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Thijs Zonneveld wrote that he had conducted research with NOS in recent months on the sporting decline, the financial problems, and the culture of fear at Picnic PostNL. According to him, the result was the four-part podcast series *De Gehaktmolen*. https://t.co/8IVbsFkrUZ #podcast #sport #onderzoek (translated)

In this opinion piece, Nadia Ezzeroili argues for viewing inequality and democratic decay in the Netherlands as an act of patriotism, while criticizing the reactions of older generations to the concerns of young people about military service and social inequality. #ongelijkheid #patriottisme #jeugd (translated)

They ask for simple things: a teacher for the classroom and education in school buildings that are not dilapidated or unhealthy. They can count on me. Glucksmann also expressed his support yesterday for students who have taken to the streets en masse in the past few weeks. #FranseVerkiezingen #RaphaëlGlucksmann #centrumlinks (translated)

Mick van Wely wrote that his Dutch grandfather worked as an optician for the resistance in Leiden and took photos for forged documents. According to him, his father grew up with a strong aversion to Germans. When, as a five-year-old, he received an apple from a German soldier, he thanked him with a curse word for Germans, Van Wely said. His Hungarian mother, he said, grew up under communism, which he described as just as bad as fascism. Van Wely wrote that he had been raised at home with love for and respect for freedom. This, he said, explained why he sometimes reacted angrily when he saw that the carefully built Western lead and achievements, which had long been taken for granted, were coming under heavy pressure and were slowly being rolled back. #vrijheid #geschiedenis #verzet (translated)

Martin Bosma wrote that he had attended a commemoration of October 7th of the Jewish community the day before. According to him, the location had been kept strictly secret and there were many police, military police, and private security present outside; he stated that those present were hiding. Bosma asked who was in control of the street and the capital in the meantime and answered with "they." https://t.co/plCqWMEnlr #Nederland #geschiedenis #herdenking (translated)

In the Netherlands, between 6,000 and 11,000 homes have been purchased with forged documents, which led to serious mortgage fraud by criminals, as revealed by an unpublished report that has been at the Ministry of Justice and Security for six months. #hypotheekfraude #ondermijning #criminaliteit (translated)

Max von Kreyfelt argued that the Netherlands should ask less about which ministers should resign and more about whether officials should be held accountable. According to him, a forced departure was often followed by a new position or severance pay, which meant that political responsibility could change into a career step. He cited Hugo de Jonge as an example. Von Kreyfelt stated that political incompetence or mistakes did not in themselves constitute a crime, but that willfully lying under oath, destroying documents, falsifying data, corruption, and deliberately acting unlawfully by officials should be independently investigated. A ministerial title should not provide protection against criminal investigation, according to him. He cited as examples the childcare benefits scandal, Groningen, and the COVID-19 period. He wrote that affected parents were treated as fraudsters and that after inquiries and promises in Groningen, accountability was lacking. He also stated that Rutte, De Jonge, and Grapperhaus had presented political choices during COVID as natural laws, dismissed criticism, and stretched fundamental rights. He emphasized that this did not mean they had committed criminal offenses; this should be investigated independently, according to him. Von Kreyfelt wrote that the Netherlands had had enough of inquiries and reports without consequences, while victims faded from view. Officials who broke the law and deliberately caused harm to society should be able to go to court just like other citizens, according to him. #rechtsstaat #politiek #verantwoordelijkheid (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)

Thibaut Courtois stated in an interview that Manchester City has, in a sense, distorted the competition, while the British Prime Minister is also getting involved in the case regarding the club's serious financial violations. #ManchesterCity #ThibautCourtois #PremierLeague (translated)

Thibaut Courtois has spoken out in an interview about the new financial scandals of Manchester City, stating that the club has, in a certain sense, distorted the competition, while British Prime Minister Andy Burnham emphasizes the need for appropriate consequences. #ManchesterCity #PremierLeague #ThibautCourtois (translated)

A day of the Dutch rule of law in decline: Israeli supporters are not allowed to attend the football match in Alkmaar #AZ, according to the local triangle. Hamas demonstrators are allowed to protest against Israel on October 7 in Zwolle. Can the legal authority do nothing about it? @mayors @Het_OM #Nederland #rechtstaat #voetbal (translated)

