending on a concrete jungle, only to find out that they destroyed nature in the process.

    I also agree with Conqueror. The FIG ought to consider buying the surplus UK warships. Type 42s and Type 23s and then using them as accommodation ships for the oil workers.

    The power generation & desalination plant could provide a useful back up to the electric grid/water supply and when the ship is no longer needed, a stationary missile platform.

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 02:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Brit Bob

    @6. Argentina has had 92 years to take its so-called sovereignty case to the ICJ and by not doing the has acquiesced to British possession through 'extinction prescription.' Add 'conquest and subjugation' 'immemorial possession,' 'Convention of Settlement peace treaty' and 'the right to self-determination' to the mix and anyone who seriously believes in Argentina's case is seriously deluded or employed to continue the fantasy.

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 03:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Usurping Pirate

    What's the difference between Port Stanley and Buenos Aires ?
    Port Stanley isn't under 2 mts of water .
    How come Murky press haven't mentioned the flooding ?

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 04:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    “Falklands have a per capita GDP “ten times higher than Argentina””

    how the fuck can you compare the gdp of a whole country with the gdp of a pair of islets, eh?
    it would be like comparing the gdp of lomas de san isidro with the ddp of the uk.
    and of course the gdp of san isidro would be a lot higher the gdp of britain.

    this newspaper and its parasite readers are a joke, really.

    17
    the difference, you 1/4wit is that buenos aires is a city and porko stanley is a tiny little village.
    and the city of buenos aires, like san isidro or vicente lopez did not suffer any flooding, you marmota.

    the problems were mostly in la plata and southern gran buenos aires.

    anyway, it would be like joking about the flood in britain of 2013.
    only an imbecile would be able to do it.

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 04:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • dsullivanboston

    Per Capita means per person, each islander earns 10x more than each Argentine...

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 04:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ChrisR

    I told you all that Conqueror can come up with absolutely great ideas / statements!

    Well done Conqueror.

    And ONLY ten times that of TDC: for NOW!

    Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 04:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • golfcronie

    @18
    Oh dear, do you not know what per capita means, google it you half wit. I can assure you that no-one and I mean no-one is POOR in the FALKLANDS

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 05:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    And back in the Socialist Paradise of Argentina.

    http://bubblear.com/cristina-size-indec-10-pesos-day-diet-day-1/

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 05:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    21 imbecile
    exactly.
    do you know what PER CAPITA means, you twat?
    no?
    you dont know latin nor statistics?

    again, how can you compare a toy society like the fucklands with a real country?
    the islets have a higher gdp per capita than the uk, the funny thing is that the uk finances the tiny islets.
    not to mention that they do not even have a ct scanner nor a magnetic resonator.

    so, it means nothing, you brainwashed islanders

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 05:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    23. Then go ahead and compare Argentina to the UK or USA
    Let see how that works out for you

    Did you see car sales are down 40%!!
    and the downward spiral of Real Estate continues..
    I don't even know how it can keep going lower..
    Mathematically it can't go on forever
    lucky you

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 06:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • LEPRecon

    @23 paulcedron

    It is you who is the imbecile, as it is obvious that you haven't got a clue about how economic data is compared between countries.

    Basically each person in the Falklands is 10 times better off than each person in Argentina. That doesn't mean that the Falkland Islands are richer than Argentina, seeing that there are only about 3000 of them compared to 40 million Argentines, but what it does mean that if the Falklands had 40 million people they would be 10 times richer than Argentina.

    As usual you mention the fact that the Falklands doesn't have a CT or MRI. That is because currently they're not necessary, although once their population grows they may well invest in one or both diagnostic tools.

    Because that is what they are...diagnostic tools, and the human race managed quite well without them for many years with doctors using only their knowledge, skills and experience to diagnose ailments and injuries.

    CT scanners and MRI's don't heal people and they are not a magic cure. If someone on the Falklands requires a CT or MRI then they would be flown to the UK or to the British hospital in Montevideo.

    All you show with your post is your ignorance, your impotence, and your jealousy that such a small community can run itself far more successfully than Argentina can.

    It must be so frustrating for you to know what a complete failure your country is, and to be constantly shown up by the Falklands.

    Falklands = success
    Argentina = failure

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 06:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • chronic

    Advance notice:

    The USDA is going to translate and release the reports outlining their recent tour of patigonia to assess foot and mouth disease presence - AFTER BEING FORCED TO BY THE AMERICAN BEEF LOBBY. Now I wonder why the USDA didn't want to produce their report in English - AFTER ALL ENGLISH IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. lol.

