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Discovered: Cataloonia’s true fet diferencial

Posted: October 27th 2009 15:45. Last modified: November 18th 2009 16:14

It’s not what you steal, it’s the way that you steal it.

Pujol, cacique

Posted: November 15th 2008 17:55.

It’s not exactly a secret that Catalonia is currently run by spiteful, greedy, semi-literate buffoons, but our leaders’ protest re the Economist’s description of ex-regional president Jordi Pujol as a cacique should help to convince anyone still in doubt. The Oxford English Dictionary defines cacique thus:
2. In Spain or Latin America, a man who owes [...]

Pujol and the future of the race

Posted: August 24th 2004 13:26. Last modified: April 15th 2009 14:29

I just don’t get why Jordi Pujol, the big man of Catalan nationalism over the past 40 years, said that “crossbreeding” (mestissatge) with immigrants would mean the end of Catalonia.
My dad’s been shagging Mrs P for years, and the kids are doing fine.

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  • March 17 1844 

    First savings bank opens.
    Ãbrese la primera caja de ahorros.

Josep Pla, Palafrugell (1918-9)

  • 17 de març de 1919 A Palafrugell tothom es coneix i això fa que a la superfície de la vida vilatana, al voltant dels afers del poble, siguin sempre visibles algunes passions, els mòbils d’alguns actes, la finalitat d’alguns moviments –i moltes ridiculeses, és clar. A Barcelona, no veig res. Completa obscuritat. Probablement és perquè no tinc encara la vista [...]

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