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I honest-to-goodness read this as "cocaine, heroines, and cannibals," which would definitely be more lively.
 
Now the times admits migrant crime in Sweden is an issue after criticizing trump a year ago.

And still, you'll all be silent after vilifying me for trying to show you all what type of animals these people are.
 
Italian elections going the route of uk/USA/Germany.

The citizens of the west are sick of what is happening and we won't stand for it any longer.
 
http://www.dw.com/en/italy-election-to-result-in-hung-parliament/a-42823814

A right-wing alliance led by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia took the lead in Italy's general election, according to preliminary results published Monday morning, but the country now faces a hung parliament and a struggle for power.

Forza Italia, the far-right Northern League and Brothers of Italy together took about 37 percent of the vote, followed by the euroskeptic 5-Star Movement (M5S) with about 32 percent.

Matteo Salvini's right-wing, anti-immigrant Northern League took 18 percent, surpassing Berlusconi's Forza Italia party, which took less than 14 percent, according to the partial results. Berlusconi had expected to dominate the alliance.

Salvini said Monday that his coalition had the "right and the duty" to form a government and staked his claim for the leadership.

The ruling center-left Democratic Party (PD) came in a distant third at 23 percent, leading leader Matteo Renzi to reportedly announce his resignation.

We used to think of Bill O'Reilly screaming Merry Christmas when the term Culture War was brought up. Now it is the lever that decides the outcomes of elections across the entire western world.
 
Jaw said:
http://www.dw.com/en/italy-election-to-result-in-hung-parliament/a-42823814

A right-wing alliance led by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia took the lead in Italy's general election, according to preliminary results published Monday morning, but the country now faces a hung parliament and a struggle for power.

Forza Italia, the far-right Northern League and Brothers of Italy together took about 37 percent of the vote, followed by the euroskeptic 5-Star Movement (M5S) with about 32 percent.

Matteo Salvini's right-wing, anti-immigrant Northern League took 18 percent, surpassing Berlusconi's Forza Italia party, which took less than 14 percent, according to the partial results. Berlusconi had expected to dominate the alliance.

Salvini said Monday that his coalition had the "right and the duty" to form a government and staked his claim for the leadership.

The ruling center-left Democratic Party (PD) came in a distant third at 23 percent, leading leader Matteo Renzi to reportedly announce his resignation.

We used to think of Bill O'Reilly screaming Merry Christmas when the term Culture War was brought up. Now it is the lever that decides the outcomes of elections across the entire western world.
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I'm glad we are moving back towards a direction that won't lead to our own destruction. The far leftist agenda has destabilized Europe and america. Time to get the adults back in control.
 
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...rwell-xi-jinping-power-letter-n-a8235071.html

News reports indicate that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) stands poised to amend China’s constitution to cancel term limits for the presidency. Presumably the related custom that the CCP general secretary must surrender power at a given age will give way as well. If so, abrogating term limits will let Xi Jinping remain the party supremo and China’s president so long as he deems fit. “Essentially,” contends Professor Willy Lam of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Xi has “become emperor for life.”
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The China Digital Times, a California-based site covering China, reports a list of terms excised from Chinese websites by government censors includes the letter 'N', Orwell's novels Animal Farm and 1984, and the phrase 'Xi Zedong'.

The latter is a combination of President Xi and former chairman Mao Zedong's names.
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Search terms blocked on Sino Weibo, a microblogging site which is China’s equivalent of Twitter, include “disagree”, “personality cult”, “lifelong”, “immortality”, “emigrate”, and “shameless”.

It was not immediately obvious why the ostensibly harmless letter ‘N’ had been banned, but some speculated it may either be being used or interpreted as a sign of dissent. ...,
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have long been blocked in the country and even Winnie the Pooh recently found himself subject to China’s latest internet crackdown.

In July, references to the cartoon bear on Sina Weibo were removed after his image was compared to President Xi.
 
http://www.news.com.au/finance/econ...n/news-story/a8a81155995b1adc1c399d3576c4c0bc

SOUTH Africa’s parliament has voted in favour of a motion that will begin the process of amending the country’s Constitution to allow for the confiscation of white-owned land without compensation.

