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Impressions of Geneva : Too French !! Madrid, the city I live in, looks as described by someone on Facebook, like a big ugly bus station. Who knows where our taxes go? Home prices are still out of reach to most of us and the employment situation in Spain is one that can be described as abuse of employees. No career planning , no promotions, low pay, etc. So more than ever I have an eye open, whenever I visit a more civilized town, to see if it is a place I can consider moving to. Today I had a stopover in Geneva / Geneve Switzerland. Switzerland has a good reputation as a place to work and in terms of housing. So I was curious. I was already in Basel but didn't like it. Back to Geneva, it is true that 6AM on Sunday morning is not the best time to get an impression of a town, but still better than nothing. Honestly, I didn't like it much. The people are very French there. They can't even count in English. So if you do not speak French you will have a nasty time. It...

Bancos y cajas, obligados a tirar a la baja de los precios de la vivienda Autor :MARIO S. GUILLÉN Actualizado Lunes , 16-11-09 a las 17 : 51 Los inmuebles «queman» en los balances de las entidades financieras, que en muchas ocasiones han acumulado auténticas millonadas en viviendas La banca pisa el acelerador para vender la mayoría de pisos que tiene en stock, el mercado sigue poniendo a la venta muchos más inmuebles de los que absorbe y los potenciales compradores, aquellos pocos que dispongan de la estabilidad económica necesaria para permitírselo, se mantienen a la espera de un chollo que no llega. LEER NOTICIA COMPLETA EN ABC.ES trackback dariointernet.com  

Living in the center of Madrid Walking distances & Zip Codes dariointernet.com Summary : Maps turned into ART . The hills of this city , etc CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL ARTICLE

Thank Goodness: A sigh of relief - No to the Olympics A sigh of relief for many of us Madrileños who were terrorized that our city might become Olympic with all the consequences: Even Higher Home prices already unacessible to most of us, higher taxes to pay for Olympic dept, large bills to pay for unused stadiums and even more crowded streets. NOT FOR ME!! What for? I'm not interested in seeing a bunch of gorillas on steroid invading my city. This was just another example of how out of touch Spanish politicians are with Spain's reality. With half the country unemployed and half the working population unable to afford to buy a basic apartment, they go and spend our taxes on useless stuff like the Olympics. Even as every major international newspaper had warned that it was going to be unlikely a European city would be elected because London is the previous host. But these spanish politicians are so out of touch with real life that I'm sure they don't even read th...

1990s free magazines of Los Angeles Pt 1 Illustrator Tom Sierra others CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL ARTICLE

Oreja Mayor en la portada de BBC !!!! Alucinante, pero cierto. La ineptitud de Zapatero, ha desembocado en que tengamos que ver el carreto de Oreja Mayor en la mismisima portada de la BBC . Si no es el fin del mundo, estamos cerca !! Y aqui los dibujos animados Ji Ji .. el video.. "..sus padres tienen perras ($$$)?"

Spain's Banks Enter the Real Estate Market Lots of noise, little substance dariointernet.com Summary : 2009 The Quality of journalism in Spain is rather low if compared with that of journalism in the United States. For example, recently Spain's printed media published front page articles announcing with maximum flair and excitement that Spain's banks have entered the Real Estate Market offering apartments with major discounts . I would think a journalist before writing such garbage, should go and check if what the banks claim is actually happening! But since they didn't bother to check, I did it myself. What I found out was that these Banks overly exaggerate their claims and there is very little truth to their claims. In any case, even if there are discounts , they are on housing that is at a price range that is out of the reach of the typical Spaniard. So they are not solving anyones problems by giving a 30% discount on a property priced at 290,000 Euros....

La electricidad subió 21% frente al 4% prometido por el Gobierno de España Spain's Electricity bill is up 21% dariointernet.com Summary : As opposed to the 4% promised by Zapatero's government Efectivamente se ha demostrado que las tarifas de la luz han subido un 21% de media y no el 4% que había prometido el gobierno. ¿Y esos gilipollas no ponen controles?? Increíble !! Leer el articulo en este link www.telemadrid.es/actualidad

A Big F in Math for Zapatero dariointernet.com Summary : May 12 Anti crisis measures announced by Spain's government May 12th 2009 was the debate of the state of the nation in Spain. At this point everyone knows exactly in what state the nation is: total dispare!!! with 4 million unemployed, twice the unemployment rate of any industrial nation, a ridiculous housing market with prices no one can afford, etc.. . This is the real snapshot of Spain . During the debate ZP as he is called over here, announced his measures to pull Spain out of the crisis. I read, and RE-READ the main measure several times to total and absolute disbelief . The main measure is designed to encourage people to buy homes. YOu tell me: What would encourage you to buy a home? . Here I am, having worked since my sophomore year in college and now I am approaching midlife and I still don't own a home. What would encourage me to buy a home is having money in my pocket. A nice measure, would be ...

