• World record

    From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Bjorn Felten on Thu Nov 25 16:37:34 2021
    Congratulations on the shortest term served ever by a preime minister ...

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  • From Ghil Zvidgzul@2:5030/1081.117 to Ward Dossche on Thu Nov 25 13:10:02 2021
    Hello, Ward!

    Congratulations on the shortest term served ever by a preime minister

    Sweden's first female PM resigns hours after appointment

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59400539

    Magdalena Andersson, was announced as leader on Wednesday but resigned after her coalition partner quit the government and her budget failed to pass.

    Instead, parliament voted for a budget drawn up by the opposition which includes the anti-immigrant far right.

    "I have told the speaker that I wish to resign," Ms Andersson told reporters.

    Her coalition partner, the Green Party said it could not accept a budget "drafted for the first time with the far-right".

    Ms Andersson said that she hoped to try to become prime minister again as a single party government leader.

    "There is a constitutional practice that a coalition government should resign when one party quits," the Social Democrat said on Wednesday. "I don't want to lead a government whose legitimacy will be questioned.

    The speaker of parliament said he would contact party leaders on the next move.

    Ms Andersson was elected as prime minister earlier on Wednesday because under Swedish law, she only needed a majority of MPs not to vote against her.

    A hundred years after Swedish women were given the vote, the 54-year-old Social Democrat leader was given a standing ovation by sections of the parliament, or Riksdag.

    Her election at the head of a minority government followed an 11th-hour deal with the opposition Left party, in exchange for higher pensions for many Swedes. She also secured the support of coalition partner the Greens.

    Of the 349 members of the Riksdag, 174 voted against her. But on top of the 117 MPs who backed Ms Andersson, a further 57 abstained, giving her victory by a single vote.

    A former junior swimming champion from the university city of Uppsala, she began her political career in 1996 as political adviser to then-Prime Minister Goran Persson. She has spent the past seven years as finance minister.

    Before MPs backed Magdalena Andersson, Sweden was the only Nordic state never to have a woman as PM.

    Becoming the first woman prime minister in Swedish history should have been cause for a night of celebration for Magdalena Andersson, yet the sun had barely set when she handed in her notice.

    The complexities of Swedish politics mean we can't assume we've seen the last of her, though. If there's another prime ministerial vote, Ms Andersson will probably get voted in again. This is because the Green Party has promised to support her, despite quitting as a formal coalition partner. But she'd end up in a vulnerable position at the helm of a fragile minority government, and would still have to stick to the right-wing budget already voted on by parliament.

    What all this political chaos has underlined is just how divided Swedish politics is right now. We'll have to wait and see whether voters break the deadlock with a significant shift to the right or the left at next year's elections.

    Ghil.
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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Ghil Zvidgzul on Thu Nov 25 20:48:29 2021
    Congratulations on the shortest term served ever by a preime
    minister

    Sweden's first female PM resigns hours after appointment

    ... etc ...

    Do you have family in the Netherlands?

    \%/@rd

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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Ward Dossche on Thu Nov 25 20:58:47 2021
    Congratulations on the shortest term served ever by a prime minister ...

    Blush... Well, thank you muchly!



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  • From Ghil Zvidgzul@2:5030/1081.117 to Ward Dossche on Thu Nov 25 22:58:38 2021
    Hello, Ward!

    Sweden's first female PM resigns hours after appointment

    ... etc ...

    Do you have family in the Netherlands?

    It's strange, but I've been to Netherlands just before the pandemic started. I don't know why you asked.

    Ghil.
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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Björn Felten on Fri Nov 26 08:50:14 2021
    Hello Bj”rn,

    Congratulations on the shortest term served ever by a prime minister ...

    Blush... Well, thank you muchly!

    The USA has never had a prime minister. And would not know what
    to do with one if it did. Which is why we have presidents.
    Who know absolutely nothing about anything. Which explains why
    no woman will ever be elected POTUS ...

