Hey! Teacher! Leave those kids alone!
So a couple of weeks ago I heard the news that, on my old “high-school”, a teacher was put on non-active because he was having a sex-chat with a 12 year old girl on the internet while his laptop-screen contents were beamed onto a big screen in front of the entire classroom. (Dutch article here.)
Interestingly, [...]
No pictures inside…
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Life is what happens to you when you are too busy making other plans… Or rather, when you are sleeping…
Friday morning wasn’t the nicest of mornings: I woke up at 7AM as usual, went downstairs to open my laptop and make myself a nice cuppa. The laptop is usually right there on the table… but… [...]
I never expected me to say this, but …
What the fuck is up with todays youth?
I was sitting in the train minding my own business, when at a certain station this older guy tried to unfold his foldable bicycle. Tried — because it didn’t work initially. All in all it was relatively amusing because you could hear the guy curse the bike..
Another [...]
Woohoo! We got a dead soldier now too!
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So the body of the one Dutch soldier that got hit by ‘collateral damage’ from the freedom fighters in Afghanistan, arrived back in the Netherlands yesterday.
That is great, because things were winding down over here — people stopped caring about those fucking wars.
Now again, the media can tell the people on how bad the [...]
Marten Fortuyn is only out for money…
So…. the brother of the politician that got shot dead in 2002, is going to sue the state, or at least two guys that were in government at the time. According to this news-article (Dutch), Mr. Fortuyn states that it is now time because he has had the time to get over it.
Well… get over [...]
I just bought a Playstation 3…
The thing I least expected happened: buying the Playstation 3 the same month when it got available here in the Netherlands.
Yeh, well, what can I say — it can run Linux, dude.
Her cruddy chin is gone!
| by in Animals & Nature, Cats, Health, The Netherlands |
As mentioned earlier, one of our cats had ‘cat acne’, or ‘cruddy chin’ a while back, and my girlfriend came home with two homeopathic fluids, one for internal and one for external use, which we started to apply.
These fluids I guess are only available in the Netherlands, as its home page suggests.
The internal stuff, a [...]
LMAO! Minister must explain how a guy, with Joker-style make-up job, got a passport an ID-card
My girlfriend just called me about this hilarious bit about a guy that had gotten a passport with his picture made while he looked like The Joker from the Batman series.
Apparently, after stating that ‘this was his way of life’, the municipal office didn’t see no problem with it, and issued a passport an ID-card.
This [...]
Fuck The Police!
No justice no peace, motherfuckers.
When do this idiots get it into their thick heads that they are there to serve the fucking people, and not to attempt to keep up their appearance?
See, over here in the Netherlands, a 16 year old (!!!) girl was arrested and fined (and her jacket was taken) because her [...]
And then… there was a power failure
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The weather is shitty as hell today, storms and rain and shit. Pretty rough. So, I noticed the lights going off and on. Two times. All the machines are OK — just my internet connection isn’t.
Heh, as I type this the lights went again. I hope I still have juice later today.
Oh yeah [...]
Gen-tech contaminated rice found in Dutch supermarkets
Earlier this month results from research by Greenpeace indicated that a certain brand of rice that is sold in Dutch supermarkets is contaminated with genetically modified crops. (I wouldn’t have caught this if I didn’t check Indymedia.)
According to the article, it’s contaminated with a type of modified rice that can survive a certain weed-killer. [...]
Terrorism-suspect being extradited to the US
Wow — some Dutch terrorism suspect is being extradited to the US.
That isn’t at all ‘news’ or anything, but I find it most interesting here (in my opinion anyways) that he will be the first guy tried for terrorism in the US since the 9/11 attacks.
Impotent government — they couldn’t even catch one on [...]
Online treatment for alcoholism
I just caught this news (Dutch) about on-line treatment for alcohol-addiction by some Dutch clinic that specialises in that type of thing.
This ‘treatment’ consists of 7 online chat-sessions with a professional.
Now, I can’t get this image out of my head:
i have a drinking problem
Come, come, elucidate your thoughts.
i drink too much
I’m not sure I understand [...]
A new coffeeshop has opened in town I grew up in…
If you remembered, I once posted about my favourite coffeeshop being shut-down in the city I used to grow up in. The municipality shut it down because it was too near a school; and the owners didn’t have a, well, completely ‘clean’ sheet. (Hell, to me its a few home-dealers going legit, which is a [...]
Highway blocked; terror fears… All because of a flat tire.
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I just read here (Dutch) that the A2 highway (one of the main traffic arteries of the Netherlands), has been blocked.
