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Category Archives: Thoughts
Scandal: Ahmadinejad trips again over diplomatic tripwires at UN security council
We got it, the man has some weird ideas and he’s a bit clumsy when it comes to diplomacy in general. But frankly, he’s by far not the only one to think that 9/11 was an inside job. Look from … Continue reading
Charges against the WikiLeaks founder
Daily Mail article: Supporters dismissed rape accusations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange… but the two women involved tell a different story. Assange is one amorous geek (or nerdy Casanova) according to that Not trying to dismiss the charges, though. It … Continue reading
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Still a favorite …
After years of watching other movies my favorite dialog is still in From Dusk Till Dawn 3 – The Hangman’s Daughter when Mary Newlie suggests that Ambrose Bierce (author, among others, of The Devil’s Dictionary) might perhaps want to have … Continue reading
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Opera’s blog has selective bit rot …
In the comment section of this post in the Opera Desktop Team blog, critical comments seem to disappear mysteriously within 24 hours. 😕 I’ve been a Opera user for over a decade and paying when they still charged – and … Continue reading
“That’s all, just the planet” …
I don’t know whether it’s intentional, but this clip from Fox News is really just hilarious. I still can’t help myself thinking this might be some elaborate spoof like The Onion 😉 // Oliver
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Wow, I am impressed!
Only recently did I point out that the enforcement of blockades on SourceForge due to US legislative restrictions have to be considered as censorship. Now, it turns out, the that the US government has learned that, quote: On December 10, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cuba, export, government, iran, obama, rogue state, usa
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Áfram Ísland!
The Icelanders held the plebiscite yesterday and according to projections the majority of them has voted against the modifications (1/2010) to law nr. 96/2009 as passed by the Alþingi, just as expected. Not being an Icelandic citizen I still want … Continue reading
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Tagged 96/2009, Island/Iceland/Ísland
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Moon or nukes? Nukes or moon?
… well, for the Nobel Peace Prize winner of 2009 it’s an easy answer: nukes; a modern and better arsenal of nuclear weapons. The ultimate goal: a world without nuclear weapons. How? To be honest I haven’t got a clue. … Continue reading
Hmm, being an …
Adonis I might also have no problem with those body scanners. But on second thought I probably still would. As BBC reports: Transport Secretary Lord Adonis said in the immediate future only a small proportion of airline passengers would be … Continue reading
China is right, it is censorship
If Germany or other EU countries try to block certain content due to “local laws” what’s the difference if China does it according to their “local laws”? And even the US, home of the free, is not exempt from censorship. … Continue reading
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Just signed the petition myself
… please sign as well. The death penalty is government-sanctioned murder and this petition to Barack Obama, fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner (2009) with Amnesty International (1977), tries to save the life of one particular death-row inmate, but clearly mentions … Continue reading
The Icelandic deposit insurance
Yesterday I wrote about the veto of the Icelandic president concerning the reimbursement of IceSave depositors. After the Icelandic (and global) banksters privatized the profits, the societies of countries like Iceland are left with the – now socialized – losses. … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Island/Iceland/Ísland, Thoughts
Tagged democracy, Iceland, IceSave, Island/Iceland/Ísland, Tryggingarsjóður
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Plebiscite in Iceland
The decision of Icelandic president Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson to veto an updated resolution of the Alþingi to reimburse IceSave depositors has sparked a bit of a controversy here on Iceland. Strangely enough the majority of Icelanders I talked to would … Continue reading
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Tagged democracy, direct democracy, Iceland, IceSave, Island/Iceland/Ísland, Ólafur Grímsson, plebiscite
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Dangerous ideas
The developing countries state that the developed countries have to cut back on carbon dioxide emissions, saying that the industrialized world is responsible for the current situation. In my opinion they’re right. However, the foundation of this statement is that … Continue reading
De-registered сніжок.net
As already pointed out last year, the treatment of IDNs in Internet Explorer and Firefox is flawed, so that I decided to cancel the domain сніжок.net. However, apparently a few other domains have a privileged stance with respect to the … Continue reading
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Grotesque, but who: EFF or a former criminal?
The EFF blog contains a recent article about one German who is trying to sue the Wikipedia Foundation (in the US) in order to enforce that his last name be taken down from – or rather be abbreviated in – … Continue reading
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Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, EFF, free speech, germany, murder, usa, Wikipedia
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Scary
Columbia’s right-wing officials allow the US to have their army bases in the country by which surrounding countries (Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia) feel threatened. And now that. Unlike Iran, several South-American countries do have the know-how for decades. For those who … Continue reading
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Nomen est omen
Just another funny acronym I stumbled over lately: TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program). Despite the Orwellian naming, every geek will immediately come to think of: “it’s a tarp!!!”, which is a deliberately misspelled “it’s a trap!!!” .. well, is it???
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Bummer – quite literally
New situation at airports in the near future. After they want to allow drinks again now (at least within Europe), a new threat appears: the ass bomber! Bend over please, Sir! // Oliver Update: It appears the restrictions for liquids … Continue reading
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