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    Quote Originally Posted by cajunrevenge View Post
    http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nati...174808061.html



    Venezuelan doctors and teachers turning to prostitution in Colombia. Ain't socialism great!
    It's embarrassing how bad socialism works in action. How anyone can support and push this agenda is startling. Why destroy the greatest economy in the world?

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    Don't worry they achieved equality. Its not just the doctors, women of all backgrounds are becoming prostitutes in glorious socialist eutopia.
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    What's happening in Venezuela is horrifying.

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    Socialism pro tip. When things start to go bad invest in wheelbarrows because everyone will need them to carry their near worthless cash. Don't forget to save some for toilet paper. It's literally cheaper to use their money as toilet paper than to use it to buy toilet paper. By a lot.
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    More nationalism:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...la-Merkel.html

    One of the key figures in Germany's resurgent far-right party Alternative für Deutschland party is a lesbian mother-of-two who has faced claims she employed an illegal immigrant as a cleaner - and is against gay marriage.

    Dr Alice Weidel, 38, stormed to victory last night with the AfD claiming almost 13 per cent of the vote and due to hold 94 of the 709 seats in the Bundestag, the first time a right-wing party will sit in the Bundestag since the defeat of the Nazis in 1945.

    The dynamic former Goldman Sachs banker, who speaks Chinese, has used her sexuality on the campaign trail as an example of how her party is misunderstood, telling a rally in Viernheim last week: 'I am homosexual. I waited on purpose to see, but nobody seems to have got up and walked out. Which is of course a surprise as the AfD is a homophobic party. I read this everyday!'

    She is on record as an opponent of gay marriage, tweeting that a 'marriage for all' debate while millions of Muslims illegally immigrate to Germany is a joke.'

    Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has warned Chancellor Angela Merkel that they will put a stop to what they call an 'invasion of foreigners', after becoming the third largest party in parliament last night.
    .....
    Speaking during the conference, Mr Gauland said the one million refugees and migrants who have entered Germany since 2015 were 'taking a way a piece of this country'.

    He said the reason why the party had won such a large part of the votes was due to the way they 'uncompromisingly addressed' the aftermath of the migrant crisis.

    'One million people, foreigners, being brought into this country are taking away a piece of this country and we as AfD don't want that,' Mr Gauland was quotes as saying by the BBC.

    'We say, I don't want to lose Germany to an invasion of foreigners from a different culture. Very simple.'

    The news that the AfD had become the third largest party in parliament led to protests across Germany on Sunday evening.

    Activists chanting anti-Nazi slogans and waving banners surrounded the Berlin nightclub being used by the AfD to celebrate their win on Sunday night.

    More marchers were pictured in Frankfurt, holding a banner which read 'Frankfurt hates the AfD'.

    And their success is the first time in 60 years that the far-Right has garnered enough votes to secure such a show of strength in the Bundestag. The Greens said the shock result meant that the Nazis were in parliament again.

    One report said that in parts of the former East Germany, the AfD had polled 45 per cent of the vote.

    The AfD's strong showing could see them taking as many as 90 seats.

    Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) took 33 per cent of the vote, down 8.5 points from the last election, and its former coalition partners the Social Democratic Party (SPD) only nabbed 20 per cent - meaning both parties saw their worst results since since 1949.

    Mrs Merkel will now likely have to forge a messy three-way arrangement with the liberal FDP and Greens.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    The left wants us to ignore that. A lesson to be learned for the youth.
    There are many lessons to learn from Venezuela; total abandonment of socialism is decidedly not one of those lessons.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jpx7 View Post
    There are many lessons to learn from Venezuela; total abandonment of socialism is decidedly not one of those lessons.
    Haha

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    Quote Originally Posted by jpx7 View Post
    There are many lessons to learn from Venezuela; total abandonment of socialism is decidedly not one of those lessons.
    Where has true socialism worked?