    --Lee

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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Ghil Zvidgzul on Fri Nov 26 09:40:29 2021
    Sweden's first female PM resigns hours after appointment

    ... etc ...

    Do you have family in the Netherlands?

    It's strange, but I've been to Netherlands just before the pandemic started. I don't know why you asked.

    Because people from the Netherlands have the tendency to explain what everybody already knows ...

    \%/@rd

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  • From Ghil Zvidgzul@2:5030/1081.117 to Ward Dossche on Fri Nov 26 08:01:18 2021
    Hello, Ward!

    It's strange, but I've been to Netherlands just before the
    pandemic started. I don't know why you asked.

    Because people from the Netherlands have the tendency to explain what everybody already knows ...

    Maybe it has to do more with the Flemish stereotypes of Dutch people.

    Ghil.
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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Ghil Zvidgzul on Fri Nov 26 14:13:06 2021
    Ghil,

    Because people from the Netherlands have the tendency to explain
    what everybody already knows ...

    Maybe it has to do more with the Flemish stereotypes of Dutch people.

    Little known, but I am with Dutch ancestry. 8-)

    \%/@rd

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  • From David Drummond@3:640/305 to Ward Dossche on Sun Nov 28 08:22:30 2021
    On 26/11/2021 23:13, Ward Dossche : Ghil Zvidgzul wrote:

    Maybe it has to do more with the Flemish stereotypes of Dutch people.

    Little known, but I am with Dutch ancestry. 8-)

    Aha! That explains much...

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    David

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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to David Drummond on Sat Nov 27 23:38:57 2021
    Maybe it has to do more with the Flemish stereotypes of Dutch
    people.

    Little known, but I am with Dutch ancestry. 8-)

    Aha! That explains much...

    Yes and no. I do buy my friends beers ... how much more un-Dutch-like can you be as well?

    \%/@rd

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  • From David Drummond@3:640/305 to Ward Dossche on Sun Nov 28 10:42:41 2021
    On 28/11/2021 08:38, Ward Dossche : David Drummond wrote:

    Little known, but I am with Dutch ancestry. 8-)

    Aha! That explains much...

    Yes and no. I do buy my friends beers ... how much more un-Dutch-like
    can you be as well?

    :)

    I have had very little contact with people of Dutch (or Belgian) culture - I am unaware of their behavioural characteristics.


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    David

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  • From Paul Quinn@3:640/1384 to David Drummond on Sun Nov 28 12:35:55 2021
    Hi! David,

    On 28 Nov 2021, David Drummond said the following to Ward...

    Yes and no. I do buy my friends beers ... how much more un-Dutch-like can you be as well?
    I have had very little contact with people of Dutch (or Belgian) culture
    - I am unaware of their behavioural characteristics.

    I met a Belgian tourist couple out at Tiaro about 15 years ago. Nice people. I hope they found their way back.

    Cheers,
    Paul.

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  • From Matt Munson@1:218/109 to Lee Lofaso on Sat Nov 27 19:21:07 2021
    BY: Lee Lofaso(2:203/2)


    The USA has never had a prime minister. And would not know what
    to do with one if it did. Which is why we have presidents.
    Who know absolutely nothing about anything. Which explains why
    no woman will ever be elected POTUS ...
    Kamala wet the bed, she will not be elected, but she will likely be appointed.


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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Ward Dossche on Fri Nov 26 09:35:00 2021
    Ward Dossche wrote to Bjorn Felten <=-

    Congratulations on the shortest term served ever by a preime minister

    Will she get severance pay? Or, was that in the budget that didn't pass? :)




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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Lee Lofaso on Fri Nov 26 09:35:00 2021
    Lee Lofaso wrote to Björn Felten <=-

    The USA has never had a prime minister.

    George Clinton - the Prime Minister of Funk.


