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De acuerdo a estadísticas liderar la Premier en Navidad no garantiza el título
Por JAMES ROBSON
MANCHESTER, Inglaterra (AP) — Arsenal está en la cima de la Liga Premier en Navidad, pero el champán puede quedarse en hielo por ahora.
Mikel Arteta sabe por experiencia dolorosa que las posiciones festivas no garantizan nada cuando se trata de levantar el título eventualmente.
Arsenal lideró en este punto en 2022 y 2023, solo para ser superado dos veces por el Manchester City.
Encabezar la tabla en Navidad ha sido tradicionalmente un mal presagio para el club del norte de Londres, incluso antes de la época de Arteta como entrenador. En cuatro ocasiones anteriores en la era de la Liga Premier ha ocupado el puesto número 1 en Navidad y nunca ha sido coronado campeón.
Pep Guardiola y su equipo del City pueden estar más alentados por las posiciones, habiendo ganado el título en cuatro ocasiones cuando no lideraban en esta etapa.
Sin embargo, Arteta no se detiene en fracasos pasados.
“Lo que me da fe y confianza es el nivel de rendimiento y la consistencia de eso. Eso es muy, muy difícil de hacer en esta liga y eso significa que el equipo está constantemente ahí”, señaló después de la ajustada victoria del sábado en Everton que aseguró el primer puesto.
“Disfruta el proceso de ganar y vas a tener que ir a lugares difíciles, vas a tener momentos difíciles. Ya hemos lidiado con muchas cosas y estamos ahí”.
En las 33 temporadas de la Premier, el equipo en la cima en Navidad ha sido coronado campeón en 17 ocasiones, poco más del 51% de las veces.
Arsenal parecía alejarse en la cima, aprovechando mientras la defensa del título de Liverpool se desmoronaba y City también tropezaba al principio.
Pero la ventaja ahora es de dos puntos sobre el segundo lugar, City, después de una reciente racha de dos puntos de un posible nueve fuera de casa. City brevemente se movió a la cima el sábado antes de que el penal de Viktor Gyokeres sellara la victoria 1-0 en Everton y rompiera la racha sin victorias de Arsenal en la carretera.
Arsenal ha liderado en Navidad en varias ocasiones, pero Manchester United ganó el título en 2002-03 y 2007-08. Manchester City lo consiguió en 2022-23 y 2023-24.
United y Chelsea han ganado el título en cinco ocasiones después de liderar en Navidad. United ha ocupado el primer lugar en Navidad siete veces en la era de la Premier.
Chelsea tiene una tasa de conversión del 100% cuando lidera en Navidad.
Igualmente, City, que ha ganado en las tres ocasiones que lideró. Liverpool ha ganado en dos de las siete veces que fue primero.
City está en racha
La visión de City en el espejo retrovisor será familiar para Arteta y Arsenal. Y aunque este está lejos de ser un equipo vintage de Guardiola, su carga tiene un aire ominoso.
Una victoria 3-0 contra West Ham el sábado fue la séptima victoria consecutiva en todas las competiciones para City y la quinta consecutiva en la liga.
El equipo de Guardiola puede carecer de algo de la fluidez y astucia de los equipos que dominaron el fútbol inglés hasta ser destronados por Liverpool la temporada pasada, pero, con Erling Haaland al frente, tiene al delantero más letal del país.
El doblete de Haaland contra West Ham llevó su total de la temporada a 38 goles en 28 partidos para City y Noruega. Es, de lejos, el máximo goleador de la liga con 19 goles, su rival más cercano es Igor Thiago de Brentford con 11.
Si Arsenal esperaba que el fichaje de Gyokeres le proporcionara un delantero igualmente letal, aún no ha funcionado así. El internacional sueco tiene solo siete goles en 24 partidos para club y país. Su penal contra Everton fue solo su quinto gol en la liga de la temporada y su primero en seis partidos en total.
¿Y el Villa?
Aston Villa es el equipo en forma en la máxima categoría, con diez victorias consecutivas en todas las competiciones, y está a solo tres puntos de Arsenal en el tercer lugar.
La victoria contra United el domingo hizo que fueran 11 victorias de 12 partidos en la liga. El equipo de Unai Emery está invicto en 19 partidos en total, con 16 victorias durante esa racha.
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Banksy revela nueva obra en Londres mientras aparecen murales de figuras observando estrellas
The Associated Press
El elusivo artista callejero Banksy pareció confirmar el lunes que un nuevo mural en Londres, que muestra a dos niños acostados y señalando hacia el cielo, es su última obra.
El artista publicó dos fotos de la obra en su cuenta oficial de Instagram el lunes, horas después de que su aparición en una pared en el costado de un edificio en Bayswater, al oeste de Londres, desatara especulaciones sobre si Banksy estaba detrás de ella.
El mural en blanco y negro, pintado sobre un garaje, muestra a dos figuras vestidas con gorros y botas de invierno acostadas en el suelo, con una de ellas señalando con el dedo hacia arriba.
