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2019-01-26 Europe

Europe 'coming apart before our eyes', say 30 top intellectuals

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-26 02:15|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 European intellectuals? There really should be some sort of grammatical prohibition.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-26 02:19|| 2019-01-26 02:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Now that they need our help we're suddenly great allies? They've been calling us baby killing imperialist racist warmongers for decades. And they're surprised we cut them loose?

The lack of self-awareness is shocking.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2019-01-26 03:22|| 2019-01-26 03:22|| Front Page Top

#3 The group of 30 writers, historians and Nobel laureates ... Europe as an idea was "coming apart before our eyes"

All ideas do if you take them too far.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-01-26 06:49|| 2019-01-26 06:49|| Front Page Top

#4 No mention of the millions of Muslim ~~bums~~ ~~welfare parasites~~ 'refugees' that were let in by Merkel & Co.? I'm sure that was just an oversight.

Posted by Raj 2019-01-26 06:54|| 2019-01-26 06:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Healing must come from within: penitence and contemplation, a little healthy outdoor exertion...

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2019-01-26 07:33|| 2019-01-26 07:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Abandoned from across the Channel and from across the Atlantic by the two great allies who in the previous century saved it twice from suicide;

Darwin says at some point, a particular frog will choose not to give the scorpion a ride on his back. That frog will go on to reproduce for its future. Now's that time. It's in your nature. Only you can fix it. So far, it appears you have failed.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-01-26 08:45|| 2019-01-26 08:45|| Front Page Top

No mention of the millions of Muslim bums welfare parasites 'refugees' that were let in by Merkel & Co.? I'm sure that was just an oversight.
Posted by Raj

Anyone notice how few of these Euro Muslim migrants ended up in former Soviet Union (FSU) countries, or Russia itself ?

Anyone believe the Wagner Group contractors have arrived in Venezuela to provide humanitarian assistance or medical services ?

Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-26 08:51|| 2019-01-26 08:51|| Front Page Top

#8 victory for the wreckers;

Telling phrasing.

"Abandoned from across the Channel and from across the Atlantic by the two great allies who in the previous century saved it twice from suicide;

"Fuck you, Dad! Oh, and send money."

Posted by charger 2019-01-26 11:12|| 2019-01-26 11:12|| Front Page Top

#9 The group of 30 writers, historians and Nobel laureates ... Europe as an idea was "coming apart before our eyes"

Nobel laureate means nothing to me after they gave Baraq his peace prize.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-01-26 13:35|| 2019-01-26 13:35|| Front Page Top

#10 Wretchard:
The fundamental driver of the populist rebellion is the terrible realization that whether it's expensive suits or revolutionary garb they're mostly crooks.

Posted by 3dc 2019-01-26 16:03|| 2019-01-26 16:03|| Front Page Top

#11 "Ein Volk, Ein Europa, Ein EU?" The peasants arerevolting, is that is what is bothering you?

Posted by magpie 2019-01-26 18:57|| 2019-01-26 18:57|| Front Page Top

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