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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Kurt Weiske on Mon Nov 29 01:38:13 2021
    Congratulations on the shortest term served ever by a preime minister

    Will she get severance pay? Or, was that in the budget that didn't
    pass? :)

    Maybe she just wanted to get rid of that embarrassing fact, that Sweden was the only Nordic country that's never had a female PM. The occasional veep for sure, but that title is as worthless here as in the USA.



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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Paul Quinn on Mon Nov 29 14:50:17 2021
    Hello Paul,

    Yes and no. I do buy my friends beers ... how much more
    un-Dutch-like
    can you be as well?
    I have had very little contact with people of Dutch (or Belgian)
    culture
    - I am unaware of their behavioural characteristics.

    I met a Belgian tourist couple out at Tiaro about 15 years ago. Nice people.
    I hope they found their way back.

    I had a cousin who married a Belgian gal. He spent decades in Belgium,
    and loved every minute of his time. Until he got homesick and wanted to
    go home. So he invited his wife to come with him in Louisiana. But she
    did not want to leave her beloved Belgium. Of course, that did not stop
    him from returning to Louisiana. He packed his bags, hopped on an
    airplane, and made his way back home. But the two of them still loved
    each other dearly, so they remained married. Kind of a long distance relationship sort of thing. And then things got weird.

    Being an elderly gent, he only had so much time left on this planet.
    And one day he finally went to meet his maker. However, neither he nor
    his wife had made any plans as to what to do with the body after death.
    So after being informed about the death of her husband, she asked his
    brother if he would allow his remains to be buried in his wife's plot.
    At least until she could find a plot she could buy to put him in.

    This seemed to be a nifty idea, so agreement was reached and the
    body was placed in his brother's wife's plot. A year later, nobody
    had heard from her, and it was apparent to all that she forgot all
    about it.

    What do you do with a dead body in your wife's plot when the person
    who was supposed to get a plot to put him in is nowhere to be found?

    Not really sure what would have happened if she had found a plot
    in Belgium rather than in Louisiana.

    --Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Matt Munson on Mon Nov 29 14:50:23 2021
    Hello Matt,

    The USA has never had a prime minister. And would not know what
    to do with one if it did. Which is why we have presidents.
    Who know absolutely nothing about anything. Which explains why
    no woman will ever be elected POTUS ...

    Kamala wet the bed, she will not be elected, but she will likely be appointed.

    The latest poll shows Kamala Harris with 13% and Michelle Obama
    with 10% - contingent that Biden chooses not to seek re-election.
    Which probably explains why nobody in the Biden administration
    has tried to end speculation that Pete Buttigieg will become his
    successor.

    --Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to David Drummond on Mon Nov 29 14:50:11 2021
    Hello David,

    Little known, but I am with Dutch ancestry. 8-)

    Aha! That explains much...

    Yes and no. I do buy my friends beers ... how much more un-Dutch-like
    can you be as well?

    :)

    I have had very little contact with people of Dutch (or Belgian) culture - I
    am unaware of their behavioural characteristics.

    Come to Louisiana. Leave different.
    ~ State of Louisiana tourism motto

    --Lee

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  • From David Drummond@3:640/305 to Lee Lofaso on Tue Nov 30 16:45:21 2021
    On 29/11/2021 23:50, Lee Lofaso : David Drummond wrote:

     DD>> I have had very little contact with people of Dutch (or Belgian) culture - I
     DD>> am unaware of their behavioural characteristics.

    Come to Louisiana. Leave different.
    ~ State of Louisiana tourism motto

    As Louisiana is a state of the USofA I do not think I will ever visit there.

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    David

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to David Drummond on Thu Dec 2 11:53:51 2021
    Hello David,

    I have had very little contact with people of Dutch (or Belgian)
    culture - I
    am unaware of their behavioural characteristics.

    Come to Louisiana. Leave different.
    ~ State of Louisiana tourism motto

    As Louisiana is a state of the USofA I do not think I will ever visit there.

    Louisiana is a banana republic. Please do not confuse that with
    what the USA calls a "state".

    --Lee

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    There's no split in Cremo.

