BA protest watch

If the FF team get in , which is looking more likely by the day, you can be sure he'll be on the next Pope Shuttle into BA to assist in a host of populist measure that the next government will be ramming through, including free abortions for everyone.

Not forgetting that he will be at the doors of Ezeiza prison on 10th December, waiting to anoint the heads of Lazaro Baez and his chums as they stroll to freedom.

This is a shot from 2015, shortly after Macri became president and it's a scene from the road to Ezeiza.

Not any old protest, judging by the weapons.

Yesterday I rode to Quilmes but missed the port road at the Lugones toll and ended up on 9 de Julio - big mistake. It was cut off by protesters at the Obelisk with the police watching on as usual.

But I managed to sneak around them with some other bikers and then hit yet another block further down with hundreds of riot police just standing around, but again, not moving them on.

Again, I managed to sneak past the blockage, but the police were stopping cars and not bikes. I wish I'd had my GoPro cheapo-look-alike fitted so I could capture the scenes, so I rigged it up today as I'm sure there will be plenty of other opportunities.

I simply fail to understand why the authorities allow roads to be blocked every f**ing day.

Still. the ride was great and I came back vis the newly laid out Puerto Madero route, thus avoiding the 9 de Julio bolonki.

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Oh, it will be interesting to see the videos you shoot!

Action cams come in hundreds of varieties with most being knock-offs of the original GoPro. Mine is a cheap Chinese version I found on sale for about £40 in Tesco on my last trip to the UK.

I tested it yesterday and although the picture is acceptable - just - the sound is pretty awful. Anyway, I'm going to give it another go today down Libertador to Retiro and then across to Caballito.

Saturdays and Sundays are always good days for riding into the centre.

The reason?

The Find Beer Mission.

I'm after two specific British beers - Old Speckled Hen and Abott Ale. Both of which I could find for a limited time time here in Disco and Carrefour, but I have a secret supplier in Caballito now, the location of which I cannot divulge.

9 de Julio was completely blocked by a protest today - again!

Seriously, what gives these people the right to block streets and make people's live a living hell?

The police were diverting traffic but I and several other bikers ignored them.

Edit:

If anyone is interested who Comandante Santucho is:

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Mario Roberto Santucho and a significant part of the PRT leadership were killed on July 19, 1976, as part of a covert ambush carried out by a paramilitary task force connected to the Argentine Armed Forces. Captain Juan Carlos Leonetti, who led the covert operation, was also killed in the course of action. A list of names detailing 395 members of the Juventud Guevarista group and Commanding Officers of ERP was discovered in one of Santucho’s suitcases, along with a set of plans indicating the group's intentions to carry out an attack during the 1978 World Cup (held in Argentina). All 395 members were killed between 1976–1977.

Liliana Delfino, then wife of Santucho, was also captured during the operation and remains among the "disappeared" victims of the dictatorship whose body was never recovered.

According to surviving member and later secretary general of PRT-ERP Arnol Kremer (pseudonym Luis Mattini), the ERP and Montoneros leadership were coordinating efforts to build a unified guerrilla force shortly before Santucho's death. He also stated that the Montoneros were in the advanced planning stages to facilitate Santucho’s departure for La Habana and that Santucho was, in fact, moments away from leaving when the attack in Villa Martelli occurred.^[4]

In a 2012 interview with Jorge Rafael Videla, the former military dictator stated that Santucho’s body disappeared due to the military junta because “his was a figure that created a sense of hope. The appearance of his body would lead to homage and celebration. It was necessary to erase any trace of him.”^[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Roberto_Santucho

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On the other hand, when you protest against the feudal state of Formosa, they throw you in the back of a pickup, even if you are a local councillor.

https://tn.com.ar/politica/202…as-se-parece-a-venezuela/

Today I had to collect a PC from the centre and could easily have gone there and back in 40 minutes via 9 de Julio as it was only a few blocks west of the Obelisk. Because these fucking morons have taken over 9 de Julio complaining that they don't get enough fucking handouts from the giant tit that is this government, I had to avoid the area completely with the journey taking me nearly two hours in the end, even on a bike.

The fact that these wankers are even allowed to bring the city to a grinding halt is enough to make your blood boil. Even though the law prohibits it, they are given a free hand, which pretty much sums up the state of this country.