Una imagen idéntica apareció al pie de una torre en el centro de Londres el lunes, pero el artista del graffiti no publicó esa versión en su cuenta.
Banksy comenzó su carrera pintando con aerosol edificios en Bristol, Inglaterra, y se ha convertido en uno de los artistas más conocidos del mundo. Sus pinturas e instalaciones se venden por millones de dólares en subastas y han atraído a ladrones y vándalos.
Aunque su obra a menudo critica la política gubernamental sobre migración y guerra, la última obra de arte no parecía llevar un mensaje político evidente.
En septiembre, causó controversia con un mural que mostraba a un juez sosteniendo un mazo sobre un manifestante desarmado que sostenía un cartel salpicado de sangre.
Esa pieza, que apareció en una pared exterior de un edificio de los Tribunales Reales de Justicia, fue rápidamente cubierta y las autoridades dijeron que tenía que ser removida debido a la importancia histórica del edificio.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
23 US States Are At High Risk Of (Or In) Recession Currently
23 US States Are At High Risk Of (Or In) Recession Currently
U.S. GDP is made up of many smaller, distinct state economies fueling national growth.
In 2025, states responsible for about a third of U.S. GDP are in recession, or face high recession risk.
Another third are expanding, including Florida and Utah, based on payrolls, employment, and other key economic data.
This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Dorothy Neufeld, shows recession risk by state in 2025, based on analysis from Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.
Where Recession Risk is Highest in America
To analyze recession risk, Zandi looks at state-level economic activity. This included a range of data such as unemployment, building permits, retail sales, industrial activity, delinquency rates, and tax revenues.
States were then categorized into three buckets based on these factors as of October 2025:
In Recession/High Risk
Treading Water
Expanding
State/District
Business Cycle Status
Share of U.S. GDP (%)
Georgia
In Recession/High Risk
3.03
Montana
In Recession/High Risk
0.25
Wyoming
In Recession/High Risk
0.18
Michigan
In Recession/High Risk
2.44
Massachusetts
In Recession/High Risk
2.73
Mississippi
In Recession/High Risk
0.53
Minnesota
In Recession/High Risk
1.70
Kansas
In Recession/High Risk
0.80
Rhode Island
In Recession/High Risk
0.28
Delaware
In Recession/High Risk
0.34
Washington
In Recession/High Risk
3.02
Illinois
In Recession/High Risk
3.85
West Virginia
In Recession/High Risk
0.36
New Hampshire
In Recession/High Risk
0.42
Maryland
In Recession/High Risk
1.86
Virginia
In Recession/High Risk
2.66
South Dakota
In Recession/High Risk
0.25
Connecticut
In Recession/High Risk
1.27
Oregon
In Recession/High Risk
1.14
Iowa
In Recession/High Risk
0.86
New Jersey
In Recession/High Risk
2.93
Maine
In Recession/High Risk
0.33
District of Columbia
In Recession/High Risk
0.64
Missouri
Treading Water
1.54
Ohio
Treading Water
3.14
Hawaii
Treading Water
0.39
Arkansas
Treading Water
0.65
New Mexico
Treading Water
0.49
Tennessee
Treading Water
1.87
New York
Treading Water
7.92
Vermont
Treading Water
0.16
Alaska
Treading Water
0.24
Colorado
Treading Water
1.92
California
Treading Water
14.50
Nevada
Treading Water
0.86
South Carolina
Expanding
1.18
Texas
Expanding
9.41
Oklahoma
Expanding
0.92
Idaho
Expanding
0.43
Kentucky
Expanding
0.99
Alabama
Expanding
1.10
Indiana
Expanding
1.81
Nebraska
Expanding
0.63
North Carolina
Expanding
2.86
Louisiana
Expanding
1.11
Florida
Expanding
5.78
North Dakota
Expanding
0.26
Pennsylvania
Expanding
3.54
Arizona
Expanding
1.88
Wisconsin
Expanding
1.53
Utah
Expanding
1.02
Currently, many coastal, Northeastern states are facing some of the worst economic conditions.
In Maine, for instance, year-over-year GDP growth is just 0.8% as of Q2 2025, compared to the U.S. average of 2.1%. Meanwhile, Washington, D.C.’s unemployment rate was 6.4% in July, significantly higher than the 4.6% U.S. average given sweeping federal cuts.
According to Zandi’s analysis, New York and California are “Treading Water”, together responsible for driving over 22% of U.S. GDP.
In comparison, Texas, which fuels 9.4% of U.S. economic growth is expanding. Unemployment rates of 4.0% in July remain below the U.S. average. Additionally, the Texas economy is growing faster than the nation, while income growth rose 6.3% annually as of Q2 2025, outpacing the national average.
To learn more about this topic, check out this graphic on unemployment by state in 2025.
