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The Party of Wales in English . Welsh looks and sounds like a pseudo fantasy language.

I think that German party split looks typical for European parliament like for example Finnish Parliament Swedish Parliament Danish Parliament Norwegian Parliament Icelandic Parliament Estonian Parliament Dutch Parliament

It is considered weak because it is based on testimony of witness who has started to lose key details after 9 years. So by hiding for 9 years from accusations against him, Assange most likely succeed to guarantee his extradition to US and will even more likely get sent to prison for several years. Where in case that he would had just went to face accusations in Sweden, he would even case that he would had found guilty only faced probation and had been much better protected against extradition to US.

In Finland, Sweden and Norway government owns quite lot of the means of production and have centralish planning economy Greed also drives you to want what someone else has, because greedy enough people want to own what other owns. And envy also can drive people try to make better of themselves so that they can feel that they are better than people around them. You could say that capitalism is "I first then others" and socialism is "community first then me". So I would say that "I want them to have less" is quite misleading when it comes to socialism, because it also is based to idea that people should have more, difference is more in who should be primary gainer of the wealth in the system. But as we know either of these ideologies don't matter when this is the reality https://www.sciencealert.com/a-handful-of-super-corporations-controls-the-fate-of-the-world-scientists-warn

Money spent on mass transit is money spend on infrastructure for cars. As roads already exists and are needed for logistical reasons as currently there is no other as effective way to pickup and deliver goods and raw materials for first mile and last mile cases. And our economies depend on that movement of goods and raw materials, which also means that there is constant economical need to invest in said infrastructure for cars, which is expensive and demands lots of land and space. Which is where mass transit comes in to help as it helps to lessen number of economically ineffective vehicles in transit, which frees roads for more important transit of goods and raw materials and same time it gives new opportunities for transiting goods and raw materials in non-first and last mile cases. So in short, by investing in mass transit country gets more from its existing infrastructure and leaves more room to build more goods and raw material production facilities (and possible more housing but that is usually after thought)

That is bit questionable, considering that allied didn't actually bomb strategic bridges, factories, or even military base just outside of Dresden, instead allies focused on bombing most heavily populated parts of the city. Also reasoning that Dresden was bombed in order to save US/British soldiers is bit weak as it locates in eastern Germany near current German-Poland border and US and British never had any plans to go there with their ground forces as Soviet Union's forces where already approaching the city and city was full of refugees that had fled Soviet's forces. Something about questionable nature of bombing of Dresden says this UK's national archive's piece In February 1945, the last year of World War 2, Britain sent 300 Lancaster bombers to attack the crowded German city of Dresden. This attack was not the precision bombing of specific military targets. It was deliberate bombing of a whole area. The bombs destroyed city buildings and started tremendous fires. Before long, eleven square miles of Dresden were consumed by a firestorm. The vacuum caused by the rapid rise of hot air created tornadoes that tossed furniture, trees and debris into the air. People were caught in fires as hot as 1000 °C. The city was devastated. No one knows how many thousands died. The German armies were in retreat at this time and the war was nearly over. Some historians have argued that this attack was not justifiable on military grounds, that it was nothing more than a slaughter of civilians. But others say it helped to shorten the war in Europe. Ultimate responsibility for this attack lay with the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. Was the bombing of Dresden a justifiable act during wartime? How closely was Winston Churchill involved in the decision to attack the city? Does this cast a shadow upon Churchill's reputation as the heroic icon of twentieth century British history? https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/heroesvillains/g1/

I would argue that bombing civilians after winning the war didn't save any lives, it was done in order to force Germany and Japan to surrender without conditions. You know that USA, UK, France, Soviet Union and etc countries found that it was Finland fault that Soviets invaded it and Finland had to pay massive war reparations for Soviet Union, give up quite large areas of land to Soviet Union, including one of Finland's oldest cities. Also Finland war time president was convicted for crimes against Soviet Union and put to prison. But anyway purposefully bombing civilian targets in order to cause terror is considered to be a war crime although in reality it is always overlooked by tribunals.

So in other words "Because Japanese were bad people." My grandparents served in WWII, during time when Soviet air forces fire bombed Finland's cities freely and then they lived the time when Finland had to pay Soviet Union compensation of cost of those bombs that destroyed cities where they lived. So I have some knowledge of mindset of people who lived in that era.

Because Japanese were bad people. It is same why bombing of Dresden is not considered as war crime.

GOP in 2016: GOP Final Benghazi Report: P. 360 (https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/114th-congress/house-report/848/1) GOP in 2019 GOP lawmakers storm closed-door impeachment session https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-lawmakers-in-blasting-secret-impeachment-probe-before-attempting-to-storm-the-proceedings

Yeah USA will give Turkey everything they said they wanted from their invasion if they stop their invasion. And there is no need to ask if Kurds and Syria will accept to give big part of their land to Turkey's control. Such great deal for Turkey.

