Paul Hartman

@oorlog_monitor Amerikanen zijn overwegend protestants en niet per se erg dol op katholieken - al wel meer dan vroeger. Het feit dat JFK 'Iers' en 'katholiek' werd destijds juist tegen hem gebruikt.

Wacht even; #Trump, die het moet hebben van zijn conservatieve MAGA achterban, gaat nu de Paus, de persoon die het dichst bij God staat, aanvallen en zegt dat hij juist doet waarvoor hij gekozen is, ondanks dat hij juist verkiezingscampagne voerde met de boodschap dat er juist geen oorlog met Iran zou komen. Wat???!!!

@peter_krasucki @jakubwiech Low-income earners, unemployed. Its great that you have paid leave, but does the underpaid burgerflipper at McDonald's have the same luxery?

@PHartman85 @jakubwiech What is a definition of least fortune?

Impressive, very nice. Now tell me, Tom: 🇪🇺How many days of paid vacation do people in Mississippi get? Because in Europe, 20 working days is the standard. 🇪🇺How long of a paid maternity leave can a woman giving birth in Mississippi expect? Because in Europe, you can get more than a year of paid maternity leave. 🇪🇺Are free university studies available in Mississippi? Because in Europe, that’s basically the norm. 🇪🇺What does public transportation look like in Mississippi? Because in Europe, trains, buses, and trams are widespread, and in some places, even free. 🇪🇺What is the life expectancy at birth in Mississippi? Because in Europe it’s nearly 82 years. I could go on, because we haven’t even touched on gun violence, income inequality, or food quality. But what I’m really trying to say is this: GDP doesn’t tell you much about quality of life. It’s a measure of production, not wellbeing. If GDP doesn’t translate into a real improvement in the lives of the majority of society, it becomes an empty statistic. And boasting about it starts to resemble a boy at school bragging about how much his father earns, while conveniently leaving out that he never has time for him. In the end, money simply obscures what actually matters most in life.

@peter_krasucki @jakubwiech A society should be judged by how it treats its least fortunate, not by the how to people with well-paid jobs are doing.

Let me me answer for you. Paid vacation my whole life in every company that I work: Vacation - 30 days Maternity - 120-160 days Paid Sick Leave - 30 to unlimited, medically verified after 2 weeks. Those that abuse it get fired. This is for majority of middle class of Americans with individual income $80-150 k per year, Mostly college educated. About 60% of the country. 20% of the country really rich, 15% poor and last 5% very poor. Then you have immigrants - 80% work really hard, 10% criminal and 10% public assistance. Immigrants typically within 10-20 years move to the middle 60% class.

Waarom Harderwijk geen grip heeft op het Dolfinarium: deze deal uit 2009 zette de gemeente klem destentor.nl/harderwijk/waa…

@Brooklynmonk @GRoberts1878 @anders_aslund @grok The problem the EU had with Orban isnt his migration policy, but his turn to a autocracy and cronyism. And ofcourse, his close ties with The Kremlin. If Hungary chooses this course, thats fine, but then the country shouldnt recieve billions in EU-funds.

@GRoberts1878 @anders_aslund Because I believe the EU should not be able to dictate whether or not Orban lets migrants into his country? @grok please provide a definition of pigshit and hawkish goon. Does that definition match the situation described in this post?

Vance's speech in Budapest is truly outrageous: 1. The US vice president campaigns for an enemy of the EU & NATO, but a friend of Putin & China. 2. Vance attacks the EU for pressuring Hungary, but Hungary has received net about 3% of GDP a year from the EU, but it has squandered much on corruption. 3. In effect, Vance argues that the EU should promote corruption just as the Trump administration does. Trump and Vance fight freedom and the rule of law in favor of autocracy, kleptocracy and Russia. US foreign policy has hit the bottom.

Huurders moeten huis uit in dit omstreden complex: ‘Ze raken acuut dakloos’ destentor.nl/harderwijk/huu…

Pepernoten met wiet en een leven vol desserts: het verhaal van tv-kok Ramon Brugman destentor.nl/harderwijk/pep…

Dolfijnen uit Harderwijk gaan definitief niet naar China destentor.nl/harderwijk/dol…

@GhostInTheMac18 @MikeLevin Nobody forces the US to spend $1.5tn on Defense... bbc.com/news/articles/…

@MikeLevin Yes, America’s should get rid of Trump and go back to providing for Europes defense at no cost while the US national debt continues to grow by leaps and bounds. Thanks European allies…

