Gil The Jenius

From a recent post in which I suggested that Puerto Rico should become a province of China came some comments made by Captain High. In the ...

About every 3 months, someone criticizes Me for not watching local news, listening to local talk radio shows and/or not reading a local pap...

Once again it's that tiME of the year when people coME together to celebrate in brotherhood and share good will with all of Me. 'Ca...

This won't take long... We currently have a Sales/Use Tax, called IVU locally, equivalent to 7%, with 5.5% being "national"...

Woke up a little earlier than usual and sat on the balcony. I'd made coffee and while I waited for it to cool, I took in the unfamiliar...

Look, it's no secret My island is deep in debt. Bankrupt, even. Forty-plus years of political pillaging stacked atop a colonial economy...

Puerto Rico should become a province of China. The Jenius could stop right there and let My Brethren debate that simple statement, but gi...

There are three men I see almost every day. One of them, the one I encounter most often, spends 9-14 hours a day at the light near McDonald...

Long. Live. Stupidity. However: Example the First: The "Proto-Weasel," Our misbegotten ungovernor Alejandro García, is ...

Found this on a blog called WikiRating. If you want the short version, skip the italics to My conclusion. Puerto Rico Rating Downgra...

What were you doing Saturday? Do you remember? Maybe it was fun. Here's what The New York Times did, a piece titled "Economy ...

" But the Puerto Rican economy does matter for the United States—and particularly for U.S. security. Given the island’s proximity and ...

So. Puerto Rico bonds are now junk. But that's just Standard & Poor's opinion, right? The other two bond rating agencies ar...

There are times when My Brethren act like the problems We have in Puerto Rico are absolutely, unequivocally, indisputably, undoubtedly, unr...