PL just sent me what he believes is a made-up story by La Vanguardia’s plagiarist moron in London, Rafael Ramos, the essence of which is that the City thinks that our new leader, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, is just wonderful. There are a number of problems with the article: Various businesses in the City include…
“Clos!” mutters a wealthy neighbour every time it rains, confident that doom is imminent for Barcelona’s dentally salient mayor. In fact the AA rating assigned by Standard and Poor’s to the latest offering of municipal debt is just another sign that Barcelona is in pretty good shape, [insert preposition here] 20 years of Catalan socialist…
Running or cycling whilst drunk may result in unanticipated (but not always unwelcome) entanglements with trees and shrubs. Mr Kouessi A Rene of Benin has monetised this concept and become a “manufacturer of alcoholics extracted from plants,” which he seems to be exhibiting at the 9th Ghana International Trade Fair. I used often to end…
Interested to note that the campaign to reduce the amount Catalonia contributes to central government – part of which is destined to help poorer regions like Andalusia – is being supported among others by the president of the Casa de Andalusia in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Mr Pedro Moron.
Either condoms have suddenly become hideously expensive or there’s a missing link when The Guardian says that “British teenagers are better off … than ever before” while the BBC says they’re using crisp packets because they can’t afford the real thing. The solution is obvious – sell crisps wrapped in condoms – and the title…
Intrigued (and overjoyed, as always) to receive a mail from my good friend, Moses Aziz, in which he writes (my emphases): Dear Friend. As you read this, I don’t want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe everyone will die someday… I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer . It has defiled all…
My impression is that there’s still a lot of it going on here – banking regulation seems lax and there’s always someone who’ll turn a blind eye – but here’s a technique I don’t remember coming across before in the gambling industry: offering to pay lottery winners a premium in order to be able to…
Funny old world: your share price has been falling steadily for a couple of months when suddenly you put together a nice little deal in a far-away country and–lo and behold!–your price starts to recover. That’s what happened to an Californian business that makes airport security devices: IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — HiEnergy Technologies,…
Binéfar is a town of roughly 8,000 in La Litera, an agricultural region on the Aragonese northern fringe of the Ebro Basin. La Litera is less well-irrigated than lower-lying areas, but has always been capable of producing significant quantities of useful flora and fauna. However, economic mismanagement, token land reform, and a boycott of the…
Cànem o coral? L’estampat sobre cotó (calico-printing) va ser introduït a Gran Bretanya de la Índia en 1676, 150 anys abans de Barcelona. Un home anomenat Lane es va enriquir en el Manchester del segle dinou amb un patró del com Hugh Miller, escrivint en 1852, diu que El Vell de Dalt tenia els drets.…
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