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Cigareets, Whusky and Wild Wild Women

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No, this is not about NY governor Eliot Spitzer but the Danish Finance Minister (and Prime Minister presumptive) Lars Løkke Rasmussen who has been accused by the mayor of Hørsholm Uffe Thorndal for abusing his official credit card during his time as county mayor of the now defunct Frederiksborg County.

Rasmussen’s alleged crime? Well, no wild women (at least not that kind of wild women) but a visit to the local Crazy Daisy discotheque and strictly speaking the beverage involved was beer and not whisky. That Løkke Rasmussen is a smoker is pretty well known and added a hilarious edge to his term as Health Minister.

Judicial experts doubt if a case would stand up in court and Mr. Løkke’s political opponents seem pretty relaxed about the affair.

Oh, and Uffe Thorndal has held a grudge against Løkke Rasmussen since, well, forever.

But seriously, Løkke, … Crazy Daisy …

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March 14th, 2008 at 5:06 pm

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I Always Had the Feeling that I Missed Some of the Important Stuff

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Quote of the day:

90% of conferences are about promoting oneself and having amorous flings.

But then again the gender distribution on political science conferences tend to be rather unequal. My success-rate when it came to self-promoting was equally dismal – that one is more difficult to defend.

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March 14th, 2008 at 4:41 pm

They Promise WHAT During Easter…?!?

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Holte Skiklub and Københavns Skiklub may be ecstatic at the promise of snowfall in Denmark during next week.

I’ll have to admit that I’m less than ecstatic, but if it happens, there will be photos.

And this was Kiruna earlier in the week:

Kiruna: Street

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March 14th, 2008 at 3:09 pm

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