Germans are a bright and industrious people, but their politicians are slow learners.
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Published: 18 Jan 2016 11:34 GMT+01:00
Germany’s Vice-Chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, has threatened to withdraw aid from
north African countries if they don’t cooperate on taking back rejected asylum seekers. http://www.thelocal.de/20160118/berlin-threatens-to-withdraw-aid-to-north-africa-over-migrants
http://reason.com/blog/2016/01/20/altar-boy-at-center-of-catholic-church-r
Daniel Gallagher, now 27 years old, claimed he was raped by two Philadelphia priests and one of his teachers while serving as an altar boy at age 10. His lurid testimony—he described being passed from one monster to the next, forced to engage in oral and anal sodomy—put all three men behind bars some years ago.
What happened to Gallagher was unconscionable. If it happened at all, that is.
[…]
In September of 2011, a magazine ran what can only be described as an entirely one-sided account of the allegations against the priests, teacher, and archdiocese. This story presumed everything that Gallagher had said was true. It did not attempt any independent verification of his claims—indeed, it treated the accusations as if they were already proven facts.
The magazine that ran that story was Rolling Stone. The author of the piece was a woman named Sabrina Rubin Erdely. Jackie was not her first, it seems.
Saw her in Bristol England in the 80s,good singer,good song,great sax solo.
Kate,
I’m usually eager to take credit, but this evening’s lovely musical selection is thanks to marc, I believe.
Here’s some Roxy Music, though. There’s a saxophone in there somewhere, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO7cXKULXyo
Incredible. Until seeing that I always thought that song was recorded by Carol Channing’s sister.
Ich Bin Eine #1.
“I wanted to be in a place that is culturally creative,” Clay said,”.
…-
“Black New Year’s Eve …Nation Stunned…Now More Than 1400 Sexual Assaults On Women…Number Still Climbing”
“US News and World Report must be living on another planet, in some other galaxy.
The US news magazine recently selected Germany as “the best country to live in” worldwide. Although Germany offers many great things, it is currently not really a very good place to be – especially if you are a woman.
Never mind the glaring pay inequality and low number of women in high ranking positions, it is simply an unsafe place right now for the female gender. The reason: mass sexual attacks and gender-targeted robberies by gangs of men. There’s a state of heightened fear across the country, and in Europe as well.” http://notrickszone.com/#sthash.nXT0OcQB.j0dypCTh.dpuf
…-
“U.S. News Ranks Germany No. 1.
The country is highly regarded, but an aging population and Europe’s future pose challenges.” http://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2016-01-20/germany-is-seen-as-the-no-1-country-in-the-world
No-Show Justine government = F.A.I.L.
Liberal Justine: MIA.
Coalition = USA, France, Australia, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Britain.
No Canada.
…-
“U.S. and allies map out co-ordinated campaign to fight ISIL over next year at meeting that excluded Canada”
“‘We agreed that we all must do more,’ Ash Carter said after a session with defence ministers from France, Australia, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Britain” http://news.nationalpost.com/news/u-s-and-allies-map-out-co-ordinated-campaign-to-fight-isil-over-next-year-at-meeting-that-excluded-canada
Liberal Wynnetario.
Ms. Sogenee is Mohammed’s deaness.
…-
“Ontario colleges in Saudi Arabia for men only”
“Two publicly funded Ontario colleges have opened campuses in Saudi Arabia that don’t allow female students in classes, but the province’s minister of post-secondary education says he doesn’t have any concerns about it.” (spec)
…-
“Taliban terrorists kill at least 20 students and staff at Pakistan university”
“CHARSADDA, PAKISTAN – NewsFix is spanning the globe, unfortunately, to round up the latest news from the world of terror.
Dateline: Charsadda, Pakistan, where a Taliban terrorist squad attacked a university, killing at least 20 people, mostly students, some of them shot in the head execution style.” http://cw39.com/2016/01/20/taliban-terrorists-kill-at-least-20-students-and-staff-at-pakistan-university/
AGW RIP.
“North Korea’s power shortages mean that few public buildings, homes, offices or even hospitals have much heating, so it is hard to escape the cold, particularly in the countryside and in rural areas.”
