Good thing he didnt have access to something more dangerous than a knife jeez. Imagine if he had a 9mm.

Converts go about it all wrong lol.

This post was edited by Skinned on Oct 3 2019 02:42pm

/e Too many dramas because of Islamic State expansion. It's sick.

This post was edited by Saucisson6000 on Oct 3 2019 06:50pm

Sounds like a sensible way to move ahead and turn the cooled down conflict into a truly frozen one.

With Putin's domestic support eroding amidst economic stagnation and considering the financial burden his military operations on foreign soil (ukraine, syria) have caused, I really doubt that he would want to exploit this accomodation by the Ukrainian side for renewed Russian military efforts in eastern Ukraine.


In the end, Putin has already achieved all of his strategic goals. He has brought "home" the heavily symbolic Crimea peninsula, he has created a cooled down or frozen conflict in eastern Ukraine which indefinitely prevents Ukraine from joining the NATO, and the conflict has given him the tools to prevent Ukraine from joining the EU as well.

This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Oct 4 2019 03:29pm

thats actually bullshit. it was Britain's very own decision to pursue open door policies towards immigrants from their former colonies, it was their own decision to skip the grace period of the EU freedom of movement and let in all the eastern european workers before they had to during the 2000s.
they made the same mistakes with their immigration policy as the rest of western europe, and they did so of their own accord, without being forced into it by the EU.

nowadays, the EU would be an obstacle for attempts to reverse course, yes, but the EU is not responsible for this problem existing in the first place.

This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Oct 5 2019 03:29am

Another delusional and misguided attempt at demonizing the EU.



By far the largest amount of muslims originate from the UK's ex-colonies.

Legislative elections in Portugal today.

What was supposed to be a walkover for the centre-left party PS, has become a more exciting race over the last few weeks thanks to a good campaign by the centre-right opposition party PSD. President Antonio Costa has apparently been slouching, and could now be in trouble. Over the last few days he has put more time into his rallies, and has had some signs of being nervous, as could be seen yesterday when he got into an argument with a civilian that was claiming he went on vacation during the fires that decimated parts Portugal this summer. The way the fires were handled by the government are indeed one of the main reasons the government has lost popularity over the last few months. Until then, the PS had been close to an absolute majority according to the polls, as people seemingly appreciated Costa's policies of "reasonable" anti-austerity, and his ability to pass social-friendly laws with the left wing parties while also reaching out to the centre-right parties for big economic reforms.

Will we actually see a disputed election? It's unlikely... polls almost unanimously agree that, despite the drop in popularity, PS is still going to win by a big margin and will be able to rely on alt-left party BE and Communist-Greens CDU to keep his government. However, Costa's dreams of an absolute majority seem to have been shattered.

Up to 8 parties could enter the parliament this time:



Those 7, plus, according to some polls, Alliança (Alliance), which is a right wing party led by former Prime Minister Pedro Miguel Santana Lopes, that has broken off the centre-right party PSD and advocates for less budget spending and a bicameral system.

Also note, that Green party PEV and Communist party PCP, run in a coalition called CDU.

Opinion polls:

Results:



So, no surprises. Solid victory for the centre-left PS, but no absolute majority (10 seats short of it). Their lead is so solid now that they won't even need the support from both BE or CDU, and they can just choose one.

Alliança failed to get their seat, which is a massive blow for the former PM Pedro Miguel Santana Lopes, and pretty much ends his political career.

Meanwhile, huge surprises with the entry into parliament of three parties nobody expected: Liberal Initiative (european federalist progressive centrism that is a memeber of ALDE), LIVRE (alt-left european federalist green party that is in line with Varoufakis' DiEM) and Chega (alt-right anti-inmigration party). All 3 of these parties got only just above 1%, but that is enough to enter the Lisbon constituency... this sometimes allows for very small parties to enter parliament; Portugal even had a monarchist party in parliament a while ago.

Over all, the Portuguese people seem happy with Antonio Costa's centrist and progressive policies, with generous but controlled public spending, and his ability to negotiate both left and right. The right in Portugal will have to undergo a reconstruction, after their disaster: PSD lost 15% of their voters, CDS lost two thirds of their seats, and Alliança didn't enter parliament. Only the entry of Chega, which you could argue doesn't even belong in the same block as the aforementioned party due to it's anti-establishment philosophy, could be seen as a win for the right wing spectrum in Portugal, but then again they only got 1% of the votes and benefited from a very low turnout (54%).

Next week: Poland. I have the feeling the results will be somewhat different there

This post was edited by zarkadon on Oct 7 2019 03:10pm