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pajamasmedia.com - 10/24/2009

Racism or Sociology? A Bundesbank Official Stirs Controversy in Germany

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A published interview on Turkish and Arab immigrants to Germany containing troubling remarks on race ignites a backlash.

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news.bbc.co.uk - 10/23/2009

Rich Germans demand higher taxes

— news.bbc.co.uk — A group of rich Germans has launched a petition calling for the government to make wealthy people... pay higher taxes. The group say they have more money than they need, and the extra revenue could fund economic and social programmes to aid Germany's ... (more) Rich Germans demand higher taxes

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ettlin.blogspot.com - 10/22/2009

Mourning my brother

— ettlin.blogspot.com — Larry was 6½ years old when I was born, and very disappointed. He really wanted a pony.... And looking back, he probably would have been much happier growing up with a big four-legged pet – after all, he got blamed for nearly everything. He was the older brother. We could not have been more ... (more) Mourning my brother

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article.nationalreview.com - 10/30/2009

The Borgomeister -- By: Andrew Stuttaford

— article.nationalreview.com — T here’s a long, unrespectable tradition of vampires’ being unable to decide whether we humans are lunch,... lovers, or a bite of both. My irritation at coming across a pile of Twilight s and their no-less-sensitive kin heaped under the heading “undying love” in a neighborhood Barnes & Noble was ... (more) The Borgomeister -- By: Andrew Stuttaford

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five feet of fury. (spoiler alert: the lion is jesus.):  Sorry, what's the problem again?

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Sorry, what's the problem again?
five feet of fury. (spoiler alert: the lion is jesus.) — I didn't link to this earlier because I thought, "So? Doesn't everybody know this?" Apparently not. Or more precisely, they don't want to. You could substitute "Turkish" for "Mexican" by the way, and get the same speech. So, via Ghost of a Flea (do read his added remarks) and now Pajamas Media -- some factual observation some Kraut made last week: I do not have to respect someone who does nothing. I do not have to respect anyone who lives off the state ...