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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42657954

He blamed Barack Obama's administration for a "bad deal" despite the fact the move was agreed under George W Bush.

Agreed under W but built under Obama

I bet he's gonna demand a public apology from the UK politicians that wanted to ban him first.

Impossible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQu_biY5M1Q

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=no&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fsamnytt.se%2Fflyktingbarn-som-knivhogg-polis-hade-bloja-pa-sig-och-blev-matad-pa-boendet%2F&edit-text=

that translation is horrible lol

He was from Pixelistan.

You find the most heartwarming articles, Folk.

this article is huge and all over the place

Motherhood is just another way the patriarchy oppresses wahmen!

Still

It'd make for some interesting parent-teenager dynamics

WAHMEN

REEEEEEEEEEE

"I wish I'd never been born!" *stamps foot*
"I wish you hadn't been either"
*recoils in horror* "Wait, *what*??"

yes yes I realise it's huuuge (the article), my plan was to quote from it and reeeee a bit but then I suddenly remembered the Liberland country project

and got distracted by reading their constitution

Liberland?

Sounds like a theme park

I linked in <#372507611284766722> https://liberland.org/en/constitution/

"Switzerland has banned citizenship to anyone who has lived on welfare in the country in the previous three years unless they pay back the money they received."

hhhhhnnnng

We need that in the US lol

*scratches head*

citizens already in the country?

..who don't have citizenship?

but still got welfare?

I gotta be missing something here

^

I wish I was swiss, but I don't know the intricacies of their system

https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2018/01/11/swiss-no-more-citizenship-to-refugees-on-welfare

https://www.thelocal.ch/20171229/becoming-swiss-will-be-harder-from-january

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/new-laws_legal-changes-come-into-force-in-2018/43792236

three more articles on it

right

so basically they need to retcon their welfare system

I'll eat, then I'll dig into it a bit, because it seems interesting

so people who aren't citizens can't get welfare in the first place

No citizenship to people that receive government handouts? Sounds very racist of Sweden.

yeah I don't think they got welfare as such, but I have no idea

government handouts is a better term for this probably

I guess these Muslims ~~men~~ kids will have to be adopted to become citizens then.

Ahahahahaha

fuck yeah rape the arab world for money

*t e e n a g e r s*

Thoughts about the new flu strain?

I give it a light 7.

Prefer their older stuff.

"If you live in Switzerland, i.e. hold a valid Swiss residence or settlement permit (see list of questions on entries and stays in Switzerland) and meet the requirements, you will be entitled to receive unemployment benefits. Your nationality does not affect your entitlement to unemployment benefits."

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you can't apply for citizenship while receiving those benefits apparently

also, you need to pass a written language test, and have lived permanently in switzerland for 5 or 10 years, depending on your country of origin

have no criminal convictions, "pose no threat to the country", and also "demonstrate social integration"

I believe that last requirement there is mostly done by getting neighbours and such to write a letter where they vouch for you

(the closest neighbour who is a citizen)

"Candidates must demonstrate A2 level writing ability and B1 spoken skills under the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages."

https://www.ch.ch/en/regular-naturalisation-requirements/

"Most cantons and/or communes require you to face an interview to prove your integration and knowledge of Switzerland where you could be quizzed on anything from the number of lakes in your canton to which days are public holidays and the names of local traditions and festivals. In some cases a communal residents’ committee gathers to vote on your application, so it pays to keep in with the locals – last year a Dutch woman hit the headlines after she was turned down by her community for campaigning against cowbells (though she later won citizenship on appeal)."

canton is a district/county

this seems like a great system

It a REAL immigration system

^

"In the majority of bi-national marriages, the man is Swiss and the woman foreign, although Swiss women no longer lose their Swiss citizenship when they marry a foreigner (they did until 1992). "

rofl

I can see what they were trying to do but no

"The most bizarre aspect of this spectacle was that the Democrats who most aggressively defended Trump’s version of the surveillance bill – the Democrats most eager to preserve Trump’s spying powers as virtually limitless – were the very same Democratic House members who have become media stars this year by flamboyantly denouncing Trump as a treasonous, lawless despot in front of every television camera they could find."

