Government has now officialy lost its mind

Secretary Brinkhorst, long-time member of the D66 party which is in favor of giving the referendum a place in the Dutch constitution, is...

AGAINST THE EU REFERENDUM.

'Plebiscites can be a good thing, but this one is about something the Dutch people know nothing about,' according to secretary Brinkhorst.

The definition of being ignorant in Mr. Brinkhorst's book of course is: everyone who doesn't agree with him.

You might be interested to know that Mr. Brinkhorst used to be a member of the European Parliament. I interviewed him once - he was quite arrogant self-assured already at that time. This didn't get any better when his daughter got married to a prince of the Dutch royal family. In fact, since his daughter is also part of the House of Orange, she will be queen of the Netherlands if something happens to Willem-Alexander and Maxima, the current king-and-queen-to-be (and of course, God forbid, W-A's and M's child, plus the one which is currently on the way).

Whatever happens won't matter to Mr. Brinkhorst. He already thinks he rules the place.

20:33

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Fourteen nights until our 'NO' to Europe: The Nixon of the Netherlands

Meet Mr. Gerrit Zalm, secretary of Finance. First Mr. Gerrit Zalm told Parliament back in 1999 that the guilder wouldn't be traded in for the euro at a bargain price. Then he appeared on Dutch television last week, when he denied he had ever denied this devaluation. (Fortunately, the Dutch Parliament keeps records.) Now, his department has issued a statement that he did indeed lie, but had to for the sake of the country. Not that this makes him a liar, mind you. According to said department, since it was for a good cause it wasn't really a lie.(Today's portion of bent reality perceptions are courtesy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Surgeon general's warning: may cause spontaneous brain haemorrhages.) And on top of all that, Mr. Zalm just gave an interview, this time denying again, like he did in 1999 (which he denies), that the guilder didn't get a good exchange rate.

Now I understand why I get all those Vicodin spam mails. You need 'em just to be able to keep up with the political news.

By virtue of logic, at least one (but probably more) of the above statements must be false.

I'll try to sort it out after my head gets a bit clearer (see the 'running for nine miles whilst not having eaten for 20 hours' part below).

If I had wanted to organize a 'vote no campaign', I couldn't have done a better job than Mr. Zalm.

19:15

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Leasons you learn from running

Breakfast isn't necessarily the most important meal of the day.
However, it can be if you also skip lunch and then decide to have a 14+ km (about 9 miles) run.
God, I love those beautiful colors. Hypoglycaemia is way underrated.
If you'll excuse me, I think I'm going to administer some intravenous Twinkies.

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