The law was long opposed by business groups, who […] faced hefty fines if caught ‘greenwashing’

So often have I heard national lobbyist and politicians say ‘we are not against fines, but we need to make sure it’s fixed on a European level so there is fair competition in our single level’. Getting so tired of all the bullshit these businesses tell us.

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It’s OK gibraltar, we love you no matter what

I am trying to avoid using Google as a verb, turns out it’s harder than switching to a different search engine

This is what some people mean when they say from the river to the sea. Both sides have been wanting to annihilate the other for quite some time now.

I believe they actually did see improvements, they just weren’t sustained

Ms Skillicorn said she could scarcely believe the distance covered by her pet, which was now set to be “grounded for life” after the family go to collect her next week.

Not really good news for the cat though :( /s

Doesn’t matter who you are or what you do etc, if you have the wrong skin colour they will come for you. Can’t believe how similar this is to 1930’s Germany.

That isn’t in any way relevant since a) it happened outside nato territory and b) it wasn’t done by a state.

Tell me, what have you done so far?

It really depends, if you take a direct line between 2 cities it is easy and cheap but the more times you have to switch trains the more expensive it gets (+ also a lot more problems when a train is delayed).

presented regulated that way: companies can buy kerosene for airplanes tax-free, but need to pay tax on electricity for trains. Funding for airports and trainstations differ greatly from high ways. Governments hand out money to make the best mode of transportation (from their pov) also the cheapest.

The secret to it being affordable, doesn’t mean it can’t be done any other way. Authoritarian government also helped a lot in getting it done this fast but still doesn’t mean it can’t be done. Just not as fast and as cheap as China did.

Keep sharing them, cause I like the trapdoor solution a lot more than a complex road sign ;)

It sounds sketchy, but the text show she herself asks about it and for me that answer doesn’t come across as manipulative or him trying to profit off of her. It would be more worrying if he’d answer something like ‘o that car? You could let me use it’ or ‘I can sell that for you’. I think it’s wrong to assume all old people are vulnerable confused and sick, and also wrong to assume a sex workers has less moral values because of the way they choose to make a living. I think the way they communicate show that a) she has a sound mind and b) he treats her honestly like a friend and not as a target or victim.

Have you also read she lives in Canada while the claimants live in Australia and waited four years to voice their concerns? That says a lot too I believe.

I know your question is retorical, but i think your point holds a dangerous truth: if other countries deserve access to nuclear weapons, the world likely ends up getting more nuclear weapons. Since there hasn’t ever been anything so deterring as nuclear weapons, that might get us closer to world peace. But it might also not.

There was this study (not car related) on how well fines work, turns out if they are an absolute value (like in most cases) that is relatively low to ones wealth, a lot of people stop caring. Also, people are much more likely to break the law if they believe there is a high chance of getting away with it. So just having a sign might fix nothing, if the people to do not fear the penalty enough

Not really sure how to say this in english, but this case i’d say the problem in not only at the front-side (bad design) but also on the back-side (enforcing the rules). Rules that aren’t enforced are merely suggestions.

What’s so fucked about them?

Not sure what you mean, shows their relationship was not only about sex/intimacy and actually support my point?