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11,000 Icelanders Offer To House Syrian Refugees

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Submitted by Michaela Whitton via TheAntiMedia.org,

The Icelandic government is reconsidering its national refugee quota after a social media campaign resulted in over 11,000 Icelanders offering up a room in their homes to refugees.

As Europe struggles to cope with unprecedented levels of those seeking shelter, residents of the sparsely populated Nordic island country resorted to direct action to pressure their leaders.

Iceland was recently awarded the title of “most peaceful country” in the Global Peace Index, with Syria ranking the least peaceful. With a population of 330,000 — less than many European cities — the country’s government had previously stated it could only take in 50 people this year.

Taking matters into their own hands, over 16,000 Icelanders joined a Facebook page created on Sunday to pressurize the Icelandic government into accepting more refugees.

In addition to offering rooms in homes, people have pledged financial support with air fares, language teaching, clothing, food, and toys, and the page has been inundated with messages of gratitude from Syrians, some of whom are writing from refugee camps.

As a result of the outpouring of support, Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson announced that a committee is being formed to re-assess the country’s current policy.

Founder of the Facebook group, author and professor, Bryndis Bjorgvinsdottir, said her country’s attitude was being changed by tragic news reports. “I think people have had enough of seeing news stories from the Mediterranean and refugee camps of dying people and they want something done now,” she told Iceland’s RUV television.

Undoubtedly, thousands of people across the globe are equally horrified. Inspired by Iceland’s example, social media campaigns have sprung up and united those who are dismayed by the pitiful humanitarian response to the crisis. As distressing images and stories of the hurdles and barriers faced at every turn by those seeking sanctuary saturate the European press, similar schemes have snowballed throughout Europe.

In Britain, more and more people are condemning the government’s shameful response to the crisis — a response particularly ironic considering most refugees are fleeing conflicts that the U.K.’s imperialist interventions have directly contributed to.

Not prepared to sit back, groups like Citizens UK are pressuring U.K. leaders to step up to the plate. More than 250,000 Brits have signed a petition calling for Britain to take its fair share of Syrian refugees.

Ireland’s ”Pledge a Bed” campaign was overwhelmed with thousands of offers of spare rooms within hours of its launch while hundreds of Germans have offered to share their homes on the Refugees Welcome website.

Swiftly following suit and not to be outdone, offers of support haven’t stopped at Europe’s shores. A U.S. group called Open Homes, Open Hearts US – for Syrian refugees launched earlier this week.

With no easy answers and no end in sight, the political firestorm will continue, as will the global outrage at the humanitarian tragedy. The only thing clear is that if the West were prepared to accept more refugees, desperate families wouldn’t be forced to rely on smugglers or to climb into perilous boats and refrigeration lorries.

 

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Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:18 | 6516266 Looney
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Speakin' of refugees... There’s an interesting article in the Sunday Express:

Islamic State reveals it has smuggled THOUSANDS of extremists into Europe

The Syrian operative claimed more than 4,000 covert ISIS gunmen had been smuggled into western nations – hidden amongst innocent refugees.

The ISIS smuggler, who is in his 30s with a trimmed jet-black beard, revealed the ongoing clandestine operation is a complete success.

I dunno how credible The Express is. I hope our ZeroBrits could clarify it for all of us.

Looney

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/555434/Islamic-State-ISIS-Smuggler-T...

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:29 | 6516273 JungleCat
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Once those citizens learn that the gubmint won't pay to house those refugees, they will withdraw their offers.

And if that doesn´t change their mind: once they meet the refugees, they will for sure change their minds.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:30 | 6516310 Payne
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ISIS force structure is the old Iraqi army.  They do not want to smuggle gunmen into Europe, they need those gunmen in Theatre.  They want to stabilize the area's that they have taken and start building.  They do not want more armed forces headed to the ME, they would like those forces to stay in Europe to deal with Misinformation.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:44 | 6516342 the6thBook
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They don't need to smuggle gunmen.  You migrate part of your population into a country.  Then have an "incident" or false flag where you need to send your military in to protect the those people in your target country.  Then you take over the country. It has been a tatic used by invaders for 100's of years

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:02 | 6516399 Divine Wind
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I find this article incredibly depressing.

Of all of the countries, one would think that Icelandics would be wise enough to see this is a baaaaaad decision.

The demographics of that wonderful country will change for the worse within 2 generations.

Sad.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:04 | 6516403 kaiserhoff
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While they are in the mood,

  let's send them 30 million illegals.

 

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:46 | 6516547 Publicus
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Israel to Keep Syrian War Refugees Out With More Fences – Prime Minister

 

http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20150906/1026668095.html

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 19:18 | 6516658 knukles
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So much for the muse of emigrating to Iceland.  Þessi raunverulega helvíti upp.. Phhhht.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 21:07 | 6516999 CheapBastard
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A better idea is for Iceland to generously offer to pay for the construction of housing for 11,000 refugees ... in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, or any Muslim country for that matter. See how many of their Muslim brothers and sisters will accept the offer to help their kin.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 21:11 | 6517019 Manthong
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I don’t think they understand what Islam does once it gets a toe-hold somewhere.

