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[Josquius]

White flight has evolved. Instead of moving, whites just split off and create a new city

New City created in Louisiana

The American definition of city continues to enrage.
When you've two substantial settlements that have grown to butt into each other fair enough. But when you've a urbanised modern area isolated from all else  then that's the same city.

[Sophie Scholl]

White cities. Schools rescinding name changes and going back to Confederate names. Yeah, America is not in good shape.

A Virginia school board voted Friday to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an elementary school, four years after the names were removed amid nationwide protests calling for a reckoning over racial injustice.

https://apnews.com/article/virginia-confederate-school-names-26db1b3532208ef8fb1f545c1482b9ff

[celedhring]

So, we had a work event and one of my bosses brought her husband.

And he's an Orbán doppleganger. Uncannily so. Wondered about posting this in the Hungary thread, maybe we can use him to replace Orbán?

[Maladict]

Eurovision finally gets interesting again 

[HVC]

What'd the Dutch guy do?

[Maladict]

Still unknown. But the French guy seems to have disqualified himself as well in rehearsal

[Legbiter]

I see Israel is one of the bookie favourites this year. 

[Valmy]

White flight has evolved. Instead of moving, whites just split off and create a new city

New City created in Louisiana

The American definition of city continues to enrage.
When you've two substantial settlements that have grown to butt into each other fair enough. But when you've a urbanised modern area isolated from all else  then that's the same city.

This is a legal definition and in any case Louisiana has a weird set of laws based on the Code Civil anyway. You shouldn't take anything that happens there as some kind of indicator of how things are done in the rest of the country.

[Maladict]

I see Israel is one of the bookie favourites this year. 

Maybe I'll actually watch it this time, something is bound to happen.

[HVC]

White flight has evolved. Instead of moving, whites just split off and create a new city

New City created in Louisiana

The American definition of city continues to enrage.
When you've two substantial settlements that have grown to butt into each other fair enough. But when you've a urbanised modern area isolated from all else  then that's the same city.

This is a legal definition and in any case Louisiana has a weird set of laws based on the Code Civil anyway. You shouldn't take anything that happens there as some kind of indicator of how things are done in the rest of the country.

I actually think Josq would take comfort in the fact that he can blame the French

[Sheilbh]

What'd the Dutch guy do?

From the Dutch side who are backing Joost:


There's lots of other commentary.

Personally I feel it's a bit "my 'Joost did not touch the camera woman' t-shirt is raising a lot of questions already answered by my t-shirt".

[Tamas]

So, we had a work event and one of my bosses brought her husband.

And he's an Orbán doppleganger. Uncannily so. Wondered about posting this in the Hungary thread, maybe we can use him to replace Orbán?

Is he Romanian? :p

[Legbiter]

Maybe I'll actually watch it this time, something is bound to happen.

Croatia hitting hard. 

[Sheilbh]

I am very much looking forward to the France to Austria segue

My votes have gone to Spain, Croatia and Ireland. So far...

[Legbiter]

90's rave in Eurovision.    Thoroughly enjoyable.