Yeah, that has societal cost too, to be sure. Which implies prima facie that such infra (roadways, high-frequency train lines) should be minimized. Since the throughout of mass transit is so much higher (iow, the societal cost per-user), mass transit is a better way to minimize those costs than cars.
He has been selling a lot of Tesla stocks through the life of the company (not that it matters to him as other shareholders are giving him load of free shares all the time).
Preventing fake accounts and ban evasion presumably. Considering the only use case for Facebook these days is Marketplace, I’m not entirely against them cracking down on scammers.
Oh really the same usual bullshit about EU? Can you tell me who is voting for a French or UK prime minister or a German chancellor? Who is voting for the federal council member in Switzerland? Yeah all this countries are governed by unelected people like the EU…
EU commission is confirmed by the EU parliament in the same as most of the executive of the EU countries.
In Germany people vote for the parties, and then the Bundespresident "randomly" picks the chancellor: the person that throughout the campaign/pre-election period mentioned everywhere on tv and in the news "I want to be the chancellor, because ...". At the same time, it's (again) "randomly" the person belonging to the party who won with the most votes.
Then the Bundestag has to assess whether the President chose really properly and randomly this person: was it actually the person who belongs to the party who won the most votes and that said throughout the campaign "I want to be the chancellor" or did the President play a trick on us? Most of the times, they are indeed the person that screamed the loudest throughout the campaign. So it matches. AFAIK it never happened that the President actually randomly picked someone else.
Literally everyone knows who is the "chancellor candidate" in case their party reaches the majority. OK, the President could play a trick, but concretely this never happens, so it's good enough for most people.
Now, go and tell the people who voted for CSU / Weber Spitzenkandidat and got Von Der Leyen instead ;)
The EU certainly has some too indirectly elected politicians with too much power (the damn EU commission!) doing too little of what citizens want and too much of what they (or their... sponsors) want.
You cannot have free trade without a common legal framework otherwise countries will just drop all norms to compete. If you think that you can have fred trade in Europe without this legal alignment I have a bridge to sell you.
My wife grandmother made it to 102 and when she died (from an infection)it was a surprise as she was still very active and was walking everyday. Genetics and luck play also a big role.
I knew a woman that had 101 years when she died. She was vital until 99 or so, not even wearing glasses. She had a very hard life, including the fact that both her husband, only son died. So, I guess, luck is out of question for this case.
Its anybodies guess why she was living that long. Genetics for sure do not exist in vacuum and environment may activate or do nothing to your genes. You can also brute force specific genetic dissorders by taking copious amounts of vitamins.
,"The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the principal agency for labor market and inflation data has, like other government departments, been hit by firings, resignations, early retirement and hiring freezes as part of a White House cost-cutting push."
So Trump caused the problem and is now using it to cast doubt on the numbers and justify firing someone?
Your original comment implied some neferious actions but you were trying to manipulate people
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