Europe drops it again

'It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending.'
(Thomas Paine)

American directors pick up the torch as Theo van Gogh had to let go of it. Unsurprisingly, their Dutch counterparts have chickened out.

(Luck willing I'll get permission to be at the Van Gogh memorial ceremony on Wednesday in the Linnaeusstraat, practicing using a PD-150. If anything comes out of it, I'll post a WMV version here.)

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Dutch Green Party makes sane decision

An advisory board has recommended David Rietveld, the one sane left-winger in the entire country, for an electable slot on the Green Party (GroenLinks) candidate list for the city council of The Hague.

I found this quote in their recommendation to be especially revealing:

'The advisory board is critical about David's reflective attitude. This may make him appear hesitant.'

What the f? So in order to become a left-wing politician in the Netherlands, you can't be too nuanced or they'll select someone else as their candidate? Yes, this explains a lot.

Nevertheless, congratulations, David, and make us neocons (i.e. former lefties who've come to their senses) proud.

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