Libertarianism – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder

Organ-grindish twitterings for November

Dominated by a sojourn in the Czech Republic.

A steam locomotive at Zaječí, Southern Moravia. In the background, the Hodonín express.

Josep Huguet, José Millán Astray and the death of intelligence

With a sublime little parody of romantic nationalism from Camilo José Cela, who has his own particular view of this bothersome culture vs civilisation thing.

Monument to Iberia's Buster Gonad in <a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?q=padr%C3%B3n&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Padr%C3%B3n,+Corunna,+Galicia,+Spain&ll=42.738944,-8.659973&spn=0.9481,2.469177&t=h&z=9'>Padrón</a>, his native village, <a href='http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Estatua_de_Camilo_Jos%C3%A9_Cela_en_Padr%C3%B3n.JPG'>CC</a> by <a href='http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fev'>Fev</a>

How not to win la Guerra de los Toros, or The Cattle Raid of Cooley revisited

Some historical advice from an Irish perspective for Esperanza Aguirre on the pitfalls of attempting to demonstrate by symbolic means the virile and libertarian spirit of Madrid in the invented and regrettable conflict between it and doldrummed Barcelona.

Medb of Connaught on an Irish pound note: model for Queen Esperanza? (Image GNU from <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Punt_-_Series_B_-_Ireland.png'>Wikimedia Commons</a>)

Chop up those gift-bearing Catalans

Scratch a libertarian and you’ll discover a totalitarian, so keep scratching.