…-
“Failed Math: In 1997, NOAA claimed that the Earth was 3.83 degrees warmer than today” (wuwt)
“Blizzard Watch Posted From Washington to New York for Storm” (bloom-berg)
“Icy air may set stage for slippery roads for days, more snowstorms in wake of the eastern US blizzard” (acuw)
…-
“Drone video shows the extent of North Korea’s frozen rivers as the ‘Big Cold’ lives up to its reputation”
“The depths of winter have hit North Korea, with temperatures dropping lower than last year.” http://news.nationalpost.com/news/drone-video-shows-the-extent-of-north-koreas-frozen-rivers-as-the-big-cold-lives-up-to-its-reputation
I love this story. A local Muslim group bought an 11 acre site outside of Houston and beside a well established pig farm. As expected, they almost immediately demanded the pig farmer relocate his business. The Texas farmer’s response: he now holds pig races every Friday during prayer times. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dUr1NxJDC94?rel=0
Mao* Strong Report.
“weeds and rust have begun to consume the steel mill’s industrial ruins.”
…-
“Glory days of Chinese steel leave behind abandoned mills and broken lives”
“The full effect of China’s economic decline on the world is unclear, but for the steel city of Tangshan the future already looks decidedly bleak”
““There’s nobody here – just us,” said one of three security guards braving snow and sub-zero temperatures to watch over the dilapidated facility, which, like many others in the region, has been forced out of business by massive over-capacity and plummeting demand.” http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/22/chinese-steel-production-abandoned-mills-broken-lives
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“Trudeau admires China’s ‘basic dictatorship'”
“”You know, there’s a level of of admiration I actually have for China because their basic dictatorship is allowing them to actually turn their economy around on a dime and say ‘we need to go green fastest . . . we need to start investing in solar.'” http://www.torontosun.com/2013/11/08/trudeau-admires-chinas-basic-dictatorship
O’narcissist nails J’narcissist real hard.
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“States of emergency declared ahead of wicked U.S. storm” (wethnet)
…-
“Blame Canada for Making the Oil Glut Worse”
“Some of the world’s most expensive crude lies trapped inside Canada’s oil sands. But the lingering legacy of $100 barrels means the nation is destined to exacerbate, rather than alleviate, the global crude glut over the next two years.”
“Meanwhile, production in the lower 48 U.S. states is up 0.5 percent year over year for the week ending Jan. 15, with American imports of Canadian crude rising almost 11 percent in that period. The resilience of North American production amid lower crude prices has befuddled analysts, who are waiting for curtailed supply to bring the market back into balance.” http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-21/blame-canada-for-making-the-oil-glut-worse
…-
“Canadian oil exports to U.S. reaches highest level ever, as shale production falls”
“The depressed Canadian oilpatch is getting a market share boost as U.S. tight oil production declines.
Canadian crude oil exports to the United States reached its highest level ever of 3.4 million barrels per day in the first week of January, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
“That’s the one piece of puzzle you don’t hear too much about — the market share Canada is gaining in the U.S.,” said Carl Evans, senior crude oil analyst at energy research firm Genscape.” http://business.financialpost.com/news/energy/canadian-oil-exports-to-u-s-reaches-highest-level-ever-as-shale-production-falls?__lsa=f671-eee4
Throughout his campaign, Justin Trudeau spoke out against big oil and pipelines. Today, he was making brownie points (so he would have us believe) going as far as meeting with the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-arrives-davos-world-economic-forum-1.3411041
Germans are a bright and industrious people, but their politicians are slow learners.
————————————————————————————
Published: 18 Jan 2016 11:34 GMT+01:00
Germany’s Vice-Chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, has threatened to withdraw aid from
north African countries if they don’t cooperate on taking back rejected asylum seekers.
http://www.thelocal.de/20160118/berlin-threatens-to-withdraw-aid-to-north-africa-over-migrants
http://reason.com/blog/2016/01/20/altar-boy-at-center-of-catholic-church-r
Daniel Gallagher, now 27 years old, claimed he was raped by two Philadelphia priests and one of his teachers while serving as an altar boy at age 10. His lurid testimony—he described being passed from one monster to the next, forced to engage in oral and anal sodomy—put all three men behind bars some years ago.