Keflavik Caliphate, anyone?

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 22:05 | 6517166 Eirik Magnus Larssen
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No hate. No fear.

As it is, those two emotions disproportionally influence American thinking and decision making.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 22:34 | 6517278 Dancing Disraeli
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I wish.  If your suppositions were correct, we would've had protected borders these past 30 years.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 23:55 | 6517445 Sanity Bear
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let's start with "no propaganda" please

Mon, 09/07/2015 - 00:22 | 6517496 Theosebes Goodfellow
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I never realized that the Icelandic people, (or at least eleven thousand of them), were "mis-understanders of Islam". Hopefully the remaining 319 thousand can talk some sense into them.

Iceland does not currently have a Muslim problem. Why import one? Someone should send them the videos of these "Syrian refugees" throwing away food and water simply because it had a red cross on it. Then maybe they'll "understand Islam" better.

Mon, 09/07/2015 - 08:43 | 6517894 Stainless Steel Rat
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Remember, all pathologically altruistic people are also pathologically racist, otherwise it would be a self-defeating genetic characteristic.  Grabbing the popcorn now...

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 22:52 | 6517329 newbie vampire
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' let's send them 30 million illegals.'

Iceland is a big place.  Why stop at 30 million.   They want it, let them have it.  

  Make it 300 million.

Iceland can invest in 1000 Boeing or Airbus planes and secure an exclusive contract to ferry these new immigrants there so they don't need to face the hardships, dangers and paying off the human traffickers.

Lets make everyone happy.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:18 | 6516451 Mostly Harmless
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This doesn't pass the smell test.  After watching what happened in the rest of Europe, who in their right mind would want to start importing people from the 3rd World? Mexico is a shit-hole because it is filled with Mexicans!  Syria is a shit-hole because it is filled with Muslims.  The Afrikan contenant is a shit-hole because it is filled with Afrikans...

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:39 | 6516523 Whoa Dammit
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Presented with no comment:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country is 'too small' to take in desperate Syrian refugees. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3224394/Israeli-Prime-Minister-r...

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 20:11 | 6516820 greenskeeper carl
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Of course isreal isn't going to take any in, I thought that would go without saying. And isniceland fucking insane? These people will ruin your country inside of 2 generations. They will breed like rats and completely outnumber you in 50 years.

I pity the beautiful blond women who are raped by these animals like what happens all the fucking time in Sweden. If these Europeans REALLY want to help these people, they could demand an end to their govts helping the US destroy the entire region. Taking in a bunch of Syrian refugees isnfucking retarded.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 20:25 | 6516860 Dancing Disraeli
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Nordics in general have a real problem with their pathological altruism.  The theory goes that to survive the ice age, in a harsh and sparsely populated land, only those who helped each other out survived.  Works great in a homogenous society comprised of fellow Nordics who naturally reciprocate, and also have a strong work ethic.  Is disastrous when large hordes of third-worlders whose ancestors were not rewarded for co-operation show up.  They just perceive the Nordics as weak, and quickly take full advantage-- rape, crime, sponging off the natives, and NOT assimilating.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 22:07 | 6517190 Calmyourself
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DD, I do not believe we have been introduced but you nailed the altruism thing dead on.  Want to experience real heartfelt hospitality have your car breakdown in MN in January.

The neighbors will compete to stuff your pie hole.  Last time it happened on my road, I towed it home, fixed the tire, gave her kids toys, gave her a $100 and fed them all until stuffed.

This cultural predilection is well known but you pegged it nicely, I no longer indulge in it if your not "my team" I'll call you a tow truck..

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 20:42 | 6516916 sun tzu
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These beautiful blonde women are usually the ones behind importing millions of savage third worlders. 

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 22:03 | 6517177 Eirik Magnus Larssen
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As a person with blond hair and blue eyes, I never understood the Western media's unhealthy obsession with blond hair and blue eyes.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 22:09 | 6517197 Calmyourself
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Its cuz your a little bitch Ewik, a whiny metrosexual bitch....

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 22:11 | 6517204 Eirik Magnus Larssen
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Comedy gold.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 23:42 | 6517419 Calmyourself
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Inside your head little bitch you even answer to your pet name ewik... Get  me a beer bitch..

Mon, 09/07/2015 - 12:21 | 6518592 TheReplacement
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Because those two traits together are pretty rare in a population of 7 billion people.  Historically, they had been somewhat resistant to central power.  As such, they must be bred out or simply overwhelmed.  Sadly, this effort really got traction once the females of said people were given the right to vote.  It has been all down hill since as the females feel some need to compell, by the might of the state, everyone to give up their liberties and properties so everyone can prosper, for a day.

