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@Mikolaj1918 @NeoliberalShell @Clint_Davey1 That's one assumption after the other. I'm not German. You don't have a clue about my knowledge. And you sure don't have a clue about what and whom I pity. If anything, I pity you and the hate in your heart.
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Wyobraź sobie że sam mam niemieckie pochodzenie i moja prababcia została wywieziona do rzeszy aby zostać zgermanizowana. Mając 7 lat musiała oduczyć się polskiego a gdy go używała była bita przez niemiecką rodzinę. Pradziadek we wrześniu 39 roku został schwytany i osadzony w stalagu skąd w styczniu 45 roku „wyciągnęli” go rosjanie a on krótko po wojnie umarł bo nie był wstanie psychicznie dojść do siebie. Żaden niemiec nigdy nie będzie wstanie wzbudzić mnie mnie litości i przekonać mnie do waszych „krzywd” Wrocław został wam odebrany i wcielony do Polski nie decyzją Polaków tylko Stalina i nie mieliśmy na to wpływu, ponieważ alianci zachodni sprzedali Polskę Stalinowi w Teheranie i Jałcie. Wypędzenia Niemców naprawdę nie są na równi z tym czego dokonaliście na naszych ziemiach. Wiem że was po prostu tego nie uczą w szkołach i jedyni waszymi ofiarami są Żydzi, bo polskie ofiary pomijacie.
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You see WW2 pop history and it's like "the Nazis attacked Poland", a "Nazi tank", etc.
It would be funny if they did it to the other belligerents. Naming them after their dominant political party.
"The Democrats landed on Omaha Beach".
"A Tory offensive in North Africa."
"Bolshevik T-34's moved into Poland".

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The mother of my ex was forcibly evacuated from Breslau. What you call Wroclaw. By the German army. She was German. No one in that family was Nazi or sympathising with them.
When the area was given to Poland after the war, they didn't have a place to rebuild, because the Polish people hated them.
What you say is simply not true.
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@NeoliberalShell @Clint_Davey1 Actually, the issue lies in separating ordinary Germans from the Nazis. Approximately 99% of German citizens either supported or passively tolerated the Nazi regime and its war against Poland and other countries.
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@JohnLeePettim13 Former professional sailor. Used to captain a traditional 80ft sailboat, did a lot of charters.
Lots of passengers were enthusiastic and wanted to buy a boat.
I always advised them not to. Rent one.
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This is not exactly how it works. The next train can't enter the track that is occupied without breaking the rules. The safety system prevents 2 trains occupying the same piece of track. It will give a break-command to the computer of the next train. The engineer is there to oversee it happens.
This means that delays have effect on the entire schedule, simply because the timetable is full.
Delays don't mean crashes.
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Safety is the main reason for that strict timekeeping and apology. Consequently, timekeeping has become a national culture since lack of timekeeping implies disaster.
In busy shared rail tracks, a train missing its time by seconds can have life saving implications:
Trains are scheduled to bypass each other, use and leave shared tracks on time to allow the next train traveling the opposite direction to use a similar track.
If one train is late or early by seconds, you do not want to imagine the result on a shared track where the train going the opposite direction just enters the shared track assuming it is free for them per their schedule.
Being late or early messes schedules for all the other trains since they change tracks at many places. The station masters and those at the main controls must now notify all the other trains of the change in time to avoid any two trains meeting on one track.
Those apologies are in order, since an apology after a disaster is hard to imagine.

