Spanish
Generosity: It's reported that Spaniards are the most supportive
Europeans when it comes to foreign aid. This sits well with the
accolade of also being the best at donating their organs. On the
other hand . . . Spain
has only taken in eighteen of the 17,000 refugees it promised to
shelter 4 months ago. Though it's probably not approriate for a Brit
to comment on this.
Gibraltar:
The - inevitably aggressive - comments from the Spanish Foreign
Minister – Motormouth Magallo – have naturally caused a
similar response from The Rock's Chief Minister. Magallo, he says, is
acting like Franco routinely did. As if that weren't enough, he's
also compared him to North Korea's leader. All good, dirty fun.
Reportedly, Spain is considering
closing its airspace to flights heading to Gib and imposing a border
tax of €50, each way – in what the PSOE party here has described
as "an escalation of bravado" between the 2 governments and
the cheap scoring of political points by the (outgoing?) PP party.
Some
Personal Notes:
- Chocolate: As someone who never passes up the chance to eat at least one Mars Bar, one Snickers bar and 100gm slab of this a week, I was delighted to read this morning that it's not only good for your heart, reduces the risk of strokes and helps protect your skin from the sun but also makes you smarter. By improving your memory and abstract thinking. At least, I think that's what the article said. BTW . . . Have you noticed how the above bars have progressively reduced to a weight of 50gm, while the prices have increased?
- The Pope's Legions; They continue to besiege me on Google+ but it finally dawned on me today that this is because I allow the entire 'Public' to post on my page. But not now. Problem solved.
- Good Company?: This blog, dear reader, broke through the 1,000 barrier yesterday. Says Google. This isn't the first time but the last time was a one-off. Now, it looks like being a regular event. Needless to say, I'm very gratified. And wondering how the hell to make money out of this.
Talking
of money . . .
Obscenity?:
Some pretty tennis player has admitted taking a banned substance and
lost her Nike contract. This is the main item on Sky News this
morning – which says a lot – and they've been tossing around her
annual income numbers – 20, 23, 25, 30 million dollars - as if they
were peanut totals. Anyway, with her huge accumulated earnings
todate, I doubt the lady will really miss Nike's millions, earned
mostly from selling cheaply-made trainers at high prices to poor
kids. Presumably these can now be donated to charities around the
world.
Finally
. . . An English national anthem?. These are the candidates to
replace the God Save The Queen dirge that compares so badly
with, say, every other national anthem. In slightly reducing
degrees of dirge-ness:
- Rule Brittania
- Jerusalem. Or here for a rendition by a wonderful NZ lady.
- Land of Hope and Glory.
One of Pontevedra's handsome squares in the old quarter:
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