Tyler Durden
Mon, 12/22/2025 – 14:25
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/23-us-states-are-high-risk-or-recession-currently
Dallas Cowboys face a tough decision on Matt Eberflus after another sub-par showing on defense
FRISCO, Texas — Dak Prescott led the Dallas Cowboys to touchdowns on their first two drives against the Los Angeles Chargers.
Justin Herbert easily answered both times against a Dallas defense that tops the list of reasons the Cowboys will miss the playoffs for second year in a row and could finish with a losing record in back-to-back seasons for the first time since the last of three straight in 2002.
Matt Eberflus moved to the coaching booth from the sideline before the 34-17 loss to the Chargers, a few days after owner and general manager Jerry Jones had some cryptic words for the first-year defensive coordinator on his radio show.
Chicago Bears clinch their 1st playoff spot since 2020
Jones’ tone hadn’t changed much when he saw reporters after the game.
Eberflus was a valued defensive assistant in Dallas a decade ago, and could have been the defensive coordinator then under different circumstances. Instead, he went on to Indianapolis in that role before landing the head coaching job in Chicago, where he was fired midseason a year ago.
Now, the Cowboys face a difficult choice with a known and trusted coach. Jones said Eberflus wouldn’t be fired before the Cowboys (6-8-1) finish the season on the road against Washington (Thursday) and the New York Giants (Jan. 3 or 4).
The outspoken and ever-present owner fell far short of endorsing Eberflus. A change would mean a fourth defensive coordinator in four seasons in 2026.
“I might not couch it as difficult,” Jones said when asked how difficult a decision he faced with Eberflus, who was on the Dallas staff for seven seasons ending in 2017. “Now, that’s not uncommon to evaluate at this time of the year your entire coaching staff. And obviously the target’s on him because of our statistical as well as actual play on the defensive side of the ball. But that goes with it.”
Herbert was playing his third full game with a broken non-throwing (left) hand heavily protected. The Chargers didn’t get to 300 yards total offense in either of the first two. They had a season-high 452 against the Cowboys, and Herbert completed a season-best 79% of his passes.
“I thought it was OK. I thought it was fine,” first-year coach Brian Schottenheimer said of Eberflus’ move to the booth. “I know we need to get more pressure on the guy and didn’t do a great job getting pressure on him. And I thought both quarterbacks played great today. And unfortunately, their guy got the win.”
What’s working
WR George Pickens bounced back from two sub-par games with seven catches for 130 yards with a 38-yard score when Prescott hit him in stride in the end zone. He is a strong candidate for the franchise tag after what could be a 1,500-yard season in his Dallas debut following the offseason trade that brought him from Pittsburgh.
What needs help
The Cowboys have been shut out on sacks in consecutive games for the first time since 2017. Not getting to Herbert was particularly egregious considering he has been dropped a career-high 49 times and the Chargers have used a makeshift offensive line because of injuries.
Stock up
Tyler Smith’s value is on display again with the decision to move him to left tackle to replace struggling backup Nate Thomas with Tyler Guyton sidelined by a sprained ankle. Smith was the left tackle as a rookie replacing the injured Tyron Smith before the club decided to put him at left guard. Now, he will start the rest of the season as the protector of Prescott’s blind side, and there’s a chance the move could be permanent. If Tyler Smith stays put, it’s possible Guyton would replace Terence Steele at right tackle next year.
Stock down
Schottenheimer’s play-calling has been hit-and-miss, and he had a big miss against the Chargers. Facing fourth-and-1 at the LA 16-yard line down by a touchdown late in the third quarter, diminutive gadget receiver KaVontae Turpin was lined up 7 yards deep as the running back with fullback Hunter Luepke near the line of scrimmage to Prescott’s left. The dive play to Luepke was stuffed, and the Chargers drove 76 yards to a field goal for a 27-17 lead.
Injuries
DT Quinnen Williams was out against the Chargers, missing a game for the first time since the trade with the New York Jets. He seemed to be coming along OK in returning from a concussion when a neck issue arose. It will be interesting to see if the Cowboys play a defensive cornerstone in the coming seasons in two meaningless games. … LB DeMarvion Overshown, who missed the first nine games recovering from his second major knee injury in two years, exited with a concussion and didn’t return.
Key number
27.8% — Dallas’ defensive QB pressure percentage is among the best in the NFL, and yet the Cowboys are in the bottom third in the league with 29 sacks. They’re having trouble getting quarterbacks on the ground.
Next steps
Even though they’re already eliminated from the playoffs, the Cowboys can finish 5-1 in the NFC East with victories over the Commanders and Giants. They would also be the second team to finish 8-8-1 since the NFL went to 17 games in 2021. Washington did it three years ago.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/22/cowboys-matt-eberflus-tough-decision/
Insane Financial Imbalances And Social Revolution
Insane Financial Imbalances And Social Revolution
Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,
A rebalancing of the economy and society will ultimately prove very positive, but first we must navigate the model collapse of insane financial extremes.
