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Aug 25 2024 09:33am
Quote (Goomshill @ 25 Aug 2024 13:17)
There's something to be said for Europe arresting a tech CEO for refusing to put secret backdoors into his encrypted messaging platform to spy on citizens on the same day a completely unvetted illegal alien was arrested for murdering multiple people in a terrorist attack, only found because he turned himself in
We Americans are going to reminisce fondly about the early 2000s when our government was spying on hajjis because they thought every mosque had a would-be terrorist in it, instead of spying on law abiding citizens to lock them in prison for years for using racist emojis to describe a muslim terrorist

He had been hiding in a backyard near the site of the attack, was essentially trapped there. When he turned himself in 26 hours after his heinous crime, he was reportedly still covered in blood. So there's really no chance he would have escaped. Not a good look for the German authorities, but generally speaking, these types of crimes will be solved with a rate close to 100%.


What's perhaps the saddest part of this whole saga is that he was a rejected asylum seeker whose deportation had already been attempted. After it had failed - because the system is deliberately set up to fail - German authorities were seemingly going "guess he can stay then" with a shrug. :wallbash:
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Aug 25 2024 11:35am
another brutal knife attack in the uk, migrant trash stabs father pushing a stroller in the neck

unreal these trash people, injuring others is not enough for them, you could hack around with your knife just a bit so the other person runs away, but no, they are always going for the kill

what is wrong with these subhumans?

https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1827425962562040162?t=pyBwfhhatW6t3yQaoTJAOQ&s=19

not the full video, in the full one you can see the perpetrator laughing

the victim barely survived

Quote (Goomshill @ Aug 25 2024 01:17pm)
There's something to be said for Europe arresting a tech CEO for refusing to put secret backdoors into his encrypted messaging platform to spy on citizens on the same day a completely unvetted illegal alien was arrested for murdering multiple people in a terrorist attack, only found because he turned himself in
We Americans are going to reminisce fondly about the early 2000s when our government was spying on hajjis because they thought every mosque had a would-be terrorist in it, instead of spying on law abiding citizens to lock them in prison for years for using racist emojis to describe a muslim terrorist


in hindsight they were right, every mosque is a threat

get islam out, mass deportations now
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Aug 25 2024 11:56am
Yeah its still the same problem of a lack of enforcement, surveillance and security against an illegal alien who is supposed to be kicked out of the country. All while spying on and persecuting anyone who misgenders him or whatever
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Sep 1 2024 03:55pm
AFD winning bigtime.

AFD --> Anti immigration party that opposes the German government's funding of military aid for Ukraine.

You can see the shock on the reporters faces, lol. They're like "how could this possibly happen". Clueless morons.

Where you at I would love to have a laugh at your expense :rofl: :rofl:



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AFD winning bigtime.

AFD --> Anti immigration party that opposes the German government's funding of military aid for Ukraine.

You can see the shock on the reporters faces, lol. They're like "how could this possibly happen". Clueless morons.

Where you at ^fender I would love to have a laugh at your expense :rofl: :rofl:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJNtcvku1Y4


Imagine being a German national and still voting for the CDU, the party that flooded your nation with Islamists who slaughter your young daughters in broad daylight with judicial impunity
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Quote (JohnnyMcCoy @ Aug 25 2024 10:35am)
another brutal knife attack in the uk, migrant trash stabs father pushing a stroller in the neck

unreal these trash people, injuring others is not enough for them, you could hack around with your knife just a bit so the other person runs away, but no, they are always going for the kill

what is wrong with these subhumans?

https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1827425962562040162?t=pyBwfhhatW6t3yQaoTJAOQ&s=19

not the full video, in the full one you can see the perpetrator laughing

the victim barely survived



in hindsight they were right, every mosque is a threat

get islam out, mass deportations now


They go after children & parents because it's textbook genocidal & ethnic cleansing strategy -> they want parents with kids to leave or be killed so they can replace the population with their own it's really not complicated

Mass deportation is incredibly weak mercy dude. You have to torture & enslave them to deincentivize them trying this in the future

If you just deport them with no penalty they'll just come back in 20 years when the government goes soft again they're not idiots

This post was edited by El1te on Sep 1 2024 04:51pm
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German bros, i keep seeing a lot of negative headlines/data on German economic outlook. Help me understand, what's the catalyst in the near future that changes it to positive?

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BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen can no longer rule out plant closures in Germany as it seeks ways to save an extra several billions of euros in a cost-cutting drive underway at its namesake brand, the carmaker and its works council said on Monday.

The carmaker considers one large vehicle plant and one component factory in Germany to be obsolete, according to the works council, which promised "fierce resistance" to the executive board's plans.

A statement from Volkswagen said that the carmaker also felt forced to end its job security programme in place since 1994, adding all measures would be discussed with the works council.
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Sep 2 2024 10:22am
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German bros, i keep seeing a lot of negative headlines/data on German economic outlook. Help me understand, what's the catalyst in the near future that changes it to positive?


