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Originally Posted by Matrix
(..)@Darkness: Bos was a liar during the last electoral campaign, but he and his party were punished for that. Now as a minister of finance I think he's doing a fine job. This job clearly fits him better.(..)
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I've become quiet skilled and knowledgable (due to live poker games and reading books about it) in detecting signs and gestures of lies. I picked up that Bos certainly displayed strong signs of lying during the Fortis-chapter of the financial crisis.
I hadn't read those books so I wasn't able to spot signs of lies as effectively during the last electoral campaign, so I can't comment on him there.
I once voted D66 in the early 90's. I got turned of big time by their purple ministers. Borst killing the healthcare-sector and Brinkhorst killing the agriculture-sector.
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The current system of a 100% smoke ban is a terrible system. The thoughts and philosophies behind it all proved wrong and the consequence is that the ban can lead to mass-bankcrupcy. I fail to see how that is a good thing.
IMVHO each bar should have a legal way to allow smoking inside, without giving up the clear advantages non-smoking has, for instance by creating special secluded smoking and non-smoking sections.