Details remain sketchy, there’s mention of two money-trucks that are parked besides the highway and eye-witnesses saying that anti-terror units are searching the neighbourhood. A serious old-fashioned robbery, or some drill.. ?
Update: [...]
Supermarkets on the spamming-tip
| by in Random Rantings, The Netherlands |
The Albert Heijn, some big groceries store-chain in the Netherlands, is going to start to spam its customers utilising Bluetooth technology. It is a test, and currently only active in one establishment.
According to this article (Dutch, of course), only people that have Bluetooth enabled when entering the shop will be targetted, and only after they [...]
Yay, Donner stepping down.
It’s official, Donner is stepping down from his position as minister of Justice.
And it all happened while I was busy coding I didn’t even notice if the gf didn’t call me.
See, I never did trust the guy. During his time in the government, the guy survived a few ‘motions of distrust’, which they call [...]
VoIP (SIP), XS4ALL and Asterisk
My ISP (XS4ALL) is currently providing its clients with 1 or 2 optional VoIP numbers. I would’ve never imagined I would be setting VoIP up at home, but the mythical convergence box in my living room has VoIP capabilities — so why the hell not? (Why does a dog lick its balls?)
As VoIP calls are [...]
Plane returns to Schiphol…..
| by in Conspiracies, Freedom & Repression, Media, Religion & Politics, Random Rantings, The Netherlands |
….and none of the arrested people have been taken into custody because of ‘terrorism’.
Now that comes as a surprise… </sarcasm>
FUD, War On Truth, Terror, Fear, Netherlands
T minus 7 days and counting…
| by in General, The Netherlands |
Yeh well, as I said earlier this month, a certain Monday would be an interesting one. Never gotten around to an actual update on that, but, well, now I am.
Anyways, that particular Monday on the 24th of July was the day I gave my current employer my notice.
I quit that job because, well, I [...]
In a true ‘Free World’…
…one would not, and should not, be prevented to take your own life. Apparently — ‘the law‘ decides that you may not do that.
Of course they don’t want you to do that because the State will loose money: the national income will be lower in the future if a few people would take their own [...]
A first for everything: I passed out
| by in Health, The Netherlands |
Last week I was minding my own business sleeping, only to wake up with a slight irritation in my eye. I vaguely remember trying to get something out of my eye and possibly scratching my eye-ball with my finger-nail. (At least — that’s what I think as I was still a bit drousy.)
I didn’t give [...]
Dutch population-growth is slow this year
The Central Bureau of Statistics (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, CBS) reports that the Dutch population has barely grown: the last 6 months there was a mere increase of only 2.000 people, as opposed to 7.000 people in the same period, in the previous year.
Interestingly, the second quarter of 2006 only seen a decrease of [...]
Dutch Donald Duck cartoonist convicted for sexually abusing minors
| by in Sad Stuff, The Netherlands |
The 32 year old Dutch freelance Donald Duck cartoonist Sander G. has been convicted for sexually abusing young girls on the internet. Presumably, he was bothering them with indecent proposals and posing naked in front of a webcam.
Abuse, Donald Duck, The Netherlands
Give up your PIN-code to some criminal holding you at gun-point?
| by in Belegana, Freedom & Repression, Health, Ideas & Concepts, Media, Religion & Politics, Random Rantings, Security & Privacy, The Netherlands, Visions |
Well, go to jail already! In the Netherlands, the police will label anybody that hands over their PIN-code, as a ’suspect of a criminal act’. Of course, there are things to be said against, and pro…. But, of course, I’m more leaning towards against: I didn’t fucking ask for a fucking banking-card that is protected [...]
Oh no the sky is falling: Terrorism-suspect arrested in the Netherlands
| by in Conspiracies, Freedom & Repression, Media, Religion & Politics, Random Rantings, The Netherlands |
So the media finds it again necessary to turn up the heat (i.e. scare-monger some more) here in the Netherlands. During some routine check the police arrested a guy that was on an international all-point-bulletin type of thing. The person was suspected of slaying 15 people and, of course, of taking part in a terrorist [...]
Bird-flu: It’s baaaaaaaack..
| by in Animals & Nature, Health, Sad Stuff, The Netherlands |
Apparently, bird-flu broke out again (Dutch) here in the Netherlands. While driving home yesterday, I did notice the signs like this, but hadn’t heard any news that day:
Sign that prohibits the transport of mammals, poultry, eggs and manure.
Coming home, I checked the news to find out that a new case of the bird-flu was discovered [...]