In Canada First Nations, Inuit, and Metis communities have highest suicide rates. "First Nations people had a suicide rate three times higher, Metis had an estimated rate two times higher, and Inuit communities were found to face a suicide rate as much as 9 times higher than the national average" Source: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/99-011-x/99-011-x2019001-eng.htm

In 2017, there were an estimated 1,400,000 suicide attempts (there is no actual records, just estimates from doctors and emergency service people) In 2017, 47,173 Americans died by suicide White males accounted for 69.67% of suicide deaths in 2017. In 2017, men died by suicide 3.54x more often than women. The rate of suicide is highest in middle-age white men in particular. In 2017, firearms accounted for 50.57% of all suicide deaths. White men are especially likely to be gun owners: About half (48%) say they own a gun, compared with about a quarter of white women and nonwhite men (24% each) and 16% of nonwhite women. About four-in-ten adults (42%) report that there is a gun in their household, with three-in-ten saying they personally own a gun and 11% saying they don’t own a gun but someone else in their household does. Gun ownership varies considerably across demographic groups. For example, about four-in-ten men (39%) say they personally own a gun, compared with 22% of women. And while 36% of whites report that they are gun owners, about a quarter of blacks (24%) and 15% of Hispanics say they own a gun. White men are especially likely to be gun owners: About half (48%) say they own a gun, compared with about a quarter of white women and nonwhite men (24% each) and 16% of nonwhite women. Like the gender gap, the education gap in gun ownership is particularly pronounced among whites. Overall, about three-in-ten adults with a high school diploma or less (31%) and 34% of those with some college education say they own a gun; a quarter of those with a bachelor’s degree or more say the same. Among whites, about four-in-ten of those with a high school diploma or less (40%) or with some college (42%) are gun owners, compared with roughly a quarter of white college graduates (26%). There is no significant difference in the rate of gun ownership across educational attainment among nonwhites. 33% of people over 49 say they own gun compared to 27% among 18-49. Suicide attempts with firearm seem to have better "success" rate compared to other methods. sources: https://afsp.org/about-suicide/suicide-statistics/ and https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2017/06/22/the-demographics-of-gun-ownership/ There is most likely correlation with white men's relatively high percentage among "successful" suicides and their much higher gun ownership rate compared to other demographics

Sometimes messenger just ruins the message

Limo driving in Ireland seems to be quite profitable these days https://www.citizensforethics.org/mike-pence-doonbeg-cost-nearly-600k/ Mike Pence’s controversial visit to President Trump’s resort in Doonbeg is slated to cost taxpayers $599,454.36 in limousine service alone, according to State Department contracts reviewed by CREW. The choice to stay at Trump’s Irish resort in Doonbeg was both highly inconvenient, and extremely expensive. Located 181 miles away on the opposite side of the country from Pence’s meetings in Dublin, Doonbeg was far from a convenient location. Pence’s complicated itinerary included meetings with Irish political leaders in Dublin on Tuesday, bookended by two nights in Doonbeg and about 4 hours of transit on Tuesday alone. His itinerary included flying into Shannon Airport on Monday, driving with a motorcade for roughly an hour to Doonbeg, staying overnight, driving to Shannon, flying cross country on Air Force Two (and back), driving for more than an hour back to stay at Doonbeg again, and then back to Shannon on Wednesday. With a schedule like that, it is no wonder the trip was so expensive. But did it have to be? On past trips to Ireland, members of the executive branch and their families have used the same funeral service company for transportation, When Michelle, Malia and Sasha Obama visited Ireland for three days, they did not rack up nearly the same bill. The same company that chauffeured Pence to Doonbeg was paid $114,000 for limo service for the Obama’s visit. While Pence’s bill was extraordinarily high, it was not out of the norm for a visit to Doonbeg. The U.S. government paid the same company nearly $1 million for transit during Trump’s 2-day trip to the property in June, 2019. Considering that Syria and Kurds in Syria were part of France during Normandy...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fla-woman-marissa-alexander-gets-20-years-for-warning-shot-did-she-stand-her-ground/ Florida is strange place where you get 20 years in prison for shooting warning shot, but where it is just tragic accident that doesn't need any investigation when you shoot and kill somebody

In duller set of political news https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/02/trump-hotel-empty-rooms-016763 House investigators are looking into an allegation that groups — including at least one foreign government — tried to ingratiate themselves to President Donald Trump by booking rooms at his hotels but never staying in them. It’s a previously unreported part of a broad examination by the House Oversight Committee, included in Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, into whether Trump broke the law by accepting money from U.S. or foreign governments at his properties. Story Continued Below “Now we’re looking at near raw bribery,” said Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), a House Oversight Committee member who chairs the subcommittee with jurisdiction over Trump’s hotel in Washington. “That was the risk from Day One: foreign governments and others trying to seek favor because we know Trump pays attention to this. ... It’s an obvious attempt to curry favor with him.” Story Continued Below The investigation began after the committee received information that two entities — a trade association and a foreign government — booked a large quantity of rooms but used only a fraction of them, according to a person familiar with the allegation who isn't authorized to speak for the committee. The emoluments clause of the Constitution forbids a president from profiting from foreign governments or receiving any money from the U.S. government except his or her annual salary.

Emperor has spoken

EU doesn't have court that rules anything to be legal or illegal

Here less than one, as over 99% of plastic water bottles are recycled, where over 99% of straws are thrown in general waste.

That seems to be more an error in data filling system that fetches donor data from account holder information than actual try to commit a fraud, as trust where money has been given is in name of that deceased person but it is in full control of said deceased person's wife who actually has made the contributions and those contributions seem to be her only contributions so she has not tried to exceed sum of money she is legally allowed to contribute. Bit similar case as that 2011 case where dead woman had contributed for Tea Party's PAC, because her husband had used credit card tied to joint account he had opened with his wife. Although then amount of money contributed had exceeded amount that one person can contribute. https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/02/tea-party-express-responsible-for-dead-womans-donations/