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Arend Van Dam, politicalcartoons.com
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Arend Van Dam, politicalcartoons.com
Washington Post: The rise of Geert Wilders in the Netherlands is a cautionary tale for Europe.
This joke was recently made by Jimmy Kimmel, America's most popular late night show comedian where President Obama brought a visit last week.
Is this really new?
The Dutch company Philips has made a revolutionary new light bulb that can last for twenty years. Do you think when the developer thought of this, a light bulb went off over his head?
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This is a graph with shows how many low paid workers there are in the developed countries. Not unexpected the U.S. has the highest share of low paid workers of the developed world.
The Netherlands is quite high on the list too.
Income inequality is directly correlated with less economic growth, more crime and less stability in a country.
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Paul Zanetti, Australia
The News Corp. scandal is hitting American (Fox News) shores for the first time. Three lawsuits were filed in U.S. federal courts against the mother of Fox on behalf of three alleged targets of phone hacking.
Though the victims of the hacking wre not disclosed all England thinks it's Princess Diana's former butler Paul Burrell, LA Galaxy footballer David Beckham and an associate of actor Jude Law.
Despite claims by Estelle Gullit-Cruijff, there is no indication that Dutch LA Galaxy coach Ruud Gullit's phone was hacked by News Corp.
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Arend Van Dam, politicalcartoons.com
Pieter Maas begeleidt Alleenstaande Minderjarige Asielzoekers bij hun terugkeer naar Angola. Hij bevestigt dat het merendeel van de asielzoekers uit Angola liegt (arm, geweld, geen ouders) over hun verleden.
Zo werd in 2003 met Nederlands geld het weeshuis in de hoofdstad Luanda gerenoveerd om een fijn en veilig plekje te creëren voor terugkerende minderjarige asielzoekers zonder ouders.
Daar heeft tot op de dag van vandaag niet één Alleenstaande Minderjarige Asielzoeker gebruik van gemaakt.
'Ook al houden ze tot het vertrek uit Nederland vol geen familie te hebben, bij aankomst staan de ouders gewoon op het vliegveld', aldus Maas.
In the latest poll sixty percent of Americans say that the war in Afghanistan was not worth fighting. Just one in third American thinks that the Afghans still support the American mission while a clear majority of Americans say they want to withdraw all troops immediately.
On its website, the Taleban promised revenge for the killing rampage of an American soldier that left sixteen Afghan civilians dead, putting Nato troops on high alert in Afghanistan.
Een Nederlandse kaas is gekozen tot de beste ter wereld, te weten de Vermeer. Tijdens het wereldkampioenschap kaas maken in de Amerikaanse stad Madison werd de Vermeer, een product van FrieslandCampina, gekozen tot nummer één.
Honderden kazen deden mee, Zwitserse kazen werden tweede en derde.
We noemen geen namen maar iemand heeft onderzocht welke rare namen er zijn in Nederland. Ach toch maar, het was Maarten van der Meer die in de wereld van de sexueel getinte vooornamen dook en met deze lijst boven kwam.
Hij haalde ze uit de Nederlandse voornamenbank.
Een aantal van deze namen zijn duidelijk door allochtonen gegeven in wiens oorspronkelijke taal ze niet dezelfde connotatie hebben als in Nederland. Zo is Porn een heel gebruikelijk deel van voornamen in Thailand.
En in China is Fuk heel gebruikelijk. Hoe zouden ze er anders 1,2 miljard bij elkaar hebben gekregen?
1.Anus
2.Bal
3.Befke (minstens 15 naamdraagsters)
4.Borstje
5.Dikshit
6.Doos
7.Eros (94 naamdragers)
8.Erotica
9.Fokje (2538 naamdraagsters)
10.Fuk
11.Fuk-Hoi
12.Geiltje
13.Hoeria
14.Hol (minstens 16 naamdragers)
15.Humpie
16.Kasthoerie
17.Kittiporn
18.Kut (5 naamdragers)
19.Kutdosi
20.Lesbia
21.Lillykutty
22.Lul
23.Man-fuk
24.Naadje (een man)
25.Nichtje
26.Paal
27.Papaporn
28.Piem
29.Pik (meer dan 65 naamdragers)
30.Poepela
31.Poes
32.Porn
33.Pornia
34.Pornjan
35.Pornjet (de vrouw van Pornjan?)
