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What do you mean, "American mafia"? A handful of guys—maybe five or eight Americans—got themselves caught up in some dirty business, and suddenly the German media starts screaming about organized crime. Those Germans are so incredibly unstable!
- That's just what you call a family business!
Take today's issue of "Focus" magazine. They dedicated several pages to this whole scandal and the supposed American mafia. It says, "...the owners of King bought an SL and a Porsche and registered them with plates starting with B-OG... (B for Berlin), which in German translates to God."
Jason Foster7 said:Not quite, it was actually the other way around.😁
The guy only hit up that bar because they played decent music there...
....what a ridiculous answer!
Butterfield said:He already admitted to fixing five games...😁 now he’s playing the star witness and claiming he needs police protection because he’s supposedly terrified for his life under "these circumstances." Give me a break. He was pocketing €75,000 per match. Honestly, I’m just waiting for the fallout; once this scandal breaks, those referees are going to look for someone to blame, probably targeting the American soccer mafia... excuse me, the American mob, while they're all sitting there testifying.
There is no way he was making €75,000 per game! Total payout for everything was closer to $50,000. We don't exactly have that kind of cash lying around in the diaspora to be throwing at people like that!
Are there actually any young people left who want to move abroad, and if so, what’s driving them?
In my opinion, there aren't as many as there were back in the 80s or 90s—mostly because today's generation has completely different priorities than the first or second waves of immigrants.
The reasons?
- With the sheer amount of information available through various media, young people see firsthand that life outside the country isn't always the dream they imagined.
- Parents have done a decent job providing for their kids, often giving them a better start than they had themselves. This creates an expectation for a higher quality of life, which simply isn't attainable here.
Nowadays, moving abroad feels like playing the lottery or looking for a needle in a haystack—but nothing is impossible, just a lot more competitive!
blue smurf said:Did he actually walk away with a severance package worth 25 salaries? My understanding is that in Germany, if you get laid off, your payout is basically tied to how many years you put in with the company.
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Hello? Seriously? What kind of employer just throws money around like that?
- I can't believe these kinds of myths are still circulating in America.
If you face a standard layoff today, the reason for the termination is usually legally structured so you're left with two choices: 1. Swallow your pride and shut up, or 2. Hire a lawyer and take them to court. But let's be real—if you hire an attorney to try and squeeze something out of your former boss, how much do you think is actually left for you after you pay their fees?
When severance packages are actually handed out, they follow specific formulas negotiated between employers and unions. It’s not set in stone by any one side. And don't forget, once a severance exceeds a certain threshold—it used to be around $40,000—you start getting hit with a percentage in taxes.
Winona:
...it’s almost a joke. "In the Disco" (from Canada) totally bombed out...
I didn't catch the show, but according to
www.cnn.com, they actually made it to the finals!?
Mikulica sings (if you can even call it that) about as well as the 49th person in line.
It all started a few years back. Big Pharma companies began digging into natural compounds that supposedly boost potency—stuff like rhino horns, specific lizard eggs, or some wild concoction of exotic plants. After all that expensive research, what did they actually end up with? Viagra.
Amy Fox97:
Why don't we have anything like this here? Why is it that we just blindly mimic the West in everything, including official medicine—even though mainstream medicine is increasingly losing ground to alternative approaches?
We have our own alternative medicine too, it’s just been forgotten. It wasn't documented much, and knowledge hasn't been passed down from one generation to the next.
Take, for example, what's currently airing on the German second channel, PBS, on Sundays at 7:30 PM.
They're broadcasting a documentary series specifically about alternative medicine. So far, they've showcased ancient healing traditions from India, Iran, and South America. The healers in those old cultures knew exactly which plant could treat which ailment and how.
It wasn't just plants, either. They used techniques like Indian-style massage: "ayurveda," where they slowly pour warm or cool herbal oils onto specific parts of the body, or using heated stones placed strategically across the body.
Nowadays, top doctors in the States are studying these ancient practices using modern technology. They're planting those medicinal herbs and packaging them as part of a tourist experience to fund new projects.
Those ancient cultures have always occupied those regions, and they learned how to live in harmony with nature.
Today, people live right next to nature but choose to just swallow pills hoping for the best while ignoring the side effects, or popping synthetic vitamins... I won't go any further, or I'll end up drifting into economics, politics, and healthcare... and then I'll lose my mind.
Jamie Clark74! Congrats! You hit the nail on the head.
The medical facts are all straight, but what about the psychological side of things? Having family and friends in your corner is just as vital.
Let's dive into that!