On the Nature of Things | Forum

NapLajoieonSteroids wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2024 5:37 am

“God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.”

― Otto von Bismarck

Declining fertility rates are a global phenomenon:




Even India is now below the replacement fertility rate of 2.1.

The fertility rate in the Netherlands goes against trend, having risen slightly over 4 decades, but is still below the replacement rate.

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/05/new-prime-minister-dick-schoof-will-represent-all-the-dutch/ A widely respected man, never choosing the forefront but the No1 guy of the dept of justice, security, anti-terrorism, immigration policies. A-political, so maybe not easy to be in the center of the lions ...

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Meanwhile, back in the real world, the future existence of Gaza and the Hamas terrorists is the question. . Le Monde How Hamas became the leader of the Palestinian national movement . Hamas was elected. Every group has the leaders that it deserves. Along with the consequences.

Meanwhile, back in the real world, the future existence of Gaza and the Hamas terrorists is the question. Reuters Israel seized control of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt three weeks ago. Its tanks then entered some eastern districts of the city but had previously not rumbled into the centre in...

Oh I'm not second guessing our great Chinese future relation with the "Global South" https://twitter.com/dom_lucre/status/1786107478997950951 Such progress. I can't comprehend such relations! A few years ago I watched the official PR China Lunar New Year Celebration show. There was a skit...

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