What happened to Gallagher was unconscionable. If it happened at all, that is.
[…]
In September of 2011, a magazine ran what can only be described as an entirely one-sided account of the allegations against the priests, teacher, and archdiocese. This story presumed everything that Gallagher had said was true. It did not attempt any independent verification of his claims—indeed, it treated the accusations as if they were already proven facts.
The magazine that ran that story was Rolling Stone. The author of the piece was a woman named Sabrina Rubin Erdely. Jackie was not her first, it seems.
Saw her in Bristol England in the 80s,good singer,good song,great sax solo.
Kate
FYI
http://joannenova.com.au/2016/01/47469/
Kate,
I’m usually eager to take credit, but this evening’s lovely musical selection is thanks to marc, I believe.
Here’s some Roxy Music, though. There’s a saxophone in there somewhere, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO7cXKULXyo
Way back in my youth this was a popular little ditty. Not a great song mind you, but it does have a sax solo in it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJdkCs5RdQg
So it has taken Sarah Palin coming out in support of Trump to drag out Hanoi Jane of Fonda fame….
For the “Riding Public Transit is like …” file:
http://www.metronews.ca/news/canada/2016/01/20/bed-bug-hitches-ride-on-halifax-bus-forcing-commuter-to-strip-down-in-snow.html?cq_ck=1453333476072
Incredible. Until seeing that I always thought that song was recorded by Carol Channing’s sister.
Ich Bin Eine #1.
“I wanted to be in a place that is culturally creative,” Clay said,”.
…-
“Black New Year’s Eve …Nation Stunned…Now More Than 1400 Sexual Assaults On Women…Number Still Climbing”
“US News and World Report must be living on another planet, in some other galaxy.
The US news magazine recently selected Germany as “the best country to live in” worldwide. Although Germany offers many great things, it is currently not really a very good place to be – especially if you are a woman.
Never mind the glaring pay inequality and low number of women in high ranking positions, it is simply an unsafe place right now for the female gender. The reason: mass sexual attacks and gender-targeted robberies by gangs of men. There’s a state of heightened fear across the country, and in Europe as well.”
http://notrickszone.com/#sthash.nXT0OcQB.j0dypCTh.dpuf
…-
“U.S. News Ranks Germany No. 1.
The country is highly regarded, but an aging population and Europe’s future pose challenges.”
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2016-01-20/germany-is-seen-as-the-no-1-country-in-the-world
No-Show Justine government = F.A.I.L.
Liberal Justine: MIA.
Coalition = USA, France, Australia, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Britain.
No Canada.
…-
“U.S. and allies map out co-ordinated campaign to fight ISIL over next year at meeting that excluded Canada”
“‘We agreed that we all must do more,’ Ash Carter said after a session with defence ministers from France, Australia, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Britain”
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/u-s-and-allies-map-out-co-ordinated-campaign-to-fight-isil-over-next-year-at-meeting-that-excluded-canada
Fascinating video about Trump in Burlington, Vermont:https://youtu.be/e7ZVAnmE6dI
Good article on what’s killing the electric car….again. Thank you Al Gore, Wynne and all the treehuggers.
http://business.financialpost.com/fp-comment/the-electric-car-is-dead-executed-by-al-gore-and-his-environmental-allies
Do these campuses have safe spaces? Or at least “no behading zones”?
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/01/21/two-ontario-colleges-operate-campuses-in-saudi-arabia-for-male-students-only.html
Liberal Wynnetario.
Ms. Sogenee is Mohammed’s deaness.
…-
“Ontario colleges in Saudi Arabia for men only”
“Two publicly funded Ontario colleges have opened campuses in Saudi Arabia that don’t allow female students in classes, but the province’s minister of post-secondary education says he doesn’t have any concerns about it.” (spec)
…-
“Taliban terrorists kill at least 20 students and staff at Pakistan university”
“CHARSADDA, PAKISTAN – NewsFix is spanning the globe, unfortunately, to round up the latest news from the world of terror.
