The 0bozo was representing a paradigm shift and a lot of people wanted to believe in him. That is why he got the nobel too. I seriously doubt trump back in 2008 would have won against 0bozo, even after winning the republican primary. Not voting for 0bozo was considered racist in 2008 and 2012.
But in 2008 Trump would have run as a Democrat because he was a registered Democrat until 2009. He was a big fan of Obama ("I think there's a chance he'll go down as a great president...I think he's going to lead through consensus, it's not just going to be a bullrun like Bush did who just did whatever the hell he wanted") and really hated Bush ("Bush has been so bad, maybe the worst president in the history of this country. So incompetent, so bad, so evil."). Even had some Ron Paul type of rhetoric about how we shouldn't have attacked Iraq because none of the terrorists on 9/11 were from Iraq. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iuj7VMB48oAnd that is why his base is so wide as he was always an open book, that is why the GOPe (google it) does not trust him as a puppet you can control republican. That is why he was attacked by Kelly when she asked "since when you became a republican?". That is why he is yuuuge because he was not a politician, but a citizen who can vote, and change his mind whenever, like anyone else. Everything about his past is an open book, and no one as powerful as Trump would wish a (future nobel winner) president to fail... That said, the "Make America Great Again" was trademarked 6 days after romney lost in 2012. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/20/trump-trademarked-make-america-great-again-right-after-romney-lost.htmlTrump is more than a regular democrat or republican candidate: he is the radiation that kills cancer, D or R His past is an open book and he appears to shift with the wind, ie. he has no principles. This means you are voting for an open book with blank pages. Nobody has any idea what he would do as president as the wind shifts one way or another. The game theory tells me having harpy clinton as president would be a worse outcome to the future of the USA.
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German broadcaster sorry for slow reporting on mob assaultsMore women have come forward in Cologne and other cities about being groped and attacked on New Year's Eve BERLIN: German public broadcaster ZDF has apologised for delays in reporting on a wave of sexual assaults blamed on men of Arab appearance amid accusations Wednesday of media self-censorship of the inflammatory issue. The rash of attacks and thefts in a New Year’s Eve crowd in the western city of Cologne was only widely covered by national media early this week, after police had initially reported no major incidents. News editors of ZDF’s flagship “heute” (today) evening news programme apologised on social media for not reporting on the incidents at least in its Monday evening bulletin, four days after the attacks. “The news situation was clear enough. It was a mistake of the 7pm ‘heute’ show not to at least report the incidents,” wrote deputy chief editor Elmar Thevessen on the show’s Facebook page. Editors had decided to postpone the news segment to Tuesday, the day Cologne’s city hall and police held a crisis meeting on the attacks, he wrote, admitting this was “a clear misjudgement”. As the assaults have come to dominate German mainstream media, more women have come forward in Cologne and other cities about being groped and attacked on New Year’s Eve. The number of criminal complaints in Cologne topped 100 by Wednesday. On social media, furious right-wing commentators have blamed the attacks on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government and its welcome to asylum seekers, 1.1 million of whom arrived last year. The right-wing populist Alternative for Germany party seized on the attacks as “the appalling consequences of catastrophic asylum and migration policies”. A media industry website said that the ugly incidents — and the sluggish official and media response — played into the hands of groups such as the Islamophobic PEGIDA street movement, which claims Germany’s politicians and media are colluding to mislead the public about immigration policy. “Despite the world’s most expensive public broadcaster, countless social media reactions and online newsrooms … it took four long days before national media comprehensively reported on the incidents,” said a commentary on the Meedia service. “The initial slowness is now being used in some circles to back their claims about the ‘lying press’.” http://tribune.com.pk/story/1022911/german-broadcaster-sorry-for-slow-reporting-on-mob-assaults/
