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2014-10-25


2015-10-24


2016-10-29


2017-10-28


2018-10-27


2018-12-11
I enjoyed taking the first step towards the deletion of my real Facebook account.



2019-10-26
Well done, Tasman.




2020-11-28
Tasman just won the title for the second time in a row. Congratulations.



2021-11-20
Well done, Waikato.




2023-10-14

Today, in a quarterfinal match of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, Argentina defeated Wales by 12 points.


2025-10-25
Well done, Canterbury.






2013-06-29




2015-01-31



2015-09-01



2016-09-19



2016-11-29


Update (2025-08-21)
The captain of Flight 2933 wanted "priority for the approach" due to "a problem of fuel," but the controller didn't immediately prioritize Flight 2933.




2018-01-02
The death of Nisman

Considering that this case has reappeared in the mainstream media, some people who don't understand the Spanish language might be trying to locate additional details about this case. (Furthermore, I'm sure that many of those people don't trust the mainstream media.) Today, 2018-01-02, I have decided to present some details that surround the death of Natalio Alberto Nisman (1963-12-05). This message is for the people who already know the basics of this case.

Nisman's weak denunciation
On 2015-01-14, Nisman officially accused Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953-02-19) and Héctor Timerman (1953-12-16) of a cover-up. On 2015-02-26, federal judge Rafecas expressed himself, in a 63-page resolution, about the denunciation of Nisman. Ramón Allan Bogado is a relevant part in the denunciation, but he doesn't have much credibility. Rafecas said that, on 2015-01-20, the Secretary of Intelligence, Oscar Parrilli, said that Ramón Bogado never worked in that agency. Additionally, Bogado had not left the country since 2002-11-13. Rafecas decided to disesteem the denunciation, because there was "inexistence of delict." He said that the "commission of the truth" never projected juridical effect, and he also said that the former Secretary General of Interpol, Ronald Noble, e-mailed the former Minister of Foreign Relations, Timerman, to say that Timerman indicated that Interpol should maintain the Red Notices against the five Iranians, and that Timerman's position, about the Notices, has been consistent and firm. On 2015-03-04, prosecutor Pollicita appealed the resolution by Rafecas. On 2015-03-26, the resolution was confirmed. (On 2017-12-15, in a recent article on The New York Times, Ronald Noble is quoted as having said that there's no evidence to support that there was an agreement to remove the Red Notices.)

Nisman's death
Alberto Massino, who used to work for the Secretariat of Intelligence, declared that, during December of 2014, Nisman said that he had a source that told him that he was going to be removed from his position. Soledad Castro, Nisman's former secretary, said that Nisman thought that, beginning on January 12 of 2015, his chances of being removed were going to increase. On 2015-01-16, Nisman and his former wife Arroyo Salgado (1969-07-01) shared an unpleasant conversation via WhatsApp. She said that her priorities are in a different place, and she accused Nisman of wanting to be the focus of newspapers, magazines, and TV, to which Nisman replied that he will explain. After that, she replied that she doesn't need an explanation.
Diego Lagomarsino (1976-03-22) and Rubén Benítez (1963-08-19) declared that, on 2015-01-17, Nisman said that he wanted a gun to protect his daughters. During that Saturday, Lagomarsino gave Nisman a gun that was in a green cloth. The next day, late at night, Nisman was found dead. He was found in the restroom, and the green cloth and the gun were also found there. Lagomarsino worked for Nisman throughout many years, and Benítez was one of Nisman's guards throughout many years. (By the way, Nisman was living at an apartment complex that had over 100 security cameras.)
It was already known that Nisman had registered a total of two guns. During June of 2009, he transferred one of his two guns. On 2010-09-21, the person who received that gun died. On 2015-04-03, Nisman's mother found the other gun, in her home, that belonged to Nisman; however, prosecutor Fein said that the gun didn't have bullets. When Arroyo Salgado found out, she quickly said: "this changes everything." She proceeded to basically say that a person who owns a gun wouldn't ask for a different gun. Obviously, she's being illogical. If I own a car, that doesn't necessarily mean that I would never rent a car.
According to the cybercrime division of the Metropolitan Police, on 2015-01-18, at 7:01:49 AM, one of Nisman's devices accessed a particular website. That website said that Nisman's IP address accessed that website on 2015-01-18 at 7:01:51 AM. This seems to indicate that Nisman was alive during that Sunday. I would like to also add that the autopsy started on 2015-01-19 at 8:00 AM, and it concluded that it had been less than 24 hours since Nisman's death. Nevertheless, Arroyo Salgado has said that Nisman died Saturday night.
There was a medical committee of 15 specialists: 10 people who work for the Forensic Medical Body of the Supreme Court of Justice, two people who work for Arroyo Salgado, two people who work for the Federal Police, and one person who works for Lagomarsino. On 2015-05-20, after the medical committee analyzed many radiographs, four videos, over 1,000 photographs, the autopsic and toxicological results, and other relevant data, 13 of the 15 specialists basically said that nothing indicates that Nisman's death was a homicidal event. The other two specialists, who were the ones working for Arroyo Salgado, presented a separate report.
There was a criminological committee of six specialists: four people who work for the Federal Police, one person who works for Arroyo Salgado, and one person who works for Lagomarsino. The report was presented on 2015-06-10. Five of the six specialists basically said that the most probable hypothesis is that, at the time of the shot, Nisman was standing, and that there's no element that indicates that somebody was sharing the restroom with him. The other specialist, who was the one working for Arroyo Salgado, presented a separate report.

