Thousands Flood The Streets In Germany As Fury Over Refugee Sex Assaults Reaches Boiling Point

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Update: the water cannons are out as is the tear gas:

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Over the last several days, more information has come to light with regard to the wave of sexual assaults that occurred across Europe on New Year’s Eve.

What some observers initially assumed was an set of isolated attacks in Cologne’s city center now appears to have been a bloc-wide phenomenon as women from Austria, to Switzerland, to Finland come forward to report being accosted by what some police say were gangs of drunken Mid-East asylum seekers.

“In Sweden, police said at least 15 young women reported being groped by groups of men on New Year's Eve in the city of Kalmar,” AP reports, adding that “in Finland, police said they received tipoffs on New Year's Eve that about 1,000 predominantly Iraqi asylum seekers were intending to gather near the main railway station in Helsinki and harass passing women.” 

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“Women with or without accompaniment went through a literally 'gauntlet' by the heavily intoxicated men masses, as one can not describe it," a clumsy translation of a report by the German Federal Police reads. Some have suggested that the string of attacks was initially played down by the media and by German authorities in an effort to avoid triggering an anti-migrant backlash. Indeed, the mayor of Cologne, Henriette Reker, got herself in a bit of hot water for comments which seemed to suggest it is German women’s responsibility to keep would-be attackers at “arm’s length” and to not send the wrong message to “people from other cultures” by acting too “jolly and frisky.”

Meanwhile, Angela Merkel is attempting to salvage the “yes we can” narrative vis-a-vis Berlin’s refugee open-door policy while simultaneously condemning the attacks.

On Friday, Cologne’s police chief Wolfgang Albers was dismissed in connection with his department’s mishandling of the ordeal.

According to a draft document seen by Reuters, Germany may now change its policy with regard to the deportation of refugees. "The paper says refugees and asylum seekers who have been sentenced to prison or probation should be barred from eligibility for asylum,' Reuters writes. "Why should German taxpayers pay to imprison foreign criminals," Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel asked. "The threat of having to spend time behind bars in their home country is far more of a deterrent than a prison sentence in Germany." 

("Respect us! We are not fair game even when naked!" a sign held by Swiss artist Milo Moire reads)

"Women's groups and many politicians have long been arguing that Germany's sexual assault law is archaic, with loopholes that mean groping and surprise attacks are not necessarily prosecutable unless the woman tries to fight off the attack - which police often advise against," Deutsche Welle notes. "There have been very many cases that you and I would probably unequivocally describe as rape or sexual assault that haven't come to a conviction, because the women allegedly didn't defend themselves enough," Elke Ferner of the Social Democratic Party's women's group told the broadcaster.

That law is about to be changed thanks in part to the attention the New Year's attacks have brought to the issue. 

And speaking of drawing attention to the attacks, protesters are once again massing in Cologne where "thousands" of demonstrators took the streets on Saturday. "The protesters included the Islamophobic Pegida movement and the right-wing extremist Pro Cologne party" USA Today says.

More than 1,500 police officers were deployed across the city in anticipation of the rallies. Here's more from DPA

Cologne police are gearing up for a day of highly charged demonstrations, with 1000 far-right protesters expected to hit the streets in response to the mass sex assaults and thefts targeting women on New Year's Eve.

 

Hundred-strong teams of police were deployed on Saturday to locations across the western German city, totalling 1700 officers, a spokesman said.

 

The Islamophobic Pegida movement and the right-wing extremist Pro Cologne party were to stage a rally on the square in front of the main train station, where about 1000 intoxicated men are thought to have robbed, sexually assaulted and, in some cases, raped women during turn-of-the-year celebrations.

 

Of the 32 suspects identified by police in Cologne, 22 are asylum seekers, the German Interior Ministry said.

 

One suspect was carrying a document with Arabic-German translations of sexist phrases and threats, which mass-circulation tabloid Bild published on Saturday.

 

Several pro-migration counter-protests have also been planned for Saturday, underscoring the division in German society over the government's open-door migration policy, which allowed more than one million people to enter the country last year.

