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Pre-election night

Tue, 01/21/2003 - 12:01pm

The Dutch elections of tomorrow have been dominating the news for a long time. Another 26 hours and we'll know if there'll be a right- or a left-wing cabinet.

Tonight we'll see a final 'burst' of politicians on TV:

17:30 - 18:58 Ned. 2: Twee Vandaag
18:50 - 19:30 Ned. 3: NOS-Jeugdjournaal Lijsttrekkersdebat
19:30 - 20:00 Ned. 3: B&W
20:00 - 20:32 Ned. 1: NOS-Journaal
20:29 - 21:00 Ned. 2: Dit was het nieuws 20:32 - 21:03 Ned. 1: Netwerk
21:00 - 22:35 Ned. 2: Lijsttrekkersdebat 21:53 - 22:40 Ned. 1: Het elfde uur
22:20 - 22:45 Ned. 3: Nederland kiest 22:30 - 23:30 RTL 4: Barend & Van Dorp (Thom de Graaf, D66)
22:45 - 00:07 Ned. 3: Freek de Jonge
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dailylife

Spring?

Tue, 01/21/2003 - 12:00pm

The view from the window at Chess.



Could it be true that there is a little bit of spring in the air? Of course it's very early... maybe it's just the fact that today I've heard a lot of good news, from both S and E. And maybe it's because I've a pretty good feel both about my internship (read the latest version) and tomorrow's elections.

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Commercials

Tue, 01/21/2003 - 5:09am

The elections will be tomorrow, so all the news paper are full with commercials for political parties.

Wouter pointed me to these pages in the free newspaper Metro.

(Click on Read More... for the picture.)

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Bulgaria

Ratelband and Bulgaria

Sun, 01/19/2003 - 3:37pm

We have seen our fair share of 'new politicians' this year in the Netherlands.

In an article about Emile Ratelband in the Washington Post:

He calls EU expansion "crazy," saying, "we don't need these gangsters, like Bulgaria." But he thinks Turkey should be allowed into the EU.

Obviously Bulgarians were not very pleased. The spokesman of the Bulgarian government, Todorov, declined to comment. "The ministry will stick to its practice and will not comment statements of foreign politicians made during pre-election campaigns".

Interesting enough on the agenda of Lijst Ratelband it said: "TV opnames voor de Bulgaarse televisie, Bulgarian National Television voor het programma ”Every Sunday”. LIVE!".

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Politicians online

Sun, 01/19/2003 - 3:37pm

The politician with the website I like the best is Klaas de Vries. He doesn't update it very frequently but he compensates for that with a very nice writing-style. Today:

"Zalm heeft gezegd dat Wouter liegt. De man is totaal zijn zelfbeheersing kwijt. Daar kan een mental coach niet tegenop. ‘Zalm for President’, heeft zijn campagneteam bedacht. Weten zelfs niet meer in welk land ze zijn."

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politicsnews

Teletekst 2

Sun, 01/19/2003 - 9:52am

Teletekst 2 hours later:

Teletekst 19 januari, 2 hours later.

Note the difference.

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politicsnews

Teletekst

Sun, 01/19/2003 - 6:31am

A dream-teletekst this morning for the PvdA campaign:

Teletekst 19 januari.

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boardgames

Fist of Dragonstones

Fri, 01/17/2003 - 6:46pm

We played another new game, Fist of Dragonstones. It's a short bidding game, I liked it a lot. (See a picture of the game online).

Jerry won again. Albert also arrived and now we're playing "Razende Roboters".

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boardgames

First game

Fri, 01/17/2003 - 5:17pm

Jerry just won. His strategy with the 'steengroeves' (stonemines) turned out to be a winning one. The result:


  • 1. Jerry, 44 pts
  • 2. Marjolein, 31 pts
  • 3. Guus, 27 pts
  • 4. Daniel, 24 pts
  • 5. Ronald (played for the first time), 23 pts

    In the mean time Zoltan came home, so we'll start a new game for 6 people. Not sure which game yet.

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    At Zoltan's place

    Fri, 01/17/2003 - 3:02pm

    Daniel came back Tuesday evening and we made an appointment to play a few boardgames tonight with Jerry and Marjolein.


    First I went to Jerry's, but there was nobody there to open the door. Then I remember that we agreed on Zoltan's place... luckily enough their houses are close to each other.


    We looked at Sterrenschiff, a new Catan game. Quite interesting. Later Ronald arrived, and now we'll play Puerto Rico. Let's see how it will work out this time...

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