Lavajato-Not a flash in the pan

Is there a Brightside, just chiming in on getting my car washed! Now what detergent should I use maybe an oil based. Enjoy the read.

The Bright Side of Brazil's Petrobras Scandal

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/9866196

Al,  you're gonna love this.

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacio … pree.shtml

exnyer wrote:

Al,  you're gonna love this.

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacio … pree.shtml

Scorched Earth, more like a where there is Smoke there is Fire. I guess it is a fight. I am anxious to see if anything changes as there were 203 B handed out, what a shopping trip sorting through the bill will tie everything up for years. One word!
WOW!

Dilma's out!, No she's in!, no out!, wait in! what ? she's out again?

In the meantime Brasil's credit rating has been downgraded again, foreign investers are taking their money to Argentina, workers are fleeing to Chile for work.

Dilma won't resign and if they push her out she's gonna leave a mess.

The opposition had better have a real plan ready if they force her out.

The clock is ticking.

Oh! remember the Olympics?

Will we remember the Olympics, will there be a Olympics and if it happens its to much action for me. I was holding on to the following link for I thought it was to far off the unbeaten trail.  I wonder what did they think would happen for the powers that be have never been in a fight, that lady is a fighter from the Olde Skool and Olde Skool fighters will use a tire iron,a brick,broom, dirt,shoe,cast iron skillet and the whole kitchen and rocks. I have been saving this link since 05/02/16 and with today's and tomorrow anticipated shenanigans this maybe next. Can we say Martial Law and the winner is?????

In Brazil, a New Nostalgia for Military Dictatorship - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/03/opini … .html?_r=0
I wonder if it will come back to haunt the country for I believe that the Military supports the President and the vote is not in yet. I see everybody being arrested.
What a me$$, and the people will have to clean it up.
I think they me$$ed with the wrong person.

Rest easy, a military "Intervention" is constituionally prohibited.

As for what's next......

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacio … pid=newsEN

It's a plan and I am waiting to see if the ship can turn around for we all have good intentions. I wonder if the 180 days will open a new and refreshing time or will it be business as unusual. Stranger things have not happened. I will wait in the wings and see if this ship van do a 360 for it is a big ship and this baby needs room to turn around. Now that the new Actors are taking the stage. Not my usual rant.

Christmas will be interesting this year the 180 days ends around then...

Ho ho uh oh?

The pot calling the kettle black!

New Government Likely to Try and Minimize Fallout from Lava Jato Investigations

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacio … pid=newsEN

Yup, I see it's business as usual, I thought everybody had fallen off of the ship/lol. The absurdity of the whole me$$. I have been laying back and there's to many articles of whos,who for if I don't stay focused I will shed  tears. The irony of accountability is staggering. Well will there be a change or more of the same. So many implicated and what a dance it is. It's all designed to not focus on the problems to many to list here (lol)
I will not get into a Rant not today. I'll just pop some corn have a soda for I need to be totally sober after this episode of Pot and Kettle. Thanks for waking me up.
I just had to get in the mix for I was getting bored and trying not to put a thumbs up for everything is not okay.

I understand the frustration, Al. Here's an article  about Joe Average here in Brasil.

Sip the coffee bro, don't gulp.

And how about Joe Average here in Brasil?

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacio … pid=newsEN

Here's some new you may not use!/lol

Watch "Brazil's Acting President Used to be US Intel Informant" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/aAGyS2LY2SM
Enjoy, I mean this is completely on the money? Maybe it's true and maybe it is not.
this gets haired by the minute.
and another thing
Watch "This is Brazil's new leader: Michel Temer - BBC News" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/J5Zu0qpH1-8
Well that is being busy. It just keeps going. Maybe one day it will slow down
Enjoy if you have the time. As I prepare to move, yes I'm still moving.

Good luck on the move.

I'm getting a beer. SMH.

Who's number 5 on the list?
Brazil's Lower House to Be Led by Man Investigated for Murder | News | teleSUR English
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/B … -0056.html

Brazil's Coup Cabinet Riddled with Corrupt Corporate Stooges | News | teleSUR English
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/B … -0020.html
This Novel gets better with each page. I can't stop reading it!

