Category Archives: We-reflect-news

In the run-up to the US mid-term elections, it appears that every minor news item was blown up into political theater: First, Kerry made a jab at the White House, which in turn demanded an apology because Kerry (according to … Continue reading →

Earlier, I saw that the commemoration of the Hungarian Revolution of 56 (Excellent Wikipedia entry) turned into violent clashes with the riot police (BBC news). Even an old (Russian) tank made an appearance (briefly?) as you can tell from that … Continue reading →

On this Thanksgiving Day, I predict a slow newsday, despite yesterday’s news (‘North Korea conducts first nuclear weapon test’). I tend to believe that this proofs the failure of the current US policy. However, last night, I saw brief segments … Continue reading →

This morning there was a weather warning out for Nova Scotia, but according to weather experts, the warning had nothing to do with hurricane Isaac (or rather tropical storm). Point is, later this day, meteorologists from the Weatheroffice significantly downgraded … Continue reading →

I was reading about another battery recall yesterday (IBM/Lenovo). Today I was reading about another recall for batteries in Toshiba laptops. This time it’s about 800,000 batteries. There’s a short notice up on Toshiba.ca’s website. Affected laptops (this time) are … Continue reading →

Aren’t coups so Eighties like? I mean, I was surprised to read that there was a military coup in Thailand. While I was aware that there was some political unrest (religious conflicts, monarchy problems) in that country, I thought the … Continue reading →

A second hurricane that flies off the coast of Nova Scotia (Florence), heading right for Newfoundland. Tomorrow that is. I think the weather office reported rain for us all day, which didn’t turn out to be quite that right: it … Continue reading →

Somewhat earlier this day, I checked out the Dutch news. I learned that there was a train crash in the center of the country (10 injured, reminder Dutch language alert in previous link). I also read about the official report … Continue reading →

For future reference: related.

I read a Dutch article that reveals that the company that invented the Senseo pads had their (European) patent annulled (Dutch link: I have not found any English items yet. The European Patent Office site is rather mum about this … Continue reading →