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Deuteronony 32:7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

“Pish!” says your standard European. “Years impart no knowledge and our elders ought to retire gracefully. God, if any such creature exists, has nothing to contribute here.” We all know that grandparents can tell you more about family antics of yesteryear than a child. As they get older they get more interested in those topics whereas the child is more interested in where its next ice cream is coming from. I'm not disdainful of ice cream, many cakes are enhanced by a scoop or two, but would you want to be governed by the ice-cream-first principle? Or by someone whose life experience had the benefit of reflection on many generations, an elder who can tell you what to do.

I Kings 3:14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

It's impossible to know whether that bunch will walk in God's ways, keeping His commandments so their days will be lengthened, or not. They're not even old enough to know if they'll be blasted in their youth for blasphemy, drunkenness and fiscal irresponsibility. Why would anyone take such a risk? Are there no experienced seventy- or eighty-year-old candidates to vote for who could grow into the job as Moses did? Yes, it could be recklessness, foozled teenagers voting on the basis of hairstyles or laid-back fashion choices. It could also be insanity. A closer look is warranted to help answer that question.

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Katrín Jakobsdóttir • In charge of: ICELAND

So awful that even Erik The Red went to live in Greenland. In order to do that, he first needed to discover it. So he'd rather exile himself to nowhere than stay here – or for that matter return to wherever he came from. But I think they wanted to hang him there for being a pagan savage heathen. Some romantic partners like that.

The question remains, then: has Jakobsdóttir got over her rebellious savage phase? Or does she agree with Mr The Red that nowhere is better than Iceland?

You decide.

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Xavier Espot Zamora • In charge of: ANDORRA

Stuck up in the Pyrenees and unable to decide which they'd rather be: French? or Spanish? Seems a pretty easy choice to me. Then there's the language. Apparently they were too lackadaisical to bother inventing Andorran so get along with Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese and French. Can you even imagine what a marketplace must be like when they all start haggling?

It would do your brain in.

The electoral outcome is pictured at left.

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Magdalena Andersson • In charge of: SWEDEN

As the origin of Death Metal, Grindcore and crackpot laws enacted to placate Volvo drivers, Sweden's application to join the third world was rejected every time. Now I do have some of their linen which is very nice in a minimalistic way. Thick and easy to iron. But can the same be said for this specimen elected TWICE after a world record shortest tenure in office? Due to skullduggery by opposition parties on her way to get dubbed by the king, she wound up offering him her resignation instead. All in the space of an hour or two – then got herself elected all over again!

The vacillation of youth.

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Virginijus Sinkevičius • In charge of: (European Minister for) TURTLES

I am no longer surprised at what Europeans think government departments are for. Since this is a transnational organ, I'd imagine the salary is ridiculously high, possibly with a free jet. The aircraft are plain white and may be seen occasionally at airports such as Bankok, Dubai, Rio de Janeiro, Bermuda, Honolulu, Cayman Islands, Tokyo, Fiji. But for some reason I've never seen one in Europe. And they're not very incognito. Wherever they go there's a conspicuous welcoming committee, with signage, it doesn't take long to work out who's in those (usually weather beaten, so much arduous travel) plain white jets.

He's doing it for the turtles.

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Jacinda Ardern In Charge of: NEW ZEALAND

Zealand is one of those islands stuck in between several other places, unable to decide which country they're a part of. They have names like Öland, Åland, Læsø, Gotland and so on – even getting their flags confused! Anyway, at least the Zealanders managed to get a colony but were there any mature candidates for election? Who knows?

This wretch started having babies as soon as she got into office, just like we'd expect from a rookie harlequin who probably doesn't even know where butter comes from.

This demogrphic really needs round-the-clock supervision.

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I do feel a little sorry for the dotti-woman. Here is another photo of her:




Did no kind grandmother ever tell her that a woman with such a nose should tilt her head down, with modesty, when being photographed? Because no man worth marrying wants to look up a woman's nose.

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What on earth's that thing hanging on the wall behind her? (I think she's just caught sight of it in the mirror.)

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Originally Posted by Roland

I can only speak for myself: crazy. The latter might be a Covid thing though. The examples you posted in your previous posts seem to substantiate your argument very well. A nice myriad of opinions.

They're a rough-looking bunch, but its worth remembering who's in charge in these places. Moses' passing at 120 was after 40 years in the wilderness, meaning his leadership career kicked off around age 80. There would have been some preparatory stuff, discussion with God about the details and so on, but how many Europeans understand that? Do pirates even read Biblical history?

There ought to be an age limit for responsibilities and affairs of state. If it was good enough for God to identify the best octogenarian for that task, getting 3 million out of ancient Egypt and feeding them for 4 decades in a desert, it should be good enough for us.