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Balance in all things. Do not despair.

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Nothing more cringe than people in their 30s talking about their dogs and cats as if they are their kids.

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@Mic_Sander Stromberg in der Politik?

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

Pete Hegseth said this was "the first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since WWII" (which is false, but that's beside the point), so I decided to look at what happened in WW2 and... this might surprise no-one: turns out the Nazis were more humane than the Americans.

Probably the most abject part here is that the warship had many survivors - 32 to be precise (https://t.co/bS1uARrBtf) - and the U.S. made zero effort to rescue them, despite it being required by the laws of naval warfare and simply being the honorable thing to do.

It took little Sri-Lanka, with its very modest means - especially compared to the $1 trillion US defense budget - to do the honorable thing and launch a (successful) rescue operation.

Even the literal Nazis, during WW2, rescued the survivors of ships their U-boats sank. It was considered a matter of basic honor.

The history of this is actually interesting: the Nazis rescued survivors all the way until the so-called Laconia Incident in 1942 (https://t.co/6wI251aNCv).

The Laconia was a British troopship sunk by U-156, a German U-boat, off the West African coast. Right after the sinking, the Nazis immediately began rescuing over 400 survivors, broadcasting - as was common practice - in plain English their position on open radio channels to all Allied powers nearby, so they wouldn't get attacked during the rescue.

That's when a US B-24 "Liberator" bomber attacked the submarine anyway, even though all the rescued survivors were on its foredeck. The B-24 killed dozens of Laconia's survivors with bombs and strafing attacks, forcing U-156 to cast into the sea the remaining survivors that she had rescued and crash dive to avoid being destroyed.

The American B-24 pilots mistakenly reported they had sunk U-156, and were awarded medals for bravery...

This event completely changed Nazi policy on this matter: Karl Dönitz, commander of the U-boat fleet, issued the "Laconiarefehl" - the Laconia Order - forbidding U-boats from rescuing survivors, because the risk to the submarine was now too high.

In other words, the Americans during WW2 essentially forced the Nazis to abandon survivors - from the allied side (!) - at sea.

Dönitz at least had an excuse.

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@Trader_XO Agree, powerful tool if you know what you are doing. Severe consequences if you do not.

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@Atenov_D @Polymarket @PolymarketTrade And that will have a huge sale in the first days as people used it just to farm. Hyperliquid.

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It is time to leave the on chain trenches and join the @poweredbyclub trenches.

Given -3°C and just recovered from the flu, I think it was a solid one. Join me in the clubs, link in bio.

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@smileycapital @wasserpest

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@smileycapital @wasserpest

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Germany vs Slovakia.

Germany struggled against Luxemburg. They are currently bad under high pressure games, have been all year. They have lost their first game against Slovakia.

Slovakia has nothing to lose as they are safe in second place.

One is proud of their country and the other are not

Taking my chances here with a small bet on Slovakia @Polymarket for 9c.

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3:1 now for France going into halftime
https://t.co/omd61nChoI

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After Armenia leading 1:0 you can bet on France for 80c getting a 25% return @Polymarket.

Would take my chances here

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After Armenia leading 1:0 you can bet on France for 80c getting a 25% return @Polymarket.

Would take my chances here

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@Dan_Brisbois @WallStreetApes AI slop

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Was a safe bet today on Spain against Georgia, you got basically a 25% return for free @Polymarket

Looking to bet later on Denmark against Belarus, Denmark crushed them last game. Another 10%!

Swiss vs Sweden is an interesting game too.

https://t.co/IOZ2Xq22Qk

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Match day 2 of game day 9 of the FIFA
European world qualifiers.

Interested in Germany versus Luxemburg. Why?

Germany needs to win as they lost their first game against Slovakia to have a chance at first place.

Odds are currently around 90% that Germany wins @Polymarket.

Should be a safe bet

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For today's European world qualifiers I will take a bet both on Norway and England @Polymarket

Norway is in a battle with Italy for first place. So that is a must win for them. You may want to enter after 15min. Last time they only won 1:0.

England is first place already they may run with their second roster. So I'm only interested in taking a bet during the game.

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@tomdnc Until bonding volume will give you a negative multiplier

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@ultra_taker @Polymarket @PolymarketTrade Wonder how he always gets filled for these prices

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@CarOnPolymarket @Polymarket Hopefully soon to be there too 🙏🏻

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@said116dao @Polymarket @PolymarketTrade Agree it is solid, following a slightly different strategy where I also take chances of outliers like 280 or so in addition to 4 ranges.

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Match day 9 starts tomorrow at the FIFA European world qualifiers.

I have already selected one game for each day I am interested in to take a bet @Polymarket.

Update tomorrow for the game and side I am betting on. Will be good R/R.