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Naritasan Shinshoji Temple
成田山新勝寺・大本堂
The grounds of Naritasan were very spacious. I wasn't able to visit all the nearby parks and other places.
成田山の境内はとても広かったです。
周辺の公園など、回りきれませんでした。
Narita city, Chiba pref, Japan
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U moet het ons maar niet kwalijk nemen, dat we tijdens het kijken naar het eerste deel van de Algemene Politieke Beschouwingen nogal vaak moesten denken aan De Nederlandse politiek is nauwelijks nog in staat onze toekomst vorm te geven van prof. dr. Tom van der Meer want jemig de pemig wat is de Nederlandse politiek nauwelijks nog in staat onze toekomst vorm te geven zeg. Klaver en Wilders staan Jan Paternotte (terecht wel) af te pissen omdat de coalitiepartijen ontzettend slecht en onduidelijk hebben onderhandeld in de aanloop naar Prinsjesdag, terwijl de rest van de oppositie heel erg zijn best doet om er de Bijzonder Politieke Beschouwingen van te maken.
Zo hoorden we de over SGP draagmoeders, DENK (en de Partij voor de Dieren, welja) over Gaza, Jan Struijs over gordelroos, Jimmy Dijk over Oekraïne (dat is kennelijk het grote probleem van de Nederlandse arbeidersklasse tegenwoordig), BBB over stikstof, Mona Keijzer ook (was dan gebleven) en Laurens Dassen over AI. Nou kun je over AI nog zeggen dat het met onze toekomst te maken heeft (en met onze premier), maar je kunt je mond houden over AI dan met Laurens praten over AI, dat is toch een beetje alsof je met Donny Roelvink gaat praten over kwantummechanica.
Hoe dan ook, het voorprogramma is voorbij, nu krijgen we De Grote Geert Show, dan Ruben Brekelmans die hoopt dat zijn beurt snel voorbij is, dan Eerdmans, die vooral lijkt te wachten tot hij lekker mag gaan onderhandelen, dan Bontenbal en daarna nog een hele sloot randfiguren die ongetwijfeld weer stokpaardjes tussen de spaken van de parlementaire democratie gaan proberen te steken. Hoe was het ook alweer? Oh ja. De Nederlandse politiek is nauwelijks nog in staat onze toekomst vorm te geven. Zeg dat hee. Livestream na de breek.