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It's too early to tell. One thing one should remember about AKK is that she actually managed to be quite successful keeping the numbers for the CDU up in Saarland. But there is a risk that the half of the party which didn't vote for her will create enough infighting to pull the CDU down.
German Neo-Nazis Fell for Art Project and Outed Themselves
Edited by DrunkenNordmann on Dec 7th 2018 at 1:48:26 PM
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I was just going to post that.
That was a magnificent self-own.
Still not embarrassing enough to stan billionaires or tech companies.
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What better way for a con to look even more idiotic than revealing himself?
I'd better find those activists so I can send them a crate of some good whiskey. They deserve it for nailing those thugs.
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I love this group! Nothing better than ensuring that those Nazis are owning themselves.
Regarding Nazis owning themselves: We just had a serious of the Af D owning itself.
First one Af Dler really owned himself by complaining about the new advertising of Rügenwalder Mühle...that's a German food company which always advertises by showing their employees having a breakfast somewhere on a meadow, so show how traditional and familiar they are. In this last add was (what a schock) a black employee which lead to an Af D leader (no joke) to write a complain to the company for ruining his advertisement. (The company simply said that they always advertise with their employees, and that they have no trouble to represent them correctly).
Then some group did a fake Coca Cola poster advertising against the Af D. The Af D complained, but Coca Cola just said: "well, not every fake has to be wrong". So Af D went and did a contra advertising using Pepsi. which lead to Pepsi protesting against it and now consider to sue the Af D over it (yep, for once Cola and Pepsi were completely on one page). So then the Af D leader Höcke went with Vita Cola, apparently unaware that Vita Cola runs pro-LGTBQ Advertising (and the Af D is as anti-gay as its gets). Let's just say Vita Cola distanced themselves immediately.
Meanwhile the activist who did the Coca Cola thing have started to do the same with other products too, forcing all those companies to take a position regarding the Af D (it is pretty much along the line: Yeah, not our ad, but we completely agree with it).
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
Yeah, been following that all month, it's hilarious.
German: Fun times in BaWue's Parliament °
Basically, the Afd polemizes against the SPD, the FDP calls them out for it. Then the Afd gets cranky enough over it two of their members get kicked out of the room (via security) by the Green female anatolian-German president of Parliament (Who's already a Berserk Button for them). And the CDU applauds.
Its beautiful.
Edited by 3of4 on Dec 15th 2018 at 12:39:17 PM
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Hurray for the FDP for a change. Because I really can't stand it when people act as if the SPD is some sort of fascist organisation. There are a lot of problems with the SPD, but you need to be a special kind of idiot to attack the party which stood up against Hitler on this level.
Rühlke is particulary notable for his many great speeches against the Af D.
We neee more politicians like him.
I see the AfD continues the NPD's proud tradition of getting kicked out of the room.
Edited by DrunkenNordmann on Dec 15th 2018 at 2:07:39 PM
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Currently watching AKK at Anne Will...wow Kubicki and Steingard really showed their colours there.
Care to elaborate?
It's a Talk show…and during this talk show, Kubicki went all patronising on AKK, basically saying "your speech was great, I didn't expect that from you" (the reaction of the audience was gold - it was pretty clear that they recognized his casual sexism for what it was and didn't appreciate it at all) and Steingard was all "oh, well, yeah, you were the minister of the Saarland, but hey, that's only like being the major of a major city, right" (basically he managed to insult all the people living in Saarland as unimportant - not to mention that they elected her multiple times, they would have hardly done this if they didn't think that she is doing a good job, right?)
Edited by Swanpride on Dec 15th 2018 at 5:26:16 AM
Even Steingard's criticism regarding the Saarland's economic problems was rather misplaced, because as AKK pointed out, that was caused by factors well before her time and she has indeed implemented some impressive changes.
That too, but I am not living in the Saarland and have never really looked into its economic situation. AKK's speech was very convincing, though.
In any case it was a very obvious display of sexism and for once, I actually liked Schulz, because compared to those two dinosaurs he looked positively enlightened.
But AKK also sold herself well, too. I have to keep reminding myself how conservative and backwards she is in a lot of issues, because when she points out that female actually make up more than half of the population, I just want to cheer her on, no question asked. And it is just hilarious to see all those guys who lost against Merkel all those year ago lose again, and this time because party as well as voters said loudly: Yeah, we are actually very okay with a female leadership.