Give a man a fish and he eats for a day.

Teach a man to fish and he eats for for the rest of his life.

Build a man a fire and he is warm for a day.

Set a man on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life.

Women do not understand those points at all.  It requires that rational thought outweigh emotions.  Women act on emotion.  This is why so many men have been feminized in every way possible (metros and such).  They want you to act on emotions not rational thought.  Well, you are doing it.  You nordics are giving the man a fish.  You have not thought out that this is not a practical solution nor have you considered who that man is.  He knows how to keep warm and he will burn you to do it.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 19:55 | 6516775 Lamarth
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Looks like 5% of the population are nuts. A problem with things like change.org and other general petitions is that 5% of the population can cause a massive shakeup, but there is no obvious channel for 30% of the population to smack down the idea.

 

If they do it, it will be good for the rest of us. We'll have a concrete example of the disaster in action.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 23:30 | 6517400 risk.averse
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 We'll have a concrete example of the disaster in action.

 

No need to wait for N-iceland to unravel and go down the gurgler. We've already had an example in modern times of what happens when a community feels it's being swamped by the demographic imperative of a minority using their growing numbers to alter the traditional culture of their homeland. This is one of the reasons for the Yugoslav civil war in the 1990s. Serb Christians felt that they were losing control of their country; Serb Christians were having much smaller families than their Muslim neighbours -- most Muslim women don't have the luxury of a say in how many kids they're expected to pump out. And in a democracy, NUMBERS are EVERYTHING. Serb Christians could see their majority grip on power evaporating, that history was repeating itself (a-la Ottoman takeover of the Baltics 600  years ago) and many of them decided to use force to wrest control  back. The UN and USA stepped in after 1000s of people died and imposed some order but it wasn't enough to save many Christian churches from destruction when Muslim mobs in Kosovo went on a rampage in 2004 -- 6 years after "order" had been imposed by the near-useless UN --

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_unrest_in_Kosovo

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 22:41 | 6517297 kiwigal
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Very true. Because they haven't been exposed to immigrants who follow Islam they  won't understand the long term consequences. So innocent,so naive. The world should be sending in ground troups to clean up the mess. What exactly is the point of the United Nations...useless.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:09 | 6516419 QQQBall
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Yeah, Syria is planning an attack on Iceland. STFU. Syria may be the most violent country, does not mean the people are the most violent. Another rubbleization project from USA.gov.

Keep reading MSM and see boogymen around every corner.

 

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 20:45 | 6516925 sun tzu
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The Middle East and Africa are fucked up violent backwards places, but it's not because of the people. It must be the water in those places. Once these people move to Europe, the water there will make them productive, intelligent, and docile people. 

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 23:26 | 6517393 newbie vampire
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'The Middle East and Africa are fucked up violent backwards places, but it's not because of the people. It must be the water in those places. Once these people move to Europe, the water there will make them productive, intelligent, and docile people. '

lmao. 

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 23:37 | 6517414 WOAR
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But then they will know the tragic effects of flouridization...

*knock knock*

Damn it all! The goons are back again to steal my precious bodily fluids!

Thu, 09/10/2015 - 04:58 | 6530360 MoneyThimbles
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Why are you putting flour in your water?

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 19:01 | 6516604 RickC
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Of course.  Once they learn just how they have to accomadate the Muslim religion, the Icelanders will want no part of it in their homes.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 20:46 | 6516929 sun tzu
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If they are good leftists, they will voluntarily mutilate their daughters' vaginas and set them up on a pre-arranged marriage with a bearded man in a nightgown. 

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 23:45 | 6517424 Calmyourself
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Ask ewik, he is all set, his daughters are all ready for their goatherder/fucker depending on his mood..

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 23:52 | 6517430 Eirik Magnus Larssen
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Well, our first child was a boy.

I must admit I don't quickly grow tired of seeing deeply frustrated racists squirm in their pants. You're the worst the world has to offer, and deserve the contempt that you are treated with.

Mon, 09/07/2015 - 10:31 | 6518223 farflungstar
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Spend a few nights in Souf Brooklyn, let's see how full of altruistic concern for darker skinned people you have then. 

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 23:30 | 6517399 newbie vampire
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'Of course.  Once they learn just how they have to accomadate the Muslim religion, the Icelanders will want no part of it in their homes.'

Its a NO RETURNS policy.

The Icelanders can, of course, migrate to Syria or other parts of the ME.

 

Mon, 09/07/2015 - 10:46 | 6518278 Escapeclaws
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I don't understand, these crazy Icelanders and Irish (with their "pledge a bed"). Both countries have very impressive high cliffs they can jump off. They don't need imported solutions to commit suicide. Just jump, idiots!

