Onlangs publiceerde de Volkskrant deze email nieuwsbrief: Voorspelling: er komt een kabinet van ‘het midden’. Mijn inziens staat deze "voorspelling" gelijk aan een open deur want er zijn nauwelijks andere opties. Meer interessant was echter deze quote: ‘De linksige mens’ kon zich volgens hem ‘storen aan de gebezigde taal en de hufterigheid’ van het kabinet Schoof....
In 2017 and in 2020, I published two similar articles: Fear sells. Advertising used to be “famous” for its Sex sells slogans: "Sex appeal in advertising is a common tactic employed to promote products and services." (Wiki) Below is an interesting cartoon example: Source: TV Tropes A lot has changed since the previous century (eg, business, humour,...
Intro LO: Apparently, the Trump Administration fears that computers and mobile phones from Apple and Samsung will become too expensive for Trump voters - and themselves. The Bloomberg comment that these "exclusions [were] published late Friday" implies that this was - again - a deliberate move that was supposed to be overwhelmed by other news. In short, Big Tech...
There’s an interesting Dutch political trend following the course of Trump-2025 in the Russian-Ukraine war. Dutch voters, including me, are turning away from parties (ie, PVV, NSC, BBB) that seem to abandon Ukraine, like Trump does. I’m not a fan of Ukraine but I do not trust Russia - at all. Abandoning Ukraine implies a carte blanche for further Russian invasions...
Following the dismantling of the American federal Ministry of Education, and the transfer of its tasks to the 50 U.S. States, my blog title suddenly becomes relevant. Do California, Florida, and New York actually need (a) Trump?? “Following the American Revolutionary War, the Articles of Confederation were adopted in 1781 to establish the federal...
Enige tijd geleden vroeg ik me al af wat het tij van opkomend nationalisme zou kunnen keren (o.a. mijn blogs van 2025-01a, 2025-01b, 2025-02). Ik dacht toen nog dat dit een kwestie van vele jaren zou zijn. Onderstaand recente Bloomberg artikel lijkt een ander antwoord te geven: de Canadese premier Justin Trudeau leek politiek dood en begraven, maar het Amerika van...
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