Stepping on the Same Rake Twice: Europe's Second Energy Crisis in Five Years, and the Lessons Brussels Still Has Not Learned
Last weekend, as spring was in full swing, the Green Libertarian was over at his brother's house performing his customary gardening duties. The task of the day involved sifting through leaves, rocks, and sand, so he arranged the various tools needed for the job in a careful semicircle around the pile he was working on. Unfortunately, as he walked back and forth with a shovel, he failed to notice that he had left the rake casually propped up against the retaining wall, tines pointing skyward in the manner of a small but very patient mantrap.
"Scheisse," he exclaimed, with the particular cadence reserved for the moment a wooden handle bangs against the forehead. Thankfully, the bump was small. But the lesson was clear: put the damn rake away, lest you step on it again.
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