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French president to appear on national television

Amasing France.... Sarky is due to appear on tv, in the midst of the worse economic crisis since WW2, monday night, following a crazy week, to speak of the crasy state spending, the near the cliff's hedge France's numerous deficits...., the unemployment level for several decades that have ruined the "nanny" state.... the several won awards for the unrivaled world taxes misery title.... NO, a rich french lady ( a shameful situtation...I guess) has been generous according to her former accountant towards some moneyless hands out politicians queuing up her chic dinners... in the mean time... almost 1 million euros of tax payer's money has vanished somewhere near the city of Marseille funding some estranged non profit (no kidding) organisations (no wonder Uncle Sam wanted bank accounts details, woudln't be surprised to find out weird extremist islamic support in there) Sarky to do some explaining too.... hopefully....

The extended use of the Spanish football team for other purposes than the game and the great spirit of Sport may backlash severely. Throughout the passed few days, the Spanish team is now used in the hands of the wrong people for the wrong reasons as a weapon verses the Catalans to oppose Cataluna reunification spirit. It is not just wrong, it's stupid, it will backlash whatever the final result is (look at france...), it will be a matter of months, at the best a couple of years.... Politics in Sports is wrong, it is a sign of weakness and it won't abuse on the long term anybody, Cataluna is a nation, that's history, just like Breizh, Euskal Herria or Galixa, the sooner their rights to self governement are handed back to them, the better, they don't just deserve it, they are entitled to it.