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Saturday, August 20, 2016

Ponters Pensées: 20.8.16

Buying Property in Spain: The risks remain but things are slowly getting more 'regular'. Here's a paragraph in my notes which might well have come from Lenox of Business Over Tapas: In all, there are 600,000 demolition orders against homes in Spain. Environmentalists and Cantabria’s regional government argued that the illegal buildings, which overlooked the coastline and sand dunes, ruined the landscape. The Supreme Court agreed and ordered their demolition. Last year, an amendment to Spain’s penal code gave judges the power to stay the execution of a demolition order until compensation had been provided to the property owner, as long as they could demonstrate they bought the house in good faith.

Bless Those Crazy Theists: Another gift which keeps on giving, especially during a presidential campaign. Here are 4 examples of the joy they bring:-

1. The 25 reasons why God wants Donald Trump to be president.

  1. God is using T to pave the way for the Second Coming
  2. God is using T to get pastors to fight for religious freedom
  3. T could make America worthy of God’s blessing
  4. T would make America friendlier to Israel
  5. T will make Christianity more powerful
  6. God likes ‘strongman’ rulers
  7. T has a ‘mantle of government’ anointing
  8. T has an ‘Elijah mantle
  9. T has a Cyrus anointing
  10. T has a ‘breaker anointing’
  11. T is a divine ‘wrecking ball to the spirit of political correctness’
  12. God has picked T to ‘beat down the walls of the New World Order’
  13. T is fulfilling a 2011 prophecy that he will fight Satan
  14. T is fulfilling a 2012 prophecy that he will bulldoze the White House
  15. T is a ‘baby Christian’
  16. T is like Jesus (and Martin Luther King and Jerry Falwell)
  17. T is like King David
  18. T is like Saul/Paul
  19. T is like Samson
  20. T is like Churchill and Lincoln
  21. T is like George Washington
  22. T is like Oscar Schindler
  23. 2016 is a battle between good and evil
  24. Hillary Clinton is motivated by the spirit of the Antichrist
  25. God doesn’t want a woman president

You can see the full reasoning here.

2. One of those headlines that only evangelists can inspire: Christian Bigot Who Wants Gay People Cured Condemns Christian Bigot Who Wants Gay People Dead. Everything's relative, of course.

3. How about these - from Family Radio host, Bryan Fischer - as examples of something Evangelists say which wouldn't be acceptable from, say, Muslims:- You could make a pretty good biblical case that only men are supposed to hold political office. And: Hillary Clinton is motivated by the spirit of the Antichrist.

4. Here's a (mad?) Irish politician who thinks there ain't no global warming and, even if there were, the historical fact of the Ark means that God will always be on hand to rescue humanity from the effects of it.

Which reminds me, firstly:-

The Spanish Inquisition: Not as bad as we all say, apparently. A outfit called Orthodox Catholicism insists it was quite a decent organisation really. Humane even. Click here for their rationale. It was both professional and efficient, for a start.

And, secondly:-

The Jesus who became an orang-utang:  The (in)famous restoration cock-up has become the focus of an opera, called Behold The Man. Or Ecce Homo, of course. See the trailer here. I think it's in English.

The Pontevedra Corridas: One of last Saturday's bulls was so poor – as torros bravos go – that the aficionados on the stands broke into an insulting kids' song called La Vaca Lechera – The Milk Cow. Listen here, with the lyrics in Spanish.

Finally . . . Osborne Again
  1. After dinner at my favourite tapas bar last night, my young visitor and I repaired to another place for their celebrated flan de queso dessert. And, in his case, for a brandy. The waiter said they didn't have any but I talked to the owner and got him one. Then we moved to my normal watering hole, where he again requested cognac. Same response. And another chat with the owner, who assured me they did have brandies. He was then brought a . . . whisky and a bebida espiritual called Felipe II. Made, of course, by Osborne. Neither of these is a brandy. A bebida espiritual is defined as an alcoholic drink derived from the distillation of primary agricultural products such as grapes, cereals, dried fruits, sugar cane/beet, fruit, etc.. This group included brandies, whiskies, rum, gin vodka and liqueurs. The Felipe II concoction is described thus on the company's web page: A spirit obtained from holandas and selected wine spirits. A hollanda is a wine spirit of up to 60-65% alcohol, resulting from a single distillation. This is a reference to Holland, the home country of brandy (brandewijn). In order to obtain one litre of brandy you need to distill around three litres of wine (which comes down to four kilos of grapes). So beware, you brandy-drinkers out there. 
  2. A press release: The small company that makes NORDÉS Atlantic Galicia Gin - distilled from the famous albariño wine - has been bought by Osborne, which plans to launch it in 40 countries. Osborne is a company grown on the back of sherries, brandies and Port wine and, needless to say, was originally British. The write-up I've cited is largely bollox, of course.
Finally, finally . . . Under instructions from my younger daughter, I bought a (rather expensive) car seat ahead of the visit of her, her husband and their 11 month old. All went smoothly and it now awaits installation. Today I received this email from the supplier, Contramarcha. Customer service gone to the other extreme?:-

NOS ENCANTARÍA QUE COMPARTIERAS TU OPINIÓN EN SILLA COCHE BEBE.
Tu experiencia puede resultar de utilidad para otras familias que puedan estar pensando en comprar tu mismo producto.

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Producto : Cybex Sirona (Isofix)

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Producto : Cybex Sirona (Isofix)

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Producto : Cybex Sirona (Isofix)

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Producto : Cybex Sirona (Isofix)

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Producto : Espejo Universal a Contramarcha

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Producto : Espejo Universal a Contramarcha

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Producto : Espejo Universal a Contramarcha

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