Category Archives: We-reflect-news

Oh NOES! (part II)

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Arthur

Erlier today, BBC reported that the Polish president Lech Kaczynski died in a plane crash in Russia (link). Besides the president, 80 or so other senior politicians died, leaving Poland in a sort of political and constitutional vacuum. It will … Continue reading →

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Olympicalinitialurescending

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Arthur

I‘ve only sporadically followed the Olympic games: most of the time fellow travelers or colleagues kept me up-to-date about the latests. Since there’s only one day left or so, a summary of things that caught the eye. First of all, … Continue reading →

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Seasonal tales

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Arthur

Earlier this week I found out that the French director Eric Rohmer (Wikipedia) died at the age of 89. Ebert has an elegant in memoriam: additional commentary at Metafilter. My first introduction to Rohmer’s movies was (I think)‘Conte d’été’ (1996): … Continue reading →

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A President

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Arthur

One surprise this week was the appointment of a European president (EU announcement), which went to a former Belgian prime-minister, Van Rompey. It appears he’s a pragmatic politician, who has been quoted the following words: The universal values which are … Continue reading →

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The Fighting Windmills Squadron

Posted on April 11, 2009 by Arthur

News outlet AFP reported that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard has accused the Netherlands of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government. The Dutch [project] aimed to encourage sexual and moral deviation in society I’d like to hear what kind of moral … Continue reading →

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Heathrow, sucks and then III

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Arthur

My favourite peeve is a rant about Heathrow, London’s premier airport with those long line-ups, confusing pedways and oh-so helpful security guards (earlier on xsamplex). And irritating survey people who question you why you didn’t buy that backpack even after … Continue reading →

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On. I think.

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Arthur

Meteorites collectors, astronomers and researchers are trying to pinpoint the track of the meteor that lit the Prairies’ sky, last week. According to the latest calculations (Newtonian, hahaha), the meteor had a mass of 10 tons. I say, it was … Continue reading →

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Planet 9

Posted on November 15, 2008 by Arthur

US astronomers have made the first photo of an exoplanet that makes it rounds around the star Formalhaut. It took a couple of years (and a lot of patience) to actually confirm the planet though. Additionally, another team of astronomers … Continue reading →

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Someuropean.

Posted on November 9, 2008 by Arthur

I read an interview with Mitt Romney, who says that now that Obama has won the presidency, he should: …forget entirely about reelection and focus solely on helping the nation at a critical time. He should dismiss the people who … Continue reading →

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Silly Season

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Arthur

So: Political Silly Season is finally over and word has it that Obama and Bush are going to have an arm wrestle match next week. Besides McCain officials throwing each other in ‘front of the bus’, I also read that … Continue reading →

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The economy. Stupid.

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Arthur

This week, the global economy crisis dominated the headlines. The most shocking headline was the ‘Iceland meltdown’: you’ve probably seen the images of the downward spiral of the currency of Iceland, the Krona. There was, of course, also the spat … Continue reading →

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Point

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Arthur

Yesterday, leftovers from Hanna flew past the Maritimes, dumping a whole bunch of rain for almost a whole day: This lead to some troublesome driving Sunday and Monday morning (CBC). Generally, this year the weather hasn’t cooperated a lot: according … Continue reading →

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This. Means. War.

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Arthur

I guess, I should mention about the news today: I read that there’s a full war going on between Georgia and Russia, after Georgia sent troops into break-away and pro-Russia province South Ossetia. As a result, Putin ordered troops into … Continue reading →

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