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1 minute ago, DC Tom said:

 

The very interesting thing about that is

 

The Schengen Agreement dictates free movement between most EU countries.  Germany backing away from that and instituting border controls is a huge blow to the EU.

 

Brussels is nervous this morning. 

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So -- The Germans' big "agreement" is to ship migrants back to the county where they first requested asylum? What a freaking dog and pony show. Even they're not dumb enough to believe one of those countries will take them back. How is this anything more than kicking the can 5 meters down the road?

 

Edit: Just saw that Bavaria's state election is on October 18th. That answers my question. It always comes back to !@#$ing politics, doesn't it? Then what, Angela?

 

 

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The world's displaced people - in numbers

 

There are 65.6 million displaced people in the world - more people than live in the UK. Of these:

 

22.5 million are refugees


40.3 million are displaced in their own country


2.8 million are seeking asylum


Where do the refugees come from?

Syria: 5.5 million*


Afghanistan: 2.5 million


South Sudan: 1.4 million


Who is hosting the refugees?

 

Turkey: 2.9 million


Pakistan: 1.4 million


Lebanon: 1 million


Iran: 979,4000


Uganda: 940,800


Ethiopia: 791,600


*Another 6.3 million Syrians are internally displaced

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-40321287

 

It's a dire dilemma , short term would be to fund UN refugee camps

Posted
15 minutes ago, LABillzFan said:

 

Jon Huntsman. A Democrat's Republican if ever there was one.

 

Yeah, but he gets a pass for making Abby:

 

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Posted
12 minutes ago, joesixpack said:

 

You could say that about every mainstream republican.

 

 

 

Few Republicans get the DNC Seal of Approval to run for a GOP seat like Huntsman. It used to be my litmus test: if a leftists said they could get behind a Republican like Huntsman, I knew he wasn't my guy.

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Putin's murder weapon on our allies soil, seems to be still doing serious damage. Not that Trump will bring this up at his celebration of Putin summit. 

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/alarm-in-britain-over-new-novichok-nerve-agent-poisoning/2018/07/05/d108205c-7fdb-11e8-a63f-7b5d2aba7ac5_story.html?utm_term=.1079d9f6b978

 

LONDON — The British government on Thursday called on Russia to explain “exactly what has gone on” after a British couple fell into a coma following exposure to the same type of Soviet-era nerve agent used in March to poison a former spy and his daughter. 

The latest health crisis involving the chemical Novichok came about eight miles from the site where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his adult daughter, Yulia, were stricken four months ago.

The couple was exposed to the nerve agent after “handling a contaminated item,” the Metropolitan Police said in an evening statement.

Investigators are now left trying to determine if this was residual contamination from the March attack — which British authorities linked to the Russian government. Moscow has categorically denied any involvement.

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First they said Russia poisoned Skripal (despite having numerous opportunities to kill him off British soil). Now they're not so sure. 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-poisoned-sergei-skripal-not-all-britons-agree-1523622636

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/weeks-on-from-poisoning-attack-yulia-and-sergei-skripal-are-in-stable-condition/2018/04/06/88b624aa-399c-11e8-af3c-2123715f78df_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f51bf730aafd

 

But THIS time, just days before the summit, it's real. 

 

They think you're stupid. 

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Just now, Deranged Rhino said:

First they said Russia poisoned Skripal (despite having numerous opportunities to kill him off British soil). Now they're not so sure. 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-poisoned-sergei-skripal-not-all-britons-agree-1523622636

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/weeks-on-from-poisoning-attack-yulia-and-sergei-skripal-are-in-stable-condition/2018/04/06/88b624aa-399c-11e8-af3c-2123715f78df_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f51bf730aafd

 

But THIS time, just days before the summit, it's real. 

 

They think you're stupid. 

No, they are sure. Thanks for trying to cover for the murder though. 

Posted
4 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

No, they are sure. Thanks for trying to cover for the murder though. 

they're sure your stupid?  mmmkay.

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Posted
54 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

No, they are sure. Thanks for trying to cover for the murder though. 

 

Vince Foster again???

 

 

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Iranian harassment of U.S. warships:

 

2015: 22

 

2016: 36

 

2017: 14

 

This year: 0

 

Source: U.S. Navy

 

 

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8 hours ago, B-Man said:

Iranian harassment of U.S. warships:

 

2015: 22

 

2016: 36

 

2017: 14

 

This year: 0

 

Source: U.S. Navy

 

 

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Is that because the Iranian Navy isn't deploying in to the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman...or because the US Navy isn't deploying in to the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman?

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