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I came across this channel a few years ago, before they had Gerda. Nice that they have two big cats now, cuteness overload. 

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Deservedly so.

https://geheugen.delpher.nl/en/geheugen/pages/collectie/Nederland+en+Engeland%3A+de+band+tussen+twee+naties/De+specerijenhandel

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Governor-General Jan Pietersz. Coen (1587-1629) and many others as well used brute force in order to secure monopoly of the spice trade on the Moluccas and get rid of the English competition. The population of Banda was ruthlessly enslaved and even deported. The VOC had clove trees belonging to adversaries uprooted and villages burnt down. Hong expeditions were military tours of inspection by a fleet of armed praus – the word hongi originates from the island of Ternate in the Moluccas and means armada. At least ten years are needed before cloves can be harvested from a young tree. So, the inhabitants lost their livelihood and were left no choice but to move away or die of starvation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Pieterszoon_Coen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_conquest_of_the_Banda_Islands#Banda_Massacre

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Or before the arriving of Chinese "assistance"...

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Why would any political party decrease size of government? :D

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1 hour ago, bojan said:

Why would any political party decrease size of government? :D

 

Just as likely as an alcoholic declining a drink.

That we remember Cincinnatus after two millennia is good indication of how frequent is for people to voluntarily relinquish power.

 

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Old favorite, empty M80 LAW containers as a case for art/civil engineer student papers:

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Way too soon, I know I know. But I can't help it;

 

 

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And of course, the journos leapt to the fore;

 

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9 hours ago, Ivanhoe said:

Way too soon, I know I know. But I can't help it;

 

 

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Poor taste is the mildest thing I can say. 

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This Korean flight attendant is going to end rich because of these videos.

 

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