Column: Behind closed doors
Today I had my debut column for RTV Purmerend's Purplus program. It went as follows Behind closed doors: While the almost 70-year-old, child-meaningful Grandpa Ed talks on about his life, I think of Sonja. My beautiful ex-girlfriend with Eastern European roots from 2006. She struck out when I was on the floor at the [...]
The expensive homeless person, in 379 words
For RTV Purmerend: Watch it back here from 13:30 'In my humble opinion the world upside down, there are not too few beds but too many homeless people!!!, said VVD Purmerend VVD Purmerend party chairman Jan Peter Dompeling on Twitter last week in response to an article from the Noord Hollands Dagblad titled "Bed shortage in [...]
Why a Dutch journalist lied about his arrest in Beirut
Alarm bells went off not only for me but for several colleagues and agencies Jan. 7. The reason for this is a video that appears online, in which Stefan Huijboom anxiously recounts his fear of being arrested because he had asked questions about Hezbollah to the Ministry of Defense in Beirut a few days earlier. And indeed: [...]
From nothing to something (4): The just-grown-up homeless person
After we leave the night shelter at 8:00 in the morning, we stand in front of the DEEN supermarket talking. The coffee maker in the supermarket is working again, after breaking down for days, and the croissants are on sale. It is cold outside and for the next few hours we have nowhere warmer to go. We [...]
From nothing to something (3): You better be in a prison
About the expensive homeless, the well-oiled machine of the Purmerend municipality and the hopeless waiting times
From nothing to something (2): The short-sighted Dutchman
I think Margje Fikse was expecting an unkempt man with a long beard and with hair like dreadlocks. According to me, before my arrival in her studio, she imagined that I would be surrounded by shit flies, that I would be wearing three layers of clothes and would stink from 3 weeks of not showering, that I would have a shopping cart [....]
From nothing to something (1): Suddenly you know, you're going to be homeless
There are two ways I can look back on my life right now. I could start with "Homeless ex-con with no completed education seeks employment" or "Innovative award-winning entrepreneur begins new chapter. A world of difference, but both apt as can be. It's cold outside I think I already have a cold [...].
Prosecutor: Leopoldo Lopez is actually innocent, I'm sorry
Last month, Leopoldo Lopez was sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison. The prosecutor then fled the country and says sorry, he was wrong. The judge gets promoted. A criminal case in Venezuela. Leopoldo Lopez Last month, opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was sentenced in a Venezuelan court to more than 13 years in prison. It [...]
analysis the panama summit becomes primarily a diplomatic chess game
Simultaneous chess at a high diplomatic level, focusing on corruption, oil and human rights. How a summit no one wanted to go to became the hippest summit of all time. An intriguing but frightening spectacle is unfolding these days in Latin America. This coming days in Panama is the 7th summit of the "Americas. A summit [...]
Psst... Becoming a millionaire with €5000?
Some of the bizarre events of recent weeks in Venezuela. Plus the week's tip for becoming a millionaire: 'You must buy when the blood is flowing through the streets,' Lionel Walter de Rothschildt said. Image: Michel Baljet Venezuela is in a severe economic crisis. President Maduro, during a world tour, sought to join allies [...]
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