Interesting report in this morning’s Vanguardia: The man who in mid-November calls the police station of the Mossos d’Esquadra in Vic says that his 11-year old son has witnessed a kidnapping in Taradell (Osona). The report alarms the autonomous police force, which puts its incident plan into action; the description provided by the infant is…
The elderly Galician in the seafood bar down the street is essentially a demand side economist. Octopus? No problem. Customers? Never been worse. Although he doesn’t know why, he’s basically right about the first bit. Here’s a snapshot of why that is: The Moroccan catch fell from 107,000 tonnes in 2000 through 96,000 in 2001…
Una americana diu que els europeus som més estúpids que els americans perquè no sabem els noms dels deu socis que ingressaran en la UE el 1 de maig de 2004: Una ignorància general persisteix sobre la UE i el que fa aquest govern supranacional cada vegada més poderós. Als europeus els agrada riure’s dels…
The excellent Mr Pullum highlights the attempts of the Plain English Conspiracy to destroy Donald Rumsfeld. There is, of course, nothing wrong with the example for which they awarded Ronald (as La Vanguardia’s Asian correspondent calls him) their Foot in Mouth trophy; indeed, a glance at their list of previous winners suggests that they have…
Shanghai Daily: “Els estrangers no compraran un periòdic xinès per a llegir la pàgina anglesa,” va dir Huang Hu, professor de periodisme en l’Universitat de Fudan. “Aquestes pàgines angleses tenen clarament un problema de col·locació.”
Slugger O’Toole quotes Mark Durkan on RTE’s Question and Answers: “Gerry Adams has been on more roads to Damascus than a Syrian bus driver.” For the best election analysis you’re likely to read anywere, check the current edition of Portadown News.
Persbericht van de (legale) Baskische separatisten, de PNV: de Commissie Regionaal Beleid, Vervoer en Toerisme heeft een amendement van hun Josu Ortuondo aangenomen, zodat alle schepen die onder de vlag van een lidstaat zeilen straks een versie met een toegevoegde Brusselse stralenkrans moeten gebruiken (leze: minder ruimte voor de Spaanse vlag). Nu gaat u nog…
An interesting article by Massoud Ansari in The Asia Times highlights the role of Pakistani madrassas in ongoing recruitment: Says Haji Sardar Lashkari, a former provincial minister in Balochistan: “How is it possible for senior Taliban leaders and the likes of Mullah Dadullah and other most-wanted Taliban remnants to come to Pakistan quite often, convince…