3 year old child gets fine for peeing in public
| by in Humour, Sad Stuff, The Netherlands |
I just read this (Dutch) news about a three-year-old kid getting a €75 fine for peeing in public here in the Netherlands.
Apparently, the kid was with its mother and it badly needed to ‘go’. As there was no public toilet in sight, she let ‘m pee in the bushes. Meanwhile, a cop saw all this [...]
On voice recognition to access bank-account information…
Bright idea, voice recognition (Dutch article) to access bank account information.
A user can authenticate themselves to the bank, using their voice as their passport. Anyone that remember the film Sneakers will remember that, basically, you could record and playback somebody’s bank-account number after you’ve snooped from them. “My voice is my passport”…
That said, [...]
Holiday coming to an end…
| by in General, The Netherlands |
Today it’s Thursday, with only a few days before the next week in which I’ll go back to work. Monday will be an interesting day I’ll bet (I will post an update on that when that day has passed).
Then, my two week holiday will have ended, with my age being one year older than when [...]
Our ‘boys’ on their way to Uruzghan, Afghanistan
| by in Conspiracies, Freedom & Repression, Media, Religion & Politics, Random Rantings, The Netherlands |
Yeh — so I read that our military has gone on a new mission to Afghanistan.
It’s going to be a ‘tough mission’, they say, but they’re going to do everything that’s necessary and possible’.
These words are nothing more than, well, just mere words. It sounds cool, just like the ‘Support Our Troops’-slogan — but it [...]
On the Dutch government collapse in global media…
According to the Guardian:
[..] the Dutch government collapsed last night in a row over its treatment of a Somali-born politician who came to symbolise the country’s troubled relations with its Muslim population.
Excuse me? What kind of crock is that?
Another fine case of misinformation in the (global) media. Symbolise? She fueled the fucking feud and started [...]
Political ‘crisis’ as government resigns in the Netherlands
So, last night our government ‘fell’ because of the whole Hirshi-Ali business. Well actually it fell because most politicians, as they always do, are more busy with themselves, than the actual country they’re trying to run.
In that respect, I had expected a crisis rather sooner than later.
If enough people still care enough and vote [...]
My rabbit was making faces at me
| by in Animals & Nature, Bunnies, The Netherlands |
And I could just catch him the act!
(Well, actually, he was just cleaning himself and I had a lucky shot. ;))
Rabbit, Images, Pictures
Yay — we lost!
Soccer sucks, we lost and the team will return today. Double — no — tripple yay!
Sadly though, this doesn’t mean we’re finally ridden of that irritating soccer championshit bullshit on every goddamn television channel where not a single station is airing interesting movies or programmes at all, fearing nobody would watch it anyways.
Maybe that’ll change. [...]
Sure, telephone numbers, etcetera, will all be replaced by a single email-address
| by in Computers & Hardware, Ideas & Concepts, Internet & Technology, Random Rantings, Software, The Netherlands |
Some Dutch researcher suggests that, in the long run, (mobile) telephone numbers will disappear and will be replaced by one email-address.
Although we can put people on the moon and make money of prolonging the problems of sickness, the spam problem most probably still won’t be solved. Not even touching the privacy-related issues there arise if [...]
The Bilderberg Group
| by in Conspiracies, Freedom & Repression, Interesting Links, Media, Religion & Politics, The Netherlands |
So I read on Prison Planet the stuff about the Bilderberg group meeting in Canada and perused the list of attendees.
Of course there are enough names on that list that raise questions and concerns.
In my opinion some noteworthy names as well. If you are paranoid, the following name explains a lot, mainly the fact that [...]
Windows Server more reliable than Linux?
LOL this (Dutch) is what you get if journalists simply repeat other peoples words and don’t do their own research. The article compares UNIX and Windows servers, and somewhere it says that ‘the reason for the longer downtime on Linux servers is caused by the lack of proper documentation.
Lack of proper documentation?
Ever compared Windows API [...]
Wilders criticising Queen Beatrix
Yeah, Geert ‘Kil’ Wilders is at it again.
This time he’s criticising our Queen Beatrix, accusing her of throwing Dutch morals out of the window, because she didn’t shake some Imam’s hand because that religion tells those people not to shake hands with women.
Well, excuse me, Fucko Wilders, but the last time I looked Dutch [...]
Freaks of Nature (or: why cellphone-based triggering devices are only used in the movies)
Freaks of Nature, and I’m not talking about a band name. I’m talking about what happened to me last week.
