Social Issues

Thousands took to the streets in Paris on Saturday to protest the proposed extension of a state of emergency that was imposed after the terrorist attacks in November 2015 . Organizers said about 20,000 people attended the public protest despite the heavy rain, while Police reported that about 5,000 people took part in the demonstration. Press TV reports: Protesters chanted slogans including “state of emergency – police state.” The demonstrators said they fear the state of emergency could never end. One protester said, “Until when? The end of Daesh? Ten years?

Sweden is losing its patience with refugees.

In the wake of the sexual assaults allegedly perpetrated by men of “Arab origin” in Cologne, Germany on New Year’s Eve, the Swedish press revealed what certainly appeared to be a coverup related to a wave of similar incidents that apparently occurred at a youth festival and concert in central Stockholm’s Kungsträdgården last August.

Take a look at the 2005 Political Typology report by the Pew Center. Note well that this came out over a decade ago. That is, before the economic crash of 2007-08, and before disillusionment with the Iraq War and the Bush administration had taken hold.

Here are the relevant takeaways:

A total of 46 percent of registered voters — Republicans and Republican-leaning independent — had in 2005 a political profile that fits with the Trump brand.

On Thursday evening we detailed the dramatic increase in Google search queries for gun permits in Germany. Specifically, since January 1, the number of Germans Googling “gun permits” has risen more than 1,000%.

Meanwhile, sales of non-lethal weapons such as tear gas pistols have skyrocketed, as Germans look to protect themselves against what many see as a hostile foreign invasion.

Tucker Carlson, in Politico, calls Trump “shocking, vulgar, and right.” Carson says he gets why people can’t stand Trump, but Republicans have a lot to learn from him.

Among them: that Trump exists because the Conservative-Industrial Complex has failed. All those billions sent to the think tanks, politicians, and activists groups over the years. What truly conservative results do they have to show for it? Carson suggests very damn little. Excerpt: