Monthly Archives: November 2010
Swiss elections
Switzerland – Democratic country with 7.78 million residents, of which 22% (1.71 million) are foreigners.
There are 5.02 million electors and the average participation in elections is 40-50%. Data from Federal Statistics Office (bfs.admin.ch)
Today a “majority” of 1.40 million (18% of Switzerland population) decide in favor – “Pour le renvoi des étrangers criminels” and 1.50 million againts “Pour des impôts équitables. Stop aux abus de la concurrence fiscale”.
Why I do not live in Portugal – reason whatever
This is the front web page from one of the “reference” newspapers in Portugal. The title says: “Obama kisses the daughter of Luis Amado [Portuguese Foreign Affairs Minister]”.
Living in Portugal would be, for me, like being in a TV reality show in permanence. Fortunately I got banned from the country long ago and now I go there just to enjoy what remains good: family, food and sun.
Seeing the americanization of the society (I believe it was in the US that all this lack of sensibility started, pushed by the capitalism and populism) makes me feel sad that there is no one with power to stop it. At least in the country where I was born.
And I do not want to comment about the ad-hoc “holiday” given by the Portuguese government for the people working in Lisbon due to the NATO meetings…
Directly from the source 1
What do I have in common with George Clooney?
A Nespresso.com email and unlimited Nespresso coffee (during working hours).
The privileges of a consultant. 🙂