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Message 2009855 - Posted: 29 Aug 2019, 17:21:31 UTC - in response to Message 2009851.  

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Message 2010034 - Posted: 30 Aug 2019, 20:45:40 UTC

The males, aged between 15 and 19, are in police custody.
Makes one wonder what's between their ears. The blaze itself could be seen across the city.
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Message 2010074 - Posted: 31 Aug 2019, 1:03:50 UTC - in response to Message 2010034.  

The males, aged between 15 and 19, are in police custody.
Makes one wonder what's between their ears. The blaze itself could be seen across the city.
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Same thing that is between Rump's ears. Ratings, ratings, ratings. No good or evil, just ratings.
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Message 2010128 - Posted: 31 Aug 2019, 11:31:55 UTC - in response to Message 2010074.  

Same thing that is between Rump's ears. Ratings, ratings, ratings. No good or evil, just ratings.
Well we know where those 5 are heading, so can we expect the same heading for Trump?
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Message 2010160 - Posted: 31 Aug 2019, 15:50:26 UTC - in response to Message 2010128.  

Same thing that is between Rump's ears. Ratings, ratings, ratings. No good or evil, just ratings.
Well we know where those 5 are heading, so can we expect the same heading for Trump?

Rump has OJ money, so expect the same as OJ.

Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear
And it shows them pearly white
Just a jackknife has OJ Simpson, babe
And he keeps it, ah, out of sight
You know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves, oh, wears OJ SImpson, babe
So there's never, never a trace of red
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Message 2010331 - Posted: 1 Sep 2019, 14:21:08 UTC

This makes me wonder.
Today it's 80 years since 1 September 1939 when the first bombs fell on the Polish city of Wieluń and became the starting point for a long bloody war.
During a memorial ceremony in Wieluń on Sunday, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier asked for forgiveness.
However Poland did not invite Russian President Vladimir Putin, claiming his presence would be “inappropriate.”
600,000 Soviet troops were killed during the liberation of Poland from Nazi occupation between 1944 and 1945.
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Message 2010363 - Posted: 1 Sep 2019, 18:48:58 UTC - in response to Message 2010331.  

This makes me wonder.
Today it's 80 years since 1 September 1939 when the first bombs fell on the Polish city of Wieluń and became the starting point for a long bloody war.
During a memorial ceremony in Wieluń on Sunday, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier asked for forgiveness.
However Poland did not invite Russian President Vladimir Putin, claiming his presence would be “inappropriate.”
600,000 Soviet troops were killed during the liberation of Poland from Nazi occupation between 1944 and 1945.
Considering that the Soviets invaded Poland as well but on 17th September 1939, I don't blame him for not inviting Putin.
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Message 2010369 - Posted: 1 Sep 2019, 19:09:32 UTC - in response to Message 2010363.  

Yes. These two men on August 23, 1939 had a deal.

So why was Frank-Walter Steinmeier invited to the memorial ceremony?
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Message 2010371 - Posted: 1 Sep 2019, 19:11:53 UTC - in response to Message 2010369.  

Yes. These two men on August 23, 1939 had a deal.

So why was Frank-Walter Steinmeier invited to the memorial ceremony?
Because EU members cannot stop kissing each others butts. :-)
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Message 2010373 - Posted: 1 Sep 2019, 19:18:57 UTC - in response to Message 2010371.  

Maybe this could explain the Poland/Germany relationship.
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Message 2010375 - Posted: 1 Sep 2019, 19:48:58 UTC - in response to Message 2010373.  

Maybe this could explain the Poland/Germany relationship.



Looks like a net deficit to me. Either they stored away a pile of euros for a rainy day or they are minting euros like gridcoins.
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Message 2010383 - Posted: 1 Sep 2019, 20:23:34 UTC - in response to Message 2010375.  

Maybe this could explain the Poland/Germany relationship.



Looks like a net deficit to me. Either they stored away a pile of euros for a rainy day or they are minting euros like gridcoins.

