Spices stand still exists, so I’ll return there once I’ve checked mine to make a list of what needs refilling. I usually buy all my spices there for the year, they are expensive but top quality, costs me like 70 bucks and I’m done with spices.

Bought new slippers made of sheepskin, they raised the price quite a bit. Also a yearly expense.

I love the french fries there, and a stand has sausages made from game, deer and wild hog, they are awesome.

Bit unusual, but it makes the Christmas market worthwhile for me, as I otherwise despise everything Christmas.

It’s basic state theory, I believe we had that in middle school, along with the division of power. I mentioned the US exception because if you went to school there, your basic state theory might have been different from mine.

The monopoly on the use of force is quite the important part of having a state at all. If a state doesn’t have that, it descends into anarchy (the bad kind, with warlords and gangs). The US is very exceptional in this case as it has in its constitution the provision that such gangs (militia) are allowed, even desirable.

Is this not fairly likely in the US with Mexican Spanish or/and Canadian/Cajun French?

1347 was the first year of the plague.

The shortage is not due to an aging population, it’s because nobody wants to go into this field.

And that is due to the pay not reflecting the extreme exploitation of the workers, in an environment that’s not very conducive to a happy life. They all end up burnt out and have nothing to show for it.

They tried keeping the pay down by hiring Eastern European medical personnel, who would work below their qualifications (doctors as nurses for example), but apparently they don’t want to work here anymore.

The problem has been going on for such a long time it is now systemic.

Seriously, “aging population”?

So the reason is that they can’t deliver gas beyond the first of January anyway due to Ukraine shutting down the pipeline, and due to unfulfilled obligations they wouldn’t receive payments anyway, so they can shut the delivery down right now. And politically, they obviously see no harm in burning even the last few bridges into the West. Or maybe Gazprom is so broke, they can’t afford it even if they wanted to.

Walking will help sort your guts out as well, so by going for a late walk, you can take the problem to the outside!

Otherwise it’s probably just a question of your gut biome having a lot of gas producing parts.

We should really start to believe them when they say these things, and prepare accordingly.

Just power-hungry generals? Anything more to the story?