I’ve endeavored to explain how self-referential models veer into hallucinations that are accepted as accurate reflections of the real world. Models are by definition synthetic abstractions of the real world, and as these “train” on their own output, they drift away from authentic understanding without the users being aware that their “world” is both artificial and self-reinforcing: each iteration reinforces their belief in the model’s accuracy.
Patient users of AI programs can force AI to admit its output was a hallucination, at which point AI tends to abjectly apologize. But human pride–especially strong among those with high opinions of their intelligence and mastery of life–precludes recognition of catastrophic error (i.e. believing in a hallucination) and apologizing for the error.
Human hubris leads us to double-down when faced with evidence we’ve placed our faith in a hallucination. We deny that our system/model is a self-reinforcing hallucination even as we go over the falls. The faint cries of “save me!” are short-lived.
Models collapse from their own internal dynamics. They don’t need our approval. Our disapproval doesn’t stop their collapse. Our choices boil down to 1) go over the falls as models collapse; 2) snap out of the hallucination or 3) enter the netherworld of hyper-normalization, the state of mind where we embrace two contradictory “truths”: the hallucination is forever and we’re not surprised when it collapses.
Model collapse manifests in many ways: people and systems break down. Anti-social behaviors become normalized, and extremes are accepted as normal as we habituate to dysfunction and breakdowns.
I call this Anti-Progress: what we’re sold as “progress” actually reduces our quality of life. In my book The Mythology of Progress, I describe Progress as a powerful mythology, but it can also be understood as a model that is collapsing into a hallucination we cling to with hubristic tenacity.
In everyday life, these extremes manifest as Ultra-Processed Life, a synthetic world in which artificial substitutes have replaced authentic life and experiences because the model increases profits via unhealthy addictions in both the consumer and digital realms.
But people break down in this Mouse Utopia of ultra-processed abundance, and the model’s self-reinforcing iterations veer ever farther from authentic experiences.
Which brings us to my latest podcast with Richard Bonugli, Insane Financial Imbalances and a Social Revolution (36:34 min). The word “insane” is jarring, for the dominant model of the global order holds that financial extremes are not just sane, they’re proof that all is well, and so calling these extremes “insane” is what’s insane.
This is classic model collapse: up until the point of breakdown, the model seems to be functioning perfectly, because being self-referential, there is no other possible output other than the system is performing nominally.
In my new book Investing In Revolution, I describe the two structural flaws in the current model: 1) due to its success in generating abundance, the model’s adaptive capacity has decayed, leaving it incapable of adapting to rapidly changing real-world conditions, and 2) the dominance of the financial model has fatally imbalanced society and the economy, an extreme imbalance that will be rebalanced by the pendulum swinging to the opposite extreme.
I call this systemically predictable rebalancing a social revolution, as meet the new boss, same as the old boss is no longer sufficient: the values and incentives that maintain a sustainable balance between society and the economy must change. This Reformation is not financial or political, it is fundamentally social in nature.
This imbalance is visible in the widening divide between the share of the economy going to labor and capital: wage earners’ share has been declining for decades, reducing their capacity to afford a secure quality of life without piling up debt:
The earnings generated by ownership of capital go mostly to the very top of the wealth-power pyramid: the majority of income from capital flows to the top 0.25%, with the rest dribbling down to the top 5%.
The bottom 50%’s share of financial assets amounts to signal noise–2.6%.
This imbalance is so extreme that it will catalyze social disorder, yet to call it unsustainable is “insane.”
The health of the non-elites has reached crisis levels, yet this too is unremarkable because the model has a “solution”: more costly medications that must be taken for life: highly profitable, so all is well.
The hallucination that this is all wonderfully sustainable reveals the dominance of the financial model of how the world works. That society is breaking down is of no concern because natural gas is so abundant that we can easily power up AI data centers, and GDP is rising.
The problem is we only manage what we measure, and all the financial analysis “trains” on its own output. Those staring at screens of soaring stocks and corporate profits declare this is the best possible world while the social order breaks down around them.
A rebalancing of the economy and society will ultimately prove very positive, but first we must navigate the model collapse of insane financial extremes, extremes that are unrecognized in the current hallucination. The collision of the self-reinforcing hallucination with the real world will be challenging.
If we accept that the dominant models have lost their capacity to adapt, and that the imbalance between economic forces and society have reached extremes that demand rebalancing, we can return to the real world in good order. If we cling to the hallucination, then over the falls we will go.
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Tyler Durden
Mon, 12/22/2025 – 14:05
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/insane-financial-imbalances-and-social-revolution
Boys & Girls Clubs shooting for August opening of new center in Carpentersville
Work is underway on the $13.2 million transfomation of an old Carpentersville school into the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Northwest Suburbs’ new Woodlands Impact Center for middle and high school students.
After a “wall-breaking” event last month, construction is on track to have the old Woodlands Elementary School open as the new teen center by August, Chief Operating Officer Amanda Schleede said.