Temers "B" team. These guys will kill Lavajato.

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacio … team.shtml

Ex, say it ain't so!. What a debacle, what is this game about. I wonder how big the rug is and the broom as for me I'll grab a shovel and pop some corn and have a soda or maybe something harder for this has a smell. I'm going to need oxygen after this event. This maybe better than the Olympics as every sport is being exploited and no doping allowed (lol).
Brazil ethics panel questions ex-speaker on bank accounts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/brazil-ethic … html?nhp=1
I gue$$ it costs a lot to have your Car Washed now for some Wax.

And another one Down. This is completely out of hand these guys should have used a app!/lol
Brazil minister ousted after secret tape reveals plot to topple President Rousseff | World news | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/m … mpeachment
Who needs to go to the Olympics for everyone is running and jumping through hoops, waiting on the Boxing match next. Enjoy of you have time. I'm going to pop some corn and pour a soda (kkkk) I can't wait for this on TV.

Markets | Tue May 24, 2016 7:08am EDT

Related: STOCKS, MARKETS

Brazil police launch raids for 2nd straight day in Petrobras probe -TV

May 24 Brazilian police launched raids for a second straight day as part of the wide-ranging graft probe into state-controlled oil producer Petroleo Brasileiro SA , the GloboNews TV channel said on Tuesday.

Tuesday's raids, part of the so-called "Car Wash" operation that has rattled the heights of Brazil's business and political circles over the past two years, targeted an unnamed company suspected of receiving money illegally taken from Petrobras, GloboNews reported.

A police spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comments.

Police on Monday arrested a former treasurer of one of the parties in the country's ruling coalition. He was accused of receiving about 1 million reais ($280,465) in bribes. (Reporting by Silvio Cascione Editing by W Simon)

Al, how was the move? It is said that moving is the most stressful thing a person can experience.

This must have been said before Lavajato and the rest of this mess.

Is it too late to cancel the Olympics?

At least Lavajato seems to be R$  get it? LOL

Ex haven't moved yet, I got maybe 8 weeks and I should be there, just closing out a few things and getting documents in order.
yup I got it and it is real. Not worried about the mess for the town I'm headed to I will be fine as for the country who knows as it is a whole lot of me$$ and I gue$$ the good people of Brasil will have to clean it up.
The Olympics is up in the air, I see only the hard core will make it, just a thought for with the state of things it will be a wonder. I read the Brazilian Rowing Team wants to move the event and when the Home team recognizes a problem maybe it is a problem. Car Wash is causing a lot of angst and the people I think are waiting for the Olympics to really hit the streets. It is krazee

Now this is crazy there's a new thing everyday. It's the "Lunch Money Mafia " ridículos

Brazilian police drag out students occupying schools to protest lunch money scandal

Police stand guard in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Friday. Police were brought in to remove students who were occupying schools and the state legislature to protest a scandal over funding for student meals.

(Vincent Bevins / For The Times)

Vincent Bevins



Police in Sao Paulo have begun forcibly removing young students who are occupying a number of schools and public buildings to protest a scheme that investigators say diverted funds from their public school lunch programs.

Before sunrise in South America's largest city, a wave of police vehicles blocked off roads downtown, and officers in riot gear soon entered the Paula Souza Educational Center, dragging out dozens of children aged 13 to 18.

“He grabbed my collar, but then pulled me by my backpack. No one got really hurt, but I was scared. As soon as they walked in I thought, 'Whoa, these guys are big,'” said 17-year-old Inae Lima shortly after being removed.

Police were enforcing the first judicial order to reestablish state control over public property, including schools and the state legislature, that have been taken over by a wave of students reacting to the revelation of what local media have called theMafia da Merenda, or “Lunch Money Mafia.”

Gabriel Rodrigo Dos Santos, left, and other students occupied a school to protest what's become known in Brazil as the "Lunch Money Mafia."

(Vincent Bevins / For The Times)

Parts of Brazil's federal government are falling apart due to a corruption scandal involving offshore oil exploration, but these students have been motivated by an entirely different issue that is closer to home.

