The Singing Organ-Grinder’s tweets for September
A rubbish heap in which a Ukrainian nuclear fireman finds romance with Willie Nelson.
Tag: politics of Spain
Is Gertrude Stein pulling the strings on the Balearics?
José Ramón Bauzá, in government but losing the power of speech.
Langston Hughes in Spain
Idealism vs realism as a Stalinist hack copes with the Italian bombing of Barcelona but struggles to explain why Moorish peasants are slaughtering Spanish workers in the battle for Madrid.
Berlusconi and the wiseness of Mubarak
“The wisest of men” line isn’t the former’s, but ben trovato it certainly is.
Coals to Newcastle, or the great Spanish electricity export swindle
If Spain is selling electricity to France, how come Spanish consumer prices are 50% higher than north of the border?
Cataloonia, Sweden on the Med
Jordi Pujol’s venerable dream appears finally to have been realised, although perhaps not quite as he anticipated.
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.
Zapatero to undertake pilgrimage to Our Lady of Jugglers?
Only God can save him now.
Nick Clegg’s Spanish
Includes several therapeutic tongue-twisters.
Gil y pollas, pollos, racho, Gil, etc
The etymology of “gilipollas” as a mere excuse to quote a gross 16th century shepherd and link to some video fragments of Jesús Gil y Gil.
