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And the quote of the day...

2012-01-26T22:05:00.000+01:00

"The person who does not become irate when he has cause to be sins. For an unreasonable patience is the hotbed of many vices. It fosters negligence, and stimulates not only the wicked, but above all, the good to do wrong." --St. John Chrysostom c. 347-407 AD(via)

The lesson for today

2012-01-26T21:43:00.001+01:00

... comes to us from 13th Spitfire: Socialism An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class

If not, why not?

2012-01-24T20:09:00.001+01:00

The news in NL: EU reaches 'historic' budgetary pact: De Jager What our MSM is not telling us: RED ALERT: EU Finance Ministers Push Through ESM Treaty in Fishy Fly-by-Night Move.Europe's most important treaty on the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), which will lead the EU into a financial dictatorship, has been pushed through by EU finance ministers late Monday evening. But the latest version

Fjordman File updates: After Fjordman

2012-01-18T23:15:00.000+01:00

[18 - 1] On Gates of Vienna: Is the Mass Murderer Anders Behring Breivik Insane? Part 1 - The Nordic Mohammed.[O]ne could say that Islam is a creed stating that those who urinate like Mohammed should wage war against the rest of mankind until they, too, urinate like Mohammed. Theologically speaking, what I write here is exaggerated, but not incorrect. Muslims are expected to emulate all aspects

Whom the Gods wish to destroy...

2012-01-18T00:30:00.002+01:00

... they first make mad. From Zerohedge: $10 TRILLION Liquidity Injection Coming? Credit Suisse Hunkers Down Ahead Of The European Endgame [B]oth S&P and now Fitch expect Greece to default on March 20 (just to have the event somewhat "priced in"). Which means that in an attempt to front-run the unprecedented liquidity scramble that will certainly result as nobody has any idea what would happen

Nearing the end

2012-01-14T00:39:00.002+01:00

Holland keeps it AAA rating. Yay for us! The bad news: There's only four of us left: the Netherlands, Germany, Finland and Luxembourg. Even more bad news: This may costs us sad little Lowlanders a bit more then was anticipated.There are, however, broader implications. France is one of the major contributors to the European Financial Stability Facility (ESFS) and if as a result of its downgrading

Submission, not acceptance

2012-01-11T00:19:00.000+01:00

Ann Barnhardt highlights the single defining feature of islam in stark terms. In terms I hadn't even thought about (consciously) even as I read comments by hard-core muslims:Many of you put signature footers at the bottom of your emails. I would recommend putting this Osama Bin Laden quote on your emails, on your websites, where ever. Post this quote on ANY thread that a RonPaulbot tries to

100%

2012-01-08T10:54:00.000+01:00

In the Netherlands the current economic crisis is most acutely felt by those trying to sell their house: Nobody's buying. This is not a huge surprise, given the governments measures to curb mortgage lending (no more mortgages of 120% of the value of the house) and unclarity about the future of tax deductibility of mortgage interest. But there's another reason, one that is left unspoken by all,

No justice at all

2012-01-05T13:21:00.000+01:00

In the Netherlands this week there has been a small uproar (NL) about a community service sentence handed to a defendant accused of punching a cop in the face six times:The sentenced young man, Bilal el B., was stopped by an officer two weeks ago, because he tried to run upon seeing the police car. El B. was acting belligerent, according to the officer. The young man punched the police officer

One from each member state

2012-01-01T23:56:00.000+01:00

Dr. Richard North expressing a sentiment with which yours truly wholly agrees.The biggest dollop of BS, though, comes from Italy's Giorgio Napolitano, who tells his audience that, "Sacrifices are necessary to ensure the future of young people, it's our objective and a commitment we cannot avoid". I do love these fully paid-up members of the political classes, collectively responsible for

Gelukkig Nieuwjaar

2011-12-31T19:37:00.000+01:00

To all who've graced us with their visits, reads and comments: Happy New Year and a safe and blessed 2012. Hope to see you all again in the coming year.

Nekschot quits

2011-12-27T10:43:00.000+01:00

Gregorius Nekschot is no more. The cartoonist working under the infamous pseudonym revealed to De Volkskrant (NL) he will stop publishing cartoons. The website will go off line on January 1st, 2012. According to the cartoonist arriving at the decision to stop was a gradual process. His web shop is losing money and he receives too little commissions to keep the website going. On top of that his

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-24T18:00:00.000+01:00

Christmas is upon us, which means that we at KV will be away and posting will be light. Even more so, as the KV household has been extended two night ago with an heir apparent to KV manor (which, incidentally, is also my excuse for the radio-silence these past few days). Time away from the blogs, therefore, and a time to focus the mind on the positive aspects of life: Family, friends and faith.

