'El Mindo']]> jamesbadcock: Sports news. La Liga: Forgotten heroes return to fray as Barcelona and Real get out of jail http://cort.as/3Y_g and winter sports: Ruiz Castillo gives new sparkle to Spanish skiing http://cort.as/3Y_Q]]> jamesbadcock: Boosting development aid wins few votes, but it should not become another victim of Spain’s ideological divide. The politics of solidarity, by José Ignacio Torreblanca. http://cort.as/1ozC]]> " EL IMPERIO DE LA SUPERMUJER SUBVIERTE EL LAVADO DE CULPA " © Q# -QUIMÉRICAS-El humor criptográfico de Quim Paneque- Lápiz grafito/papel reciclado]]> jamesbadcock: Madrid's last tractor man plows a lone furrow amid building boom construction sites. http://cort.as/1hPo]]> jamesbadcock: Gervasio Sánchez, the war photographer who gives suffering a human face. http://cort.as/1gqE]]> jamesbadcock: EL PAIS reports that Moody's has lowered Spain's sovereign debt rating by two notches from A1 to A3. Portugal and Italy are also affected. http://cort.as/1bGd]]> ‎" LEGEND ATARI " LEHENDAKARI : " PONG-AMOS ARCADE FIRE...!!! " ( Serie "LOS AÑOS TETRICOS") -Obra a lápiz grafito sobre papel reciclado © QUIMERICAS-Q#-Quim Paneque-]]> jamesbadcock: 2011 debate: Rubalcaba's final statement is far less clear: he believes in Spain and his own capabilities. It is impossible not to get the impression that he did not prepare as well as Rajoy, and trusted too heavily in his own debating skills.]]> jamesbadcock: 2011 debate: Rajoy dismisses these accusations as pure insinuation, and has the luxury of making a theatrical effort to rise above it all. Rubalcaba seems to have centered his approach on the need to get the leftwing vote out to avert an absolute PP majority.]]> jamesbadcock What happened this morning in Barcelona is unacceptable. Aren't the police forces meant to protect and serve the people?Massive concentrations will be held tonight at 1900, and many are suggesting taking flowers as a sign of protest #bcnsinmiedo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Geg_6Xoy04s&feature=player_embedded#at=205]]> jamesbadcock: At Sol between 9am and 10am this morning, camp-out participants were busy scrubbing the ground, taking advantage of the rain that had fallen and adding some bleach to remove the grime.]]> jamesbadcock: Barcelona joins the 15-M movement in force. Rebeca Carranco reports that the city's emblematic Plaça de Catalunya is packed solid tonight after Wednesday saw a few hundred turn up.]]> jamesbadcock: This video shows moments from one of the quakes, including the collapse of part of a belltower. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX9N0m0-23I&feature=player_embedded]]> jamesbadcock: This video shows moments from one of the quakes, including the collapse of part of a belltower. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX9N0m0-23I&feature=player_embedded]]> jamesbadcock: Here is an interesting female take on the pitfalls of sexual relationships with men in Spain on Iberosphere. http://cort.as/0ePv]]> jamesbadcock: In the same UK newspaper, the British government's plans to remove all branding from cigarette packets. Back to the old cigarette case, maybe? Didn't the Conservatives and Lib Dems complain about Labour's "nanny state"? http://cort.as/0d0Q]]> jamesbadcock: Cardenal Antonio María Rouco Varela, has been reelected as leader of the Spanish synod at the age of 74. Rouco Varela is known as a hard-line conservative.]]> jamesbadcock: Soccer club Almería is enjoying a break from Liga relegation worries by reaching the semifinals of the King's Cup after winning a 2-3 thriller at Deportivo. It will now play Barcelona, which lost 3-1 to Betis but still went through. Tonight the Madrid derby.]]> jamesbadcock: Rafa Nadal marches into the Aussie Open third round with a 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 win over Ryan Sweeting. It will get harder but the Spaniard is looking good for a crack at the Rafa-Slam. David Ferrer and Guillermo García-López also advance.]]> http://cort.as/0VKY Eurozone:]]> jamesbadcock: The Spanish-produced film Buried by director Rodrigo Cortés may be booted out of the running for an Oscar after the scriptwriter Chris Sparling sent a letter to Academy members singing the praises of the claustrophobic thriller set in a coffin.]]>