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vlgr Aug 29, 2026

Ursula von der Leyen and the Values of the Talmud

On June 14, 2022, Ursula von der Leyen stood before Ben-Gurion University of the Negev to receive an honorary doctorate and declared that ‘Europe is the values of the Talmud,’ specifically naming personal responsibility, justice and solidarity. Let's check how Brussels is getting on with the values part.

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vlgr Aug 27, 2026

Brussels Wants Its Own Taxes. It Already Paid for the Advertisement - You Are the One Who Finances It

You already pay a finance ministry. Then that ministry writes a cheque to Brussels. Then Brussels borrows in your name. Then it wants new Union taxes so it does not have to ask your parliament again. The debt is Union-branded. The repayment lies with the taxpayer. This is why you are being massaged by "a stronger Europe, an united Europe, a federal Europe" by the propaganda lately.

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vlgr Aug 26, 2026

They ARE Talking…

While the European Union continues its performance of principled isolation, the United States and the Vatican both found reasons to sit down in Moscow on the same day. If Moscow is talking to Washington and the Vatican, who exactly is becoming isolated?

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vlgr Aug 24, 2026

Ukraine Turns 35: Celebrate With a €6.1 Billion Gift Card

Happy Independence Day to the democracy whose elections are three years overdue. European taxpayers are picking up the tab - again. There is, admittedly, something unusually comic about celebrating the independence of a state whose survival depends on money, weapons and credit supplied by foreign governments.

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vlgr Aug 11, 2026

MAHA Wins One: Common Sense Returns to Childhood Vaccines

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order restructuring federal childhood vaccine recommendations around three fairly revolutionary concepts: actual risk, individual circumstances and parental choice. In other words, America is moving away from “CDC says every child gets this” toward “here are the core vaccines, here are vaccines appropriate for particular risks, here are decisions for parents and physicians, and now go produce better evidence.”

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vlgr Jul 29, 2026

Fauci’s Diaries Belong to the Public. Von der Leyen’s Belong to History.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has introduced a dangerously old-fashioned concept into public administration: when public officials conduct public business using public infrastructure, the resulting records might actually belong to the public. Not in Europe. The more powerful the official, the more private the public business becomes.

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vlgr Jul 25, 2026

Trump About To Open the EU Piggybank Audit

On Friday evening Donald Trump announced that the United States will immediately open a Section 301 investigation into the European Union’s practice of fining American technology companies. While the rest of the developed world argues about the next generation of AI, the European Union is proudly pioneering the controlled degradation of its own digital services.

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vlgr Jul 23, 2026

Save Europe Act Is Racist and Goes Against European Values

Brussels has spoken. The European Commission has officially refused to register the Save Europe Act as a European Citizens’ Initiative. The reason is clear and final: wanting Europe to remain European is racist.

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vlgr Jul 19, 2026

Do You Feel Like a Citizen of the State We Have Not Officially Created Yet?

“Do you feel like a citizen of the EU?” the European Parliament asked. “A large majority of Europeans do.” This is excellent news for an institution whose long-term political project depends upon Europeans gradually forgetting that the European Union is still formally a union of sovereign countries rather than a sovereign country of its own.

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vlgr Jul 16, 2026

Eleven Times a Charm: The Tide Is Turning, Cluster 6, an Order and European Values Have Never Looked More Flexible

Ursula von der Leyen touched down in Kyiv for her eleventh wartime visit. The occasion was marked by the familiar assessment that Ukraine has developed “strong military momentum” and that “the tide is turning.” She also indicated that new steps would be taken to integrate European and Ukrainian defence industries, and that discussions would cover both EU accession and preparations for the coming winter.