@JavierSanz El problema no son los sueldos de los jardineros sino de los médicos.
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Wontolla77
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Wontolla77
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Esto pagamos en mi urbanización por la jardinería. ¿Qué os parecen los sueldos? Cobran más que los médicos 😅
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@CidCampeador_88 @puzzelano Si, pero Palencia nos ha quitado las merindades. Estos palentinos locos, quieren todas las montañas para ellos. Que será lo siguiente, Pineda??
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JUST IN: On March 2, Spain told the United States no.
Not a diplomatic hedge. Not a quiet delay. A direct refusal to allow American military aircraft to use the jointly-operated bases at Rota and Morón for strikes against Iran. The US relocated 15 aircraft. Spain held its position.
On March 3, Trump sat in the Oval Office and said: “We’re going to cut off all trade with Spain.”
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez did not move. His government denied the White House’s subsequent claim that Spain had “agreed to cooperate with the US military.” Spain went further and publicly reiterated its opposition to the war itself.
On March 5, Spain announced it was deploying the frigate Cristóbal Colón, one of its most advanced warships, to the Eastern Mediterranean. Destination: the waters near Cyprus. Mission: air defense and evacuation support following a Hezbollah drone strike on the British RAF base at Akrotiri. Expected arrival in Crete: March 10.
Now hold those two facts next to each other.
Spain refused to let US aircraft use Spanish soil to strike Iran. Then Spain dispatched a warship to protect a British military base from Iran’s proxy force.
This is not contradiction. This is the most precise diplomatic maneuver in the alliance this week.
Sánchez drew a distinction that most of NATO has been unable or unwilling to articulate. Spain will not be an offensive platform for a war it did not sanction. It will defend European and allied territory from the consequences of that war. Those are not the same commitment. The first makes Spain a co-belligerent. The second makes Spain a responsible NATO member fulfilling its defense obligations.
Trump’s trade threat was designed to eliminate that distinction, to force Spain to choose between its economy and its opposition to the war’s architecture.
Spain chose the distinction.
The Cristóbal Colón will be sailing toward Cyprus by the time this posts.
On the same sea where Hezbollah drones are hunting British military infrastructure, Spain will have a frigate in the water, on its own terms, for its own stated reasons, under no instruction from Washington.
That is what alliance looks like when a country decides to write its own terms.
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Wontolla77 retweetledi
Me estoy divirtiéndo mucho con los post que me llegan de los Australianos.
Están sembrados:
.Alright. Let’s talk about this absolute geopolitical shitshow for a second.
So picture the scene.
You’ve got Spain, right. A normal country. Tapas. Siestas. People arguing about football and drinking wine in the sun. And suddenly they wake up one morning and Donald Trump is on television basically screaming:
“IF YOU DON’T HELP ME BOMB IRAN I’M CUTTING OFF TRADE.”
Mate… what the fuck is this? Is this foreign policy or a drunk bloke threatening to leave a group chat?
And Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez comes out and says the Middle East escalation is a “disaster.”
Which, by the way, is the most polite European way possible of saying:
“THIS IS A FUCKING TRAIN WRECK.”
Because Europeans don’t scream like Americans do. They just calmly sip an espresso and go:
“Yes… this situation is extremely concerning.”
Which translates to:
“WHO GAVE THE TODDLER THE NUCLEAR CODES?”
Now here’s the bit that makes this whole thing even funnier.
Spain said no to letting the U.S. use joint military bases on Spanish soil for the strikes on Iran.
And suddenly Donald Trump is like:
“FINE. NO TRADE WITH SPAIN.”
Mate… that’s not diplomacy.
That’s a bloke flipping the Monopoly board because he landed on someone else’s hotel.
Can you imagine the conversation in Madrid?
Spanish officials sitting around a big table going:
“So the Americans want to use our bases to bomb Iran.”
And one guy at the back just slowly raises his hand like:
“Maybe… we DON’T join the Middle East apocalypse today?”
And everyone goes:
“Yeah. That sounds reasonable.”
Meanwhile Trump is pacing around the Oval Office like a bloke who just lost a bet at the pub.
“You guys don’t wanna help bomb Iran? FINE. NO PAELLA FOR YOU. NO OLIVE OIL. NO TOURISTS.”
Mate, Spain’s entire national reaction was probably just:
“Okay.”
Because here’s the reality nobody in Washington seems to understand.