Nisman's possible money laundering
On 2015-02-05, prosecutor Fein insinuated that, on one of the last days of January of that year, Nisman's mother Sara Garfunkel emptied a safe deposit box that she and Nisman had at a particular Argentine bank. On 2013-11-04, Garfunkel acquired land, in Uruguay, that is worth over 280,000 USD. (Nisman had multiple bank accounts in Uruguay.) In the apartment where Nisman was living, there was a safe that had a copy of a 200,000-USD check that was apparently issued by Claudio Picón. According to Picón, Nisman used to drive an Audi Q3 without the proper documents. (During 2015, the company that owned the vehicle has repeatedly tried to regain possession of it.) Nisman, his mother Garfunkel, his sister Sandra, and his employee Lagomarsino shared a bank account in the United States. On 2012-10-23, Damián Stefanini sent 150,000 USD to that bank account. On 2014-10-17, Stefanini went missing. It's been more than three years, and he still hasn't been found. That bank account has received over 600,000 USD. During August of 2015, judge Canicoba Corral has said that the money laundering is clear. On 2015-09-02, Garfunkel and Sandra recused judge Canicoba Corral. They said that he has shown a lack of impartiality. On 2015-11-03, the judge was removed from the investigation. Later, during that same month, three lawyers representing Nisman's daughters officially requested the cash that was found in the apartment. They said that Nisman's daughters are universal inheritors.

Legislative elections
The legislative primaries were held on 2017-08-13. Most of the focus was in the province of Buenos Aires, partially because it is the most populous province of the Argentine Republic. Additionally, the coalition Unidad Ciudadana had Cristina Fernández de Kirchner competing in that province. She was competing in the category of national senators, and, when not even a quarter of the results was divulged, one of her opponents was already talking shit. Sergio Massa (1972-04-28) said: "we want to also felicitate the national government and Cambiemos for their triumph in the province of Buenos Aires." Cristina accused the government of putting up a show for prime time. About three hours later, the results were no longer being divulged. Cambiemos was leading by only 6,915 votes. Out of the eight electoral sections, the one with the greatest amount of remaining votes was the third section. It is one of the sections with the most voters, and Cambiemos was losing it by more than 10%. On 2017-08-29, it was finally known that Unidad Ciudadana won the province of Buenos Aires by more than 20,000 votes.
On 2017-09-22, one month before the general elections of October 22, Gendarmerie presented a highly questionable report about Nisman's death. Gendarmerie said that Nisman was killed, that he wasn't standing at the time of the shot, that he had ketamine in his body, that he died before 3:00 AM on Sunday, and that two people were physically involved in the homicide. Many people used that controversial report to attack Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.



2018-06-01


Update (2025-09-20)
I recorded this video on 2014-10-29:




2019-06-17
I'm happy to have bought these beautiful silver rings. I love you always, Scorpio.