    Look out rotting roadkill. Next it's your row crops.

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 06:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • golfcronie

    @23
    Do they have a CT Scanner in Cinco Saltos, similar population you twat

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 07:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Vestige

    You mean they have the financial means to leave that 1 toilet hamlet, yet they stay ??

    Perhaps the numbers included the ones who only live there seasonally, not just their field workers.

    Then they return to Europe and lol it up somewhere warm and populated. Their orcs guarding the mud til the next harvest.

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 07:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • toooldtodieyoung

    23 paulcedron

    “how can you compare a toy society like the fucklands with a real country?”

    How can you compare a real country with argentina? How much did argentina's economy CONTRACT by last year?

    Are you having a nice Stagflation?

    whats the inflation rate now?

    As LEPRecon says at 25:-

    Falklands = success
    Argentina = failure

    Ha, ha, ha!!!

    Hugs and kisses from the UK

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 07:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • CabezaDura2

    The real gap is much worse than that because nobody really knows the official GDP data is for Argentina and that one fixed to the blue dollar rate not the official rate that the government sets. Colombia for sure, and likely Chile too will be bigger economies than Argentina by the end of 2015. Will have to wait for new INDEC numbers for much better accuracy.

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 08:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • toooldtodieyoung

    14 zathras

    I find myself agreeing with 13 Conqueror (#).

    So am I!!

    5 or 6 Type 23's permanently on station in the Falklands????

    What a great idea!!

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 08:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • lsolde

    @31 toooldtodieyoung,
    l'll second that motion.
    And any surplus RFA ships could be turned into hotels or shops.
    Great ideas, Conqueror! Knew you had talent.
    @23 paulcedron,
    Shouldn't you be in bed, niño?
    School tomorrow?
    ldiota.

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 09:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    isolda
    again with insults.
    it seems you are learning very fast from your friends here in the 4th class site.
    and the vodka does not help either.

    so from now on, no more friends and no more vodka for isolda.

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 09:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • CabezaDura2

    33.
    You choose the neighbourhood you like of BsAs 2014, I bet you cant get 317 million dollars GDP out of 3200 citizens.

    Don't be such a jealous loser all the time. It's embarrassing.

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 09:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    34 traga cabeza dura por popa
    mean you own business, you asshole

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 09:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Redrow

    @Paul
    Each Health Trust in the UK deals with approx half a million people and needs only one major imaging department. You can get a lot of diagnostic info quickly from X-ray and Ultrasound and save the CT and MRI for when it is really needed. Most people will never need either and thus the machines would be massively underused in a small population. So i really don't understand your obsession.

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 09:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    35
    * mind

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 09:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • CabezaDura2

    35. Unemployed, ignorant , xenophobic, homophobe, loser and jealous...

    You dont know what the f.ck you are talking about. What a joke you are

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 09:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    36. He knos that plus most of the MRI CT machines in Arg don't work because they don't have parts to fix them and can't be calibrated.

    For gosh sakes they are using cell phone lights in operating rooms since they have so many power cuts and no diesel for the generators!

    When you can't afford clean syringes, a new pair of gloves per patient for sure the rest of the machinery isn't working either.
    Hospitals are super scary in Argentina. Super Scary.
    Did you ever see the movie Hostel?
    Yeah kinda like that.

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 10:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Troy Tempest

    38 CD2

    Re. Paul Cabanaboy
    “35. Unemployed, ignorant , xenophobic, homophobe, loser and jealous... ”

    Don't forget “lazy”.

    He makes wild assertions that he doesn't bother to try and reason out
    - he researches nothing he writes about
    - He doesn't even read or take note of information given him
    - when challenged, he doesn't bother trying to form an intelligent response- he just insults.

    Certainly lazy intellectually, he is the perfect medium for the Peronist and Nationalists

    Nov 04th, 2014 - 11:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Anglotino

    Paul is unemployed and bored.

    He is powerless to make any changes to his life.

    He has been thoroughly emasculated by his government and his choices in life.

    He is stuck here. This is the most powerful he feels; when he denigrates others that have what he believes is his right to have too.

    All the attention we give him is a bonus. You will notice the similarities between him, Nostrils and others. They can't vent their bile anywhere else because they would get slapped down.

