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When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, Sir? (BTW: Ich blocke zurück.)

Vienna
Joined October 2008
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Lasst euch nicht von Top-Ökonomen verarschen. Jeder, der unser modernes Geldsystem verstehen will, kann das auch und braucht keinen Econ PhD dafür. #MMT John Kenneth Galbraith:
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Politbüro 🇦🇹, Generalsekretariat #Favoriten 📯 retweeted
Germany's bohemian-bourgeois liberal commentariat giving good advice to Die Linke Berlin goes something like "we must rush towards the center like good little lemmings and commit ritual poltical suicide together for the interests of capital and Western imperialism".
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Politbüro 🇦🇹, Generalsekretariat #Favoriten 📯 retweeted
“I no longer feel proud to be Israeli… We are occupiers, yes… wait, i thought we were on commercial break!” Amazing — Israeli actress Chelli Goldenberg accidentally tells the truth when she doesn’t realize she’s live on the air. (H/T @MintPressNews) More: israelnationalnews.com/news/…
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Gähn. Der @Netanyahu Clan ist beleidigt. 🤣
צריך לומר את האמת. תוצאות הבחירות מוכיחות שרוב ערביי ישראל המוסלמים מזדהים כפלסטינים, מצדיקים את הטרור נגדנו, רוצים להעיף מפה את כל היהודים, שואפים להשמיד את המדינה היהודית, ולהקים מדינת פלסטינית ערבית אסלאמית על חורבותיה. זוהי בעיה קיומית לא פחות מהגרעין האיראני. החוק הישראלי (סעיף 7 א לחוק יסוד הכנסת ) מאוד ברור ואוסר על מפלגות תומכות טרור שפוסלות את ישראל כמדינה יהודית לרוץ בכנסת. הסיבה שהן כן בכנסת היא שבגצ רוקן את החוק מתוכן ומכשיר את הריצה שלהן בניגוד לחוק.
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Bibi ist auch noch ein schlechter Verlierer. 🤣
הליכוד: הבחירות במדינת ישראל נגנבו על ידי מפלגות ערביות שתומכות בטרור ובחיסול המדינה היהודית באמצעות עבירות פליליות חמורות של שוחד, איומים, אלימות, זיופים ושימוש בתוכנות אסורות להמרצת מצביעים. מפלגת הליכוד מעבירה למשטרה, לשב״כ ולוועדת הבחירות מאות עדויות וראיות על גניבת בחירות בקלפיות ערביות רבות- אלפי מעטפות עם כסף מזומן ופתקי רע״ם, איומים ואלימות כלפי חברי הקלפי, ריבוי מצביעים מאחורי הפרגוד, הצבעות בזהות כפולה, פערים בין מספר המעטפות למספר המצביעים, שימוש בתוכנות המרצה אסורות ועוד. אנו דורשים מהמשטרה ומהשב״כ חקירה יסודית בגין גניבת הבחירות על ידי המפלגות הערביות ומיצוי הדין עם העבריינים. אנו דורשים מוועדת הבחירות התייחסות מיידית לחקירת העבירות הפליליות הללו שפגעו באופן קיצוני בטוהר הבחירות בישראל ובתוצאות הבחירות. זו פגיעה חמורה בדמוקרטיה הישראלית ובזכות הבחירה של אזרחי ישראל. גופי האכיפה מוכרחים לפעול ביד קשה ובאופן מיידי.
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Politbüro 🇦🇹, Generalsekretariat #Favoriten 📯 retweeted
Another reason Stubb should not represent the EU. His views are not "representative" of all member states, let alone EU citizens. He has long held extreme, militaristic minority positions. This is him in 2022:
I don't like the idea of this guy representing Europe in talks with Russia. He kisses up and kicks down. His worldview is self-congratulatory and mercenary. In the dog-eat-dog world he decries here, he wants Europe to be one of those feral dogs. politico.eu/article/europe-n…
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.@Israel isn't a democracy
Today is the first Israeli election since October 7, 2023, but it isn’t a democratic election. Because Israel isn’t a democracy.
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I can't hear this "God promised us" bullshit anymore. By this logic I can invent a myriad of things God promised me 3,000 years ago.
