Gates of Vienna News Feed 5/25/2017

According to a new poll, only 21% of Czechs favor joining the Eurozone, which is a slightly higher number than last year. 36% believe that the EU has no future, which is an increase over last year.

In other news, an “Idahoan” man named Fazliddin Kurbanov, who was already in prison on terrorism charges, has been indicted on federal charges for attempting to murder a prison warden.

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USA
» Chicago Only Major U.S. City to Lose Population From 2015 to 2016
» Explosive Revelation of Obama Administration Illegal Surveillance of Americans the NSA Intentionally and Routinely Intercepted Communications of American Citizens in Violation of the Constitution.
» Indictment: Idaho Man Convicted of Terrorism Tried to Kill Federal Prison Warden
» Soros-Funded Group Suspends Its Operations Over Money
» Trump’s Budget Eliminates Funding to UN Climate Programs
 
Europe and the EU
» Anti-Jihadism Crusader Poisoned by Leftist — Mainstream Media Silent
» Bloody Hands in Manchester
» Czechs Reject Euro — Poll Finds Citizens Don’t Want Currency and EU ‘Has No Future’
» Five UK Terror Plots Disrupted in Past Two Months as MI5 Battles ‘Unparalleled Threats’
» Greece: Ex-PM Injured in Car Blast
» ‘ISIS Planning Month of UK Terror Attacks Starting This Weekend’, Expert Warns
» Swedish Muslims Slam Saudi King for Handshake With Melania Trump
» UK: Birmingham Man is Found Guilty of Terrorism
 
North Africa
» Libyan Official: Manchester Bomber’s Family Linked to Al-Qaeda
 
Middle East
» Kuwait: Thousands Bid Tearful Adieu to ‘Sunnychayan’
 
South Asia
» Death of Hindu Woman 4 Weeks After Eloping With Married Muslim Man in Lucknow
 
Australia — Pacific
» Muslim Leaders Clash in Fiery Debate on Sunrise
» ‘One Down, Many to Go’: Peter Dutton Celebrates Axing of Muslim Activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied’s Show But Says ABC Has ‘Fundamental Problems’ And More Staff Need to be Purged
» ‘This is Sex Discrimination’: Mark Latham Blasts Union Job Advertisement Which Offers Higher Super Payment for Female Employees
 
Latin America
» Luis Fleischman: Don’t Allow Lobbyist and Deceiving Voices Conceal the Truth About Venezuela
 
Immigration
» Spanish Navy Brings 282 Migrants to Europe
» Terror Potential in Germany’s Immigrant Population Quadruples, German Feds Say
 

Chicago Only Major U.S. City to Lose Population From 2015 to 2016

Chicago was the only city among the nation’s 20 largest to lose population in 2016 — and it lost nearly double the number of residents as the year before, according to newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

It’s the city’s third consecutive year of population loss. Chicago’s population fell by 8,638 residents between 2015 and 2016, to 2,704,958. The year before, it declined by 4,934.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Explosive Revelation of Obama Administration Illegal Surveillance of Americans the NSA Intentionally and Routinely Intercepted Communications of American Citizens in Violation of the Constitution.

By Andrew C. McCarthy

During the Obama years, the National Security Agency intentionally and routinely intercepted and reviewed communications of American citizens in violation of the Constitution and of court-ordered guidelines implemented pursuant to federal law.

The unlawful surveillance appears to have been a massive abuse of the government’s foreign-intelligence-collection authority, carried out for the purpose of monitoring the communications of Americans in the United States. While aware that it was going on for an extensive period of time, the administration failed to disclose its unlawful surveillance of Americans until late October 2016, when the administration was winding down and the NSA needed to meet a court deadline in order to renew various surveillance authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

The administration’s stonewalling about the scope of the violation induced an exasperated Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to accuse the NSA of “an institutional lack of candor” in connection with what the court described as “a very serious Fourth Amendment issue.” (The court is the federal tribunal created in 1978 by FISA; it is often referred to as a “secret court” because proceedings before it are classified and ex parte — meaning only the Justice Department appears before the court.)…

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Indictment: Idaho Man Convicted of Terrorism Tried to Kill Federal Prison Warden

RIVERSIDE, Calif., (KBOI) — A 34-year-old Boise man convicted of terrorism-related charges last year has been indicted on federal charges that he tried to kill the warden of a federal prison.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Fazliddin Kurbanov was named in a three-count indictment on Wednesday. He’s now facing charges of attempted murder of a federal officer, assault on a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon, and possession by an inmate of a prohibited object intended to be used as a weapon.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Soros-Funded Group Suspends Its Operations Over Money

A George Soros-funded voter registration group announced Thursday their plans to shutter its doors indefinitely.