    He isn't going anywhere because his has no likelihood of finding gainful employment any time soon.

    Nov 05th, 2014 - 12:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • CabezaDura2

    Yep

    Troy, if I had to make a critic about the article I would say well you know its a small island, the people that run the place obviously now everyone, the tax payer can see where the money is spent, very low population density and they have the fishing licenses to sell and so on. Of course Argentina's GDP per capita is lower. Even US GDP per capita is lower than the FI GDP per capita, the problem is that it is x 10 bigger to Argentina's.

    https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html?countryname=Uruguay&countrycode=uy&regionCode=soa&rank=80#uy

    But now to bitch around and insult everyone about “hey a hood in San isidro or Recoleta is just as rich” when that is not true, or come around with that there is no CT machines, its just completely out of perspective with the complete mess Argentina is right now and just childish and pathetically jealous attitude. It's simply embarrassing.

    I dont know why he does that.

    Nov 05th, 2014 - 01:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Troy Tempest

    42 CD2
    I quite agree with you, of course it is easier to manage a smaller population like the Falklands. Corrections and results are seen much faster too.
    However, to the credit of the Islanders, they are enjoying a higher standard of living, due to their hard work and well regulated society - it's no free ride, and nothing PabloCabanaBoy should be criticising.

    I think Anglotino has identified why P. CabanaBoy behaves that way.

    I'm sure there are many hard working and responsible Argentines, but there are many bitter underemployed and unemployed like Pablo CabanaBoy, who feel entitlement.

    They will never feel fulfilled, either because of their own laziness, or because the government's inept economics have robbed them of opportunity.

    I can understand why they are an embarrassment to you.

    I would feel sorry for them, but they are so abusive of foreigners and others, that I just don't care.

    Nov 05th, 2014 - 07:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • lsolde

    @33 paulcedron,
    You are always insulting people.
    Calling them assholes, nabos or imbeciles.
    Don't like it when its applied to you, eh, niño?
    You should stay off the Paco,
    lt might help you.

    Nov 05th, 2014 - 10:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • CabezaDura2

    43. Plus another thing to notice he is mixing and confusing Income with GDP.

    I would expect the GDP of a gated community or a wealthy residential area to be actually pretty low. Basically because there are no transactions in them and they have no output other than the services the people that live in them provide elsewhere. The people (rich as they may be) that live in them work and have capital and real output in other areas of the city. You dont have a factory or a massive shop in a country club. Just golf or tennis clubs. Even most consumption of goods is done elsewhere. They just take home the income. But that is not how you measure GDP.

    Nov 05th, 2014 - 12:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • RICO

    #45 GDP of a gated community would be pretty low but GDP is not really the relevant measure but GNP is. GNP in a wealthy gated community would be far higher than any whole country.

    Nov 05th, 2014 - 12:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • CabezaDura2

    46.
    Im not so sure, because you already have a low GDP base in which you add what citizens of the gated community earn elsewhere to make up for GNP. If you live in a country club in the nothern outskirts of BA but say have a business in La Matanza, then most of the economic activity is done in La Matanza, pay the local employees, pay suppliers, rent, Matanza taxes, etc. I would use income per household of the gated community vs the whole country to portrait the difference.

    Nov 05th, 2014 - 01:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    38
    imbecile, don't try to appear as an argentine, you chilote.
    you are an embarrassment for the rest of your chilote countrymen.

    isolda
    i had some hope that you could be rescued from the typical ignorance and indoctrination you suffer there in the islets, but it seems i was wrong.
    what a pity, isolda girl.

    Nov 05th, 2014 - 02:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Troy Tempest

    Isolde

    ...and to think, CabanaBoy, the penniless loudmouth wanted to ask you out !

    “Isolda... split the dinner bill, ok? And can you drive tonight, I do not have the bus fare... I know great cart that sells empanadas ... It is my cousin, he gives me a deal... ”

    Nov 05th, 2014 - 03:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • golfcronie

    @48
    Paul you seem to be bored why not lie down and “crack one off” you might feel less frustrated.

    Nov 05th, 2014 - 03:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Benson

    “ typical ignorance and indoctrination you suffer there in the islets”
    Hahahahaha, you do crack me up Paul. At first you annoyed me, then I pitied you for your obvious issues but now I look forward to you posts as a source of humor.

