Besides obvious bragging, some people just want to tell you everything they know, or some might feel strongly about some topic that they want everyone to know about even if others already know about it.
If you have difficulty understanding why somebody is saying something, you should try to pay attention to how they're saying it. It might explain why, even if their words don't.
He and about 47 others were arrested for being too close to the South African embassy. Charges were dropped.
Is it really a reward not to be obstructed due to something you didn't do?
Not really though. The USA issue wasn't discussed much if at all during the election campaigns, because parties from both sides are in agreement on this. It wouldn't have moved any votes.
Also, the foreign minister who managed the issue well is not from the party in charge. Perhaps he personally benefitted from it, but all the parties in the previous coalition (including his) lost votes, mainly because voters didn't like the unusual coalition. They're going to do it again though. She surely didn't call the election for his sake.
The timing probably had more to do with local news than international. The topics of water pollution, animal welfare, climate and food prices were already recently present before she called the election. It made sense that way.
For people to demand anything you'll need a democracy. For people to want universal healthcare they need to understand that socializing the health cost is a benefit for the population.
Add the words together and you get social democracy.
In most countries this is what lead to universal healthcare. In most countries the social democracy parties were founded by labour unions.
Despite USA being first with labour unions, they never really succeeded, because they were violently struck down early on.
Anyway, it's that simple: Join a union, let the union establish a political party, let the party make universal healthcare. I know that seems very uphill, but it doesn't actually have to take centuries to do.
When the first unions were formed in Europe, the workers also expected it to be a multigenerational battle, and yet decided to try it in the vague hope that it might eventually benefit their grandchildren. However they were so successful that they achieved the goal within their own lifetime.
Yes it is. Their entire vendor shit can go to hell. I don't need a Samsung app-store, Samsung photos, Samsung parental controls etc. on a cheap phone that already has Google's versions of the same crap. It's like having 2 operating systems in constant conflict on the same phone, and the only real purpose is for Samsung to collect your data.
Their vehicles also use about double the fuel for the same milage, so they're almost paying the same per mile.
It makes me so sad ... that their entire society is dependent on cheap excessive consumption of non-renewable resources.
Same. The vegan patty has better consistency than their actual beef.
The show "Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries" aired in 1995-2000, so it makes sense if the merch and licensed products are from that period too.
This is then slightly newer than the other stuff on the pile.
The character on the body board graphic might give a clue. I don't recognize it, but the drawing style of the eye looks like early nineties Disney.
.... because they did have it?
It wasn't universal at the time, covering only the poorest workers, but Germany was the first country to establish a social health care system in 1883. It didn't work very well during the war, but it was technically still there. Since the war, they gradually expanded it achieving universal coverage sometime in the 1980s.
Taco flavor kisses.