03FEB25 'What the Ship (Ep117) | Tariffs | Energy | Containers | US Economic Stre...

03FEB25 - 🚢'What the Ship (Ep117) What's Going on With Shipping?- 389K subscribers, 🛟⚓🏗️Trump Tariffs💸 | Oil and Energy🛢️ | Containers | US Economic Strength versus Mexico and Canada Tariffs | Suez and Panama Canal - "In this episode, Sal Mercogliano a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner reviews the top 5 maritime stories as of February 2, 2025." #supplychain #tariffs #energy #containership #Mexico #Canada #China #Suez #Panama - https://youtu.be/ZsRKDxS-tzM?si=EiXGf-9HL5Y4CmNr

21JAN25 'ECUADOR ELECTION,🗳 SOUTH AMERICA TEETERING BETWEEN FREE MARKET CAPITALISM AND SOCIALIST DICTATORSHIPS-

 21JAN25 'ECUADOR ELECTION,🗳 SOUTH AMERICA TEETERING BETWEEN FREE MARKET CAPITALISM AND SOCIALIST DICTATORSHIPS- by 'Off Leash with Erik Prince' 50.9K subscribers, Jan 21, 2025 "As Ecuador approaches a consequential election to keep freedom alive on February 9, @realErikDPrince and @MarkVSerrano address the challenges and opportunities across the continent for President Donald Trump.

 

Watch as we cover the campaign to keep reformer Daniel Noboa in power in Ecuador, the need for new sanctions against Venezuela amidst the insidious connection between Maduro and Cuba, and President Milei’s historic war against the deep state in Argentina. Do not miss Erik’s analysis on the hope for freedom in the western hemisphere!"
- https://youtu.be/oWRJi3PlZ2A?si=kaCFvK868ukE3B5p

19JAN25 - Galera, Esmeraldas, OceanView, 2Casas side by side, 170m2, 4BR, 4Bath, – Reduced from $64k Now Asking $49k (Nego) -

 (Dont miss out on this Ecuador 2025 Prez Debate Special Offer:(💸 Galera, Esmeraldas, OceanView, 2Casas side by side, 170m2, 4BR, 4Bath, balconys, Lote 5000m2 / 1.2Acres, Built 2016, Fruit Orchard Gardens – Reduced from $64k Now Asking $49k (Nego) -

https://ecuadorrealestate.org/galera-esmeraldas-oceanview-2casas-side-by-side-170m2-4br-4bath-balconys-lote-5000m2-1-2acres-built-2016-fruit-orchard-gardens-asking-64k-nego/ (Dont miss out on this Ecuador Prez Debate Special Offer:(💸

(1996) #Ecuador- '40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS - THE ANATOMY OF A MISHAP INVESTIGATION'

 (1996) #Ecuador- Here is a story from 1996 that involved two U.S. service members in Ecuador. '40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS - THE ANATOMY OF A MISHAP INVESTIGATION' Published Oct. 22, 2008 - By Col. JOHN W. BLUMENTRITT - HQ AETC Safety Directorate,Hurlburt Field, Fla. -

-  "I got the call on a Sunday afternoon while working the chains at my 9-year-old son's football game. 🚁An SA-342 Gazelle gunship helicopter had crashed into a river in a remote jungle in northeastern Ecuador with two American special ops servicemembers aboard. 👨🏼‍🎤The Ecuadorian pilot was killed. One of the Americans, a Navy SEAL, escaped without injury, but the other, a Navy lieutenant, lost his lower left leg in the mishap.

Since the lieutenant was assigned to a unit at Hurlburt Field, Fla., I had been selected to serve on the mishap investigation board. "Why me?" I thought.

Being tasked to serve on one of these boards is almost never convenient. The calls come in the middle of family vacations, on wedding anniversaries, during children's birthday parties ... and football games. At the drop of a hat, safety investigators are taken away from family and normal duties at home units for nearly 40 days and 40 nights.

It's not easy suddenly changing roles. In my case, which took place in 1996, I went from piloting MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters to investigating a major mishap in a foreign country.

And I won't lie; it's overwhelming when you walk up to the wreckage of a mishap and realize you have to sift through thousands of pieces of evidence. You're thinking, "How am I going to figure this out?"

Where's Matlock, Magnum P.I. or Sherlock Holmes when you need them? But when I got there, I realized I simply had to put trust in my training.

To serve on a mishap board, investigators will have completed intense safety courses at the Air Force Safety Center. With its insightful instruction, which includes a crash lab, they become well-prepared for the daunting task they face.

As investigators go through the process taught, the "Ah, ha!" moment will come. However, as the 16-hour days pile up, most will have some "Why me?" moments as well. Nevertheless, the importance of what they're doing won't be lost.

These professionals will determine what happened and why. They will find existing deficiencies, and then come up with recommendations that will save lives in the future.

