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Neonlicht
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Comment #43930970
To be perfectly blunt I would rather deal with machines than the US border Gestapo. Anywhere else my Dutch passport and white skin gets me through in a blink.
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Comment #43930934
As if motor cyclists are known for their decency. As soon as the first nice weather comes on in spring they start driving around in their loud death machines swerving through traff…
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Comment #43920401
Its a lot easier to "bootstrap" yourself in a country with a functional government. The ultra rich don't want to pay the taxes that keeps civilization running. People like Elon Mus…
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Comment #43920215
I was reading the obituary of the Dutch guy who helped Pakistan get its nukes a few weeks ago. Thanks to him and a few visionaries the balance was maintained Harper style!
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Comment #43874111
Ask one of these famed Catholics how they feel about democracy or gender equality and they are just like all the other Christians. After all they get their orders from the same boo…
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Comment #43861708
All of Europe celebrated May day. All of Europe? No one village stood against the lazy commie legions!
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Comment #43861532
I recall Apple's commercial slogan "There's an app for that" Apple did not write those apps themselves.
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Comment #43675150
People remember those days because the Republicans hadn't destroyed trade unions and the pension system yet.
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Comment #43673737
Giving up your economy for a future war with China that may or may not happen is frankly idiotic. The US already has thousands of nuclear warheads in storage so what are you afraid…
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Comment #43673419
Nobody in Beijing or Brussels was surprised they had plans. Observe how neither of them is kissing his ass at the moment.
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Comment #43673305
Thank you it seems everyone has already forgotten project 2025. Look I don't want to be too harsh on Americans nobody took the Nazis seriously when they had already written a book …
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Comment #43470055
I disagree. The root cause is obviously Israel founding which was the the last colonial project that Western European countries undertook. I predict that in the next decades Europe…
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Comment #43469969
This Yemen situation is quite interesting. In 1948 nobody could have conceived a situation in which white people wouldn't be running the world, Dutch people were still religious an…
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Comment #43464161
I always think that if you have a very expensive dress you're better of bringing it to a professional dry cleaner service anyway.
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Comment #43331451
Culture can be changed. That's the power of Western countries- constant change. Nothing is ever set in stone.
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Comment #43331374
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8rk5d7ekjmo I found this article interesting. Personally I think starvation is a very low bar to clear. What matters to the first world is whethe…
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Comment #43296835
It's called living in a high trust society.
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Comment #43270417
Printers are mostly used by companies and they don't care. It's all tax deductible.
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Comment #43257873
If China wants Taiwan back the only thing they need to do is make sure the US Navy and cargo ships can't reach the island.
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Comment #43257691
Considering the British supplied weapons, explosives and tactics to the Saudi uprising "white man saviour" is not far from the truth no? I don't know why it is considered political…
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Comment #43257452
Yeah I like the first book the most. The series went off the rails.
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Comment #43205513
When a famous media personality was assassinated the police managed to catch the killers within hours. Turns out they really DO track every car on the highway- it wasn't just bragg…
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Comment #43205456
Actually I think the message that people should get is that folks LIKE fascism. Germans loved Hitler until Stalingrad.
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Comment #43205318
This sums up the history of Western countries.
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Comment #43205263
Was it even possible to make a legal Spotify? I don't recall that any of the music labels were actually renting out MP3s.