Forget the nation-state: Europe would be much better off if it were fundamentally reorganised into powerful regions in the north and the Alps and picturesque bankrupts in the south
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Perhaps they need a single national bank to buy up the debt and a constitution saying member states must balance their budgets. Allow small wealthy regions (Bavaria and Tuscany for example) to become member states at the cost of a larger share of revenue going towards paying off that debt the national bank took on.
Or dissolve the union and turn into a free trade zone.
SMALL explosives concealed in alarm clocks detonated at Ikea furniture stores in Belgium, France and the Netherlands, Belgian authorities said today. The explosions in stores in the Belgian city of Ghent, Lille in northern France and Eindhoven in The Netherlands caused no damage or injuries.
"The information we have is that the explosions happened the same way in all locations, with booby-trapped alarm clocks that had been hidden exploding," An Schoonjans, spokeswoman for Ghent prosecutors, told AFP.
In Ghent, an employee and a security agent complained of ear aches after two small explosions, which detonated almost simultaneously before the store closed last night. Two booby-trapped alarm clocks were detonated by remote control, Schoonjans said. A remote control alarm clock?
The spokeswoman said the circumstances were similar in Eindhoven and Lille, but she was unable to provide details. "We are in contact with judicial authorities in Eindhoven and Lille to see if there is a link between the three affairs," she said. Must have been a disgruntled customer who Continued on Page 47
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Do the Euro nut groups have a particular problem w/Ikea? They seemly drearily PC in the US -- are they considered to be like WalMart in these countries?
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Hide a timer+explosive in an old alarm clock which isn't ticking? Diabolical!
5..4..3.. to Homeland Security Alert: Watch out for alarm clocks which aren't ticking.
#7
Great thing about an IKEA kaboom alarm clock is that you only need one Allah wrench to assemble and arm it...
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05/31/2011 13:45 Comments ||
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Dr. White wins the thread! (And takes the lead for Snark O' the Day.™) :-D
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I guess those dhimmi doormats weren't sufficiently submissive. Gotta open the door to any snarly arab with a quran under one arm and 4 wives and baby abdullahs for the welfare system.
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Judging by size of the bombs and the economic and political situation, I'll go with anarchists or more garden-variety extreme leftists.
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Do the Euro nut groups have a particular problem w/Ikea? They seemly drearily PC in the US -- are they considered to be like WalMart in these countries?
No, regular joe. IKEAs are highly regarded for starter and simple Scandinavian furniture, whereas WalMarts are despised as everything that's wrong about America...even as everyone shops there on Saturday mornings for all the things that ares overpriced in the village shops. At least that's what I saw in Frankfurt and Brussels.
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