36.Pornpis...read full article
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Arend Van Dam, politicalcartoons.com
Mannen gedragen zich aardiger en meer opofferendgezind als er aantrekkelijke vrouwen in de buurt zijn. Vrouwen gedragen zich in het gezelschap van mooie mannen niet beter; oftewel niet aardiger dan als ze alleen zijn of in het gezelschap van lelijke mannen.
Dat is gebleken uit onderzoek van de VU Amsterdam et al.
Dr. Wendy van Wanten Iredale: "The research shows that good deeds among men increase when presented with an opportunity to copulate."
Conclusie: mooie vrouwen naar het front!
Eerder behaalden Oscar Mathisen uit Noorwegen en Clas Thunberg uit Finland vijfmaal de wereldtitel.
Drie Nederlandse mannen op het podium, het gaat niet goed met het allround schaatsen.
En wat gaat Ireen nu doen? Oh ja... genieten..
Ireen Wust: YES!!! Wereldkampioen!!! WAUW dit voelt goed!!! Nu eerst genieten!!!!
Op welke plaats staat het Nederlands, wat betreft aantal sprekers, van de ruim 6.500 talen die er wereldwijd worden gesproken?
a) 627ste
b) 37ste
c) As 'n huus.
The Netherlands is a quite well governed, progressive country that takes care of it's citzens in a civilised way. That's why it is somewhat baffling that almost all immigrants of Dutch origin in the U.S. are among the most rightwing politicians and businessmen. Whether it's Peter Hoekstra, Jim DeMint, the Koch Bros or Erik Prince, creator of the hired mercenaries of Blackwater, these people have political ideas which are mostly far to the right of famous Dutch rightwing politician Geert Wilders.
And here is another one: Frank VanderSloot. He owns the company Melaleuca which sells completely useless dietary supplements and cleaning products too stupid Americans. That it made him a billionaire says everything you need to know about the quality of the educational system in the U.S. In fact his company is more a pyramid scheme than a business, according to Forbes.
Like the Koch Bros he uses his money to advance rightwing political causes. This year VanderSloot, who hates Obama, is donating heavily (at least $1 million) to the campaign of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney.
VanderSloot doesn't like to be criticised. In fact, he threatens every one who writes anything negative about him with expensive lawsuits. That includes magazines, journalists, and bloggers. He has started or threatened lawsuits against even the most obscure critics and with success. Most bloggers and journalists in his state of Idaho are to intimidated to even mention his name.
But now he is directly involved with the Romney campaign and he is getting national notoriety. Will he keep using his money to bully critics all over the U.S. and the world to shield him from scrutiny?
Well, Glenn Greenwald is having none of it:
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Rainer Hachfeld, Neues Deutschland, Germany
This is what former Michigan Republican chairman Paul Anuzis had to say about the add Republican Pete Hoekstra aired at the Super Bowl. Hoekstra, who is an immigrant born in Groningen in the Netherlands, wants to become the senator of Michigan, a seat now held by Democrat Debbie Stabenow.
The cost of this add is a 100.000 dollars.
In the video an Asian woman in a rice paddy in supposedly China, though the scene was shot in California, is thanking Stabenow in broken English for making it possible “we take your jobs.” :
Republican Anuzis responded to questions from ThinkProgress at the Conservative Political Action Conference:
read full articleKEYES: There’s been a bit of a controversy this week with this new ad. What’s your take? Do you think it was in poor taste?
ANUZIS: I’m not too worried about the poor taste, I just think it was a dumb ad. Pete Hoekstra voted to raise taxes, Pete Hoekstra voted for the “Bridge to Nowhere,” Pete Hoekstra voted five times to increase the debt ceiling, and then he goes out and leads with his chin by saying, “I’m against Debbie Stabenow because she sold all of our debt to China.” Well, he...
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drasties on 02/05/2012 - 8:57