Fear is the highest fence.
Dudley Nichols, 1895-1960
«How come that the stock of honey and royal jelly is not eating? And what’s that boycott of our products? No, I will not bring down prices because those stupid bees do not have a petal in the pocket, we owe it to our our stockholders, for pollen saint!»
-«Today, November 14, 2012, I’m not going to comb!»
-«Neither do I!»
The Jacquerie was a popular revolt in late medieval Europe by peasants that took place in northern France in the summer of 1358, during the Hundred Years’ War.[1] The revolt, which was violently suppressed after a few weeks of violence, centered in the Oise valley north of Paris. This rebellion became known as the Jacquerie because the nobles derided peasants as «Jacques» or «Jacques Bonhomme» for their padded surplice called «jacque».[2] Their revolutionary leader Guillaume Cale was referred to by the aristocratic chronicler Froissart as Jacques Bonhomme («Jack Goodfellow») or Callet. The word jacquerie became synonymous with peasant uprisings in general in both English and French.
Now that Spain has exceeded 25% unemployment, the President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, seems willing to retrieve one of his great passions: Star Trek. He’s a great trekie fan. In the afternoon, at the Moncloa Palace, you can hear him: «Beam me outside Spain, Scotty, for Christ’s sake!»
Ahora que España ha superado el 25% de paro, su presidente de Gobierno, Mariano Rajoy, parece dispuesto a recuperar una de sus grandes pasiones: Star Trek. Por la tarde, en el palacio de la Moncloa, se le oye gritar: «¡Teletranspórteme fuera de España, Scotty, por Dios bendito!»
EU flag in a plausible dystopia but future.
Bandera de la UE en una plausible distopía.
«In the First World War, there was the sudden passion of nationalism, and the killing took place because of these emotions».
(Ryszard Kapuscinski, 1932-2007)
Young spanish couple:
Honey, then, we reference to Olympic medals lost to decide which country we migrate?
Joven pareja española:
Cariño, entonces, ¿tomamos como referencia el medallero olímpico para ver a qué país emigramos?