Last spring I was in Tel Aviv doing street interviews in a T-shirt with the Lebanese and Israeli flags on it. A man wearing a kippa passed by, spat at me, and called me "smolanit" (leftist). We stopped filming and I followed him. I told him: a) nobody has ever called me a leftist, and b) what if I were? Is this how Israelis will speak to one another, even after October 7? As it turned out, he was French, not Israeli. Still, his outburst only added to the already painful strife between Israelis. Which brings me to something harder to say. If an outsider can't be part of the solution and is only adding to the problem, it may be wiser to keep quiet. I know how that sounds coming from me. I'm sitting barefoot in my comfortable living room on another continent, my son safe and starting his second year at university, while my friends' children serve in the army. I'm not telling anyone how to vote. That choice belongs to those who live with its consequences. Israelis bear the cost of casual opinions tossed from afar. It affects their psyche, their careers, the country's economy, even regional and global stability. Many in the diaspora care deeply and give generously, sometimes tens of millions of dollars, to support their vision for Israel. That love is real. But love from a distance carries a responsibility to remember who pays the price. No one who truly loves Israel can be moved by contempt for any Israeli, given everything they have lived through and the events that shaped their views. Israel is a democracy. Voters choose what will shape their daily lives and what they believe is best for their country. May the wisest be the majority. Whatever happens, the result will reflect years of unbearable circumstances. Leaders, and not only politicians, should have the wisdom to offer a vision that can unite Israelis whatever the outcome. As someone who deeply cares about Israel and trusts G-d, I believe the outcome will be the natural continuation of this saga. Before October 7, after watching Israelis fight each other on Yom Kippur in 2023, I appealed to them to see the bigger picture. I warned that we were nearing a tipping point the axis of resistance had spent decades building toward. Few read my article back then, and fewer understood. Today a few more know "my agenda," and I wish the fighting would stop. "If Bibi is reelected, we will leave the country." "If he isn't reelected, we will all die." Really? No one man is responsible for what Khomeini and his heirs designed for Israel. Nor is Bibi the Messiah. I understand where this fixation on one person comes from in the Arab world. Among Israelis, it beats me. The Holy Land was promised to Israel, a people, not a person. Like all of us, Abraham was not immortal. The land was his and his descendants', as long as they kept the covenant. We are human and we make mistakes, sometimes so grave they overshadow the big picture, and the consequences, one way or another, match the gravity of the mistake. But the door to teshuva is always open. Will you allow the price to be the country? No matter what happens, be kind to Israel and remember it is your people. Whoever is hurt, it will affect everyone, because you are all in the same boat. #israel
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Vorbildlich! Die Studierenden in Serbien.
Sırbistan'da öğrenciler doğrudan demokrasi yöntemini seçim siyasetine taşıdılar. Liderlere dayalı, yukarıdan aşağıya bir örgütlenme yerine, herkesin söz alabildiği öğrenci genel kurulları (plenum) oluşturdular. Kararlar tartışılarak, mümkün olduğunca uzlaşmayla alındı. Bu yöntemi üniversitelerin dışına da taşıdılar. Mahallelerde, kentlerde ve köylerde yurttaş meclisleri (zborovi) kuruldu. İnsanlar kendi sorunlarını tartışmak, çözüm önermek ve birlikte karar almak için toplandı. 250 kişilik milletvekili aday listesini de şöyle oluşturdular: 1- Önce 250 adaylık kontenjanı, öğrenci sayılarına göre altı üniversite kenti arasında paylaştırdılar. Belgrad'ın listeye hâkim olmaması için diğer kentlerin de üst sıralarda temsil edilmesini sağladılar. Ardından her kentin kontenjanını fakülteler arasında dağıttılar. 2- Ülke genelinde 80'den fazla fakültede öğrenci genel kurulları toplandı. Öğrenciler kendileri aday olmadı ama her biri aday önerebildi ve neden o kişiyi önerdiğini açıkladı. İsimler tartışıldı, önce uzlaşma arandı, gerektiğinde oylama yapıldı. 3- Mevcut siyasi kadrolara kapıyı kapattılar. İktidar partilerinin mevcut ve eski üyelerini, iktidar adına görev yapmış siyasetçileri ve bürokratları, muhalefet partilerinin üst düzey yöneticilerini aday göstermediler. Böylece hem iktidardan hem de yerleşik muhalefetten bağımsız bir liste oluşturdular. 4- Fakülteler birbirlerinin adaylarını da denetledi. Önerilen bütün isimler ortak bir listede toplandı ve tüm fakültelerin incelemesine açıldı. İtirazlar öğrenci kurullarında tartışıldı. Adayın elenmesi için kurulların yarısından fazlasının veto etmesi gerekiyordu. Tek bir fakültenin itirazı yeterli değildi. 5- Elenen veya çekilen adayların yerine yedekler getirildi. Böylece profesörlerin, doktorların, bilim insanlarının, işçilerin, sanatçıların ve aktivistlerin yer aldığı 250 kişilik liste ortaya çıktı.
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