The world in a sentence, part iv

Almost forgot today’s (final) instalment (parts 1, 2, 3) of a sentence in Seres Míticos y Personajes Fantásticos Españoles by Manuel Martín Sánchez: dramatismo. I like my drama neat.

Mr Ramos is making it up again

PL just sent me what he believes is a made-up story by La Vanguardia’s plagiarist moron in London, Rafael Ramos, the essence of which is that the City thinks that our new leader, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, is just wonderful. There are a number of problems with the article: Various businesses in the City include…

So what about Ramos?

They’ve nailed Jack Kelley of USA Today, so when are we going to hear some news from Josep Maria Casasús on the fate of La Vanguardia’s plagiarising illiterate, Rafael Ramos? (Here he is with some more porkies in the Independent, full text on al-Jazeerah.)

tunisian textiles

This is the kind of news that must break the hearts of the beards who want to establish little, backward Islamic fiefdoms: Tunisian textile exports to Spain have more than doubled in the last three years. Major Spanish players like Zara, El Corte Inglés, Pull and Bear and Mango are already operating in Tunisia and…

the world in a sentence, part iii

And here are the 63 words that constitute (part 1, part 2) part 3 of the serialisation of a sentence in Seres Míticos y Personajes Fantásticos Españoles by Manuel Martín Sánchez: a lo largo y ancho de toda nuestra geografía, el toro actúa como el verdadero protagonista para poner a prueba el valor de los…

Cement

Here, taken on this walk, is a shot of Mexican multinational Cemex‘s Sanson cement factory at Sant Feliu, where the Llobregat cuts through the coastal range: Sanson and the Molins factory were major suppliers of concrete as the region industrialised, and this particular works has continued to play a major role in recent years. The…

Beard rage

Thanks to the DG for this Mirror item: A DRIVER who tried to run down a pedestrian he thought was terror chief Osama bin Laden has been given a three-month suspended jail sentence. He jumped a red light and sped down a pedestrian street as he chased the bearded shopper. He only failed to hit…

the world in a sentence, part ii

Here are the next 67 words (see part i) from a sentence in Seres Míticos y Personajes Fantásticos Españoles by Manuel Martín Sánchez: está considerado como el prototipo de la fuerza y el valor, por lo que su importancia mítica no estriba tanto en una consideració legendaria, sino que es una auténtica piedra de toque…

Catholic sharia courts in Spain

Half of Spain has been walking round for the past decade chanting “Aznar, murderer,” which is demonstrably untrue, and nothing at all has happened. Now a kid down in Seville has put a picture on his website of some virgin (sorry, Our Lady of Hope of Triana) with a willy in her hand and a…

untied states

In a different world Dominique Moïsi (social network) might have made an excellent French foreign minister. Here‘s yet another good piece by him, rounded off with a distinctly Freudian typo.