Tag archive for recession (RSS)

Binding referendum on the future of Catalonia, hosted by Kalebeul

Posted: February 24th 2010 08:38.

In response to confusion in the markets re Spain’s constitutional arrangements and the size and distribution of its public debt, kaleBirthday has, remarkably, gained the consent of the Catalan, Spanish and EU administrations to conduct a binding poll on the future of the troubled region. Vote now or forever hold your peace.

Tags: Angela Merkel, Bundesbank, Catalonia, crisis, EU, Herman van Rompuy, independence, nationalism, recession, referendum, separatism, Spain, who the fuck is José Montilla?, Zapatero
Categories: Arithmetic, Empires, rulers and warfare, Les bourgeois

Link sink for 26/05/2009

Posted: May 26th 2009 21:58. Last modified: May 26th 2009 22:09

Was S Felipe Neri the original big swinging dick?

Tags: Amando de Miguel, cars, Catalonia, corruption, ecologists, elections, Europe, European elections, Felipe Neri, Francesc Camps, La Rioja, Madrid, PP, PSOE, recession, UPyD, Zaplana
Categories: Les bourgeois

Homeless Jonah about to be devoured by a great 100€-plated fish

Posted: April 17th 2009 17:37. Last modified: April 17th 2009 18:35

But will an ecclesiastical trawler turn it into cat food first?

Tags: Barcelona, Bible, capitalism, Carmel, Carmelo, Christianity, Jonah, Jonas, murals, recession, socialism, whale
Categories: Fishes, Les bourgeois, The abyss, The books and services of the Church, The ocean

A Caja Castilla la Mancha anecdote

Posted: April 2nd 2009 08:59. Last modified: April 2nd 2009 09:18

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

Tags: banks, cajas, Castilla la Mancha, Catalonia, CCM, corruption, PSOE, recession, Spain
Categories: Buildings, Cities, Empires, rulers and warfare, Les bourgeois

Sun setting over tourist bars in Barcelona

Posted: March 17th 2009 07:14. Last modified: March 17th 2009 07:23

Where are the heaving (crowds of) drunks of yesteryear?

Tags: Barcelona, beer, markets, Murphys, recession, St Patrick, tourism
Categories: Drink, Les bourgeois

Crisisssss – 4 fuets for 5€

Posted: March 14th 2009 08:59. Last modified: March 14th 2009 09:59

Stallholders in Vilafranca del Penedès are slashing prices, but don’t let greed get the better of you.

Tags: Catalan, markets, pigs, pork, recession, sausages, Spanish, Valencian, vilafranca, walking
Categories: Flocks and work animals, Food, Languages, Les bourgeois

The dirtiest hotels in Spain

Posted: February 27th 2009 15:55. Last modified: March 25th 2009 18:15

According to this list. As a popular destination, Barcelona has two in the top ten, Hostal Windsor and Hostal Abrevadero. A friend tells me that the proportion being fired in the sector substantially exceeds official figures for the drop in tourists. My money’s on the cockroaches to survive.

Tags: Barcelona, hotels, recession, Spain, tourism, walking
Categories: Cities, Les bourgeois

My 5% bookstore - new stuff

Spanish history

EL DISCURSO BOLCHEVIQUE: EL PARTI COMMUNISTE FRANÇAIS Y LA SEGUND A REPUBLICA ESPAÑOLA (1931-1936)
CEAMANOS LLORENS, ROBERTO
20.00€
LA HUELLA MORISCA: EL AL ANDALUS QUE LLEVAMOS DENTRO
RODRIGUEZ RAMOS, ANTONIO MANUEL
19.00€
CASTILLA Y EL MUNDO FEUDAL (3 TOMOS): HOMENAJE AL PROFESOR JULIO VALDEON
VAL VALDIVIESO, Mª ISABEL DELMARTINEZ SOPENA, PASCUAL
90.00€

Modern Spanish fiction

EL OFICINISTA (PREMIO BIBLIOTECA BREVE 2010)
SACCOMANO, GUILLERMO
18.00€
LA ENMILAGRADA
GOMEZ-ARCOS, AGUSTIN
18.95€
DIAS DE HIELO Y FUEGO
ORDOÑEZ, ROCIO
18.00€

Spanish classics

TRAGEDIA DE NUMANCIA
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE
33.00€
LIFE IS A DREAM / LA VIDA ES SUEÑO (ED. BILINGÜE INGLES-ESPAÑOL)
CALDERON DE LA BARCA, PEDRO
16.64€
INGENIOSO HIDALGO DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA (FACSIMIL) ESTUCHE 2 VOL.
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE
39.90€

On this day

Barcelona

March 22 1460 El príncipe de Viana alcanza por primera vez el perdon de su padre, y se viene de Mallorca á Barcelona.
March 22 1848
En obsequio del beato José Oriol, cuyo fiesta se celebra mañana en la parroquia de Ntra. Sra. del Pino, se cantan en la misma iglesia solemnes maitines á las 4 y media de la tarde de hoy.

Josep Pla, Palafrugell (1918-9)

22 de març de 1919 Alta cultura. Les coses, és clar, haurien pogut ésser diferents… En acabar el batxillerat, la meva intenció no fou pas d’estudiar per advocat. M’hauria agradat més d’estudiar química, i per tal de servir el que jo creia que era la meva vocació, vaig matricular-me al preparatori de Ciències. Matricular-se! Prenguin nota de la parauleta! El [...]