They pulled the number from XSall5.

To pick out this one CIA mistake (if true) is absurd. The USSR and its satellite states were brutal dictatorships: no free speech, a crooked judicial/ state security and police system, no free press, no freedom of travel, no free elections. The upper casts made sure they had all the bananas and luxury items from the west. I visited some of those states; I was always glad to travel home; I knew and visited many friends in the DDR, and they weren’t happy, longing for freedom. Life was extremely drab and suppressive. I also knew several colleagues personally who attempted to leave (DDR, Rumania, Albania, …), they were punished psychologically and physically in the most brutal way. Let’s not invent a new narrative, inform yourself about the truth of “socialism”. (Having said that, I regard myself as a social democrat - that’s a completely different political philosophy. Built on Marx’s ideas, it is still in favor of a free market, yet seeks a more fair distribution of funds).

Hearst was a newspaper magnate from the … USA! The USA is a different story, as news is and always was business in the USA; look at all the television channels with all the commercial breaks, even during the news! They even tried to ruin the World Cup 26 by introducing these constant drinking breaks in between, so that sport isn’t the main item anymore, but the ads are. Distilling the news from these US businesses was challenging and has become worse. Lucky for you, there are still some good newspapers and channels in the USA (PBS. CNN), and naturally you can also subscribe to European news sources: the Guardian, English version of El Pais, DW from Germany, BBC is quite ok too. Le Monde. Al Jazeera, Euronews. (I read all of them; not in full naturally, I need to earn money)

Ohhhh wrong answer! BLOCKED 😜

They do and they are wrong. Most newspapers and magazines employ journalists that do quite a good job; people that are honest and believe in what they do. The same is true for most television news channels. In contrary, social media channels are extremely biased, and fact checking is close to zero. (Sure, don’t believe Fox News, and Bild, Welt, politico etc belong to springer; so always compare multiple sources; never trust a single source).

The food culture in France. Eating lunch for 2-3 hours (not every day naturally), enjoying tasty, well-prepared food and enjoying fine company.

You did now. Bye bye.

You’d be surprised, matey.

Pubic and under arm hair. Body hair in general.

YSK I have a personal black list of users that I never will see again. If you can still see this message you’re fine.

It didn’t age well.

Yeah, people don’t seem to like the obvious solution.

I have traveled very often to the United States, and the biggest challenge is that the custom guard that you meet at entry is like a little dictator, who makes all the decisions on his own. It helps to be friendly to listen to him, but even then, if they decide that you should strip down to your underwear, there’s nothing you can do about it (I’ve heard that this happens). The worst thing is, that this was pre-Trump, so you can bet that it has gotten much worse. On the other hand, many people still enter the United States, so successful entry is still possible. My advice to you, make sure that all your papers are in order, double check that you have everything with you. They most likely would like to take a look at your phone, so you may consider getting a burner phone with a few apps and an email account installed, perhaps a Facebook app (It shouldn’t look too empty, that would be conspicuous). You could even get a brand new SIM card. Concerning your laptop, the fact that you have patient data, that is encrypted won’t impress them much, If they want to see it, you have to show it, and if you don’t, you won’t get into the country. Can’t you put the data into a cloud, and once you are there, download it? In short, prepare well, double check that you do not bring anything with you that could lower your chances of entry.

Just stop eating meat. I did that 15 years ago. Meat is unhealthy, bad for the climate, bad for the people working in the slaughterhouses… and most of all bad for the animal.

Yes, both hens and cockerels.

I hate fifa like the next gal, but it’s their IP.

Which site was that? IP should in general be protected: Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) states: “Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary, or artistic production of which he is the author.” I own quite a bit of IP myself, and some try to steal it, very cumbersome.

According to the UN and other organizations: To PREVENT the heatwaves, it is crucial that the amount of CO2 released globally is reduced. All nations need to tighten laws to lower CO2 production. This means you need to VOTE for the right party. To MITIGATE the effects of the heatwaves, countries can do many things: plant trees in towns (as they lower temperatures due to evaporation and shade), improve architecture etc. That may not help too much though, as the intensity and length of the heatwaves will continue to increase over the next decades. So reduction of CO2 released is the best bet.

I have the same an I live in Alabama. Although I’m pretty obese too, come to think of it.

When will I die?