see, it's not really that bizarre if you pay attention, or if you've read Listen, Liberal! by Thomas Frank

They want Oprah to use it in 2020

You getta spybot

and YOU get a spybot

EVERYONE GET S A Drone that follows you around 24/7

can anyone get the content of https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-spark-behind-irans-unrest-millions-of-defrauded-investors-1515698701

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSWbBq1UIAAEDZ4.jpg:large

lol got your money kthxbye

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/12/building-company-carillion-collapse-schools-roads-hospitals-hs2-taxpayers-bill

yeah this is nothing new under the sun

".. Carillion this summer was part of a consortium that won a £1.4bn contract to knock tunnels through the Chilterns. If Carillion goes under, what happens to the largest infrastructure project in Europe? What happens to its partners on the deal, British firm Kier, and France’s Eiffage? The project will need to be put back and the taxpayer will almost certainly have to step in."

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/11/climate/winter-olympics-global-warming.html

oh well

"The repercussions are potentially much more serious for young athletes getting a first taste winter sports. What will happen to the pipeline that feeds elite sports programs when the local ski hill, or the frozen pond where kids play hockey, disappears?

“It’s an interesting question that nobody really knows the answer to,” Dr. Scott said."

lol

it's "interesting" as long as there's money in this bullshit

all those kids training for games that people don't even watch

whatever will we do?

If Russia can host Winter Olympics in a tropical resort, nothing is impossible.

Winter Games are racist against equatorial countries!

What's the least racist sport?

poetry

disabled people basketball

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_art_competitions#Lyric_and_speculative_works

well poetry was invented by Tupac so that seems correct

Don't they still have baton twirling competitions in the Olympics?

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/baton-twirling-olympic-sport

No, today baton twirling is much more than that. It is thousands of women and men gathering together to complete a common goal- be a world champion.

TIL

Olympics is full of "artsy" garbage.

Baton twirling is still baton twirling. Except people compete to be the best baton twirler.

Do you see what's going on in that picture? What the fuck is that? Send me a picture of you tryin it Dan. I'm waiting...

I say, if it can't be measured objectively, through distance, weight, speed, etc, it has no place in the Olympics. And if it's not the person doing the work, it shouldn't be in the Olympics either.

Otherwise just add Miss Universe to the Olympics.

And a singing competition.

Hitler would certainly disagree with you there!

and ESPORTS

And dog races.

what do you mean "add a singing competition", there already was

And scrabble.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_art_competitions#Vocal

Key word here is "was".

good thing for putin there's an election in march

no wait, he's seeking re-election isn't he

I say thank you to my driver in a taxi

don't see how it's weird

there's no driver :P

well how did we arrive then ? 😃

no no, in the pizza delivery car in that news story, there's no driver

and people still say "thank you"

seems ok

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-42658211/ces-2018-hushme-mask-lets-users-make-private-calls

Or do what I do

and go somewhere else that's quieter

In my country we even have Mobile Phones you can take ANYWHERE

2+2=5

-2 is 3 quik mafs

There are 4 lights!

In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them....

You could hire

The Liberalists

still better investigation team than the liberal crime squad

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DTXm38gX0AA66Zh.jpg:large

Saudi Oil must be running out

or, it's supporting evidence for the saudi texas shooter theory

or both

las vegas, I meant

yeah I assumed

“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” “Why do we need more Haitians?” “Take them out.”

they are people, no mention of colour

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the countries are shitholes

why DO they need more, people from Haiti?

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they vote for Donkey

they vote?

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/georgianne-nienaber/did-trumps-visit-to-littl_b_12930834.html

REEE?

My head hurts

Call Haiti a shithole

Dig up the Clinton Foundation Story again

Put Hillary in Prison (A Camapign Promise)

lock her up

in Haiti?

guantanamo. Obama broke his promise to close it

eww. pls no. Companies stay out of Politics

"Not all types of consumers react to brands taking on social and political issues in the same way.

Sprout Social’s study found a wide disparity, for example, in receptiveness to brands tackling such issues between consumers who identify as “Liberal” and those who identify as “Conservative.”

