Category: Politics

  • Trumpistan is not giving up

    Senators in final bid to derail certification of Biden’s victory When read it the first time, the first sentence derailed my line of thought: “A group of US senators say they will refuse to certify Joe Biden’s election victory unless a commission is set up to investigate alleged voter fraud.” And I thought: good, they…

  • No infection for me…

    After the big demonstration from last week, I decided to get tested for COVID-19 this week. It seemed prudent, considering how many people were together in such a confined space. Today I got the results back, and at least this time, I got lucky.

  • BLM Demo in Zurich, 13.6.2020

    I went to the BLM demonstration in Zurich. Over 10.000 people attended, and it was an emotionally powerful, very peaceful event. I am glad I went to show my support for those who are discriminated against for generations with no hope in sight for any real change. I am not sure this will actually fix…

  • Universal income in Spain

    Spain is launching a”universal income” program to help their citizens. The list of restrictions on who can get this is pretty long: you have to be between this and that age, paid into social secuirty for at least a year, and make less than a certain amount per month. I don’t get why that’s caled…