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Look like people are starting to discuss the final solution to the Islamic Question openly. I was wondering how long that would take.

The proverbial cruelty and madness, not to mention French-ness, of these fecal-dwelling rodents. Artaud found in them a good precedent for his career.

Manny wrote: "I see there is a chess club in Rinkeby, where the riots occurred the other day...."

You inspired me to search for chess + riot (though I know that's not what you meant). I found this little "gem":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ0Az...

Well, anyway, at least the U.S. isn't quite this bad yet. (Some water protectors may, however, disagree).

Damn. Gary Kasparov should be president of the United States, regardless of where he was born. How come I didn't realize he knew more about American politics and what was going on than the large majority of Americans.

Here's Kasparov trying to unravel the Trump-Putin mess while surrounded by clowns in denial, pre-election: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jtyr...

And here's Bill Maher sounding like an embarrassing oaf, downplaying Kasparov's insight while making light of the murder of his friend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlP1K...

The final third or so of this Medium post (from point 5 onwards) is very good IMO: https://medium.com/@DaleBeran/4chan-t... about Trump's (& Milo's) appeal to disaffected younger voters, alt-right as counterculture etc.
(First half to 2/3 is a somewhat dorky history-of-4chan 101 that I can't imagine any of you would need)

Also kind of explained to me why, on a certain level I sometimes felt hard to explain, I could understand them. I find the specific kind of loserdom they idolise to be ugly and limited. I feel stuck in a similar way, but channel it into a liking for could-have-beens and sickly Romantics that one is supposed to have got over by my age (because one is "supposed to" have better prospects and to be aware of this, things which may actually be dependent on factors beyond one's control such as health)

And the Standing Rock protesters burn their own camp

http://www.upworthy.com/these-last-mo...

Don't know if I'm just being paranoid because CPAC is in town but I feel like I'm seeing a ton of alt-right bro tourists with that Dick Spencer haircut downtown today. Gonna punch some Nazis in the face.

I think there are alt-right bros at my bibimbap truck! Motherfucker!

https://twitter.com/johndingell/statu...

Hadrian wrote: "https://twitter.com/johndingell/statu..."

Right on, brother!

Geoff wrote: "Don't know if I'm just being paranoid because CPAC is in town but I feel like I'm seeing a ton of alt-right bro tourists with that Dick Spencer haircut downtown today. Gonna punch some Nazis in the..."

CPAC is false flag operation it seems.

https://twitter.com/PeterHamby/status...

Lol that's great

And now this...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wor...

-CNN, New York Times, Politico, LA Times, Buzzfeed, the BBC and others not permitted to attend.

-Breitbart News, The Washington Times, OANN, ABC, CBS, NBC, WSJ, Bloomberg, and Fox News were allowed in by the Shit-gibbon's bouncers.

-The AP and TIME stood in solidarity with those barred from entry.

ATJG wrote: "And now this...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wor...

-CNN, New York Times, Politico, LA Times, Buzzfeed, the BBC and ..."

It's really tough to take that this is the USA in 2017. These people need to get the fuck out of Dodge immediately and get us back to some place sane. I really can't take 4 years of this level of fucking nuts-to-the-wall insanity.

I mean, alt-right bros with Dick Spencer fashy haircuts at my motherfuckin' bibimbap truck. This aggression will not stand!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyLdt...

Also, for the hell of it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XCvH...

Also, all you millennial fucking morons who think alt-right is the new punk, fuck you! You don't know jack-fucking-shit about punk you racist idiot losers.

Sorry for all the cursing, I'm drinking and pissed off.

Here ya go fucks some harDCore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-zri...

ATJG wrote: "-CNN, New York Times, Politico, LA Times, Buzzfeed, the BBC and others not permitted to attend.
-Breitbart News, The Washington Times, OANN, ABC, CBS, NBC, WSJ, Bloomberg, and Fox News were allowed in by the Shit-gibbon's bouncers."

The keyword here is Gleichschaltung .

The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the ‘state of emergency’ in which we live is not the exception but the rule. We must attain to a conception of history that is in keeping with this insight. Then we shall clearly realize that it is our task to bring about a real state of emergency, and this will improve our position in the struggle against Fascism. One reason why Fascism has a chance is that in the name of progress its opponents treat it as a historical norm. The current amazement that the things we are experiencing are ‘still’ possible in the twentieth century is not philosophical. This amazement is not the beginning of knowledge—unless it is the knowledge that the view of history which gives rise to it is untenable.

