Even in the past 3 years there has been a noticeable decline. We moved 4 years ago to where we now live. The first spring and summer the place was buzzing with insects. We actually made the entire garden much more insect friendly but last year there were noticeably less than the previous year and this year it’s just dire. In april I walked around our back garden which was full with flowers and I had to stay in one spot for several minutes before I spotted the first bee. I am incredibly worried and depressed from this. It’s horrifying.

Maybe transitioning to female would get you the acceptance you crave. Surviving a lettuce is optional.

Good luck finding a trillion dollars. This tool is also used by the EU, South Korea, Canada and China. Good luck finding 7 trillion dollars.

What kind of moronic idea is this? How does giving away the most coveted technology help Europe in any way?

In order to forget, one must first have remembered something, so probably no.

Yeah, for the EU, China will have to open up its economy for open and fair competition, get rid of its IP sharing requirements and stop manipulating the Renminbi to keep it artificially low. Even then it should be quota based to stop them from dumping practices to take out local competitors.

Not expulsion, there is no mechanism for that. Voting right suspension and no cohesion funds are the maximum punishment possible under the EU constitution. That would require ratification by all other members though, so as long as there is one government (Slovakia being the most likely) blocking that, not much happens. That wouldn’t make the point moot to take those steps. Governments change and the groundwork can already be laid for it, or pressure piled on the blocking countries.

And then what? He will just ignore them, then stack the courts if not simply replace the SC judges. Who is going to stop him at this point? He got away with every single crime in his life, of which there are too many to count. He’s ignoring court orders and ruling by illegal executive orders. Nothing but an armed insurrection is going to stop him now.

This ship has sailed and won’t change course without a mutiny.

That web page is asking for camera access for some reason…

Well, she still committed financial fraud. It’s more the judiciary doing its job. Sarkozy was also convicted after his presidency.

He is, but special military operations are not off the table.

Thinking about why the US is so keen on Greenland: It’s only relevant for them if they intend to make enemies out of the EU, because they already have all the access they need. But only as long as they are allied with Europe.

It’s clear where this is headed. Russia is not the only reason why Europe is rearming.

That’s not honest at all. European leaders may not always have liked how the Americans operated, but there always was a large amount of respect that stemmed from much more than just military might. The US has been a frontrunner humanitarian aid, soft diplomacy, scientific research and economic development since at least the end of WW2. Europe looked to the US to take the lead in global conflicts because the US always took the lead and would not have it otherwise.

With the Trump 2.0 administration however, European leaders do look down on the US administration for their incompetence and severe lack of manners and decency.

Having no shame is actually a perfect tool against blackmail. Take for example the former Indonesian president Sukarno. Sukarno was delighted when the KGB told him they had a tape of him having an orgy with Russian flight attendants and asked if he could have some copies. The CIA also tried and failed to blackmail him with (fabricated) sex tapes.

That goes both ways though. Not every part of an F35 is made in the US. In fact, the supply chain is pretty spread out over a dozen countries.

I believe that to be true. The frontlines were not well established yet towards the end of 2022 so a push to take back Melitupol would have been possible if they had all the equipment that they used for their push in June 2023. But by then the Russians had dug in and mined the entire frontline and that push (predictably) failed and was abandoned as it would be too costly in lives to continue.

That would have cut the land bridge, which in turn would have enabled the Ukrainians to make Crimea an untenable position (no land bridge, closer to the Kerch strait bridge).

So yes, having the necessary equipment before the Russians were dug in would’ve made a massive difference imo. Not saying they would have retaken it, but their odds would have been a lot more favourable.

I wanted to get back to you on this to thank you for the sources. Much appreciated.

Do you have any sources I can read up on? This is the first I hear of this.

Especially because he has always been a staunch atlanticist with a ton of connections in the US. That and the fact this comes from Germany, the most pro-US country, barring the UK, in Europe, gives his words extra gravitas.

Ah yes, his wife who made the unforgivable crime of being born black.