In the case of the downed helicopter in Ecuador, we identified some problems and made recommendations that helped change special ops training programs for the better. These recommendations are still helping protect our aircrew members to this day. Moreover, we ensured that the lieutenant didn't lose his leg in vain.

Why me? ... Why such a system?

Because you are our greatest natural resource. And if saving you by preventing another mishap costs me another 40 days and 40 nights, sign me up!...." - https://www.torch.aetc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/365121/40-days-and-40-nights-the-anatomy-of-a-mishap-investigation/

16JAN25 - My 2025 NewYears Resolution is more time out on the La G range, zz style, 🎸🥁🎸 cuzz (imho)

 🤠iffin you gonna move down or remain in Ecuador on into 2025, get prepared for whats a coming down the pike🥷🏼its not and has not been just a Coastal & #GYE thang, its also a Sierra & Metro #Quito Thanggy as well👮🏻‍♂️💰

My 2025 NewYears Resolution is more time out on the La G range, zz style, 🎸🥁🎸 cuzz (imho) we gonna dang sure be a needin it🥷🏼if anybody wants to no longer be an outlaw? Call me to join our Qtowne Quito gun club and get legal to tote with a 55hr CCW Course, now a days The CCW is pretty much streamlined down to this: plan on about $300 for to join the gun club,

about $200 or up to $300 for the CCW course,

about $300 for psyche, psycho and toxico exams, a 9mm Taurus for say $1200. a 9mm CZ for say $1500. aprox $80 to $100 for a box of 50rds 9mm FMJ i see peeps now a days getting legally armed in about a 3-4 months time frame, kinda like a tuff assed visa process! 'Always be prepared' - BSA & SA, "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns" - Louis L'Amour (1908-1988) Western novelist of "frontier stories" Stay Frosty☃ Stay Strapped🔫 Stay Dangerous⚠

Welkome to Expats in Ecuador grp, i admin in a few of the many alt social media and lame various social media Expats in Ecuador fb groups, i have lived and worked here full time in the Relocation Realty & Rentals Ecuador field since 2008, If your ever up near the UIO Quito way? for 8 years in a row we meet at the same lunch venue, Come join US/CAN do it Paco, we have an Expats meet and greet lunch at 'El Patio' each TUE in the Valley in Cumbaya just east of Quito near the UIO int airport, We look fwd to meeting you if ever over this way, feel free to send me a fb friendsShip🚢 request, All the Best in Ecuador, Journeyman Jack Ecuador on fb : 'Jack Ecua Abercrombie'- https://www.facebook .com/JourneymanJackEcuador/ #StrategicRelocationEcuador - https://linktr.ee/journeymanjackecuador fb pg.: "I'd rather prep 17 years too early than 17 minutes too late." www.facebook .com/StrategicRelocationEcuadorExpatsSurvivalSchool Someone once said that Ecuador is a country that is: •EASY to love- 🥰😘😍 •HARD to understand-🤔 •Impossible to forget-😊 #EcuadorRealEstate - www.EcuadorRealEstate.org fb pg.: www.facebook.com/EcuadorRealEstate.org JourneymanJack.com@gmail.com Call Toll free from U.S. & Canada: +1-770-828-7913, ECU. Off: 02-380-4088, ECU. Cel Claro: 098-828-8953, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, +593-98-828-8953,

 16JAN25⚡(CHL NewsFlash if yah need a good deal on a Chyyynnah generator:) 🚢🏗🏭- 'Thousands of new generators stranded on Guayaquil docks-

"Thousands of electric generators are piled on Guayaquil docks and in warehouses, many of them unclaimed, according to business organizations. “There could be 20,000 there, some of them already paid for, but no one wants them,” says Fabricio Cornejo, spokesman for the Guayaquil Chamber of Commerce. “There was a rush of orders in late November and early December and then the power blackouts ended.”

Cornejo believes almost a third of the generators have been paid for, fully or in part, but buyers have not made arrangements for delivery. “Even more of a problem, many of the units were delivered from China on spec from distributors who now don’t want to pay for them.” In November the market was overwhelmed by demand for generators but since December 20 demand has collapsed.

According to Cornejo, many of the orders were based on information provided by the national weather service (INAMHI), predicting that drought conditions would continue until March or April. “When Noboa said blackouts would end December 20, we thought he was crazy and believed they would return in late January or February.

Then, of course, the rains came,” he said, adding that generators will not be needed until July or August. “Of course we are personally happy that the situation has improved and the generators are not necessary but the incorrect report we received from INAMHI has cost businesses millions and millions of dollars,” Cornejo said...." -

https://cuencahighlife.com/thousands-of-new-generators-stranded-on-guayaquil-docks-ag-goes-after-odebrecht-scandal-fines-expats-still-coming-to-cuenca-economy-declines-in-2024/?fbclid=IwY2xjawH2FWZleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHaEvkn1iB4zSZrVa09Mr6HOvJ-3V1F8uouejkEMBuDErSu_SFuEn3Wzyjg_aem_For2SPIoGgMo61Jsc9ULkQ