Project Vote said in a statement they will “suspend its operations indefinitely” on May 31 as a result of a weak fundraising environment for their cause.

According to Project Vote, the decision to close its doors was made by their management and board of directors.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Trump’s Budget Eliminates Funding to UN Climate Programs

The Trump administration has proposed eliminating nearly $1.6 billion in international programs aimed at promoting green energy and fighting global warming.

That includes providing no funding to the United Nations’ Green Climate Fund (GCF), which hands out money for programs to adapt or mitigate global warming.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Anti-Jihadism Crusader Poisoned by Leftist — Mainstream Media Silent

If you read only the mainstream media, you probably don’t know that anti-jihadism crusader Robert Spencer was recently poisoned by an Icelandic leftist. But you likely have heard about how Montana Republican Greg Gianforte allegedly body-slammed a Guardian reporter early today. Welcome, again, to media double standards.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Bloody Hands in Manchester

The Greater Manchester Police are one of only two police forces to list Islamophobia as a hate crime category

In the months before weeping little girls with nails in their faces were carried out of the Manchester Arena, the authorities of that city were hard at work fighting the dreaded threat of Islamophobia.

While Salman Abedi, the second-generation Muslim refugee terrorist who maimed and killed dozens in a brutal terrorist attack, stalked the streets wailing, “There is no god but Allah and Mohammed is the messenger of Allah”, Manchester police were busy with more important things.

The Greater Manchester Police are one of only two police forces to list Islamophobia as a hate crime category. Earlier this year, Chief Constable Ian Hopkins honored Tell Mama for fighting Islamophobia. Tell Mama had lost funding earlier when its claims of a plague of violent Islamophobia fell apart.

Shahid Malik, the chair of Tell Mama, had been photographed with the leader of Hamas. Appearing at the Global Peace and Unity conference, where plenty of terrorism supporters have promenaded, he boasted, “In 2005 we had four Muslim MPs. In 2009 or 2010 we’ll have eight or ten Muslim MPs. In 2014 we’ll have 16 Muslim MPs. At this rate the whole parliament will be Muslim.”

Last year, Hopkins had appeared at a Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) event at the European Islamic Centre along with Azad Ali. Ali has praised Anwar Al-Awlaki and other Al Qaeda figures. He justified the murder of British and American soldiers, he praised Hamas and Hezbollah. Instead of arresting him, the Chief Constable appeared at the same forum with a terrorist supporter.

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Czechs Reject Euro — Poll Finds Citizens Don’t Want Currency and EU ‘Has No Future’

An annual survey carried out by the country’s Public Opinion Research Centre (CVVM) found the vast majority of those questioned remain unconvinced replacing the koruna with the eurowould be beneficial.

A paltry 21 per cent of people questioned were in favour of joining the single currency — a slight improvement on last year, when just 17 per cent said they supported adopting the euro.

Scepticism towards the EU itself remains high, in a country heavily opposed to refugees from war-torn countries migrating to Europe.

Only 36 per cent of those polled believe there is a future for the EU, down from 39 per cent last year, while only 35 per cent were in favour of greater integration into the bloc.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Five UK Terror Plots Disrupted in Past Two Months as MI5 Battles ‘Unparalleled Threats’

Britain is dealing with an unprecedented terrorist threat which has seen MI5 and police disrupt five terror plots in the past two months alone, a senior Whitehall source has said.

The threat from Islamist terrorists intent on committing attacks in the UK is so high that the security services are currently running 500 active investigations looking at some 3,000 potential suspects.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Greece: Ex-PM Injured in Car Blast

Former Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos was injured Thursday when a bomb exploded inside his vehicle in Athens, officials said.

Two Bank of Greece employees in the car were also injured. All three were conscious and hospitalized in stable condition, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said, calling the blast an “attack.”