This is truly insane, and it should be front page news across America.  Denmark secretly deployed soldiers to Greenland prepared to blow up airport runways to stop a U.S. invasion. They brought blood supplies to treat the wounded. France, Germany, Norway, and Sweden quietly coordinated against us. This was not a drill. This was our closest allies preparing to fight Americans. Let that sink in. NATO allies. Countries whose soldiers have fought and died alongside ours for decades. They looked at this president and decided they had to prepare for the worst. Fewer allies does not make America great. It makes us more isolated, more vulnerable, and it hands Russia and China exactly what they have always wanted: an America abandoned by its friends. The American people deserve to know how badly this president has damaged our standing in the world.  bbc.com/news/articles/…

Van Hierdense dorpspartij tot veruit de grootste: hoe Gemeentebelang Harderwijk veroverde destentor.nl/harderwijk/van…

This is Adam Mockler explaining to a MAGA panel how NATO actually works. The woman is furious. America is fighting in the Strait of Hormuz and the allies won’t show up. “What’s the point of an alliance if they won’t help us?” she asks. Mockler explains, with the patience of a man teaching long division to a golden retriever, that NATO is a defensive alliance. Article 5 is not a blank check. It does not activate because one member decided, unilaterally, to go to war in someone else’s waterway. Europe does not scramble its navies because Washington picked a fight and then expected company. The face she makes says everything. This is the real cost of ideological illiteracy in a nuclear-armed democracy. When the people advising power have never bothered to understand how the world is actually assembled, every institution becomes a betrayal. Every ally becomes a coward. Every rule becomes an obstacle. They spent years calling Europe freeloaders. Then started a war. Then got angry that the freeloaders wouldn’t come. The confusion is genuine. That’s the part that should keep you up at night. Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

@maartenhopman94 En dan is er niet eens een woord gelogen van wat Jetten heeft gezegd.

Nog nooit iemand op zo'n ontzettend zielige manier zien 'klikken'.

@SlootLau Voor de duidelijkheid: ik zeg het niet om vervelend te doen. Maar Groningers zijn niet alleen de schade beu, maar ook de aardbevingen zelf. Bovendien vermoed ik dat jij - als liberaal - voorstander bent van een betrouwbare overheid, die beloftes nakomt.

Er zijn veel zaken ‘niet zo fijn’ in deze wereld, zo wonen er 2 miljard mensen in (veel ernstigere) aardbevingsgebieden. En dan heb ik het niet eens over heel veel andere zaken die ook vervelend kunnen zijn (van stankoverlast tot geluidsoverlast), maar verder niet of nauwelijks persoonlijke schade aanrichten. Iig geen valide reden om voor 500 mrd aan collectieve waarde in de grond te laten zitten (en al helemaal niet in tijden van energieschaarste).

Ik zal hier zeker niet stellen dat mijn volgers een goede afspiegeling zijn van de NL bevolking. Maar laten we het er op houden dat er veel ‘common sense’ tussen mijn volgers zit.

@TheAtlantic @RadioFreeTom Phase 1: Attack Iran Phase 2: ? Phase 3: Profit!

“Trump’s Plan A was to hit Iran hard, watch the theocrats flee, and then hand power to a government of his own choosing. Should such things not come to pass, Plan B was … well, apparently, there was no Plan B,” @RadioFreeTom argues. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/…

@StijnWenders Ik moedig mijn ouders juist aan om niet alles op te potten tot hun dood. Geef het vooral uit (en schuif m'n zus en mij zo nu en dan iets toe - geven is immers leuker wanneer je nog leeft).

En ik maar denken dat mensen vooral hard werken omdat ze anders de huur niet kunnen betalen, maar in de bizarre elitewereld van de partijhoppende professionele politici gaat het er blijkbaar om je kinderen een zo groot mogelijke zilveren lepel in de mond te stoppen.

@SlootLau Heel wonderlijk.

@PHartman85 En Paul, wie had het weer goed gezien? ;-)

In gewoon Nederlands: natuurlijk gaan wat dat doen.

@MARKETmindzike @nexta_tv Sure, but global prices affect Europe just as much as it does the US. Its not an argument for a European mission in the Strait.

@PHartman85 @nexta_tv A huge share goes to Asia, yes but disruptions still hit global prices, and that affects everyone.

Caroline Leavitt was asked why NATO should help Trump after everything has already happened... After all, the US president did not consult with the defensive alliance before the war began — and now he accuses it of sabotage. And here’s what the White House responded: "NATO allies benefit far more from the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz than the US. It’s significantly beneficial for Europe, and the president wants to see them do more." Some kind of talk in favor of the poor…

@MARKETmindzike @nexta_tv No, it doesnt. Oil that goes threw the Strait of Hormuz heads to India and other countries in Asia.

@nexta_tv Europe depends more on Gulf energy flows, so the burden should shift. Whether allies accept that framing is another story.