Substack cannot be good for journalism when people like Andreesen own a substack of it. It's like Bezos owned the WaPo.

Oh Gott, ich guck mir das seit 30 Jahren an. Es gibt nicht genug Platz, alles aufzuschreiben, was ich gesehen habe. Aber glaub ruhig weiter an den steuerehrlichen Unternehmer. Und Betriebsprüfungen gibts im Schnitt alle wieviel Jahre? Kleinbetriebe alle 30 Jahre? Das FA kann das gar nicht leisten.

Echt? Ich kann nicht eben mal 19 %f MwSt für meinen Neuwagen absetzen, oder den Sprit oder die Finanzierungszinsen und Abschreibungen. Ich weiß, was alles so als "betrieblich" deklariert wird aber rein privat ist. Bei Betriebsausgaben wird gelogen, dass sich die Balken biegen.

And one thing is true also: they do it in a very efficient way, just 15 months in and the US is on the edge of the abyss.

Two kestrels sitting side by side on a wooden sign.

Let me double down

Ich guck mir nur an, was der Unternehmer alles absetzen kann, was für unsereins normale Ausgaben sind und nicht von der Steuer abgehen.

I hope the Europeans who've been caught will be put under enough pressure to confess and name names. Maybe then the silence will be broken. Or would they rather live in shame & avoid prison if they remain silent? Or r the crimes so terrible that they fear they will share Epstein's fate if they talk?

Rich people contribute the most, they consume the most, so the poor are Just .... a burden?

I don't know how to put it properly, but if nature had wanted us to drink milk, it probably wouldn't have stopped lactation after a short time.

Die Faschos gewinnen, weil viele ihrer Wähler (lupenreine Demokraten, hust) glauben WOLLEN, daß es um alles andere geht, nur nicht darum. Die AfD ist deren Mittel, den Etablierten eins auszuwischen, ihnen Angst zu machen. In meinem Dorf, alles nette Leute - 35 % AfD. Aber keiner hat sie gewählt.

Thank you for clarifying. An Amendment indeed seems hard to achieve, but the probs with the current situation are obvious. Even tiny steps could help. You can no longer rely on unwritten rules + norms, on the good faith, the integrity of office holders. Also: the power of money seems insurmountable.

If NATO had shown strength and determination ahead of the Russian assault in 22 it probably would have never happened. The same now in the Baltics: show them what you have, what you are capable of and what will happen. The Baltics are vulnerable, so is Kaliningrad and St. Petersburg.

Currently there are no limits because neither Congress nor Scotus have told the Abuser in Chief to stop issuing unlawful EO. As long as it is up to Potus and his integrity EO's can be abused esp. in a situation where Congress looks the other way.

Also:
End Executive Orders
Restrict pardon powers
Term limits for SCOTUS
Restrict donations, PACs

The consequences of the climate crisis must first be so dire that people experience the pain firsthand before anything will change in the US. Politics, made by backward-looking, corrupt old politicians who are only interested in their own wealth.

How many more comebacks will you allow this clown? Has the principle of “once bitten, twice shy” been finally shelved?

Ominous? Obvious!

With ears this big he should be able hear what they are whispering in Moscow: Net, moy gospodin.

This is a two-week-old hedgehog that my dog found on a gravel road when it was one week old. I kept it and raised it with the help and advice of a specialist. After it finished hibernating, I released my well-fed boy into the wild at eight months old. #hedgehog #rescue #animals #wild #nature

Griffig aber inhaltsleer.

Surveillance State.

A pile of yello-brown mushrooms with a round hat

Oh sorry, I wanted to upload a pic that I took in Feb. I am sure you are correct with your mushroom. My text was all about the absent picture🙃. Here it is:

Trump has opened the nations coffers wide for himself and his cronies, and they have their arms up to their elbows in piles of cash. If it weren't reality, it would be the dreadful plot for a cheap mobster B-movie: All the Presidents Men or The Thieves of Washington.

The Games should be a time of ☮️. But RU continues to bomb Ukr civilians. If ☮️ prevailed, perhaps some—or all—of the humans on the helmet would still be alive. The message of the helmet is ☮️, and that is exactly what the Olympics should be about. IOC has failed to live up to its own standards.

I'm no mushroom expert, but the tools tell me they're either Kuehneromyces mutabilis or Galerina marginata. I was surprised to see them in February and thought they were quite pretty. Thanks for the opportunity to show them to a few mushroom fans.

A demented, self-obsessed old man who lives in the past has put his ugly thumb on the future of all children and grandchildren around the world.

Black & white photo of a group of bush-like trees in winter. The branches are intertwinded and look like a system of blood vessels ... if you have a lot of phantasy...

I can't help it, I really like this photo. #tree #trees #bush #branch #winter #photography #nature

Das gilt auch für den Einsatz von KI, auch der muss beitragen.

Things will only change when people feel it, when it becomes so painful that burying your head in the sand is pointless. And for Donald the Builder: you need a wall around the entire US to keep the sea away from US soil. But OTOH the Florida Archipelago will produce beautiful new Epstein Islands.

ALL OF THEM! Plus all you did not mention.