“Onnodig”, noemt minister Berendsen het intrekken van de diplomatieke status van Nederlandse diplomaten door Israël. Onnodig? Echt? Nederland voert zelf sancties in tegen producten uit Israëlische nederzettingen in Judea en Samaria en de Golan, als politieke druk op Israël. Een maatregel die óók economische gevolgen kan hebben voor Palestijnse bedrijven en werknemers die met deze productie verbonden zijn. En dan verbaasd zijn wanneer Israël zegt: prima, dan volgen er ook diplomatieke consequenties? En laten we de dubbele standaard vooral niet vergeten! De acht Nederlandse diplomaten die vanuit de Nederlandse vertegenwoordiging in Ramallah werken, konden ondertussen op Israëlisch grondgebied wonen dankzij hun door Israël verleende diplomatieke status, mét de daaraan verbonden privileges en fiscale faciliteiten. Die waren finacieel interessant! Als je ervoor kiest om de Palestijnse belangen vanuit Ramallah te behartigen, waarom dan niet gewoon in Ramallah wonen? Waarom wél gebruikmaken van de faciliteiten die Israël biedt en vervolgens verontwaardigd zijn wanneer Israël die status intrekt? Wat Berendsen er níét bij vertelt‼️ Het gaat om acht Nederlandse uitgezonden medewerkers. De andere tien zijn lokale medewerkers en hebben een andere status. Voor die acht ontstaat nu een concreet probleem. Hun Israëlische diplomatieke status vervalt en die kun je niet simpelweg “meenemen” naar Ramallah. Natuurlijk kan Nederland zijn vertegenwoordiging in Ramallah voortzetten. Maar een nieuwe status voor deze acht is niet automatisch geregeld door even een nieuwe Israëlische accreditatie te vervangen door een Palestijnse. Waarom niet? Omdat de Palestijnse Autoriteit geen staat is en Nederland Palestina niet als staat erkent. De Nederlandse vertegenwoordiging in Ramallah is een Representative Office, geen ambassade van Nederland bij een door Nederland erkende Palestijnse staat. De Palestijnse Autoriteit kan uiteraard afspraken maken over de aanwezigheid van buitenlandse vertegenwoordigers, maar dat is een andere juridische constructie dan de diplomatieke status die deze acht tot nu toe via Israël hadden. Welke verblijfs- en rechtspositie deze acht daar vervolgens krijgen, moet dus worden geregeld. Dat is het probleem dat Berendsen in zijn reactie gemakshalve helemaal niet benoemt‼️ Nederland heeft dit risico zelf mede gecreëerd door Israël onder druk te zetten. Dat Israël daarop zou reageren was, natuurlijk na Engeland, geen ondenkbaar scenario. Nederland neemt een eenzijdige maatregel en verwacht blijkbaar dat Israël die zonder tegenreactie accepteert. Ja doei!!! Zo werkt internationale politiek niet. Dus, meneer Berendsen……. Luister even goed! Wie eenzijdig druk zet, moet niet verbaasd zijn als de andere partij terugduwt. Israël is geen land waar Nederland naar believen sancties tegen kan opleggen en vervolgens kan verwachten dat alles gewoon gezellig blijft. En eerlijk gezegd? Israël redt zich wel. Wij halen onze neus op, incasseren waar nodig de korte termijn en bouwen ondertussen verder. Uiteindelijk komen we hier sterker uit. https://t.co/B49n0u30Bo #Israël #DiplomatiekeRelaties #Nederland

Nederland verbiedt producten uit Judea en Samaria, Oost-Jeruzalem en de Golanhoogten. Israël antwoordt met consequenties: Nederlandse diplomaten in Ramallah moeten binnen zeven dagen hun Israëlische diplomatieke papieren inleveren. Daarna vervallen hun privileges en immuniteiten. Wie diplomatie bedrijft met sancties, moet niet verbaasd zijn wanneer diplomatie een prijs krijgt. #Israël # Nederland #Diplomatie

Omdat er blijkbaar mensen zijn die niet willen horen dat #Albanese de geschiedenis vervalst : In februari 1943 richtte Himmler een SS-divisie op, bestaande uit moslims. De Mufti van Jeruzalem was mede-organisator. Deze eenheid deed volop mee aan jodenvervolging en -uitroeiing. https://t.co/eP9CkYwUWp #geschiedenis #politiek #antisemitisme

Eerst is er ondernemerschap. De economie groeit. Dan komt welvaart. Dan herverdeling. Te veel herverdeling doet de groei stagneren. Dan wordt er nog meer herverdeeld, van steeds minder. Dan begint het economisch verval. Europa (België) moet opletten dat het die spiraal niet verder ingaat. #ondernemerschap #economie #welvaart