Alpennisse

[Alpennisse @Wikingerin]

@BitBeller In Dänemark macht man das in 2 Minuten digital.
#Bananenrepublik 🤡🍿

[Alpennisse @Wikingerin]

@HasnainKazim Bayern muss austreten und unabhängig werden. Dann können alle Nettosteuerzahler dahin umziehen.

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

In 1994, Ukraine gave up the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal on America’s word.

This month, the president traded that word for a diesel deal with Putin.

Watch what he does for Putin. It shows what he wants to do with his power over you. 👇🏼 https://t.co/qdyErh6xyf

[Henrik Dahl @SociologenHD]

I do not know how things are in other countries. But in Denmark, when I follow the coverage of the unrest in France on our two public-service television broadcasters, the explanation I keep hearing is this:

France has spent years cutting back on upper secondary education. Classes are overcrowded. Add teacher shortages and excessive centralisation, and young people take to the streets.

That is only half the truth. And when you peddle half the truth, you are, as we know, also peddling half a lie.

Here is what can be pieced together from the French quality press and the official figures.

France’s public spending per upper-secondary pupil is above the OECD average. That should complicate any account which treats a lack of money as the whole explanation.

There is some truth in the criticism: some lycées have large classes, and the French education system is centralised and bureaucratic.

One example worth mentioning is Parcoursup, the higher education admissions platform. I suspect it would be a strong contender in any international competition for bureaucratic opacity and unnecessary stress.

But, as I have already said, this is only half the truth.

The other half concerns what teachers and school leaders are being asked to endure.

I admit that this is anecdotal. But recently, a math teacher from Metz described in a long and serious post on X how the teachers simply burn out at the most problematic high schools. We need to dig deeper into this constant attrition of skilled high school teachers.

Why are schools being left to carry so much of the burden?

French politicians are no different from politicians elsewhere in Europe.

They want as many young people as possible to complete upper secondary education and go on to higher education. For the usual reasons: education is supposed to break the cycle of inherited disadvantage, while higher education is supposed to raise productivity. I find those arguments only partly convincing when these benefits are treated as automatic consequences of expanding access.

In my view, France faces a problem we also know in Denmark: schools are being asked to compensate for failures of integration and basic socialisation that extend far beyond the classroom.

The danger is that, instead of institutions civilising their pupils, disruptive pupils end up barbarising the institutions.

No school can function properly if it is expected to tolerate young people who turn up unprepared, have no interest in learning and spend their time causing trouble and destroying the learning environment.

It is hardly surprising that such conditions can wear teachers down. They cannot reasonably be expected to shoulder the entire responsibility for correcting mistakes that the French political elite has spent decades making.

La France Insoumise and other radical organisations have encouraged the protests and blockades. Mélenchon has called for non-violence. However, this formal appeal for moderation appears symbolic when the LFI mayor of Saint-Denis simultaneously allows himself to be photographed among demonstrators and calls their actions justified.

Le Point has meanwhile reported on mobilisation by Étudiants musulmans de France and its cooperation with RED Jeunes. The former is linked to the Muslim Brotherhood milieu in a French Interior Ministry report; the two organisations helped establish the anti-Islamophobia collective Génération EDR, whose links to the antifascist group La Jeune Garde are also described by Le Point.

That is the kind of convergence I mean by Islamogauchism in practice.

The flags also deserve attention. Palestinian, Moroccan and Algerian flags have appeared at some of the protests, including scenes of disorder. To me, this is another indication that, for some participants, the agenda extends beyond class sizes and school budgets.

We do not yet know the full picture. But what concerns me is the apparent convergence, within parts of this movement, of several forms of radicalism: Antifa activism. Decolonial ideology. Islamogauchism. Islamist networks that have learnt from the left to speak fluent woke.

That is why I do not think it entirely misplaced to speak of an “Islamogauchist intifada” when describing this radical current within the French protests.

The wider protest wave has already spread to Belgium and Italy.

The Danish public-service coverage I have seen gives me far too little of this side of the story.

Two questions: Is it the same elsewhere in the Western world? And if so, why?

