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Discussion in 'The Red Room' started by matthunter, Jun 17, 2018.

  1. Dinner

    Dinner 2012 & 2014 Master Prognosticator

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    Ok, quote it. Where did I once say it WILL fail apart. Go ahead and show me.

    I still rate it as a maybe and so do tons of main stream media outlets who are currently running the story. I admit after K posted I did one more quick Google search and new article came up talking about a possible compromise being discussed.

    The truth is the elections are coming to Bavaria and the CSU is worried AfD is going to eat their lunch thus their sudden shift.
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  2. K.

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    There is nothing sudden about the CSU's position; they had it for years, and it is one of the reasons why this coalition was so hard to build.
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  3. Dinner

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    The desire to have border checks at the border and to actually start rejecting people who claimed to not have their documents (a large percentage of the migrants intentially throw away their documents because they intend to lie about where they are from and what their name really is) is supposedly new and causing the big problem with Merkel. Those polices are now polling around very high in Germany I am told.

    Also I understood both the CDU and CSU were always very close and the problem was with the left leaning parties in the supposedly rather unstable coalition.
  4. matthunter

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    Autocorrect doesn't excuse this fucking word salad. There are many immigrants who have better English than this.
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  5. K.

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    You are wrong on all three counts. Remedy: Use better sources, and learn to read.
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  6. Man Afraid of his Shoes

    Man Afraid of his Shoes كافر

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    Likely will.

  7. Dinner

    Dinner 2012 & 2014 Master Prognosticator

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    Likely will implants a bit of uncertainty thus the use of the word "likely".
  8. Man Afraid of his Shoes

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    Sure but still, one thing likely happening vs the opposite thing likely happening are mutually exclusive. :shrug:
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  9. K.

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    In case anyone is interested in reality: A Chancellor can only be removed by Parliament by what our Constitution calls a 'Constructive' vote, which means that they have to do it by voting in a replacement in her stead. So it is not enough for her to lose the ruling majority; rather, a new majority has to be assembled around a new head of government. At which point, nobody in the CDU will be prepared to go along with anyone the then-traitorous CSU proposes, and nobody else has a majority anyway.

    I think it is quite likely that this coalition will not serve out its term, but it won't fail over this and not in this way.
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  10. Amaris

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    I'm sorry sir, I get all of my domestic and international political knowledge from the film Omega Code 2: Megiddo.
  11. K.

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    Just as long as you don't get it from American TV, I'll take it.
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  12. Amaris

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    Not so fast, my friend:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megiddo:_The_Omega_Code_2

    As a taste of what to expect, let me offer you a quote from the film:

    David Alexander: As long as the Chinese and Latins are with us, you don't have a chance in hell of getting what you want.

    Stone Alexander: Oh, I'll always have a chance in hell, David.
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  13. Sean the Puritan

    Sean the Puritan Endut! Hoch Hech!

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    I ride Concord Coach Lines from Boston to Portland, ME and back again all the time. Never once heard of a Customs inspection for citizenship. Why would that happen in BANGOR Maine of all places? That's just weird.
  14. Sean the Puritan

    Sean the Puritan Endut! Hoch Hech!

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    Hmmmm.... looks like it was an ignorant employee.

    http://www.concordmonitor.com/concord-coach-border-patrol-question-18262010

  15. Dinner

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    Did you miss the part where I said new articles came out and so I shifted my opinion based upon the new information available?

    The CDU and CSU decided to climb down and allow Merkel time to seek an EU solution. Nothing will come of it but it does buy Merkel time.
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    Yes I did. Where was that?
  17. Dinner

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    Bolded.

    @Man Afraid of his Shoes.
  18. Man Afraid of his Shoes

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    Okay...so after I pointed out the discrepancy and in the same post where you challenged me to find quotes? I'm forced to forgive myself for missing that.
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