Am plecat din Montreal spre Vancouver cu un avion Air Canada, cam peticit, dar care oferea pentru 20 dolari conexie internet wi-fi pe toat\u0103 durata zborului! (Dac\u0103 \u0219tia\u021bi dinainte c\u0103 exist\u0103 Wi-fi \u00een avioane, nu r\u00e2de\u021bi de un om b\u0103tr\u00e2n\u2026) Eu nu, a\u0219a c\u0103 era s\u0103 cad de pe scaun c\u00e2nd am aflat\u2026noroc c\u0103 aveam centura de siguran\u021b\u0103 pus\u0103 \u0219i nici loc unde s\u0103 cad nu prea era). Nu am pl\u0103tit cei 20 dolari, pentru c\u0103 doamna stewardes\u0103 a sosit cu m\u00e2ncarea exact c\u00e2nd s\u0103 ap\u0103s pe butonul \u201eBuy\u201d. A\u0219a\u00a0c\u0103 am ron\u021b\u0103it ni\u0219te macaroane uscate cu br\u00e2nz\u0103 sleit\u0103, \u00een loc s\u0103 pierd vremea pe Facebook\u2026Dar nu-i a\u0219a c\u0103 ar fi fost \u201ecool\u201d?<\/p>\n
Am ajuns noaptea la Seattle, dup\u0103 ce un avion cu elice de pe vremea lui James Bond \u00cent\u00e2iul m-a transbordat peste grani\u021b\u0103. \u00cen State m-am deplasat \u00eencolo \u0219i \u00eencoace cu ma\u0219ini UBER \u0219oferite cu prec\u0103dere de emigran\u021bi care abia vorbeau englez\u0103. Am f\u0103cut conversa\u021bie cu m\u00e2inile \u00een diferite limbi \u2013 etiopian\u0103, iordanian\u0103, omanian\u0103, pakistanez\u0103 \u0219i mai ales \u00een poliglot\u0103. Nu am \u00eendr\u0103znit s\u0103-i \u00eentreb pe respectivii driveri dac\u0103 prezen\u021ba lor \u00een State este documentat\u0103 sau nu, dar nu era treaba mea.<\/p>\n
Mi-am vizitat odrasla la locul de munc\u0103 \u2013 \u00eentreprinderea frunta\u0219\u0103 pe ramur\u0103 Microsoft, din comuna Redmond, jude\u021bul\u00a0Washington. Am v\u0103zut cu ochii mei cum se preg\u0103teste tehnologia cea mai avansat\u0103 pentru f\u0103urirea viitorilor zombi, omul nou cel cu ochii lipi\u021bi de ecran \u0219i cu fruntea conectat\u0103 la realitatea virtual\u0103. Nu va mai fi nevoie s\u0103 mai facem turism clasic, e suficient s\u0103 \u00eenc\u0103rc\u0103m softul necesar, s\u0103 ap\u0103s\u0103m pe un buton \u0219i iat\u0103-ne \u00een Roma, \u00een China, \u00een America de Sud\u2026.cele de ast\u0103zi sau din trecut.<\/p>\n
Un ora\u0219 civilizat, cu str\u0103zi mai curate dec\u00e2t un restaurant McDonald (nu prea mi-a ie\u0219it compara\u021bia asta, nu-i a\u0219a? ), cu multi m\u00e2nc\u0103tori de pe\u0219te oceanic, cu mult\u0103 verdea\u021b\u0103 (ora\u0219ul, nu pe\u0219tele), \u0219i care ad\u0103poste\u0219te uzinele Boeing, fabricile cu cea mai mare produc\u021bie de avioane la hectar din lume, lider american \u00een ceea ce prive\u0219te exporturile, m\u00e2ndria lui Trump Vod\u0103!\u00a0(Impresiile de la uzina de avioane, alt\u0103dat\u0103!).<\/p>\n
Cele opt zile de vacan\u021b\u0103 au trecut repede, \u0219i iat\u0103-ma iar la aeroport. Bye bye, USA \u2013 \u021bara unde se intr\u0103 greu \u0219i se iese \u0219i mai greu\u2026legal.