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Stories On Cologne Assaults Face Censorship On RedditModerators on the link-sharing and discussion site Reddit deleted dozens of links and comments about immigrant gang violence and sexual assault in Cologne, Germany in an apparent attempt to clamp down on “vileness.” Moderators on /r/worldnews, a subreddit with over 9.5million subscribers, repeatedly deleted links to stories about the recent New Year’s Eve attacks in Cologne, which saw over a thousand Arab and North African migrants engage in hundreds of acts of sexual assault and robbery. Users made a dozen attempts to post links to the story on /r/worldnews, where they were promptly deleted by moderators. It was only when German Chancellor Angela Merkel commented on the attacks that one news link was allowed to be posted. Comment from the German head of state made it impossible for the moderators to deny the story’s relevance to world news. Even then, user comments underneath the news link faced mass censorship as well as a temporary lockdown due to what one moderator called “vile rule violating.” Go1dfish, a site which tracks censorship on Reddit and maintains a permanent copy of deleted comments, reveals that users had their comments deleted simply for asking why others had been deleted. In another case, a user was censored for saying “I hope this story blows up. People need to see this.” There have also been reports of censorship on /r/news, a default subreddit with over 7 million subscribers. Over 500 comments were found to be delete underneath a story on the Cologne attacks on /r/news. Reddit is divided into user-created communities called ‘subreddits,’ where users share links and start discussion threads. Some of these subreddits have tens of millions of subscribers and receive more views per day than many news websites. Biased moderation on large subreddits can therefore have a significant impact on the flow of information. http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/01/06/stories-on-cologne-assaults-face-censorship-on-reddit/
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By The Numbers - The Untold Story of Muslim Opinions & Demographics
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What is and has been going on in Mexico is just insane, I've got relatives and friends who used to make regular visits to family south of the border who refuse to go now as it is just too dangerous, kidnappings, beheadings and dismemberment happen on the regular. What gets me is how popular narco cultura has become here, bands that do narcocorridos sell out when they play and you'll have men and women in the audience singing along about shooting rivals with AK's and chopping their heads-off while they dance and smile.
Something I did not know existed. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=narcocorridos+
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ANALYSIS: In One Year, Gun Owners Stopped Hundreds Of Criminals, Saved Countless Lives [INFOGRAPHIC]Gun carrying, private citizens who used firearms to stop criminal attacks saved at least 283 potential victims in a period between July 2014 and July 2015, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis. TheDCNF concluded its analysis as President Barack Obama announced Tuesday another push by his administration to tighten federal gun control laws in an attempt to curb gun violence. While Obama quotes the more than 30,000 gun deaths in a year — omitting that 60 percent are suicides, 6 percent are gang related, 3 percent are accidents, and the vast majority of the rest occur in urban areas — TheDCNF found that a noteworthy number of kids, the elderly, and women successfully defended themselves against criminals by use of gun fire. TheDCNF analyzed 195 random incidents where gun owners used firearms to save their lives, and often the lives of others. We wanted to know, not just how many perpetrators were killed, but how many potential victims were saved. In the interactive graphic below, clicking demographics boxes will narrow your results to see specific data points. For example, see handgun incidents in Texas by clicking “TX” in the State category and “handgun” in the Gun category. Click on individual pins on the map for more details. Of the nearly 200 cases we analyzed, people carrying guns saved at least 283 potential victims, whether it was a man protecting his family from thugs or a 9mm-toting grandma warding off a burglar in her living room. In 60 of those cases, the single gun carrier was the only potential victim. In 43 cases, there were 2 potential victims. In nine cases there were three victims and in nine more cases there were four or more victims. In 74 cases, it was unknown how many potential victims were present but it can be assumed there was at least one. If the 74 potential victims followed the same distribution as the other cases, then the number of potential victims would actually be at least 335. In one case, four Florida men put on masks and grabbed weapons in a planned burglary attempt of a Melbourne home in June of 2015. When one of the men came inside, he held a woman and her child at gunpoint. As the woman protected her child with her own body, the homeowner pulled out his handgun and opened fire on the robbers. The criminals fled, one injured, and the three victims were left unharmed. The data shows that little less than a third of the people defending themselves with guns were women. Of the 173 cases where gender is known, 133 were male and 40 were female. The most common age of a defender was middle aged, in their 40’s or 50’s. It’s also worth noting that of the 72 cases where the age of the defender is known, 15 defenders were elderly people over 60 years old and 10 were minors under 18 years old. They were most often defending themselves against adult males under 30 years old. Phyllis Law, a 63-year-old Alabama grandmother, was a victim of multiple robberies to her home and had even boarded up her windows to keep thieves out. But in July of 2014, a male robber broke into her home, and Law hid with her 9mm pistol while her granddaughter hid in the closet. Law told Fox 10 News that when the man came into her home, “I