This is in essence the same kind of nonsense as is going on here locally, but I doubt that these folks realize it.

Sigh.

Scud missiles. Chemical warheads. My friend who happened to be on a sabbatical working at the university there arriving at Schiphol Airport, the gas mask with her.

When are the Putins and Trumps (and the huppelkutjes met slaapmutsjes op) going to pack it in and pack up? When will they stop their stupid wars that affect real people but barely touch them in their ivory tower castles? When can I stop being angry because I have to, because how can I not be angry?

I’d like to be able to stop thinking of some men and women as ‘huppelkutjes”. Okay, I admit it’s the ring of the word and it’s also quite funny. (Youp van ‘t Hek came up with it?) They’re more like piranhas and snappers and snooks and groupers and catfish. Sharp-teethed civil servants with little real life experience but big agendas.