Dutch crisps, Irish Coffee and Fast Radio Bursts

Day 5, of the just born 2017, is already lifting a corner of the veil, it is not a nice child. The lying and cheating is poured into the newborn by the spoon. The Dutch Minister of finance is in favour for higher profits tax for businesses, that is, when he is in function as a candidate for the new elections. As Secretary he wants the Netherlands to reduce profits tax in the coming years in order to remain internationally competitive. It seems like the sprinkles on the rusks*, served during the baby-shower of the new year, were bought at a Dutch “coffee” shop. While it is estimated that there are about 300.000 highly educated adults in Netherlands are just sitting at home without work, simply because today's society has a greater need for people who have the talent to bring feelings across than to present the facts, radiologists found small messages from outer space, the so-called "Fast Radio Bursts" are coming from a 200 billion light years distant. There’s no scientific explanation yet, but according to some gut feeling speaking, ascending pulpit believers, it proves that there is a heaven on the edge of the universe, or a hell of course, that’s a possibility to. Meanwhile, an American arms manufacturer delivers a few containers full of armaments in Iraq to keep the chaos and the U.S. economy going and our Portuguese friend Rui Costa shows his new “Team Abu Dhabi” cycling jersey with pride, money always goes for principles. Now let's hope that his wife can find a few niqabs on the market,they seem to be rare here in Portugal. No, outrage is out of place, I know, truths are just a side issue, the writers of the Bible stories knew for sure that the Earth was flat and heaven somewhere above. May I be annoyed of people who glorify the fake results of their poor efforts to produce quality or find the truth? When I see people pour Scotch whisky into an Irish Coffee, thinking they get away with it, I always have to think about politicians ...

*Dutch crisp with sugar covered Anis-seeds. They are sold in a mixture of two colours: White and pink. In 1990 a new mixture was introduced: white and blue, and it has become a custom, but not a universal one, that the latter (blue) are served when a boy is born, and the former (pink) for a girl. When a child is born in to the royal House of Orange, orange muisjes are sold.