    Nov 05th, 2014 - 03:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • CabezaDura2

    48. Ohh dont start with that crap of accusing of Chileans those who simply say the truth. If I wasnt Argentine myself or Argentine living abroad I would treat you pablito as subhuman shit.

    You are talking out of your arse out of jealousy and ignorance all the time...
    It's embarrassing

    Nov 05th, 2014 - 04:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    48. i had some hope that you could be rescued from the typical ignorance and indoctrination you suffer

    Bahahahah Pot meet Kettle

    Nov 05th, 2014 - 04:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pete Bog

    @13 Conqueror

    Excellent ideas and great thinking Conqueror-pity the Invincible didn't go to the Falklands.

    The Tornado idea is great-keep in mothballs till enough pilots-lets face it -it'll take Argentina 40 years to get anything to take on a Tornado.

    And lets send all our old ships to the Falklands.

    @23
    So that's good news for Argentina isn't it-without CT scanners all the Islanders will die within 25 years, won't they?

    Why did the Argies get Steyrs AUGs until AFTER the FIDF?-Argentina copies the Falkland Islanders, but not enough to avoid going bust.....

    Nov 05th, 2014 - 08:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • lsolde

    You'll get over it, paulie-boy.
    Now go and squeeze the rest of your pimples out.
    lt looks disgusting.

    Nov 05th, 2014 - 08:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    iso
    pimples?
    i'm very, very handsome isolda, with our characteristic porteño glamour.
    but let's not talk about me, the important thing here is you.

    so, let's suppose that you have some talent or interest in sports, science, arts, etc; how can you develop it in the islets?
    there is no way.
    that´s why you have to move to buenos aires, it doesnt matter the shitty government we have for the moment.
    the islets are not good enough for you, dear isolda girl.

    Nov 05th, 2014 - 09:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Jo Bloggs

    56 Pauly
    Bahahahahaha!
    'so, let's suppose that you have some talent or interest in sports, science, arts, etc; how can you develop it in the islets?
    there is no way.'

    So which one of those disciplines do you have some talent or interest in? I'm struggling to believe you could convince us of any of those. So I guess BA hasn't worked out so well for you. You should try the islets; we'd look after you here.

    2 Marcos
    Why did you want me to say hello to the Reynolds? I don't understand.

    Nov 05th, 2014 - 11:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • José Malvinero

    Suck an egg, you moron whoever the idiot who wrote the note.
    Comparing the per capita income of a country like Argentina Republic, with a settlement of the outlaws with air of gentlemen, a colony of the pirate England, in the same argentine territory. They can not fool anyone, vermin off shit.

    Nov 06th, 2014 - 12:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Troy Tempest

    @58 José Malicious

    “... vermin off shit.”

    Ha ha, too funny!!

    What was the rest of that gobblers gook @58 ???

    You need to I vest in better translation software :-)

    Falklsnds are British !!!

    NZ ja ha js Ja ja ja... !!

    Nov 06th, 2014 - 03:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Anglotino

    Paul says:
    “it doesnt matter the shitty government we have for the moment.”

    I'm still laughing an hour later.... for the moment?!? When did over 70 years become a frickin moment?

    Nov 06th, 2014 - 05:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • War Monkey

    18 paulcedron (#)
    Nov 04th, 2014 - 04:29 pm
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    You clearly missed the letters GDP in big black capitals in the articles title.

    China is perhaps the richest country on earth, perhaps number 2. However most Chinese people are as poor as church mice. This was doubly evident when I was in Shanghai being ferried around in a chauffeur driven Range Rover Sport a couple of years ago. For example I remember seeing one lady cleaning a stretch of road (as polluted as the air is, litter is almost non existent, anywhere) whilst her pre school age child played very near by so clearly child care provision isn't that great.

    However this won't always be the case because of the importance the Chinese put on education. Each generation will become ever wealthier. But for now Chinese GDP per capita sucks. It is about individual wealth and quality of life.

    I would have thought that an intelligent person would be able to make the distinction.

    Nov 06th, 2014 - 08:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • lsolde

    @56 paulcedron,
    Thank you for your too kind offer, niño, but l like it here.
    l've lived in big cities, l've lived in the mountains, in the jungles & islands of S.E.Asia. l don't need to travel to BsAs.
    l like the peace & quiet.
    l would say that these lslands are maybe too good for me!
    So.........no thank you.
    @58 José Malodorous,
    You are a blithering idiot, mate.
    What is a “vermin off shit”?
    ls a vermin a cubic measurement, like say maybe a litre or(knowing you malvinistas)more like a gallon?
    Are you boasting here, Jozef?
    Anyway, this territory is NOT part of Argentina, so go suck a few eggs yourself.
    Make them ostrich or emu eggs, you eggnog.