jumped up and just started shooting and he hollered and turned around and ran A lot of them come in people’s house, kill them, take what they want and leave. Like I said, not here.” Young people used guns for self defense as well. In September of 2014, an 11-year-old Oklahoma girl awoke around 4 a.m. to find that a man had broken into her home and stabbed her mother. The girl grabbed a handgun and shot the man twice, saving her mother’s life. The mother said she had just taught the daughter how to use the gun for self defense the week before. Gun carriers were able to defend themselves usually without killing the suspect. Of 217 suspects in our analysis, 148 survived their encounter with a gun carrier, whether they survived a gunshot wound or simply fled. The remaining 69 were killed, so more than half the suspects involved survived. Most often, when people used guns to defend themselves, it was in the home. Of the 194 cases where location is known, gun owners used firearms to defend the home 114 times. They pulled the trigger in a place of business or in public about 40 times each. In many cases, it’s unclear how many potential victims would be saved. For example, if a man robbed a convenience store at gunpoint but was stopped by a man with a gun, it may not be documented how many people were in the store who could have been harmed. Handguns were by far the most popular firearm of choice for self defense, with more than half of defenders using them. The DCNF obtained the stories from gunssavelives.net and independently verified the data. http://dailycaller.com/2016/01/05/gun-control-owners-criminals/
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Hillary Clinton is good lady
really? IMO, Most disgusting woman. As is Obama. They are both liars and guilty of treason to the United States Remember how bad and evil nixon's watergate was supposed to be, compared to 0bama and harpy clinton's multiple scandals with dead people, weaponizing the IRS, lying "if you like your plan, you can keep your plan", etc, etc...?
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It's true that this people from Arab world have very different culture and mentality than people in Europe. I think that authorities in Europe concentrated to much on humanitarian problem, how to save their lives and give them second chance but didn't think much that they need to be educated about culture and laws in new society. Also, some of them are criminals and should be send back a.s.a.p. It's really very complex issue but it can be solved if everybody fulfill own responsibility. If Turks, Muslims who lives in Germany over 50 years don't create such problems it's obvious that this people also can be educated.
Mayor of Cologne: Women should follow a “code of conduct” to stop themselves from being attacked by mobs of Middle Eastern menA sadly inevitable next chapter in the now infamous New Year’s attacks. The eternal question: Who’s assimilating whom? Cologne’s mayor has been widely criticised for suggesting that women “keep at an arm’s length” from strangers to avoid sexual harassment, after scores of women were sexually abused and mugged in the city during new year celebrations. Asked by a journalist how women could protect themselves, Henriette Reker said: “There’s always the possibility of keeping a certain distance of more than an arm’s length – that is to say to make sure yourself you don’t look to be too close to people who are not known to you, and to whom you don’t have a trusting relationship”…
Reker also advised women to “stick together in groups, don’t get split up, even if you’re in a party mood”. Not only is she blaming the victims, she’s not remotely engaged with the reality of what happened. How are you supposed to keep an “arm’s length” when you’re surrounded by a group of degenerates who, police suspect, showed up at the train station specifically intending to assault people? Here’s what one woman saw when she got there: Steffi, 31, said she saw “countless weeping women” when she arrived at the station and was hit with a volley of sexist slurs shouted in German as she made her way through the crowd. “I saw a girl… who was crying, with ripped stockings, her skirt askew — she was just wrecked,” she told the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung. “A young guy came out of the crowd and made vulgar comments. ‘Can I help you? I know I can help you’ he said with a strong accent and made obscene gestures with his hand. When she wanted to get away, he followed her. I told him to piss off.” It wasn’t just Cologne. Per the Daily Caller, “similar incidents” happened in Hamburg and Stuttgart, although on a much smaller scale. One theory the police are kicking around is that some of the attackers came in from Dusseldorf, where police “have identified more than 2,000 suspects of North African origin in connection with organized thefts,” but that’s obviously politically convenient for Cologne authorities to say. It’d be a strange, ironic coda to the refugee debate in Europe if different cities started blaming each other’s Arab/Muslim populations for crimes committed nearby. “It’s not our people who did this, it’s their people.” Time for Cologne and Dusseldorf to close their borders, I guess. Blaming the victims arguably wasn’t the worst thing Cologne’s mayor said yesterday, either. Think on this:
However, she also said that visitors from “other cultures” should also be educated on acceptable conduct.
