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Thanks! This is great!

Just noticed a misspelling in my thread title - it is actually "Emmanuel"!
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US Adm. Mike Rogers catches Russki hackers red-handed. http://www.popularmechanics.com/tech...a-hack-france/

I hope the French hack Moscow's power grid and turn out the lights.
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PARIS (The Borowitz Report)—On Sunday, the people of France annoyingly retained their traditional right to claim intellectual superiority over Americans, as millions of French citizens paused to enjoy just how much smarter they were than their allies across the Atlantic.

In bars and cafés across France, voters breathed a sigh of relief in the knowledge that arrogantly comparing themselves to the U.S. population, a longtime favorite pastime of the French people, would remain viable for the foreseeable future.

Pierre Grimange, a Parisian café-goer, sipped on a glass of Bordeaux and toasted his nation “for not being so dumb as the United States after all.”

“A lot was at stake today: the future of our liberal traditions and our democracy itself,” he said. “But by far the greatest loss of all would have been our right to look down on Americans.”

“Grâce à Dieu, that has been secured!” Grimange exclaimed.

But, sitting a few tables away, Helene Commonceau, another Parisian, admitted that she did not understand what all of the celebrating was about. “We are smarter than the Americans, true, but they have set the bar very low, no?” she said.

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borow...over-americans

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France goes left, S.Korea goes left. Looks like we are the only dumbasses going for fascism like flies to s***.
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And nobody has to worry about the German elections in September. The winner will be (most likely) Merkel. I do not like her but I like the idea of democratic continuity in political stormy weather.

Two world wars and one genocide are enough. Germany is and will remain the safe port of democracy located in the center of Europe.
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Old 05-10-2017, 11:42 AM
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And nobody has to worry about the German elections in September. The winner will be (most likely) Merkel. I do not like her but I like the idea of democratic continuity in political stormy weather.
That is reassuring, it sure could be worse as we can see.
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Let's hope that he gets enough support in the coming elections to be effective.
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I'm sorry, sir, but who is "he"?

However, Merkel's opponent is Schulz, his party SPD is left of Merkel's party CDU, so Germany's democratic future is for sure.
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I'm sorry, sir, but who is "he"?

However, Merkel's opponent is Schulz, his party SPD is left of Merkel's party CDU, so Germany's democratic future is for sure.
I'm guessing Rob is talking about Pres. Macron and the upcoming French parliament elections.
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