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Translation:
Puigdemont, are your Communist friends in Cuba, whom your former government supported, waiting for you to cut sugar cane?
Read about Catalonia’s former autonomous government under Puigdemont and its love affair with Cuba.
Image: Order for search, capture and arrest of Carles Puigdemont.
Someone has to say the truth…
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By Marielena Montesino de Stuart
Carles Puigdemont, as the President of the Government of Catalonia (Catalan: Generalitat de Catalunya), an autonomous regional government, should be held legally accountable– along with his rogue team of separatist politicians– for endangering the lives of thousands of people who took to the streets to protest and vote on an illegal referendum for the “independence” of Catalonia. This illegal referendum ignored the anti-independence wishes of over half the population in that region– a perfect example of socialist “democracy” by “consensus”– which means that a minority decides what’s good for the majority of us!
But let’s go back to the protests…
These “independence” protests, which on the surface appear to be spontaneous– are far from it.
These socialist-style “peaceful” protests are always orchestrated to challenge authority, while taking advantage of liberal media coverage, knowing full well that the mainstream media always paints law enforcement in a bad light. This manipulation of people’s emotions may work well for the socialist and or naive viewer– but it is an insult to the intelligence of millions of people who cannot be fooled, and who respect the rule of law.
Fortunately, hundreds of thousands of Catalans against illegal “independence” took to the streets on Sunday to show enormous support for law enforcement officers sent by the federal government in Madrid, and marched proudly– as they wrapped themselves in the flag of Spain.
Puigdemont should also be held legally responsible for the thousands of jobs lost across Catalonia, as corporation after corporation left the region, in order to avoid the political and economic nightmare created by the separatists. Frankly, I don’t know if these corporations will ever or should come back, with Puigdemont and his ilk in charge!
Catalonia
Catalonia is a region in Spain which enjoys an autonomy never seen before in the Spanish territory. During the last 40 years Catalans have enjoyed incredible freedom and benefits under a Spanish constitution– which the people of Catalonia overwhelmingly approved. So, this business of “independence” is simply a socialist-separatist ploy to advance a “social justice” agenda, which has little to do with language and culture. And if you don’t know the danger of a “social justice” agenda– all you need to do is look at the poster child of “social justice”– Cuba!
Which leads me to the next point…
Don’t you find it interesting (and revolting) that while Puigdemont and his rogue team of social justice warriors claim “freedom, justice and independence” for Catalonia– they are HUGE supporters of the Communist brutal dictatorship in Cuba?
Puigdemont’s speech on October 10: “An exercise in cynicism”
Puigdemont’s speech today before the Catalan (Regional) Parliament was not just an embarrassment– it was a string of empty words and lies to the people of Catalonia and to the people of Spain– and to anybody else who wasted their time watching and listening to him, including this writer. In the words of Ignasi Guardans, a Catalan lawyer and former MEP, Puigdemont’s speech was an “exercise in cynicism.”
Puigdemont, who declared today that Catalonia is “independent” (but in a back-burner-sort-of-way)– also wants to “dialogue.” There’s only one problem: there’s no one to dialogue with– because no one is interested.
So, it’s time for the Spanish government to apply Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution, before the rogue “government” of Catalonia destroys the region, by continuing to put its citizens in harms way— along with their political and economic institutions.
Someone has to say the truth…
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Catalonia’s “progressive” autonomous government is destroying its economy as one of the richest regions in Spain through its hypocritical claim to “freedom and democracy” — as it continues to pursue independence from Spain.
Major corporations and financial institutions are fleeing the Catalan region, in order to avoid the political chaos created by the socialists behind the independence movement— a movement which has also sold the Catalan region’s Catholic and cultural soul by rolling out the red carpet politically to Islamic groups, in exchange for separatist votes.
I recall how Catalan separatists proudly waved their EU passports as soon as they became available, as a symbolic rejection of their Spanish nationality. But now, years later— not even their socialist brethren at the EU support their separatist cause. This is a perfect example of the chaotic nature of socialism.
Fortunately, the majority of Catalans DO NOT support this socialist separatist agenda, as the world has witnessed through the massive anti-separatist demonstrations in Catalonia— and throughout Spain.
