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One only has to look at the sheer scale of the planet to see the flaws in the climate agenda. Combined, every town and city on Earth occupies a mere 3% of the world's landmass. The true driving forces for regional climates rest in the oceans and major landforms - the planet's genuine engine rooms. Oceans cover 72% of the globe to an average depth of 2.3 miles. They contain roughly 86% of the global carbon reservoir and 91% of all retained heat energy; by comparison, our thin atmosphere holds a meager 1 to 2% of each. Ancient ocean currents give balance to the world's weather, carrying tropical warmth to northern regions in cycles that drive migration, cloud formation and global storms. Landforms guide ocean currents across deep geological time, as tectonic changes to continental land masses reshape the entire world. The legacy of ignoring this planetary scale of the environment can be seen today in our defaced countryside and industrialised coastal retreats. Sweeping vistas are being vandalised by massive arrays of wind and solar structures, causing immeasurable localised environmental carnage. It has created a perpetual, asset-swapping loop of renewal and replacement at a staggering, endless cost to national economies, while hollowing out traditional industries and aggressively mining the earth for rare metals like copper and silver. The back-end of this 'clean' energy loop is an impending hazardous waste crisis. With global solar capacity now officially surpassing 2 Terawatts (TW)—representing between 7 and 8 billion solar panel equivalents—the world is utterly unprepared for the onslaught of disposal. The International Renewable Energy Agency projects up to 78 million metric tons of solar e-waste by 2050. Because there is little financial incentive for complex recycling, up to 90% of decommissioned panels currently go straight into the ground. When left to fracture in landfills, heavy metals like lead and cadmium can leach into surrounding soil and groundwater. This will remain the most visible legacy from the Twenty-First Century.

$PeterDClack's tweet photo. One only has to look at the sheer scale of the planet to see the flaws in the climate agenda. Combined, every town and city on Earth occupies a mere 3% of the world's landmass. The true driving forces for regional climates rest in the oceans and major landforms - the planet's genuine engine rooms. Oceans cover 72% of the globe to an average depth of 2.3 miles. They contain roughly 86% of the global carbon reservoir and 91% of all retained heat energy; by comparison, our thin atmosphere holds a meager 1 to 2% of each. Ancient ocean currents give balance to the world's weather, carrying tropical warmth to northern regions in cycles that drive migration, cloud formation and global storms. Landforms guide ocean currents across deep geological time, as tectonic changes to continental land masses reshape the entire world. The legacy of ignoring this planetary scale of the environment can be seen today in our defaced countryside and industrialised coastal retreats. Sweeping vistas are being vandalised by massive arrays of wind and solar structures, causing immeasurable localised environmental carnage. It has created a perpetual, asset-swapping loop of renewal and replacement at a staggering, endless cost to national economies, while hollowing out traditional industries and aggressively mining the earth for rare metals like copper and silver. The back-end of this 'clean' energy loop is an impending hazardous waste crisis. With global solar capacity now officially surpassing 2 Terawatts (TW)—representing between 7 and 8 billion solar panel equivalents—the world is utterly unprepared for the onslaught of disposal. The International Renewable Energy Agency projects up to 78 million metric tons of solar e-waste by 2050. Because there is little financial incentive for complex recycling, up to 90% of decommissioned panels currently go straight into the ground. When left to fracture in landfills, heavy metals like lead and cadmium can leach into surrounding soil and groundwater. This will remain the most visible legacy from the Twenty-First Century.$

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Handre

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While six million Ukrainians starved to death in 1932-33, Stalin employed a personal chef who prepared elaborate Georgian feasts in his private dining rooms. You need to understand what this tells you about the fundamental nature of state power and economic calculation. Stalin maintained twenty dachas across the Soviet Union, each staffed with servants, stocked with rare wines, and equipped with private cinemas for his entertainment (this makes for a very interesting Google search). His security detail numbered in the thousands. His personal train car featured bulletproof glass and mahogany paneling. Meanwhile, peasants in Ukraine ate grass, bark, and leather belts before dying in the streets. Bureaucratic incompetence did not cause this. The iron logic of socialism produced it. Central planners face no market prices to guide resource allocation. Without profit and loss signals, they cannot know what people actually need or value. So resources flow to political priorities instead of economic ones. Stalin's comfort took precedence over Ukrainian lives because political power, not consumer demand, determined production and distribution. The state controlled all grain, all transportation, all information. When you eliminate private property and market exchange, you eliminate the only mechanism that coordinates production with human needs. Free market economists predicted this outcome decades before the Holodomor. Ludwig von Mises explained in 1920 that socialist economies cannot rationally allocate resources because they lack price signals from voluntary exchange. Without market prices, central planners operate blindly. They literally cannot know what to produce, how much to produce, or where to send it. Every socialist experiment repeats this pattern: the political elite live in luxury while ordinary people suffer shortages, famines, and death. This outcome was inevitable the moment private property was abolished.

Handre's tweet photo. While six million Ukrainians starved to death in 1932-33, Stalin employed a personal chef who prepared elaborate Georgian feasts in his private dining rooms. You need to understand what this tells you about the fundamental nature of state power and economic calculation.

Stalin maintained twenty dachas across the Soviet Union, each staffed with servants, stocked with rare wines, and equipped with private cinemas for his entertainment (this makes for a very interesting Google search). His security detail numbered in the thousands. His personal train car featured bulletproof glass and mahogany paneling. Meanwhile, peasants in Ukraine ate grass, bark, and leather belts before dying in the streets. Bureaucratic incompetence did not cause this. The iron logic of socialism produced it.

