Raider of the lost Ark
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This woman selling those yellow stars is disgusting. The level of ignorance is astounding and sad. I wonder what they teach in U.S. schools regarding the Holocaust. Here in Germany, all pupils will need to visit a concentration camp at least once as part of history classes. This woman should be forced to visit Auschwitz. Maybe she will realize how wrong she is. Or maybe she should simply watch a documentary on the subject.
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The biggest problem in the whole discussion has always been and still is, it is impossible to criticize the State of Israel, its politics and actions, without being put in the anti-semitic corner. Of course, it all is result of the Holocaust. Especially in Germany, at least in politics, there is no open criticism when it comes to Israels policies in the region. It's a no go. The level of self-censorship is astounding. Of course, it is not helpful in any way.
I would like to believe that the majority of people, especially the younger generations in Israel are sick and tired of this conflict. They most likely are in not in favor of Israels policies regarding Palestine and the constant annexion of Palestinian land for new settlements. I don't know if those younger generations are not as politically involved (I don't think so, there have been several demonstrations to vote out Netanyahu), but they are obviously not in power. In power are the conservative and ultra-conservative parties. And who are the ultra-conservatives? Are they the descendants of the Holcocaust survivors? No. The overall majority are immigrants from Russia. They are also the ones living in the illegal settlements. They are the ones rejecting any social progress on all levels. They are very much acting in their very own interest, not necessarily the State of Israel and its citizens. And unfortunately this particular group has way too much influence in the Israeli parliament and government. This group of people that see themselves as something special, a group that does not even want to be part of society and rejects the social norms of a modern society, has this amount of power. To make matters worse, they most likely don't even see themselves as Israelis, the see themselves merely as Jews. And because of that, it all comes down to religion when infact this conflict cannot be solved as long as the parties involved start to have discussions as two independent states. And any party needs to adress mistakes make on their sides first. But I doubt that Israel will ever do that because from their perspective everything they do, is to defend the existence of State of Israel, even when other countries and human rights organisations say Israels actions and provocations are often the reason for this conflict to never end.
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Gotta love some reporters on TV. "He suddenly died". The man was almost 100 years old.
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Does Boris know that the EU will not grant the City of London access to the EU service market?
And how many more trade agreements has he signed recently? The last I remember was the one with Japan that will increase British Cheese export by a few thousand pounds (money, not weight) per year.
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36 minutes ago, Elysium said:
Completely agree - the fear mongering and the conspiracy theories will be the undoing of many. And sad to see sour grapes from the EU. Political competition shouldn't be allowed to hinder public health.
Are you aware about the scandalous acts of AstraZeneca in the EU? Is the media in the UK reporting on this? BBC World definitely not. They have become a propaganda channel, full stop. Celebrating the great achievements in vaccinating the British public. Achievements on the back of the EU. I'm pretty sure, Boris Johnson made a shady deal with AstraZeneca. Don't you think it is kinda strange that AstraZeneca is able to fulfill the contract with the UK but is cutting deliveries to the EU by two thirds, despite the fact the the EU basically has the very same contract as the UK and even signed the contract one day earlier. How come AstraZeneca is producing tens of million of doses in an un-certified facility in The Netherlands, un-certified by the EU because AstraZeneca never asked for certification. Those millions (approx. 30 million) of doses were hidden in an Italian facilty. AstraZeneca now claims the doses are for Covax and for the EU, when this is the biggest nonsense. The EU cannot use those doses coming from an un-certified facility. I think it is pretty clear those doses were meant for the UK. Those doses are the second shot. Another reason for the oh so great achievements of the UK. Only a minimal amount of people have received their second shot. At some point the whole UK vaccination campaign might break apart when they are not able to get enough doses for a second shot.
In addition to that, how many doses has the UK exported to the rest of the World? None. The EU? 70 million doses.
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BionTech is fulfilling the contract. They are even overachieving. At least in Germany. Now that the production facility in Marburg is certified, number of doses should increase significantly. 750 million doses per year.
AstraZeneca? I hope their behaviour will have serious consequences and the EU will sue their asses off.
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4 hours ago, karbatal said:
I don't think we are exporting to UK and USA.
First time I read that. Is that true?
I would like to believe the UK uses the BionTech/Pfizer vaccine as well. From my knowledge, this vaccine is only produced in Belgium and Germany. Unless there is a plant in the UK, the vaccine must have been exported from the UK.
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Very easy. The US (just as the UK) does have an export stop. Nothing that is produced in the US is leaving the US. America First. And Trump is not even in power anymore. I don't expect the US to send part of their production to Europe. We have our own factories. But what about Canada, what about Middle and South America? People, should always remember when dealing with the US on any level, that whatever the US says or does, how much they pretend to act in the interest of other nations, they don't. Never have, never will.