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 23:31 | 6517315 newbie vampire
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@JungleCat

'And if that doesn´t change their mind: once they meet the refugees, they will for sure change their minds.'

You are absolutely spot on.  I like how these closet liberals are ever too ready to practise socialism at no cost to themselves.  I would like to see a documentary on how they will be able to co-exist with a 'refugee family'.

I would suggest that once these 'guests' settle in, they would begin 'suggesting' then demanding the observance of dietary, cultural and religious observances from the host families as practised by these 'refugees' in their homelands. 

Good luck with assimilation.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:20 | 6516277 Impoverished Ps...
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The Express basically runs 4 news stories.

1) Weather - you're going to freeze to death

2) Weather - you're going to burn to death

3) Your pension is fucked

4) Your pension is great

Anything else indicates something very significant is happening, the accuracy of their reporting varies from slanted to insane but as to this report - it looks legit to me.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:31 | 6516305 Looney
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So… it is basically like our FOX-CNN-MSBC shtick - read the piece of paper the .GOV gives you every morning. Ain’t it?

Looney

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:15 | 6516445 general ambivalent
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Three of the top five stories are about ISUS, so no doubt it's an automatic connection to GCHQ when you click a link.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:25 | 6516293 JoeySandwiches
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SUICIDAL. FUCKING. MORONS.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 20:47 | 6516935 sun tzu
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Typical Europeons

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:28 | 6516302 indygo55
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They have a ton of space on Greenland. That may have the refugees change their minds however. 

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 21:18 | 6517035 angel_of_joy
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Nice try ! However, Greenland is somewhat Danish, and has nothing whatsoever to do with Iceland...

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:56 | 6516386 Bunga Bunga
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Let send them to DC where they can meet their mentors.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:50 | 6516571 junction
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Iceland should take a photo, fingerprints and a DNA sample from every displaced person given sanctuary in Iceland. This biometric information will help the Icelandic police when there is a spike in rapes and rape-murders once these visitors live there.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 19:43 | 6516735 Umh
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Most of the people of Iceland are relatives so this should be a big surprise, letting others into a mostly closed system.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 23:35 | 6517411 newbie vampire
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'Iceland should take a photo, fingerprints and a DNA sample from every displaced person given sanctuary in Iceland. This biometric information will help the Icelandic police when there is a spike in rapes and rape-murders once these visitors live there.'

To be PC, they can only arrest or harass Icelanders.  It is the "guests' human right to do whatever they wish.

Mon, 09/07/2015 - 10:52 | 6518306 Escapeclaws
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Iceland should take lots of photos of their happy people, beautiful landscapes, etc. That way they'll be able to remember how good things were.

Mon, 09/07/2015 - 05:56 | 6517740 migra
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The people of Iceland will live to regret inviting those savages into their wonderful country.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:18 | 6516268 Yen Cross
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 I nominate Iceland for the Nobel Peace Prize.

  What's the catch?

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:34 | 6516299 JustObserving
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Nobel committee is a victim of infinite spying by the NSA?  How do you think that Obama got the prize?

The chance that Iceland wins a Nobel Prize for this is less than zero.  Though it deserves it infinitely more than the Nobel Prize Winner whose illegal war in Syria has killed at least 250,000 and created more than 4 million refugees.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:38 | 6516331 Yen Cross
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  It's a crazy world. JustObserving

 Mt. Mc Kinley just got renamed, after Cadillac SUV, and the Russians are responsible for the exodus of refugees into Southern Europe.

 BTW, You kick ass, and I love your posts, and statistics.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:51 | 6516369 JustObserving
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Thanks

Doing my share for a more peaceful, happier, fairer, kinder world with goodwill towards all and malice towards only the warmongers and the enemies of humanity and all the denizens of this planet.

Wishing you the best

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:00 | 6516392 Yen Cross
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JustObserving , you're awesome.

 You take the time to un-objectively disseminate information with absolute class.

 You have educated, not only myself, but countless other readers of Zero Hedge.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 20:19 | 6516844 wendigo
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Just to clarify, the SUV was named after Denali, meaning great one, which is the original name of the mountain as given to it by the local inhabitants many years ago. I for one support the change. 

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:48 | 6516358 cossack55
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Iceland should have been awarded every medal on the planet for having the sense to jail their criminal banksters.  Iceland and Bhutan are two of the only sane nations left.  I fucking love Iceland, I am a little leery of all the volcanoes though. I hope Syrians like fish.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:45 | 6516548 JungleCat
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Respectfully, you are mistaken. Iceland did not jail any banksters.....or bankers. They literally left on their private jets.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 19:38 | 6516719 nmewn
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Damn, all the popular internet memes are being destroyed on one thread ;-)

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 19:40 | 6516724 where_is the_nuke
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Seems like you are very happy they were not jailed.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 20:10 | 6516817 nmewn
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Seriously?

I don't jail people, "your popularly elected" governments do that...lol.

