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January 27, 2017
A Look at Post-Referendum Italian Politics and the 5-Star Movement Ahead of Possible Elections
The result of December’s referendum on Constitutional Reform and this week’s Constitutional Court ruling on Italicum have provoked calls for early elections. With Euroscepticism on the rise, these could result in a victory for Beppe Grillo’s 5 Star Movement, who would most likely call for another referendum probably on Italy’s membership of the Eurozone.
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Italy referendum explained: What was the vote about and could the result destroy the EU?
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/711044/italy-referendum-explained-result-tear-eu-apart-exit
Next Italian general election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Italian_general_election
Five Star Movement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Star_Movement
Italicum ruling triggers battle
http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2017/01/26/italicum-ruling-triggers-battle_0b7bb521-e291-4b4c-a1f4-4b9b59db684e.html
January 25, 2017
White Guilt, White Privilege, Self Hatred and the End of Western Civilisation
A German Green politician talks about the end of Germans in Germany, a coordinator of the US Democratic Party explains why white people need to shut up and feminists listen to a Muslim chant “Allahi Akbar” at the end of a women’s march … These examples of white guilt and self hatred are symptoms of the decline in Western civilisation. If we don’t start to take pride in ourselves and our own cultures, the future looks pretty stark.
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Green politician Dr. v. Berg: Good thing that Germans will be a minority in “supercultural” society
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4F-bv9zTpo
Sally Boynton Brown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDOdcsh435Q
The Racial Poison of ‘White Privilege’
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/444191/racial-poison-white-privilege
BERLIN: Anti-Trump Feminists chant “Allahu Akbar” at “Women’s March” against Inauguration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWX1SKncyOA
January 24, 2017
From Obama to Trump: Structural and Strategic Changes in NATO
Donald Trump recently described NATO as obsolete so in this episode I take a quick look at the history of the organisation from its founding in 1949 to the inclusion of many former Warsaw Pact states in 1999 and 2004, which Russia understandably saw as a threat to its security. The relationship between NATO and Russia has been increasingly tense under Nobel Peace Prize Winner Barack Obama, in my opinion, due to pressure from military-industrial complex lobbyists rather than coherent military or political reasons. I’m pretty certain that Trump will maintain US commitment to NATO but hopes to reduce overall defence spending by working to decrease tensions with Russia.
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NATO
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO
Member states of NATO
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_NATO
NATO Members Map
http://i.cfr.org/content/publications/NATO_Map_FINAL.jpg
US-NATO Border Confrontation with Russia Risks Nuclear War and Loss of European Partners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh5pqJc5z-U
U.S., NATO troop buildup in Eastern Europe to counter Russians is largest since Cold War
BBC Question Time (19Jan17): Morgan, Thornberry, Grayling, Carmichael, Shriver
NATO in the crosshairs: Who’s not paying their bills
http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/24/news/donald-trump-nato-spending/
Mattis goes where Trump won’t: US-NATO bond ‘unshakeable’
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/24/politics/mattis-nato-calls-commitment/
January 23, 2017
American Flag Hijab and Linda Sarsour: Islamism Infiltrates Women’s March Against Trump in Washington
The co-opting of the American Flag into an Islamist symbol by turning it into a hijab was the most worrying aspect of the Women’s March on Washington and around the world on Saturday. Few of the women wearing pink pussy hats and shouting feminist slogans were aware that the event had been infiltrated by Islamism, which shares many of the same objectives as the anti-system far left. One of the march’s four main organisers was Linda Sarsour, a hijab-wearing Palestinian-American, who supports Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood and ISIS. I very much doubt that her radical and repressive hidden agenda has much in common with ideas of the freedom-loving women who attended the event.
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American Flag Hijab and Linda Sarsour: Islamism Infiltrates Women’s March Against Trump in Washington
A woman wears a US flag like a hijab during a protest of US Democrats Abroad in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on January 21, 2017, one day after the inauguration of the U.S. President.
http://fortune.com/2017/01/21/womens-march-europe-asia/
Hijab and the objectification of women
https://sobersecondlook.wordpress.com/2013/07/03/hijab-and-the-objectification-of-women/
American Flag Hijab – American Thinker
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/01/american_flag_hijab.html
The Muslim Veil, not pink p**sy cap was the real symbol behind Big Women’s March
http://canadafreepress.com/article/the-muslim-veil-not-pink-psy-cap-was-the-real-symbol-behind-yesterdays-big
Linda Sarsour’s powerful speech at the Women’s March On Washington
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnaT8JxUTY0&spfreload=10
Activist NY: Linda’s Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5qSuyhcauc&spfreload=10
Making ISIS Finger Salute
http://politiforum.com/uploads/default/original/2X/a/accfd68e06ab5e074f674b8d70e4fded3f85caf5.jpg
ISIS’ index finger signal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISIS’_i...
The women behind the Women’s March on Washington
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaCT2DK8g5Y
January 22, 2017
#MEGA Europe of the Nations and Freedom Koblenz Meeting: Make Europe Great Again!
In today’s episode, I take a look at Saturday’s meeting of the Europe of Nations and Freedom Meeting in Loblenz in Germany, which has been billed as the European Counter-Summit, The conference was attended by Marine Le Pen of France’s Front National, Geert Wilders of the Dutch Party for Freedom and was hosted by Germany’s Alternitiv fur Deutchland. Other attendees from European Eurosceptic parties included Mateo Salivini from the Italian Lega Norte and Harald Vilimsky of the Freedom Party of Austria.
