The recent wealth tax increase in Norway was expected to bring an additional $146M in yearly tax revenue. Instead, individuals worth $54B left the country, leading to a lost $594M in yearly wealth tax revenue. A net decrease of $448M+ " read more
Fly-tippers have dumped a "grotesque" mountain of waste in a field in Oxfordshire. The "environmental catastrophe unfolding in plain sight" is up to 150m (490ft) long and 6m (20ft) high and has appeared on a site between the River Cherwell and the A34 near Kidlington. Calum Miller, Liberal Democrat MP for Bicester and Woodstock, has raised the issue in Parliament, saying it was "threatening an environmental disaster". He also said Cherwell District Council had estimated the cost of removing the waste would be greater than its entire annual budget. read more
The aforementioned NWYTO article sheds additional light on why carrier maintenance takes so long: -The Navy has a measly four national shipyards capable of carrying out carrier repairs (a sad reflection on just how much American shipbuilding capability has declined in the post-Cold War era). Many experienced workers have retired, and new hires lack hands-on expertise. The nightmarish COVID-19 lockdowns disrupted production and maintenance even further, creating multi-year delays that continue to affect readiness throughout the fleet. As Doc says ... Send in the H1Bs to the rescue. read more
A sharp rise in students entering the University of California system without middle school-level math skills is raising alarms among educators. A new internal report from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) reveals that the percentage of incoming students scoring below Algebra 1 on placement exams"a math course typically completed by the end of eighth grade"has tripled over the past five years. read more
The loss isn't sitting well with the Dems' extreme-left wing, which did its level best to blame others in the party for what conservatives quickly dubbed "Schumer's shutdown." "Pathetic. This isn't a deal. It's a surrender. Don't bend the knee!" whined California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a press release. "Tonight, eight Democrats voted with the Republicans to allow them to go forward on this continuing resolution. And to my mind, this was a very, very bad vote," added "independent" Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Dozens of other progressive Dems added their vitriol, throwing a collective fit on BlueSky. The rage was palpable. Why? One big reason was that President Donald Trump promised to do what the Democrats had threatened to do in years past to end a shutdown: Kill the filibuster. (Not all Republicans agree with Trump, by the way.) read more
The Gen Z anti-cartel protesters have managed to break through the police lines and into the Government Palace of Guadalajara at this moment.
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Do try harder.
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Why? You're a gaslighter thats all there is to your questions. Gaslighting.
Watch in real time as Epstein guides Plaskett......
The newly released documents from Jeffrey Epstein's estate show that the convicted sex offender texted with a Democratic member of Congress, Del. Stacey Plaskett of the U.S. Virgin Islands, during a congressional hearing with Michael Cohen, and that those text messages may have influenced the congresswoman's questions of Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and fixer.
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Nov 1st.
Carlos Manzo, mayor of Uruapan, #Michoacan, made a name for himself by criticizing his own party, #morena, for not doing enough against the cartels. He was just shot a few minutes ago and has been taken to the hospital in serious condition.
#Mexico #Narcostate
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Its like Americans have no idea whats going on in Mexico, but somehow its got to be rightest or Trumps fault.
From everything I have seen Mexico, geography and climate is California, only bigger. Clean up the cartels and Mexico would be a Superpower in its own right.
Yup ...
To Gaslighter these are online agitators....
Widespread protests in Mexico with Gen Z beating cops? Chants of "Fuera Morena" and "Narco-gobierno" say it all"burn the palace already. Escalating violence, corruption, and perceived government complicity with drug cartels under President Claudia Sheinbaum's Morena-led administration.
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Typical ... Cartel cover ....
Bots, Billionaires Behind Gen Z March in Mexico, Sheinbaum Says
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Young Ukrainian men needed at home, Germany's Merz tells Zelenskiy
BERLIN, Nov 13 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that he needed to ensure that young men from Ukraine do not come to Germany in large numbers, in what he said was a "lengthy" phone conversation the two held on Thursday.
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The irony here is the amount of immigration Germany has taken in, and they are now saying we don't want any more Ukrainians.
Its like Trump saying the US doesn't want any more Canadians.
Mexicans spray-painted "Jewish whore" on the National Palace gates in Mexico, following widespread discontent with Claudia Sheinbaum, the country's female Jewish president.
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