Weekly Commentary

In just a week Lou Dobbs managed to flush his journalistic reputation down the toilet by continuing to cover the non-story that is the birthers. Actually the real story would be about the people behind these types of conspiracy theories. Or what about the GOP senators and representatives who are pandering to the fringe base with their bill concerning the birth certificates being or not being (check the video at Huffingtonpost to see what kind of weirdos are making your laws).

Picked up my new passport from the US Embassy in Berlin. I have to say that I went in there completely prejudiced against Embassy security, having dealt with angry and irritated little jerks in Riga. These guys were completely friendly and even wanted to talk about books I was reading. My respect goes to those guys. Except for the Marine with his war face in the second office, staring everyone down who walks through his diplomatic halls.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is now playing for FC Barcelona. First congratulations to him: everyone wants to go, but few are given the opportunity. I hope he makes the most of it and does two things: wins the Ballon D´Or and Champions League next year.

On the football note it seems Sweden will not be playing at the next world cup in South Africa which means that I will be supporting the German national team. The only good thing to come out of this is hopefully that Sweden realizes they need a new strategy to reach some new footballing heights.

The Birthers or the nutcases among us

Today I have been reading and trying to keep up with this bizarre group of people called the birthers. For those who are completely unaware of this group, its a bunch of conspiracy theorists residing in the USA who are for various reasons trying to have President Obama removed from office by claiming he is not a "natural born citizen." Of course they are completely wrong on two accounts: A. his mother was a US citizen and B. he was born in the US.

I am going to be completely honest. If I found out that any of my friends were in any way associated with this movement it would be automatic cause for the end of that friendship. If I were to meet anyone who holds this view (not very likely as these nutcases are generally unaware that there is a world outside the US) I would in no way associate with them. Period. The soldier who took this to court should be dishonarably discharged and held in contempt of court along with his lawyer who should never be permitted to practice law again in any state. Period. Anyone supporting this movement is in no way a patriot but instead completely delusional and insane.

Strange Summer, Job search, and more

This is going to go down as an even worse summer than last year if the weather continues as it is now; rain, cloudy, sunny for five minutes and then repeat. Add to this that the humidity can reach almost tropical levels (Which means another storm is coming) and you have a recipe for a rainy year. I am going to Sweden next weekend for what could be called a mini-honeymoon before the real one in February (which will be on the islands of Maui and Kauai).

The job search is on and so far I have found a few places that I am interested in applying to but now I just need to get my letter of application finished.

That is about it for right now, I am still making pizza and hoping the sun will come out tomorrow so I can go for a skate, which would be the first skate in three months.

Trapped in the rain

Went to the Berlin Library (AGB) and got trapped there in a downpour of torrential tropical rain. Before I got here the weather was so humid that I was sweating just sitting at my computer. There is no escape from the European summer and considering that this is what was sorely missing until a week ago I shouldn´t be complaining.

Just picked up Paul Auster´s book Moon Palace which I do not believe that I have read and am therefore very happy to do so now. I dropped off Marina Lewicki´s Two Caravans (which I do not recommend by any stretch.

I am getting married in a week and that is incredible. Now I just need to keep looking for a job. Time is going by so fast, too fast almost.

Considering that the rain is coming down as hard as it is, I guess it means I won´t be skateboarding today. Oh well.