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kurogane wrote:Bombs are overkill in MYHOMO. A nice fence and the courage of conviction to spread the Not Welcome message should be more than enough.
kurogane wrote:This story gave me the cold shivers:
Bodies of Syrian refugees found in freezer
The remains of a 27-year-old Syrian woman and her two daughters, aged seven and nine, have been found in a freezer inside their apartment in southern Denmark.
http://home.bt.com/news/world-news/bodi ... qus_thread
I hope the police investigate this throroughly before the case goes cold and they are tempted to put it on ice.
kurogane wrote:This story gave me the cold shivers:
Bodies of Syrian refugees found in freezer
The remains of a 27-year-old Syrian woman and her two daughters, aged seven and nine, have been found in a freezer inside their apartment in southern Denmark.
http://home.bt.com/news/world-news/bodi ... qus_thread
I hope the police investigate this throroughly before the case goes cold and they are tempted to put it on ice.
Russell wrote:kurogane wrote:This story gave me the cold shivers:
Bodies of Syrian refugees found in freezer
The remains of a 27-year-old Syrian woman and her two daughters, aged seven and nine, have been found in a freezer inside their apartment in southern Denmark.
http://home.bt.com/news/world-news/bodi ... qus_thread
I hope the police investigate this throroughly before the case goes cold and they are tempted to put it on ice.
That must have been a hell of a freezer to be able to store a whole family (minus the husband)...
Samurai_Jerk wrote: Your cold hearted attitude towards these people sends a chill down my spine. Will nothing melt your heart?
kurogane wrote:SHOW ME YOUR FACES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls for ban on ‘full veil’ coverings as she launches bid for fourth term
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world ... -coverings
This sounds like good news, and we might yet save the game. I disagree with any such ban, mostly because it is a trivial Trumpophillic issue at the best of times, but this sort of compromise could allow a Gut Ein like Merkel to stay in power and help stem the tide of the real freaks like Trump et al, and its not like the objects of the ban are particularly sympathetic.
A 12-year old German-Iraqi boy suspected of having links to extremist group Islamic State (IS) tried to blow up a bomb at a Christmas market in the western town of Ludwigshafen, German magazine Focus reported on Friday, citing security and judicial sources.
The boy, born in the same town in 2004, was "strongly radicalized" and apparently instructed by an unknown IS member, Focus reported.
The suspect put down a backpack containing a self-made nail bomb at the Christmas market on Nov. 26, but the device did not go off because the detonator failed, it said.
A market visitor called the police after finding the backpack and specialists defused the device, the report said.
Police identified and arrested the boy, who is now in a youth detention center, the report said, adding that the Federal Public Prosecutor had taken over investigations on the charge of a serious act of violent subversion.
kurogane wrote:I would prefer the former, but there was a quote of hers saying "wherever it is legal", which I assume rides on that weird Reichenstermen Bundes Gauleiter federal system they have. Which does help keep the Hitlers at bay, to be fair.
yanpa wrote:I'm surprised you took Russell's puns at face value.kurogane wrote:I would prefer the former, but there was a quote of hers saying "wherever it is legal", which I assume rides on that weird Reichenstermen Bundes Gauleiter federal system they have. Which does help keep the Hitlers at bay, to be fair.
One out of three of those German-sounding terms is correct in relation to the BRD.
Anyway the system does quite well at keeping the loonies at bay - a 5% threshold prevents a Weimar-ish fragmentation of parties, and those monster raving parties (from both ends of the spectrum) who do manage to leap that hurdle generally make such asses of themselves that they fade away after an electoral period or two.
yanpa wrote:I'm surprised you took Russell's puns at face value.
A massive black truck plowed into a Christmas market teeming with revelers in west Berlin on Monday, killing 12 people, wounding dozens more and leaving Germans mourning a national tragedy during the holiday season.
The incident, described by the White House as an apparent “terrorist attack,” had echoes of the deadly truck assault in the French city of Nice in July, which killed 86 people and was claimed by the Islamic State. German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière told Germany’s ARD national broadcaster: “I don’t want to use the word attack yet, although a lot points to one.”
German authorities late Monday were questioning a male suspect arrested several hundred yards from the site, who matched a description of the truck driver. A dead body was found in the passenger side of the truck, which had Polish license plates.
Two senior German officials briefed on the matter told The Washington Post that the suspect is believed to be a Pakistani national who arrived in February as an asylum seeker. If the man is confirmed as the culprit, it is likely to fuel an already heated debate in Germany over Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to open the door last year to nearly 1 million migrants, most of them fleeing war in the Middle East.
The deadly incident occurred near the historic Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the Breitscheidplatz, a major public plaza. The bloodshed came at the height of activity at the Christmas markets, a cherished German tradition that draws locals and tourists to city squares for mugs of mulled wine, grilled sausages and regional sweets, as well as shopping at quaint stalls that sell handmade ornaments and other items.
In Berlin, the festive scene turned into panic shortly after 8 p.m. Monday as the truck veered onto the sidewalk and crashed between market stalls, running 50 to 80 feet before stopping, according to witnesses. Some victims were pinned under its wheels while others were struck and tossed onto the pavement.
According to police spokeswoman Valeska Jakubowski, 12 people were killed and 48 were being treated at a hospital.
After the incident, the scene remained a horrific tableau of crushed wood, broken glass and blood. Lying near the truck was a fallen Christmas tree, its star toppled.
Government spokesman Steffen Seibert tweeted: “Terrible news from #Breitscheidplatz. Chancellor #Merkel is in touch with interior minister and gov. mayor.”
On the scene, first responders were carrying off people in stretchers Monday night as police with machine guns cordoned off the area.
“It’s terrible, just terrible,” said Berlin Mayor Michael Müller. He said it was up to authorities to establish the facts, adding, “We always hoped that we wouldn’t have this kind of situation in Berlin.”
Following a rash of arrests, plots and attacks, Germany — like much of Europe — has been bracing for a terror assault on Christmas markets. Security had been beefed up, with guards checking bags at entrance points. So far this year, German officials have arrested more than a dozen people suspected of involvement in terror plots, while two others have carried out small-scale attacks.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/eu ... 8bbf86319b
yanpa wrote:Now that hits close to home...
Wage Slave wrote:A noble enough wish but that's terrorist organisations for you. A lot of the time they attack the easy targets and ordinary people for the simple fact that it is so much easier. The IRA were no different at all. Attacks in Belgium, France and Germany are happening because it is relatively easy to do so more than for any other reason.
As DAESH are being driven from their fucking Caliphate we can expect them to lash out more and more unfortunately.
kurogane wrote:yanpa wrote:Now that hits close to home...
Yes, it would. I hope all you know were safe. I agree with most of what Wage Slave wrote, but I would also like to add that while I have no truck with this sort of political strategy I do feel we are on a collision course.
Russell wrote:It could as well be some ultra-right wing group that wants to antagonize the population against Islam. It could even be a secret service. So, let's wait with judgement until evidence is in.
Wage Slave wrote:Tacky has all the finesse and nuance of a lump hammer but he has a point. There is a background to this. For decades we have installed and maintained repressive and corrupt kings and dictators in the middle east using our money and military power to keep them in place and people subservient. For decades we have enabled Israel and other client states to brutalise their neighbours. We killed so many people in Afghanistan and Iraq that nobody could even keep count. We never thought it really mattered or should ever affect us directly. When it did, we responded with more of the same and now it's affecting us more yet, the right wingers are calling for even more killing and repression. What was that definition of insanity again?
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