Category Archives: We-reflect-news

Just today, there was an image reminded me of the mid/late Seventies train hijackings in the Netherlands (Dutch, with pictures). The story that goes with that image, details a scare in a train between Utrecht and Amsterdam: two Muslim guys … Continue reading →

The third weather warning issued this year for Nova Scotia: Wilma (now a ‘extra-tropical’ storm) is slowly going northbound, disrupting existing cold fronts in the Northern part of the Atlantic. All media cautiously issued warnings: effects will start to become … Continue reading →

It’s a sign of the times when a telemarketer calls you on a Sunday afternoon. Just an hour ago, we had a single lightning strike the ground somewhere, trembling the neighbourhood. A bit odd. I always associate thunder and lightning … Continue reading →

Vince (The Hurricane) hit Europe earlier today, probably the first cyclone that actually hit and ‘exploded’ on the European continent. Get used to it! I’d be interested to see if the hurricane actually affected (and disturbed) weather patterns in Europe: … Continue reading →

While we are hammered by rain since Friday, I noticed that an Atlantic hurricane decided to take a turn east instead of going to the west. Yesterday, a weather woman (for some kind of reason I keep hearing the theme … Continue reading →

An interesting read about the Plame affair: a story at Newsweek that brings some context in Rove’s next grand jury appearance. It is all about a missing e-mail! I quote: Why didn’t the Rove e-mail surface earlier? The lawyer says … Continue reading →

In the mean time… President Bush warns of spike in Iraqi insurgency. Not that it matters, since Mission Accomplished. Canadian Press falling in love with the new Governor-General? Artic ice disappearing fast. Perfect reply at Metafilter. Vegastrikes really rocks

An item that took me by surprise: Palm announces to make a Windows CE based Treo. Huh? HUH? The Treo will use a version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system – despite a long and bitter rivalry between the two firms … Continue reading →

Amazing how the two big German political parties have spun their election loss in a win. Does it count to say ‘Ha-ha we won because we lost seats but we are still a couple of seats ahead of you’ or … Continue reading →

It’s September the 11th, and look at the CNN’s frontpage of their website! Just a link to the memorials. I’m shocked. Alan (and Alfons in the comments) has a brief posting about that specific day. I do recall everything too, … Continue reading →

Weird news from The Netherlands: the criminal file on nuclear scientist Khan has been displaced, or as Dutch people would say ‘misappropriated’. Yesterday, a retiring judge for the Amsterdam judicial court who presided the Khan-case in the early Eighties, told … Continue reading →

I‘ve been slightly following the German elections. I watched the German election debate at CNN the other day (English commentary started to annoy me at the end) and was not really impressed with both party leader’s performance. One German commented … Continue reading →