- Walter Benjamin, On the Concept of History

God bless you, Walter Benjamin

Yeah. I am thinking some Benjamin-ian re-reading might be called for.

ATJG wrote: "And now this...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wor...

-CNN, New York Times, Politico, LA Times, Buzzfeed, the BBC and ..."

Where are the mainstream Republicans? This one should be easy.

And, yes, I understand that CNN is the class enemy too ::
https://itself.blog/2017/02/21/we-cou...

Right step, wrong direction?

Nathan "N.R." wrote: "Where are the mainstream Republicans? This one should be easy. "

Meanwhile, mainstream republicans are working on legislation to criminalize protests and other forms of (political) speech.

I think we are now moving into an era where the word (curse) "liberal" once more refers to those persons who believe in inalienable rights. While it becomes increasingly clear that those once claiming to be 'libertarians' are invested in a project to transfer the regime of rights from human beings to capital.

Nathan "N.R." wrote: "I think we are now moving into an era where the word (curse) "liberal" once more refers to those persons who believe in inalienable rights. While it becomes increasingly clear that those once claiming to be 'libertarians' are invested in a project to transfer the regime of rights from human beings to capital."

This seems to be the case. And yes I'm still looking out for these "good Republicans" I hear are out there, and whose side I should be involved in trying to understand. Meanwhile, Rabelais.

Geoff wrote: "Meanwhile, Rabelais. "

What this thread really needs is images of codpieces.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codpiec...

Nathan "N.R." wrote: "Geoff wrote: "Meanwhile, Rabelais. "

What this thread really needs is images of codpieces.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codpiec..."

That right there totally 100% sums up the vibes of the times!

I think GWAR may be the most Rabelaisian of Rabelaisian bands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30TQ-...

Mommies, don't let your babies grow up to be art students.

Nathan "N.R." wrote: "I think GWAR may be the most Rabelaisian of Rabelaisian bands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30TQ-...

Mommies, don't let your babies grow up to be art students."

They still play the 9:30 Club at least once a year.

Geoff wrote: "They still play the 9:30 Club at least once a year. .."

I've not seen them yet ; partly in fear that the back wall of the club ain't far enough away from them.

The CIA won't save us, CNN won't save us, moderate Republicans certainly won't save us (or moderate Democratic leadership, for that matter). The only hope lies in a revolt of the masses.

'Swing' voters don't exist; on the other hand, non-voters do, in huge numbers.

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/0...

(I'm actually in favor of being nice to Trump voters, as far as that's even possible)

(I'll be there to rouse the rabble with my expertly chosen Walter Benjamin citations.)

The Obama - Trump swing voters I'm aware of (admittedly because of my fairly selective online reading) were people who would have voted for Bernie...
The extremes of this election makes the swing voter a different creature from usual (e.g. on more familiar territory, Brits, such as some of my relatives, who voted for both Thatcher and Blair because they valued strong leadership and considered each was what the country needed at the time)

There were some people who voted Obama twice, and then voted for Trump (one of my best friends' dad is one of them, and he's a totally decent guy), but they're numerically insignificant.

Since the electoral college is not a democratic institution, it's possible for a few thousand swing voters to turn the election. Nonetheless, it would be foolish for Democrats to put their energy into data-analysis to try and reach this tiny demographic. Much better to actually do politics, in my opinion.

Oh, interesting; has he said much about his decision?

Strong dislike of Clinton was the main thing. My friend is convinced his dad would vote for Keith Ellison (black AND Muslim) were he the Democratic nominee in 2020.

My friend's from the boonies of Minnesota, where his father still lives. So he's exasperated by all the liberal analysis that takes it as axiomatic that white rural voters are irredeemably racist.

(Just to be clear, my friend is to the left of me and would never vote Trump. It's his dad I'm talking about.)

There seem to be many different versions of "Sweden is being torn apart by violent immigrants" - here's another one.

Next time I'm in Sweden, I'm going to check this out for myself. Until then, I'm interested to hear more stories from people here who are living in Sweden or have recently visited the country.