And from Reuters:

Migrants who commit crimes should lose their right to asylum, German chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday, toughening her tone as crowds gathered in Cologne angered by mass assaults on women on New Year's Eve.

 

Nearly two dozen asylum seekers were among those suspected of carrying out the attacks, police said this week, heightening tensions over immigration and fuelling criticism of Merkel's refusal to place a limit on the numbers of migrants entering the country.

 

"The right to asylum can be lost if someone is convicted on probation or jailed," Merkel said after a meeting of the leadership of her Christian Democrats (CDU) party.

 

"Serial offenders who repeatedly rob or repeatedly affront women must feel the full force of the law," Merkel told journalists in Mainz, promising a reduction over the longer term in the flow of migrants to Germany.

 

Under German law, asylum seekers are typically only deported if they have been sentenced to at least three years in prison, and providing their lives are not at risk at home.

 

About 1,700 police officers were on the streets of Cologne as protesters, including members of the anti-Islam PEGIDA movement, waited for official permission to march through the city.

 

At a separate left-wing protest, more than 2,000 mostly women gathered close to the train station where many of the attacks, including muggings and sexual assaults, happened.

So once again, we see a deeply divided society, with right-wing demonstrators staging a kind of "we told you so" rally and pro-refugee Germans staging counter protests even as they decry the wave of assaults. 

Meanwhile, the flow of asylum seekers continues unabated. "We had an average influx of 3,200 refugees per day arriving in Germany, and the numbers are not declining in the last days," Ole Schroeder, the deputy German minister, told a briefing in Brussels. "Our problem at the moment in Europe is that we do not have a functioning border control system, especially at the Greece-Turkey border," he added.

Where things from here is an open question but it appears many Germans are at their breaking point. How TIME's person of the year responds may ultimately determine how the world remembers one of the most indelible and revered politicians in European history.

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Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:46 | 7023397 DFCtomm
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Europe has known about this in one form of fashion for years. Gaddafi had a covert deal to keep the migrants from using Libya as a jumping off point to invade Europe.  He occassionally made vague threats about throwing the flood gates open. This isn't a new problem, but it is one that has, finally, gotten out of hand.  However, the population of Africa is set to double by 2050, and they'll all want to head to North. Europe finally comes to terms with this problem or it ceases to exist. Now about this coordinated attack, it is and it isn't. It's easy to get cooporation when you're telling people to do what they want to do, and providing them with justification for doing it.  Islam does all this, and this isn't the first time Islam has used migration as a weapon. Mohammad moved from Mecca to Medina in such a fashion. He and his followers were peacefully allowed to migrate and within a few years they owned the place. It even has  a name, the Hijra, so this concept is far from new.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 16:42 | 7022932 thisguyoverhere
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As an aside, and I can only speak from a Us experience. Do you remember being punished for defending yourself and others from bullies?
Do you remember the dogmatic actions of "teachers" who tried to slowly indoctrinated powerlessness into you and your peers? I saw this in multiple states and in both public and private schools. About '81 thru

Those of you in other nations, did you experience this?? If you did I would know whether this crosses nations, religions and institutions?

It seems a trivial thing, but do you notice how at a young age you were being programmed for powerlessness?

Some did not take to the programming ;)

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 16:47 | 7022950 V for ...
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I never accepted the bully rule, and neither do my children. Beware of the silent dissenter who plans ahead rather than parades ;-)

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:00 | 7023006 thisguyoverhere
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Correct and this is related to the psychology of the population.  This is why "public education" is terrible for children who then grow into adults with no sense of self respect.

Germany is considerred a "civil" society by its masters, so are many first world nations.

A compiant and docile population that puts up with anything believing that "violence is bad" even when in self defence.

 

Again ZHrs, did any of you experience this type of indoctrination in you school or "covil society" where the abusers were rewarded and the abused corrected (to put it very simply perhaps).

For older commenters, in what years did you notice this?

 

IT's interesting as the article and many commenters have pointed  out the perverse nature of the punishment of protesters with water cannons and tear gass and thee excuses given to rapists. 