[News to Remember @allchronology]

He didn’t hold back. 🇦🇺💬
From across the ocean, this Australian gives a raw, unfiltered look at modern America. It’s a perspective most people are too afraid to say out loud, but it impacts all of us, no matter where we live.
This is a global wake-up call.
#USA #USAPolitics #AmericanCulture

[Donald Tusk @donaldtusk]

Polska nie powtórzy błędów innych europejskich państw, nie będzie też za nie płacić. Twardo bronimy granicy przed nielegalną migracją, mamy własną politykę azylową (nie przyjmujemy wniosków), deportujemy tych, którzy łamią polskie prawo. W kwestii bezpieczeństwa będziemy bezwzględni. To usłyszeli ode mnie liderzy Europy w Brukseli.

[Joana Cotar @JoanaCotar]

Unfassbar
Wieder einmal!

Die SPD vor der Wahl:

"Der Spitzenkandidat der SPD zur Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus-Wahl, Steffen Krach, will in keine Koalition eintreten, die Enteignungen zur Voraussetzung macht. „Wenn das die rote Linie ist für die Linkspartei, dann müssen sie gucken, mit welcher Koalition sie das umsetzen wollen – mit der SPD jedenfalls nicht“, sagte Krach dem stern."

Die SPD nach der Wahl:

"Aus dem gemeinsamen Sondierungspapier geht unter anderem hervor, dass Linke, Grüne und SPD eine Vergesellschaftung großer privater Wohnungsbestände planen. Demnach sollen private Wohnungskonzerne ab einem Bestand von 10.000 Wohnungen in Berlin auf diese Weise gegen eine Entschädigung enteignet werden."

Die Kommunistenparteien wollen 160.000 Wohnungen in Berlin enteignen, aber max. 16 Milliarden EUR Entschädigung zahlen. Das macht lächerliche 100.000 EUR pro Wohnung.

Das wird vor Gericht nicht standhalten. Und die SPD kann sich einbuddeln. Unfassbar

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Well, let’s think a bit about what Trump might want from Putin.

1. Help getting out of the Iran catastrophe. (He thinks Putin is willing and able to help him through his “mediation,” even though the IRGC already has absolutely no use for it. It’s far more advantageous for them to keep holding the global economy by the throat in the Strait of Hormuz and thereby finish sinking Trump.)

2. Russian bot farms, hackers, and any other form of illegal assistance and interference in American elections to save Trump from disaster. (Hello to the hordes of MAGA bots on temporarily occupied Twitter!)

3. Money and assets, including Lukoil’s overseas assets and imaginary lucrative contracts involving Russian resources. (Trump and his entourage genuinely think they’ll be allowed to line their pockets with all this, rather than simply having the same carrot dangled in front of them indefinitely, even though that carrot effectively belongs to the Middle Kingdom and Emperor Xi by now.)

The price of this package: the betrayal of Ukraine and Europe, and the complete collapse of America’s role as the world’s hegemon.

[Anschi @Anschi48344952]

@niusde_ Ach, ist @SteffenKrach etwa umgefallen?
Kann den und die @SPDBerlin noch irgendjemand für voll nehmen?

[Joana Cotar @JoanaCotar]

@SteffenKrach @dieLinke Hahaha.

[die.zaiserin @dieZaiserin]

108 MILLIARDEN EURO HAUSHALTSLOCH und diese Bundesregierung macht einfach weiter, als wäre das Geld der Bürger ein gigantischer, bodenloser Selbstbedienungstopf!

Es ist eine unfassbare politische Bankrotterklärung, dass der Bundesrechnungshof inzwischen vor einer immer größer werdenden Lücke zwischen Einnahmen und Ausgaben warnt, während Finanzminister Lars Klingbeil und seine Bundesregierung weiterhin Milliarden verplanen, die der Staat gar nicht erwirtschaftet, und damit die finanzielle Zukunft unseres Landes mit einer Verantwortungslosigkeit belasten, deren Konsequenzen am Ende nicht die politischen Entscheidungsträger, sondern Millionen Steuerzahler, Arbeitnehmer, Unternehmer und kommende Generationen tragen müssen!

108 MILLIARDEN EURO! Eine gigantische Finanzierungslücke bis 2030, während der Staat bereits heute enorme Steuereinnahmen erzielt und trotzdem offensichtlich nicht bereit ist, seine Ausgaben endlich konsequent an seinen finanziellen Möglichkeiten auszurichten!

