Untimely meditations
One man's thoughts, observations and rants
Welcome to the personal blog of Joop Beris. I blog about a wide variety of topics, ranging from atheism to information security and lots in between. I welcome feedback on my articles but there are some guidelines. Feel free to share articles you like by using the sharing buttons but please give me credit if you want to share something. Also, check out my privacy policy and other legalese.
Below you’ll find the most recent things I’ve written. Feel free to check them out, leave a comment and share them with others who might be interested.
Latest posts
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I’m a terrorist
What? Yes, I am a terrorist. At least, according to Marielle Gallo, a member of the European Parliament, wife to famous historian Max Gallo. In a heroic effort to prove to the world how far Mrs. Gallo is removed from her constituency (and sanity, some might argue) she stated in a recent interview that those…
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Breaking news: INTA committee rejects ACTA 19 – 12!
This just in: The INTA committee, the committee in the European Parliament that is responsible for ACTA has just accepted the motion to REJECT ACTA! This is good news!
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David Martin: “Say no to ACTA”
In a rather surprising statement from David Martin, the new rapporteur on ACTA and chairman of the EU International Trade Committee, he urges the rejection of the controversial ACTA agreement, stating that the benefits of the agreement do not way up against the concerns surrounding ACTA. The statement is surprising, because mr. Martin has in…
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The fork or the crossroads?
We live in interesting times. Economic crisis, social upheaval, collapsing companies, rampant consumerism, revolutions, government crackdown, disappearing privacy and globalisation. It feels like there is a pressure building and like all pressure, it’s going to have to find a way out. It is my opinion that we are standing on the fork or a crossroads,…
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ACTA stakeholder hearing on April 11
Today, I received an email from Marietje Schaake, MEP and member of the INTA committee. She announced that she is organizing a stakeholder hearing concerning ACTA on April 11, since too many half-truths have been spread concerning ACTA, according to her.
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God is not real my dude, using magically thinking helps no one
I agree. I’d love to see those “facts” too. I’m guessing all of those “facts” will come straight from the…
And we must not forget that God knows everything, so God already knows whether we have faith or not. There…
Zeus created Yahweh to test our Faith
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“There are two different kinds of people in the world: those who want to know, and those who want to believe.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Oh no, one of the magic sky wizards followers are using ALL CAPS, they must be SERIOUS