Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable.
Christopher Howse: A Pilgrim in Spain
Spain- In honour of International's Women's Day . . . This, this and this.
- The Local thinks all this activity will impact April's elections. See here.
- And here's El País on what happened yesterday.
- There are, though, some women who believe things have gone far too far. Needless to say, they are Vox voters.
- The bridge I walk across 2-4 times a day is being pedestrianised. For perpetuity, I read. Not only that . . . It will be 'improved' so that it's prettier and easier for camino pilgrims to walk across. I'm not sure how, other than putting the blue lights in the pavement that are already a feature of the old quarter. This, of course, will make traffic flow in the city more difficult that it is now. Which has been a priority for our mayor as long as I've been here. But, as so often in Spain, one wonders about other possible motives for public works that don't - on the surface - seem essential. Are 'pilgrims' so much more important than, say, hospital services?
- Both Cataluña and Britain are deluded, according this this (French) commentator.
- When it suits his purposes, one of Fart's golf course us only worth $1.4 million. And when it suits his purposes, it’s worth $50 million. He did this while applying for loans from Deutsche Bank and others. That’s called bank fraud. And understating the value for tax purposes is tax fraud. When it’s done at the same time for the same assets, it’s an open and shut case.
- Fart and and his problems with deficits.
- One of the best Bill Maher monologues. Hilarious and depressing at the same time.
- God speaks to one of his con-merchants.
- Right Wing Nutter v. Right Wing Nutter. Jerome Corsi sues Alex Jones for defamation. Too funny for words.
- Word of the Day: It could only be . . . Igualdad
- Odd Old Word: Rose cold: 'A variety of hay-fever, occurring in spring or early summer, attributed to rose pollen¡.
- In the 19th century, England led the world in all sorts of ways. Spaniards - who tend to think British houses are dirty - probably won't believe that one of these was in the use of soap. In fact, in the 1880s, the English used over 14lbs(6.4kilos) of the stuff each year per capita, compared with only 6lbs(2.7ko) for the French. Sadly, I don't have the number for Spain.
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