Not only is the above scenario a historical embarrassment in its lack of economic and cultural vision, but the Catalan autonomous government, while claiming “freedom and democracy”— shamelessly does business with Cuba’s bloody Communist military dictatorship, which has tortured and murdered the Cuban people for nearly 60 years!
Click on the following link to read about the hypocritical autonomous government of Catalonia and its passionate support of Cuba’s Communist dictatorship:
Catalonia’s Autonomous Government Does Business with the Devil: CATALONIA AND CUBA
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The video featured in this post was filmed in 2012. The Islamic presence and political influence has increased exponentially in Spain during the past five years, based on the rapid rise in Moslem migrants and their robust population growth. This should make a déjà vu topic of conversation around your dinner table tonight-- considering that Spain was under Moslem occupation for nearly 800 years, until they were expelled in 1492 by Isabela The Catholic, Queen of Spain.
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By the numbers…
The number of Moslems residing in Spain in 2016 exceeded 1.9 million (1,919,141), which is an increase of 31,235 from 2015, when it reached 1.8 million. According to the Demographic Study of the Moslem Population prepared by The Union of Islamic Communities of Spain (UCIDE) and the Andalusí Observatory, followers of Islam represent 4% of the total Spanish population.
The report, which uses data from the General Administration of the State and UCIDE, indicates that 42% (804,017) of Moslems in Spain are nationals, compared to 58% (1.11 million), who are Islamic foreigners. These figures confirm the trend of previous years, showing an increase in the number of Moslems born in Spain, as well as Moslem nationalized citizens, compared to migrant Moslems.
Among the Spaniards, more than half (430,990) are children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Moslems, that is, already born in Spain, while 277,409 are nationalized Spanish citizens. 23,624 adhere to Islam. Among the Islamic foreigners, almost seven out of ten are Moroccans (753,425), followed by Pakistanis (78,071), Senegalese (62,489), Algerians (61,987) and Nigerians (41,486).
Moslems in Spain’s autonomous communities, regions, municipalities and cities
A quarter of the total Moslems residing in Spain are concentrated in Catalonia (515,482). This is followed by Andalusia, with 309,586 Moslems; Madrid, with 283,063 and Valencia, where 204,479 reside. It is interesting to note that Cantabria and Asturias are the autonomies where the less faithful Islamists reside, with less than 10,000 in each of these regions.
Barcelona, Ceuta, Madrid and Melilla are the Spanish municipalities with the largest number of Moslem citizens. They are followed by El Ejido (Almería) and Murcia. In percentage of population, Ceuta and Melilla stand prominently with their Moslem populations: Ceuta has 36,474 Moslem residents out of 84,519 total residents. Melilla has 44,564 Moslem residents out of 86,026 total residents.
The year is 2017– and demographics are destiny. But this time, there’s no Isabela The Catholic, Queen of Spain.
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Thanks for visiting! Drop me a line through my contact form to share your views on the Islamic terrorism that is so deeply affecting Europe, as well as the geopolitical and economic situation under Prime Minister Rajoy’s government, in the framework presented below:
Given Catalonia’s ongoing separatist campaigns (greatly supported by socialist-separatists and even Islamists in that region) I am particularly interested in hearing your opinion, and that of people in your neighborhood / community, on whether Madrid should invoke article 155 of the constitution and retaliate economically against Catalonia (including freezing the Liquidity Fund) in order to suspend Catalonia’s regional autonomy– should it continue to pursue separation from Spain.
By 2012, Barcelona, as the capital of Catalonia, was home to 11 mosques and 30 official Islamic centers and religious organizations, which were registered with the Justice Ministry of Spain and the Office of Religious Affairs of the Barcelona Town Council. The Islamic presence and political influence has continued to increase in Catalonia, particularly because separatists seek Islamic support of their separatist movement– in spite of the Islamic terrorist cells operating inside Spain, as covered in the New York Times article published today, titled “How a Secretive Branch of ISIS Built a Global Network of Killers” (excerpt follows, bold added for emphasis):
Based on the accounts of operatives arrested so far, the Emni has become the crucial cog in the group’s terrorism machinery, and its trainees led the Paris attacks and built the suitcase bombs used in a Brussels airport terminal and subway station. Investigation records show that its foot soldiers have also been sent to Austria, Germany, Spain, Lebanon, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Do you feel that Spain’s government is doing a good job at preventing terrorism– considering the lack of cooperation from socialist groups like the Catalonian separatists, who for the most part have embraced the Islamization of their region?