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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    It's embarrassing how bad socialism works in action. How anyone can support and push this agenda is startling. Why destroy the greatest economy in the world?
    OK are we talking about Columbia or Venezuela?

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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    Where has true socialism worked?
    Great Britain?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jaw View Post
    More nationalism:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...la-Merkel.html

    One of the key figures in Germany's resurgent far-right party Alternative für Deutschland party is a lesbian mother-of-two who has faced claims she employed an illegal immigrant as a cleaner - and is against gay marriage.

    Dr Alice Weidel, 38, stormed to victory last night with the AfD claiming almost 13 per cent of the vote and due to hold 94 of the 709 seats in the Bundestag, the first time a right-wing party will sit in the Bundestag since the defeat of the Nazis in 1945.

    The dynamic former Goldman Sachs banker, who speaks Chinese, has used her sexuality on the campaign trail as an example of how her party is misunderstood, telling a rally in Viernheim last week: 'I am homosexual. I waited on purpose to see, but nobody seems to have got up and walked out. Which is of course a surprise as the AfD is a homophobic party. I read this everyday!'

    She is on record as an opponent of gay marriage, tweeting that a 'marriage for all' debate while millions of Muslims illegally immigrate to Germany is a joke.'

    Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has warned Chancellor Angela Merkel that they will put a stop to what they call an 'invasion of foreigners', after becoming the third largest party in parliament last night.
    .....
    Speaking during the conference, Mr Gauland said the one million refugees and migrants who have entered Germany since 2015 were 'taking a way a piece of this country'.

    He said the reason why the party had won such a large part of the votes was due to the way they 'uncompromisingly addressed' the aftermath of the migrant crisis.

    'One million people, foreigners, being brought into this country are taking away a piece of this country and we as AfD don't want that,' Mr Gauland was quotes as saying by the BBC.

    'We say, I don't want to lose Germany to an invasion of foreigners from a different culture. Very simple.'

    The news that the AfD had become the third largest party in parliament led to protests across Germany on Sunday evening.

    Activists chanting anti-Nazi slogans and waving banners surrounded the Berlin nightclub being used by the AfD to celebrate their win on Sunday night.

    More marchers were pictured in Frankfurt, holding a banner which read 'Frankfurt hates the AfD'.

    And their success is the first time in 60 years that the far-Right has garnered enough votes to secure such a show of strength in the Bundestag. The Greens said the shock result meant that the Nazis were in parliament again.

    One report said that in parts of the former East Germany, the AfD had polled 45 per cent of the vote.

    The AfD's strong showing could see them taking as many as 90 seats.

    Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) took 33 per cent of the vote, down 8.5 points from the last election, and its former coalition partners the Social Democratic Party (SPD) only nabbed 20 per cent - meaning both parties saw their worst results since since 1949.

    Mrs Merkel will now likely have to forge a messy three-way arrangement with the liberal FDP and Greens.

    These people are idiots. Being anti Muslim immigrant is not in any way like the nazis. The Nazis were cool with the muslims.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cajunrevenge View Post
    These people are idiots. Being anti Muslim immigrant is not in any way like the nazis. The Nazis were cool with the muslims.
    World is waking up to the evil of Islam.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oklahomahawk View Post
    Great Britain?
    Jezza isn't PM yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    World is waking up to the evil of Islam.
    You are lost. Seek help.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sturg33 View Post
    Haha
    Study up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jpx7 View Post
    You are lost. Seek help.
    The teachings of Mohammed are inherently good? Better yet, please tell me that Mohammed lived a 'good' life.

    You should seek some help for your outright denial of the scourge to this planet that is Islam. How is it working in Germany? How about France? How about Britain? Sweden? Should I go on?
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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    Where has true socialism worked?
    Japan
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    Quote Originally Posted by Runnin View Post
    Japan
    That may be the closest approximation that has ever existed which is a success.
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    Japan is not socialist.

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