“It really became one of my biggest things on my to-do list, as the new CEO, to get the project moving and open as soon as possible,” Schleede said.
The Boys & Girls Clubs bought the vacant school at 775 Navajo Drive, in 2024 from Barrington School District 220.
The 40,000-square-foot building opened as an elementary school in 1950 and was used later as Hickory Hill Middle School in the 1980s. It’s been empty since 2010.
Some demo and remediation work was done last year, but construction stalled while the nonprofit searched for its new chief executive director. Schleede assumned the job in June.
Woodlands Impact Center will be geared toward middle and high school students who attend Barrington District 220 and Community Unit School District 300, which serves students in Carpentersville, Algonquin, Lake in the Hills and Hampshire. It will be able to accommodate up to 550 teens per day.
The current impact center is at Perry Elementary School, 251 Amarillo Drive, in Carpentersville. It provides after-school and summer programming to about 200 members.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Northwest Suburbs held a wall-breaking event to launch construction on its new Woodlands Impact Center, 775 Navajo Drive, in Carpentersville. The target completion date to finish converting an old middle school into the new facility is August, the clubs’ CEO says. (Mike Sein/Boys & Girls Clubs of the Northwest Suburbs)
Among the amenities in the new center will be a BuildLab and Create Lab for hands-on learning and creativity, a TechLab for podcasting and recording, a Culinary Lab for life and work skills training, a gym for athletics and recreation, and a Community Resource Center for counseling, food, clothing and possibly medical services, Schleede said.
“We are bringing some cool things to Woodlands that we have now, but will be supersized,” she said.
For example, the new commercial kitchen will allow the club to create a full culinary program, she said. Members will learn how to cook in their daily lives while also learning how to work in a kitchen and take and complete orders, she said. They plan to work with Elgin Community College on the program.
These are “spaces where teens can come and have a safe environment and hang out with friends while participating in an enrichment program,” Schleede said.
The center is being funded with donations and grant money, including $2 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Schleede is determined to have the center open by next August, and fundraising continues, Schleede said.
“We have our full capital campaign to finish up. We have $5.3 million that we still need to raise to complete the project,” she said.
The organization has been doing fundraisers throughout the year. The next one — the 2nd annual Great Futures Gala-Denim & Diamonds — will be held Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Wickstrom Autogroup-Lincoln Dealership in Barrington. Tickets are available at bgcnws.org/events/denim-diamonds-2026.
“One hundred percent of funds raised are for Woodland,” Schleede said.
There are also naming opportunities for rooms in the building and programs.
“This is a way for individuals and businesses to provide the teens with a place where the community can come together with a shared purpose and create brighter futures,” she said.
Gloria Casas is a freelance reporter for The Courier-News.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/22/boys-girls-club-impact-center-carpentersville/
Orland District 230 cancels $3 million property purchase for maintenance department
After months of discussions and even voting in late October to move forward with purchasing a property at 10608 W. 163rd St. in Orland Park for $3 million, the Orland High School District 230 Board voted last week to terminate the purchase agreement, citing costs.
The purchase was intended to house the maintenance department, while the board consider other uses for the building, including office space or a meeting and training center, Jennifer Waterman, District 230’s director of communications, said in October.
But during the 60-day due diligence period after the October vote, the district brought in architects and engineering firms to provide a cost analysis that produced concerning results.
“The costs of occupying the building for the building and maintenance department were higher than anticipated, and any future potential building plans would not be in the district’s best financial interests,” Waterman said in a statement.
District 230 Superintendent Robert Nolting said in June the district has considered the 163rd Street property since October 2024.
The board intended to use the proceeds from selling a 36-acre district property on South 108th Avenue for $2.57 million for the purchase, but the board could not come to an agreement on the sale and halted those discussions in September.
Several District 230 Board members expressed urgency in June to sell the Willow Grove acres so the district could purchase the property on West 163rd Street while it was still available.
Board member Susan Dalton said in June if the district lost to another buyer, “we are back to square one, and I think it could be a long time to find something that would actually work for us.”
Nolting said the property purchase would help ensure the district’s maintenance department has resources to be functional, as the department now operates out of a house built in the 1960s without electricity, gas or drinkable running water.
Nolting also said 163rd Street property could be used to house five to six district programs, such as an adult learning program, alternative learning for students who struggle and career readiness.
“We pay a lot of money for those programs, and we think we can capture that money back,” Nolting said in June. “But our hope is that a switch of property at the minimum provides our maintenance department with a better facility than they have right now.”
Other board members were hesitant. Mohammed Jaber protested any immediate action, saying the $2.5 million price suggested for Willow Grove from a June appraisal would not be enough. Selling the property for more could help the district better fund the purchase of the West 163rd Street property, he said.
“I feel like we need to show everyone that we have tried to squeeze as much money out of Willow Grove as possible,” Jaber said in June.
