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The U.S. system as it has always been.

I don’t think anyone in Taiwan expects any of their “allies” to come to their aid in the event of war - certainly not the U.S.

The Chinese, however, know how important semiconductor production in Taiwan (TSMC, etc.) is for their own economy. Someone like that orange moron is also currently demonstrating just how unwise it is to try to enforce one’s interests through brute force. I don’t think the Chinese are unaware of this and will likely stick to their usual posturing.

Sand dan Glokta from the First Law series of gritty fantasy novels by Joe Abercrombie.

He is a crippled, razor-tongued former war hero turned inquisitor: physically ruined by torture but mentally sharp, cynical, and ruthlessly pragmatic.

Look who is here - a deluded nationalist…

In a world worth living in, there would be no billionaires - let alone crypto billionaires.

Who still believes the U.S. is a democracy? Seriously, you’d have to be a deluded nationalist not to see that this system has as little to do with democracy as elections in Russia do.

Have you ever seen the presentations by Boston Dynamics and the like? The biggest contracts for just about every robotics company probably come from the military. It probably won’t be long before war looks like it does in Terminator 2 - let’s just hope Skynet takes a while to show up, given all the AI stuff governments are already using for their military campaigns…

Yes, indeed. It cannot be emphasized enough that the term “fundamentalism” historically referred specifically to a movement within American Protestantism that held the view that the Bible is the direct word of God, free from error and flaw.

However, at the latest after September 11, the term came to be applied primarily to Muslim religious fanatics, thereby unfortunately pushing the danger posed by fanatics from other religious communities into the background.

Now that U.S. fundamentalists are so openly spreading their inhuman terror throughout the world, it is once again becoming clear what unscrupulous monsters they are.

I can’t understand how any U.S. citizen can still have faith in the legal system.

Here’s just one example of how hopeless that is: the incumbent president is still in office.

Unfortunately, the German federal government also wants to implement this nationwide - those wretched traitors to the people.

It’s good to be able to quantify what everyone already knows, because it’s proof. Unfortunately, it won’t change much, because this isn’t about objectivity - it’s about power.

Through skillful intelligence work, Israel has managed to corrupt the people in positions of power.

This is why Israel, a country of utterly insignificant importance on the world stage, is not held accountable for its inhumane crimes.

The Epstein documents provide insight into how this works. It is intelligence work, pretty much the only thing Israel has ever been very good at - for people hungry for power, that’s worth enough.

You only have to look at the history of Israel to understand why this country is the way it is.

I really wonder when people will realize that the best way to deal with this orange monster is to never ever repeat whatever nonsense he spouts.

He thrives on nothing but the attention he generates with his idiotic remarks.

If that stops, all that’s left is the reality of his actions - and that’s what people should be talking about, not his lies, not his distractions, or his empty promises.

It’s really simple: Don’t feed the troll!

LobbyControl is a German organization based in Berlin. However, I don’t think the petition I linked to above requires German citizenship. So you can sign it too. Unfortunately, I’m afraid LobbyControl doesn’t have a multilingual website.

In this regard, please see this LobbyControl appeal, as the Digital Markets Act (DMA) -another EU regulation designed to protect citizens from the power of tech giants - is currently not being enforced the way it should be enforced: Strengthening Europe’s shield against the power of Big Tech (in German)

Google, Meta, Apple & Co. are abusing their power. To stop them, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) must be consistently enforced. That’s why you should sign the appeal for an effective DMA now! With the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the EU has established important rules to protect us, from which we will all benefit. Yet the European Commission is delaying the enforcement of these rules. As long as corporations like Google face no consequences for violating the DMA, the law remains ineffective. Anyone who takes our democracy seriously enforces laws—even against Big Tech.

Anything by the Butthole Surfers?

I’ve always found tattoos a bit strange. Not that they bother me in any way - quite the contrary - I just could never really understand why someone would get a name, a quote, a picture, or whatever permanently inked on their skin.

And when I’m bombed out, I’m either tired or drunk.

Even German: Wayne Newton - Danke Schoen

That alone says more than enough about what kind of people they are…