Completely agree, and perhaps relevant to note that corporatism often is a feature of fascism.

Also, making that kind of demand of a company whose majority owner is a non-profit charitable foundation is extra moronic.

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Also, this business plan has literally been run by many different operations for *decades*, and there's a reason you know names like New Yorker or Atlantic and not the names of the paid-promotion magazines this produces.

Bringing home the forever wars?

Well, the end phase of WW2 did include the Potsdam Agreement and a bunch of later treaties, but Vance doesn't strike me as someone who's ready to discuss post-war management of Russia yet.

In traditional Belgian lambic breweries, spiders contribute to the unique flavor profile of the beer. As the beer is brewed in big open-air tanks to capture wild yeasts from the air, the brewers let spiders live in the brewery as a way to prevent flies and other pests from diving into the beer.

There's also a bigger Stasi museum in the old Stasi HQ in Berlin with an enormous amount of information and storytelling about that appalling slice of history. Absolutely worth one's time.

The Napo-rama in Ajaccio, Corsica where they recreate historical paintings from the life and wars of Napoleon Bonaparte ...using Playmobil figures.

Guess you can debate whether it's a museum or whacky art exhibition, but it's certainly one of a kind.

Perhaps they should have taken note that the first film Sweeney produced herself was a horror movie where she stars as a nun who ends up fighting tooth and nail to get rid of the baby Catholic cultists are forcing her to carry to term.

The incel-nazi crowd might be in for a rude awakening here.

Though that doesn't make the whole thing any less insane.

Agreed, given that Trump & co. have been busy reducing the level of professional experience in the US Administration, and that you should always bet on the EU being able to out-bureaucratize anyone, it certainly seems like the EU could score some wins when the actual deal has to be written.

Indeed. "Certain agricultural products" is also a highly interesting black box.

Some generics will be exempt according to von der Leyen's official statement, so I guess the precise impact remains to be seen.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Now what if we tell you the local football club in Tooting is nicknamed the Terrors and plays at Imperial Fields?

Nice one! Zenith Passage were a positive surprise for me, and pretty impressive that Crypta were able to pull off a great show despite being a guitarist down two-thirds of the time.

Kinda thinking this won't go down well with Judge Xinis.