Over the last few months, state police investigators and prosecutors have found the “Lunch Money Mafia” overpaid food providers in exchange for bribes, and it's believed the school nutritional system lost millions. No criminal charges have been filed so far.

At the same time, students report missing or inadequate food, and surveys of nutritionists by local media found overwhelming evidence that students did not always have healthy portions.

The students are demanding a special parliamentary inquiry, one that would have to be opened by the legislature, into the scandal. Students, working in shifts, began occupying schools and the legislature around the clock April 28.

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“The occupation was just a means to an end. We just wanted to be heard, and nothing we tried previously worked,” said Lima. She was among dozens of  students ejected from the building. She spoke as a group of students and supporters made their way to another school downtown.

As police downtown combed through the Paula Souza center early Friday, their cordon stopped residents on their way to work. Women shouted from the windows, complaining of the ruckus below. As he waited, 19-year-old street vendor Luis Cordeiro Campos said he thought the kids should be allowed to stay.

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“Look, protesting is their right, and we all know food for kids here is a problem,” he said. “I just graduated and sometimes the food was just missing. You'd just be hungry until you got home.”

The Brazilian constitution guarantees the health and full education of all its population, and by law all students have a right to school meals.

Friday afternoon, police assembled at the legislature for Sao Paulo state, Brazil's biggest, which had been closed to the public in preparation of a forced removal of students who had taken over a hall. The official investigation they demand would require support of state legislators whose allies may be involved. Currently, at least 14 schools are reported occupied in the state.

“It is only the duty of the police to assist in the recovery of public property if we are needed,” Major Robson Cabanas of the military police told media inside the legislature Friday. “I'm optimistic and hope everything goes down peacefully.”

NEWSLETTER: Get the day's top headlines from Times Editor Davan Maharaj >>

Outside, a group of students banged drums in the sun and tried to rally support of passing traffic with signs and chants.

The tactic of occupying schools has recently become popular as a way to draw attention to poor conditions or inadequate facilities.

“They just can't get away with robbing our education anymore. All I have to eat at my school is crackers,” said 15-year-old Gabriel Rodrigo Dos Santos, who became involved with the student occupation movement last year. “They better be investigated. I started sleeping here last Thursday.”

Krazy, something has to give, now there me$$ing, with the children.

Add this one to the pile, one day someone will get to the top of the Car, for we all know you start with the top of the vehicle and work your way down,
New Leak: Brazil Politicians Sought Corruption Probe Shield | News | teleSUR English
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/N … -0011.html
I think I'll use a pressure washer, less dirt to scrub off. Just sayn. Man what a lot of crime oh I meant grime.

World | Mon Jun 6, 2016 8:05am EDT

Related: WORLD, BRAZIL

Brazil prosecutor links tourism minister to Petrobras probe-report


REUTERS/UESLEI MARCELINO

Brazil's prosecutor general found evidence linking the tourism minister of interim President Michel Temer to the corruption scheme at state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA, newspaper Folha de S. Paulo reported on Monday.

Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot included intercepted phone messages in a request to the Supreme Court for a formal investigation of Tourism Minister Henrique Eduardo Alves, Folha reported in publishing excerpts of the messages.

The messages supposedly show Alves offering political support to construction firm OAS Engenharia allegedly in exchange for campaign donations funded by money illegally taken from Petrobras. Alves, of the PMDB party, ran for the governorship of the state of Rio Grande do Norte in 2014.

OAS Engenharia is one of the several engineering firms with executives sentenced by local courts over their involvement in the corruption and money laundering scandal.

Alves has repeatedly said all campaign donations were legal. The general prosecutor's office did not immediately respond to request for comments.

Alves is the third minister in Temer's cabinet to be linked to the massive Petrobras corruption scheme since his interim administration started last month.

Within the space of one week, Temer had to drop Planning Minister Romero Juca, a key figure in passing austerity measures through Congress, and the minister in charge of fighting corruption, Fabiano Silveira, after recordings suggested they had tried to derail the Petrobras investigation.