“We need to prevent confusion about what constitutes happy behaviour and what is utterly separate from openness, especially in sexual behaviour,” she said.
That’s the second time in three weeks that Europe’s need to formally educate people from “other cultures” that rape is wrong has arisen in a major news story. You would think that contempt for sexual assault would be a prerequisite to resettling in the EU but apparently there’s no cultural difference that can’t be papered over in the name of securing cheap labor. I’ve said it before but it bears repeating: However terrible you think Obama’s legacy is, Merkel’s legacy in Germany will be worse. Update: Here’s one of the Cologne victims speaking out. How do you think the “arm’s length” technique would have fared in this scenario? Michelle said: “There were 11 of us together at the time. “At around 11pm we were at the main train station and wanted to travel on to see the fireworks, and that was when we first noticed all these men standing around. “We managed to go into the cathedral and wanted to go past the Museum Ludwig to join everyone and watch the fireworks by the river, but suddenly we were surrounded by a group of between 20 and 30 men. “They were full of anger, and we had to make sure that none of us were pulled away by them. They were groping us and we were trying to get away as quickly as possible. http://hotair.com/archives/2016/01/06/mayor-of-cologne-women-should-follow-a-code-of-conduct-to-stop-themselves-from-being-attacked-by-mobs-of-middle-eastern-men/
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It's true that this people from Arab world have very different culture and mentality than people in Europe. I think that authorities in Europe concentrated to much on humanitarian problem, how to save their lives and give them second chance but didn't think much that they need to be educated about culture and laws in new society. Also, some of them are criminals and should be send back a.s.a.p. It's really very complex issue but it can be solved if everybody fulfill own responsibility. If Turks, Muslims who lives in Germany over 50 years don't create such problems it's obvious that this people also can be educated.
The thing is, you have arab christians, arab jews from the same arab world and none of them act like those people. I wonder why...
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The 0bozo was representing a paradigm shift and a lot of people wanted to believe in him. That is why he got the nobel too. I seriously doubt trump back in 2008 would have won against 0bozo, even after winning the republican primary. Not voting for 0bozo was considered racist in 2008 and 2012.
But in 2008 Trump would have run as a Democrat because he was a registered Democrat until 2009. He was a big fan of Obama ("I think there's a chance he'll go down as a great president...I think he's going to lead through consensus, it's not just going to be a bullrun like Bush did who just did whatever the hell he wanted") and really hated Bush ("Bush has been so bad, maybe the worst president in the history of this country. So incompetent, so bad, so evil."). Even had some Ron Paul type of rhetoric about how we shouldn't have attacked Iraq because none of the terrorists on 9/11 were from Iraq. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iuj7VMB48oAnd that is why his base is so wide as he was always an open book, that is why the GOPe (google it) does not trust him as a puppet you can control republican. That is why he was attacked by Kelly when she asked "since when you became a republican?". That is why he is yuuuge because he was not a politician, but a citizen who can vote, and change his mind whenever, like anyone else. Everything about his past is an open book, and no one as powerful as Trump would wish a (future nobel winner) president to fail... That said, the "Make America Great Again" was trademarked 6 days after romney lost in 2012. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/20/trump-trademarked-make-america-great-again-right-after-romney-lost.htmlTrump is more than a regular democrat or republican candidate: he is the radiation that kills cancer, D or R What, you trying to make like one of those smart people and figgur stuff out?Let's have sum mo' o' that Diamond n Silk. I try to do my best, but that bad frog beer is slowing me down...
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About 33,000 die by guns in the U.S., about the same number as in car accidents.
Homicides account for about a third, the rest is suicides, accidents and other.