Germans, why bother with permits for protests, you need to seek justice in a caluculated manner and at the right time.  I do not ascribe to "JUST US" delivered by a government, these systems are abolutely rigged.  It may be time to get creative.

 

Your rage and anger are justified and honorable, but do not let emotion drive you to foolishmess, you must be clever because those who would bait you desire to draw out the leaders and intelligent men and women, so they may be highlighted, facially recognized and put on lists.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:11 | 7023049 Dark Daze
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NO, I didn't experience that at all. In fact, when and where I went to school, bullies were the ones that were taken out and exposed, not the bullied. And besides, I befriended the toughtest guy in school in grade 1 and I had muscle on my side all the way through. Everyone knew we were buds and didn't come near me.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:27 | 7023103 V for ...
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Dark Daze,

So you sought the protection of the 'tough guy'.  See the problem for society when people like you grow up and do the same.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:47 | 7023184 Dark Daze
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No actually, I don't. We group ourselves into alliances because each country produces people with different talents. Germans are great at tactics, organized retreats and intelligence. Swedes an Norweigans have specialization in winter warfare. Canadians are very usefull in tough head-on battles, sniping, recon and clearing mines and booby traps. Etc. There is absolutely nothing wrong with people groupling together for their own support and protection. The problems come when psycholtic individuals are allowed to get out of control. That is another issue.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:57 | 7023229 V for ...
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Fair points. Glad we can have a discussion.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 16:58 | 7022994 painlord-2k
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It happen everywhere, because teachers are bureaucrats and they always try to keep it quiet.
And the easier way to keep it quiet is to silence the victims, not punish the attackers. 

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:29 | 7023119 dag
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A civilized people afraid to fight will be eventually ruled by thugs and savages.

"Political Correctness" is a tool to control the civilized and protect the savages.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:59 | 7023242 One4Liberty
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Yes.  The deprogramming takes some time.  John Taylor Gatto (Former NY State Teacher of the Year) has written extensively on this very topic.  We ended up setting up a parallel schooling system (a "homeschooling co-op") to protect our kids.  I now see any and all public school as a "Crowd Control Unit/Indoctrination center". 

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 16:54 | 7022981 gdpetti
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G L A D I O

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:07 | 7023032 smacker
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And the purpose being ... ...?

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:00 | 7023245 One4Liberty
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No, not this time.  Try again.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:20 | 7023078 Icelandicsaga.....
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Former Navy Seal and author Matt Bracken did an interview with John B. Wells on Caravan to Midnight. Well worth the listen about 15 minutes into the show. Bracken, author of the trilogy Enemies Foreign and Domestic, and Castigo Cay says Europe will be in war with Islanm in Europe in 2016. He says he is going out on a limb but can see no other outcome, the PTB have gone too far in quest to destroy nation state system, and it will get out of their control. After which he hopes the US learns, ends open ended immigration and asylum seeking, build the wall, and get serious about putting muslims on notice their religion practices can not involve destruction of the US. http://m.youtube.com/results?q=john%20b%20well%20caravan%20to%20midnight...

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:33 | 7023125 V for ...
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Matt Bracken and others of his sort only see the symptom, not the cause. End the Fed. End all aid to genocidal Israel, and stop it from using the U.S. as its shield, sword and Treasury by which it forces uncontrolled immigration, and the destruction of the West, by which Talmudists think they will hold dominion over the USA, and the world.

In polite circles, the enemy within is called neocon, whether they be in the Demoncrap or Repugnant War Party.

In plain language, they are the new Bolsheviks who hate everyone but their own.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:43 | 7023172 Dark Daze
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absolutely correct.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:51 | 7023209 One4Liberty
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You are incorrect IMO.  Matt Bracken and his compatriots see not just the cause, but the effluent that flows from it.  How can they control the action or inaction of the dulled masses who refuse to turn away from their bread and circuses?  Your criticism is not only unjustified, it's unhelpful at this juncture in history.  At least Bracken and his colleagues are doing what they can to use their experience and knowledge to educate and wake up more people.

http://stopshouting.blogspot.com/2016/01/uncomfortable-truth-telling-in-...