78 percent of liberal consumers in the study said it was either “Somewhat Important” or “Very Important,” compared to just 52 percent of conservatives. 19 percent of conservatives responded that it was “Not at All Important,” compared to just 7 percent of liberals."

"Similarly, liberals respondents were far more likely to consider brands’ stances on political and social issues credible. 82 percent of liberal respondents said brands stances on such issues were either “Somewhat Credible” or “Very Credible,” compared to just 46 percent of conservatives. 25 percent of conservative respondents went as far as to call such brand stances “Not at All Credible,” compared to only 3 percent of liberals."

is this a mirror of #metoo credibility distribution?

Let Apple come out as Conservative

"Ganczarski, whose sentence was due to end in February, is being held at the Vendin-le-Vieil prison in northern France. The United States had indicated it wanted him extradited for his suspected role in the September 11, 2001 attacks."

could julian assange learn from this?

@Fulcrum010 no talking in <#377519392956874752> the mods will raep you :P

dude

i was so distracted i haven't noticed lol

still

they are integrating them right, but there are too many people coming

half a million?

too many people

weeeell, did you see the article earlier about swiss integration?

[4:41 PM] folk: "If you live in Switzerland, i.e. hold a valid Swiss residence or settlement permit (see list of questions on entries and stays in Switzerland) and meet the requirements, you will be entitled to receive unemployment benefits. Your nationality does not affect your entitlement to unemployment benefits."
[4:41 PM] Reaps: <:think_woke:378717098681171988>
[4:43 PM] folk: you can't apply for citizenship while receiving those benefits apparently
[4:45 PM] folk: also, you need to pass a written language test, and have lived permanently in switzerland for 5 or 10 years, depending on your country of origin
[4:47 PM] folk: have no criminal convictions, "pose no threat to the country", and also "demonstrate social integration"
[4:47 PM] folk: I believe that last requirement there is mostly done by getting neighbours and such to write a letter where they vouch for you
[4:47 PM] folk: (the closest neighbour who is a citizen)
[4:48 PM] folk: "Candidates must demonstrate A2 level writing ability and B1 spoken skills under the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages."
[4:48 PM] folk: https://www.ch.ch/en/regular-naturalisation-requirements/
[4:49 PM] folk: "Most cantons and/or communes require you to face an interview to prove your integration and knowledge of Switzerland where you could be quizzed on anything from the number of lakes in your canton to which days are public holidays and the names of local traditions and festivals. In some cases a communal residents’ committee gathers to vote on your application, so it pays to keep in with the locals – last year a Dutch woman hit the headlines after she was turned down by her community for campaigning against cowbells (though she later won citizenship on appeal)."
[4:49 PM] folk: canton is a district/county
[4:49 PM] folk: this seems like a great system

"Switzerland has banned citizenship to anyone who has lived on welfare in the country in the previous three years unless they pay back the money they received."

that's a pretty redpilled citizenship policy

Can they apply again after 3 years of no welfare?

they can apply after 5 or 10 years of permanent residency, like I said in the quote above, and then they need to pass all those tests

if they've paid back the money they got during those 5-10 years

5 or 10 years depends on which country they're immigrating from, I don't know which countries are 5 or 10 specifically

I'm sure there's a list somewhere

Man

that's a great immigration policy

because

it's easy for hard work people who wants to live in a better place

but, hard for people who wants to leech the system

every 10th welfare cheque should come with an injection that has a 1 in 10 chance of euthanizing the recipient...

Watch as all the leeches go out and get jobs

Speaking of Haiti, the Clintons are currently buying huge amounts of land over there, especially the lands that have mining potential (mining is virtually non-existant there). The problem is that, under the Haitian constitution, only Haitians can buy land. Corporations or rich individuals buying land abroad is not uncommon, but you have to admit that they are either powerful or connected with the leaders over there to allow for this to happen.