Jaber voted against setting a price for Willow Grove in June and against the purchase of 10608 W. 163rd in October, which he said “would have taken money away from our three high schools.”
The Willow Grove property contains four structures: two warehouses, a storage building and a residence, all built between 1960 and 2006. The storage building received the lowest condition rating, at poor, indicating it’s in a state of disrepair, while the other structures received fair and average ratings from a June appraisal. Nolting said those conditions are undesirable.
District 230 is made up of Carl Sandburg High School in Orland Park, Victor J. Andrew High School in Tinley Park and Amos Alonzo Stagg High School in Palos Hills.
awright@chicagotribune.com
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/22/orland-district-230-cancels-property-purchase/
Masiva marcha de mineros en medio de paro por eliminación de subsidio a los combustibles en Bolivia
Por CARLOS VALDEZ
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Una multitudinaria y ruidosa marcha de mineros congestionó el lunes las calles del centro de La Paz mientras se realizaban protestas en otras ciudades de Bolivia durante el primer día de un paro obrero para rechazar la eliminación del subsidio a los combustibles establecida por el nuevo gobierno del presidente Rodrigo Paz.
La policía cercó los ingresos a la plaza central donde está el Palacio de Gobierno en La Paz para impedir el ingreso de manifestantes. En la vecina ciudad de El Alto, juntas vecinales mantenían cortadas algunas avenidas y había cortes carreteros en rutas de seis de las nueve regiones, según la Administradora de Carreteras.
“Estamos en las calles en una lucha que va a continuar hasta derogar ese decreto que elimina la subvención”, dijo Andrés Paye, dirigente minero a la prensa. “Este gobierno aprueba normas para favorecer a los empresarios y castigar a los pobres”, agregó.
Sindicatos afines al expresidente Evo Morales (2006-2019) protagonizaban, mientras tanto, una masiva marcha en Cochabamba, la tercera ciudad del país andino y mantenían cortada dos rutas troncales en el oriente.
Aparte de esas protestas, el paro general —que fue convocado por la Central Obrera Boliviana (COB)— no había tenido aparentemente un impacto total en su primera jornada.
El gobierno pudo cerrar acuerdos el fin de semana con la mayoría de los sindicatos del transporte, por lo que desactivó la protesta y abrió negociaciones con otros sectores. El transporte era normal en La Paz, aunque en el sector urbano en Santa Cruz, la más poblada en el oriente, era escaso.
“No hay paro, los transportistas trabajaremos en servicio del pueblo”, dijo a la prensa Lucio Gómez, dirigente del gremio tras la reunión con autoridades.
Luis Paco, otro dirigente sindical, señaló a la prensa que “sabíamos que en algún momento iba a terminar la subvención, no era el momento, no se concertó el ajuste, pero era inevitable”.
Paz, quien asumió el 8 de noviembre, puso fin al subsidio a los combustibles que habían mantenido por más de 20 años los gobiernos de izquierda a un precio de 0,53 dólares por litro, pero las importaciones de gasolina y diésel, que anualmente llegaban a 3.000 millones de dólares, agotaron las reservas de divisas y agravaron la peor crisis económica que golpea a los bolivianos en cuatro décadas tras el declive de la industria de hidrocarburos, principal sostén económico.
“El país está enfermo y hay que sanarlo. Cada día se destinan 10 millones de dólares a una subvención que termina beneficiando al contrabando. La medida no tiene marcha atrás, pero es el punto de partida”, dijo el mandatario centroderechista durante un encuentro con ciudadanos el domingo en la televisora estatal.
“Estas medidas inician un nuevo ciclo país tras 20 años de populismo”, señaló el ministro de la Presidencia, José Luis Lupo. Su colega de Economía, José Gabriel Espinoza, señaló que la eliminación del subsidio significa “un ahorro de 10 millones de dólares al día para el Estado”.
En tanto, Paz decretó un aumento salarial del 20% que alcanza al 15% de la fuerza laboral, ya que el 85% está en el sector informal, mientras que mantuvo los bonos sociales para ancianos y familias pobres, los cuales —según anunció— tendrán un incremento. Por su parte, los transportistas podrán importar autopartes sin aranceles.
Los sectores empresariales han respaldado las medidas, las cuales también han sido apoyadas por el gobierno de Estados Unidos. Paz busca atraer inversiones para reactivar la economía.
“Los grupos afines a Evo Morales y la COB están buscando mostrar su fuerza, pero han quedado debilitados”, consideró el profesor en Ciencias Políticas, Carlos Cordero, en declaraciones a The Associated Press. “En muchos sectores del país hay la convicción de que el ajuste era necesario. Los que perdieron poder buscan recuperar convocatoria en las elecciones de abril de gobernadores y alcaldes cuando se complete de reconfigurar el poder político en Bolivia”.
