Category Archives: Rants

Friday Motorway Music™, November 18 – In memory of those killed by stupidity in traffic

Posted on 27. November 2011 by

Aston Martin ’66 – image for one of the songs in today’s list, which by some random error is a day or two late by the way. Today is not a random list – today is my feable attempt of … Continue reading →

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BMW: Bleeping My Way ?

Posted on 20. July 2011 by

I should start by a confession – I am probably a little strange… (yes, I hear you, my dear daughter – I know you firmly believe that it’s not just a little) But I do wholeheartedly like driving my Citroën … Continue reading →

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On far away violations

Posted on 27. April 2011 by

Apparently, there could be something like 42,000 traffic violations a year in the city of Amman, Jordan: Mar. 16–AMMAN — Around 3,556 environmental and traffic violations in the capital have been captured on film since the beginning of this month, … Continue reading →

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Are you happy now, Wayne Sapp?

Posted on 1. April 2011 by

Your event with burning of the Qur’an has raised demonstrations in several places. In one of them, in Northern Afghanistan, 8 UN people: 5 Nepalese, 1 Romanian, 1 Norwegian and 1 Swede were killed, two of them by decapitation. Did … Continue reading →

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Dear Flying Blue Customer (Dis)Service

Posted on 30. March 2011 by

How can it be that I am promised by Flying Blue service center personnel (in the US) that my JFK-CPH ticket is upgradeable and that upgrade seats are available and that when I get to the airport, the check-in and/or … Continue reading →

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… makes the World go around

Posted on 30. March 2011 by

Liza Minelli had her meaning of what makes the World go around: Money makes the world go around The world go around The world go around Money makes the world go around It makes the world go ’round.   But I … Continue reading →

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If that isn’t arrogance and clinging to power…

Posted on 16. February 2011 by

A wave of protests against regimes have swelled in the Middle East and swept towards personal freedom and democracy. Young people, dreaming of having the same liberties as they see young people everywhere else, have left the old-fashioned die-hard rulers … Continue reading →

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The Internet – (no longer) a tool of freedom and democracy?

Posted on 15. December 2010 by

The internet has generally been seen as a very major tool in increasing freedom by giving unprecedented access to information. In a 2006 testimony, the US House of Representatives heard that The Internet should be fostered and protected as a … Continue reading →

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