German court rejects far-right complaint against Merkel's asylum policy
The constitutional court said the Af D - the biggest opposition party in Germany’s lower house of parliament - had failed to demonstrate how Merkel’s decision to open the borders to migrants in 2015, without asking the German parliament for approval, could have affected the party’s constitutional rights.
The court refused to even hear a lawsuit that the Af D’s parliamentary group had brought in May.
The decision marks a blow for the anti-immigration party, which has heavily campaigned against Merkel’s migration policy - an issue which helped it win seats in the national parliament for the first time in the September 2017 election.
The Af D said Germany should have sent back asylum seekers, many of whom came from Syria via the Balkans, as they made their way into Germany in 2015 and the government should have sought parliamentary approval to open the borders.
The party asked the court to state that an approval by Germany’s Bundestag would have been necessary to justify Merkel’s - in its view - far-reaching decision. The court rejected this argument, saying that the Af D only gained representation in parliament two years later.
The court said a constitutional claim brought by a parliamentary group against the government could not be used to determine whether or not a government decision was constitutional, unless it affected the party in its own right.
lol! Though it sadly won't stop them from launching complains in the future.
Angela Merkel was right about refugee integration, says German business federation chief
Of course, the AfD's throwing a hissy-fit over this as well. Between the these two stories, the donation scandal and their personnel problems, they really don't have a good time. ![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]"){kind=small}
Edited by DrunkenNordmann on Dec 18th 2018 at 11:08:02 AM
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Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
From some of the judges remarks, the Court's patience with the AF Ds PR lawsuits is growing thinner
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It would seem that hearing the word "liberal" is enough to trigger the AfD and their ilk. They're so over the top it's becoming hard to take them seriously - which, while dangerous, is immensely satisfying.
Who's the real special snowflake, you neo-Nazi whitewashers?
Still, it's nice to see that the German people are getting fed up with the AfD and their bullshit artistry.
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Well, it's a good start, there is still a lot of work to do...and I have seen where many of those refugees are working now. Nearly all of my packet deliverers have changed skin colour. Which is NOT a complain, they are actually more friendly than some of the lot I got beforehand and they have learned German really quickly, but there is a reason why "packet slaves" has become a term in Germany. I think we can do better than that. Just them having a "job", no matter what kind of job, is most likely a waste of talent.
Still, I am hopeful that we will actually manage in the end.
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Some job is still better than no job - which is what most of them came from. That said, you're quite right about it being a start and there being much to improve.
As for Germans pulling through - haven't they always? It's kind of Germany's thing by this point.
Edited by TechPriest90 on Dec 18th 2018 at 5:43:29 AM
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lol...kind of. But it is not like we ever had a choice and I am worry about the current racial tensions. Especially in a climate in which police officers are under investigation for threatening a Turkish Lawyer.
It's good to know that our courts are apparently still sane.
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This is the crusade begun in Norway at the beginning of 2018. It was taken to Germany because Nintendo of Europe resides there.
After months of work the VZBV, off the back of the work the Norwegian Consumer Council has done, will go ahead with formal proceedings, according to Norwegian site Press Fire. It's all expected to begin in three-to-four weeks, but could take more than a year to reach any kind of verdict.
The outcome, though, could have consequences right across the European Union. Imagine being a part of that, wistful sigh.
The eShop policy in question is Nintendo's refusal to allow cancellations and refunds of eShop games, even pre-ordered way before release. The Norwegian Consumer Council said this breaks European law, but Nintendo said the pre-loading process - whereby the game can be downloaded ahead of release - means it doesn't. Nintendo cited article 16 of European Consumer Law Directive 2011/83 in defence, which says it doesn't have to allow cancellation if "the performance has begun with the consumer's prior express consent, and with the acknowledgement that he will lose his right of withdrawal once the contract has been fully performed by the trader".
But as the Norwegian Consumer Council originally argued: "The company plainly states that all purchases are final. According to the right of withdrawal laid down in the Consumer Rights Directive, such terms are illegal. Until the game can be downloaded and launched, the seller cannot prohibit the consumer from cancelling their pre-order."
Whether Nintendo's interpretation will withstand scrutiny in court we'll have to wait and see.
Honestly, has someone in Germany some sort of checklist for all the big companies and has decided to reign them all in? Not that I complain, quite the opposite, I approve.
