The US needs Ozempic for cars.

This 4D-chess argument fails to mention that the US would not need to get its ass kicked like that and look increasingly impotent to other global powers, huge losses of material aside, to leave the Middle East. You know, you could simply threaten with leaving and extort more money for not leaving. If you are seriously saying that the US needs to get humiliated in a war it itself artificially started to do so, that would be even worse and China certainly takes notes.

Never mind that the above comment is drinking the US cool-aid by completely ignoring that the interdependence between Canada and the US go both ways. Add to that, that Canada could expect serious support form Europe, Australia and who knows, competing major powers who see the chance to improve its reputation in former members of the American Empire. Canada isn’t Cuba. Economic warfare against it would also cause the US to bleed, substantially, especially if coordinated with Mexico which would have a stake in the game as well. US Americans, especially MAGA supporters, aren’t used to bleed for their imperial endeavors at the home front. Canadians on the other side, would be ready to accept quite a lot of beating as their own nation would be at stake against the US aggressor.

Destroying is possibly exaggerated but this harsh restructuring program, together with large scale firings of competent researchers, will likely lead to an amputation of the research program. This halfway to complete destruction, in the best of cases and much closer to it if incompetence and malign administration get their way.

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Doesn’t look exactly like UK or Ireland though (or Malta for that matter), does it?

Prague has certainly one of the most beautiful old towns and that image captures it well. That said, it is always a not so stellar sign if a restaurant has its specialties plastered in English on its exterior… only in English, in a country where English isn’t the native tongue.

A good selection of local right extreme or at least populist politicians, bonus points for being Russian puppets.

Indeed, for that to matter the constitution would have to be enforced, against the executive.

Sure and don’t get me wrong, this pro reckless driving action is nothing I support either.

Sure. But if roads are built for the speed, the road enforces the speed. If driving faster will shake you so badly that it feels like an accident, most people won’t do it. Also making streets narrow, with tight road crossings and curves, and subjectively more dangerous to the car drivers, actually makes streets safer, especially for people outside of cars.

Of course that is not possible everywhere and then speeding controls, including cameras are the next best thing.

I was considering the 30 min as brutto times. So 30 mins are 30 mins. The only thing to consider then are frequencies, if they are bad (which they are in most of the US admittedly).

Anyhow. This whole scenario sounds bemusing and absurd to my European ears. Do you only have one supermarket in town or why do you have to do a small world travel like that to get there? Is that what splendid car only urban planning turns cities into?

It all boils down to the fact that if you build cities primarily or exclusively for cars, transit sucks. It is like getting around in Venice by car. Of course it sucks (you are basically limited to drive in circles in the parking garage). I take neither car nor transit to make most groceries. I either do that at a transit exchange, on my way, spending practically zero travel time for it or walk 3 min to the store. I rarely feel the need to go to a hypermarket but if I do, it is a 5 min bus ride add a few min more for total travel time. That is only possible because my city is not primarily built for cars. Of course that’s nothing that can be achieved over night. However consider that it took the US also many decades to bulldoze its cities for the car. After all, they used to be built for transit as well before.

PS: What might blow the minds of many US Americans is also the option to combine, simply having a nice walk, with going to the store. You know, a bit of relaxed physical activity, seeing the the hood and doing the chores all at once.

And how does that relate to my post? Aljazeera is not left-wing.

In all seriousness, paint doesn’t enforce speed. What you need is to rebuild streets for that speed. Have a look at the Netherlands for reference. You need pretty little enforcement when streets are built for 30 km/h. Narrow, priority pumps at crossings for pedestrians, where your car seat is punch through your pelvis if you go anything faster than 30 km/h …)

That’s a crazy mentality.

I had no idea that Nürnberg ist called Neurenberg in Dutch. But TheHague is surely nice any time of year.

No one is appealing to Trump. The comments are rather directed towards Europeans stupid or corrupt enough to cheer to Putin and Trump.

Projection is the backbone of both Russian and MAGA propaganda.

Projection, like always. I do like the Guardian headline though, reveals that fact without the need of openly stating it.

The problem is not an “AI company” but Google being evil and AI making scamming so much more efficient. I had the habit of using youtube as music player in the background (with ublock of course). This has become incredibly miserable and I finall freed myself from that and rather pay qobuz a decent amount of money from now one, for much better quality and much more money actually ending up with the artists and no scam BS like the above. Oh and also active removal of AI music slop, in case it even makes it there.

What is left wing about that? Sounds like Russian propaganda. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear something like that from AfD or FPÖ … and they hate Muslims but they also repeat everything Sputnik writes.