HT
to Lenox of Business over Tapas
for this quotation from the blog 'El Espía en el Congreso':-
President Zapatero had 17 female Ministers over the years
and Carmen Chacón is the fifth to have fled Spain. The other 12 have
become millionaires and hope not to be investigated into having to
return their fortunes anytime in the future. However, they all have
something in common. They all have something to hide: accusations of
corruption, million-dollar subsidies or formal relationships with
companies that later hired them on outrageous salaries, ideological
differences notwithstanding . . . Confidant of their impunity, these twelve remain in Spain. It's at
times like this that one can understand why neither major party is
much interested in eradicating - or even reducing - corruption.
Which
reminds me . . Given how dry it's been for 6 weeks now, it's not
surprising we've had several large fires here in southern Galicia. As
ever, there've been rumours that a goodly proportion of these were
deliberate. But there was consternation - almost disbelief - when a
woman was arrested and accused of starting a total of 13 fires. For
women, of course, are not capable of the evils to which men are
prone. Honest.
I
don't know about Syria, Afghanistan et al, but we need this sort of thing
in Pontevedra to scare the proverbial out of the pigeons. They'd surely be better than the
fleet of phoney owls we now have. Of which this is the latest,
snapped last night.
It's
not often you turn into your street and find an 85 year-old woman
lying in the road. But this is what happened on Friday evening when I
was returning from town with my house guests. One of the latter, coming
from the UK, thought it might be some sort of trap and urged caution. But I was less
worried. And it turned out the lady had tripped over the curb when
taking a bag to the communal rubbish bin. Once we'd lifted her up and
guided her back to her gate, she professed herself fine. Her son is a
poet, so I now wait to be immortalised in verse. Or at least thanked
for not running over her.
Given
that he was born in my barrio across the river, it's not
surprising that Pontevedra boasts a statue of Crístobal
Colón (Christopher Columbus). Sadly, this has lacked one of its hands
for some time now. But this was not all bad news as it allowed me to
amuse visitors with a joke about single-handed voyages across the
Atlantic. Oh, how they groaned. But I digress. The council has
finally decided to restore the missing piece, at a cost of €6,000. A handy
amount, you'll surely agree. I can only assume they're using the
services of the country's best surgeon. But I'll check with my friend
who teaches stone and wood restoration in the nearby Fine Arts
Institute.
Finally
. . . Here's a pungent and amusing list of the most boring people in the UK.
Enjoy.
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