As obdurate as ever,
the Spanish President/Prime Minister has repeated that he's willing
to talk to the Catalan President about constitutional reform but only
on the basis of legality. He's dismissed the recent 'democratic
exercise' as a complete failure and a farce. Which is probably not how it's seen
up in Cataluña.
Corruption in Spain:
Here's The Economist's view.
If you were in Madrid
this week, you might have found yourself confronted by about 2,000 sheep.
This happens every year - albeit on a smaller scale - under a 700
year old law granting rights of passage to shepherds. But his year
the sheep were dragooned into participating in a protest (bleat) against the threat to traditional herding of
modern agriculture and urban expansion.
Hat tip to Lenox of
Business Over Tapas - "A bleak and powerful song about Spain
today, subtitles in English: España de mi Infancia".
Nice quote: I'm
enchanted by humanism; it's the humans I can't stand.
Britain seems to be
awash with coffee shops. Not just the ubiquitous Starbucks and Costa
chains but also small private
places. My elder daughter and I passed one on Monday that caused her
to laugh out loud; it had a name which she and an ex had once
invented as a parody - SIPS. I thought of this in Manchester
yesterday when my younger daughter and I passed one called GOS-SIP.
This way lies COFFEE BREATH, I fear.
Finally . . . Imagine
my pleasure at finding that my host, a very old friend, is as annoyed
as I am about cyclists on the pavement (sidewalk). And that he
resorts to the same stratagem as me - a walking stick. In fact, he's
so angered by this nuisance that he's formed GECOP or Keep Cyclists
off the Pavement. Watch out for the Facebook page. That said, we've
found there's a Gecop Baptist Church in the USA, with the motto: God
loves a cheerful giver. So, we may have to go with KECOP - Keep the
etc. Or possibly Kill the Cyclists on the Pavement.
Oh, and my hosts have an internet speed of 20.4 megabytes, against my 0.8, at best. For which they pay less than me.
Oh, and my hosts have an internet speed of 20.4 megabytes, against my 0.8, at best. For which they pay less than me.
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