\nPa\u0219aportul \u0219i biletul \u021bi se verific\u0103 cel pu\u021bin de dou\u0103 ori (ceea ce este mai bine dec\u00e2t \u00een Cuba unde respectiva opera\u021bie are loc de 6 ori, de multe ori efectuat\u0103 de gr\u0103niceri care stau la un metru unul de altul).<\/p>\n
Apoi urmeaz\u0103 lunga coad\u0103 de a\u0219teptare la verificarea de securitate\u2026
\nC\u00e2nd te apropii de punctul de control, ai brusc impresia c\u0103 vei asista la un show de strip-tease.<\/p>\n
Cu mic \u0219i mare, b\u0103rba\u021bi, femei \u0219i celelalte 72 de genuri identificate deocamdat\u0103 (\u00een cur\u00e2nd vor dep\u0103\u0219i num\u0103rul de elemente din tabelul lui Mendeleev) \u00eencep s\u0103 \u00ee\u0219i dea jos geaca, pulloverul, cureaua, rimelul, s\u0103 \u00ee\u0219i goleasc\u0103 buzunarele de m\u0103run\u021bi\u0219 \u0219i \u00een sf\u00e2r\u0219it, s\u0103 \u00ee\u0219i scoat\u0103 pantofii!<\/p>\n
Tensiunea cre\u0219te\u2026 (Parc\u0103 \u00eel aud \u00een difuzor pe Joe Cocker: \u201cYou may leave your hat on\u201d\u2026 That\u2019s not for you, sir, zice ofi\u021berul, trezindu-m\u0103din visare \u2013 hats off, please).
\nDin fericire (deocamdat\u0103) m\u0103surile de securitate se opresc aici. Nu se \u0219tie la ce se va ajunge \u00een viitor.<\/p>\n
\u00cen tricou, f\u0103r\u0103 curea \u0219i f\u0103r\u0103 pantofi, nu \u0219tii dac\u0103 urmeaz\u0103 s\u0103 intri \u00een pu\u0219c\u0103rie sau la moschee\u2026.<\/p>\n
Nici una, nici alta, ci doar \u00een aparatul de raze X, unde prime\u0219ti o radiografie gratuit\u0103 fa\u021b\u0103-verso, iar apoi un ecran verde te declara OK.<\/p>\n
(Ok la ce? \u2013 am \u00eentrebat. Am arterele bune, stau bine cu pl\u0103m\u00e2nii? \u2013 That\u2019s confidential,\u00a0sir\u2026.It\u2019s just for us).<\/p>\n
Aha! Acum \u00een\u021beleg de ce Obama Care a costat a\u0219a de mult. S\u0103n\u0103tatea grani\u021belor \u00eenainte de orice.<\/p>\n
Abia ai trecut de americani, \u0219i te \u00eent\u00e2mpin\u0103 canadienii care doresc s\u0103 \u0219tie dac\u0103 nu cumva vrei s\u0103 introduci \u00een \u021bara lor periculoasele sandvi\u0219uri, salamuri, br\u00e2nz\u0103 de NAFTA sau mai mult de dou\u0103 sticle de vin.<\/p>\n
Nu, b\u0103ie\u021bi, nu vin cu vin\u2026.Ajunge c\u0103 vin cu ideile mele reac\u021bionare\u2026.<\/p>\n
Oricum, cele din Spania sunt mai bune (vinurile, nu ideile).<\/p>\n
\u00cen tot acest r\u0103stimp, pe la frontierele nep\u0103zite ale Americii, Canadei, Europei trec zeci de imigran\u021bi nedocumenta\u021bi, viitorii \u0219omeri de lux nenecesari sistemului capitalist (Cu tot cu sandvi\u0219uri).<\/p>\n
Vacan\u021ba s-a terminat! La munc\u0103, s\u0103 avem de unde s\u0103 pl\u0103tim \u0219omajul (altora)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Am vizitat, la invita\u021bia lui fi-miu (fost olimpic, fost student canadian, azi b\u0103rbat cu mult\u0103 carte, vorba c\u00e2ntecului) coasta de Vest din \u021bara lui Trump Vod\u0103. Am plecat din Montreal spre Vancouver cu un avion Air Canada, cam peticit, dar care oferea pentru 20 dolari conexie internet wi-fi pe toat\u0103 durata zborului! (Dac\u0103 \u0219tia\u021bi dinainte […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":43886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Am vizitat, la invita\u021bia lui fi-miu, coasta de Vest din \u021bara lui Trump Vod\u0103.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[223],"tags":[3868,3869],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/paginiromanesti.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/airport-3511342_1920.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9PoWe-bpH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paginiromanesti.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43877"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paginiromanesti.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paginiromanesti.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paginiromanesti.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paginiromanesti.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paginiromanesti.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paginiromanesti.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paginiromanesti.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paginiromanesti.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paginiromanesti.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}