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Outside the European Central Bank 2011-10-21 I had to go to the dentist this morning, which took me right past the European Central Bank. There are still a large number of “Occupy Frankfurt” people camping out, despite the near-freezing temperature over night, protesting the mess that we are in. I have just . . . → Read More: Broken Economies The German and Greek views of each other have become increasingly polarised over the last few months. The Greeks are “lazy spendthrifts who retire at 50 (women) or 55 (men) and make a national sport of not paying their taxes”, according to many Germans; the Germans are “not following the solidarity spirit of the . . . → Read More: A depressing shade of grey I mentioned the Israeli approach to airport security a few posts ago – they aim to have you out of the carpark and into the departure area in a maximum of 25 minutes by applying intelligent security checks. Contrast this with Europe: Check in 15 days in advance with Ryanair – and . . . → Read More: Brain-damaged bureaucracy … but you can’t pay to support WikiLeaks. Wikipedia on the Klan: Today, a large majority of sources consider the Klan to be a “subversive or terrorist organization”. In 1999, the city council of Charleston, South Carolina passed a resolution declaring the Klan to be a terrorist organization… …In April 1997, FBI agents . . . → Read More: Pay for your Ku Klux Klan membership with Visa/Mastercard… … according to the Economist, who have redrawn the map of Europe, putting similar countries together. In the case of the UK, its components have been placed down by Portugal and Spain as the UK’s finances are in a similar state to those of its southern European compatriots. In place of Britain, the . . . → Read More: England’s in the wrong place…
RadarVirtuel following the volcanic dust cloud over Europe You can follow the track of the volcanic dust cloud over Europe, and the flight tracks and details of the few flights that are still taking place despite the cloud, over at RadarVirtuel.com. . . . → Read More: Follow the dust If like us, you have the feeling that flying with Ryanair is no longer the bargain it used to be, you could be right. The Sydney Morning Herald has just published a report showing Ryanair’s charges have increased by 700% since 2006. You can avoid part of the increases by using a . . . → Read More: Ryanair’s additional charges up by factor of 7 since 2006 I noticed an article in the Daily Mail today about what Spanish air traffic controllers earn (here). I thought that must be typical exaggeration by the popular press, but decided to see if I find out what they “really” earn. It turns out that the figures are probably accurate – here’s an article in . . . → Read More: Very well paid Although the EU guarantees the right to work in other member countries, there are still quite a few things need sorting out before life in the EU is as straight-forward for its citizens as life for Americans is when they move from one state to another. Here some examples from our experience over the last weeks: Valencia and La Albufera if the sea level rises just one meter Flood Map, a Google mashup, shows which land will be under water when Global Warming raises the sea level. (Via Boing . . . → Read More: Are you going to get wet feet? |
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