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[Jake84]

You post the same messages in multiple topics. You are nothing more but a spammer.

Okay, I’ve gently asked you @haze99 before along with @muck and now we’re getting reports from some about the constant spam.

@haze99: while you aren’t breaking any forums rules, please keep certain contents for specific topics otherwise you’re only going to p*ss off the community.

Hopefully you won’t ignore this one more time. Post whatever you please in the right topic and once is good enough.

Thanks.

 

[Musashi]

Germany imported a lot of Taliban supporters and criminals from Afghanistan:

(S+) Afghanistan: Insiderberichte über Sicherheitslücken bei Aufnahmeprogrammen

Fake-Pässe, Lügengeschichten: Seit Jahren berichten Insider von Sicherheitslücken bei Aufnahmeprogrammen für gefährdete Afghanen. Interne Akten untermauern Vorwürfe gegen das Auswärtige Amt unter Ministerin Baerbock.

www.spiegel.de

 

[muck]

Two news from Germany …

The German government has extended a formal invitation to Harvard University to establish a "campus in exile" here. (Source)

And it has delivered on its pledge to abolish the right of asylum seekers to bring their families to Germany. (Source)

Preliminary figures published last week show the first month of Merz's Chancellorship will see migration to Germany cut by 45%.

Germany imported a lot of Taliban supporters and criminals from Afghanistan:

(S+) Afghanistan: Insiderberichte über Sicherheitslücken bei Aufnahmeprogrammen

Fake-Pässe, Lügengeschichten: Seit Jahren berichten Insider von Sicherheitslücken bei Aufnahmeprogrammen für gefährdete Afghanen. Interne Akten untermauern Vorwürfe gegen das Auswärtige Amt unter Ministerin Baerbock.

www.spiegel.de

Imagine being so terrible at your job that a leftist magazine calls you out for it.

Annalena Baerbock has been the worst FM in the history of this country. In 2022, after she'd dropped all pacifist rhetorics and advocated standing up to Russia, I nourished a flicker of hope for some pragmatism on her part. But she was just awful, leaving the tax payer to suffer a huge bill and the after effects of hopelessly naïve politics. Now

 

[muck]

A Berlin district court has told the German government to stop denying entry to asylum seekers arriving from other European countries. The government says it will ignore the court order as a mere case-by-case-decision, claiming it is in the right and that higher instance rulings will prove that. The Union of Federal Police Officers agrees. (Source)

Merz's coalition partners, who're queasy about regulating immigration, have yet to respond to this confrontational course. Of course, German media are already painting Merz as a Trump clone who defies court orders.

 

[Hiryu2.0]

Migrants responsible for increase in antisemitism, says Merz – DW – 06/06/2025

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said migrants are a factor behind the rise of antisemitism in Germany, vowing to combat "this problem." Meanwhile, Lufthansa says it will restart flights to Tel Aviv on June 23. DW has more.

www.dw.com

 

[Musashi]

https://www.nius.de/politik/news/zurueckweisung-grenze-gruene-richter-jungdemokraten/87297fba-e49e-4b4d-8cea-e421287281c9

 

[muck]

Another stabbing spree, this time in Munich, and again by a young woman with a history of schizophrenia. Several people have been injured. The assailant, a 30-year-old Bulgarian national, was shot dead by a cop. (Source)

Recently, the Minister of the Chancellery (basically Merz's chief of staff) said in a talk show that a database for potentially dangerous people with mental illnesses should be created to improve the flow of information; they nearly crucified him in the media, accusing him of borrowing from the Nazi's democide against the mentally ill.

 

[muck]

The stats are here for the first month of Germany's new border regime: 36.5% fewer asylum seekers. (Source)

Overall, immigration has been lowered by 42.3%. Finally, a step into the right direction.

 

[muck]

Germany has deported a 75-year-old Turkish female felon today. In 2022, the woman had caused the death of another Turkish-born elderly woman whilst the pair was quarantined in a hospital with Covid-19. Feeling "annoyed" by the other patient's breathing apparatus, she simply turned it off twice, killing the victim. After her conviction for manslaughter, the regional government decided to order the woman's removal from Germany, a decision upheld in court today.