I guess many times more are injured, some seriously, others less so.
It´s a pretty high number but you have a huge number of firearms in circulation and very widespread so viewed in that light I don´t really see it as an overwhelming crisis. In any event it´s obvious that only a tiny minority of the population uses guns for unlawful and harmful purposes. So, the objective should be to weed out those individuals and make it harder for others that have no business or mental capacity to have guns,
to join that small minority.
Really? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP6UvNgbqIA ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif) He better be on that list.
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The 0bozo was representing a paradigm shift and a lot of people wanted to believe in him. That is why he got the nobel too. I seriously doubt trump back in 2008 would have won against 0bozo, even after winning the republican primary. Not voting for 0bozo was considered racist in 2008 and 2012.
But in 2008 Trump would have run as a Democrat because he was a registered Democrat until 2009. He was a big fan of Obama ("I think there's a chance he'll go down as a great president...I think he's going to lead through consensus, it's not just going to be a bullrun like Bush did who just did whatever the hell he wanted") and really hated Bush ("Bush has been so bad, maybe the worst president in the history of this country. So incompetent, so bad, so evil."). Even had some Ron Paul type of rhetoric about how we shouldn't have attacked Iraq because none of the terrorists on 9/11 were from Iraq. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iuj7VMB48oAnd that is why his base is so wide as he was always an open book, that is why the GOPe (google it) does not trust him as a puppet you can control republican. That is why he was attacked by Kelly when she asked "since when you became a republican?". That is why he is yuuuge because he was not a politician, but a citizen who can vote, and change his mind whenever, like anyone else. Everything about his past is an open book, and no one as powerful as Trump would wish a (future nobel winner) president to fail... That said, the "Make America Great Again" was trademarked 6 days after romney lost in 2012. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/20/trump-trademarked-make-america-great-again-right-after-romney-lost.htmlTrump is more than a regular democrat or republican candidate: he is the radiation that kills cancer, D or R
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Gun Store Owner Expects Gun Sales To Shoot Up After Obama’s SpeechA north Texas gun seller is praising the presidents speech, not because of the message… but because of what it will do to his bottom line. Adam McGuffy is a manager at Mister Guns in Plano and says President Obama has always been good for business. “Obama is the best gun salesman since Samuel Colt. Every time he opens his mouth and tries to limit gun purchase, it has the complete opposite effect.” He says many get worried about more restrictions and flock to his and other gun stores to stock up. “The last time he made a speech after the San Bernardino incident, our sales that day had doubled.” He says it’s not just gun owners buying more guns, but first time buyers, trying to get one or more ahead of possible new laws. http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/01/05/north-texas-gun-sales-shoot-up-after-obamas-speech/
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If Donald Trump had run for president in 2008, do you think he would have beaten John McCain?
Or do you think that Obama would have beaten Trump in the Democrat primary?
As soon as the 0bozo was in campaign mode you had stuff like this all over against harpy clinton during the democrat primary The 0bozo was representing a paradigm shift and a lot of people wanted to believe in him. That is why he got the nobel too. I seriously doubt trump back in 2008 would have won against 0bozo, even after winning the republican primary. Not voting for 0bozo was considered racist in 2008 and 2012.
