Iceland is not part of the EU, that is correct, but it is part of Europe as far as I recall, or am I mistaken? It is part of Schengen, and is on the European council. Edit. And the EEA

where’s iceland?

I hate the “allegedly” part.

Oh no, and he was sooo close to the noble price…

It looks like they’re emphasizing local sourcing to distance themselves from U.S. associations, but that misses the real issue. The problem is not whether the ingredients are local, it is that Coca-Cola is still a U.S. company. The same applies to brands like Heinz, Tesla, and others. Their identity is tied to their origin, not where they source materials.

After just dropping of his two kids at day care…

none so far i would say.

If history is any guide, the situation is already settled. Prices won’t return to their pre-tariff levels. Once tariffs are implemented, they tend to stick. Even if they were removed now, most companies have learned that consumers are willing to pay at these higher prices. At best, prices might drop slightly, but they will remain within high profit margins. Businesses will justify this by claiming that global trade has simply become more expensive. In short, things will never go back to the way they were.

While I understand your point, I don’t think I fully agree with it. If house prices are connected to inflation, what is there to stop somebody from buying a house and renting it out. The rent money is used to buy a second house and so on. The price of houses will go up, and so will the rent. But the houses themselves were bought at a lower price, so house prices going up would not have any influence on the landlord. In the meantime the rent keeps going up, reultiyin more profit in the end.

Now of there would be a taxation based on actual worth of a person. And the amount of taxation is based on the minimal income in a country…

Maybe a bit farfetched and I do not know if I explain it in a way that I get my idea across.

you just have to make sure that the new houses aren t bought by landlords…

It’s just that the same people can afford to own all those houses because they get them rented out to tourists who pay an exuberant amount of money to stay somewhere for a week or two.

If there would be less tourists, the houses should be rented out, because an unused house is money lost. And if locals can’t afford them , and tourists don’t use them, the only option is to lower the prices.

And there is a lot of large landowners that would start losing a lot of money fast if they wouldn’t manage to rent out their houses. Makes me think of a bubble of sorts.

Because saying no when something isn’t just is the right thing to do.

People used to have principles that they just would not break, despite the consequences.

Honestly (and this is a personal opinion) with the view i have of people in general, they just need to spoil them the last 6 months before the election for them to forget all about all this and become loyal. Then as soon as the elections are done it is no longer needed till the next time.

Why spend all that money over the entire period when just the last few minutes are enough to change people’s mind.

This is one of the things that grates me the most about these kind of discussions. One person is adamant about something and when given proof that they are wrong there is no acceptance or apology.

There are no more discussions where people change their minds, there are only monologues and running away when the conversation does not go the way they want.

Real quote. From first election

Punching Nazis

Ghislaine Maxwell will come forth in a couple of days with a list of several hundreds of people who are on the list. She will be pardoned and released. Notably, the list will contain mostly opponents of Trump (A couple of names will be on there multiple times, we all know who). Trump will be nowhere on the list, neither will any of his close contacts. After that we will be told that that’s all there is to it.

I can not understand why there is not an enormous backlash from companies about this. All their employees have all the sensitive information on Microsoft servers. But watch out if you bring a USB stick to work…

But that can not be. I have been assured, just a few weeks ago, that none of this is true. Canadians are still using as much American produce as before, even more so. Canadians are even buying more houses then before. Canadians are begging to become part of the US. Trump supporters have been really adamant about that.

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… Fuck that guy

I would think that the entire idea of a disposable item would be that you can get rid of it after use. In case of something that is 3d printed, you just need a small container of acetone to put it in. After a bit you are just left with some goop.

On top of that, nozzles that are actually used (especially the cheap ones) wear down and never would keep the same marks.

These 3d printed items have been known and used for decades already (Bruce Willis even used one in one of his movies, back in the day). There is no sure way to trace them any more. Somebody could use a file from 15years ago, before all this was big news.