Fuerzas turcas chocan con kurdos al acercarse plazo para implementar acuerdo
Por GHAITH ALSAYED
DAMASCO (AP) — Estallaron enfrentamientos entre las fuerzas de seguridad sirias y combatientes kurdos el lunes, mientras funcionarios turcos visitaban Damasco antes del plazo para implementar un acuerdo entre el gobierno y las fuerzas lideradas por kurdos en el noreste del país.
La agencia de noticias estatal siria SANA informó que dos civiles murieron y ocho resultaron heridos por bombardeos, y decenas de familias huyeron de dos barrios de la ciudad de Alepo, en el norte de Siria, donde han ocurrido brotes de violencia previos.
No estaba claro cómo comenzaron los nuevos enfrentamientos en los barrios de Sheikh Maqsoud y Achrafieh en Alepo. La agencia de Defensa Civil de Siria indicó que dos de sus socorristas resultaron heridos después de que combatientes de las Fuerzas Democráticas Sirias lideradas por kurdos abrieran fuego contra su vehículo.
Un portavoz de las FDS en un comunicado acusó a las fuerzas gubernamentales de abrir fuego contra un puesto de control kurdo, mientras que funcionarios del gobierno acusaron a las FDS de atacar primero.
En Damasco, apareciendo junto a su homólogo sirio, el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Turquía, Hakan Fidan, declaró que sus conversaciones con funcionarios sirios se centraron en la integración de las FDS en el nuevo ejército sirio, así como en las incursiones militares de Israel en el sur de Siria y la lucha contra el grupo Estado Islámico.
“La estabilidad de Siria significa la estabilidad de Turquía. Esto es extremadamente importante para nosotros”, afirmó. Hizo un llamado a las FDS para que “dejen de ser un obstáculo para que Siria logre estabilidad, unidad y prosperidad”.
La delegación de Fidan, que también incluyó al ministro de Defensa de Turquía, Yasar Guler, y al jefe de inteligencia, Ibrahim Kalin, se reunió con el presidente interino de Siria, Ahmad al-Sharaa.
El acuerdo de integración enfrenta obstáculos
Según el acuerdo de marzo firmado entre el gobierno de al-Sharaa y las FDS, la fuerza liderada por kurdos debía fusionarse con el nuevo ejército sirio, pero los detalles quedaron vagos y la implementación se ha estancado.
Un punto de fricción importante ha sido si las FDS permanecerían como una unidad cohesiva en el nuevo ejército o si se disolverían y sus miembros se integrarían individualmente en el nuevo ejército.
Turquía se ha opuesto a que las FDS se unan como una sola unidad. Ankara considera a las FDS como una organización terrorista debido a su asociación con el Partido de los Trabajadores del Kurdistán, o PKK, que ha llevado a cabo una insurgencia de larga duración en Turquía, aunque ahora está en marcha un proceso de paz.
Funcionarios kurdos han dicho que se ha alcanzado un acuerdo preliminar para permitir que tres divisiones afiliadas a las FDS se integren como unidades en el nuevo ejército, pero no está claro cuán cerca están las partes de finalizarlo. El plazo original para la implementación del acuerdo de marzo era a finales de año, y ha habido temores de una confrontación militar si no se avanza para entonces.
El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Siria, Asaad al-Shibani, hablando junto a Fidan, dijo: “No hemos visto una iniciativa o una voluntad seria por parte de las Fuerzas Democráticas Sirias para implementar este acuerdo. Ha habido una dilación sistemática”.
Señaló que Damasco había presentado una propuesta a las FDS para avanzar con la fusión militar y recibió una respuesta el domingo, sin dar más detalles.
Turquía critica la presencia de Israel en Siria
Fidan criticó las “políticas expansionistas” de Israel en Siria y acusó a las FDS de coordinarse con Israel, sin aportar pruebas. Israel ha sido cauteloso con las nuevas autoridades en Siria desde la caída del ex presidente Bashar Assad en diciembre de 2024.
Aunque al-Sharaa, ex líder de un grupo insurgente islamista, ha dicho que no quiere un conflicto con Israel, las fuerzas israelíes se han movido para apoderarse de una zona de amortiguamiento patrullada por la ONU en el sur de Siria y han lanzado cientos de ataques aéreos en sitios militares sirios.
Aunque Turquía tuvo una relación complicada con al-Sharaa cuando era el líder de Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, una facción armada que gobernaba gran parte del noroeste de Siria, Ankara ha respaldado a su gobierno desde que lideró una carga que derrocó a Assad.
Turquía, junto con Arabia Saudí y Qatar, intervino para persuadir al presidente estadounidense Donald Trump de levantar sanciones de décadas sobre Siria. El ejército turco también ha brindado apoyo al nuevo ejército sirio, incluyendo el entrenamiento de cadetes y oficiales.
Preguntado sobre la posibilidad de una intervención turca contra las FDS en Siria en una rueda de prensa el viernes, Omer Celik, portavoz del partido gobernante del presidente turco Recep Tayyip Erdogan, enfatizó que el ejército de Turquía tiene preparativos en marcha para garantizar la seguridad del país pero agregó: “No queremos que esto sea necesario”.
