{"id":1088,"date":"2006-05-20T10:34:36","date_gmt":"2006-05-20T13:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2006-05-20T23:37:43","modified_gmt":"2006-05-21T02:37:43","slug":"dadutch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1088","title":{"rendered":"DaDutch"},"content":{"rendered":"

I<\/span>‘ve been following the ‘Dutch Immigration’ debate via the regular channels (which is at the ‘uitzending gemist’<\/a> site [Dutch]). The embracing of Hirshi Ali by the blogosphere’s ‘right’ is, so to say stunning<\/a>. Anyways, I see that laws can be mended to fit the need of one single person. \"What<\/a>And before you start cheering hurray, most likely Ali will be the center of another round of controversies when she starts to work at the AEI. There’s a couple of word that describes that behaviour, and I think it’s called ‘political opportunism’. A perfect match one would say.\n<\/p>\n

Good news though: The Dutch were kicked out of the semi-finals of the Eurovision Songcontest! I think they were beaten by a Finnish Hardrock band that uh… well: Think of it, surely these tough looking ladies<\/a> would have never made it against a bunch of orcs<\/a>? Where’s Gandalf?1<\/sup><\/p>\n

Oh: so much for the cheers on the news of the capture of the ‘one-legged’ Taliban<\/a>. As you know, Afghanistan’s world-famous landmines fields have made plenty of victims, most of them having lost limbs. Like-uh, legs, likely. In a way, I feel sorry for the mix-up. Imagine you<\/em> being the guy they were looking for and trying to explain the media that you’re still out there. Isn’t that a scene from ‘Back To The Future’?\n<\/p>\n

And via Alan<\/a>, this remarkable note about a ‘living fossil’<\/a>, soon to be featured at your local ‘McLobster’ reseller. And that’s it for now. Have a great morning.\n<\/p>\n

1<\/sup> Update: It looks like that the Finnish band (‘We are the orcs’) Lordi has won the 2006 Eurovision songcontest<\/a>. Bonus link at Metafilter<\/a>. More bonus link at AskMefi<\/a>.
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