Apparently, the new President of the European Union regularly writes haikus and posts them on his typepad blog.

Does anyone else find this hilarious? (And kind of...well, cute???)

I was listening to a Dutch news podcast this morning, and there was a segment where a couple of experts were analyzing the results of the recent elections in Afghanistan. And they all agreed that even if it turns out that current president Karzai and his party have won more than 50% of the vote, he should do his best to form a coalition government ( Read more... )

This video is in Dutch, but it doesn't really matter--watch it anyway. This is actual footage of the South Korean parliament earlier today:



I still think Canada's parliament is pretty bad in terms of the lack of civility, but I suppose it could be worse.

When I started watching the new Battlestar Galactica, I fully expected that the human politics would be my favourite part of the show. After all, it had been that way back when I watched other big science fiction shows with an ensemble cast and entire civilizations to explore: Babylon 5, Deep Space Nine. However, while I've really been enjoying ( Read more... )

The results of this year's World Stupidity Awards have been announced, and the stupidest statement of the year is deemed to be George W. Bush's: "They never stop thinking of ways of harming America, and neither do we." Unfortunately, the quote was a little bit off; the original blunder was actually: "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and ( Read more... )

If you could pick any living person to lead the country you live in (as president, prime minister, king, or whatever), who would it be, and why? It doesn't have to be someone who could actually conceivably be in line for the job; let your idealism run wild ( Read more... )