Earning The Best (Meta) Reputation Isn't Obvious: Canary Islands 43 Update
- It was mostly cars and car parts, like the chapter of Minter's Secondhand in the Bronx. Not electronics.
- There is no Totall Reclaim, no Closed Loop, no Intercon, no western recycler mentioned at all. That's usually the first question press ask for. So it's like the Joe "Hurricane" Benson story, where the Diaspora is in complete control of both the supply lines and the demand purchase order.
- The Spanish Canarias (Islands) Civil Guard carried out the arrests. That's not the same as high profile UK Environmental Agency, whose chief (Lord Chris Smith, who first introduced Mike "fishing as a boy" Anane to INTEROL) was stirring enforcement 13 years ago. But like the barrister in the Hurricane Benson case, we expect that some poor local prosecutor has been handed allegations which he'll have trouble making sense of. (Juan Solera said the UK Banniser he interviewed seemed unsure).
- Canary Islands has the most hotels per Spanish population - a common attraction to Africa's diaspora, whose used electronics networks have snapped up hotel upgrades for decades.
So on Friday I boarded a flight to Spain and sent out an email to 25 people... I'm jumping in the pool, with my Duolingo (396 straight days of Spanish) and Whatsapp Translate. But how do I complete these forms as an American - and one with a "reputation"?
This is quickly about hoped next steps... But also about your Meta Reputation, and how to steer it. Show of hands, who remembers St. Louis Cardinals manager Branch Rickey? Other than the fact I grew up watching Cardinal's baseball on a black and white analogue TV at my grandparent's guest bedroom, why do I think Branch Rickey is the ultimate Meta Reputation? How is this obscure American 1940's baseball manager vital to understanding European E-Waste Policy?