Also, do you support the abolishment of same-sex marriage? Do you and your circle of friends, colleagues and neighbors feel that same-sex marriage was rammed down the throats of Spaniards– who for the most part still reject it?
How engaged are the people in your neighborhood, community or church against abortion? Abortion is an ongoing scandal and a crisis in Spain, considering that Spain is one of the ten most Catholic countries in the world, having converted millions to Christianity, particularly after its discovery of the New World. The abortion crisis in Spain was again painfully portrayed with the recent arrest and sentencing of Dr. Carlos Morin, who runs a house of horrors in Barcelona, where he has performed countless late-term abortions. The question is, how many more like Dr. Morin are conducting this massacre throughout Spain? How has your community reacted to the news of Dr. Morin?
Spain’s reality under the EU has been an economic and moral disaster. Given the EU’s socialist penchant for “consensus” (a code word for ignoring the will of the people)– do you feel that most Spaniards would prefer to leave the EU and follow the British example?
You may add any other comments about Spain’s reality. Thank you.
Marielena Montesino de Stuart
REFERENCE: How a Secretive Branch of ISIS Built a Global Network of Killers – The New York Times
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Today I would like to talk about coal, the valuable sedimentary rock that God created.
In June of this year, the EPA announced new rules under President Obama’s Executive Order, covering CO2 emissions from fossil fuel-fired electricity generating plants under the Clean Air Act (CAA). This is another blow to the coal industry, which has concentrated on clean coal technology, in order to meet the ever-increasing demands of environmentalists.
According to a U.S. Chamber of Commerce study, these overwhelming and complex new rules “threaten to suppress average U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by $51 billion and lead to an average of 224,000 fewer jobs every year through 2030, relative to baseline economic forecasts.”
The socialist strangling of the coal industry is the result of Obama’s Climate Action Plan for greenhouse gas (GHG)– as part of his goal “to lead international efforts to address global climate change.”
President Obama may be trying to make the United States a leader in climate change rules– but Germany, for example, is simply not impressed.
Germany is shutting down its nuclear power plants, and companies like RWE (Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk) are building new coal-fired plants in Hamm, in the North Rhine Westphalia region, as well as in the Netherlands. E.On, which is Germany’s biggest power producer, is following in the footsteps of RWE and is erecting a new coal-fired plant in North Rhine Westphalia. A state-owned Swedish company has built a coal plant outside of Hamburg. Other coal plants are going up in Karlsruhe and Mannheim.
Coal Facts | WCA | World Coal AssociationMeanwhile, in the United States, companies like Stericycle, Inc. and Covanta are being rewarded with taxpayer money through public-private partnerships (PPPs)– because they are willing to ride on the environmentalist band wagon, in support of “sustainable” waste management services as energy sources. All this fancy environmental wording sounds good, until you realize what is really behind it:
Excerpt from my article titled,
The Gates of Hell: Aborted Babies used as Waste to Generate Electricity – April 25, 2014):
“Newspapers across the world are covering this story, which describes how homes in Oregon have been powered through processed “waste” that may include the incinerated tissues of aborted babies– and that the incineration is taking place at the Marion County Resource Recovery Facility, in order to generate electricity.
The Associated Press reports [bold added for emphasis]:
Some of the fetal material came from the Canadian province of British Columbia, where regional health authorities have a contract with waste management firm Stericycle and send biomedical waste, such as fetal tissue, cancerous tissue and amputated limbs to the Oregon facility, said Kristy Anderson, a spokeswoman with the British Columbia Health Ministry.
Stericycle, based in Lake Forest, Ill., has been criticized by anti-abortion groups for years because it disposes of aborted fetuses collected from family planning clinics. Company officials did not return phone calls seeking comment.
But news reports also indicate that the Marion County Resource Recovery Facility in rural Brooks, Oregon, is a partnership between Marion County and Covanta, a New Jersey-based company that operates energy-from-waste power generation plants.”