Real Estate in Spain : Stretching the word beautiful Look at this Real Estate ad for a tiny apartment in Madrid . The ad starts this way: Preciosa buhardilla ... "preciosa" being the spanish word for beautiful .   Now, once you click on the picture it enlarges and this is what it looks enlarged: If you notice anything beautiful about it, let me know, cause I don't see anything beautiful in there. Where is the window??? !!! And the price also stretches the word ridiculous. Obviously the crisis has not gone far enough in Spain. Once they are forced to drop their prices a further 20% then maybe they will recover their sense of modesty a little bit. END Other Articles:    

[Video] Abjeez - Tu me haces falta + Azulejos Malasaña   Saquè esta foto con mi movil-camara supuestamente de 5Mega Pixels, Nokia N95 pero que ha salido una mierda. Es una tienda abandonada. Los azulejos eran de una sala de coplas flamencas. Luego parece que pusieron una peluquería canina. Proximamente será un puticlub o un McDonalds Ja Ja Ja.. There is a real estate crisis in Spain. Lots of people trying to sell or rent, but the prices have hardly dropped yet. They still ask ridiculous amounts. Though thankfully this time around people are saying no. Prices still need to drop a good 30%. Which brings me to this beautiful video by Abjeez called: "Tu me haces falta" :

2009 Spain Electrical Bill Pure suit and tie robbery dariointernet.com There have been recent changes to the electrical bill that spaniards receive. Originally the bills were once every two months, but starting February 2009 they are billing once a month. AND they have hiked up the rates officially 15%. That's officially, but in practice it looks like the bill has doubled . Here is my bill for just 1 month usage: It is 78 Euros for just one month. We are talking 78Euros for one month for a tiny studio apartment for a single working person who is not home half the time!!!!! Other people with actually families have received $300 Euro charges. My landlord first announced the amount to me over the phone. Then when she came to collect the money, she goes: "¿Se te ha pasado el disgusto?" ( i.e. Have you gotten over it?.) This is pure suit & tie robbery . These companies executives are the highest paid, then they go asking ...

World Homeless World Cup + Cool Animation and Logo Design updatesdario.blogspot.com Summary : ... In this cold freezing weather we are having in Europe, it is seriously important to think about the homeless . There are way many out there. Way more than official data's go. People dismiss the issue saying.. ..Oh there are shelters , but believe me there are not, particularly where the homeless hang out, which is the center of town. For starters, nobody provides them free transportation to the outskirts, if the shelter is located away from the town center. In October 2005 I was unemployed and desperately looking for work on the internet. Right then, the lady I was renting a room from, decided to switch phone companies, leaving us without internet for a month, which is the ridiculous amount of time it takes in Spain for an operator to start someones internet service. So I had to go with my laptop to one centric plaza in Madrid under a government office to use the WIFI for ...

Goodbye to the bus to the industrial outskirts of madrid dariointernet.com Summary : 20 % of Spaniards are poor .... Link to the FULL ARTICLE

Ahora los bancos no trabajan Hipotecas en España Suddenly Banks in Spain have moved away from the Mortgage bussiness dariointernet.com Summary : Amazing story about banks and the mortgage business in Spain [English] Over a year ago long before this economic crisis, which has dragged the Dow down to the 7,500 level, I did some homework and shopped around for mortgages here in Spain. Imagine all the work and paperwork. Eventually I was pre-approved for 3 of them that I liked. However, I never took any and abandoned my pursuit for any apartment purchase. But I did make a nice list of the banks with the direct phone numbers of the people that actually evaluate the applications. You know, getting those direct numbers is the hard part, because calling the Free customer service number just gets you to some clueless remote tele-operator sitting in Santo Domingo who doesn't even know where Madrid is located. Now get this...! I call one of those desired "direct" numbers...

Housing protection program for rich people About official policies in Spain dariointernet.com Summary : About housing issues in Spain and how the cover-up governamental programs are only useful for the already rich. [Spanish] Politicas de viviendas de proteccion oficial que solo sirven para hacer la vida mas comoda a gente ya adinerada. Click here for the FULL article - PINCHA AQUI para el articulo completo

Celestino Iletrado de Ministro updatesdario.blogspot.com Summary : ministros iletrados en España Nos podemos reír de la politica Estadounidense y con mucha razon. Pero anda que aqui en España no es que andemos precisamente sobrados de calidad en la politica. A veces en España uno no sabe adonde correr. Por una parte hace unas semanas nos reimos mucho cuando al gordo del PP le pillaron refiriendose como Coñazo al desfile de sus partidarios mas ferozes. Ahora si solo fueran los del PP que nos preocuparan, no estariamos tan mal. Pero es que los Socialistas tambien dan la nota y bien. Por ejemplo, la seleccion de ministros que ha hecho Zapatero debe de plantearnos serías dudas sobre sus capacidades mentales. Haber! Por ejemplo, ese ministro iletrado llamado Celestino que dice que la crisis durará 2 meses! Ja Ja ja!! Celestino sabrá de espionaje, de ansias por el poder y estatus, ¿Pero de Economía?

Life Can Change in A Heartbeat. A Un Tris dariointernet.com Summary : Some thoughts about the volatility and fragility of life. A mini biography of Denise de Kalafe and some notes about her song called A Un Tris Click here or on the banner to read the ENTIRE FULL article

6 years living in boxes dariointernet.com Summary : Images and thoughts of living in tiny rooms and having my life in boxes for 6 years ... Click here or on the banner to read the ENTIRE FULL article

Summary : Economy : Paying for the mistakes of the rich bastards. A little rant about the last two weeks of September 2008 and the downfall of the economy and how it affected me with the banks going down the toilet. Click here or on the banner to read the ENTIRE FULL article