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:59 | 7023225 V for ...
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Bracken is preaching to his choir and those of that ilk. His position is understandable from the point of view of the status quo.

These are different times. Time to stop indulging the enemy within; call it out; defy it. But his pension probably won't allow that.

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” (Upton Sinclair)

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:01 | 7023249 One4Liberty
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Matt Bracken doesn't collect a military pension.  Think before you type, and know the facts before you spew.

Thank you.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:09 | 7023275 V for ...
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Bracken is entitled to his pension for services to the State. Do basic research before you hyper ventilate.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:13 | 7023289 One4Liberty
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Actually, I'm on very firm footing with this.  Bracken did not serve 20 years on active duty, therefore is not entitled to a military pension.  He is entitled to various Veteran's Benefits, but that does NOT include a military pension.  If you had any actual experience with the military, you wouldn't make such slackjawed idiotic pronouncements. YOU are the one who needs to STFU and think before you type.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:17 | 7023292 V for ...
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You are correcting your earlier error. The 'idiotic pronouncement' was yours, not mine. Veterans benefits and any payment from the State is a pension in all but name. It is payment for services rendered, and further expected.

Have a nice day,munchkin...

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:21 | 7023082 all-priced-in
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Just doimg the rapes that Germans refuse to do.

 

 

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:22 | 7023091 dag
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"A civilize people afraid to fight will eventually be ruled by thugs and savages."

A.G. Riddle

 

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:38 | 7023148 dag
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Bring back the "Brown Shirts" and let them deal with the "migrant refugees."

All migrants go home!!!

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:39 | 7023154 atthelake
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Merkel must be paid million$ to do this. If the Germans figure it out, she will swing

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:15 | 7023293 One4Liberty
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I agree that Merkel is toast.  The pent up anger that is now finding an outlet ... that cork can not be put back in the bottle. 

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:46 | 7023180 Luther van Theses
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I haven't seen one comment by a woman. Might be one somewhere, who knows.

I know what's got you guys so upset. There is a tremendous disproportion of black men hooked up with white women, compared to white men with black women. 

White guys: don't get mad. Get even. 

There is an awful lot of sweet chocolate left sitting on the shelf. Check it out. It's very nice. Trust me, you will be glad you did.

You think you're mad? Not nearly as mad as they are. And they have much better reason than you.

 

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:52 | 7023212 flysofree
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There is truth to what you say, but people are scared because the world as they knew it is changing--there are people of color everywhere now and many are criminals, do not assimilate to western cultures and are racists.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:06 | 7023266 Luther van Theses
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There is no better site to see the real reasons why the world is changing than ZH. Capitalism is supposed to be the very ordained handiwork of God Almighty Himself and here it is, breaking down. People lose their bearings. It is very frightening.  Demagogues are quick to blame people who are too dark-skinned, people who have unfamiliar religions. Too many fall for it. 

 

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:13 | 7023287 V for ...
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There is no capitalism in the world today. There are only rigged markets, corporatism which is big state socialism/communism/fascism.

Record fines for rigging markets whereby the money goes from criminal banks to failed, expensive .gov regulators merely perpetuates the ongoing fraud. That is corporatism, not capitalism.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:33 | 7023341 Luther van Theses
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Naw, man, it is capitalism overwhelmed by lack of market discipline.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:45 | 7023392 I AM SULLY
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You are right - the dusky races have come to ravage our busty women. They are looking for craft beer and anal entry.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:17 | 7023300 One4Liberty
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Freedom of Association is a basic human right, which has been crushed by the Fabian Socialists.  Demographics have been forced upon entire cultures against their will.  It never ends well.  It is fine if individuals wish to live in "diverse" areas, it is not okay when they force-feed their beliefs onto others who feel the opposite.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:53 | 7023181 flysofree
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A virulent anti-Semite Muslim from India working on Wall Street said in 2008 on Karl Denniger's Market Forum that White Men have lost his ability to govern themselves and that was why Obama, a black man, was being elected.

