Freelance journalist die kan rekenen. Auteur van Labyrint van Occam, De Stikstoffuik (1.0 en 2.0), De Klimaatoptimist, Weg met Ons! en Statistische Valkuilen
De eeuwige zondebok om boeren te demoniseren zakt door de poten: pesticiden in de hoogproductieve landbouw zijn niet de oorzaak van de recente achteruitgang van vliegende insecten, want er is geen recente achteruitgang van vliegende insecten. https://t.co/J3SY1AZExL
Dit hoor je steeds vaker. Welke ouder wil z'n zoon of dochter nog enthousiast aanmoedigen om het bedrijf over te nemen? Hier gaan we als samenleving ongelooflijk spijt van krijgen
@TimonDias De doorzichtige trucjes van woke wetenschappers: je kunt altijd 'controleren' voor andere factoren om etniciteit als factor te verdonkeremanen.
On this day—October 22, 2010
Andrew Whitley, director of UNRWA’s New York office, told a Washington conference that the Palestinian “right of return” was unlikely to be exercised to any significant extent inside Israel, that most refugees would remain where they were, and that it was cruel to leave them with the illusion that they would one day return to homes inside what is now Israel. For saying these words, Whitley was attacked and forced into a retraction.
UNRWA’s goal has been clear for decades: make “refugees” out of the descendants of Palestinian refugees so instead of shrinking as they resettle, they never resettle and the number grows exponentially to be used as a demographic weapon ensuring any “two state solution” would actually create two Arab states.
UNRWA responded to Whitley saying his comments did not reflect the agency’s policies. Whitley gave in to the pressure quickly. He sent a letter retracting his comments and called them “inappropriate and wrong.” UNRWA released the letter publicly.
Under UNRWA’s rules, refugee status is transmitted to descendants, producing a registered population that has grown from about 700,000 in 1948–49 to nearly six million today. This is unique to UNRWA and does not apply to any other refugees on Earth. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees seeks durable solutions including local integration and resettlement. UNRWA, on the other hand, keeps refugees as refugees no matter where they live in the world, no matter how successful they may have become, and no matter how far removed they are from the 1948 conflict.
In short, UNRWA is one of the greatest weapons used against Israel’s continued existence.
Whitley’s initial remarks were consistent with the outcome of every other major refugee population in the 20th century. The public reaction from Palestinian officials, Jordan, and others, followed by the agency’s disavowal and Whitley’s retraction, was a blatant example of UNRWA’s real “mandate.”
Denmark spent decades building nearly 5,000 wind turbines
Together, they produced 21.6 TWh in the last 12 months
One nuclear plant in Sweden made 23.3 TWh
Oh, and nuclear runs 24/7 — wind doesn’t
There's one big reason Denmark has some of the most expensive electricity in the world
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There's a large Vietnamese community in France 🇫🇷. Vietnam was a French colony that was ruled more directly and for longer than Algeria in many respects.
Vietnamese kids top the French education rankings, have some of the lowest unemployment of any immigrant group, and somehow managed not to set Paris on fire.
Weird how some use “colonial trauma” as a reason to succeed and others treat it as a reason to riot
@enithka Helaas is dit gewoon waar voor Palestijnen. De haat tegen joden wordt er bij hen al generaties lang met de paplepel ingegoten. Dat zijn dus lang niet alle moslims, hoewel dit in de moslimwereld veel breder leeft dan alleen bij Palestijnen.
As a Jew I always loved Jewish jokes. The more offensive the better. It’s fun for a Jew to look at themselves in a mirror and check for the flows that may become a joke. A Holocaust survivor told me once that despite the most unimaginable level of suffering in Treblinka there was always someone to come up with a joke about the absurdity of life or how God was laughing at them. Tragic? Yes. But for us it’s called resilience.
Our Muslim friends don’t have the same level of self-questioning. So, here is for them, 2 minutes of good humor they really deserve.
De Verenigde Naties willen opheldering over de draagmoeder-constructie van Rob Jetten. Normaal worden dit soort speciaal rapporteurs door links en in de media op handen gedragen. Nu krekels.
@CarlaWijn Een op zijn zachtst gezegd ongelukkige vergelijking. Abraham heeft een draagmoeder nodig, en daar gebruiken ze dan een slaaf voor - die uiteraard niet mocht weigeren. 'Dus' dan hebben Rob en Nico ook niets verkeerd gedaan?
@enithka Die ambitie heb ik helemaal niet. Wat heeft dat er mee te maken? Ter verduidelijking: ik vond die act ook vrij ver gaan, en dat moet de overheid zeker niet gaan subsidiëren. Maar ik wou toch even op het meten met twee maten wijzen.