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

‘ISIS Planning Month of UK Terror Attacks Starting This Weekend’, Expert Warns

Chris Phillips, the former head of the National Counter Terrorism Security Office, urged UK citizens to keep on their guard this weekend, and for the next month.

He told the Daily Star: “ISIS positively encourage followers to concentrate their efforts during this time.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Swedish Muslims Slam Saudi King for Handshake With Melania Trump

Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz drew a lot of attention as he shook hands with US President Donald Trump’s wife Melania during the couple’s controversial visit to the Middle East. Afterwards, he was given a lecture on Islamic ethics by Swedish Muslims.

Sweden’s growing Muslim diaspora seemed to be mortified by the fact that the Saudi King shook hands with a woman during US President Donald Trump’s state visit the past weekend. In most versions of Islam, shaking hands with (or even touching) a member of the opposite sex is prohibited when not related.

The fiercest criticism was expressed by the freshly-launched Instagram account Islamiskt (“Islamic”). The account was started at the end of April, followed by a Facebook page by the same name, Swedish news portal Fria Tider reported.

“In God’s name, you shake hands like this? I hope not,” Islamiskt wrote and went on to enlighten fellow Muslims about the peculiarities of Islam. “Shaking hands with the opposite sex is strictly haram [forbidden] and is something the holy prophet not only never did, but also forbade the believers to do,” Islamic wrote…

           — Hat tip: Charles Low [Return to headlines]
 

UK: Birmingham Man is Found Guilty of Terrorism

A radicalised ex-doorman who used adapted Christmas tree lights, shrapnel and a pressure cooker to improvise a bomb has been found guilty of terrorism.

Zahid Hussain, 29, tried to build the improvised explosive device in his bedroom where he also watched violent videos of bomb blasts on the internet.

He was originally arrested in Birmingham in August 2015 when he was spotted acting suspiciously in the street.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Libyan Official: Manchester Bomber’s Family Linked to Al-Qaeda

As the investigation into the May 22 bomb attack in Manchester, England, by Salman Abedi continues, there are indications that Salman’s family in Libya had connections to the Islamic State (ISIS) and al-Qaeda. Abedi, the 23-year-old man identified as the suicide bomber who killed 22 people and injured 59 others, was born in Manchester to parents who had emigrated from Libya.

The latest reports by several news sources on May 24 revealed that Libyan officials have arrested Abedi’s father and two brothers — Hashem (shown) and Ismail — and have also uncovered what investigators described as a plot for a new attack. Ramadan Abedi, the bomber’s father, was arrested in Tripoli, Libya’s capital, on May 24, a Libyan security spokesman told the Associated Press.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Kuwait: Thousands Bid Tearful Adieu to ‘Sunnychayan’

Thousands of people flocked to the National Evangelical Church of Kuwait (NECK) in Kuwait City yesterday to bid a tearful adieu to M Mathews, a well-regarded social leader and Indian industrialist, whose mortal remains were kept in the church hall for people to pay their last respects. Mathews, popularly known as Sunnychayan, passed away in Kuwait on May 20, 2017 following a long illness.

Church volunteers and relatives struggled to control the mourners from all walks of life as they poured into the church to have a last glimpse of Sunnychayan, who played a crucial role in the evacuation of around 170,000 Indians from Kuwait in the aftermath of Iraqi invasion of the country in 1990, which is considered to be the world’s largest civilian evacuation in history.

Indian Ambassador Sunil Jain, Indian Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Shubashis Goldar, Al-Sayer Group CEO Mubarak Al-Sayer, EMKE Group Chairman Yusuff Ali MA and NBTC Group Managing Director KG Abraham were among the dignitaries who paid tribute to Mathews. Braving the dust storm, a large number of people including top banking officials, businessmen, principals from various Indian schools and Indian community representatives also thronged the church to pay their last respects to the departed leader.

Mathews’ constant communication with the United Nations and the Indian government eventually resulted in the safe evacuation of thousands of Indians who were trapped in Kuwait following the Iraqi invasion…

           — Hat tip: ESW [Return to headlines]
 

Death of Hindu Woman 4 Weeks After Eloping With Married Muslim Man in Lucknow

A Love Jihad ends in Tragic Death….

