Yeah right, only? I mean it’s not a good decision politically, but also no longer economically sound, you might want to sell it down the road, to whom, and for what price?

I enjoy gardening.

Trump’s Ukraine betrayal will have terrible consequences.

Yeah, the longer this goes on, the better for China. The balance of power shifts in their favor every day, and they have all the political reasons to keep this war going as much as they can.

Russia bleeds out, what are they going to do, stop them? Nah buddy, here have some more chips for your rockets.

Nato countries grow tired of investing in “far away” peoples? Great, how much does the French right wing care about Taiwan now?

They are the real and only winner.

Is this not fairly likely in the US with Mexican Spanish or/and Canadian/Cajun French?

The shortage is not due to an aging population, it’s because nobody wants to go into this field.

And that is due to the pay not reflecting the extreme exploitation of the workers, in an environment that’s not very conducive to a happy life. They all end up burnt out and have nothing to show for it.

They tried keeping the pay down by hiring Eastern European medical personnel, who would work below their qualifications (doctors as nurses for example), but apparently they don’t want to work here anymore.

The problem has been going on for such a long time it is now systemic.

Seriously, “aging population”?

Just power-hungry generals? Anything more to the story?

Und jetzt alle! “Ich hab ne Zwiebel aufm Kopp, ich bin ein Döner 🎺”

Oder vielleicht lieber doch nicht, wenn ich so drüber nachdenke.

It is known in Germany, “Eulen nach Athen tragen”. I’ve heard the explanation that the currency of Athens in antiquity had owl on one side.

This one https://www.reppa.de/images/BilderE/eulen2.GIF

That’s exactly how they get you, by telling you everybody is influenced (and stupid) but you and them, the smart people.

I would in principle agree with you, however not about English, mainly because it is now a language of international discourse of any kind, and it thus no longer belongs to the local speakers.

It now has a role Latin had until just a few centuries ago, and extrapolating a bit into the future from that example, will remain quite stable while your dialect, American, Australian, Indian, Jamaican, will change until it becomes another language entirely, no longer mutually intelligible with the other dialects.

If you want to participate in the international dialog however, you will have to learn International, which is now English including the differentiation of the theiy’res, even if your native language is English. Your grand-grandchildren may have to learn English like an Italian in 1800 had to learn Latin if he wanted to join the international discourse.

It’s super interesting to watch this process unfold right now!

From what I understand, that’s how they work, explode a flak shell near the craft.

Watched a bunch of tits (the other tits) romping about the hazel bush, they were hilarious.