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- http://twitpic.com/17d5tu - First flowers of the season! We still have winter weather in The Hague, but on Sunday 7 March I noticed these fl
- Installed the newly released (3 March 2010) Nvidia 195 driver for 64-bit Linux: http://is.gd/9Jm2A
- http://twitpic.com/16j0av - Seawater blasting through a hole in a rock overhang, Costa Adeje, Tenerife on 28 February 2010.
- Back home in The Hague.
- Waiting to board at Tenerife Sur airport.
- Got food poisoning yesterday; lost 3 kg overnight!
- Sipping sangria in the shade by the sea.
- http://twitpic.com/15mfet - Many restaurants here serve Dorada beer, which is brewed on Tenerife.
- http://twitpic.com/15fszl - The Canary Islands were formed by volcanic activity. I picked up these pumice stones at a stretch of black sand
- My recent interview with @AntiwarScott regarding polygraphy and the anthrax mailings: http://antiwar.com/radio/2010/02/25/george-maschke-2/
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Krzysztof Skubiszewski, R.I.P.
On Monday, 8 February 2010, Dr. Krzysztof Skubiszewski, the president of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal (where I work) died in Warsaw at the age of 83. He had served as an arbitrator since 4 December 1993, and as president of the Tribunal since 16 February 1994.
Last year, I had the pleasure of showing him [...]
How to Watch Al Jazeera English Live, On-line, for Free
Attention Americans: Al Jazeera Is Not a Mouthpiece for Terrorists
The independent Doha, Qatar-based television news network, Al Jazeera, has been so castigated by Bush Administration officials that given a word association test, many Americans would probably say “Al Qaeda” upon hearing “Al Jazeera.” And yet Al Jazeera is hardly a mouthpiece for terrorists. Rather, it [...]
Summer Soltice in The Hague: Sunrise & Sunset
Although the summer solstice actually occurred on 21 June 2008 at 01:59 hours Central European Daylight time, the 20th was the longest day of the year, and I decided to bike out to the dunes along the North Sea coast to greet the sunrise and bid the sun farewell on that day:
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George W. Bush in The Hague
The Hague’s Stadhuis, or city hall, regularly hosts free art exhibitions. Passing through the cathedral-ceilinged atrium today, I encountered what appeared to be a colossal representation of the lifeless head of U.S. President George W. Bush. Sure enough, it’s a vinyl-covered nylon fabric sculpture by contemporary American artist Paul McCarthy titled “Bush” (2007):
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The High Cost of Gasoline Is Relative
As American drivers come to grips with $4.00-a-gallon gasoline and presidential hopeful John McCain suggests a temporary “tax holiday,” it’s worth noting that in some places, it’s been a long time since gas was so cheap as that. The photo you see here shows fuel prices at my neighborhood gas station in The Hague, The [...]
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Welcome to My Home Page
Hello, my name is George Maschke, and welcome to my home page! I am in the process of developing this site around the open source package, WordPress. If you wish to contact me, you can reach me by e-mail to maschke [at] zonnet.nl georgemaschke [at] gmail [dot] com.
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Welcoming the Year of the Tiger in The Hague