Underrated that Germany has gotten, essentially, every major decision of the 21st century wrong.
Reliance on Russian energy. Significant underinvestment in infrastructure. Refusal to deficit spend. Belief that China wouldn't leverage their "partnership" to develop its own indigenous manufacturing capabilities. Shutdown of nuclear power plants. Reliance on export-oriented growth. Bureaucratic inertia and refusal to modernize. Failure to address aging population.
In 1964, a worker on the average wage had to work 823 hours to buy a Programma 101, the first commercial desktop computer. In 2014? Only 34 hours to buy a Macbook Air, a mindbogglingly better product. That's a reduction of 94%. See other price changes: https://t.co/f23PRfT8jk
.@kanyewest I admire your bold moves against the thought police. And if you want to see these control-freak vampires really go crazy, please join me on my broadcast!👌
It’s been over 6 years and I still get Vietnam-like flashbacks to my freshman year move in weekend when I tried to be cool and chug a beer on the sidewalk, but instead I got arrested for an open container and had to spend my first night of college in a police station holding cell
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the “Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.” Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!