Karl-André Kaalby
karlkaalby.bsky.social
Karl-André Kaalby
@karlkaalby.bsky.social
Architect, dad and private thinker
Silkeborg, Denmark
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Jeg har talt med den franske økonom @gabrielzucman.bsky.social om Frankrig, landets økonomi og akademikeres bidrag til den offentlige debat. Det kan man læse her:
www.information.dk/udland/2025/...
#eudk
Økonom: Milliardærskat vil gøre det lettere at bede andre om at bidrage mere
Økonomen Gabriel Zucman giver i et interview sin diagnose af fransk økonomi og behovet for et opgør med de allerrigestes skatteflugt. Det er ikke en revolution, men en moderat reform, siger han
www.information.dk
October 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Nærmest i forlængelse af aftenens begivenheder, fortæller @kaa.re om pakker, der havde samme formål som dronerne i går. At skabe panik.
Pakke med sexlegetøj sprang i luften nær tysk fly. Nu mener efterforskere, at russerne stod bag
En besynderlig historie om pakker med sexlegetøj, der eksploderede rundtomkring i Europa.
www.zetland.dk
September 23, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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What the billionaire class of today doesn't seem to understand, is that high taxes on wealth and income is not communism. It is the very thing their forebears assended to in order to AVOID communism.
September 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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It can become a problem for Putin that Trump keeps making claims about Russian concessions that Putin actually hasn't made. In this video I discuss the outcome of the meetings in Alaska and Washington, D.C., about a peace process for Ukraine.
Putin is trapped by Trump's misunderstandings
YouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen
www.youtube.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Will Denmark Lead Europe Towards a Super-Rich Tax?
Will Denmark Lead Europe Towards a Super-Rich Tax?
Despite past failures, growing public support and recent international initiatives offer Copenhagen an opportunity to push for wealth taxation.
www.socialeurope.eu
July 21, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Some Western commentators seem excited that Trump allegedly asked Zelensky if he could bomb Moscow and St. Petersburg. In reality, the most telling thing is that Trump apparently doesn't know Ukraine is already doing that.
July 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Putin is so cocky despite Operation Spiderweb because he thinks -

(1) Russia will inevitably progress on the battlefield
(2) The West is in decline and Europe can't carry Ukraine
(3) Trump isn't pressuring Russia seriously
(4) The Russian economy will not collapse
June 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Meget positive meldinger fra @sophiehaestorp.bsky.social og regeringen. Hjemløse er blandt de mest udsatte og marginaliserede grupper i Danmark, som har yderst komplekse psykiske, sociale og fysiske problemstillinger. Der skal tages hånd om det hele menneske #dksocial #sundpol
Det er ikke alle mennesker i hjemløshed, som selv opsøger hjælp, og derfor skal hjælpen komme til dem, mener regeringen. Forslaget er en del af det kommende psykiatriudspil. #dksocial #dkpol
socialmonitor.dk/nyheder/udsa...
Regeringen vil afsætte millioner til at opsøge hjemløse
Det er ikke alle mennesker i hjemløshed, som selv opsøger hjælp, og derfor skal hjælpen komme til dem, mener regeringen.
socialmonitor.dk
April 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Vi har intet valg: Europa må finansiere Ukraines modstandskrig. 1. Beslaglæg de indefrosne russiske aktiver i EU-banker til en værdi af 210 mia. euro. 2. Skrot omgående EU's budgetregler ift. militærudgifter. 3. Køb så vidt muligt våben og udstyr i Europa, Japan, Sydkorea etc.
February 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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This!
A dictatorship hosting another dictatorship to negotiate with an aspiring dictatorship about the future of a democracy that’s not represented.
February 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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JD Vance along with the rest of the Trump administration is on a mission to subvert liberal democracy in Europe. JD’s outlandish rant at the MSC was a stunningly overt admission. The perverted definition of “free speech” is MAGA speech for unlimited manipulation!
JD Vance in Munich: "Speaking up and expressing opinions isn't election interference, even when people express views outside your own country and even when those people are very influential ... you guys can survive a few months of Elon Musk."

(Note the groans from the audience)
February 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Russia is at a point now where they use donkeys for logistics and attack on electric scooters. Europe can absolutely afford to fund a war in Ukraine against that. But don't give the Russians an operational pause to rebuild firepower.
Europe needs to back Ukraine with everything then freeze Trump out. Make him absolutely unimportant
February 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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And we have a winner, ladies and gentlemen:

Vladimir “Vlad” Putin 🥊 🇷🇺

I sine mest mørke stunder vil man konkludere, at Trump og Putin er på bølgelængde…
February 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Endnu en fin gennemgang af økonomien i den grønlandske minedrift.

Jeg har dog ikke ligefrem kildetjekket tallene, men den er umiddelbart værd at læse.

ugebrev.dk/finans/dokum...
Dokumentation: Staten har sendt alle kryolitpengene tilbage til Grønland, viser opgørelse til Folketinget   | Økonomisk Ugebrev
Siden starten af 2. verdenskrig, hvor den grønlandske kryolit for alvor blev værdifuld, har den danske stat kun ét enkelt år haft ”overskud” i...Læs mere »
ugebrev.dk
February 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Europe and Ukraine need to exclude the US from any negotiations about Ukraine's future.
The US under Trump is simply a Putin friend & an enemy of Ukraine, Europe and democracy.
February 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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DR dokumentaren er godt nok et public service svigt med potentielle kæmpe konsekvenser for Danmark, Grønland og Risfællesskabet.

Der er nok i denne verden, der spreder falsk information. DR bør ikke deltage i det. Den dokumentar bør enten rettes eller pilles ned.
February 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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I don't think any level of sanctions can bring Putin to negotiations – at least not before the economy has already collapsed. But that said, Trump's threats of tougher sanctions won't do anything if he is simultaneously dismembering the state bureaucracy in charge of enforcement.
February 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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DR bør jo pille den nye dokumentar ned. Det er jo direkte skadeligt at sprede falske nyheder med beregninger, der ikke klarer et nærmere gennemsyn.

Der er vist nogen, der ikke har levet op til deres redaktionelle ansvar. Det er virkelig skidt, og timingen er slem.
February 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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To verdener
January 27, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Det her er Europas største problem. USA vækster med 3% om året, vi skraber rundt omkring 1%. Vi skal simpelthen have fundet en model, hvor vi kan få skabt noget positiv grøn vækst i EUs økonomier. #dkpol
January 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Medierne kunne jo starte med at cross-poste til Bluesky. Jeg synes det er dybt underligt at så mange medier stædigt holder fast i at prioritere en platform, som systematisk undergraver etablerede medier.
Jeg har holdt to oplæg om Bluesky hos @journalistforbundet.dk. Tak for input i sidste uge! Her har jeg samlet et par pointer i en tråd:

1. Man bør betragte alle ressourcer og al tid investeret i Bluesky som en risikovillig investering. Det er langt fra sikkert, at Bluesky får fodfæste i Danmark.
January 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM