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During the next few days, both France and the Netherlands will vote on the EU constitution. A “No” vote in both countries is likely, which Europhiles would see as a disaster. However, I think that a rejection of this constitution would actually be a blessing, and this week’s Economist confirms me in this opinion.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude closed their Excibition “The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979-2005” today.

I was shocked and speechless, as within a few days the death toll from the Tsunami rose from 10,000 to over 130,000, and still rising. Please donate!

If you use an RSS reader like bloglines.com, you can now add jastram.de to the feed.

Are the news we receive biased? The Christian Science Monitor has a well-balanced article on this topic called Different News for Different Views. Bias has been a hot topic in the context of Michael Moore’s film Farenheit 9/11, and I am right now reading the Book “Bias” by Bernard Goldberg – a horrible book.

Seit Jahren bekomme ich meinen Anteil an Spam zu Themen wie Medikamentenangeboten, Krediten und Penisvergrößerungen. Erschreckenderweise ist eine neue Kategorie dazugekommen: Ausländerfeindlichkeit (Bericht von Heise.de).

The Russian web site allofmp3.com offers legal downloads of music – for 7 cents per track!

I got a check for $13.86 in the mail, which represents the settlement of the Compact Disc Minimum Advertised Price Antitrust Litigation. Yey!

I just stumbled upon this cute website that encourages people to turn of/get rid of their TV.

Well, there were power outages – but ultimately this was just a media circus, as the Washington Post confirms.