18th Februrary 2019 Baby Chump's tax-free iOgres.

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Monday 18th 37-48F, slightly misty after a cold and clear night. The forecast is offering sunny periods and light winds. It took me an hour to walk along the road, up the steep track to the woods and then back down the ridge, by the field edges.

The endless rows of tufted grass provide an interesting geometric variation on the familiar folds of the huge fields. GPS has a lot to answer for! Still signs of white, overnight frost in the deepest shadows. I saw more skylarks this morning after seeing my first, of the year, only a couple of days ago. No sign of any hares. It's ages since I last saw one.

Tuesday 19th 41F, dark grey and breezy. The headlines suggest Baby Chump is about to  destroy the entire world's car manufacturers. With new car sales already down, there is talk of imported European cars being penalized for their threat against US national security. National security? Why does nobody investigate McLardy's for causing 50% heart disease in the US population?  Burp! Meanwhile, US car makers are practising hard to become Cuban and Soviet era car makers. No competition leading to total stagnation in design and zero exports beyond their captive audience. Only Tesla has a working electric car and everybody hates Tesla because it trashes their legendary 1950s styled, muscle cars.

Saint Margrethe Vestager de EU is complaining about Danish politicians being terrified of taxing the iOgres. Amazon pays not one cent in taxes on countless billions in profits.

Facebook, Google, Alphabet, Microsoft, Apple and others pay almost nothing in taxes using laws and loopholes. The same "dirty tricks" which get global headlines for private citizens hiding their paltry nest eggs "offshore."

The question facing the Danish politicooze is why their own citizens should pay any taxes at all? If foreign monopoly invaders, coming ashore from the USS Chump landing craft, don't have to.

Many of these vast enterprises are direct competition for every business in Denmark. The Danish government is directly subsidizing their competitors by failing to tax them in the same way as Danish companies and citizens. The hospitals, education and transport are all being savagely hacked. Just to save money for the billions it costs in buying and running Baby Chump's noisy, toy F35s. Which nobody wants because of their racket. Except for a few lucky pilots who get to play all day up in the sky.

Today I just made it to the lanes when it started raining. So I turned around and came back. Of course it stopped again within minutes. There is a treemendous crop of Hazel catkins this year. Perhaps last year's drought has them thinking about survival?

Wednesday 20th 40F, cloudy but brightening. Or not, depending on your loyalty to which weather service. A 90 minute walk to the woods, up to the the ridge and back down the steep track on the other side. Spotted a deer through a gap in the woods. There were three and chose to run right across the prairie rather than return 10 yards to the woods. After that I walked back along the road playing dodgems with the traffic. 

Researchers say that we need 1,200 billions more trees to be planted globally. But not like the Danish forests. Which must earn a living producing timber. So that light never reaches the ground and plants and animals can't survive there. Nor can the billions of new trees [globally] be harvested for firing power stations. That would release the CO2 they have absorbed in their growth and make the entire project pointless.

The Australian politicooze is said to be in favour of planting trees. The vital message is that trees must not be planted on ground provided by felling existing trees. Though it sounds just like the sort of trick used by creative landowners to claim subsidies and grants for new planting. Deforestation still goes on right around the world to make room for more slums and to waste more land on producing more waste meat. The problem of forest fires in a warmer environment must also be addressed.

Talking of crooks: Large cities in Denmark are suffering exactly the same fate as many other in Europe. Foreign capital buys up flats and properties as they come up for sale. They do up the property, often using cheap labour or trafficked workers. Then double the rent for instant income on their guaranteed return on investment. It all sounds like the perfect money-laundering scam.

Meanwhile working people are increasingly unable to afford to live in the cities. So they become strictly dormitories and summer houses for the elite. With the loss of familiar infrastructure, services and outlets through lack of customers. No affordable accommodation for the working classes means no nurses, council workers, transport workers, etc. All of whom must commute. Which puts inflationary pressure of incomes and increases traffic and pollution. It all means that foreign money is being used to destroy the fabric of European society. Without ever firing a single shot or dropping a bomb. 

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