Your Icelandic-Nordic meme is a dead issue, get the fuck over it and look at the reality of your myriad government bureaucracies & agencies, it's tax structure, it's debt financing in lieu of taxation, the banks & casinos they play in and then get back to me with something more substantive than another Alfred E Neuman comment.

You fuckers are starting to bore the hell out of me.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 22:21 | 6517224 Calmyourself
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We have imported so many newbies to the site they have no clue.  Iceland jailed its bankers, sure they did, for a day or two...   They instituted cap controls once the bankers got their cash out.  Nmewn, just batten the hatches and wait out the stupidity it hits peak just like financial Ponzi's..

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:50 | 6516366 orez65
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"... the Nobel Prize Winner whose illegal war in Syria has killed at least 250,000 ..."

It is mindboggling!

Obama refuses to allow the Keystone pipeline to be built in the United States.

But he has involved the United States in the Syria War in order to acquire the right of way to construct a natural gas pipeline from Qatar and Israel to Europe.

Yes, natural gas from Israel who has discovered huge natural gas deposits in the ocean just off its eastern coast.

I say, if we are going to fight wars for other countries then we should charge them for it: 50% of any natural gas pumped to Europe is ours!

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:56 | 6516385 Toonces McGraw
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Iceland deserves the Nobel Prize for actually locking up their cockroach bankers.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 21:50 | 6517133 NoTTD
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I nominate Iceland for the Darwin Award.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:20 | 6516275 q99x2
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They should stay at John McCain's and Diane Feinstein's homes.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:20 | 6516279 Spaceguy
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I can't wait to see how the Icelanders going to offer their houses to these people 

 

https://youtu.be/fZZY8AWajUk?t=54s

 

Perhaps they should offer their daughters too!

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:23 | 6516286 q99x2
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If the Chinese would quit manufacturing all that junk there would be more room for them to stay everywhere.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:52 | 6516374 Ms No
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Strange being that Iceland isn't part of the EU.  Maybe the EEA is pulling some kind of leverage here and the local governments are scrambling to make it happen. 

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:35 | 6516507 BarkingCat
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I just read that EU want partner countries to also take the refugees.
They said that Ukraine can take at least 100,000.
That 's an entire city of that they want them to absorb because there is lots of space and furtile land.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 21:13 | 6517021 Never One Roach
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Why don't some of these countries simply say they'll help these refugees by ending the Syrian war by putting a muzzle on the countries that caused it in the first place? The issue is the elephant in the room that no MSM talks about. I think ending the killing there would be alot more "humanitarian.".

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:21 | 6516462 general ambivalent
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But white people are bad. If you can't say this then you're either with the freedom fries or against the freedom fries. Sell your daughter so she can become a potato.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 20:46 | 6516933 Sokhmate
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Before negentropy, comes entropy.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 21:52 | 6517134 NoTTD
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Goes without saying that the dottirs are included.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 22:25 | 6517243 Calmyourself
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Ewik will like that, he wants his daughters used by the savages but of course they are not blond blue eyed beauties are they Ewik..

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:23 | 6516281 JustObserving
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My hat is off to the Icelanders for being so generous to the at least 4 million refugees created by the Nobel Prize Winner's illegal war on Syria

I would buy a car made in Iceland just for that - for the rest of my life.  Must support generous Icelanders economically.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:25 | 6516292 q99x2
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Maybe they will turn white and have blond hair in a thousand years.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:32 | 6516317 AlfredNeumann
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Syrians ARE white you goddam idiot

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:54 | 6516378 nmewn
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So how many are you adopting Al? Or are you going to be like that terminal douche Chuck Todd and just agitate for someone else to clothe, feed and house them out of the goodness of your heart?

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:06 | 6516411 Yen Cross
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nmewn, lets call a spade a spade.

 We all know Alfred is "Dutchboy" running another handle.

 That's fine, and he makes some really compelling arguments.

 The ad hominems and name calling, are probably what's testing the Tylers patience.

 

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:20 | 6516460 nmewn
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I know, he's still an irritating little prick though. They're not making a B-Line for his neighborhood and it's "social safety net" so he can afford to be magnanimous with others money.

Fuck him.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:23 | 6516473 Yen Cross
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 I agree.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:55 | 6516582 tarabel
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That, and his continuously announced preference for genocidal murder of people he's never met before.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 19:15 | 6516651 where_is the_nuke
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As if you are very concerned about genocidal murder of people.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:13 | 6516432 AlfredNeumann
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We had a closed juvenile detention center down the road from me.   Indoor pool very modern rooms and a dining hall and gym.

So the Dutch govt decided 6 months ago to take in 500 Syrian and Eritrean refugees  all between ages of 14-16

At first people were pissed off because I live in a touristy area in the forest with nice bike trails and horse paths.  

