Gaudí’s work was financed from the fortune built upon Joan Güell’s Cuban slave empire, so if Eurovegas is going to come to the marshes of the Llobregat, what more appropriate way to staff it than by shackling and transporting some of the tens of thousands of locally unemployed Africans?
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Here’s a brief list of words and phrases used by Spanish-speaking sexists to praise men to the skies and to remind - Titwank
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As we kow, Catalans love (to imitate) their Slovenia, which is where Europe’s largest casino stands.
http://www.thecasinoperla.com
And speaking of “gangster capitals”, Nova Gorica is a stronghold of the ex-commies. One of their leaders, Borut Pahor, grew up there.