Thursday, January 12, 2017

Talking posts, Press Conferences and Amusement Parks

2017, Thursday the 12th.  While a farmer from neighbouring Ohio moves to Kentucky, because ravishing a sheep is still not punishable under the law there, a birdwatcher gets home from a world tour of a year in which he has improved the world record "bird watching" while the only thing he should have done is visiting the European Parliament to see the most weird birds, the world woke up with the expression disbelief still on their face, after the press conference by the upcoming American president, well, with the exception of a bloke from the Dutch polders, who became a millionaire with selling other people's news online, he thinks it strategically majestic.  Meanwhile in Florida a bunch of people get arrested for handing out food to the homeless and the D.C. Cannabis Coalition, a pro-marijuana group, is busy with preparations to handout free marijuana, during the inauguration of Trump, in the form of 4200 pre-rolled joints.  And Yes, we will say goodbye to the Dutch "talking posts" in 2017, being in possession of a mobile phone is now a requirement for the motorists who wish to use the Dutch highways, as is placing a populist bumper sticker; "VVD, no weed but speed!" While a 14 year old refugee on Nauru, Australia's own Gaza Strip, cuts his wrists because the country of illegal fortune-hunters and punishment camp exiled descendants, put him behind bars for a year and a half, trying to dehumanize him, former Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende hands out the "Success Awards" in a TV program called "The success factor" (RTL7) to companies that want this fake price and its broadcasting time so badly, they will pay a sloppy 13 thousand euros.  Meanwhile a smart entrepreneur is looking for an old amusement park to turn into the "Kim Holland Amusement Park" where the Ferris wheel also has a vibration function, the haunted house is a real darkroom, the horses in the merry-go-round will have very special seats and the swings are replaced by leather love-swings, truly a niche and profitable market ...

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