But there has been NO problems.  I have met a few of those kids and they are amazingly friendly and courteous and seem very happy  to be safe.  Most of their parents are DEAD

They have an 8PM curfew. They get Dutch classes during the day and indoctrination about our customs and culture. 

The Goodwill gave them all nice cloths and they all got a smart phone and a bicycle and they get an allowance everyweek.

 

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:23 | 6516468 nmewn
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"They get Dutch classes during the day and indoctrination about our customs and culture."

 I bet.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:52 | 6516573 Miffed Microbio...
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Is it just me or since the implementation of Multiculturalism as the official policy in several Western nations since the 1970s, has resulted in destabilizing of society rather than unifying? Homogeneous societies are more stable.

So Europe has chosen suicide. I guess we need to start a betting pool. Shall it be melting pot or melt down?

Miffed;-)

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 19:25 | 6516679 nmewn
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This boi (Al) is not a multiculturist but he certainly wants to pass off that warm & fuzzy vibe for the benefit of the red diaper babies congregating here.

But to your point, multiculturalism is a direct attack on western principles, the culture, religion and it's law, however dodgy it was in the past.

If I'm not mistaken Britain is considering or has already acquiesced to semi-autonomous regions/neighborhoods where court is held by the local imam.

Idiots, just a matter of time.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 19:31 | 6516701 knukles
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Miffed ....

Her's a follow up for you from Wired that is exactly Atwood's reality.

http://www.wired.com/2015/07/crispr-dna-editing-2/

The Year of the Flood is here, now. 

We may want to consider else than banksters. 

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 21:02 | 6516972 Miffed Microbio...
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Well ain't this just grand. And here I was in a tizzy Monsatan was trying to foist " terminator technology" on the world and the implications what would happen if this "escaped". Those SOBs will never quit.

Notice the money aspect. We're all going to be rich! Humanity's problems will cease! No more famines! Same rhetoric when penicillin came on the scene but that was less disastrous as this potentially could be. The only good thing about super resistant organisms is when the selective pressures end ( i.e. you quit using antibiotics) they will revert to wild type over time. Can this be said of these genetic insertions? Will they multigenerationally hold true? If so, this could be unstoppable.

Well, I just can't wait for the wooly mammoth ride at Jurassic Park. Let's hope it opens in D.C. and Sacramento.

Miffed;-)

Mon, 09/07/2015 - 00:04 | 6517467 newbie vampire
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"Homogeneous societies are more stable."

It does depend on culture and religion.  

If a person possesses a civilized cultural background and decides to migrate to another country, it is only civilized behaviour to assimilate into your host country and observe the cultural practices of the host country.

I would suggest if a person migrates to another country expecting to impose their cultural and religious beliefs on the host country, lacks both culture and respect for the host.

When barbarians are AT the gate, it is foolish to invite them IN.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:20 | 6516461 arby63
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There's crescent wrench spouting off again. 

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:22 | 6516465 arby63
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Syrians can be white, black or anything in between you moron. They are not a race.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 21:06 | 6516296 Hongcha
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We have a recent influx of Syrians to Concord, CA.  Hijabs but no face mask.  I got into a conversation with one I ride the train with - excellent English, works at a ME airline office in SF.  She got out of Damascus then they got her fiancee out.  They both work and are well-mannered and respectful, take care of their families and stick together.

They are not, however, assimilating into the Concord CA culture which requires F250 double axles, neck tattoos and bodies like the Michelin Man.  Thus I cannot completely get behind their presence here.  That said, they are playing by my rules for a society and I consider them welcome.  Moreso than many of the Mexs and the blacks who have been here 200 years.  I could give a fuck what Gov. Moonbeam's or Stormfront's rules are.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:29 | 6516303 Greenie
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Maybe China could take a few million of them and house them in one of their ghost cities

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 19:49 | 6516755 FredFlintstone
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brilliant!

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:30 | 6516308 AlfredNeumann
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Russian officials propose bill to grant every citizen one hectare of farm and forest land to use for self-sufficiency

Read more: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED | The History The US Government HOPES You Never Learn! http://whatreallyhappened.com/#ixzz3kzeiRFXt

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Meanwhile in the USA they are fining people who have solar and live off the ''grid''

They fine people for having gardens. and even harvesting rain water from their roofs.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:31 | 6516312 Son of Captain Nemo
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Iceland leading the way again!...

What I wouldn't give to speak the language and call it home... But who the fuck wants an American polluting their Country at this point as an "ex-pat"?!!!

Had plenty of opportunities to fix it after what we did in Vietnam -but NO!

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:31 | 6516313 Joe Plane
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there is a Bulgarian saying which roughly translates to: "To put a hedgehog in your own pants."

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:36 | 6516325 AlfredNeumann
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Lets see,   in March 2003.  The Useless Snakes invaded Iraq. 

Thousands of Iraqi Christians fled to Syria for freedom.

