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Then of course having the nerve to have comments on some islamic countries that stone people to death for certain crimes. >>>>>>
>>>>>>Walter, there's no comparison between the U.S. using the death penalty for murder, and islamic countries that stone people to death. Stoning to death occurs for such "crimes" as adultery (or even belief of adultery) or renouncing Islam. It's obscene for anyone to compare the two.
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>>>>>Come on Kevin... if you ain't Dutch, you ain't much.
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>>>>That is the wisest thing I've read in a long time...
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>>>I don't know much about the Dutch culture, but are Dutch letters universal or specific to the Dutch celebration in a city around here?
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>>I don't have a clue what you are talking about ...
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>Here is a URL I found:
http://www.jaarsmabakery.com/Yep, that looks familiar, though the letters ussually are baked arround 'Sinterklaas' on december the 5th... BTW, it is no conincedence that it sounds like 'Santa Claus' The dutch (and brittish?) probably took it to the US some centuries ago. It comes from saint niclas (sint nicolaas).
The cookies are tradiational dutch 'Speculaas'