Manny wrote: "The two leading Swedish dailies are pretty annoyed about the article by the far-right Sverigedemokraterna in the WSJ. The government is accusing them of intentionally destroying Sweden's good reput..."

Here's the local police chief in Botkyrka, one of the most immigrant-heavy cities in Europe, which also happens to be where I work: There are no no-go-zones in Sweden. Of course, reality has a liberal bias.

Bjorn wrote: "Here's the local police chief in Botkyrka, one of the most immigrant-heavy cities in Europe, which also happens to be where I work: There are no no-go-zones in Sweden. Of course, reality has a liberal bias."

Bjorn, admit you're a troll who's being paid by Angela Merkel to spread liberal propaganda as part of her evil scheme to destroy the world by keeping the EU together. It's written all over you.

I pointed out a few posts back that the hell-hole of Malmö apparently has a homicide rate comparable to that of Utah, and was hoping that someone would by now have told us how many no-go zones there are in Salt Lake City. But I suppose that misguided ideas of political correctness are stopping people from telling the truth about radical Mormonism?

Manny wrote: Bjorn, admit you're a troll who's being paid by Angela Merkel to spread liberal propaganda as part of her evil scheme to destroy the world by keeping the EU together. It's written all over you.

In order for that to be true, I'd have to exist. And since I claim to work in a supposed no-go-zone, I clearly don't.

Aha! You're using logic! You just gave yourself away, you dirty non-existent liberal troll.

Manny wrote: "There seem to be many different versions of "Sweden is being torn apart by violent immigrants" - here's another one."

So Sweden is apparently "a global model for official transparency and accountability" yet we "do not collect information on the ethnicity, religion, or race of perpetrators or victims of crime". You'd think there'd be an official investigation into this so we could dispel this racist myth that immigration related crime is on the rise once and for all.

Actually, there WAS an investigation into just this issue way back in 2005 (a simpler time, when the topic was less taboo than it is today), that used numbers from 1997 - 2001. According to this study certain immigrant groups were highly overrepresented in crime statistics, some groups being as high as 5 times more likely to commit a crime than ethnic Swedes.

Study can be read here: https://www.bra.se/download/18.cba82f...

Since my previous post on no-go zones seem to have gone ignored I'll just restate that there seems to be no distinct definition on what a "no-go zone" is, which is why it's easy to disregard. I don't use the term myself because it has a sensationalist tone to it. The fact of the matter is that these "vulnerable areas" or " particularly vulnerable areas" have increased dramatically no matter how you slice it. From there being only 3 back in 1990 to 186 in 2012.

Niklas wrote: "Manny wrote: "There seem to be many different versions of "Sweden is being torn apart by violent immigrants" - here's another one."

So Sweden is apparently "a global model for official transparenc..."

Okay, so we are talking about facts here. That's good. But how does the report you cite stack up against the one Hadrian linked to higher up the thread, where nearly all variance disappeared when you controlled for other socioeconomic indicators? If the data comes down to "immigrants are likely to be poorer than average", that's a weak argument for justifying draconian programs like the ones we're seeing in the US.

Manny wrote: "Okay, so we are talking about facts here. That's good. But how does the report you cite stack up against the one Hadrian linked to higher up the thread..."

In the government report I linked they claim that the crime statistics can't be fully explained by socio-economic factors. In a previous government report which they cite they found only a minimal reduction when accounting for socio-economic factors. See page 20 -21.

Even if purely socio-economic factors were behind immigrants' crime statistics, I don't really see any appealing reason why we should continue to fill our ghettos and make Sweden an even more segregated country than it is today through large scale immigration.

Niklas said; "Even if purely socio-economic factors were behind immigrants' crime statistics, I don't really see any appealing reason why we should continue to fill our ghettos and make Sweden an even more segregated country than it is today through large scale immigration."

Think I understand. You basically contend that if Sweden is segregated to begin with; then there is no appealing reason to increase the degree of that segregation. Sort of like being a little bit pregnant, but holding the line at any possible furtherance.

Those anti-abortionists are trying to screw up the entire system.

From Swedish Radio; "Jimmie Åkesson and Mattias Karlsson, the leading figures in the Sweden Democrat party, have written an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, in which they say Donald Trump is right in what he said about immigration and crime in Sweden."

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Go away again already please.