Since the gross national incomes are not stated how do you draw that conclusion?
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Message 2010484 - Posted: 2 Sep 2019, 19:16:30 UTC - in response to Message 2010383.  
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Looks like a net deficit to me. Either they stored away a pile of euros for a rainy day or they are minting euros like gridcoins.

Since the gross national incomes are not stated how do you draw that conclusion?


I assume they normalized it as would be done in any legit study. Clearly, I was mistaken.
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Message 2010486 - Posted: 2 Sep 2019, 19:35:59 UTC - in response to Message 2010383.  

The chart does show the small and less affluent countries get a bump in their incomes and the larger more affluent contribute a small portion of their incomes to create that subsidy.
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Message 2010487 - Posted: 2 Sep 2019, 19:43:19 UTC - in response to Message 2010484.  

I don't think you understand how the EU budget works. But then who does:)
Simply put though. Richer countries pay more and poorer ones less and there is no deficit since all the EU member states share the same budget.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-48256318
Each country pays the same proportion of its national income to the EU budget, so richer countries pay more and poorer ones less. Some countries, such as the UK, pay less because they receive a rebate.
The EU also takes 75% of the customs duties, agricultural duties and sugar levies collected by each member state when goods enter the customs union.
The EU spends the money on a wide range of projects, but about three quarters of the budget every year goes to two main areas: agriculture and development of poorer areas of the EU.
So, poorer countries and those with a lot of farms get more.
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Message 2010488 - Posted: 2 Sep 2019, 19:48:11 UTC - in response to Message 2010486.  

The chart does show the small and less affluent countries get a bump in their incomes and the larger more affluent contribute a small portion of their incomes to create that subsidy.


Agreed. The chart, the way it is drawn, makes it seem the east is feeding off the west, probably its intent.
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Message 2010490 - Posted: 2 Sep 2019, 20:01:47 UTC - in response to Message 2010488.  

The chart, the way it is drawn, makes it seem the east is feeding off the west, probably its intent.
Another way to put is that the west/north pay the east/south to feed the west/north. Food would be very much expensive in the west/north if we didn't.
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Message 2010492 - Posted: 2 Sep 2019, 20:26:15 UTC - in response to Message 2010490.  
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The chart, the way it is drawn, makes it seem the east is feeding off the west, probably its intent.
Another way to put is that the west/north pay the east/south to feed the west/north. Food would be very much expensive in the west/north if we didn't.


That is not the way I would put it. Re-phrasing: The intent of the chart, IMHO, it to make it seem like the east European nations are SUCKING THE LIFE BLOOD out of the west European nations. In reality, nothing like that is happening, it just looks like it.
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Message 2010495 - Posted: 2 Sep 2019, 20:43:06 UTC - in response to Message 2010492.  
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That is not the way I would put it. Re-phrasing: The intent of the chart, IMHO, it to make it seem like the east European nations are SUCKING THE LIFE BLOOD out of the west European nations. In reality, nothing like that is happening, it just looks like it.
But why do say that European Commision has an intent?
European Commision
It consists of one citizen of the Union from each Member State, also known as 'Commissioners'. [2] The functions and powers of the Commission can, in simplified terms, be similar to those that a government typically has in a state.
The Commission is responsible for drafting legislative proposals that promote the general interests of the Union, and for implementing the laws adopted at European level after being approved by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/commissioners/2014-2019_en
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Message 2010979 - Posted: 6 Sep 2019, 16:53:33 UTC

The Conservative MP for Lewes, Maria Caulfield, also tweeted: "Very disturbed to see the school turning away girls from Priory school because they choose to wear a skirt and calling the police on them.
"This is not how we should be treating the young women of Lewes."
It said pupils not following the new rule was "detracting" staff from teaching.
Did those teachers get their degrees out of a cornflakes box?
IMHO, the people at fault here is the police. The school should have been charged with wasting police time!
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