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The author praised Nayib Bukele and wrote that he believed Bukele had a cognitive understanding of the issues and the courage and power to act on that insight. According to the author, the Netherlands and Europe needed such a leader, while politicians there fell short and let themselves be guided by others. The author called for resistance against what he described as a consensus of betrayal of oneself, to ignore criticism from opponents, and to show courage. He stated that negative reporting in the Volkskrant or criticism on blogs would not deter Bukele from doing what was necessary. He compared critics to flies and ants on a lion. He claimed that Bukele was a global exception among politicians, which he found utterly frustrating. #Politiek #Leiderschap #Filosofie (translated)

Stefan Willems (Stock Exchange/Expat) wrote that Belgium once led the way with the flying sphere of Professor Gobelijn, although that came from a fictional Jommeke comic book. He said he was jealous of the entrepreneurship in the US and the continuous flow of new ideas, no matter how bizarre. Willems asked when Belgium last came up with bold inventions or ideas on a large scale and said that last year's capital gains tax on investments did not count. According to him, the country was comparable to a broadcaster that had been airing reruns of De Kampioenen for 35 years when it came to taking risks. #ondernemerschap #innovatie #België (translated)

Jurgen Verstrepen wondered whether the government was in crisis. He wrote that someone who opposed a VAT increase but was in favor of more government savings was, in his opinion, harshly criticized instead of being applauded. He also noted that during the budget discussions, attention was given to several Palestinian students who could not fly here. #politiek #crisis #begroting (translated)

Van Cauwelaert wrote that Groen chairman Aimen Horsch had said that Zaventem allowed older aircraft that were banned elsewhere due to noise pollution. He asked where those planes would fly if they were not allowed to land elsewhere, and mentioned Wevelgem as a possible destination. #vliegtuigen #geluidsoverlast #Zaventem (translated)

If I'm not mistaken, most military vehicles also run on diesel. If you want to fight a nice war with Russia as @SecGenNATO, the fuel is out. And then? Solar panels on the tanks? Sails? No? Can't be done? Then push? Can @jpaternotte, @rubenbrekelmans, and @RobJetten do that? Jan shouldn't nibble too much on the Ozempic or else he will blow away. And then with @DefensieMin as a siren on the bow? No? Can't do that? So electric then? With the engineers who install the charging stations? Although, for that, we don't have enough natural gas again. And if I'm not mistaken, the scarcity in diesel is closely related to the scarcity in kerosene. If you want to bomb Russia with your mighty F35s, your tank is already empty above Germany. You have to go the rest flying. Do we maybe still have the F35PG* variant in our collection? Can we fly that towards Russia from the Vaalserberg with favorable winds? Can that be done with all the bombs and grenades? We don't have the latter either? Jesus... Or can we let that F35 fly on LPG? That would be nice. The price of LPG usually doesn’t go up that fast. There is another problem: you can only bomb during the day if you want to refuel everywhere. At night, that’s only possible along the highway. But then you do have a runway. But even this isn't without problems: I have a Mercedes R500L, an eight-cylinder. With a small LPG tank. In no time, you find yourself at the pump with that thing. And you get cramps in your thumb because you have to hold that button for so long. With such an F35, you would have to land and take off about 20 times quickly to get to Russia. The return journey is less problematic. #Putin has enough gas. Although, I’m not sure he has the right tank connection. And I think you have to press the installation button for a very long time before the tank of such an F35 is full. Who is going to do that? @DefensieStas? He can probably handle it. Then he can still press his mustache somewhere (against something). Can we maybe send the navy? We still have a few frigates, right? What do you say? Cannon broken? You don't need that at all: you can't hit anything with it anyway. Just ask the Americans. They have experience with that by now. Well. All quite tricky. But our leaders will surely find a solution. One of the recurring themes in the decline of superpowers throughout history is that the powers that be increasingly disconnected from reality in the (dozens of) years leading up to it and then suddenly realized that the (military) power they thought they had was no longer there at all. Does that seem familiar to you? I think #Putin is pouring himself an extra glass of vodka tonight. And that Xi Jin Ping is having a lavish dinner tonight with Peking duck, babi pang pang, and Bam Goreng. *Paraglider. #militair #energie #diesel (translated)

‘Als Iran niet kan vliegen en geen luchthavendiensten kan afnemen, zal geen enkel land in de regio die mogelijkheid hebben’‘Als Iran niet kan vliegen en geen luchthavendiensten kan afnemen, zal geen enkel land in de regio die mogelijkheid hebben’, dreigde de vooraanstaande functionaris Mohammad Mokhber. #vliegramp #FlyDubai #Israël

Why were there 2 extra pilots on board the FlyDubai aircraft this morning? Because flight routes due to the unrest in the Middle East run the risk of being diverted and the original pilots may then exceed the permitted number of flight hours. Other pilots must then be able to fly the aircraft to the destination. That measure saved more than 170 lives today. https://t.co/L59IaVo4jc #vliegtuig #veiligheid #vliegreizen (translated)

Hudson Williams apparaît dans un nouvel article de FMH, un magazine néerlandais. "Deze 10 jonge Hollywood-sterren maken momenteel een bizarre carrièreversnelling door" "De gevestigde orde in Hollywood mag wel gaan oppassen, want er staat een gloednieuwe generatie klaar om de boel over te nemen. Jonge acteurs en actrices die gisteren nog relatief anoniem door het leven gingen, pakken vandaag de absolute hoofdrollen in de dikste blockbusters en meest verslavende series. Van peperdure high-fashion campagnes tot de rode lopers van de Oscars en het Met Gala: deze talenten vliegen momenteel met driehonderd kilometer per uur naar de absolute top. Dit zijn de namen die je nú moet kennen." "Zijn Canadese Heated Rivalry-collega Hudson Williams beleeft een minstens zo absurde lancering. Eind 2025 kende bijna niemand hem, maar begin 2026 werd de half-Koreaanse acteur de jongste winnaar ooit van de Canadian Screen Award voor Beste Hoofdrol én mocht hij samen met bestie Connor Storrie de Olympische vlam dragen in Milaan. Sindsdien is de Williams-gekte compleet: een YouTube-video waarin hij zijn skincare-routine deelt ging zó viral dat het Koreaanse merk SKIN1004 hem vastlegde als hun allereerste wereldwijde ambassadeur ooit. Daarnaast is hij ambassadeur van zowel Balanciaga als Bvlgari en maakt hij in mei zijn Met Gala-debuut. Terwijl hij zich klaarmaakt voor seizoen 2 van zijn hitserie, tackelt hij binnenkort een dubbelrol in de thriller YAGA, verschijnt hij in de Netflix-knaller The Altruists en schitterde hij in een videoclip van zangeres Laufey." #Hollywood #JongeActeurs #RodeLoper