Random Saturday thoughts:-

Is there anything the world needs less than the Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez talking to Iran about swapping uranium for nuclear know-how?

When you go to the police station and make a report about would-be burglars in your garden and you provide your identity card, what possible value is added to the process by answering the classically Spanish question “And what are the names of your father and your mother?”?

Someone has said it’s now easier and cheaper to get a divorce in Spain than to negotiate the termination of a contract with Telefonica. But wasn’t this just as true before the new law came into effect? Even if it did take ten times longer to get a divorce before.

Can anyone get more than a blank page when they try to get information on the lowest price petrol stations in Spain when they click this government site?

Does anyone really know why milk prices here have risen by 24% this year or why Spanish farmers get more for their milk than any others in the EU?

Has any country missed its Kyoto emissions targets by more than Spain?

Does that country also have a press which is constantly criticising the USA for its energy consumption?

Who believes the BBVA bank when it says house prices in Spain will fall by 1.9% in 2009 and that the slow down in real estate will only have a limited effect on the Spanish economy?