HT Media | Lucknow | May 25, 2017::An 18-year-old Hindu woman died on Tuesday night, nearly three weeks after she eloped with a married Muslim man who had three kids, from Hussainganj here. While the police said she died as a result of severe infection (septicaemia) caused due to excessive consumption of some medicines, her family has alleged foul play.

The victim, Archana, went missing from her house on the afternoon of May 1 when she left for the market. Her father Ishwari Lal kept searching for her for the next few days before finally lodging an FIR against one Javed with the Hussainganj police on May 12. The accused was charged under section 366 (kidnapping a girl for marriage) of the Indian Penal Code.

He was arrested after the woman’s death.

Sub-inspector (S-I) Vaibhav Kumar Singh, the investigation officer in the case, said the victim’s family and the police had been searching for her and Javed for the past ten days but with no results.

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Muslim Leaders Clash in Fiery Debate on Sunrise

TWO prominent Australian Muslim leaders have clashed live on air during a fiery debate about extremism and Islam.

Appearing onSunrise this morning, Dr Jamal Rifi and Imam Shaikh Mohammad Tawhidi condemned the terror attacks in Manchester which has claimed 22 lives.

Both leaders agreed the devastating act didn’t represent Islam, however this is where any common agreement ended.

Imam Tawhidi said the reality was young people were getting radicalised, even in Australia, “because of the Islamic scriptures that we have.”

“They push the Muslim youth to believe that if you go out there and you kill the infidel that’s how you will gain paradise,” the Imam said.

When Kochie asked if Australia is being infested by radical clerics the Imam replied it wasn’t just clerics, but followers as well.

Using an example of an ISIS poster available for a few dollars in shops across Melbourne, the Imam said not enough was being done to stop extremist behaviour…

           — Hat tip: PJ [Return to headlines]
 

‘One Down, Many to Go’: Peter Dutton Celebrates Axing of Muslim Activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied’s Show But Says ABC Has ‘Fundamental Problems’ And More Staff Need to be Purged

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has applauded the cancellation Yassmin Abdel-Magied’s ABC TV program, but says they need to axe more employees.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

‘This is Sex Discrimination’: Mark Latham Blasts Union Job Advertisement Which Offers Higher Super Payment for Female Employees

Former Labor leader Mark Latham has blasted the union movement for discriminating against men in a job advertisement. Men are offered a lower rate of superannuation.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

Luis Fleischman: Don’t Allow Lobbyist and Deceiving Voices Conceal the Truth About Venezuela

More than fifty days after mass civil disobedience began in Venezuela, more than 50 people have died at the hands of the government.

People have lost fear and the government is resorting to more measures that are repressive to subdue the population. The idea is to make every effort to stay in power regardless of human casualties. Thus, the Venezuelan government is launching the so-called “Plan Zamora,” an unclear plan and has not been published in a written form. This makes the plan even more unpredictable and dangerous. So far, “Plan Zamora” has been applied on three Venezuelan states, Táchira, Carabobo, and now Barinas (Chavez birthplace).

“Plan Zamora” consists of a military-civic coalition that includes national guards, the military, militias, and para-military groups. The purpose is “to prevent a coup d’état” and “to restore order” in the face of protests. This means increasing repression, assassination of protestors, and SA-style elimination of opponents.

Indeed, in the last several days, five protestors were treacherously murdered under the plan. It is a system aimed at intimidating protestors to the point of dissuading them from further joining demonstrations.

Maduro has also proposed a constitutional reform aimed at eliminating the National Assembly, currently dominated by the opposition. A new constitution would be drafted by a new constituent assembly elected by the local city halls and by community groups, carefully picked as stooges of the Maduro regime. The move would secure power consolidation in the hands of Nicolas Maduro…

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Spanish Navy Brings 282 Migrants to Europe

(AP) — Spain’s defense ministry says a navy frigate has rescued 282 migrants from two boats found adrift in waters off the Libyan coast.

A ministry statement says the migrants rescued Wednesday included 18 Eritrean children under 10 years old. They were sailing in a small rubber boat and a larger wooden one.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Terror Potential in Germany’s Immigrant Population Quadruples, German Feds Say

The number of refugees in Germany capable of committing terrorist attack in the country has quadrupled since 2011, the German Federal Criminal Police Office, BKA, told government broadcaster Deutsche Welle.

