Xavier Defrang

I thought that the anticlimax of the current campaign for the federal elections would be a Celebrity Jeopardy! between rival news anchors turned voice magnets politicians.

But once again the PS has just beaten everyone in the communication department, this time with an absolutely pathetic viral website.

This FUD inducing piece go as far as to ask us, poor voters, if this is really what we expect from politics. The short answer is: no, it's not.

But what else can you expect when the average french speaking belgian politician is barely able to speak with complete and intelligible sentences?

Tonight, most of Belgium has been hoaxed by a fake breaking news program claiming that Flanders had unilaterally declared its independance.

Considering the stupidity of our politicians and the rage going on in the streets, the backlash for Jean-Claude Defossé will probably be rude. It's high time we show the man our support!

Thanks Colin for the button.

In other news, 80% of the french speaking Belgian population seems to have the IQ of a mollusk.

Simply put, I just hate Laurette Onkelinx. Not only because she totally screwed Belgian's school system but because she's the prototype of the gauche caviar and I always had the feeling she was treating John Doe like horse dung (we had some fine examples last week during a radio show). But now she really makes me wanna puke...

To end on a — kind of — positive note, I do really appreciate what Mehmet does for what's left of democracy in Brussels, a city slowly collapsing into a state of complete Washingtonization.

The good folks of Belgium have become accustomed to the Welfare State to a point of non return. Gas price breaks the roof? Don't worry, our beloved and fearless elite takes care of this! If you're a cab or truck driver, they won't let you behind! Just pretend you are going on strike and the government will give you some cash right away... At least I know now that they are sucking half of my salary and other freelance business related revenues to allow paupers to keep up screwing the planet with their cars and fuel powered central warming!

But why should the State refrain from helping other people in need? In regard to the current global economic situation where we have a "weak" Dollar and a "strong" Euro, I feel that we, loyal Apple customers, are eligible for a little help from our great and kind Federal State. So, when is Mr Verhofstadt going to propose to pay the difference between a EUR 199,00 iPod nano and its normal USD 199,00 price tag? Now that would be real social progress for the masses!

Brussels suffers from a rampant unemployment rate toping at 25% for a few years now. While unable to decrease this frightening figure, the various local authorities deserve an award for the skills in occupation management. Every now and then, we read grandiose announcements about the creation of all kinds of new socially-inclined McJobs such as public transportation stewards, neighbourhood entertainers, street educators, intercultural relations manager, office environment deputy-assistant, you named it.

I was recently amazed to see that there was an official, state-sponsored, cab steward at the exit of the Eurostar terminal. The sole duty of this kind fellow was to ask people whether they needed a ride, he would then write a number on a paper and hand it to the first cab driver available. As there were only a couple of cabs waiting, I still have no idea what was the point of his job besides to bias the stats...

How long will we have to wait to witness the central station hall haunted by shoeshiners kids?

corrupt bureaucratic scumbags!

The belgian Socialist Party (PS) now wants all kids to get the last name of both of their parents. This measure would go much further than in most European countries where parents usually have to choose between both names. But choosing implies excluding and exclusion is bad so the PS is going to show you the way to an equal society where you don't have to choose anymore thanks to the almighty state.

I wonder If these inspired lawmakers thought about the consequence of this starting from the second generation of dual-named human beings... What will be the last name of the child of Julie Desmedt-Bergmans and Pierre Dupont-Vanpipperzeele? Ooops...

Thereís nothing romantic about the ìRunning of the Bullsîóit means torture and death for animals. But a new tradition, the ìRunning of the Nudes,î is bringing a new kind of excitement to Pamplona.

Interesting speech by "president in exile" Al Gore about the polical use of fear in the US.

A boring sunday evening pushed me to follow the funny Dean remixing craze so here's my humble 17 seconds contribution : WMD - DeanCore.

It contains loops from the track Straight Edge, by Minor Threat.

A report published by the US Army War College has criticised the war against Iraq as a strategic error.