In addition to the reported use of aborted fetuses from abortion clinics, here is a taste of what else is going on in the “sustainable” waste management world of public-private partnerships (in other words, your taxpayer money at work)– as described by the publication American City and County, established in 1909 as a “voice of state and local government:”
American City and County, January 18, 2013 [bold added for emphasis]
“Nearly 1,000 New York government entities will receive a check for overcharges as part of a $2.4 million settlement with one of the nation’s largest medical waste disposal companies. Under the agreement, Stericycle, Inc., will fully reimburse New York police and fire departments, schools, hospitals, prisons and other entities for a scheme to charge automated price increases without notice and in violation of contract terms.”
In contrast to the above socialist corruption, coal has been a time-tested natural source of energy, made clean and more efficient through modern technology. Indeed, coal has helped make the United States the wealthiest nation on earth, as a vital source of energy. But the ever-increasing socialist tyranny established by global environmentalists, along with socialist-based government subsidies of “sustainable” energy sector companies like Stericycle, Inc., and Covanta, have badly wounded the coal industry and the coal miners, who have dedicated their lives to extracting this sedimentary rock from deep under the earth.
Spain
Spain is a perfect example of the decline of coal mining. Sandwiched between environmental rules and pre-pension plans through socialist initiatives, the coal miners of the Valley of Turón in the province of Asturias, now find themselves abandoned after the European Union announced that coal subsidies will end in 2018.
Mining operations in Spain have experienced a decline over the past several decades, in spite of the growing demand for raw materials that are extracted from coal. The European economic crisis, austerity programs, unemployment, strict environmental regulations in the production of electricity, coupled with “sustainability” measures, have thrown the Spanish coal industry into an abyss. This environment has not helped Spain become a competitive participant in the international sector, as a provider to energy hungry markets like China and India. As such, some Spanish mining centers have opted for conversion to tourist and/or religious attractions.
Culturally speaking, these mine conversions are not new, such as the catacombs in Paris, located at Place Defert-Rochereau, which are underground ossuaries that fill the caverns and tunnels of old stone mines.
Coal mining has been the main livelihood and culture for generations, in this proud northern region of Spain. Sadly, while these miners watch Germany expand its coal industry, the number of coal miners in Spain has fallen from approximately 40,000 to somewhere between 2,600 to 3,000.
Left with nothing but memories and a culture that they wish to preserve, the Coro de Mineros de Turón (the Miner’s Choir of Turón) sings to Santa Barbara Bendita (Blessed Saint Barbara)– the patroness of miners. They sing dressed as if ready to go down to the mines. Their short video, which I present below, is both heartbreaking and inspiring.
At the rate Obama is going with his climate change rules, American coal miners may need to start looking for a choir director.
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Spain has been warned by authorities in Morocco that 3,000 jihadists fighting in Syria against Bashar al-Assad are making their way back home to Morocco—posing a danger to Spain. A great number of these Moroccan jihadists are from the cities of Ceuta and Melilla, which are Spanish autonomous communities in North Africa; as such, these jihadists may have the necessary documentation to enter Spain.
The majority of the Moroccan jihadist combatants belonged to Harakat Sham al-Islam, which is considered to be one of the most “distinguished” groups in the Islamic front; however, the group, which was founded in August 2013 by three Moroccan former detainees (who were freed from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp) announced on July 25, 2014 that Harakat Sham al-Islam is now part of the Ansar al-Deen Front (Ansar Dine).
Ansar al-Deen / Ansar Dine is a group that emerged in Mali in March 2012, which seeks the implementation of a strict Sharia Law system. Like a cancer, it has spread and fused with other Islamic terror cells. There are Spanish nationals who joined this group in Syria, as combatants against al-Assad. They have used Syria as a training ground before returning to the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa (west of Egypt)– in order to wage jihad.
Spain’s Minister of the Interior, Jorge Fernández Díaz, has warned about the urgent situation faced by the European Union, in keeping a watch on jihadists that return to Europe from combat areas. It is estimated that there is a mobilized contingency of jihadist Spanish nationals in mainland Spain.
Spain is in the crosshairs of Islamic groups, including ISIS, who want to recapture the Iberian peninsula.
May God help us all.
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