The presiding judge noted that the defendant had completely failed to integrate herself in Germany, being unable to speak German after 46 years in the country, and showing no remorse nor respect for values other than her own. Responding to her lawyer's claims that she should not be deported due to her old age, the judge noted that the defendant has family members and a second residence in Turkey, and upheld the deportation order. (Source)

So many things wrong on so many levels …

The hospital should've been in the dock as well, by the way. Like stated, the defendant had turned the victim's breathing apparatus off twice. The first time it was noted by the night nurse, who simply cautioned the defendant not to do it again (!).

As personal commentary … Would anyone here want to live permanently in another country without being able to speak the local language? Don't get me wrong, maybe I also wouldn't bother to learn another language if my company sent me abroad for half a year, or something like that. But permanently? That'd be a horrendous experience in my books.

 

[skaw]

The Parallelgesellschaft (parallel society) at it's best. They simply don't need to speak the local language the most time. But I'd say at least it's a generational issue which is way more common with eldery people than with younger folks.

 

[muck]

The new German government has rolled back many "woke" policies and initiatives since taking office in May, by the way. Pride Flags on federal buildings have been banned, and parliament's official gay pride event was cancelled; NGOs involved in "sea rescue" in the Mediterranean Sea have been cut off from federal funding; the Education Ministry has banned all "gender neutral" speech; and many more. How does the saying go? Little by little, the bird builds its nest?

 

[Ivan le Fou]

As personal commentary … Would anyone here want to live permanently in another country without being able to speak the local language? Don't get me wrong, maybe I also wouldn't bother to learn another language if my company sent me abroad for half a year, or something like that. But permanently? That'd be a horrendous experience in my books.

Depends on the country, to be honest.

But Germany? Nah.

Jokes aside though, spending 46 years in a foreign country and still not being able to speak a word of the language is indeed a serious problem that groups various elements of responsibility.
The woman herself, her entourage and surroundings (as we have talked about before: the phenomenon of ghettoization) and the system. It is the perfect example of failed integration.

Regarding the murder, because that's what it is, clearly, if she didn't speak German to begin with, she obviously didn't understand it either. So, the nurse could have told her anything and everything or even nothing, the result would have been the same.
Then, you have the aggravating factor of her simply not giving a F to begin with. But that's not a behavior that is characteristic of a demographic and such.

 

[Ivan le Fou]

The new German government has rolled back many "woke" policies and initiatives since taking office in May, by the way. Pride Flags on federal buildings have been banned, and parliament's official gay pride event was cancelled; NGOs involved in "sea rescue" in the Mediterranean Sea have been cut off from federal funding; the Education Ministry has banned all "gender neutral" speech; and many more. How does the saying go? Little by little, the bird builds its nest?

When did that decision, regarding all of the LGBT and pride things, got taken?

Would be amusing if that was today, since that would coincide with the end of "Pride Month".

 

[muck]

No, that was ten days ago and came also with a ban on clothing and accessories with political slogans on them (e.g. "gay pride" or "free Palestine"). Parts of the opposition tried to undermine the ban, somewhat amusingly, by colour-coordinating their appearance as a rainbow pattern of sorts.

Looking at those dorks, I genuinely don't understand why they keep complaining about the Diet's "strict" dress code. If you can't be arsed to dress appropriately for 35k a month, don't presume to speak for the average Joe who could easily lose their job for not wearing whatever their employer sees fit.

 

[Hiryu2.0]

While France spends, Germany invests

EDITORIAL. While Paris is struggling to regain control over its public spending, Berlin is capitalizing on its fiscal discipline to boost its economy through an unprecedented wave of investment. Because France failed to address its imbalances in time, it now risks falling dramatically behind...

www.lemonde.fr

 

[muck]

While France spends, Germany invests

EDITORIAL. While Paris is struggling to regain control over its public spending, Berlin is capitalizing on its fiscal discipline to boost its economy through an unprecedented wave of investment. Because France failed to address its imbalances in time, it now risks falling dramatically behind...

www.lemonde.fr

I beg to differ.

Fiscal austerity is not a bad idea, but the fact is Germany over-prioritised a balanced budget for far too long.

Only 65% of our trains are punctual. It's got so bad delays under 5 minutes aren't even called delays any more. Switzerland has banned trains from Germany crossing the border because we keep shitting on their train schedule.

How come?

Well, underspending is the reason. Our governments failed to invest into our infrastructure, as a consequence the entire railroad network is like one giant construction site now, with dozens of choke points leading to thousands of hours of delay each day.

So, no, we don't "capitalise" on our "fiscal discipline". We've just begun to work off our massive backlog.