Security concerns have heightened in Germany after close to a million refugees arrived in 2015 from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and North Africa. Fears worsened when more than 1,200 women were reportedly assaulted in various German cities on New Year’s Eve in 2015.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

15 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 5/25/2017

  1. Czech “Scepticism towards the EU itself remains high, in a country heavily opposed to refugees from war-torn countries migrating to Europe.”

    As a Czech I know a total of 2 Czech girls, who went to college, welcomed refugees, and now live in Amsterdam and NYC, and are still welcoming refugees. Otherwise, I don’t really know anyone who would be in favor of the EU – except our politicians, of course.

    Just one point I want to make – In the Czech Republic, we don’t consider the arab invaders to be “war refugees”. We have seen a lot of refugees in the 1940’s, so we kind of know what a refugee is.

    And we also have a large middle eastern gypsy population, who make a lot of trouble – but on the bright side: Unlike our western neighbors, the experience of life close to care-free middle eastern dumb lying thieves made us quite aware of what is going on with these “war refugees”.

    Maybe we have learned to really discriminate what is good and what is bad.

    For 70+ years we have hoped for freedom just like in the west – and now, when the west is willingly losing its freedoms, it is us – those who envied all along, because we didn’t have it, who can see it.

    The “East” didn’t envy LGBTQ marriages or “diversity” or open borders. The “East” envied: Free market economy, private property rights, freedom of speech, freedom of movement, political freedom, religious freedom, and most of all – individual economic freedom. That is – your job is your business and no bureaucrat can have a say in it.

    Your life isn’t much fun when it’s planned by central committee, you see…

  2. A setback for Soros and his Operation Vote NGO – Good! We don’t get enough GOOD news about Soros’ failures.

  3. Unbelievable indictment of a moderate muslima,, in her community, as the unicorn’s arsenal in the middle.

    Channel 4 Manchester Bombing Interview
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfrOZj6EBRI
    9m 18 sec,
    It was pulled from channel 4 and reposted on Utube.

    From 8m 10sec to the end it will become apparent what the designs are.
    Just unbelievable.

    Is that muslima for all the nice fancy words wearing something from the other side of her mouth.
    Why did not the interviewer ask her what it meant?.

    What did it mean for all the other so nice beautiful moderate muslims giving there point of view?.

    A step away from being gory, just being garish and arrogant, but will make you puke, and realize they are all normal followers of Mohammad in his entirety, talking as if genuine, some points, even if I disagree, but being ok with that designer burka belies their words.

  4. Former Labor leader Mark Latham has blasted the union movement for discriminating against men in a job advertisement. Men are offered a lower rate of superannuation.

    There is probably an actuarial explanation. Until people show the selflessness to fall down dead in an orderly and efficient manner, as a simple courtesy to their fellow subjects, we may just have to struggle with this biological injustice.

    We’ll see if we can spare some investigators from the Islamophobia Squad to look into it.

  5. “‘This is Sex Discrimination’: Mark Latham Blasts Union Job Advertisement Which Offers Higher Super Payment for Female Employees”

    Actually, women tend to live longer, and so will collect super for longer, and so are already getting higher (total) super if they’re paying in the same as men (on average).

    Not that I have a problem with this.

    But the same logic should apply to its inverse, life insurance.
    Where men *do* pay more…

    The combination of the two is widespread systemic pay discrimination against men which never gets account for by the feminist statisticians…

    (On the other hand, disability insurance for women does cost more, as disabled women tend to live longer, whereas men just die, so the situation is a little more complicated than I’ve made it out to be.)

  6. Germany’s dictator in chief Frau Uber Dhimmi Merkel managed to get Geert Wilders’ Twitter account blocked.

    Germany now is moving into dangerous grounds. Again…

    • Since the 1880s it has always been about Germany and its inordinate influence within Europe. Now, and once again, it is Germany that is the problem country.

      Even the Romans couldn’t subdue Germania.

      What do we do about Germany?

      • One thing to be “done” is to quit copying Germany. That would be a help. Everyone always copies/admires the strong man, no matter how repellent he might be. Thus, Bismarck’s welfare state was followed by various other countries’ cradle-to-grave benefits. It didn’t make people stronger, it made them dependent. Which was the point.

