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Friday, Mar 12th 2010


Articles Covering Spain

War in Prada-ise!

Even the Devil Wear Prada!
How would you feel as a true-born pious devout Spanish nobleman to learn that when you die your God-given title will be inherit by a woman?  More than likely you will spuke up your breakfast of truffle yogurt and napolitana all over the hunting dogs and your daily copy of ABC. [...]

Che Guevara Lives!*

Communists are even in Paradise. Is a big disgrace!
As my regular reader will know, the southern part of the island of Fuerteventura is comprise of the province of Jandía, which is all very beautiful and mountainous and also with the long broad beaches where often are there the surfers, the windsurfers, the beachsurfers, and [...]

Bulls 14 Idiots 0!

As is traditional at this time every year, the pious devout ordinary peoples of Spain are enjoying the Chasing of the Foreigners in Pamplona during the festival of Saint Fermin, a much-revered individual in these parts who was martyred after being dragged through the streets by a bull.  Some of his friends had been telling [...]

Pay Attention Juan Carlos!!

And This Does Not Include My Duke of Edinburgh Award!!
Si, is the Prince Phillips of England, spouse of the Queen but not a king himself, just a sort of male First Lady, but with more balls than Laura the Bush and Michelle the Obama, although not Hillary the Clinton. Indeed, some people are say that [...]

Scratch an Anarchist and a Fascist Bleed!!

No, Silly, is not Cirque du Soleil. Is Mussolini being hanged by the Garibaldis!
Whenever peoples are asking me to esplain to them the intricicasies of the Spanish Civil War for Golf, I always tell them, “ask your priest!” But sometimes they are persisting, because it is all too complex for even a man of [...]

The Other Civil War for Golf

Is Very Beautiful. And Not a Peasant to be Seen Anywhere
Everyboth of my readers is knowing by now that the main reason for fighting the Civil War in Spain was being to save Christian civilization for golf. Have a trip along the south coast of my fine country (if we let you in) and [...]

Spain Is Show Its True Colours!

Los Hermanos Menendez . . . Come on Down!!!
I am being heartened this week by the story I read in the papers (English version is here) about the innocent young parricide Cyril Jacquet and the decision to remove him off from the show Around the World* just because it turn out that when he was [...]

France Is Bring to a Standstill. How Could They Tell?!

Si. Is the Future King of Lyon!
I am watching with disgust and pleasure the vaguely general striking in France yesterday. Did you see it? Was all most very amusing and also a big disgrace.
In general, as you know, I am always opposed to the insurrectioning by members of the lower classes, such [...]

Is The Art of War!

Is the perfect Christmas gift: A book of war posters!
I was not having the space or the time last week to discuss another of my Christmas present which my inconsiderate brother Hornolo give for me and which you can see above. He tell me that he was in the city a few month back and [...]

En Busca del Tiempo Perdido

Those were the days, my friend!
There is a well-known story in the apocryphal Gospel According to Saint Shaznay, which tell how, one day, when Our Lord Jesus was just 12 years old, Our Lady chance upon him hiding in the reeds along the bank of the small stream that run close by their home. At [...]

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