Rick Steves at the Reichstag

[edbermac]

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[flying rabbit]

1. K&R

[Doodles]

2. Thank you, Rick Steves.

This brief video is really important.

[dalton99a]

3. A must watch.

[summer_in_TX]

4. Insight and wisdom from "just" a travel guide.

Rick Steves is an absolute hero and a pro-democracy warrior.

[UTUSN]

5. Knr

[Hekate]

6. Vielen Dank, Rick Steves

[soldierant]

7. It looks as though his cancer treatment (IIRC it was prostate) went well

Not that I expected anything else - he had a good prognosis ans he's quite fit - but it's good to see him looking good. He's always been much more than a travel guide - more even than an unofficial good will ambassador.

[ailsagirl]

8. I didn't realize he had cancer-- here's what he posted August 22, 2024 on X

I’d like to take a moment to share some important news. I have been diagnosed with prostate cancer. My doctor assures me that, if you’re going to get cancer, this is a good kind to get, and careful scans show no sign of it having spread. There is a clear path forward to getting healthy, and this fall, I’ll be in the hospital for a few days having prostate surgery.

My doctor’s fine with me filming two new TV shows in France for the next three weeks, returning home to Edmonds by mid-September. I’ll likely get my surgery in late September, be laid up for a month, and—God willing—be cancer-free and back at it by the end of October.

[soldierant]

12. Yes, thanks. I'm not on Xitter but either someone quoted it or else it wsa posted asomewhere else.

That's ecactly what saw. Looks like he's right on schedule. Good. He's a national treasure.

Incidentally, not being on Xitter, I looked and found the same video on YouTube

[HappyLarge]

9. And directly after the political opponents it was disabled people.

The Nazis called them “useless eaters” and “lives unworthy of life”. The way the Project 25 assholes talk sounds awfully similar.

[no_hypocrisy]

11. Welcome to DU.

As a matter of fact, the Third Reich initially sterilized the disabled. And the US had been doing it for more than a decade before they did. They both relied upon the theories of Eugenics to justify their acts.

[Abolishinist]

10. I wasn't aware that he was 'political',

but good for him! I've always enjoyed Mr. Steves.

[WarGamer]

13. a must see spot for WW2 buffs... still battle scarred...

Squint your eyes and you can still see a smoke covered battlefield with T34-85 tanks crawling towards the Reichstag.