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January 21, 2017
The Isis Flag: Historically Always A Symbol of Terror, Violence and War
Following Donald Trump’s statement about fighting Isis in his Inauguration Speech, I take a look at the history and symbolism of the Isis Flag. It dates back to the time of Mohammed and has always been an expansionist military symbol. In fact, Mohammed named it after a bird that ate the flesh of its prey whilst they were still alive. I also draw links to the pirate flag, the Jolly Roger, and we even get in some Catalan history as it was the Catalans that managed to purge the Mediterranean of Muslim pirates and pave the way for the Renaissance.
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January 20, 2017
Donald Trump 45th US President Inauguration Speech: A Page in World History Turns
Here I give my thought’s on Donald Trump’s Inauguration Speech. I think it was a strong message calling for unity and change. I believe that he intends to do what he says. I hope he’s given a chance to put his ideas into practice.
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Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans, and people of the world: thank you.
We, the citizens of America, are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and to restore its promise for all of our people.
Together, we will determine the course of America and the world for years to come.
We will face challenges. We will confront hardships. But we will get the job done.
Every four years, we gather on these steps to carry out the orderly and peaceful transfer of power, and we are grateful to President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama for their gracious aid throughout this transition. They have been magnificent.
Today’s ceremony, however, has very special meaning. Because today we are not merely transferring power from one Administration to another, or from one party to another – but we are transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the American People.
For too long, a small group in our nation’s Capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost.
Washington flourished – but the people did not share in its wealth.
Politicians prospered – but the jobs left, and the factories closed.
The establishment protected itself, but not the citizens of our country.
Their victories have not been your victories; their triumphs have not been your triumphs; and while they celebrated in our nation’s Capital, there was little to celebrate for struggling families all across our land.
That all changes – starting right here, and right now, because this moment is your moment: it belongs to you.
It belongs to everyone gathered here today and everyone watching all across America.
This is your day. This is your celebration.
And this, the United States of America, is your country.
What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people.
January 20th 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again.
The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.
Everyone is listening to you now.
You came by the tens of millions to become part of a historic movement the likes of which the world has never seen before.
At the center of this movement is a crucial conviction: that a nation exists to serve its citizens.
Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighborhoods for their families, and good jobs for themselves.
These are the just and reasonable demands of a righteous public.
But for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists: Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation; an education system, flush with cash, but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of knowledge; and the crime and gangs and drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential.
This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.
We are one nation – and their pain is our pain. Their dreams are our dreams; and their success will be our success. We share one heart, one home, and one glorious destiny.
The oath of office I take today is an oath of allegiance to all Americans.
For many decades, we’ve enriched foreign industry at the expense of American industry;
Subsidized the armies of other countries while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military;
We’ve defended other nation’s borders while refusing to defend our own;
And spent trillions of dollars overseas while America’s infrastructure has fallen into disrepair and decay.
We’ve made other countries rich while the wealth, strength, and confidence of our country has disappeared over the horizon.
One by one, the factories shuttered and left our shores, with not even a thought about the millions upon millions of American workers left behind.
The wealth of our middle class has been ripped from their homes and then redistributed across the entire world.
But that is the past. And now we are looking only to the future.
We assembled here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital, and in every hall of power.
From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land.
From this moment on, it’s going to be America First.
Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs, will be made to benefit American workers and American families.
We must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies, and destroying our jobs. Protection will lead to great prosperity and strength.
I will fight for you with every breath in my body – and I will never, ever let you down.
America will start winning again, winning like never before.
We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth. And we will bring back our dreams.
We will build new roads, and highways, and bridges, and airports, and tunnels, and railways all across our wonderful nation.
We will get our people off of welfare and back to work – rebuilding our country with American hands and American labor.
We will follow two simple rules: Buy American and Hire American.
We will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world – but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first.
We do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone, but rather to let it shine as an example for everyone to follow.
We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones – and unite the civilized world against Radical Islamic Terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the Earth.
At the bedrock of our politics will be a total allegiance to the United States of America, and through our loyalty to our country, we will rediscover our loyalty to each other.
When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.
The Bible tells us, “how good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity.”
We must speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly, but always pursue solidarity.
When America is united, America is totally unstoppable.
There should be no fear – we are protected, and we will always be protected.
We will be protected by the great men and women of our military and law enforcement and, most importantly, we are protected by God.
Finally, we must think big and dream even bigger.
In America, we understand that a nation is only living as long as it is striving.
We will no longer accept politicians who are all talk and no action – constantly complaining but never doing anything about it.
The time for empty talk is over.
Now arrives the hour of action.
Do not let anyone tell you it cannot be done. No challenge can match the heart and fight and spirit of America.
We will not fail. Our country will thrive and prosper again.
We stand at the birth of a new millennium, ready to unlock the mysteries of space, to free the Earth from the miseries of disease, and to harness the energies, industries and technologies of tomorrow.
A new national pride will stir our souls, lift our sights, and heal our divisions.
It is time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget: that whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots, we all enjoy the same glorious freedoms, and we all salute the same great American Flag.
And whether a child is born in the urban sprawl of Detroit or the windswept plains of Nebraska, they look up at the same night sky, they fill their heart with the same dreams, and they are infused with the breath of life by the same almighty Creator.
So to all Americans, in every city near and far, small and large, from mountain to mountain, and from ocean to ocean, hear these words:
You will never be ignored again.
Your voice, your hopes, and your dreams, will define our American destiny. And your courage and goodness and love will forever guide us along the way.
Together, We Will Make America Strong Again.
We Will Make America Wealthy Again.
We Will Make America Proud Again.
We Will Make America Safe Again.
And, Yes, Together, We Will Make America Great Again. Thank you, God Bless You, And God Bless America.
January 19, 2017
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