Remco van Zijl

Dutch in Canada! Where do we travel next...

[Remco van Zijl @Ramguard]

@CanadianArmy Happy Canada day!

[Matt Dagley @mattdagley]

I am Canadian (2000) - We are Canadian (2025)

[Remco van Zijl @Ramguard]

@BellevilleON .. I see the US flag is up again in the rink.. I didn't think they were our friends anymore... they sure don't act like one.

[Remco van Zijl @Ramguard]

@Bennytouzine Jaaaaa! Heerlijk

[Pie Sports Booze 🔞 PARODY @piesportsbooze]

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨

[Remco van Zijl @Ramguard]

Did you say hydro pneumatic suspension Citroën? 🤔

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

NEWS: With the new 2024 Porsche Panamera, the company unveiled a hydraulic suspension called Porsche Active Ride.

It has active shock absorbers powered by an electrically-operated hydraulic pump. Porsche claims it’s so powerful that the new Panamera doesn't need springs to deliver a comfortable ride.

Autoblog: When you accelerate, even if you're flooring it, the car doesn't squat. When you brake, even if you're mashing the pedal, the car doesn't dive. Take a turn in either direction and the car gently leans into it, almost like a motorcycle.

[Remco van Zijl @Ramguard]

Herinner mn jeugd.. naar school tegenwind en op de terugweg nog een keer..

[Remco van Zijl @Ramguard]

@LakotaMan1 Beautiful picture.. and true statement!

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

Food inflation:

🇻🇪 Venezuela: 403%
🇱🇧 Lebanon: 274%
🇦🇷 Argentina: 133%
🇹🇷 Turkey: 75.14%
🇪🇬 Egypt: 71.4%
🇮🇷 Iran: 37.7%
🇵🇰 Pakistan: 33.1%
🇳🇬 Nigeria: 29.34%
🇭🇺 Hungary: 17.9%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 13.6%
🇵🇱 Poland: 12.7%
🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 12.54%
🇧🇪 Belgium: 11.43%
🇪🇺 European Union: 10.68%
🇪🇸 Spain: 10.52%
🇮🇳 India: 9.94%
🇦🇹 Austria: 9.82%
🇪🇪 Estonia: 9.7%
🇵🇭 Philippines: 9.7%
🇫🇷 France: 9.6%
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 9.6%
🇩🇪 Germany: 9.08%
🇸🇪 Sweden: 9.02%
🇳🇴 Norway: 8.95%
🇮🇹 Italy: 8.7%
🇯🇵 Japan: 8.6%
🇺🇦 Ukraine: 8.4%
🇮🇪 Ireland: 8.2%
🇿🇦 South Africa: 8%
🇨🇱 Chile: 7.92%
🇨🇿 Czechia: 7.9%
🇦🇺 Australia: 7.5%
🇵🇹 Portugal: 6.85%
🇨🇦 Canada: 6.8%
🇫🇮 Finland: 6.8%
🇲🇽 Mexico: 6.77%
🇰🇷 South Korea: 5.12%
🇩🇰 Denmark: 5%
🇸🇬 Singapore: 4.8%
🇺🇸 United States: 4.3%
🇮🇩 Indonesia: 4.17%
🇨🇭 Switzerland: 3.8%
🇷🇺 Russia: 3.58%
🇦🇪 UAE: 3.33%
🇻🇳 Vietnam: 2.87%
🇭🇰 Hong Kong: 2.2%
🇵🇦 Panama: 2.02%
🇧🇷 Brazil: 1.09%
🇶🇦 Qatar: 0.84%
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 0.36%
🇨🇳 China: -1.7%
🇦🇲 Armenia: -4%
🇦🇫 Afghanistan: -11.2%
🇸🇸 South Sudan: -18.4%

[Remco van Zijl @Ramguard]

@OPP_ER @quintewest @TerryFoxCanada Great job fundraising everyone! Criminally well done!

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

-Nate White

[Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife]

“The Dutch are the most physically active country on earth, getting an average of 12.8 hours of exercise each week.

It’s estimated cycling prevents 6,500 premature deaths each year, while saving their economy nearly €20 billion, roughly 3% of their GDP.” https://t.co/VpkPP8Te7o

[Remco van Zijl @Ramguard]

@realDan203 @CalltoActivism 6'5" and about 255lbs.. he's considerably larger compared to me and I'm no stick figure.

[Remco van Zijl @Ramguard]

@davidcinema Manta manta manta

[Remco van Zijl @Ramguard]

@BellevilleON .. Good idea for Belleville! Bleecker Ave could use it for sure!

[Remco van Zijl @Ramguard]

@SFKsams @FilmendeFietser Houten.. small town..no cars

[Remco van Zijl @Ramguard]

@SjamaanN Hi Patrick, I'm in Belleville, Canada. Originally from The Netherlands! Hope you are having fun!

[Remco van Zijl @Ramguard]

@breakfasttv No Space pen in this selection? Writes upside down.. always use mine, never ever fails.

[Remco van Zijl @Ramguard]

@JoJoFromJerz Burning Rubber..

[Remco van Zijl @Ramguard]

Hi, quick question; I notice on ontario511 that the bay Bridge is closed.. is this correct or are cars able to cross? Thank you for the information and stay safe out there!

[City of Belleville @BellevilleON]

Public Works | Our plow operators work hard to maintain the roads and sidewalks during snowy weather. Please be patient while roads and sidewalks are being cleared, leave lots of room, and proceed with caution when approaching a plow truck.