Update (2021-08-28)
This one is gold, and I'm happy to have bought it. I love you always, Scorpio.




2019-08-10
Mi mensaje:




2019-08-13
Hoy, me puse a decorar. :)




2019-09-16
Dr. Ford didn't work out for the Democrats, but they're still trying to bring down Kavanaugh.





2019-10-28
Estoy contento por haber votado por correo, y estoy lleno de felicidad por la contundente derrota de Macri. Hoy, 2019-10-28, voy a revelar mi voto.




2019-11-04
The due date of the first payment was 2019-01-26. Today is 2019-11-04, but Cardiff City has yet to send the first payment for the transfer of Emiliano Sala (1990-10-31). The Bureau of the Players' Status Committee determined that Cardiff City must pay, because Sala successfully became a player of Cardiff City.




2019-11-15
Leftists in Congress and in the mainstream media are accusing Trump of a quid pro quo, but most of those people seem to disregard the quid pro quo of Joe Biden (1942-11-20).




2020-09-25
Juan Ameri (1973-05-25) is an Argentine member of the Chamber of Deputies, which is the equivalent of the House of Representatives. Yesterday, during a virtual session, he was seen kissing a woman's breast. He was suspended, but I believe that he should step down.





2020-10-11
 Melanin in irises is a blessing
 1.  
"Thus, increased ocular pigmentation tends to decrease the risk of developing senile macular degeneration."


 2.  
"Thus, based on the data, blue or gray eye color was a statistically significant risk factor for the development of uveal melanoma."


 3.  
"This study shows that light iris pigmentation was associated with more extensive macular disease
than dark iris pigmentation in both eyes of patients with unilateral neovascular AMD."


 4.  
"A potential protective role of zinc may be more prominent in dark- than in light-coloured eyes."


 5.  
"The melanin pigment can annihilate over 99.9% of the absorbed UV radiation."



Although melanin in irises is a blessing, there's a company that came up with a disadvantageous cosmetic procedure that is "designed to remove all pigment from the iris." (Needless to say, I'm antipathetic towards it.)



When I first read about it, I quickly thought that it should horripilate anyone. Later on, however, I realized that there are some careless people who would go to the ends of the Earth to end up with a different iris color. If those people truly have an avidity for such a foolish and contraindicated procedure, then maybe it's safe to assume that they have some degree of injudiciousness, impudicity, and morigeration. Even though those people may be gregarious, I don't think that most of them will ever be willing to gallivant around a nation. Obviously, they probably want to influence people to ogle them; however, I don't see that as a monumental objective. Although it's unlikely to be the ultimate objective, it can easily be seen as some kind of primary step. Nevertheless, it is still not likely to result in a significant and admirable interaction between two people. Considering that they certainly have an air of immaturity, they are probably going to need much more than just a uveal procedure. By the way, I don't know why I have divagated towards dullards. I just wish that I could knock some sense into certain people.

If a professional were to conduct a cosmetic procedure, exemplary standards of probity should be expected. In actuality, though, a patient is likely to encounter some smarmy professional who is fond of subreption. A professional who may be quite disposed to provide a multiplicity of oblique, deceitful statements. Deep down, many professionals might actually be exulting over the possible imbecility of the patients. They know that many of the patients aren't likely to ruminate about a cosmetic procedure that they passionately desire. They know that many of the patients will exhibit credulity. They know that many of the patients will give them plaudits.

There's also a company that offers an "eye color selection program."



It is a company that appears to believe that a brown-eyed child cannot be the offspring of two blue-eyed parents.



I hope that people understand that this is no laughing matter. There's no room for levity. Melanin in irises is truly a blessing.



2020-10-16
On 2020-09-29, I bought the book The President's Daughter by Nanna Britton (1896-11-09). I read the book two times, and I can confidently say that the book is not good. There were many irrelevant things that she described in great detail, but she failed to be very descriptive about certain events of importance that she mentioned. I will also say that the book was not properly organized, and that her style of writing leaves a lot to be desired. I tend to be interested in anything that any female of Scorpio may have written, but this book didn't satisfy me. I still took a lot of notes, of course.




