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Spain is spinning out of control
« on: July 22, 2012, 06:39:53 PM »
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/21/us-spain-protests-idUSBRE86K0HO20120721

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Several hundred people journeyed on foot from the southern region of Andalucia, which has one of the worst unemployment rates in Spain, and from northern Catalonia and other areas in an attempt to highlight the plight of the unemployed in recession-hit Spain, where almost one in four is without a job.

But, but, but I thought Spain was the "model" for the US.  All those "Green Energy" jobs they were creating.

What happened Mr. President?



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Re: Spain is spinning out of control
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2012, 06:42:11 PM »
I blame it on Corinthian leather car seats going out of style.
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Re: Spain is spinning out of control
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2012, 06:44:45 PM »
Quote from: Doggy Daddy on July 22, 2012, 06:42:11 PM
I blame it on Corinthian leather car seats going out of style.

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Re: Spain is spinning out of control
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2012, 06:45:45 PM »
Quote from: fistful on July 22, 2012, 06:44:45 PM
???

Before your time, youngster.



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Re: Spain is spinning out of control
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2012, 06:48:42 PM »
Da blame! Da blame!
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Re: Spain is spinning out of control
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2012, 06:50:16 PM »
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I blame it on Corinthian leather car seats going out of style.

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Re: Spain is spinning out of control
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2012, 09:20:44 PM »
And now Catalonia is on fire  =(
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Re: Spain is spinning out of control
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2012, 09:51:22 PM »
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« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2012, 10:08:38 PM »
Quote from: adively on July 22, 2012, 09:51:22 PM
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Re: Spain is spinning out of control
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2012, 10:34:52 PM »
Quote from: Doggy Daddy on July 22, 2012, 06:45:45 PM
Before your time, youngster.



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Re: Spain is spinning out of control
« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2012, 10:56:30 PM »
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Re: Spain is spinning out of control
« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2012, 11:36:30 PM »
Whatevs dude.

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Re: Spain is spinning out of control
« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2012, 12:02:58 AM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on July 22, 2012, 10:34:52 PM
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Old dudes - no sense of geography. Corinth is in Greece.  :P

But I've seen the ad, FWIW.
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Re: Spain is spinning out of control
« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2012, 12:25:39 AM »
Quote from: fistful on July 23, 2012, 12:02:58 AM

Old dudes - no sense of geography. Corinth is in Greece.  :P

But I've seen the ad, FWIW.

Took you damn near 4 hours to Google "rich Corinthian leather"?   ???

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« Reply #14 on: July 23, 2012, 12:33:23 AM »
And BTW, Montalban is from Mexico, not Greece, the Cordoba (car with the Corithian leather seats) is named after a city in southern Spain.  Montalban also speaks Spanish.  Hence the connection.

If you insist on a Greek connection, look into the possibility of something between him and the midget.

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Re: Spain is spinning out of control
« Reply #15 on: July 23, 2012, 01:26:25 AM »
Whatever.

We've been hearing about Greece and their impending fiscal apocalypse for about a year now.  Every. Single. Day.

If the Spanish want me to give a rip, the're going to have to escalate to full-on rebellion.  I have rabble fatigue.  Whatever those governments are doing must be unbelieveably stable because they seem to be hanging on quite effectively.
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Re: Spain is spinning out of control
« Reply #16 on: July 23, 2012, 11:17:41 AM »
Quote from: Doggy Daddy on July 23, 2012, 12:33:23 AM
And BTW, Montalban is from Mexico, not Greece, the Cordoba (car with the Corithian leather seats) is named after a city in southern Spain.  Montalban also speaks Spanish.  Hence the connection.

If you insist on a Greek connection, look into the possibility of something between him and the midget.

DD

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There is a wildfire in NE Spain.

Connect the dots.  ;)
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« Reply #17 on: July 23, 2012, 11:20:27 AM »
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If you insist on a Greek connection, look into the possibility of something between him and the midget.


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Re: Spain is spinning out of control
« Reply #18 on: July 23, 2012, 11:35:21 AM »
Quote from: fistful on July 23, 2012, 12:02:58 AM

Old dudes - no sense of geography. Corinth is in Greece.  :P

But I've seen the ad, FWIW.

See, I knew that, partly because I've actually been there, Greece that is , and well, Spain also. Probably before you could find either of them on a map. =D =D
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Re: Spain is spinning out of control
« Reply #19 on: July 23, 2012, 12:06:48 PM »
Quote from: Doggy Daddy on July 23, 2012, 12:25:39 AM
Took you damn near 4 hours to Google "rich Corinthian leather"?   ???

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Sorry, not an obscure reference, even for us widdle kids. :P
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Re: Spain is spinning out of control
« Reply #20 on: July 23, 2012, 12:30:32 PM »
Quote from: AJ Dual on July 22, 2012, 11:36:30 PM
Whatevs dude.

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Re: Spain is spinning out of control
« Reply #21 on: July 23, 2012, 05:18:14 PM »
Quote from: fistful on July 23, 2012, 12:06:48 PM
Sorry, not an obscure reference, even for us widdle kids. :P

So you're saying that if it was obscure it would've taken what, 4 days to Google it?  :laugh:

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« Reply #22 on: July 23, 2012, 07:27:33 PM »
Quote from: Azrael256 on July 23, 2012, 01:26:25 AM
Whatever.

We've been hearing about Greece and their impending fiscal apocalypse for about a year now.  Every. Single. Day.

If the Spanish want me to give a rip, the're going to have to escalate to full-on rebellion.  I have rabble fatigue.  Whatever those governments are doing must be unbelievably stable because they seem to be hanging on quite effectively.

They've done far worse than scare you.  They've irked you.  And they wish to go on - irking you.

They shall leave you as they left Greece... marooned for all eternity in the center of a dead EU. Buried alive...

Buried alive...

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Re: Spain is spinning out of control
« Reply #23 on: July 23, 2012, 11:27:30 PM »
Wow, the Wrath of Khan, 1970s Chrysler land yacht commercials, and Fantasy Island references all make it onto a thread about Spain- in under a page.
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« Reply #24 on: July 24, 2012, 12:24:29 AM »
Quote from: brimic on July 23, 2012, 11:27:30 PM
Wow, the Wrath of Khan, 1970s Chrysler land yacht commercials, and Fantasy Island references all make it onto a thread about Spain- in under a page.
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