Central planners face no market prices to guide resource allocation. Without profit and loss signals, they cannot know what people actually need or value. So resources flow to political priorities instead of economic ones. Stalin's comfort took precedence over Ukrainian lives because political power, not consumer demand, determined production and distribution. The state controlled all grain, all transportation, all information. When you eliminate private property and market exchange, you eliminate the only mechanism that coordinates production with human needs.

Free market economists predicted this outcome decades before the Holodomor. Ludwig von Mises explained in 1920 that socialist economies cannot rationally allocate resources because they lack price signals from voluntary exchange. Without market prices, central planners operate blindly. They literally cannot know what to produce, how much to produce, or where to send it.

Every socialist experiment repeats this pattern: the political elite live in luxury while ordinary people suffer shortages, famines, and death. This outcome was inevitable the moment private property was abolished.

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Milei in English - Official Account

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For the first time in 123 years, Argentina has achieved a sustained fiscal surplus without being in default. We are one of only 5 countries in the world in this position. LONG LIVE FREEDOM, DAMN IT...!!!

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Jacqueline Badran: Die Staatsunternehmerin der SP Wie man mit flachen Hierarchien, einer Männerquote und Millionen vom Bund Ständeratskandidatin wird Jacqueline Badran, die Hoffnung der SP auf den Zürcher Ständeratssitz, präsentiert sich gerne als erfolgreiche Unternehmerin. Ihre Firma Zeix, die Websites und nutzerfreundliche Software entwickelt, soll bürgerliche Wähler überzeugen. Doch bei näherem Hinsehen entpuppt sich das unternehmerische Profil als ziemlich staatsnah. Das «Wohlfühlzentrum» der Firma ist ein ehemaliges Schulhaus der Stadt Zürich am Stauffacher – idyllisch gelegen, mit Garten zum Park. Eigentümerin: die Stadt. Mieterin: Zeix. Badran selbst betont ihre harte Aufbauzeit ab dem Jahr 2000: sechzehn Stunden täglich, sieben Tage die Woche. Ob das stimmt oder etwas dick aufgetragen ist, sei dahingestellt. Heute beschäftigt das Unternehmen 36 Mitarbeitende und glänzt mit unkonventionellen Strukturen: flache Hierarchien, Mitarbeiter-Aktien und eine symbolische Männerquote von 50 Prozent – natürlich nur ein Witz, denn Quoten verachtet sie ja angeblich. Fast acht Millionen Gründe, dem Staat dankbar zu sein Besonders eindrücklich ist die Auftragslage. Zwischen 2010 und 2024 flossen allein aus der Bundesverwaltung 7,9 Millionen Franken an Zeix – im Schnitt eine halbe Million pro Jahr. Dazu kamen 900'000 Franken von den SBB und 177'000 von der Stadt Zürich. Die Firma entwickelte unter anderem ein Unfall-Erfassungssystem für das Bundesamt für Strassen, optimierte die digitale Kommunikation der Armee und half den SBB beim Sitzplatzkonzept. Private Grosskunden? Die gibt es angeblich auch, doch als Referenzen taugen sie meist nicht. Badran erklärt das mit Vertraulichkeit. Ein Schelm, wer dabei an besonders enge Beziehungen zum grössten IT-Beschaffer des Landes denkt. Bürgerliche Parlamentarier spotten bereits, Zeix erhalte «fast nur Staatsaufträge» und Badran sei eher Staatsangestellte als Unternehmerin. Chinese Walls und andere Märchen Die Nationalrätin wehrt sich empört: Ihre politische Rolle sei sogar ein Nachteil, sie halte sich strikt raus aus Ausschreibungen, es herrschten «Chinese Walls». Niemand unterstelle ihr Vetternwirtschaft – jedenfalls nicht öffentlich. Und die Miete für das städtische Schmuckstück? Marktüblich, beteuert man, und deutlich höher als bei den Nachbarn. Badran hat zudem 800'000 Franken investiert. Wie rührend. Ihre Mitarbeiter rekrutiert sie persönlich, achtet vor allem auf den Charakter. Streit gebe es nie in der Firma. Bei ihrer bekannten aufbrausenden Art klingt das fast so überzeugend wie die Behauptung, ihre Firma sei ein echtes, unabhängiges KMU. Zusammenfassung: Die geniale Selbstständige Man muss schon ein besonderes Talent haben, um als «Unternehmerin» in der SP fast acht Millionen vom Bund zu kassieren und dabei noch als unabhängige Stimme durchzugehen. Ohne die üppigen Staatsaufträge wäre Zeix wohl kaum mehr als eine weitere kleine Digitalagentur geblieben. Aber mit dem richtigen Know-how bei öffentlichen Ausschreibungen und der passenden Parteibuch-Nähe läuft’s dann doch ganz prächtig. Ein Schelm, wer Böses dabei denkt. Badran verkauft das Ganze als unternehmerisches Erfolgsmodell. Die Wirklichkeit sieht eher aus wie ein besonders gut getarntes Staatsgeschäft – verpackt in flache Hierarchien und ironische Quoten. Ursprungsquelle https://t.co/H16hQW3B57 ___ Folge StandPunkt, um hinter die Kulissen zu sehen: 📱 https://t.co/MAg7i39kOn 𝕏 https://t.co/XPvXVywXRm ⓕ https://t.co/wtnyKG9s2R