“Las disposiciones del acuerdo deben implementarse rápidamente”, dijo, y “en el próximo período, deberíamos enfocar nuestra energía en que turcos, kurdos y árabes vivan juntos en prosperidad y paz”.
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La corresponsal Suzan Frazer en Ankara contribuyó con esta nota.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Dave Chappelle Says Charlie Kirk “Was No MLK” In New Netflix Special
Dave Chappelle Says Charlie Kirk “Was No MLK” In New Netflix Special
Sometimes comedians fall flat, especially when they write jokes about a recently murdered person without understanding the fundamental facts of their life. Is it possible to make comedy about a recent assassination and be legitimately funny. Probably. However, Chappelle missed a golden opportunity to expose some truth and instead tried to play it safe and ride the political fence.
In Chappelle’s latest Netflix comedy special entitled “The Unstoppable”, the comedian touched on the issue of Kirk’s murder but never provided any profound insights. He did try to put himself in Kirk’s shoes, admitting his fears that he could end up in the same position due to his criticisms of trans ideology.
“This is another reason it’s hard to talk in America, ’cause, you know, if you talk for a living and see Charlie Kirk get murdered that way, I’m gonna be honest, ni*ga, I was shook. I mean, Charlie Kirk is the wholesome white guy, and they killed this motherfucker.”
“…When all the information was still shoddy, they came out, they were like, ‘Apparently, there were transgender messages inscribed on the bullets.’ I was like, ‘Oh no! I’m dead as fried chicken!’”
The brass cases were actually inscribed with Antifa slogans and a “furry” meme, though the prime suspect, Tyler Robinson, is a far-left gay man who was living with his transgender boyfriend at the time. According to the charging record, Robinson’s conservative parents confronted him about the killing and said that he confessed to committing the crime. They convinced him to surrender to police after he indicated he might commit suicide.
It’s unfortunate that Chappelle so carefully avoided the elephant in the room by ignoring this fact, as well as the widespread celebration among leftists over Kirk’s death.
In the wake of the event there was a relentless progressive propaganda campaign designed to misinform the American public that Tyler Robinson is a “MAGA conservative” instead of a gay leftist. This culminated in a propaganda screed by another “comedian”, Jimmy Kimmel, who used his network platform to spread the same falsehoods. Chappelle defended Kimmel instead of acknowledging why his show was punished by the network.
Like Kirk, Chappelle also faced an attack when a gay man carrying a knife rushed him on stage because of a routine about transgender people. The comedian says he is now fearful of going on stage and being killed.
“My voice has become more powerful than I intended it to be, and I cannot let these n*ggas do me like Charlie Kirk. Or even worse than that, what if these n*ggas trip me up somehow, co-opt me, and then make me say the things that they want me to say? We can’t have that.”
The comedian claimed that “white people” compared Charlie Kirk to Martin Luther King, and then he mocked the notion.
Dave Chappelle trashes Charlie Kirk in his new standup special, acting like Charlie was purely an online influencer instead of someone who toured and shared his message in person and amplified those IRL interactions via social media pic.twitter.com/h1fA6v6yWb
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) December 20, 2025
Critics argue that comparing Kirk to MLK was never an actual point of contention among conservatives (or white people in general) and that Chappelle has constructed a strawman to pander to liberals and “centrists.”
Chappelle calls Kirk an “internet personality” and seems completely oblivious to his numerous campus talks and the size and scope of the Turning Point USA movement. If there are any similarities (beyond assassination) between MLK and Kirk, it is that they both engaged with the public and students regularly on college campuses to defend their ideals.
And, if we’re talking about religious devotion or Christian virtue, at least Kirk was faithful to his wife. MLK was a notorious adulterer.
It should be mentioned that Charlie Kirk defended Dave Chappelle’s comedy routines on the transgender issue when Chappelle was facing career cancellation by the political left. He also condemned the lack of charges against the man who attacked Chappelle onstage, warning that it would encourage further political violence.
Dave Chappelle exposes the truth about trans as only he can. This is brilliant. WATCH: pic.twitter.com/bV71LaM6E1
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) January 1, 2024
The very idea that comedians today have a fear of violent reprisal for political jokes shows that, unfortunately, assassinations can be very effective in squelching free speech simply by compelling people to self censor. Leftists know this well, it’s the reason they cheered for Kirk’s death and called for more killings.
Chappelle, like most celebrities, may be greatly overestimating his political influence. If Charlie Kirk is no MLK, then Dave Chappelle is definitely no Charlie Kirk. That said, the weak response by public figures like Chappelle against the political left’s violence only emboldens them further.
Tyler Durden
Mon, 12/22/2025 – 13:45
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dave-chappelle-says-charlie-kirk-was-no-mlk-new-netflix-special
