I’m not suggesting doing nothing. But getting rid of American bases on European soil will make Europe more vulnerable to US attacks, not more.

The US military bases are actually filled with thousands of soldiers that will be imprisoned if the US invades. If we see a large pullout from European bases then we know shit is about to go down.

Russia was the second strongest military in the world when they invaded Ukraine, weren’t they?

The average number of children per woman is more for wealthy families than for poor ones.

The plebs don’t have anything they could invest.

I mean, Austria is still an independent country… 🤔

I think they meant the current deal, which basically forced Ukraine to disarm, which would ensure they are conquered in a few years.

Some people enjoy looking outside.

I believe that all interior designs are customized in airplanes.

Call yourself an “expat” and apparently you never have to integrate.

So… this is for Gazans who “do not want to live under Hamas”, but they wouldn’t be allowed to leave.

It seems to me like Israel is creating a concentration camp and will declare that anyone outside of it is Hamas and they can kill them all with impunity.

This community seems to think that bad things happening to bad people is uplifting, or that justice is uplifting. It doesn’t feel that way to me though.

The official language of Liberia is English because the country was founded by former slaves and free black people from the USA.

In the Netherlands we literally cannot spend the money we have allocated for our military since there aren’t enough Dutch weapons to buy. 😬

“swarm” here is a verb, not a noun. As in, “to swarm”.

“The sappers exploded their charges under the city walls, and the invader’s troops swarmed in through the gap.”

That’s right. He’s still making his excellent history podcast, Hardcore History, at his traditional relaxed pace. 😆

A podcaster who used to make a podcast called Common Sense stopped because he felt he had said everything he believed and there wasn’t any point in making new shows.

He did one recently which basically said “well it happened just like I expected, but I didn’t expect it would be so sudden”.

(At least, that’s what I took from it…)

Yes sorry I was unclear. The South African president said that South Africa has a violence problem, not just for white farmers.

Indeed the president of South Africa said exactly that in the meeting.

Thanks for this link. It’s kind of amazing and I like it because it says what should be obvious to us all: public homes are a good idea.