The European Union has effectively threatened to cut funding to countries like Britain unless they agree to take more refugees. Officials from Austria and Germany said they were considering a plan whereby EU grant spending would be focussed on countries that take in most migrants, something that would put pressure on Britain and Eastern European nations that have so far refused to take part in migrant quota schemes. Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann said yesterday he was in favour of a scheme that would “reduce EU funding” to countries that took fewer migrants. He also indicated he could torpedo David Cameron’s EU renegotiation package unless Britain showed greater “solidarity” by accepting more migrants. “When I think of the British, who have their own catalogue of demands, why should we do anything for them? Because, you have to say, solidarity is not a one-way street,” he told Austrian television. German MEP Elmar
Smuggle Him Out in Fancy Dress! The Bizarre Escape Plan For Julian Assange Leaked
Ecuadorian officials reportedly considered smuggling Julian Assange out of their embassy in London by disguising him in fancy dress, in one of a number of plots to evade his police guard stationed outside. It was also suggested the WikiLeaks editor-in-chief, who has been hiding in the embassy since 2012 to avoid a date with Swedish justice, could skip across the Kensington rooftops to a helipad, hide in an out-bound diplomatic mail bag or become lost in the crowds of shoppers in nearby Harrods, according to leaked documents seen by Ecuadorian news site Focus Ecuador. Assange has lived in a small flat at the embassy for more than three years in an attempt to avoid extradition to Sweden for questioning over allegations of rape and sexual assault. The fugitive Australian denies all allegations. He also fears potential prosecution in the U.S. over his publication of leaked documents from soldier Chelsea Manning, including classified material
Gold Coin Sales Surge 306% YoY In August, Silver Sales More Than Double
DAILY PRICES Today’s Gold Prices: USD 1140.00, EUR 1010.73 and GBP 746.46 per ounce. Yesterday’s Gold Prices: USD 1141.90, EUR 1012.23 and GBP 744.10 per ounce. (LBMA AM) Gold was marginally higher yesterday and closed at $1139.80 per ounce, up $4.30. Silver was 0.1% lower and closed at $14.60 per ounce. Silver in USD – 5 […]
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Independent Newspaper Attacks Daily Express Over Migrants… You Won’t Believe What Happened Next (Sigh)
There is a tendency in ‘new media’ circles to just pump out stories without thinking, accompanied by ‘clickbait’ headlines like: “OMG You Won’t Believe What Happened at the INSANE Notting Hill Carnival!” (you will) and: “This Man Took His Girlfriend to Barbados… You Won’t Believe What Happened Next!?” (You will… he proposed). But the Independent newspaper has taken such pandering to the lowest common denominator to new extremes today. I succumbed, as we all have a tendency to do from time to time, to their clickbait tweet: “There’s something very wrong with this Daily Express front page”. Partly because I like it when media organisations have a pop at one another, and party because I’m a news nerd, and I hadn’t seen the Express front page today… and I wanted to. But what I was met with was pure and utter gibberish. Like, some real, hardcore, slap-you-in-the-face-with-a-tin-of-ethically-sourced, dolphin-free tuna gibberish. And the
Migrants Defiant as Hungary Blocks Train Links for 2nd Day
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hundreds of migrants chanted defiant slogans outside Budapest’s main international railway station Wednesday as Hungarian police blocked them for a second day from seeking asylum in Germany and other European Union countries to the west. “What we want? Peace! What we need? Peace!” a few hundred migrants chanted outside Keleti station, the new focal point for continent-wide tensions over the unrelenting flow of migrants from the Middle East, Asia and Africa fleeing war, persecution and poverty. Hungary’s police said in a statement they intend to reinforce their positions outside the Keleti terminal as the volume of migrants arriving from Serbia continues to grow by the hour, with an estimated 3,000 already encamped near the station. They said officers working jointly with colleagues from Austria, Germany and Slovakia also were searching for migrants traveling illegally on other Hungarian trains and described the security push as compatible with
Europe Embarrassing Itself With Refugee Crisis – Germany’s Gabriel
COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) – The European Union is presenting itself in a “super-awkward and embarrassing” light with its handling of the refugee crisis confronting the bloc, German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said on Tuesday. A crisis rivalling the Balkan wars of the 1990s as Europe’s worst since World War Two has polarised and confounded the 28-member EU, which has no effective system to cope with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of poor and desperate people. Speaking to reporters in Cologne, Gabriel said it was problematic that some EU countries only actively joined in the project when they had money to gain, and did not take an active part in the community during difficult times. Some member state governments have refused to take in refugees and resisted EU proposals to agree a common plan to do more to deal with the crisis. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that
Hundreds Of Eurostar Passengers Stranded In Calais By Migrants Trying To Access Tunnel
CALAIS, France (Reuters) – Hundreds of passengers were stranded for hours on five Eurostar high-speed trains after reports that migrants were blocking the tracks leading to the tunnel under the English Channel and were attempting to climb aboard. According to the Eurostar Twitter feed, three of the trains then went on to London early on Wednesday, while two others returned to their original departure stations in London and Paris. Eurostar had announced on Twitter late on Tuesday that it was holding its trains “whilst authorities deal with trespassers” and then said the trespassers had been spotted on the tracks at the station in Calais. The trains stayed in place as the trespassers were removed from the tunnel and away from the tracks, it said. Local media reported that the trespassers were migrants attempting to cross into the United Kingdom through the Eurotunnel, also known as the Chunnel. So far this year,
Why Donald Trump Is Right About Mexico: The Art of the Steal
The Mexican government itself provides some of the best evidence that Trump is exactly right when he says that Mexico intentionally sends a portion of their population across our borders illegally. In fact, they even publish a how-to guide for Mexican…
Jackson Hole: Fed Dithers But Left & Right Agree on Improving Economy
Jackson Hole — This town in Wyoming just hosted three economic events: The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s annual Jackson Hole retreat and two others to respond to the Fed’s mismanagement the economy: the Fed Up group, demonstrating against increasing interest rates, and the American Principles Project (APP).
Iran Deal: Donald Trump and the ‘Vulgarians’
Pulitzer-prize winning Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens launched an uncharacteristically vicious attack against Donald Trump and the voters who support him on Tuesday, calling Trump a “demagogue” who appeals to the “vulgarians” among us.