On this forum I see nothing but unstable anti-Semites blaming everything on Jews. The Muslim from India was right, white men aren't responsible for anything because all decision making is made by Jews for them(Hitler said the same thing about the Soviets). White people lost all their ability to govern?

Now if you believe this, you are as stupid as a black racist who is blaming all on evil blue-eyed devils! Face the truth, Europe is fuc*ing itself up, but there is no panic in Davos where mostly white elites have no problem making rules for themselves and others.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:27 | 7023217 FatTony7915726
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Muslims cannot be anti-Semite because they are the same as the israeli bloodline, they are both semites!  

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:01 | 7023240 besnook
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psssst. jews are conveniently labeled as white when being labeled a jew is not appropriate. you have managed to interchange the terms. jews control the most important power organizations in any modern state, the media, .gov and the banking system. so the the muslim meant to say the jews have destroyed the usa. he is correct in his prescience. zionazis must be stopped for the sake of the usa.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 20:00 | 7023661 pluto the dog
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ha ha all six major newspapers in Sweden are owned and controlled by jews! And look at Sweden now - pretty much explains everything  lol

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:05 | 7023262 I AM SULLY
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The blue-eyed devils are to blame ...

(that's why swarthy, dusky, well-oiled, and muscular young men are now forming roving gangs looking for your white women and your craft beer)

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 20:07 | 7023682 Wild E Coyote
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I would rephrase what you said slightly differently.
White folks are becoming difficult to control, that is why Evil Masters who claim to be Jews chose to appoint a black as President of USA using their advanced electron control techniques, which by the way involve media, election machines, and propaganda.
The white folks still looking for and "hoping" for a good benevolent leader.
It is wrong because once you "give" power to a leader he becomes a monster. As he represents the power which then is used by those who control his mind and his private secrets as the Evil Masters do,
McCain is not a dog. He probably is a nice man, but he has many secrets and thus easily controlled like a dog by his handlers.
He came close to being the leader of Mericanbut lost to the black who was a better dog.
By the way, I only have hope on one group of white folks, - Texans.
Oregon is a faint hope.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:55 | 7023224 FatTony7915726
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Arabs & joos are both semites! It's time they both go back to their homelands in the middle east!

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:05 | 7023258 V for ...
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Only those who abide by Western laws and traditions can stay, imo. The rest should go to their Israel or elsewhere in the Middle East where they can build their Talmud or Koran idyll without wrecking the rest of the world.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 19:44 | 7023608 uhland62
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I am half with you. Religious influence is toxic and needs to be isolated to thei patch as much as possible.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 19:57 | 7023654 pluto the dog
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Anyone can adopt the outward trappings - thats just a change of clothes. Its whats going on inside that determines behaviours and particuarly long term behaviours. We are all different - white people are different. When we talk about survival the talk is always directed into reducing the road toll or fighting global warming - never is it mentioned that the white race specifically is in danger - well we are in danger

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 19:44 | 7023609 pluto the dog
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meh - even many of those who appear weternised revert as they age - dna controls behaviour

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:04 | 7023255 I AM SULLY
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"STAY AWAY FROM OUR WHITE WOMEN!"

(is that what they're saying)

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:10 | 7023280 One4Liberty
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The MSM had been doing a terrific job of suppressing the reality of what was going on, including non-reporting of rapes of not just teenage girls, but teenage BOYS.  This comports with what returning servicemembers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan reported - parents had a higher concern about their young boys being raped than their daughters.  The sickness in such a culture is unimaginable.

Merkel is done for.  She has been at odds with hoi polloi for quite some time now, but this may be the Casis Belli where the proles will have the upper hand.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 19:42 | 7023599 uhland62
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She would have been gone by now if Time Magazine hadn't helped her stay. Since Ursula von der Leyen, the Bilderberg approved candidate, is a bit uner a cloud now, one would have to expect that Merkl can only be replaced after the next Bilderberg conference.

So if you want to know who the next Chancellor is going to be look at tha next German Bilderberg participants. 

 

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:26 | 7023330 galant
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Look at photo of the young Swiss woman marching naked.

Read the sign the sign she is carrying.

"We Are NOT fair game even naked!"

That is what they are saying.

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