Source: My taxi-driver friend

As for the switzerland immigration policy, it looks good but I suspect that only very attractive countries (those who have a huge immigration pull) can afford to be so strict

To apply these rules with an unattractive destination could be dire

If the destination is unattractive you're probably a skilled worker on a very lucrative permit

Or a do gooding charity worker

or a pedophile

lol

^^

I guess it also depends on the nature of your economy, if you have a high-technology industry, great, let competent people in. But if you have an economy based on primary resources or that involve tons of cheap labour, the immigration policies should reflect your needs *if* you are using immigration mostly for economical reasons.

I think that my over-arching point is that immigration rules should not be based on ideology but more so on practical or pragmatic reasons

So if you have lot's of a people out of work, don't import a bunch more people. Shocking

lol ya

that's racist I'm afraid

if you use immigration for economical reasons

For example, when the English fought the french in the New World, they won! but they where kind of f*cked up... their population was 10 times smaller

On both sides, they started mass immigration programs "to get the numbers"

They would kidnap drunk people comming back from the bar, both in france and england, shove them in a boat and they would end up here

Other reasons for immigration are for your world reputation

Typically, this happens with refugees mind you so it's a different context

I'm sorry there are poor people in other countries and they need to be poor here instead

sod trying to actually build anything there

that's colonialism

Well, europe's lands have all been bought up for ages, the new world did offer opportunities to own land I guess. A lot of people would (and did) benefit from this on the colonizeing side

Colonialism is a form of warfare

And often involve waring conflicts

I mean..

Not sure that their intent was specifically to shuffle poor people around, their intent was to acquire land

the shuffling of people was to maintain majority

once they got a foot-hold

more of a method rather than a motivation

That being said, to colonization era is way gone, nowadays, immigration is done for economical reasons mostly

Social unity is barely considered, if at all

There are exceptions, namely in north europeean countries that make sure that the rate of integration is higher than the rate of immigrations and I believe that this is crucial, happy to see that the Switzerland rules considered that with their 5 year rule

Failing this, you get ghettoization with all the problems it encurs

Where groups end up replacing institutions with the local traditions reenacted in their ghetto, ex: Seek justice by talking to your local religious leader instead of going to the police

I talk a lot, tell me if it's too much or if I'm wrong - lol

It's too much.

thanks

You're welcome.

European countries are already allowing massive ghettos to take root, they're no-go zones. They'll be experiencing the same kind of "we want reparations" BLM is demanding now in the USA, in a few years.

Because it's clear they'll get stuck into poverty in these ghettos.

It's scary, maybe I should retract that point

I know this happens in Sweden and now more and more in germany

Remember that France needs the military occupying the streets to keep it safe.

But I assumed it was less in Norway and Scandinacvia, etc

Ya well, France messed up a long time ago

you have 4th generation french of maghrebin descent and they are still treated as second class citizens

Ok, I officially retract my affirmation that northen europe hold immigration rules that minimize ghettos

but they should lol

oh God

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10338&utm_content=buffer1cf51&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#.WlEX4cWzLlk.twitter

The damage that post-modernism does...

so "Asking a good question" is a *masculine *ideal* - lol

so... when can we go back to dragging them around by their hair and telling them to "stay the fuck in the kitchen"?
kek

srsly...

When can we go back to the 80's where everyone was judged at the measure of their character and actions

and where the music was amazing

they're banning MASH, All in the Family, The Jeffersons, The Flinstones, The Jetsons

where do we draw the line and tell these fukking commies that enough is enough?

do we actually have to start hanging them in the streets? or will our governments take a stand?

"It appears that Raine Island has been producing almost exclusively female turtles for at least 20 years. This is no small thing. Eighty-acre Raine and its associated coral cays host one of the largest green sea turtle rookeries on Earth, where more than 200,000 turtles come to nest. During high season, 18,000 turtles may settle in at once. And those are just the females."

"Since the sex of a sea turtle is determined by the heat of sand incubating their eggs, scientists had suspected they might see slightly more females."

"In the attached post you find part of the names of the Russian troll industry. There is much more. A friend based in the US developed a tracking tool which investigates from which location these troll accounts tweet, and to our surprise some have IPs leading to Washington DC, we just don’t know whether they are using VPN or not."