Das ist kein Einnahmeproblem, das ist ein massives Ausgabenproblem, und es ist ein politischer Skandal, dass ausgerechnet diejenigen, die den Bürgern ständig Verzicht, höhere Belastungen und finanzielle Verantwortung predigen, selbst immer neue Schulden rechtfertigen, anstatt endlich die staatlichen Strukturen, Subventionen und Ausgabenprogramme einer radikalen Überprüfung zu unterziehen!

Deutschland braucht keinen Staat, der immer mehr Geld verschlingt, sondern eine Regierung, die endlich begreift, dass das Geld den Bürgern gehört und nicht der Politik!

Schluss mit dieser Schuldenpolitik auf Kosten unserer Zukunft und der unserer Kinder!

[Josef Franz Lindner @JosefFLindner]

33.316 Mitarbeiter hat die EU-Kommission. Diese fordert jetzt über 1.000 neue Stellen. Das Gegenteil wäre wünschenswert. Nur eine deutliche Reduzierung könnte die Regulierungsspirale, in der sich die EU heute leider befindet, bändigen. Die Richtlinien und Verordnungen, die die EU produziert, sind jetzt schon kaum mehr verstehbar. Für diese Regulierungsexzesse ist die EU-Kommission, bei der das Initiativrecht für die EU-Gesetzgebungsakte liegt, verantwortlich. Allein die Lektüre dieser Rechtstexte ist eine Tortur, ihre Anwendung für die Betroffenen eine Qual. Abhilfe kann nur ein deutlicher Abbau des Personals leisten.

[Alpennisse @Wikingerin]

@TomTomKrus @TheEconomist @Alice_Weidel @zannymb All the rest of the ‘normal’ politicians are not getting anything done except for raising taxes everywhere and fighting about anything else. Most votes for AFD are pure desperation from ‘just normal’ people - who underestimate what they’re doing by ‘protest voting’

[Donald Tusk @donaldtusk]

After my talks with European leaders in Brussels today, I can reassure you, dear Ukrainian friends and President @ZelenskyyUa: YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Well-known Ukrainian military aerial reconnaissance specialist Oleksandr "Serg Marco" Karpiuk writes on Facebook:

"...Starlink is a civilian communications system. And SpaceX is responsible for its civilian use. Standard Starlink terminals currently have a default speed limit of 22 m/s.

To enable flight at speeds above 22 m/s, Ukraine signed contracts for Starshield, which is overseen by the Pentagon. This is already a military system, with Starlink terminals that offer greater functionality, although the accounts are considerably more expensive.

And it was the Pentagon that did two things in a single day: restricted intelligence sharing and changed the parameters of Starshield accounts.

This was a decision by the head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth. Clearly on Trump's orders...."

Maybe this is the key to understanding what exactly happened.

[Alpennisse @Wikingerin]

@S_Punkt_Punkt @ThomaBoeck Nettosteuerzahler? Vermutlich nicht.

[Alpennisse @Wikingerin]

@JoanaCotar Das ist so. Dänemark und Schweiz sind deutlich Unternehmer- freundlicher. Dort ruft der Staat zuweilen an, um sicherzugehen, dass man alle nötigen Informationen hat.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

When we started responding to Russia’s operation against our data centers, and when our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations.

Because there were fewer bots. And it’s pretty clear where those bots were coming from – if they disappeared when Yandex went offline. This proves, again and again, that Europe is not the source of the problems. Europe is not the one making everything more difficult.

Most importantly, we need people in America, every morning, when the day in Europe is already moving toward evening, to really see what is happening. To see the truth.

From a speech at the Warsaw Security Forum. (3/3)

[INSM @insm]

Der Staat hat kein Einnahmeproblem, so @kielinstitute​-Präsident @MSchularick​ bei Maischberger. Die Staatsquote liegt über 50%, nur geben wir sehr viel Geld für Rente aus. Klar ist: Die Ausgaben für die Rente müssen sinken, wir brauchen die Rentenreform. Es ist Zeit zu wenden!

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

It's all been bullshit. All of it. Diesel, energy deals, peace negotiations, everything between Trump Co. and Putin's mafia is a charade. All they're doing is laundering money and trying to lift sanctions. It's all they care about and all they know how to do.