    Nov 06th, 2014 - 10:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    61 warmonkey

    18 paulcedron (#)
    Nov 04th, 2014 - 04:29 pm
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    report abuse???
    LOL

    and for all of you band of nabos and losers.
    when you take the gdp of a country, you consider the WHOLE COUNTRY.
    got it?
    not just a tiny portion like a tiny colony.

    so, you want to talk about the gdp, talk about the gdp of the uk.
    not in vain they have 13 million people living under the poverty line.
    you have to thank those 13 million brits every day, you lazy islanders

    Nov 06th, 2014 - 10:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • GeoffWard2

    I see Paul and Think merging into the same person for a while.
    Isolde is their muse.

    Nov 06th, 2014 - 10:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • CabezaDura2

    63.
    And of those 3200 ppl you have considered the people that own the fishing companies and farms and those who gut the fish on board and those who shear the sheep.

    There is nothing to discuss you analfabeto economico. They are 10 times richer fair and square. Its so pathetically jealous and embarrassing what you are saying.

    Nov 06th, 2014 - 11:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    65 illegal chilote

    you are not very bright, are you?
    those 3200 ppl, you asshole, are not a valid sample.
    it would be like considering the gdp of buenos aires, the 20th richest city in the world, isolated from the rest of the country.
    got it now, traga cabeza dura por popa?

    and get ready to be deported, you illegal chilote.

    Nov 06th, 2014 - 11:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • CabezaDura2

    PaulLadron retarded analogy and “logic”

    Blame and insult CabezaDura as a Chilean. So this means → Flk GDP lower than a gated community in San Isidro.
    FAIL.

    LOL YOU RETARD

    That figure you have is 10 YEARS OLD!!!!!! And its GDP, not GDP per capita. BsAs= CABA + Conurbano is over 16 Million people. And 2 million of them live in slums alone.
    You dont understand totals and percentages. It doesn't matter if Argentina is 45 MM and the islands is 3200 ppl. You have high, middle, low class in any case. This is the most basic concept that you fail to grasp.

    Its a matter of totals. US, Aus, Canada GDP is not to far from the FI GDP as the CIA factbook ranking states. The suprise is not that Falklands/Malvinas GDP is higher than Argentina, the real problem is that it is 10 times bigger.

    Sao Pablo State is bigger economy than the whole of Argentina put together.

    F.ck you dont even now basic stuff, you seem to be pretty limited. Are your parents brother and sister??

    Nov 06th, 2014 - 12:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    67 illegal chilote
    again, you are not very bright, are you?
    it seems you are the one who does not understand totals and percentages, you asshole.

    and that figures are from 2010 and only considers the city of buenos aires, not the amba, you pelotudito.
    you know the difference between city and area metropolitana?
    no?
    then shut it, illegal chilote.

    Nov 06th, 2014 - 01:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • CabezaDura2

    68.
    Fuck what a retard and a liar.
    Its a 2005 report and it does consider metropolitan area
    http://www.laseptima.info/noticias/1473

    How the fuck BsAs in 2005 is going to be richer than Madrid in the same year you stupid fuck before the housing crisis ???

    Damn that is a stupid retard →paulcedron

    And Since mid 2007 any estimate of Argentine GDP is fake since the numbers of INDEC are altered. And there is no way CABA reaches the 20th most wealthiest cities on the planet by Gdp per capita terms....

    Nov 06th, 2014 - 01:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Troy Tempest

    CD2

    Pablo CabanaBoy - “illegal chilote”,
    exhibits all the worst racist discrimination traits of the arrogant “ugly Argentinian”.

    Sure, CabanaBoy, blame your social ills on “illegals” and foreigners!!

    Everyone “knows ” Chileans are inferior.

    What an Idiota.
    Sorry CD, people like Pablo give all Argentinians a bad name by their actions.
    They also allow corruption and social problems continue, through their inaction.

    Ironically, fewer foreigners will be coming to Arg “for a better life”, and more wil head towards Chilé, a PA member with a stable economy.

