Quake, ye fashionistas

From Isaiah 3: Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and…

Catalonia Spanglish

John Pawlenko is tracking the Catalonia Toady saga. CT is a new free English-language daily which unfortunately seems to be being written by people who can’t speak English. Anecdotal evidence is that, despite excellent kiosk placement, it’s not being picked up in large numbers, and one’s got to wonder how long it will last in…

Urdu a “Pakistani dialect”

You’ve got to feel laugh at La Retaguardia which, in a piece on the hunger strike by illegals, describes Urdu as a “Pakistani dialect.” There are only about 20,000 mother- and second-tongue speakers in Barcelona, so it’ll take probably them a few more years to get it right.

Chinese/Dutch restaurant in Sitges

Palacio Oriente at Joan Tarrida 27 and Santa Tecla 10 in Sitges says it specialises Chinese and Dutch cuisine. Since the menu flyer doesn’t include stamppot, I assumed the Dutchness must be down to Javanese influences, but I can’t find any classic SE Asian dishes either. If you visit Palacio Oriente, please question them and…

Catalans “Spain’s new Jews”

This bizarre interview with Esquerra Republicana bootboy, Joan Puigcercós, demonstrates the absurd and often obscene self-delusion which feeds Catalanist fascist victim culture. I challenge anyone to produce evidence of any threat to the population of Catalonia that is or was in the remotest sense reminiscient of the dreadful fate of Spanish and in particular Catalan…