Tag Archives: politics

Predictions

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Arthur

Now that we know the Rapture has been delayed to September (previously at xsamplex), we nw have a couple of months to make sure that things are running as smooth as they used to be. Like make US Politics the … Continue reading →

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From bridge to evolution

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Arthur

A bunch of links, collected from the Internet: The prime-minister was in Saint John last Friday and gave away a freebie for the people of Saint John: The toll booths on the Saint John Harbour bridge will disappear. I’m not … Continue reading →

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Civilization vs. Technology

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Arthur

I read that the ozone layer depletion has been halted: this week, UN scientists published a report that the ozone layer should restore itself by 2050. This reminded me of one of the most obscure collaborations in musical history between … 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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Washing Machine

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Arthur

I was watching that story unfold about that 700 billion dollars bail-out, and I was just thinking, hey, maybe all they need is a washing machine. I saw the political theatre of American presidential elections where a presidential candidate suddenly … 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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Going Underground

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Arthur

I made it a tradition to bring up VJ day on August 15th, but decided to let it go by and return to it today by including it to a Past The Bridge posting here. The song I had in … Continue reading →

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Songs of the Unknown

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Arthur

With the Olympics in high-gear, the New York Times has a collection of national anthems of countries that won the gold medal in the last couple of days. I was briefly listening to the Dutch anthem and I noticed that … Continue reading →

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Whirl

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Arthur

So, Obama has become the Democrats’ presidential candidate, which reminds me of his best moment of his campaign, a rebuttal to laughter from Hillary Clinton on the question why there are so many Clinton advisers on his team: Hillary, I’m … Continue reading →

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Off-ice.

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Arthur

A couple of observations: I follow the US Democratic race but tend to keep it off xsamplex: However, I keep thinking if the Clintons are just bad losers. Seriously, when is enough is enough? Keith Olberman’s summary perfectly illustrates the … Continue reading →

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Rice’s fxxx-xx boots

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Arthur

I was reading about the principals of the US torture memo. In one of the blogs I saw a reference to this meeting which included a quite less flattering description of ms Rice (the US Foreign Affairs secretary): Think about … Continue reading →

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The language

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Arthur

I watch some (video)clips online at the regular websites (Crooks and Liars and Onegoodmove, as you may have already known), most of time just to view the best parts of ‘The Colbert Report’ and ‘Jon Stewart’s Daily Show’. Obviously, both … Continue reading →

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