Brazil's Senate voted last month to suspend President Dilma Rousseff for up to six months to face trial for allegedly breaking budget rules.

(Reporting by Silvio Cascione; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)

Meanwhile at the Olympics.....

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/esporte/ol … pid=newsEN

exnyer wrote:

Meanwhile at the Olympics.....

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/esporte/ol … pid=newsEN

Will miracles never cease, what me$$, what a wonderful world. Math is a dieing subject. Maybe there using Common Core Math. If johnny had 4 apples and gave 6 to Frank, how many apples would the Class of 15 have to share. See I know math. (lol)

It's difficult to see an end to the corruption. Every time I look around, another story in an unexpected place.

I really admire the Hon. Judge Moro, but it just seems he is one man alone with a shovel trying to dig a country out of quicksand.

Here is another example of why it is important that Brasil gets serious about corruption.

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacio … pid=newsEN

in responce to:

Brazilian police drag out students occupying schools to protest lunch money scandal


You can learn a lot about a society by how it treats it's most vulnerable members.

exnyer wrote:

It's difficult to see an end to the corruption. Every time I look around, another story in an unexpected place.

I really admire the Hon. Judge Moro, but it just seems he is one man alone with a shovel trying to dig a country out of quicksand.

Here is another example of why it is important that Brasil gets serious about corruption.

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacio … pid=newsEN

What people won't do for clean water and sewer. It shows if you throw Money at the problem it will still be there. James had two points buy a bullet proof vest or complete body armor or stay home for Life is Choice Driven and I like living. Such a fiasco. 85,000 troops for the Olympics and not enough ammo what a me$$. I hate to say it yet I know before the event the people will take to the streets not to be wrong yet to be Right. It's shameful.

It just keeps turning page after page. One day it will be a novel soon to be a reality show.
Brazil prosecutor seeks arrest of Senate president, ruling party leader: report | Reuters


http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazi … SKCN0YT1H6
another one, soon none will be left. If one is jailed will he turn on others.
enjoy if one has time. Can't wait till next Monday to see what happens.

When governments screw up they go after the very old and the very young. Pensions and education. the past and the future of the nation.

Brasil is no different.

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacio … bomb.shtml

I see only contempt on Cunha's face.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazi … SKCN0YT1H6

I'm waiting on the phat lady.👄 to sing. I will be happy when all have there dazes in court
Scandals in new Brazil government offer Rousseff hope of survival | Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazi … SKCN0YT2HD
6 of one or a half dozen.
it has to get better than this. Who will lead.
enjoy

So it's true. Be careful what you ask for, You might get it. thing is since these guys are only interested in CYA, nothing- aboslutely nothing will actually get done.

About 150 days to go.

So much information, so little time. I wonder who will be the President when the Real Game'$ begin.
How Brazil's Deepening Crisis Could Rescue Dilma Rousseff
https://www.yahoo.com/news/brazil-deepe … html?nhp=1
Wowzers. Ouch!

It's just so sad that these guy's just won't do the right thing. International approval and a quick return of investment capital would follow a clean sweep of these bums.

It just keeps on, I need to know how long does it take to Wash the Car for it seems one must need on the job training. This gets more ridiculous maybe we need an "Auto-Wash". This is getting really to be a mess.
Amidst Constant Crisis, Michel Temer Appears Ill-Equipped To Lead Brazil
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/10399038 … ref=brazil
Enjoy if one has interest and time.
I wonder when "Operation Vacuum" will rear it's ugly head? Yikes

When will it end
Rocked by Corruption, Brazil's Temer Denies Fraud Scandal Link | News | teleSUR English
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/R … -0009.html
Somebody's not being truthful. What a dirty car for after all the Car Washing it will need new Paint with a Clear Coat.jeez

How's this for being a flash in the pan, I guess a Family that Cooks together Stays together.
Folha de S.Paulo - Internacional - En - Brazil - Judge Accepts Accusation and Congressman Cunha's Wife Becomes a Defendant in Lava Jato - 10/06/2016
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacio … pid=newsEN
well I can say it's not going to be a tasty meal.
Enjoy if one has time. Nothing is sacred.