Countdown to another murder

Not that I don't admire his chutzpah, but if I were Rachid Ben Ali I would be driving to Belgium right now to buy a gun and a bulletproof vest. Or make that full body armor. Ben Ali is a Dutch artist of Moroccan descent who has produced several works of art following Theo van Gogh's assassination. But despite his ethnicity, I sincerely doubt if he's going to score any popularity points with his fellow Moroccans now his most recent exposition has opened in the Cobra Museum, based in the Amsterdam suburb of Amstelveen.
Why?
Well, his paintings show imams having sex, as well as imams eating human excrements. You can view some pictures here.
It's not much different from Dutch author Gerard Reve, who wrote about having sex with the Christian god who had taken the form of a donkey for the occassion. That was about forty years ago.
Still, Reve could do so without worry. Other than being senile, he's still in good health. No Christian ever so much lifted a finger at him.
I hope Ben Ali will have a similar long life ahead of him.
If he doesn't, the fact that we are living in a country under siege should finally become apparent to all but the most deluded Dutch.
Then again, there is no shortage of people who chose to only see the pretty face of Liza Minnelli when they were watching Cabaret.
Or, no, there's no need to wait.
If you can read Dutch, you can find people stating they won't shed any tears if he's murdered, as well as other examples of fascist apologetics, right here. (Ctrl-F to a guy named TimmyAsd if you're impatient.)

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Weight loss update

2/1/2005: 100,4 kgs
9/1/2005: 98,0 kgs
16/1/2005: 97,7 kgs

It was closer to 97 kgs on Saturday (97,2 kgs to be exact), so the limited difference is probably mainly due to the fact that I ate at midnight after a 5,5 km run (that would be about 3,5 miles) with Blauw Oog, and drank a lot of (diet) soda as well. We're still in training for the 10 km/6 mile run during Easter in Utrecht. Ah, there's nothing like a run at night when the temperature is around 3 degrees centigrade. Unfortunately though, Blauw Oog only had French Fries and nuts by way of dinner, which really didn't fit in with my diet too well, so I ended up making a few chicken sandwiches when I got home. (Blauw Oog is one of those people who has trouble with being at the top of the food chain, so he will only eat vegetables and French people, which as we all know are not even part of the food chain.)
To summarize, I am moderately satisfied. The goal for the end of January is 97,0, and I'm pretty confident I'll make that.

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