Comments:

1. JimM on February 8th, 2012 at 2:53:

   Holy boilerplate batman!

   Those of you who don’t get it, click the “Quote” link.

2. Roland Hesz on February 8th, 2012 at 13:31:

   *snorts* Oh, sure… Where did I read that…..

3. Sue W on February 8th, 2012 at 15:28:

   Whatever happened to, “I’m an accountant and consequently too boring to be of interest?”

4. Gene on February 8th, 2012 at 18:13:

   The “Onion” seems to have a lot of competition these days.

Comments:

1. Desiato on February 7th, 2012 at 23:35:

   I don’t see anyone skating, tho.

2. Jan-Mark on February 8th, 2012 at 8:00:

   Ok, I understand, you are not Dutch. If there is ice everywhere (as it is now), people go skate in places that allows them to skate in large groups for long ends. There is a hole in the ice (a “wak”) underneath both bridges. Had the ice been good it would take a couple of minutes to skate to the big building at the end of the channel. So this is totally non skate ice. I hope the ice will be thick enough (6 inches) for an “elfstedentoch” than you will see many pictures of thousands of people on the ice having fun.

3. John Sinteur on February 8th, 2012 at 13:29:

   Jan-Mark, I think Desiato has drunk more beer at Annie’s Verjaardag than you

4. Desiato on February 8th, 2012 at 15:21:

   Ha ha ha, ja, ik overwoog nog om iets te grappen in de richting van “not a lot of people showed up for Annie’s birthday”…

5. Desiato on February 8th, 2012 at 15:41:

   Live cam op de Nieuwe Rijn (click rightmost cam icon for view back towards AV) (Seems to be a bit flaky):
   http://www.einstein.nu/cam/

6. Desiato on February 8th, 2012 at 15:48:

   Ik neem aan dat dit over dezelfde foto gaat…:

   Ineens hing er een Rus aan de telefoon bij Leidsch Dagblad-fotograaf Hielco Kuipers. Of zijn foto van het ijsterras van Annie’s in een Russische stadskrant afgedrukt mocht worden. ,,Welke stad?’’ vroeg Kuipers. Een onbekende voorstad van Moskou was het antwoord. Kuipers: ,,Maar wel een met 3 miljoen inwoners!’’ Vervolgens belde een Zuid-Afrikaan. Of ze de foto mochten afdrukken in Bloemfontein. Kuipers was verbaasd. Wat was er met zijn foto gebeurd? Die bleek opgepikt op facebook. Korte tijd nadat LD-internetredacteur Renée van der Nat de foto op leiden.vandaag had geplaatst zag zij het aantal ’likes’ die bij de foto waren geplaatst omhoog schieten. Japanners, Russen, Zuid-Amerikanen iedereen reageerden op het opmerkelijke beeld dat Kuipers had geschoten van het ijsterras op de plek waar Oude en Nieuwe Rijn samenkomen.

7. Andy on February 9th, 2012 at 8:51:

   Hi John, beautiful photo, and lovely place! What town is this?

8. Andy on February 9th, 2012 at 8:52:

   ….mmmm, should have checked the links above….. Leiden?

9. John Sinteur on February 9th, 2012 at 13:24:

   Leiden it is, yes.

10. Mykolas on February 9th, 2012 at 14:41:

    @Jan-Mark – wat geen kluning?

Comments:

1. Sue W on February 8th, 2012 at 0:43:

   Not that I know anything about this case but what would be achieved by sending an ex-cop to the brutal gulag of U.S. prisons? Judges are meant to provide Justice.

   Is the criminal at risk of reoffending? Probably not. Did he admit his crime? Will this be a lesson to other bent cops? Surely. Could he pay a fine or compensation if he was incarcerated? Unlikely. Is his family likely to be driven into poverty or onto social assistance?

   This is the kind of discretion that judges should have, and apply to every judgement although it annoys the worst part of the public (and the scum media) and now our holier-than-thou Neo-Con Canadian government.

2. Paul Jay on February 8th, 2012 at 14:01:

   And what about the ‘criminals’ that are in U.S. Jail because some cop planted some drugs as evidence?
   The main lesson here for other cops is that crying in front of a judge helps.

3. Sue W on February 8th, 2012 at 15:25:

   And the only good news is that one corrupt policeman was caught. Perhaps more U.S. citizens should be crying about the dreadful state of their justice system. In general they don’t seem to see it as a class, race or social problem (which it is).

   I am just horrified that Canada’s government is trying to make our system more like that in the U.S. Where we see injustice, they see “pour encourager les autres”.

Comments:

1. Sue W on February 8th, 2012 at 0:25:

   Selling the name of a weather system? This should be in the “I had to check it wasn’t the Onion” category. It isn’t just me, is it? It really is hugely stupid in here.