As a metalhead since I was 8, metal is about speaking to the marginalized, speaking truth to power, liberation. Metal heals. This is corporate PR garbage. Metallica was always overrated. Listen to Gojira, RATM and Sepultura instead.
Today we filed a formal complaint against the European Commission for failing to protect our right to free movement - joined by over 100 academics and @JosepBorrellF@LaszloAndorEU@NicolasSchmitEU Joaquin Almunia Sophie โnt Veld, @ruitavares
Why now? Today, October 1, Italy renewed its border controls on travellers from Spain, for the fourth time since August 8. Neither government has shown the serious threat to public policy or internal security that EU law requires; instead, they pursue an unprecedented tit-for-tat dispute.
And it's not just Italy and Spain. The map below shows how "temporary" internal border controls have become semi-permanent across much of Schengen.
Who pays? Workers, students, families and patients, caught in a dispute between two governments over the fallout from Ceuta.
This failure reflects a broader institutional trend. The Commission may enjoy wide discretion in deciding whether, when and how to enforce EU law. But wide discretion is not unbounded discretion, and it cannot become permission to decide which European rules still matter. Its enforcement choices must themselves comply with the rule of law.
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@alemannoEU@grok Which internal Schengen crossings regularly add more than 10 minutes. Only weekday-regular cases, not holiday peaks. Switzerland not included. Plane not included because airports are inefficient
@alemannoEU You light be surprised that the axis Rotterdam-Bergen op Zoom/Breda-Antwerp-Brussels is full of Mocro maffia thugs speeding loaded with drugs and no one bats an eye.
@alemannoEU Ahahah travel more, this summer I crossed multiple times and in multiple points across Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and the only cops were in Fahy, Canton Jura.
@AbC967041505 Arguably the closest could be Afghanistan withdrawal, however the battle of Tsushima happened at he time of 1905 revolution... We have yet to see mass riots in the west. If anything, we may do something stupid in Taiwan or Ukraine
When you get deep into the data, you realize a few things that resolve most debates:
1. In fact, in a lot of countries, overall crime rates are down! But it's because the native population gets older (so less crime), compensated by the influx of immigrants, who commit more crime
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SpaceX will be the biggest wealth transfer in stock market history.
Not from rich to poor.
Not from poor to rich.
From passive ETF investors to SpaceX insiders.
Here's the machine:
Nasdaq changes its rules โ SpaceX joins the index on Day 15
Hedge funds front-run the forced bid โ price explodes
Your QQQ is legally forced to buy at the top
Lock-up expires โ insiders sell billions
Passive funds forced to buy again
1,000x earnings.
125x sales.
You are not investing in SpaceX.
You are the exit liquidity.
@Porkchop_EXP I tried to import my car from Belgium to the Netherlands. The mfcking belastingdienst in Venlo made my life hell and almost caused hundreds of euros of fines. Not even italy
@Robkearney1981@CrazyItalianPol Right and left in Italy are all about shifting the blame, but not changing policy. Anyhow, 10 years and language to get citizenship. You have to deserve it. The problem are not the first, but the second gen maranza