Nearsightedness is increasing, and there aren’t many other reasonable explanations.

Trademark theft to liven up the Spanish fruit and veg price-war?

Every 9th Canarian nationalist councillor has a problem, and the left looks to be in worse trouble than the right nationally.

We’re in for a long recession: if the Extremadura PSOE says that pleasure is in your hands (via PD), then presumably they know that Spaniards aren’t going to be able to afford prostitutes for the foreseeable future. There’s been the predictable outcry from Catalan nationalists who believe they are subsidising Extremaduran tosspots and other spendthrift [...]

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

What do ghit ratios from La Vanguardia, El Periodico, El País, ADN, ABC, El Mundo, Público, and Levante tell us about their owners’ priorities?

Party political prejudice, or yet more historical memory bollocks?

Link love for 01/06/2009.

Was S Felipe Neri the original big swinging dick?

If you believe crap like the stat in this post we’ll have you certified.

Broadly illustrative of how we got where we are, with a joke at the end.

Gypsy clans living on an old dung heap north of Granada may have the answer.

Regular updates from Ali Baba’s cave.

It’s looking good, and who the hell cares if it’s unconstitutional?

Du Guesclin expresses his doubts re this and other project objectives.

A fragment from the story of how Andalusia got where it wouldn’t necessarily want to be, given a modicum of thought.

Check out veteran socialist moderate Joaquín Leguina on the silence from both major parties re the abuse of judicial power when it suits their ends. And Ignacio Escolar has some interesting PP quotes from the last century. And UPyD says it can be fixed with legal and constitutional reform.

No serious politician in Spain lacks a hagiography, and they’re starting to flow thick and fast for Rosa Díez. I don’t believe in saviours (or saved), and parts of the UPyD programme are incoherent, but they’d have my vote on Sunday if I had one.

Well-armed, well-trained, mentally unstable friends are precisely what we are going to need in the coming devastation.

Are Spanish unemployment statistics the result of fraud or incompetence?