A nation hitting rock bottom

2011-12-20T22:48:00.002+01:00

Presented without further comment: Television cannibalism stunt goes global. Newspapers and broadcasters from around the world have picked up on a Dutch television stunt in which two presenters claim to eat a small piece of each other's flesh. The show, due to be aired on Wednesday, features Dennis Storm and Valerio Zeno from youth channel BNN, allegedly eating a small portion of human meat

QotD - In memory of Vaclav Havel

2011-12-18T22:03:00.000+01:00

In all events, I am certain that our civilisation is heading for catastrophe unless present-day humankind comes to its senses. And it can only come to its senses if it grapples with its short-sightedness, its stupid conviction of its omniscience and its swollen pride, which have been so deeply anchored in its thinking and actions. Vaclav Havel, quoted by His Grace (and do read the eulogy in full

A mouthful of Islam

2011-12-16T22:03:00.001+01:00

And here I thought the Dutch Protestant Churches were in a bad way. From across the Small Pond, in the UK, His Grace reports on a Christmas service held at Royal Holloway College, in the University of London. The service was led by a Rev'd Cate Irvine, an Anglican vicar, and a Roman Catholic chaplain from the local church, Father Vladimir Nikiforov. And what did the assembled festive throng hear?

No it was not Jihad!

2011-12-14T01:46:00.013+01:00

Today, in the Belgium city of Liege, a 33 year old Muslim with the name Nordine Amrani (Nordine translates as: light of the religion) climbs on a rooftop near a busy square. From that rooftop he starts throwing hand grenades and fires his FN FAL to the busy crowd of a Christmas market and main courthouse. He kills 6 and wounds 122 more. After that Nordine is killed by his own gun (witness version

Always the same

2011-12-13T22:35:00.001+01:00

It is official: The Netherlands is in a recession.The government’s macro-economic forecasting agency CPB says the budget deficit is set to hit 4.1% next year and that the economy is already in recession. (...) CPB director Coen Teulings urged the government not to make major cuts at a time of recession. Instead, the government should take the time to make structural reforms to deliver money and

And now...

2011-12-11T14:44:00.001+01:00

... for something completely different. Modern-day mainstream cosmology (that branch of physics trying to understand why our universe is the way it is) holds that 80% of the total mass present in the universe is so-called 'dark matter'. It is a mysterious substance, that neither emits nor scatters light. The only way it is observable is through the gravitational effects this mysterious matter

Why bother?

2011-12-09T23:42:00.001+01:00

A couple of days ago I wrote: "I sometimes despair for this country". This week I came to the conclusion it is much worse then that. It started out as a normal lunch with co-workers. There were six of us. I don't quite remember how we got there, but conversation turned to climate change. From there it was just a few small steps to the EUnion and democracy. It proved to be quite an education. I

Consequences

2011-12-09T21:44:00.001+01:00

So, last night the eurocrats promised each other a new treaty. In that treaty we find the following among the main points:EU countries agreed to provide €200bn in bilateral loans to the IMF to help tackle the debt, with €150bn of the total coming from the eurozone countries. And guess what our 'government' announced today:The cabinet is preparing to make extra cuts of up to €10bn in order to

Second Dutch referendum?

2011-12-07T23:13:00.001+01:00

As EURef reports, it seems that the Merk half of the Merkozy is going for a full blown change of the Lisbon Treaty Turnip. This includes an Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) and unanimous ratification by the 27 countries making up the EUnion. If the Germans manage to hold the line, and insist on a full IGC, we really are looking at two-years plus before a resolution, even if Germany manages to

Europe's great problem

2011-12-07T21:15:00.001+01:00

In Elsevier today well-known opponent of radical islam and professor of international law, Afshin Ellian had a magnificent op-ed (NL). I am reproducing a translation in full below. There are many points that have been made here and elsewhere. But this is the first time I have seen these made so uncompromisingly in the Dutch MSM. That in and of itself merits some attention. But it is a great

Not just the EUnion

2011-12-06T23:51:00.001+01:00

As we, on this side of the Big Pond, sit and watch in flabbergasted amazement at completely counter-intuitive political and financial wranglings of eurocrats home and abroad, in the US we get wind of similar exercises in sinister dealings via the Ulsterman Report. In an the latest interview with the 'Whitehouse Insider', the interviewee gramts us a peek at the power behind the president (any

What democracy?

2011-12-06T21:52:00.001+01:00

Via Zerohedge: Eurozone To Avoid Any Popular Vote In Treaty Change. Why bother with the one true barbarous relic - democracy - when good ole' fascism will suffice. As The Telegraph's Bruno Waterfield reports, "EU to avoid any votes - parliamentary or popular on treaty change - via obscure Lisbon Treaty 'passerelle' clause, Art. 126 (14) via protocol 12. "This decision does not require