Dateline: Charsadda, Pakistan, where a Taliban terrorist squad attacked a university, killing at least 20 people, mostly students, some of them shot in the head execution style.”
http://cw39.com/2016/01/20/taliban-terrorists-kill-at-least-20-students-and-staff-at-pakistan-university/
AGW RIP.
“North Korea’s power shortages mean that few public buildings, homes, offices or even hospitals have much heating, so it is hard to escape the cold, particularly in the countryside and in rural areas.”
…-
“Failed Math: In 1997, NOAA claimed that the Earth was 3.83 degrees warmer than today” (wuwt)
“Blizzard Watch Posted From Washington to New York for Storm” (bloom-berg)
“Icy air may set stage for slippery roads for days, more snowstorms in wake of the eastern US blizzard” (acuw)
…-
“Drone video shows the extent of North Korea’s frozen rivers as the ‘Big Cold’ lives up to its reputation”
“The depths of winter have hit North Korea, with temperatures dropping lower than last year.”
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/drone-video-shows-the-extent-of-north-koreas-frozen-rivers-as-the-big-cold-lives-up-to-its-reputation
I love this story. A local Muslim group bought an 11 acre site outside of Houston and beside a well established pig farm. As expected, they almost immediately demanded the pig farmer relocate his business. The Texas farmer’s response: he now holds pig races every Friday during prayer times.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/dUr1NxJDC94?rel=0
Ouch! Shut up!
http://www.brandonsun.com/national/breaking-news/husband-of-burkina-faso-victim-says-he-hung-up-on-prime-minister-justin-trudeau-366088781.html?thx=y
Mao* Strong Report.
“weeds and rust have begun to consume the steel mill’s industrial ruins.”
…-
“Glory days of Chinese steel leave behind abandoned mills and broken lives”
“The full effect of China’s economic decline on the world is unclear, but for the steel city of Tangshan the future already looks decidedly bleak”
““There’s nobody here – just us,” said one of three security guards braving snow and sub-zero temperatures to watch over the dilapidated facility, which, like many others in the region, has been forced out of business by massive over-capacity and plummeting demand.”
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/22/chinese-steel-production-abandoned-mills-broken-lives
…-
“Trudeau admires China’s ‘basic dictatorship'”
“”You know, there’s a level of of admiration I actually have for China because their basic dictatorship is allowing them to actually turn their economy around on a dime and say ‘we need to go green fastest . . . we need to start investing in solar.'”
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/11/08/trudeau-admires-chinas-basic-dictatorship
Poll
http://www.drudgereport.com/
I am curious about how this is handled in Saudi http://gatesofvienna.net/2016/01/neuss-savings-bank-says-burkas-raus/#more-38541:
O’narcissist nails J’narcissist real hard.
…-
“States of emergency declared ahead of wicked U.S. storm” (wethnet)
…-
“Blame Canada for Making the Oil Glut Worse”
“Some of the world’s most expensive crude lies trapped inside Canada’s oil sands. But the lingering legacy of $100 barrels means the nation is destined to exacerbate, rather than alleviate, the global crude glut over the next two years.”
“Meanwhile, production in the lower 48 U.S. states is up 0.5 percent year over year for the week ending Jan. 15, with American imports of Canadian crude rising almost 11 percent in that period. The resilience of North American production amid lower crude prices has befuddled analysts, who are waiting for curtailed supply to bring the market back into balance.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-21/blame-canada-for-making-the-oil-glut-worse
…-
“Canadian oil exports to U.S. reaches highest level ever, as shale production falls”
“The depressed Canadian oilpatch is getting a market share boost as U.S. tight oil production declines.
Canadian crude oil exports to the United States reached its highest level ever of 3.4 million barrels per day in the first week of January, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
“That’s the one piece of puzzle you don’t hear too much about — the market share Canada is gaining in the U.S.,” said Carl Evans, senior crude oil analyst at energy research firm Genscape.”
http://business.financialpost.com/news/energy/canadian-oil-exports-to-u-s-reaches-highest-level-ever-as-shale-production-falls?__lsa=f671-eee4