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You don't see 200 car freight trains in Europe, the infrastructure and right of way for it does not exist and to make it so would be unbelievably difficult.

We shouldn't have them either.

Our freight lines are great, highly efficient, and make a profit. It's the passenger ones that aren't.

Lol, yes, European salaries are generally lower than US salaries.

Did they really need to pixillate a statue? Sheesh. That one doesn't even need to go in the tits thread.

Whoever sculpted that, nice titties!

Great Thread about the European Primitive Superstitions about Air Conditioning
Even window or portable ones used just for a few days.

"Every French person has the same story of how they got deathly ill from Air Conditioning in the USA"
"They believe that a few days of Air Conditioning is especially damaging for Global Warming, while using Electric or Gas Heat 6 months of the year"
"Air Conditioning changes your body's polarity"

This is extraordinary. For the many of you who wonder how the EU could agree to such a humiliating "deal" with Trump, wonder no more.

We have an unusually straightforward answer directly from the horse's mouth: Sabine Weyand, who's the Directorate-General for Trade at the EU commission.

As she puts its:
- "If you didn't hear me say the word 'negotiation' – that's because there wasn't one." => the U.S. dictated the terms
- "From the Commission's perspective, this was a strategic compromise, not an ideal economic solution" => they're aware this completely f*cks the EU economically
- "The European side was under massive pressure to find a quick solution to stabilize transatlantic relations – especially with regard to security guarantees" => the EU agreed to the "deal" under a protection racket
- "We have a land war on the European continent. And we are completely dependent on the United States. The member states were not prepared to take the risk of further escalation – that would have been the consequence of European countermeasures." => Europe acted out of fear, choosing economic submission because of its total dependence on the U.S. (which ironically will only worsen the dependence)

There you have it, she said the quiet part out loud: the EU is in such a terrible strategic situation and EU leaders have so little courage that they're unable and unwilling to say 'no' to even the most humiliating demands.