The rest of the world is exhausted with this cowboy shit.
You bomb someone.
Then you threaten someone else.
Then you scream at your allies.
Then oil prices explode.
Then the global economy starts coughing up a lung.
And then everyone acts surprised like:
“How did this happen?”
HOW DID IT HAPPEN?
Mate it happened because the global strategy right now looks like it was written on the back of a fucking napkin at a steakhouse.
And Spain just looked at the whole thing and went:
“Nope.”
Which honestly might be the most adult response anyone’s had in this entire mess.
Because while Washington is running around lighting geopolitical fireworks, countries like Spain are standing there going:
“You realise we have trade routes, energy markets, and 450 million Europeans who would quite like NOT to start World War Three today, yeah?”
But of course Trump’s response is:
“Cut off trade!”
Mate Spain exports $20 billion worth of stuff to the U.S.
Wine. Cars. Machinery. Food.
You’re gonna cut that off because they wouldn’t let you use their backyard to launch missiles?
That’s like threatening to divorce your wife because she won’t lend you the car to rob a bank.
“YOU’RE NOT SUPPORTING MY VISION!”
Your vision is a fucking felony, mate.
And here’s the funniest part.
This whole tantrum actually makes Spain look like the only sober bloke at a 3am house party.
Everyone else is smashing furniture, lighting fireworks inside, punching holes in the wall.
And Spain’s standing in the kitchen holding a glass of water going:
“Guys… maybe we should all calm the fuck down.”
So yeah.
Pedro Sánchez calling this a “disaster” might actually be the most accurate understatement of the decade.
Because when the adults in the room start using words like disaster…
It usually means the rest of the room is on fire and someone’s trying to fix it with a fucking flamethrower.
~Gman
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@EliteTigers1 @SarahForRuncorn They aren’t expats, they are migrants.
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If you want to live in our country, you must integrate into our society.
Speak English. Show your face in public. Take part in our shared civic life.
That is the foundation of a strong and united nation. 🇬🇧
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No hay discusión que la retirada del carnet al conductor del Audi debería ser inmediata, no?
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@JohnF1_14 Pastilla amarilla: Alonso gana un par de carreras en 2026 y se retira y Carlos gana el mundial
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Tenéis que elegir una de las dos:
-Pastilla Azul 🔵: Carlos Sainz gana un par de carreras en 2026 y Fernando Alonso también consigue victorias, pero sin ganar el mundial.
-Pastilla Roja 🔴: Fernando Alonso gana el mundial de 2026 pero Carlos Sainz se retira al final del año.
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Quiero que me digas un entrenador que tenga más aura de derrota que Mascherano y desactivo la cuenta.
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Como ya pasó en la Dana, sigo sin ver "pulseritas" ayudando en los incendios...Donde estáis patriotas?...
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@ea6ajt @PuntaLeyend No? Cuanto vas a pagar por el mes y pico que lleva tú madre hospitalizada?
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@Suzierizzo1 Clickbait. One is closing because they were sued out of existence. One closed as part of restructuring of the parent company. The last is a temporary closure.
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Kentucky faces major job loss after three major Whisky and Bourbon Distilleries file Chapter 11 Bankruptcy!
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🚨 Fabien Causeur es agente libre tras su salida de Milán. Jugador muy muy interesante para cualquier proyecto
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@mcuquerella @vonderleyen Los europeos seguiremos sin comprar un puto coche americano, entre otras cosas porque los coches americanos YA se fabrican en Europa
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2,5% pagará USA por vender sus coches en Europa
15 % pagará Europa por vender sus coches en USA
A la calle, Ursula @vonderleyen
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¿Podríamos abrir el melón que la palabra “expat” es
una forma para que este tipo de personas se sienta superior a los demás?
Porque al final este sujeto es un inmigrante como todos.
Brock Way 🇦🇺@brockwayonline
After being in Latin America for 3.5 years and talking to many expats These are the Top 5 countries in LatAm: 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇵🇾 Paraguay 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇦🇷 Argentina These 5 are all that matter at the end of the day. Chalk the rest, unless it's a holiday.
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Un autobús de Barcelona, para que luego solo pongáis cosas malas de Catalunya.
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the european mind cannot comprehend driving four hours and still being in the same state
Edison Carter 𓅃@EdisonCarterN23
The American mind can’t comprehend that 80% of car trips could be taken in a car like this.
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