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I was on a train in Tokyo. We stopped between stations. Announcement in Japanese, then in English: "We apologize for the delay. We will resume shortly."
The delay was maybe 3 minutes. Not a big deal.
When the train started moving again, another announcement: "We sincerely apologize for the delay. We were stopped for 3 minutes and 20 seconds. This is unacceptable. Thank you for your patience."
Three minutes and twenty seconds. They measured it exactly. And called it unacceptable.
When I got off at my stop, there were station staff on the platform bowing and handing out delay certificates.
I took one out of curiosity. It was an official document stating that the train had been delayed by 3 minutes and 20 seconds, signed and stamped.
The staff member said in English "for your employer. So they know the delay was not your fault."
I said I'm a tourist, I don't need it. He looked confused. "But the delay affected you. You deserve an apology."
Three minutes. They were treating a three-minute delay like a major incident.
Later I mentioned this to a Japanese friend. They said "oh yes, delay certificates are normal. Trains are supposed to be exactly on time. If they are late, they must apologize."
I said three minutes isn't late, it's nothing. My friend said "in Japan, three minutes is late. On time means on time. Not approximately on time."
They said the train company probably investigated why there was a 3-minute delay. "They will find the cause and fix it so it doesn't happen again."
I kept the certificate. It's framed in my apartment now. A reminder that somewhere in the world, people care about three minutes.
© 6IX.

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Why is Barack Hussein Obama meeting with world leaders while President Trump is in office?
This is a coup.
Mark Carney@MarkJCarney
Welcome back to Canada, President @BarackObama. Thank you for joining us in Toronto for important conversations on how we can build a better and more just future — and empower more people to build with us.
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@AlvaradosHorse @Superrrr_Novaa @northropgrumman @usairforce Exactly what the rest of the world thinks of you. Quit meddling if you don't want our opinion. Why don't you move those bases to Africa? Leave Europe altogether.
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The B-21 Raider Combined Test Force, a partnership with @usairforce, cut a 180-day test plan to 73 days, securing $11.8B with half the missions.
We're driving next-gen stealth forward, fast and focused.

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@WhiteHouse One of the least Christian administrations in the history of the US. Hypocrits.
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For America to be great, we must always remain one nation under God.
On National Day of Prayer, we pledge that America will always, as it is written in Psalm 96, “Tell His glory among the nations”—and that we will never forget God’s role in creating, protecting, & sustaining the freest, strongest, most prosperous, & greatest country in the world. 🙏

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Smedley Butler was one of the most decorated Marines in U.S. history.
He received two Medals of Honor, one of only 19 Americans ever to do so.
He spent thirty-three years in the U.S. Marine Corps, rising to Major General.
In 1935, he wrote a book called War Is a Racket.
He said:
"I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents."
One of the most decorated Marines in American history said this.
In 1935.
It is not assigned reading.
The football stadium still says, "Thank you for your service."
But the general who explained what that service was actually used for is still kept outside the official mythology.

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@LauraLoomer Hey Larry! Trying to make yourself relevant? How's the face?
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The US Epstein class gets away with it again;
Elon Musk has agreed to settle the SEC case over his delayed disclosure of Twitter stock purchases with a $1.5 million civil penalty, paid by a trust in his name, without admitting wrongdoing and without returning the roughly $150 million the SEC alleged he saved by delaying disclosure.
That is the whole sickness in 1 number: the regulator says the delay saved him around $150 million, then the system offers a settlement where the penalty is basically 1% of the alleged benefit.
For every $100 allegedly saved, the punishment is $1.
That is a transaction fee for people rich enough to treat securities law like optional paperwork.
The case goes back to Musk’s 2022 Twitter takeover, when he was buying shares before the $44 billion acquisition.
Under US rules, investors must disclose when they cross the 5% ownership threshold within 10 days.
The SEC alleged Musk missed that deadline by 11 days, allowing him to keep buying while the market still did not know the world’s loudest billionaire was building a major position in Twitter.
When the stake became public, Twitter’s stock jumped sharply, with reports putting the move around 27%.
So the public version is simple: Ordinary shareholders sold without the information they should have had.
Musk allegedly bought cheaper because the market was still in the dark. Then, years later, the system returns with a fine so small compared with the alleged gain that it looks less like enforcement and more like a receipt.
This is exactly why normal people no longer believe in equal rules.
A retail trader misses a filing, violates a platform rule, gets liquidated, banned, flagged, frozen, audited or destroyed.
A billionaire delays disclosure during one of the most chaotic tech takeovers in modern history, allegedly saves enough money to buy whole companies, and walks away with no admission of wrongdoing and no disgorgement of the alleged benefit.
And this is not even the only legal shadow around the Twitter deal. In March 2026, a San Francisco jury found Musk liable for misleading Twitter investors during the acquisition process, while also clearing him of some broader fraud allegations.
Plaintiffs estimated damages in the billions, and Musk’s lawyers have said they plan to appeal.
That matters because this is not just about Elon Musk.
It is about the architecture of elite impunity. The richer you are, the more the system turns consequences into negotiations, violations into settlements, and public damage into private paperwork.
The law still exists, but it bends differently depending on who is standing in front of it.
They call it a fine.... I call it a price tag.
And once the richest people on earth learn that the price of breaking the timing, disclosure and trust mechanisms of the market is lower than the money allegedly saved by doing it, the lesson is not “never do it again.”
The lesson is maybe much darker;
Do it bigger next time.