The motion was brought by Julius Malema, leader of the radical Marxist opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters, and passed overwhelmingly by 241 votes to 83 against. The only parties who did not support the motion were the Democratic Alliance, Freedom Front Plus, Cope and the African Christian Democratic Party.

It was amended but supported by the ruling African National Congress and new president Cyril Ramaphosa, who made land expropriation a key pillar of his policy platform after taking over from ousted PM Jacob Zuma earlier this month.

“The time for reconciliation is over. Now is the time for justice,” Mr Malema was quoted by News24 as telling parliament. “We must ensure that we restore the dignity of our people without compensating the criminals who stole our land.”
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Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota said there was a “danger that those who think equality in our lifetime equates that we must dominate whites”, News24 reported.

Mr Malema has been leading calls for land confiscation, forcing the ANC to follow suit out of fear of losing the support of poorer black voters. In 2016, he told supporters he was “not calling for the slaughter of white people‚ at least for now”.

Civil rights groups have accused the EFF and ANC of inciting an ongoing spate of attacks on white farmers characterised by extreme brutality, rape and torture — last year, more than 70 people were killed in more than 340 such attacks.

Most of us are old enough to remember the constant media outcry against apartheid. Where is the outrage now?
 
Jaw said:
http://www.news.com.au/finance/econ...n/news-story/a8a81155995b1adc1c399d3576c4c0bc

SOUTH Africa’s parliament has voted in favour of a motion that will begin the process of amending the country’s Constitution to allow for the confiscation of white-owned land without compensation.

The motion was brought by Julius Malema, leader of the radical Marxist opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters, and passed overwhelmingly by 241 votes to 83 against. The only parties who did not support the motion were the Democratic Alliance, Freedom Front Plus, Cope and the African Christian Democratic Party.

It was amended but supported by the ruling African National Congress and new president Cyril Ramaphosa, who made land expropriation a key pillar of his policy platform after taking over from ousted PM Jacob Zuma earlier this month.

“The time for reconciliation is over. Now is the time for justice,” Mr Malema was quoted by News24 as telling parliament. “We must ensure that we restore the dignity of our people without compensating the criminals who stole our land.”
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Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota said there was a “danger that those who think equality in our lifetime equates that we must dominate whites”, News24 reported.

Mr Malema has been leading calls for land confiscation, forcing the ANC to follow suit out of fear of losing the support of poorer black voters. In 2016, he told supporters he was “not calling for the slaughter of white people‚ at least for now”.

Civil rights groups have accused the EFF and ANC of inciting an ongoing spate of attacks on white farmers characterised by extreme brutality, rape and torture — last year, more than 70 people were killed in more than 340 such attacks.

Most of us are old enough to remember the constant media outcry against apartheid. Where is the outrage now?
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That's a very curious way of framing the issue.
 
Forever Fredi said:
Get your countdown clocks ready.

Trump meeting Kim is going to be quite the spectacle.
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Do you throw the guy an ounce of respect for that? He was widely criticized for how he handled North Korea and Trumps policy of cut the bull**** seems to have worked unlike the American policy of previous decades
 
http://www.newsweek.com/china-milit...-me-night-us-navy-secretary-837140?yptr=yahoo

China’s push to increase its military power and build new economic ties around the world have top U.S. military brass concerned.
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Referring to China’s recent leasing of a $1.3 billion port in Sri Lanka for the next 99 years, Spencer told lawmakers that China’s seemingly endless budget for such projects gave it an advantage over the U.S.

“When it comes to China, the bottom line there is the checkbook,” he said. “Not only in the dollars and cents that they are writing to support their military expansion and their technological work, but what they’re doing around the globe...weaponizing capital.”
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In addition to countless construction, infrastructure and resource-gathering projects, China has established new military ties with countries like Pakistan, Russia and, especially, across Africa. Last August, China unveiled its first overseas military base in the East African country of Djibouti, where the U.S. and French militaries also operated.

“Everywhere I go, they’re there,” Neller told the committee, as Military Times reported. “Their concern for human rights is not there, and they’ve got big bags of cash.”
 
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