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		<title>Air traffic management monopoly in Spain</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2010/08/07/air-traffic-management-monopoly-in-spain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.megaspora.net/en/?p=158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then in Spain we have to suffer threats from this or that small group of workers from different sectors of paralyzing the country (or a given city). Transporters, workers in Metro de Madrid, the Madrid subway cleaners, pilots and air traffic controllers are examples of such elements.  These small groups manage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unfounded european protectionism against Google</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2010/04/04/unfounded-european-protectionism-against-google/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.megaspora.net/en/?p=154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Several European states and European companies seem to be planning a host of measures to curb the business of Google.   The excuse is that Google makes too much money.   Not a bad excuse, as lame excuses go.
Governments and companies around Europe are “unhappy” that Google is here to compete.  Publishers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broadcasting ignorance</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2010/04/03/broadcasting-ignorance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Braindead]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.megaspora.net/en/?p=150</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, TV broadcasts in Spain ceased to be analogue, and DVB-T is the only method used now.   For a short period of time, the State authority managing TV broadcasts (Ministry of Industry) will be displaying a message, on the old analogue UHF channels, to remind audiences that they need to switch to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Responsibility?   Not in Spain</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2010/02/25/responsibility-spain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[drunk driving]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.megaspora.net/en/?p=148</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We are tired (here in Spain) of seeing multiple cases of politicians in office declining any responsibility for their wrong acts, or also cases of them assuming their responsibility while staying in office to continue their wrong (unlawful even) behaviour.
But today I read in the news that here in Spain a local politician of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Subsidies produce lazy individuals</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2009/09/27/subsidies-produce-lazy-individuals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2009/09/27/subsidies-produce-lazy-individuals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subsidies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.megaspora.net/en/?p=145</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spanish daily newspaper &#8216;El País&#8217; published an interview with surgeon Pedro Cavadas, using a sentence by him as the title: &#8216;Subsidies produce lazy individuals&#8216;.
Gladly, El País is publishing something like this in big letters.  Dr. Cavadas is just saying one of those paramount truths very few people date to admit.  Subsidies produce lazy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weak democracies</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2009/08/25/weak-democracies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.megaspora.net/en/?p=142</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scotland freed one of the Lockerbie bombing terrorists a couple of days ago, on &#8216;humanitarian&#8217; grounds.  The Scottish authorities are dumb.   If the guy was jailed for killing over 200 people, he wasn&#8217;t very &#8216;humanitarian&#8217; to others, was he?.   Then, why free him on &#8216;humanitarian&#8217; grounds?   Why treat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Censored Spanish anthem?</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2009/07/26/censored-spanish-anthem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2009/07/26/censored-spanish-anthem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.megaspora.net/en/?p=140</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alberto Contador (from Pinto, in Spain) won the Tour de France today, but when he climbed up to the podium, the Danish anthem was played instead of the Spanish one.   Mistake?  I doubt it&#8230; it was pretty clear that Contador would win the Tour.  How can the organizers make a mistake [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to pretend doing something without committing to anything</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2009/07/05/how-to-pretend-doing-something-without-committing-to-anything/</link>
		<comments>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2009/07/05/how-to-pretend-doing-something-without-committing-to-anything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garoña]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.megaspora.net/en/?p=137</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A nuclear energy plant in Spain, in the town of Santa María de Garoña, is the focus of controversy in recent weeks, thanks to the Government&#8217;s determination to close it down in spite of favourable reports that call for its continuation beyond its design lifetime of 40 years.
Spanish government president Rodríguez Zapatero&#8217;s motivation to close [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Language choice in Galicia</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2009/06/28/language-choice-in-galicia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2009/06/28/language-choice-in-galicia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Braindead]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[positive discrimination]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.megaspora.net/en/?p=132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The regional government of Galicia distributed a questionnaire among parents of schooled children.  The goal is to find out parents&#8217; preferences about which language (Spanish or Galician, or a mix) to use for teaching in school, to later design the &#8220;future language policies for elementary and secondary education in Galicia.&#8221;
The questionnaire had to reach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why does Rodríguez Zapatero need the special congress permission?</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2009/06/21/why-does-rodriguez-zapatero-need-the-special-congress-permission/</link>
		<comments>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2009/06/21/why-does-rodriguez-zapatero-need-the-special-congress-permission/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ETA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[negotiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.megaspora.net/en/?p=130</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week ETA has killed police inspector Eduardo Puelles, and the Government and the main opposition party (PP) have given an image of unity in their response to this new assassination, calling for the defeat of ETA.  It seems that the PP backs the Government&#8217;s current counter-terrorism policy.
However, it is hard to believe that [...]]]></description>
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