{"id":4519,"date":"2026-01-20T23:19:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/?p=4519"},"modified":"2026-01-21T18:51:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:51:46","slug":"too-many-balls-in-the-air-to-count-but-can-you-say-geography-nice-i-like-the-way-you-say-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/?p=4519","title":{"rendered":"Too many balls in the air to count, but can you say “geography?” Nice. I like the way you say that."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Perhaps a brief introduction might be in order. <\/h4>\n
The post from @eugyppius1<\/a><\/span>  “<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span>NATO crisis deepens as Trump demands Denmark cede Greenland to the United States following the failure of the Nobel Committee to award him the Peace Prize<\/a>”  <\/strong><\/em>got me to thinking, and it’s taken me a bit to gather more information to provide an educated response.  I’ve had numerous topics bouncing around in the old “Abby-normal” cranium of mine, and I guess his article was the catalyst to actually finish putting some of them out there.  I will get to the response to eugyppius in a bit.  <\/div>\n
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I’m just writing this a bit off-the cuff, and I’ve had a hard day at work, a few bottles of Budweiser, the original, not the piss they call “Bud” in the USA.  As a result, please forgive any typographical errors, or if a pattern of “Non-sequitur” occurs.  <\/span> Occasionally, I can just blast through a topic, and others, it takes me a few days to get through a few random thoughts before I get to the end of a topic.  Most times, as in this instance, it started out as what I had thought was a topic that would be best to let go of, and move on. Sadly, with the progression of events, I could not let it go.  Crap.<\/span><\/div>\n

So\u2026make yourself comfortable, grab your favourite beverage, and smoke ’em if you’ve got ’em.<\/span><\/h4>\n
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My day started with this, it’s the third clutch in four years in a 2021 Dacia.  After the second one, we suggested that the customer sell the car and get a car with an automatic transmission.  Not one to let a real-life occurrence go to waste, I find this “project” a perfect analogy for what has occurred in Germany as a result of the last four administrations. Jep, I’m looking at you Mutti.  You are the architect of Germany’s decline.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
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This is not how a clutch, even after 100K miles should look. An appropriate analogy of what Mutti and the Greens have done to the German economy. There’s no chance for “Vortrieb.” That would be the German word describing the possibility to move forward.<\/p><\/div>\n

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This clutch is a perfect example of the poor decisions of the person in power. They destroyed any chance of moving forward. As in the last two instances, the same result. Once again, we will recommend that they change cars.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Here is the third flywheel in this story. It’s there to smooth out and organise the strength of the motor, similar to the efforts of all the workers in the economy. Unfortunately, just like the owner of this vehicle has destroyed this clutch, so have the last three administrations destroyed Germany, and any hope of moving forward.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Crikey!  It was quite a day, but I’m not finished with this topic yet.  I need to go out with a bang.<\/div>\n
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Kudos Germany.  The demolition of the cooling towers at Gundremmingen plant (once the country’s largest), on October 25, 2025.  Is really something to be proud of.  Fantastic.  <\/div>\n
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