Public sector reform to satisfy both PSOE-IU-UPyD and PP

Tertulia (Spanish for “old men talking about what they had for lunch”) on Radio 5 because Radio 3 was so terrible and Loony Losantos is banned by the nationalists. The Rightie: We need to reform the public administration, and that’s going to mean job cuts. The Leftie: Job cuts are out of the question! Holland…
Eslogan bilingüe o analfaburro en Vilafranca.

Vodka, connecting people

Assuming you weren’t born yesterday and you’re not exactly a teetotaller, do you regard with regret or gratitude the fact that cameras weren’t ubiquitous during your Å»ołądkowa years? The medical condition which I most want to acquire, since surgery for the ear doesn’t seem to be forthcoming and a cure is unlikely: Anosognosia is viewed…

Weeds

Proper plants always die on me, and they recall the ex and (in the case of bathroom ones) an abysmal experience with some long-horned cows in a Venezuelan jungle, but not much else. So the army of occupation has been ejected and replaced by wildflowers with great lumps of limey soil, which I know and…
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Business Over Tapas

I’ve just received my first copy of Business Over Tapas, a weekly bulletin from Lenox Napier, and I’d warmly recommend it to the rest of you. It combines sourced summaries of recent press in English, Spanish, German, and whatever else I have missed, with original reporting and analysis from Lenox (some tasters here), the economist…

Vucaque

One wonders whether IRQ is aware of the meaning of the name of this Madrilenian psychedelic blues-rock band.

Learn those languages

Obese Peruvian male midget standing texting in c/ Robador in front of a poster which in English says: “Going to the Filmoteca? I am a sex worker. Respect my rights!” The coppers have had the street in general, and two buildings in particular, in lockdown for a while now, and men are being fined €1000…