2021-01-02

The Real Academia Española shows that, in the Spanish language, the word "negro" can certainly be a term of endearment. Uruguayan player Edinson Cavani used the diminutive "negrito" as a term of endearment. I saw that the Academia Argentina de Letras and the Academia Nacional de Letras del Uruguay have stood up for the truth. Argentina and Uruguay are two countries where "negri," "negrito," and "negro" are commonly used as terms of endearment between two people who truly like each other. The FA's decision to punish Cavani was absurd and ignorant.




2021-01-07

I looked up "duplicity" in a dictionary, and I found a picture of Kelly Loeffler.




2021-03-29



El 27 de junio de 2019, la Cámara Nacional Electoral dijo que "no se observa que el sistema de voto por correo postal que establece el decreto cuestionadoy que se presenta como una modalidad extendida en el mundoconstituya un exceso reglamentario que pueda reputarse inconstitucional". Consecuentemente, me parece una vergüenza que Alberto Fernández haya decidido atacar la legalidad del voto por correo postal.




2021-07-10


Argentina just won its 15th Copa América.




2021-11-29
Fabiola Yáñez (1981-07-14) is clearly arrogant.




2021-12-01
When it comes to talking with any person of the paternal side of my family, I tend to talk with my paternal grandmother Alicia (1947-01-20) the most; however, we don't have many conversations with each other. Earlier this year, I tried to reach her by phone several times; however, those attempts were unsuccessful. Consequently, I started thinking that maybe she changed her landline number. I found out that my second aunt Carla (1999-01-13) has an Instagram account, and I already knew that she knows Alicia very well; therefore, I recently created an Instagram account to try to contact her. Luckily, she replied to my message. She told me that she believes that Alicia's telephone broke. She even had the generosity to surprise me with Alicia's cell phone number. I didn't know that she had a cell phone. Yesterday, I finally talked with Alicia again. I thank Instagram and Carla for cheering me up.





2022-03-04
Sherri Papini (1982-06-11) is a big liar.




2022-03-19
On 2014-06-10, in the intersection of Okeechobee Blvd and S Flagler Dr, in West Palm Beach, Florida, I took this picture of the Royal Park Bridge:



Shortly afterwards, I took this picture on the Royal Park Bridge:



On 2022-02-06, when Carol Wright (1942-04-19) fell to her death from the Royal Park Bridge, Artissua Paulk (1978-06-11) was the drawbridge operator. On 2022-03-17, she was charged with manslaughter.




2022-03-24
For the second time in a row, Italy has failed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup.




2022-04-21
Hannah Casperson (1996-07-07) is unhinged.




2022-12-18
Earlier this year, French player Kylian Mbappé said that, in South America, soccer is not as advanced as in Europe.



At the 2022 FIFA World Cup, South America had only four teams; on the other hand, Europe had 13 teams. Nevertheless, a South American team ended up winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Today, Argentina won its third FIFA World Cup. Congratulations.




2023-11-21
On 2021-07-10, in Brazil, Argentina defeated Brazil 10. Today, 2023-11-21, in Brazil, Argentina defeated Brazil 10.




2024-04-11
This morning, my stepfather told me that Diego Gómez (2003-03-27) is "terrible," and he's right, because Gómez is a very incompetent soccer player.



On 2024-04-03, Gómez failed to control an easy ball, and Monterrey scored the winning goal. On 2024-04-06, Gómez gave the ball away, and Colorado Rapids scored the equalizer. On 2024-04-10, Gómez gave the ball away, and Monterrey scored its third goal.




2024-07-15


Argentina just won its 16th Copa América.




2025-03-25


Today, Argentina defeated Brazil 41.




2025-10-07
Recently, I played Manager Career in the video game FIFA 18. During the same season, I played against River Plate three times: one match for the "Torneo de Primera" and two matches for the "Copa LatAm." I won those matches, and I didn't receive a single goal. The highlights video is less than four minutes long, and it has the 13 goals that I scored. The level of difficulty was professional, and the 18 players of the Team Sheet that I selected for those matches were born on October 29. I love Scorpio forever and always.




2025-10-17
I took this picture on 2025-10-14.