Assad is secular and protected them.

Then the ZioNazi plan to fund and arm the terrorists to overthrow Assad had those same Christians being butchered by the FSA and Al Nusra.

For the imbeciles here that think all those people are Muslims.

GROW a FUCKING BRAIN!!!!

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:36 | 6516326 the6thBook
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The Icelanders will be sorry after about a week or the "refugees" will snub their nose and say we don't want to go there.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:44 | 6516337 Son of Captain Nemo
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No trust me.  The Icelanders are using it to keep the Zionist Jews away!

Smart idea.  Like garlic and a wooden stake to a Vampire!

Maybe we could kill the rest of them off if we brought them into neighborhoods with too many "Shemitah(s) in them?!!!

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:46 | 6516349 AlfredNeumann
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Yids can stay at my home any day.  I will fix them a nice breakfast of cyanide infused pancakes and bacon.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:47 | 6516552 nmewn
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And there you have it ladies & gentlemen.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 19:07 | 6516631 Miffed Microbio...
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Wholly fook! That post I won't forget. I hope none of the multitudes of " migrants" he houses chooses to convert.

Miffed;-)

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 19:26 | 6516681 nmewn
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Multiculturist indeed ;-)

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:44 | 6516340 J Jason Djfmam
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Don't worry, it's just a trick to get them on the boat.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:43 | 6516329 Urban Redneck
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11,000 people out of 330,000, perhaps they teach a different math in Iceland or conflate democracy with tyranny of the minority.

"re-assess(ing) the country’s current policy." is the right thing to do (literally and euphemistically).  However, engaging in a (relatively) massive social spending spree to calm a vocal minority is fiscally unsound, and their Central Bank doesn't have license to print (unlike the ECB and Fed).  

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:43 | 6516330 Maxter
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I guess half of those 10 000 facebook acount are fake.

I mean they really want to welcome them in their house? do they realise those refugees are in fact immigrant.  Nobody wants to live with a stranger for the rest of their life. (And no, the refugee probably won't pay you a rent)

Mon, 09/07/2015 - 00:12 | 6517483 newbie vampire
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"I mean they really want to welcome them in their house? do they realise those refugees are in fact immigrant.  Nobody wants to live with a stranger for the rest of their life. (And no, the refugee probably won't pay you a rent)"

After they moved in, you would be glad if they even keep you as a tenant.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:41 | 6516335 Sudden Debt
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And what's next?

Allow all the American refugees to come over when their DICtator decides to reeducate the country?

where does it end?

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:43 | 6516339 AlfredNeumann
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When I was in Vietnam in 1971 we had a choice of R&R places.   Sydney, Hong Kong. Taipei, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur or Siingapore.

Well, lots of guys went to Sydney because at the time Australians would just open their house to any GI from Vietnam.  Incredibly friendly.

Then a black guy went down there and raped and killed a woman and that was the end of R and R in Sydney

I went to Taipei instead.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:48 | 6516352 Hongcha
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You know what choices American soldiers get for R&R in 2015?  None of the above.  They watch porn on their PDAs and polish their carrot onboard ship.  That's how well-loved we are now, and that's the level of class act enlisting in this day & age.  The Amerikan Saga has turned to shit and can't end quickly enough.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:00 | 6516394 AlfredNeumann
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In 2005. I was working at Amsterdam airport.  DC-10's loaded with troops coming back from Iraq would stop to refuel.  They weren't allowed of the plane.  I went on board to do the tech checks and these  animals were screaming USA!!!  USA!!!!  USA

Glad they didn't let them off.   Total fucking retards.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:05 | 6516407 MrButtoMcFarty
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You sure it wasn't "Yo Ese!"?

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:10 | 6516425 arby63
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You talk shit. I bet you were fucking quiet on the plane. I bet you would be pretty fucking quiet most places except the internet. 

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:19 | 6516457 AlfredNeumann
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I was busy concentrating on my job doing the tech checks and those animals were very loud.  All the KLM hostesses just wer eshaking their heads, rolling their eyes at those lunatics

No doubt you would act like they do,  fucking trailer park trash asshole.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:26 | 6516483 arby63
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And no doubt you would tuck your tail in silence. 

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:38 | 6516519 AlfredNeumann
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Shut up punk , 

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:45 | 6516541 nmewn
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Did you come to that brilliant retort by way of a Dutch law or an EU law?

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:57 | 6516587 NoPension
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nmewn, it's ok if they hate us. We deserve a lot of it.

But it's ok for me to remember, most of these ungrateful assholes would be speaking German or Russian if it were not for the " United Snakes" .

Not of this stupid shit is going to end well. Does anyone alive believe all of a sudden, humans are no longer protective of their territory? We are simply a more advanced level of the Animal Kingdom, and the Natural world that surrounds us. Our instincts will ultimately guide us.
Those who foolishly think they have risen above, will ultimately die out.