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Teenage victim of Cologne sex mob describes harrowing ordeal Michelle, a German 18-year-old, has described harrowing ordeal in Cologne Similar attacks also occurred on New Year's Eve in Hamburg and Stuttgart Police have admitted they fear it was part of a known criminal enterprise Cologne town centre has been called a 'no-go area' by its own city council Councillor Judith Wolter said it was no longer considered safe for women Media are accused of covering up previous incidents to avoid tensions There are now fears the upcoming carnival will be scene of similar assaultsAn 18-year-old victim of the sex attacks in Cologne has described being surrounded by a group of 30 'angry' men who groped her and her friends then stole their belongings as they fled. The teenager, named only as Michelle, appeared on German TV to recount the harrowing ordeal she endured during the city's New Year's Eve celebrations last week. Police say the wave of attacks - which has so far seen 90 women report being assaulted - were perpetrated by groups of 'Arab or North African' men in the city centre. Michelle's shocking testimony comes as the city's own council today admitted its town centre was now a 'no-go area' for women, while it has emerged similar attacks occurred the same night across Hamburg and Stuttgart. Alarmingly, police in Dusseldorf fear the attacks may be linked to a known criminal gang comprising 2,000 North African men who use sexual assault as a means of distraction. And while German media and authorities stand accused of covering up previous incidents to avoid stoking tensions, there are fears the upcoming carnival celebrations in Cologne will see a repeat of the brazen attacks. Michelle, an 18-year-old from Germany, described how she and her friends were surrounded by a pack of men 'full of anger' who groped them before stealing their belongings as they fled during last week's wave of attacks Hundreds of people gather in front of Cologne's main railway station, where disorder broke out last week and groups of 'Arab or North African' men attacked dozens of women Groups of revellers gather in the city centre during the celebrations last week which quickly turned to chaos A police van makes its way through the throngs of people who gathered to see in the new year in Cologne last week A group of men set off fireworks during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Cologne last week. Police say groups of men (not pictured) were responsible for coordinated attacks on women Although there were some disruptions caused by fireworks (pictured) and general disorder, it was only several days later the true scale of the sex attacks at the public celebrations were revealed Her testimony comes as the city's own council has admitted the town centre is now a 'no-go area' for women, while protesters angered by authorities' alleged inaction held demonstrations last night. Witnesses and police have described men working in 'coordinated' groups to grope women who were unable to escape, while at least one woman reported she was raped. Michelle told N-TV: 'There were 11 of us together at the time. 'At around 11pm we were at the main train station and wanted to travel on to see the fireworks, and that was when we first noticed all these men standing around. 'We managed to go into the cathedral and wanted to go past the Museum Ludwig to join everyone and watch the fireworks by the river, but suddenly we were surrounded by a group of between 20 and 30 men.' Sensing danger, she and her friends then grabbed each other and started holding hands. 'They were full of anger, and we had to make sure that none of us were pulled away by them. They were groping us and we were trying to get away as quickly as possible.' As they fled and were groped, the men also took the opportunity to rob objects from their pockets, stealing mobile telephones as the teenage girls fled. Later as they attempted to go home, they noticed how more men were shooting rockets and other fireworks at each other near the train station. 'It was around 12:30 and we went back to the train station to catch a train that was supposed to go at 1am. But there were so many people around it was really difficult to get to the platform.' Police working near the main railway station in Cologne arrest a man during the riotous party in the city centre A couple sit on a step while two police officers check an abandoned bag left in the city centre of Cologne Although police across Europe were on high alert for possible terror attacks on New Year's Eve, Cologne police chiefs have also come under fire for not preventing the sex attacks She said it was impossible for them to stay together and that her group got separated. 'It was only when I got to the platform that I realised my train was not travelling, as I had to go back through the mass of men and walked the 5 kilometres [3miles] home by foot.' While police have not yet made any arrests in relation to the sex attacks, they claim to have identified three suspects. Ralf Jaeger, Interior Minister of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) declined to give further details of the investigation but said he expected 'a very detailed report' this week from the police. Michelle's harrowing testimony comes as Cologne city councillor Judith Wolter wrote a letter urging people to avoid the city centre after declaring it unsafe 'for women' in the wake of the attacks. Mrs Wolter, a council group leader and opposition councillor, also warned the upcoming carnival should be considered equally dangerous. She wrote: 'The area in and around the central station, the cathedral and the adjoining area towards the banks of the Rhine can be for tourists [and locals] no longer considered - even in normal times - as safe.' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3386673/Women-Cologne-lockdown-council-admits-no-longer-safe-wake-African-Arab-mob-s-rapes-declares-upcoming-carnival-no-area-females.html
