Minister on the loose!

Sometimes, or so it seems, politicians in our government not only serve the goal to manage our country through the inevitable rough times which are neigh, but also try to magically let a smile appear on all of our faces. This latter is accomplished by saying something really silly, under the disguise of a "proefballonnetje". Such a weird proposal is,

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Back to medieval times

People living in the randstad in the Netherlands, tend to underestimate the rest of the country, as it just is not the Randstad. Anything beyond the large urban conglomerate spanning from Amsterdam to Utrecht and Rotterdam is not up to speed, and less developed. I’m not in favor of this snobbish attitude towards (17-7)/17*100 = 59% of the Netherlands, but

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Refunding a party of woman-fobics

If you are Dutch, you most certainly know them: SGP. The abbreviation stands for "Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij", a very strict party of reformed Christians. Recently they made all the headlines as the state-funding of the party was cut off, due to the fact women cannot be a participating member of the party, nor will they ever be as party-regulations clearly

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Hyping along

Without complaining too much about our perverted present society, I would like us to focus on the recent developments regarding us blindly following hypes. I intend to keep it short, on purpose since the average duration of attention on any subject is decreasing. The zapper-generation is here, and here to stay! All, so called, news has to be compact, easy

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Complaining is easy

This morging was only slightly different compared to others: traffic was bad. This time it was 525KM bad at it’s peak, a few minutes past 9 in the morning. We Dutchies have always been very good at complaining about any- and everything. Weather, immigrants, politicians, the national football-coach, the neighbors and the traffic. True, all named above do have flaws,

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Have they gone mad?

Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, it happened. The Nobel Peace Prize 2007 has been awarded to a guy dedicated to telling us how bad we are for the environment, and what disasters we have spelled upon us. Each year the Nobel Prizes are awarded to people and organizations who have made considerable contributions to their field of

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