Socialism, makin’ life great.
If there is one thing more likely to incite wide-spread social unrest in the Philippines than watching Manny Pacquiao lose to Floyd Mayweather tonight, it is Filipinos not being able to watch it all… and that is why, as The South China Morning Post reports, residents of the western Philippines are being asked to turn off their refrigerators so there will be enough electricity to watch tonight’s fight. However, Rante Ramos, secretary of the electrical cooperative on the island of Palawan, warned, even with help, there is likely to remain a power shortfall and “some circuits may inevitably be switched off.”
As The South Cina Morning Post reports,
Residents of the western Philippines are being asked to turn off their refrigerators so there will be enough electricity to watch this weekend’s fight between local boxing legend Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jnr.
Rante Ramos, secretary of the electrical cooperative on the island of Palawan, posted the appeal on Facebook on Wednesday, saying that the area faced a power shortfall that might result in an outage on Sunday when the long-awaited fight airs in the Philippines.
“Truth is, come May 3… Palawan grid would still be 2-megawatt short of power supply. Some circuits may inevitably be switched off,” he warned.
“Collectively we can do something. On May 3, let’s all voluntarily switch off or disconnect as many appliances as we could,” he said, asking that about 15,000 homes switch off their refrigerators for a few hours.
He also urged people not to use their washing machines, air-conditioners and irons until the fight is over.
Palawan’s capital of Puerto Princesa has been suffering daily power outages lasting two to three hours due to a supply shortfall.
However the entire nation is eagerly anticipating the “fight of the century” between Pacquiao, regarded as a national figure, and unbeaten American Mayweather to finally answer who is the better pound-for-pound boxer of their generation.
The fight is going to be shown live in public on widescreen TVs in the city, sponsored by two candidates who are running for mayor in Puerto Princesa elections on May 8.
It will also be shown on a pay-per-view basis in many bars and hotels of the popular resort city.
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While for now the odds favor Mayweather, here are some champs explaining just how Pacquiao can pull this off…
That fight was an absolute dissapointment. what ever happen to boxing with real men in the ring. its all about the money. I’ve seen better fights out of high school girls.
Mayweather walked away with a one hundred and eighty MILLION dollar paycheck and may end up with two hundred million before all is said and done. Not a bad payload for what was likely a staged act not unlike WWE and TNA “wrestling” matches.
Which if course Mayweather will have to pay out in various lawsuits for violent behavior toward God knows how many women…the guy is the very definition of scumbag (not named a politician or bankster).
This fight is complete and total bullshit. This isn,t a fight , it’s a damn circus act. You won’t see one drop of blood in this BS fight. These two clowns are a joke.
Yeah, I’m about ready to see Don King step out from behind the curtain. Boxing fans, is there another group of people on the planet more gullible? For that matter, any sporting competition at the professional level is painstakingly thought out to determine the most money making outcome possible, the outcome certainly is not decided in the ring or on the field of play. Yet, the majority of fans think only wrestling is “rigged”. Wrestling is the M.O., of all sports franchises and, although everyone knows it’s just a show, it still draws huge crowds of retards to matches and has good TV ratings. So, am I out of line telling you that “it’s all rigged”?
Wrestling fans are definitely more gullible!
Just wondering of anyone here saw the Kentucky Derby…I know horse racing is fixed like boxing, wrestling and the NFL, but I have a love of horses, and Secretariat is the best athlete of all time!
You are absolutely right Millard. and I will have you know that there is no way on earth I would pay so much as $2. to watch anything of the sort, however a friend of mine wanted to come over and watch it on my 60″ tv so I let him go ahead and pay the $100. on pay per view ( which I think he should have his head examined for doing so) in doing so, never the less, I watched the fight. Now I am no sports fan at all, but again, like I stated earlier, I have seen far better fights between two girls back when I was in high school. (government indoctrination camp that is.) I also know people who will fight you nearly to the death because they are convinced that wrestling is real. I just dont understand how people who walk upright and talk can be that stupid.
If a jew can squeeze a dime out of the gig, it’s rigged.
Sports are just another NWO distraction.
Besides, you don’t think they’re all fixed?
Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic.
I don’t believe these stories of other countries rationing electricity, etc… I think that’s to make OUR collapse not look bad. I’m calling bullshit on these “electricity rationing” stories about Phillipines & Venezuela.