Another week, another pound. More crisis in the news, as if nothing good is also happening. The snowfall made most of the UK ground to a halt, but really shows the incompetence of those in charge of the infrastructure. Not even salt on stairs or sidewalks when it started to melt. I guess that tax money everbody coughs up has to cover bonuses for the top dogs and finance building projects nobody needs. Talk about skimming off money, it’s going on everywhere in the world.

A few images of families playing with their children, sleds drawn by dogs as if they were Poledogs. Now why is there not more of that positive coverage. When I grew up back in Suriname, there was always a kind of anecdotal item at the end of the 8 o’clock news.

After all the wars, economic pessimism and starvation on the box, something from around the world to show another angle, something uplifting.

This year we’re hoping to launch this particular weblog as a place for everybody to send a little 2 minute item from all corners of the world. Notes From the Other Ground.

Feel free to send anything you think is not covered by the world media, as long as you keep it “civilized”.

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