B.A. Article Roundup

1) Fellow Bayres blogger/journalist Oliver Balch of Argybargy fame writes a solid overview of the well-heated local real estate market, including a quote from Saltshaker's Dan Perlman, the tale of an actual NYC style apartment bidding war in B.A., and the interesting fact that prices in the swanker districts went up 25% last year. Even better, the "Special Report: Argentina" file under which the article is filed leads with the picture at left which, I believe, shows a police/citizen melee after the 2001/2 currency devaluation.

2) Giving credence to our theory that local bus drivers can't drive worth a pig's ass, La Nación publishes a piece about the boom in fatal bus accidents, noting that every six hours someone dies in a bus or truck accident, 1,790 people died in such accidents in 2005, and 25% of roadway accidents in Argentina involved a professional driver as compared to 1-2% in the "First World".

3) Further proving that the world is about to end--or at least that the climate is a mess--Mexico City suffered a weird hail storm a la Buenos Aires.