Los
Indignados: It's the 5th anniversary of the start of this movement,
which brought us a change in Spain's political scenery. Here and here
are Guy Hedgecoe and The Local on this. The former quotes an observer
who believes that Spain has woken up, that a lot has changed and that
“People no longer believe the media’s lies, nor those of politicians': they want another way of doing things”. Well, right now, they're not getting it as we have no government at all. And possibly won't have after the repeat elections in June.
Spain's
High Speed Train Expertise: This was supposed to be showcased by
the creation of new lines in Saudi Arabia for its millions of annual
pilgrims. Alas, it hasn't turned out quite like this. See here for
Don Quijones on the subject.
Religions:
These all demand universal respect simply because they're, well, religions.
Satanism is no exception in this regard, which naturally creates a few problems for their fellow religionists. Here's a nice example of the approach
of one Satanic temple in the USA.
Homeopathy:
Talking about unfounded beliefs . . . If you think a homeopathic
medicine is valid for, say, asthma, maybe you should read this. Or
any of the many other reports on the finding of the American Chemical
Society that homeopathy is 'bunk'. Mind you, you probably won't
change your opinion, given that it wasn't rational in the first
place. As with religions.
Finally .
. . The Eurovision Song Contest: This annual celebration of raucously
poor music and great kitsch almost descended into farce last night,
when that famous European country - Australia – led the field until
the very last moment. Only to be overtaken by the Ukrainian entry
about the Russian expulsion of Tartars from the Crimea after some
bizarre public voting. (Just in case you read that wrongly, I should
stress this expulsion was during WW2 and not after the bizarre
voting). And in case you didn't have the immense pleasure of hearing the
winning entry, here it is. It's nicely called either 1944 or They
Kill You All. See the end of this post for the lyrics, without the
bits in Ukrainian. Needless to say, the Russians aren't very happy
about this. Especially as their entry was one of the favourites.
Killjoys. Moscow's propaganda channel, RT TV, didn't mention the
event in their 9am news headlines. Or in the program that followed. As ever, they went with anti-Turkey
allegations.
My little
lemon tree has produced an enormous lemon. Possibly the largest I've
ever seen. Here's a foto which tries to put it in perspective.
Ukraine's '1944'
When
strangers are coming...
They come
to your house,
They kill
you all
and say,
We’re
not guilty
not
guilty.
Where is
your mind?
Humanity
cries.
You think
you are gods.
But
everyone dies.
Don't
swallow my soul.
Our souls
We could
build a future
Where
people are free
to live
and love.
The
happiest time.
Where is
your heart?
Humanity
rise.
You think
you are gods
But
everyone dies.
Don't
swallow my soul.
Our souls.
NOTE: I
promised to send a recent (Dutch?) pilgrim all my fotos of the
graffiti around Pontevedra city. Could he or she write to me at, of
course, drossbin@gmail.com so that I can send them. And anyone else
who's interested in seeing these.
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