This morning I was checking the GDP growth data for European nations, and I found out that last year it was particularly high in Malta, Czechia, Iceland, and Sweden... but in Ireland it was insane! An interesting article from The Irish Times explains how, despite this number being statistically correct, it's due to huge multinational companies moving assets to their Irish branches for tax reasons.

We enjoyed the sunny Sunday morning by making a quick visit to Freiburg. The last time I visited the city, they were restoring this building, and the result is great.

Not surprising. The Earth's temperature measured by NASA in September was the warmest ever recorded for that month. http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/tabledata_v3/GLB.Ts.txt. This follows the same pattern as every month this year. The Paris climate agreement clearly recognized the wide impact of global warming, but with the recent results of the US elections, this issue needs to be raised constantly.

This morning I woke up very early feeling a bit uneasy. I started to follow the live US presidential coverage, and then slowly it became clear that the Republican nominee was going to win. As I mentioned a couple of days ago, the main danger with this outcome is that nationalist groups might feel empowered to spread and promote their hate speech. I'm really hoping this won't happen. And it was definitely a complete poll miss. A dangerous one.

Alright, the latest 4-way presidential polls still put Clinton slightly ahead. Fingers crossed the lead will hold. Yesterday the FBI director sent a letter clarifying there was nothing new in the emails from last week, so I hope US voters will be able to weigh the flaws of the Democratic nominee against the real sexist, racist, protectionist, and xenophobic positions of the Republican nominee.

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