Notices by Gary Houston (ghouston@mamot.fr)

@roadriverrail @stacey_campbell it wasn't so long ago that the US allied with the UK and others to invade Iraq.

@jwildeboer how much does it cost to be inaugurated anyway?

@jwildeboer it reminds me of a Dutch family I know of, where a woman married a Jew and her husband and one of their children were taken away and murdered, while her brother married a German and apparently became a pound Nazi. Family gatherings must have been tense.

@jwildeboer interesting, but somewhat inconvenient.

@jwildeboer there's not really much that people do that I find weird these days, but DIY bureaucracy as a hobby? Is this something popular in Germany, and are there clubs for it?

@jwildeboer Syria didn't sign up to the ICC for some reason.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/09/17/qa-syria-and-international-criminal-court

@jschwart @jwildeboer in principle, I can register in Den Haag. I had the impression that it requires a current passport. Well, it says "een geldig Nederlands paspoort" or "een geldige Nederlandse identiteitskaart". And then you have to print off some form and post it(!)

https://www.nederlandwereldwijd.nl/stemmen-buitenland/registreren

@jschwart @jwildeboer countries put various obstacles in the way. I couldn't vote in the Netherlands, despite having Dutch citizenship, because I don't have a current passport so can't register (and it would cost a lot to get one, including travel to Sydney). I also have New Zealand citizenship, but couldn't vote there either, because I haven't visited for years. I live in Australia, but can't vote here because I'm not a citizen.