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Ward Dossche on Fri Dec 3 10:33:05 2021
    Hello Ward,

    Louisiana is a banana republic. Please do not confuse that with
    what the USA calls a "state".

    'Liquid' is a state, 'gas' is a state ...

    Is a wet fart a solid or a gas?

    --Lee

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  • From David Drummond@3:640/305 to Lee Lofaso on Sat Dec 4 13:44:54 2021
    On 2/12/2021 20:53, Lee Lofaso : David Drummond wrote:

     LL>>> Come to Louisiana. Leave different.
     LL>>> ~ State of Louisiana tourism motto

     DD>> As Louisiana is a state of the USofA I do not think I will ever
    visit there.

    Louisiana is a banana republic. Please do not confuse that with
    what the USA calls a "state".

    Whatever you choose to call it, it comes under the socio/political control of the USofA. I would have to get a USAian visa to visit, not a Louisianan (?) one

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  • From David Drummond@3:640/305 to Lee Lofaso on Sat Dec 4 13:46:21 2021
    On 3/12/2021 19:33, Lee Lofaso : Ward Dossche wrote:
    Hello Ward,

     LL>>> Louisiana is a banana republic. Please do not confuse that with
     LL>>> what the USA calls a "state".

     WD>> 'Liquid' is a state, 'gas' is a state ...

    Is a wet fart a solid or a gas?

    Does it have lumps?

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    David
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  • From Al Kaiser@1:142/926 to Ward Dossche on Sat Dec 4 09:39:48 2021
    Ward Dossche wrote to Ghil Zvidgzul Subject: Re: World record

    Do you have family in the Netherlands?


    They have the best rail system in Europe and perhaps the world.



    Al Kaiser n1api@cox.net <=-

    Thanks and take care!

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to David Drummond on Sat Dec 4 18:38:06 2021
    Hello David,

    Come to Louisiana. Leave different.
    ~ State of Louisiana tourism motto

    As Louisiana is a state of the USofA I do not think I will ever
    visit there.

    Louisiana is a banana republic. Please do not confuse that with
    what the USA calls a "state".

    Whatever you choose to call it, it comes under the socio/political control of the USofA. I would have to get a USAian visa to visit, not a Louisianan (?) one

    My grandfather was from Sicily. And he did not need a visa to get
    here. Crawled onto a boat when he was a baby and made it all the way
    over here. And when he grew up, the US government finally found him.
    Told him he had to pay his taxes. So he became a bookkeepper and was
    never bothered with again.

    --Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to David Drummond on Sat Dec 4 18:38:13 2021
    Hello David,

    Louisiana is a banana republic. Please do not confuse that with
    what the USA calls a "state".

    'Liquid' is a state, 'gas' is a state ...

    Is a wet fart a solid or a gas?

    Does it have lumps?

    I have learned it best not to look or smell when that happens -
    and hope nobody else does either ...

    --Lee

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    Your Hole Is Our Goal

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  • From Mick Manning@1:249/307.1 to Lee Lofaso on Sun Dec 5 16:53:25 2021
    Hello David,

    Come to Louisiana. Leave different.
    ~ State of Louisiana tourism motto

    As Louisiana is a state of the USofA I do not think I will ever
    visit there.

    Louisiana is a banana republic. Please do not confuse that with
    what the USA calls a "state".

    My grandfather was from Sicily. And he did not need a visa to get
    here. Crawled onto a boat when he was a baby and made it all the way
    over here. And when he grew up, the US government finally found him.
    Told him he had to pay his taxes. So he became a bookkeepper and was
    never bothered with again.
    My grandfather was from Sicily. And he did not need a visa to get
    here. Crawled onto a boat when he was a baby and made it all the way
    over here. And when he grew up, the US government finally found him.
    Told him he had to pay his taxes. So he became a bookkeepper and was
    never bothered with again.

    Smart man, your grand-father. :-)



    Mickey - Mick Manning
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