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Supporters Seek to Persuade Democrats to 'Ditch and Switch' for Donald TrumpAt a campaign event for Donald J. Trump in Mississippi last weekend, Lynette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson — two African-American YouTube stars who go by the names Diamond and Silk — rallied the roaring crowd with a plea. “Ditch and switch! Ditch and switch!” they yelled. The pitch was directed at Democrats and independents in the audience, urging them to become Republicans and vote for Mr. Trump if they really want to show their support. It could be an important strategy for Mr. Trump as the pace of primary season picks up, and he looks to turn his raucous campaign events into voters, delegates and ultimately the Republican nomination. To accomplish that, Mr. Trump will be relying on people who do not tend to vote and trying to persuade some Democrats and independents to change parties so that they can vote in states that allow only registered Republicans to participate. Ms. Hardaway and Ms. Richardson are former Democrats who became supporters of Mr. Trump and jumped to the Republican Party in North Carolina in September. While they are not formally affiliated with the campaign or paid by it, they have been urging other supporters of Mr. Trump to follow suit on social media and at rallies. They have even created a “ditch and switch” website explaining to voters which states are closed primaries and when the deadlines are for changing party affiliations. “Donald Trump is going to have Democrats switching in droves to vote for him,” Ms. Hardaway said in an interview. “He’s going to be the only candidate to be able to pull independents and Democrats to vote for him in the primaries and the general election.” Supporters of Mr. Trump have been spreading the word on Twitter that they have been switching parties and have been urging others to do the same. “I would love to see more Democrats vote Republican in this election,” said Sunny Kreis Collins, a supporter of Mr. Trump from California who was urging people online to switch parties and vote for him. “The country is a mess.” An analysis by The Upshot last week showed that Mr. Trump is popular with registered Democrats who identify as Republican leaners, drawing 43 percent of their support. What is more, his best states are those with traditions of Democrats who vote Republican in presidential elections. Perhaps aware of this dynamic, Mr. Trump expressed outrage at Virginia lawmakers last month who introduced a requirement that Republican voters sign statements of affiliation on their primary ballots. Arguing that it was disenfranchising new voters, Mr. Trump called the move a “suicidal” mistake. Despite the push by his supporters to get Democrats to change parties, the Trump campaign said that it was not making an organized effort to convert voters. “It’s happening organically,” said Hope Hicks, a spokeswoman for Mr. Trump. http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/01/06/supporters-seek-to-persuade-democrats-to-ditch-and-switch-for-donald-trump/
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Are Climate Skeptics Too ‘Mentally Ill’ to Buy Guns Under Obama’s New Rules?Today, Pres. Obama announced new executive orders on gun control designed to keep “mentally ill” people from buying guns – but, will they be used to prevent climate skeptics from buying firearms? Under Obama’s new rules, doctors can now report people deemed “mentally ill” to the FBI so they can be denied gun licenses. As the official White House fact sheet on the new gun control regulations states (emphasis added): “Current law prohibits individuals from buying a gun if, because of a mental health issue, they are either a danger to themselves or others or are unable to manage their own affairs. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has indicated that it will begin the rulemaking process to ensure that appropriate information in its records is reported to NICS.” If, as Pres. Obama has repeatedly claimed, climate change is a greater threat than terrorism, then aren’t people who deny the climate threat “a danger to themselves or others” and unfit to own guns? The idea that climate skeptics are mentally ill is nothing new: Oregon-based professor of "sociology and environmental studies" Kari Norgaard has declared climate skepticism a mental illness that must be “treated.” Psychology Today published an article listing three warning signs that you are in “climate change denial”: “You think climate change is bad, but not that bad.” “You don’t have an emotional reaction to climate change.” “You aren’t getting political.” Thus, if you don’t think the climate threat is great enough, or you’re not furious about it, or you’re not politically active in the climate fight, then you’ve got mental issues. The Telegraph’s “Climate 'denial' is now a mental disorder” explains how so-call “eco-psychologists” convened at the University of the West of England in Bristol to explore classifying “climate change denial” as a “mental disorder.” Nature.com published an article warning about high-carbon “addiction” (using central heating, etc.) And remember when Obama's EPA Chief Gina McCarthy declared that climate skeptics aren’t “normal” people? So, you might want to think twice before discussing the nearly two-decade pause in global warming with your doctor the next time you go in for your annual check-up. Editor's Add-On: ClimateDepot.com reports that one NYU professor even wants to genetically alter humans to make them more eco-friendly. http://www.mrctv.org/blog/are-climate-skeptics-too-mentally-ill-buy-guns-under-obama-s-new-rules
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