Bye bye Iraque

Finally the war in Iraque is over.
Not for the people there.
They suffer the effects of the war that foreigners imposed on them.
Not for the families and friends of those who were killed. Among them more than 4,400 U.S. military personnel.
Not for the more than 30,000 young people who were wounded.
I remember when they bombed Baghdad.
A [...]

Politics this month

We still have no new government.
What a mess.
One of the former main figures in politics spoke out against his own party and even contemplates to leave it.
Another member of the same party gave about the same signal, but with different words. She hopes that the politicians that are negotiating plans will come to their senses [...]

When do we get honest information from the USA?

The world was lured into the war with Iraq.
We all know what went on, and there’s no need to explain this anymore.
Then the eyes turned to Afghanistan.
Today it became clear that again we were not given all the information that was available.
An enormous amount of 92.000 files were put on internet.
It turned out that for [...]

1 million dollars!!

Ridiculous decisions are made sometimes and I wonder if the people who took the decision to grant 1 million dollars to the building of a mosque near ground zero in New York have been sleeping.
The grant was given under the cover of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Goal number 3 is: promote gender equality and empower [...]

good testing

Making good tests is an art in itself. Especially tests for final exams.
It turned out that the national test construction organisation hasn’t been able to develop proper tests for economics.
Over and over again questions were deleted or valued in a different way.
The result is that students are receiving higher marks.
Complaining about that is not the [...]

no government yet

The elections resulted in such a divers field, that creating a government isn’t easy.
The first round, with the PVV of Wilders, resulted in nothing.
The second round, the most promising one with a mix of parties, including the somewhat left ones, started yesterdaqy, but stranded today.
This was surprising, but understandable. The liberals cling too much to [...]

Insecurity

I feel so sorry for the old woman I’m taking care of.
A few years ago she was told that part of her care should be done by her family. But the family moved and she couldn’t get the hours of professional care back.
That’s when I was asked to step in.
Last year, there were cut backs [...]

today: elections

Working during the night has huge social consequences. I knew that.
But not really.
I decided to vote with my friend, and he woke me up to go.
I was still sleepy and tired, but went anyway.
Yes, I did colour the right place.
Right now I’m having a break at work.
Guest are enjoying themselves near a huge [...]

Voting

A week and then we have to vote.
So I tried the voting advisor.
30 statements with multiple choice: for, against or in between.
I answered the questions quick and found out the advice was to vote for a party I don’t like at all.
Interesting.

schoolvacations will change

Most schoolvacations are dictated by the government.
At the moment the government is preparing a new change.
The may- and christmasvacations will be dictated by the government and the summervacation will be shortened with a week.
All changes are for the benefit of those who have a job. (except teachers)
Women have complained that the summervacation is too long, [...]

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