Archive For March 2010
Not quite gone yet
on March 25, 2010 by Reckless Rose in Arab World, Politics, Comments (1)
Dutch troops will stay in Uruzgan until at least early 2011, according to interim-minister of defense Eimert van Middelkoop (christian union). Quite a different prospect than the current deal that […]
Germany, Greece & IMF
on March 24, 2010 by Reckless Rose in Europe, Politics, Comments (0)
Feminists will be happy, Europe has at least one sensible politician left. Angela Merkel seems to have got her way when it comes to Greece. To divert imminent threats the […]
The last round-ups
on by Reckless Rose in Justice, Comments (0)
France has always had a strange way of dealing with its Second World War history. We are in a time when even this seems to be changing somewhat according to […]
More healthy thoughts
on March 22, 2010 by Reckless Rose in U.S.A., Comments (0)
You can watch live coverage of the debate in the House of Representatives here, as a friend pointed out to me. Politicians, they always give you reasons to start writing. […]
Last straw
on March 21, 2010 by Reckless Rose in U.S.A., Comments (0)
Some comments given on the American health care proposal in Dutch newspapers miss the crucial point, so I thought it was time to get back at the issue quickly. People […]
GM crops in Europe
on March 17, 2010 by Reckless Rose in Europe, Nature, Comments (4)
After thirteen long years, the European Commission has finally adopted a bill approving the use of four different genetically modified (GM) crops, three of which are species of corn and […]
Elections in Iraq
on March 14, 2010 by Reckless Rose in Arab World, Politics, Comments (0)
Another crucial phase for Iraq’s future has passed. How does one sum up the March 7th parliamentary elections? Not with a one-liner. Starting with voter turn-out estimates, said to lay […]
The Colonel’s Jihad
on March 12, 2010 by Reckless Rose in Religion, Comments (0)
Sometimes you read and not much seems to happen in your brain. You seem to just passively interpret and, with a bit of luck, store the information. In my case […]
The damp rag and Farage
on March 5, 2010 by Reckless Rose in Europe, Politics, U.K., Comments (5)
Some politicians often cross lines themselves, and position themselves outside the borderlines of rational conversation. Some do not. One who clearly does not is ‘our’ president, Herman van Rompuy. An […]
Dutch municipal elections & overestimation of ‘right’ rise
on March 4, 2010 by Reckless Rose in Politics, Comments (1)
March third municipal elections were held in the Netherlands. After the recent fall of our government, the general prognosis was that ring winged, libertarian parties would do well, while those […]