What year European countries joined NATO
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@QuiteInterestingInformation

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During COVID if you traveled [to China] there were 31 QR codes at the airport check-in for 31 apps, for 31 provinces. Each province had its own incompatible app. There was no national one. You'd have to download the app for each province you were visiting, register and in many cases upload your test results, ID and so on.

It's the same with banks and SIM cards. I have 5 bank accounts in Beijing and 5 in Shanghai. Because I was outside China for a while, all of them are frozen and I can't use them. I have to update my passport/visa with the bank IN PERSON. China does have privately owned banks, but these are all state-run banks like the Bank of China and the China Construction Bank which have branches around the country. Yet if I walk into a local branch the teller will say “sorry Sir we can't update your document here, you have to go to the branch where you opened your bank account IN PERSON.”

So when I see some Atlantic Council China Expert write in The Economist how China has a Social Credit System, it really pisses me off. Not that he is clueless about how China works, but that he gets paid hundreds of thousands of dollars per year to make up shit he’s knows nothing about.

I don't even know how a Social Credit System would work in China in the present state of affairs. You'd have 31 Social Credit Apps and if you wanted to transfer your credits from one province to another you'd have to get the credits notarized.

“But I thought the CCP has everyone under their thumb, follows everyone, watches them have sex, and Xi Jinping adjusts everyone's social credit in his office and they want to implement it here in Florida.”

You thought wrong. The National Police don't even know I'm married much less that I threw away ice cream or a piece of paper on the street or jaywalked. In another province.

I know I'm gonna be relegated to cargo class next time I take the train but it had to be said: Chinese government services leave a lot to be desired. https://austrianchina.substack.com/p/chinas-government-in-one-word-disorganized

Diogenese has always been one of my favorite philosophers. He also used to shove that lantern in people’s faces and say to them “Have you seen the light of truth??”

People thought he was crazy but we all know better.

@AltSkull48

Do you guys have a good map showing the areas of control of the French civil war factions?

The quote, shared without any additional comment, said: “If women cannot stand in a public place and say ‘men cannot be women’, then we do not have women’s rights at all.”

https://archive.ph/LJEcW

Each year, 16 million thunderstorms happen around the world, and at any given moment, there are about 2,000 thunderstorms in progress. 🌩️😮

Did you know? 🎓

UPS Teamsters Warn: "Nationwide Strike Imminent" If Friday Deadline Not Met

The Teamsters Union, representing hundreds of thousands of UPS drivers, has walked away from negotiations and demanded that the company deliver its "last, best, and final offer" by Friday. The union has warned that a strike by UPS workers, which would be the largest single-employer strike in US history, now appears inevitable if the company does not negotiate a fair agreement before the current contract expires on July 31. With UPS delivering 20 million packages daily in the US, a strike would have a significant impact on the supply chain and economy.

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Almost as if there is a firmament above us.

@TheParanormiesPresent
@AltSkull48

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2023/06/29/faith-wins-barclays-bank-pays-settlement-after-debanking-christian-organization/

A rare win.

Excellent.

‘Strong customer reluctance’ forces VW to slash electric vehicle production
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/06/30/volkswagen-slashes-electric-vehicle-production/

And its going to get SO MUCH WORSE for the administrative state & the corrupt, illegitimate Biden regime: the legal doctrine & court precedent all these federal over reaches & abuses are based on, Chevron Deference, is about to die, forever, at the US Supreme Court. Even Politico, a leftwing rag, can see it coming:

https://t.co/WnYUst5J5s

Understanding from where the "but I ate breakfast" memes arose...
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