    One thing for sure, Pablo's quality of living is deteriorating - and it's the fault of people like him.

    He had nothing to feel superior about.

    Nov 06th, 2014 - 04:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • CabezaDura2

    70.
    PAULCEDRON IS JUST A DISGUSTING BAG OF HATE, IGNORANCE, XENOPHOBIA, IMPOTENCE, JEALOCY AND SHIT ALL PUT TOGETHER...


    He knows damn well Im Argentine, but he thinks calling someone Chilean is an insut. I the past according to him I was a Jew and called me a “moishe” as if it where an insult too. As he knows damn well he doesn't know what he is talking about.

    “it would be like considering the gdp of buenos aires, the 20th richest city in the world, ”
    PMSL.

    “it would be like comparing the gdp of lomas de san isidro with the ddp of the uk.
    and of course the gdp of san isidro would be a lot higher the gdp of britain.

    this newspaper and its parasite readers are a joke, really.”

    Yeah sure the funniest joke is himself.

    Nov 06th, 2014 - 05:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Anglotino

    Falklands are a country Paul. Like many ignorant people you can't differentiate between country, nation, state and nation-state. Hardly surprising considering your lack of education.

    And BsAs is NOT the “20th richest city in the world”.

    Now PERFORM! It's what you are here for.

    Nov 06th, 2014 - 07:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Troy Tempest

    Anglotino

    I like pulling Pablo CabanaBoy's “....you cannot comment, now shut it” string.

    Nearly everyone pushes his “CT Scanner” button

    I liked your “Call Centre” post

    :-)

    Nov 06th, 2014 - 08:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • José Malvinero

    A new anniversary of the takeover of the Malvinas Argentinas Islands from rightful owner: 6 november 1820.:

    http://malvinasislasargentinas.blogspot.com.ar/2014/11/6-de-noviembre-toma-de-posesion-de-las.html

    Nov 07th, 2014 - 12:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Troy Tempest

    Please post in English - your BS is more readily visible

    Nov 07th, 2014 - 04:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Anglotino

    Poor José

    How many times can Argentina take over the same place?

    And still not have it?

    God knows why José continues to embarrass his country like this.

    Nov 07th, 2014 - 09:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pete Bog

    @58
    “Suck an egg, you moron”

    You talking about that Argentine airbase again?

    Why don't you make Moron your capital instead of BA-it would be more appropriate.

    @74
    If Jewitt claimed the Falkland Islands for the United Provinces, in 1820, explain why he (from the USA by the way), fought for Brazil against Argentina later?

    Also if you have read history you will find that Jewitt was not sent to the Falklands to claim them for the United Provinces as they (UP)did not know he was there.

    That is like me going to Patagonia and claiming it for the UK, but without the UK government knowing about the fact I am going to claim.

    Therefore Jewitt's claim is bogus.

    Also, he was engaged in piracy at the time which I thought you were against?

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  • ilsen

    Why would the Falklands Islanders wish to join Argentina and become 90% poorer?
    Turkeys don't vote for Christmas. Except perhaps in Argentina where the chickens vote for the foxes to run the henhouse.

    Nov 08th, 2014 - 10:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • toooldtodieyoung

    74 José Malvinero

    WOW!! thanks for the link.

    I have never seen so much fail in one place at the same time before ( except maybe a Nottingham Forest home game )

    If what is written on that website passes for the truth in your country, no wonder the whole place is so f**ked up.

    Nov 08th, 2014 - 06:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ilsen

    Does this mean that the Falkland Islands enjoy a GDP per capita several times higher than ANY country in Lat Am?

    I'm quite surprised that a lot more of them are not applying to become a B.o.T.
    Obviously it is the way forward if you want to be succesful, have a transparent and efficient democracy and boost the living standards of your population.

    Nov 08th, 2014 - 08:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • toooldtodieyoung

    80 ilsen

    It's not all bad news for José. Just think about it...

    He has a corrupt government that is bent on stealing all it can from the population. The economy is about to implode, millions will be out of a job and they have a currency that NO ONE wants..... With a list like that he should apply for Argentina to be a member of the EU.

    It would, I am sure, be a perfect fit.

    Nov 08th, 2014 - 09:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ilsen

    @81
    I am amused.
    :)
    Thank you.

    Nov 08th, 2014 - 10:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Lucdeluc

    It's a madness, a madness

    Nov 09th, 2014 - 07:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0

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