There is none. The Greens and the Social Democrats are beholden to the "green transformation" and thus have no intentions of bringing down energy prices to an internationally competitive level any time soon. The mainstream "conservative" CDU keeps refusing to coalesce with the right-wing populist AfD and therefore has no power options besides these two parties, so that a proper change of course is not realistic. Merkel and the MSM have maneuvered German politics into a destructive dead end.

Regarding VW, a couple of additional factors must be kept in mind, though. For one, the main problem of the Volkswagen Group is with their core brand VW whose margins have gotten dangerously low. Other brands within the conglomerate, for example Skoda, Seat, Audi and Porsche, are faring better. Many of their mistakes are coming home to roost now. Dieselgate/the cheating software. Their abandonment of cheap, entry-level cars in favor of midmarket limousines and ever-growing SUVs. They should have either rejected the transition to EVs, or transitioned to them much quicker than they did. They bet too heavily on the Chinese market while neglecting others, which bites them in the ass, now that the Chinese economy is in the mud.

More globally speaking, they're suffering from difficult market conditions: the high interest rates and the cost of living crisis since 2021/22 have caused sluggish car markets around the globe. Other car manufacturers like Ford are also closing plants due to the difficult market, see for example here: https://www.fordcountychronicle.com/articles/featured/plant-to-close-due-to-difficult-market-conditions-says-firm/

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There is none. The Greens and the Social Democrats are beholden to the "green transformation" and thus have no intentions of bringing down energy prices to an internationally competitive level any time soon. The mainstream "conservative" CDU keeps refusing to coalesce with the right-wing populist AfD and therefore has no power options besides these two parties, so that a proper change of course is not realistic. Merkel and the MSM have maneuvered German politics into a destructive dead end.

Regarding VW, a couple of additional factors must be kept in mind, though. For one, the main problem of the Volkswagen Group is with their core brand VW whose margins have gotten dangerously low. Other brands within the conglomerate, for example Skoda, Seat, Audi and Porsche, are faring better. Many of their mistakes are coming home to roost now. Dieselgate/the cheating software. Their abandonment of cheap, entry-level cars in favor of midmarket limousines and ever-growing SUVs. They should have either rejected the transition to EVs, or transitioned to them much quicker than they did. They bet too heavily on the Chinese market while neglecting others, which bites them in the ass, now that the Chinese economy is in the mud.

More globally speaking, they're suffering from difficult market conditions:the high interest rates and the cost of living crisis since 2021/22 have caused sluggish car markets around the globe. Other car manufacturers like Ford are also closing plants due to the difficult market, see for example here: https://www.fordcountychronicle.com/articles/featured/plant-to-close-due-to-difficult-market-conditions-says-firm/


I think the market conditions in regards to rates apply to everyone though. The real challenge for German auto makers is the rapid rise of Chinese exports coupled with home energy prices going through the roof for a wide range of reasons. Probably general slowing demand in the west, as well as over betting on EVs play a big role too.

I think German car makers have permanently lost emerging markets (maybe they still have a foothold with the wealthy/premium product segments), they simply can't compete with China on price. Only way Germany, Canada, US, etc survive is through protectionism, that's why you're seeing these massive tariffs go up on Chinese auto exports.

This post was edited by ofthevoid on Sep 2 2024 10:50am
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I think the market conditions in regards to rates apply to everyone though. The real challenge for German auto makers is the rapid rise of Chinese exports coupled with home energy prices going through the roof for a wide range of reasons. Probably general slowing demand in the west, as well as over betting on EVs play a big role too.

I think German car makers have permanently lost emerging markets (maybe they still have a foothold with the wealthy/premium product segments), they simply can't compete with China on price. Only way Germany, Canada, US, etc survive is through protectionism, that's why you're seeing these massive tariffs go up on Chinese auto exports.

Agreed. I think I've written about this before, but this is all part of China's long-term strategy and our greedy corporations fell for it like flies in a Venus flytrap...

1. China becomes a booming growth market.
2. Western car companies make an increasing share of their overall revenue and profits in the Chinese market.
3. The rise of China coupled with the stagnation of the West goads Western car companies into a critical dependency on the Chinese market, pulling out of it is no longer possible.
4. China imposes regulations, ostensibly due to pollution concerns, which effectively force a phasing out or ICE cars with a deadline in the late 2010s/early 2020s.
5. Since they critically rely on the Chinese market and a dual track R&D is too expensive, most Western car makers have no other choice than to give up on fossil cars and take part in the EV craze.
6. This transition to electric mobility devalues the century-old technological know-how on which the business model of the Western car makers, as well as significant chunks of the wealth of their nations, was based.
7. With the technological playing field leveled, the Chinese car manufacturers can leverage their cost advantages (cheap labor and energy, lower bureaucracy, short supply lines) to outcompete their Western rivals in the new EV market. First in China itself, then also in the Western markets.


Tariffs can slow down or perhaps even stop the last step, but the Chinese market is lost for Western car makers, which is a huge problem for them in and off itself. And most of the Western governments, think tanks, media and institutions are thoroughly infested with the climate agenda and will thus push for the electrification of individual mobility. How long will they be able to keep up high tariffs on cheap Chinese models while the domestic models are unaffordable for lower-income folks and old fossil cars are increasingly banned via sneaky regulations?

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