There seems to be a fine line between altruism and social suicide.

Maybe I just have not progressed. It's possible, I suppose.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 19:11 | 6516638 tarabel
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If he hates the United Snakes so bad, he should renounce the social security check he gets from Uncle Sugar every month.

But the money is far more important than the principle to some certain groups of people, right Dutch Boy?

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 19:35 | 6516709 nmewn
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You noticed that too huh...lol...claims to be (among other things, Mother Teresa and Reinhard Heydrich all rolled into one lovable little internet gnome) an ex-GI, in which case, he would recieve Uncle Sam beni's.

Unless of course he went AWOL or was dishonorably discharged.

Well now, the plot thickens ;-)

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 19:57 | 6516781 tarabel
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And his dad was a poor immigrant truckdriver working 80 hours a week-- but sent his child to an expensive private school.

If true, it sounds like his father was a pretty good man who only wanted the best for his family.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 20:12 | 6516823 falconflight
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that's not what I read (Oh, wrote) the other night @ZH.  His paperwork pappy worked at the Fatherland Munitions plant and his mother had a particular affinity for Waffen SS stationed in the village.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 20:45 | 6516922 nmewn
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Ahhh, I was wondering how the word "indoctrination" could just shoot straight from whats left of his brain cells and roll right off his tongue without the slightest bit of trepidation, a Reichskommissariat Niederlande type.

That explains it.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 23:01 | 6517343 JoeSilverBack
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I deployed to Iraq in 2004, R&R was in Qatar. We redeployed in 2005 and weren't allowed to set foot off the plane in Europe. We didn't stay long just long enough to get fuel and leave. I don't remember any techs coming on board but yes we sure as hell hit on the hostesses , they were the first girls we've seen all year (excluding the Haji's, Filipinas, and Army bulldogs). We did the same in Atlanta when we hit the first airport bar, try being 21 going to Iraq for a year, no alcohol, no girls for a year, and sit on a plane for 14 hours and be concerned about the thoughts of some tech and a few hostesses. 

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:52 | 6516365 tarabel
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And that was the end of Taipei as an R&R destination.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:01 | 6516398 AlfredNeumann
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Wrong, dipshit.  IN fact I went back 3 months later for another week.

GFY

Mon, 09/07/2015 - 01:56 | 6517600 tarabel
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2 R&Rs in three months?

What's the Dutch word for REMF?

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 20:09 | 6516814 falconflight
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Black US soldiers mutiny in Australia during WWII

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-10/historian-reveals-details-on-towns...

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:44 | 6516345 Ms No
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I'm glad that people still have hearts but I can't help but look at this situation the same way I look at Bernie Sanders.... The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:45 | 6516348 milking institute
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After the king of saud has left whashington i hear the four seasons georgetown will be converted into a refugee shelter,is that true?

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:49 | 6516363 AlfredNeumann
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Would that be after the clean up of all the shit and trash?

We flew the President of Sudan, Bushehr and his entourage from Khartoum to Kuala Lumpur. 

We stopped to refuel in Mumbai.   The fucking aircraft was a total mess.  Food on the floor,.and trash everywhere.

So the clearning crew came in and cleaned it all up.   3 hour flight to Kuala Lumpur and it was trashed AGAIN.

Pure PIGS.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 19:00 | 6516602 NoPension
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But let that " area" of the world stampede into your counties in waves?

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:51 | 6516356 tarabel
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Well, sure, sign me up.

I could use a cute, giggling Syrian maid.

Dutch Boy's welcome to come too.

Everybody needs some foul-mouthed old geezer taking care of the shrubberies and muttering curses under his breath about new-fangled idiocy such as electric hedge clippers and run-flat tires on the wheelbarrow.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:52 | 6516373 SSRI Junkie
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greenland is virtually empty, drop 'em all there with some sleeping bags and mre's

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 20:06 | 6516806 falconflight
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Just drop them into Russia already.

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 17:58 | 6516388 random999
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Hehehehehehe yeah just wait until the first 10 shared their experience with their neighbours..

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:01 | 6516396 Ms No
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Speaking of immigration there have been rumors of large movements through tunnel systems that are located all over the South West (some Geronimo used) but the authorities often poo poo it and sometimes even laugh at the suggestion.  Here is just the latest indication that they exist all over, keep in mind these tunnels were improved by some towns but they already were in existence.

http://www.rt.com/news/314556-secret-underground-tunnels-mexico/

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:05 | 6516409 AlfredNeumann
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Its a good thing that they aren't staying with Ameriican ''families'' (I use that term loosel)

They would soon be popping megadoses of Rx meds, getting their bodies defaced with idiotic tatooes and sooon would weigh almost a ton makig it impossible to walk.

 

Sun, 09/06/2015 - 18:06 | 6516414 arby63
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Are you always a tool? Seems that way.

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