Category Archives: Fail!

What Donald Trump learned from his German grandpa Friedrich Drumpf | World | DW.COM | 09.09.2015

 whether on purpose or not, he had managed to miss military service – when he left he was too young and after he came back he was just a couple of months too old, which he said was absolutely coincidental. Gwenda Blair wrote two books about Trump and his familyGerman authorities however thought this was not coincidental at all and refused to let him repatriate. They said he was a draft-dodger, expelled and deported him to the place he came from – the United States – which is how the Trumps ended up as Americans after all instead of simply being a family in Germany that had a grandfather who had spent some years in the United States.

Source: What Donald Trump learned from his German grandpa Friedrich Drumpf | World | DW.COM | 09.09.2015

European Official Calls for Continent to Take In 160,000 Migrants – The New York Times

The European Union’s top executive proposed a plan on Wednesday to distribute 160,000 people throughout the member nations, even while acknowledging that the plan was inadequate to the depth of the crisis.Citing history, morality and economics, the official, Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, urged the bloc to put aside deep divisions over welcoming refugees from war-torn and poverty-stricken nations in the Middle East and Africa and forge a stronger and more unified response.

Source: European Official Calls for Continent to Take In 160,000 Migrants – The New York Times

(This is some sort of bad joke? Little Lebanon has taken in more refugees. They are not migrants – they are refugees. More people than this move back and forth within Europe Union each year. Spin, bad spin.)

Gaza sandstorm compounds Palestinian boy’s housing woes

A Palestinian boy lies on a mattress in what is left of his family’s home, which witnesses told Reuters was destroyed by Israeli shelling during the 50-day war in 2014.His housing problems have been compounded by a sandstorm that has swept Gaza and parts of the Middle East, killing two people and hospitalising hundreds.

Source: Gaza sandstorm compounds Palestinian boy’s housing woes

Turkish military crosses into northern Iraq, launches ground assault on PKK | {Deja vu new Turk Genocide – this time Kurds not Armenians}| DW.COM | 08.09.2015

Turkish special soldiers crossed the Iraqi frontier Tuesday as part of a “hot pursuit” of PKK rebels who were involved in a roadside bomb attack that killed 16 soldiers on Sunday, according to an unnamed Turkish government official.”This is a short-term measure intended to prevent the terrorists’ escape,” the official said on condition of anonymity.

Source: Turkish military crosses into northern Iraq, launches ground assault on PKK | News | DW.COM | 08.09.2015

Denmark sends refugees back to Germany – The Local

Swedish officials on Tuesday encouraged Denmark to properly register arriving refugees. “Denmark is a rich country and is able to take care of the refugees. According to the existing rules there is also the opportunity for family reunification if the refugee has family in either Denmark or Sweden. How Denmark chooses to interpet the rules is up to Denmark,” Sweden’s justice ministry told public broadcaster DR.  If the refugees and migrants have not been registered by another EU country before they arrive in Denmark, Danish officials are obligated to register them, even if they would rather seek asylum in Sweden.  While Sweden has become a top EU destination for refugees by issuing permanent residency to all Syrian asylum seekers, Denmark has sought to reduce the influx by issuing temporary residence permits, delaying family reunifications and slashing benefits for newly arrived immigrants.

Source: Denmark sends refugees back to Germany – The Local

Syrian migrant crisis: Christians to get priority as Abbott faces pressure to take in more refugees – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

{Religious bigotry is bigotry, no matter how you try to spin it!}

The Abbott Government wants to restrict any intake of Syrian refugees to minorities which are largely Christian.

Source: Syrian migrant crisis: Christians to get priority as Abbott faces pressure to take in more refugees – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Dutch reporter detained in continuing harassment of foreign journalists – Reporters Without Borders

Reporters Without Borders calls for the immediate release of Dutch reporter Frederike Geerdink, who was arrested in southeastern Turkey yesterday, and urges the government to stop harassing foreign journalists operating in that part of the country.Foreign reporters are clearly no longer welcome in the southeast, where clashes between government forces and Kurdish rebels led by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) are growing in intensity by the day.Geerdink was arrested in Yüksekova, a town near the Iranian border in Hakkaria province, while covering a group of Kurdish activists who were also arrested for trying to act as human shields in an attempt to prevent attacks by government forces.She was reportedly detained for “traveling in a forbidden area.” An official even told Reuters that she had been arrested “for her own safety” because of the fighting in the area.“Coming just days after the arrests of three VICE News journalists, Frederike Geerdink’s arrest constitutes yet another intimidatory message for the foreign news media, one that is equally unacceptable,” said Johann Bihr, the head of the Reporters Without Borders Eastern Europe and Central Asia desk.

Source: Dutch reporter detained in continuing harassment of foreign journalists – Reporters Without Borders

Polio resurfaces in Mali from Ebola-hit Guinea: WHO | Reuters

Cases of a crippling vaccine-derived polio virus could spread in Ebola-ravaged Guinea and in Mali after a Guinean toddler traveled to Mali and became the country’s first polio case in more than four years, the World Health Organization said on Monday.The case, caused by a strain of the virus known as type 2 that had come from a vaccine, is the second setback in a week for global efforts to eradicate polio. Two cases were reported in Ukraine last week..Preliminary tests showed the 19-month-old was paralyzed on July 20, seven days before being brought to Mali for treatment. The strain is the same as one found in Siguiri in Guinea’s Kankan region in August 2014.

Source: Polio resurfaces in Mali from Ebola-hit Guinea: WHO | Reuters

Lawmakers to Report Speaker to Ethics Council Over Trump Stunt | Jakarta Globe

Several members of Indonesia’s House of Representatives say they will report the speaker and a deputy speaker to the House’s Ethics Council over a controversial appearance the two made at a campaign event for US billionaire Donald Trump.House Speaker Setya Novanto and Fadli Zon, one of his deputies, appeared at a press conference in New York last week held by Trump, who wants to run for president of the United States.

Source: Lawmakers to Report Speaker to Ethics Council Over Trump Stunt | Jakarta Globe