H(aa)C(ee) van Veelen

You only have one life; and an eternity to enjoy it!

[H(aa)C(ee) van Veelen @HaaCee_theOrig]

@ScienceGeeknl Je ontwijkt het echte commentaar namelijk dat je morele kompas arbitraire grenzen volgt.

[H(aa)C(ee) van Veelen @HaaCee_theOrig]

@JacquelineKoops @cvandaagnl Sowieso wordt de vreemdeling doorgaans in een adem genoemd met de wees en de weduwe
Daarnaast lees ik nergens in de bijbel iets over dat de verantwoordelijkheid ophoudt bij de landsgrenzen. Dat mag je vinden, maar volgt niet uit de bijbel.

[Louise O. Fresco @LouiseOFresco]

The spectacular reduction of farm land needed per person is a statistic everyone should be taught at school. It is also a tribute to scientific progress, innovation by farmers, national & international policies, esp trade. The next step: increase natural resource area per person

[H(aa)C(ee) van Veelen @HaaCee_theOrig]

@sygarte @MbarkCherguia More precise: at least 2
There is no mentioning of any of the kids also going
Or anyone else for that matter

[H(aa)C(ee) van Veelen @HaaCee_theOrig]

@WattisDuurzaam Zelf werkzaam in telecom R&D. Ik zou het kwalificeren als positief. Het is een indicatie dat men zich bewust wordt dat er een probleem is.
Vooralsnog zoekt men de oplossing alleen nog in het 'hoe'. Ik zie nog (?) niet de reflex om na te denken over het 'wat'.

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

I am the United Nations.

In January I watched Iran kill over two thousand protesters. I watched them shoot children. Two hundred and sixteen children.

I watched the security forces beat a Nobel Peace Prize laureate in the street and drag her back to prison where she already owed 154 lashes from a previous sentence. I issued a statement.

On February 11 my Secretary-General sent Iran a congratulatory letter. For the anniversary of the revolution. The same revolution whose security forces had just finished killing two thousand people.

My spokesperson called the letter "standard diplomatic protocol." It was. That is the problem.

On February 13 I elected Iran Vice-Chair of my Commission for Social Development. The Commission's priority theme this year is promoting democracy, gender equality, and ensuring tolerance and non-violence.

Iran imprisons women for showing their hair.
Iran executed two thousand people last year.

The chair said "I hear no objection." He was correct. No member state objected. The European Union, which blocked Russia from a similar appointment last year, said nothing. Not one country said no.

This is not a new pattern.

Last year I let Saudi Arabia chair my Commission on the Status of Women. Saudi Arabia, where a woman was sentenced to eleven years in prison for posting a photograph without an abaya. Saudi Arabia, ranked 131st in the world on women's rights. They chaired women's rights. Nobody objected to that either.

Today my Secretary-General stood at the African Union Summit and said "Africa must be at the table."

He is correct.

Africa must be at the table.

The table where Iran oversees women's rights.

The table where Saudi Arabia chaired gender equality.

The table where a congratulatory letter arrives thirty-five days after a massacre and my spokesperson calls it protocol.

The chair said "I hear no objection."

He never does.

That is how the table works.

P.S.

The US still owes us money.

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

43,000 Iranians massacred by the Islamic regime for daring to seek freedom. They are not just a number, each and every one of them mattered.

[Generaal Onno Eichelsheim @CDS_Defensie]

Nederlandse militairen hebben in #Afghanistan onder gevaarlijke omstandigheden gediend, uit solidariteit met bondgenoten. Ze hebben daar gevochten voor veiligheid en offers gebracht die zij en hun families voor altijd meedragen.

Hun inzet verdient erkenning, geen ontkenning.

[Matt McDermott @mattmfm]

Minneapolis police chief confirms the 37-year-old man killed by ICE in Minneapolis is a “lawful gun owner with a carry permit.”

[Klaas Meijer @klaasm67]

In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade. On this day in 1983, a TV series of these brave men was broadcast for the first time.

[jan van geffen @jvangeffen]

Vandaag mag @StAmbulancewens de 25.000 ste wens vervullen.
Voor 1 keer trending worden op X zou een leuk cadeautje zijn, helpen jullie mee met een RT ?

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

WATCH: Native Americans are protesting after ICE detained 4 Oglala Sioux tribal members in Minneapolis.

Three are still unaccounted for.

Let that sink in.

The original Americans are getting treated like “illegal aliens” by masked federal agents.

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

France is committed to the sovereignty and independence of nations, in Europe and elsewhere. This guides our choices. It underpins our commitment to the United Nations and to its Charter.

It is on this basis that we support, and will continue to support Ukraine and that we have built a coalition of the willing for a robust and lasting peace, to defend these principles and our security.

It is also on this basis that we decided to take part in the exercise organized by Denmark in Greenland. We fully assume this decision, because security in the Arctic and at the outer edges of our Europe is at stake.

No intimidation or threat will influence us—neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world when we are confronted with such situations.

Tariff threats are unacceptable and have no place in this context. Europeans will respond in a united and coordinated manner should they be confirmed. We will ensure that European sovereignty is upheld.

It is in this spirit that I will engage with our European partners.

[Dick Berlijn @DickBerlijn]

Finally, it is said what needs to be said. Bravo Mr. President!

[H(aa)C(ee) van Veelen @HaaCee_theOrig]

@jvb038 Ws ijzeroxide, grondwater bevat relatief veel ijzer en vermoedelijk komt dat hier omhoog

[H(aa)C(ee) van Veelen @HaaCee_theOrig]

@cees_dekker We should, but we won't #realism

[Stephen King @StephenKing]

Maduro's not a good guy, agreed. But neither is Putin, and Trump rolled out the red fucking carpet for him. It's not about dope, it's about oil (which kinda IS dope).

Just when you think Trump has hit the gutter, he bounces lower.

[Niall Stanage @NiallStanage]

To believe this is about drug smuggling, you have to ignore Trump’s pardon of the former Honduran president for drug smuggling.

To believe it’s about Maduro’s democratic legitimacy, you have to believe Trump cares even slightly about democratic legitimacy.

Alternatively:

[Kateryna Lisunova @KaterynaLis]

‼️BREAKING: ZELENSKYY RESPONDED TO INDIAN PM AND OTHERS WHO UNFAIRLY CONDEMNED UKRAINE FOR A STAGED ATTACK ON PUTIN'S DACHA

"You know what honestly causes confusion and, well, uncomfortable feelings? That representatives from India, the Emirates, and several other countries condemned supposed drone strikes on Putin's residence that never even happened. But where's their condemnation? By the way, condemnation of the fact that they're bombing our children and killing our people this whole time. I don't hear anything from India or the Emirates about that, to be honest," - Zelenskyy said to journalists on Tuesday, Dec. 30.