  7. Oh, dear God.

    Can I have my normal back again? I would like to live in a normal world, such as I knew before those [barbarian] muslims showed up. Now it has all changed and I really don’t like it. Actually, I hate it.

    It’s not here so much as it’s over there. What happened in the UK is terrifying, but then the Brits are unbelievably stupid about allowing people in and Theresa May is the the highest stupid I guess I have ever seen. She should be impeached or whatever they call it in England.

    Maybe she is trying to compete with Merkel for title of dumbest [witch] in Europe, in terms of not doing their duty to keep their countries safe from the muslim hordes. This does say a lot for having MEN in office since women don’t, despite some claims, actually have the manly equipment to do the job. God made man and woman and He made them different from each other. THINK on this.

    Doesn’t anyone read history? This has happened before but the forebears were smarter than today’s people and they stopped the hordes — wait for it — at the GATES OF VIENNA!!!

    Do you all think it could happen again? I don’t because Europe is wussified beyond belief (other than Poland and Hungary, and I’m proud to be a Hungarian by birth) and has not got the guts anymore. They are just lying down because the generation that fought in WWII is dead and gone and evidently the genes didn’t quite make it to the next generation.

    What will it take to wake them up? I suspect a wipe-out of PC thinking. . . it just doesn’t do anything good for anyone. It’s like the hippies in the 60’s singing Kumbaya — doesn’t change a thing.

    We are doomed. Um, I mean Europe is doomed — we are not yet doomed. We have guns.

    Baron, please forgive me for letting my hair down, but I can only take so much and to prevent my head from exploding, I have to barf. I just did. Thank you.

    You can choose not to post it — I realize I went over the top in frustration.

    Maria

    P.S. But the check is about to be in the mail because I really admire what you do. I’m pretty ham-fisted so I couldn’t do what you do. And you do it so well!

    Give my regards to Dymphna please.

    • Michael commented a day or so ago that the coming general election in Britain is between the just plain stupid and a Traitor.

      I think that sums up what the Brits have to choose from.

      May is no Maggie Thatcher who was a Patriot and didn’t get the tag ‘the iron lady’ for being a wimp. May is part of the establishment and appears to have no empathy at all for those she supposedly ‘represents’.

      There is no one on the immediate horizon in Britain, and who, like Oliver Cromwell or Winston Churchill, could take the bull by the horns and deal with the immediate issues at hand. The system now in place is designed to effectively thwart any populist movements or political parties from gaining traction with the public – so it is now down to the public to begin some kind of resistance if they wish to not lose their country entirely.

      There is however, some light at the end of the proverbial tunnel in that we should be looking to American politics and its direction over the next year or so and how effective Trump’s administration will be in draining that swamp in DC.

      If Trump can bring down the Clintons, the Democratic Party and about a third of Congress from both parties, then there will be a domino effect on all Western countries and their systems which are all geared to walk in lock step with what the Globalist elite want.

      The Globalist hold over all Western countries will then come to an end and a new era emerge, not just for the West, but for all humanity.

      So, there is still hope Maria_dee.

      • I wish I could draw some hope for your words. But the average Brit has been trained by the MSM & its echo chamber to hate Margaret Thatcher. She is the evil one who took away jobs, don’t you know? Etc, ad nauseam. So they had their Thatcher and they preferred the criminal class of politicians who followed on after her.

        • Completely understand your reservations Dympthna, but if one reflects on the old Soviet system of political correctness and its grinding conformity, it becomes obvious that Russia and the Visegrad four, who were all once captive to it, are now the bulwark against the very same kind of system within the EU, albeit a system more gentler and ‘coercive’ while its kid gloves remain on, in obtaining its main goal.

          So what does that tell us?

          It is a lesson learned and not forgotten. It also tells us that those who have counted on Communism to bring the entire planet under their control have underestimated one very important aspect to Human kind – a good memory and a yearning for individuality and personal liberty within nation states. And while some humans will always give up their freedom for ‘security’ under Communism, there are many more who reject that false promise and are prepared to fight against its imposition.

          • Nemesis, the USSR fell of its own weight, pushed a bit by Thatcher and Reagan, but the push wasn’t needed.

            That’s what happens to all HUGE centralized governments who can’t make economic decisions on a small enough scale to suit particular areas. It was a economic failure.

            Who, exactly, is prepared to fight, and what weapons will they use?

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