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How anyone can defend him is beyond me. He is an elected official. Elected by the citizens of his state to represent his state, to work in the interest of his state. Every responsible politician would have told his family to stay home because there are things way more important once a natural desaster happens. In such case, family has to step back. This is what families of people in the highest positions have to realize and is something that is generally accepted. Yet he thought this does not apply to him. As mentiomed before he did not need to fly, the mother was there. Furthermore, this move was completely stupid from a PR point of view. If he was clever, he had told his family, this is not the time to travel to Mexico when there is a desaster going on, when there are thousands and thousands of Texans suffering. There is no excuse for what he did. None.
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From what I have heard, Tulum has become very much the place to be when vacationing in Mexico. I can imagine local businesses are fuming over such action by the police. This is not the publicity you want for your town. Especially when the gay crowd brings in a substantial amount of money and probably spends more per guest on average. Of course, socio conscious celebrities will stay away too. So in the bigger picture, the police, paid by tax money, did a huge disservice to their community. Because of a kiss. A kiss that very obviously no one was bothered by.
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1 hour ago, acko said:
Yes, ban all social media!
I support this motion.
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She is so dumb. She got kicked off from all the comitees. If she wanted to have any influence on legislation contentwise and therefore politics, she needed to be in there. Now she can bascially vote yay or nay to pass legislation. She is a lame duck. She can't do anything for her voters. Nothing. She has no influence whatsoever. No matter how loud she is. All her ramblings are basically a deflection from the fact that her very own behaviour caused this situation. If she was a manager at a company she would be fired.
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I think AstraZeneca is still not answering the most important question: where are large parts of the doses produced upfront? They got 350 million to produce their vaccine from the EU for EU citizens. They were meant to produce the vaccine upfront, never knowing if and when the vaccine will ever work and authorized. The financial risk was with the EU. It was a bet in the future to have a large amount of doses available once the vaccine gets authorized. But now that authorization was granted, AstraZeneca says they only have a limited amount available and the question is why. Did they take the money and never produced the number of doses or did they produce the amount but it is no longer there. Rumor has it, millions of doses were shipped from a production site in Germany to the UK. And AstraZeneca being so hush hush with this makes the whole situation even more suspicious.
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Even if there was regulation for news broadcasters, it would not apply to Fox "News" anyway. Fox News is registered as an entertainment programme.
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Astra Zeneca will regret the day, they tried to cheat out the EU. I suppose it will be more difficult and it will take much longer to get new medication approved by the EU authorities in the future.
On the other hand, the Astra Zeneca vaccine appears to be less effective anyway. Overall just 70% and today there were reports it is only effective 8% for the age group above 65. Considering this is the high risk group, I'd rather have those people vaccinated with the Biontech or Moderna stuff.
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Can't wait for Don Jr. going to prison. I bet he will cry like a little girl.
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2 hours ago, LSD said:
It has just been reported, she has died at the hospital.
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I have a good idea. To make the inauguration more entertaining, part of the punishment should be like the scene from Game of Thrones. Those rioters will need to walk down the steps of the Capitol and Nancy Pelosi rings a bell. "Shame", "Shame".
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I hope someone tapes all of this and creates a wall of shame online. So everyone can see who these c*nts are. Those are criminals. They need to be punished in one way or the other.
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Let's see what happens in 10 minutes when the curfew starts. I hope they finally start to arrest people. For my taste law enforcement has shown way too much restraint. And when I see those blonde bimbo housewives berating the riot police, I actually want to see them thrown in an arrest wagon.
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WTF. Now some riot police staff basically helped the anarchists to walk down the stairs. (Probably out of fear, they would sue the government in case they fell down the stairs.) Seriously? Those people are there illegally, they have committed a crime, they should be arrested but not safe guarded.
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I can't get over the fact how stupid they are, having those pictures of them taken while they are committing a crime. This is evidence material. They will go to jail.
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There is still hardly any law enforcement. It's unbelievable. It was quite different a few months ago when Trump had a BLM demonstration cleared with tear gas because he needed a photo op in front of church, holding a bible.
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17 minutes ago, karbatal said:
Omg they tried to stop the mob blocking the door with a piano!
Even in this situation, they are wearing their masks. And outside the overwhelming majority of anarchists is not. Is this the twilight zone?
Brexit / British politics thread 🤡
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I don't understand. I was always under the impression that only the Queen can declare someone a Lord or that Lord is actually a title that can only be inherited since they are the British aristocracy? Whereas almost everyone can become a sir or dame. For achievements in the arts or sports for instance.