You know, with the summer coming, we bought this handy wireless doorbell so that we can hear it ringing when we are, say, drinking with friends in the garden. Our ‘default’ doorbell doesn’t ring that [...]
New ‘cybercrime’ laws in effect…
| by in Freedom & Repression, Internet & Technology, Media, Religion & Politics, Random Rantings, Security & Privacy, The Netherlands |
Well, in the Netherlands anyway.
Today, parliament decided to accept 2 new laws in order to make it easier to repress, suppress and oppress.
See, this new law has some things in it that could effectively send anyone to Gbay, or at least some jail.
Now it is made illegal to intrude a computer system.
No matter [...]
In a true ‘free’ world…
So, in the Netherlands, mucho talk about this newly formed political party getting all this media attention.
The media loves to focus on a few points, like the fact that this new political party would like to legalize porn on TV during the daytime (as if MTV and the other music TV stations don’t show [...]
So — they’re out for ‘our freedoms’, eh?
| by in Belegana, Conspiracies, Freedom & Repression, Media, Religion & Politics, Random Rantings, The Netherlands, Visions |
WHAT FUCKING FREEDOMS (Dutch) ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
I look around and see the quality of life terribly deteriorating: schools don’t have any decent budgets because of the ongoing mock-up wars. I can’t even walk the fucking street at night without getting fucking stared at.
So who’s the fucking terrorist? No ‘terrorist’ has bombed my neighbourhood. [...]
Ayaan: the ‘plot’ continues…
| by in Freedom & Repression, General, Media, Religion & Politics, Random Rantings, Security & Privacy, The Netherlands |
Now it’s mentioned on the news that she believes that the Dutch government should protect her, even when she’s in the US.
She says that the governments responsibility doesn’t end at the border. Well, last time I checked the Dutch law I read that is only applicable on Dutch territory.
Yeah yeah, so she wants us [...]
It’s official: Ayaan Hirsi (Magan/Hoegin/Ali/WhatEverTheFuckHerNameIs) sucks the US presidents’ dick!
| by in Conspiracies, Freedom & Repression, Interesting Links, Media, Religion & Politics, Random Rantings, The Netherlands |
Just reading right here that the two-timing, lying, double-crossing bitch we call Ayaan Hirsi Ali (but is actually called Ayaan Hirsi Magan) will work for the American Enterprise Institute.
Of course, I am not surprised; she’s been sucking up to the US world-wide globalisation policies for ages now; that has always been pretty damn clear to [...]
Hirshi Ali: Lying, cheating and double-crossing bitch-ass ho’
The biggest sell-out bitch in Dutch politics is in the news, once again. At least on the radio — haven’t read it in (online) print yet.
Not this time because she has some right-winged, rascist, imperialist idea about todays’ society, not at all like that. Actually her whole history here is a lie.
She lied to the [...]
Dutch Texting Championship WTF?! — HOW TO CHEAT
OK I just read this hilarious insane of an initiative to make lots of money.
Telfort, one of the many local mobile communications companies in the Netherlands, together with Radio 538 radio station, are organising this stupid championship.
Wow.
See, the whole idea here is that, somebody on the radio, reads out loud a Dutch sentence, and [...]
This wasn’t my choice and definitely not theirs….
Every weekday morning, like many other slaves in this day and age, I fill up a big mug with some fine coffee and get into my car to drive to work.
It’s Spring-time, a new beginning, the start of a lot of new life: all types of birds are returning from their stay in warmer locations. [...]
On (Dutch) Liberation Day…
| by in General, Random Rantings, The Netherlands |
So this friday, the 5th of May, it’s ‘Liberation Day‘ in the Netherlands, a day on which we remember the fact that we have been ‘liberated’ after WW II.
The day before, the 4th, we remember all the fallen victims by a two-minute silence. Well, most people do, anyways — I don’t.
Not out of disrespect, [...]
On home integrity and free (as in beer) security products…
| by in General, Random Rantings, The Netherlands |
So, I just arrived at home. I start early so I’m home relatively early than most people. I booted the laptop and while perusing some web-sites some guy rang my doorbell. I open the door and the guy introduces himself.
He explains he works for a company that wants to promote their home-security system. And, the [...]
Burqa-wearing women shouldn’t get any social ’security’
Here in the Netherlands, we have this system that gives some ’social’ security to people without a job. Recently, a debate has started that questions whether women, that wear a burqa, that cannot get a job because of the burqa, shouldn’t get any money.
Wow. I made the point in earlier posts, that this anti-burqa thing [...]