[l] Wichtige Erkenntnis der EU:
Some financing from the EU’s €5.4 billion environmental programme LIFE may have been inappropriate, a senior European Commission official has admitted, as right-wing lawmakers protested about the use of public funds to help non-governmental organisations lobby MEPs and within the EU executive itself.
Ja, meine Damen und Herren. Richtig gelesen. Die EU-Kommssion hat NGOs dafür bezahlt, Parlamentarier im Sinne der EU-Kommission zu beeinflussen.
Es ging konkret um Umweltschutz und Klimawandel, aber man stelle sich das mal an anderer Stelle vor. Innenministerium bezahlt Ladengeschäfte, Abgeordnete von mehr Videoüberwachung zu überzeugen oder so. Oder bald mit AfD und co: EU bezahlt Ausländer-Raus-Propaganda. (Danke, Karim)
src: click (Fefe)
Also via Fefe, and just too good not to be re-posted:
What the global elite reveal to Davos sex workers: High-class escort spills the beans on what happens behind closed doors - and how wealthy ‘know the world is doomed, so may as well go out with a bang’ (Daily Mail (of course))
She said: ‘They say that in a democracy you have to sell it, to lie to people and tell them “we didn’t know better and didn’t think it would get this bad”, not admitting that they know.
‘Then there’s the other group that thinks it might not be so easy, maybe it will also affect us due to unforeseeable chain reactions.
‘But they say they can’t do anything against the others so they live following the mantra “after us, the deluge”.
‘They say they will enjoy a few more nice years on earth and know that there’s no future. They are very cynical and somehow deeply sad.’
Salome said topics like this come up at a bar, sauna or hotel lobby, especially if people already had a few drinks.
Also sort of unexpected, same article:
‘The public must know that that the enemies of the poor and the lower class are not the migrants but the super rich,’ Salome added.
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