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@DanielTurnerPTF Trump went to war and fucked the global supply. That's what happened.
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In 2021, Joe Biden’s Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said, “The president does not control the price of gasoline.”
What changed?
House Democrats@HouseDemocrats
Average gas prices are $4.54 because of Donald Trump.
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@AdrianPocea @dannycantalk Indeed. Shortsighted assumptions. Thanks for making it clear.
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Dude, this is my backyard in Arizona. Behind that fence that you see full of bougainvilleas there is a park. One of the 17 that are in my neighborhood. My pristine , clean roads, manicured neighborhood. Our neighbors helped us with Christmas decorations for two years since we moved here. Our cul de sac is a Home Alone style fairytale for one month. I walk my dog, people are jogging, walking, running. I have all the grocery stores within a 5-8 min drive. I have room in my house for a Norditctrack pro level treadmill and a gym bench with weights. We have two AC units for continuous central AC. Three bathrooms. Two huge fridges. AM European. I live in US now. What do you call walkable? The privilege of seeing 10 Muslims on your way to the overpriced grocery shop?

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I do not want a walkable city. I do not want trains. I do not want busses.
I want a car that can take me anywhere I want at any time.
I don't want to be dependent on transit schedules.
I want to choose who I'm traveling with, rather than going for luck of the draw.
I want to be able to control my own climate while traveling.
I want to be guaranteed a comfortable seat.
I want somewhere to keep my things during a day out instead of having to carry everything with me.
I want to buy and take home loads of groceries too big to carry without having to trouble myself with delivery services.
I want to go through drive thrus.
I want to be halfway home from work and impulsively decide to go to a restaurant on the other side of town and just change direction immediately.
I want to drive around a new city to take in more than I could on foot or on a fixed route.
I want to do road trips where we make up our journey as we go.
I want to explore my own city at will without any particular plan.
I want to visit small towns out of reach of even the most expansive proposed public transit systems.
Essentially, I want freedom.
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You don't know anything about my income, my job, or anything else. Your post is riddled with shortsighted assumptions.
I make a decent living. I'm perfectly happy living in one of the wealthiest countries there is. There's opportunity in my town too. And indeed, lots of people don't work where they live. Who cares? I want my town to be relaxed and beautiful. Not a huge highway.
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There is no economy of scale and no money to be made in such places. You depend on the money and value creation that happens somewhere else, in the car centric places Walkable places can generate no value, no innovation, cannot scale anything any tehnology, any advancement. They are literally stuck into a medieval pattern lifestyle
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@dannycantalk @PayaCahuite @MidFanEnergy And that's where society took a wrong turn. Big SUV'S, guzzling gallons, with 1 person inside that hates walking. You're in for a rough time if your president keeps up his antics.
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@SJohn_1974 @Coinvo Incoming tariff revenue? You mean extra tax that you paid to import stuff that was cheaper without tariffs? Which was illegal so your government is now paying the companies that had to charge tariffs back.
Tariffs made guys like Bezos richer. 🤣
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@Coinvo That was based off of the tariff revenue coming in. Now that the Supreme Court ruled against the tariffs , and we have to pay back the money already taken in, y’all ain’t gonna see shit lol.
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@lady_valor_07 I'm too European for this. Where I live, waiters and waitresses earn enough without tips. We tip when you provided good service and the food was good.
The blame for not making enough lies with the employer, not the customer.
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@WhiteHouse I looked up the picture under the definition of infantile. This is it.
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