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Feral bananas or EU standard bananas? Maybe the EU commission is in the market for an AI system that will check produce for rules conformity. AI talking to a banana with model like measures... "resistance if futile, you will be assimilated" 🤔

If it's too big, it just needs to split up... oh wait, they already tried that. Watch this space for the announcement of the New California Republic! 😉

Not sure what "Trumpism" is... seen from this place, he's nothing but your typical 2 bit demagogue thriving on chaos and sabre rattling. No different from any other demagogue/warmonger. No different from Berlusconi, Modi, Netanyahu, Bolsonaro or even our own little Pauline Hanson, which I cross my fingers and hope nobody outside Australia has ever heard about, as she's even worse than Scott Morrison (who is just hopelessly incompetent and corrupt). Populists always need a bogey man. Whether they be Jacobites, Huguenotes, Jews, Immigrants whatever. Something that the gullible can be manipulated into venting their frustrations against. Trump is if anything typical of his kind, nothing exceptional. I guess the US public just never had one of their own before? Disclaimer, not familiar with US presidents before Jimmy Carter. @BruceVC Face it, Banks are more universally hated, feared and distrusted than communism these days 😝

The best candidate would be Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, except for the stupid age limitations in the constitution or whatever. It's like they only ever intended that position for white, old men 😂 Anyway, the speed at which Trump is tearing the US society apart, I think he's the one who is going to get credited with getting AOC elected as a counterpoint once she's old enough, simply because of the polarization generated in the US society.

...and this I think is really the biggest problem with the US "health care". It's ridiculously overpriced. I once shared a link showing price differences between common, essential medications (i.e. stuff for cancer treatment, diabetes, hypertension etc.) and prices for the exact same brand and drug were between 200% and 2000% higher when US customers had to pay for them. I guess it works on the principle, if it goes, it goes and lets see how much we can wring out of them before they croak?

I thought the greatest game sound track of all time was Bubble Bobble??? No, not going to post a video here 😝 Must be a German thing.... rock band performs with 1002 musicians

Double post, yay me. Looks like the frictions between Turkey and Syria/Russia is escalating. I wonder what Trump will do when Erdogan comes begging for Nato support to help defend against the Syrian aggression against the Turkish troops stationed in the lawfully occupied territory of Turksih Syria or some such garbage? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51667717

All republics must fall eventually. Entropy will not be denied. Another day in the senate:

An ode to... concrete! ☺️

Which is what it was all about... 🚁🚀🔫

Tell that to the 1.4 million Indians living in the UK (not including people who are of partial Indian heritage). There is a reason why London is having a reputation the best Indian curry in the world 😋

I loved my Blood Axe clan in the old Epic40k. Who cares what the other clans thinks, humies got the right idea with the camouflage stuff 😁 Evil Sunz were my second choice for favourites, they really do go faster. If not, add more red paint.

May be old news, but my inner tinfoil hat guy wonders if it entirely coincidental that the Chinese government has a biological warfare research center in Wuhan? Someone forgot to put the lid on a specimen jar? Sold test animals to the local food market? http://english.whiov.cas.cn/News/Events/201502/t20150203_135923.html Edit: I don't care who gets the movie rights as long as Milla Jovovich is in it 😇

Meh... now I suddenly miss the 80's... again... 😢

Personal favourite is the C64 Comic Bakery loading music (yes, playing music while waiting for cassette based games to load into your computer was a thing in the 80's). Instant Remedy Remix:

For the Radiohead fans out there....

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/fighting-rages-northwest-syria-turkish-troops-killed-200220131908647.html tl;dr; version, Turkish artillery started the fighting, paving the way for a rebel assault that broke through the Syrian lines in two places, Russian airplanes and Syrian army struck back. "The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said at least 11 pro-government fighters and 14 on the pro-Turkey side were killed along with the two Turkish troops."

I seriously hate this forums quoting software 😠

Honest Government Ads agrees.... Obama was not born in the US 😂 Not that Australia has been much better in dealing with island nations...

Double post... yay me. A bit busy these days, arranging removal company, cleaners, doing packing etc. Almost forgot I need a new place to live too, so I better get back to that. Yeah, details... I guess you get a bit jaded when you move internationally/interstate (in this case the latter) every other year or so 😳

Excellent choice in music 👍 Could I also recommend: (Flood II is quite appropriate too)

I was watching a few Danish movies the last week or two. I managed to dig out some English subtitled trailers for some of them: This one is even dubbed in English: A prequel to a movie. Sadly, the first one is much, much better, but I couldn't find English subtitled versions of the trail ("In China they eat dogs") Warning, Danes like their humour dark, like pitch black dark. Danish Noir is a real thing.

Australian Economy 101

30 years of software engineering / development, I can relate 😝

Exploring the new areas in Guild Wars 2, flying around Bjoras Marches, once homeland of the Norn, now occupied by Jormag and it's corrupted Icebrood minions. Exploring the mountains from dragon back, blizzard incoming soon: Taking in the scenery: