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wjjh.bsky.social
Dutch by birth, European by choice. Investment Banker (retired) cross-border Merger & Acquisitions in the Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Oil & Gas industries. #Running #chess #books for occasional civil rants on #geopolitics see my #blog 
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PM Petro Sanchez is making the choice for some long overdue realism. In the present economic and political climate how to fund this, and the immense EU financial burden ahead associated with Ukraine, will be contentious, threatening EU stability, exacerbating social inflation and discontent.

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The old ways! @maladroithe.bsky.social are based on civil discourse, not name calling. But we are living at a time when arguments are too often justified by passion rather than by reason and by debasement of others which views do not correspond with our own, rather than by finding common purpose.

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The outcome of Poland's presidential election has shattered any hope of a return to the pre-2015 constitutional order. MACIEJ KISILOWSKI & ANNA WOJCIUK argue that a new constitutional settlement is the only way forward. verfassungsblog.de/a-constituti...

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Maakt u zich geen illusie meer over Trump en Vance. We halen met de VS weer het fascisme bij ons binnen. We moeten afscheid nemen van de VS willen we de zwarte jaren van 1933 - 1945 niet weer terug krijgen. www.zdf.de/nachrichten/...

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In January, I tested the waters with Citizens' Climate Lobby and I: 1) created a Blue Sky account for them (please follow). bsky.app/profile/ccls... 2) helped arrange for CCL to be featured on the next Climate Chat. (please help get this one a lot of views/likes) www.youtube.com/live/aTLORkH...

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Het gebeurt weer. Het fascisme rukt op. Het wordt in kleine porties opgediend. Totdat de maag het niet meer kan verwerken. Maar dan is het te laat. Stefan Zweig waarschuwde destijds tevergeefs. Kunnen we het nu keren? U bent er zelf bij.

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Sometimes events take place what shake our existence and at moments like that life becomes totally meaningless wjjh.blog/2025/01/19/w...

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Looking around on the global stage, leadership is a rare commodity. @theelders.bsky.social

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Season greetings, and may the season be festive and joyous, filled with warmth, love, and beautiful moments. May the coming year bring you abundant blessings and new adventures. Some leisure time is in order, will be back in week 2, 2025 wjjh.blog/2024/12/23/s...

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#Rumi 's insights are timeless: Solomon's Crooked Crown wjjh.blog/2024/12/13/s...

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Carl Sagan was a visionary, keenly aware of the science behind the growing problems and dangers posed by human activity, and how these activities would transfer our planet societies and climate. Sagan left a lasting legacy.

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"Ah If We Only Knew" Had we seen it coming, perhaps we would have recognized the transformation—a shift so profound it seemed impossible in a land of liberty and checks and balances. And yet here we stand on the threshold of an American oligarchy akin to the Gilded Age. wjjh.blog/2024/11/18/i...

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Some thoughts on the concept of 'primacy' or 'hegemony' which has been flowing with the ebb and tide currents of the river of time, with American and Western Hegemony enduring to this day. But no era lasts forever. wjjh.blog/2024/01/13/h...

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Angela Merkel's tenure as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 demonstrated pragmatic leadership through numerous crises, emphasizing stability, economic growth, and European unity. Despite criticism in some circles, Angela Merkel should not say sorry. wjjh.blog/2024/11/30/a...

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The question was asked. What would you do if you lost all your possessions? Losing all possessions would be challenging, yet ultimately, the true worth of possessions is realized when they are lost. wjjh.blog/2024/10/05/m...

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