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February 2025

by Oui Sat Feb 1st, 2025 at 07:32:59 PM EST

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by Oui (Oui) on Sat Feb 1st, 2025 at 07:36:06 PM EST

Watching panel discussion on German TV with candidates of leading parties ... with all the problems in society, jobs, business of the nation ... proxy war in Ukraine ... .... winner CDU/CSU Merz in happy talk about ... migration 🕌 ... what an a$$hole.

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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Feb 23rd, 2025 at 07:46:46 PM EST
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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Feb 23rd, 2025 at 08:07:09 PM EST
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LOOKS LIKE THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY  IN GERMANY HAS WON THE VERY BIG AND HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ELECTION. MUCH LIKE THE USA, THE PEOPLE OF GERMANY GOT TIRED OF THE NO COMMON SENSE AGENDA, ESPECIALLY ON ENERGY AND IMMIGRATION, THAT HAS PREVAILED FOR SO MANY YEARS. THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY, AND FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF A GENTLEMAN NAMED DONALD J. TRUMP. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL -- MANY MORE VICTORIES TO FOLLOW!!!

TheRealDonaldTrump in the White House 🏡



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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Feb 23rd, 2025 at 09:12:09 PM EST
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German Election Results 2025 Live Updates: Exit polls show Friedrich Merz's conservatives lead, AfD strongest far-right [fascist] showing since WWII

German Federal Election Result 2025 Live Updates: The conservative CDU/CSU bloc won 28.5% of the vote, followed by the AfD with 20%, as per an exit poll published by ZDF public broadcaster.

CSU in Bayern skirting neo-fascism for many years ... Söder - Merz.

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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Feb 23rd, 2025 at 09:14:18 PM EST
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Bleibt Nein zu Schwarz-Grün?: Die CSU sackt in Bayern ab - Söder verschiebt Fokus | 15 Jan. 2025 |

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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Feb 23rd, 2025 at 09:15:11 PM EST
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Union sackt nach AfD-Eklat ab, Grüne und Linke legen zu | ntv Trendbarometer

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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Feb 23rd, 2025 at 09:16:06 PM EST
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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Feb 23rd, 2025 at 09:16:57 PM EST
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Union gewinnt laut Prognosen, AfD zweitstärkste Kraft, SPD sackt ab | Spiegel |

CDU und CSU liegen nach ersten Prognosen bei der Bundestagswahl unangefochten auf Platz eins. Dahinter kommt die AfD erstmals auf den zweiten Platz. Die SPD erlebt ein Debakel, die Linke legt deutlich zu, FDP und BSW müssen bangen.

Die Grünen liegen laut ARD bei 13,5 Prozent (ZDF: 12 Prozent). Den Prognosen zufolge ist die Linke weiterhin im Bundestag vertreten, sie erreicht in der ARD-Prognose 8,5 Prozent, beim ZDF 9. Die FDP muss dagegen zittern (ARD: 4,9 Prozent / ZDF: 5 Prozent) - ebenso wie das BSW, das laut ARD bei 4,7 Prozent liegt (ZDF: 5 Prozent).



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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Feb 23rd, 2025 at 09:17:40 PM EST
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Union gewinnt laut Prognosen, AfD zweitstärkste Kraft, SPD sackt ab | Spiegel |

CDU und CSU liegen nach ersten Prognosen bei der Bundestagswahl unangefochten auf Platz eins. Dahinter kommt die AfD erstmals auf den zweiten Platz. Die SPD erlebt ein Debakel, die Linke legt deutlich zu, FDP und BSW müssen bangen.

Die Grünen liegen laut ARD bei 13,5 Prozent (ZDF: 12 Prozent). Den Prognosen zufolge ist die Linke weiterhin im Bundestag vertreten, sie erreicht in der ARD-Prognose 8,5 Prozent, beim ZDF 9. Die FDP muss dagegen zittern (ARD: 4,9 Prozent / ZDF: 5 Prozent) - ebenso wie das BSW, das laut ARD bei 4,7 Prozent liegt (ZDF: 5 Prozent).



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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Feb 23rd, 2025 at 09:17:44 PM EST
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by Oui (Oui) on Sat Feb 1st, 2025 at 07:36:06 PM EST
by Oui (Oui) on Sat Feb 1st, 2025 at 07:36:29 PM EST
by Oui (Oui) on Sat Feb 1st, 2025 at 07:36:52 PM EST

Some would call it a force of divine power ... the savior at work.

Exclusive: Musk aides lock Office of Personnel Management workers out of computer systems | Reuters |

Same for the Treaury 🤣

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by Oui (Oui) on Sat Feb 1st, 2025 at 08:21:18 PM EST
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Trump Caves in Tariff Fight with Canada and Mexico;
Musk Takes Control of Government: A Closer Look

See my new diary ... Europe In Disarray Over Trump Threats

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by Oui (Oui) on Tue Feb 4th, 2025 at 07:47:04 AM EST
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by Oui (Oui) on Sat Feb 1st, 2025 at 07:37:19 PM EST
More to come in 2025



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by Oui (Oui) on Mon Feb 24th, 2025 at 03:25:25 PM EST
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Friend of global dictators, Duterte wasn't granted presidential immunity to violate international law in his own state of the Philippines.

Duterte leaves for The Hague to face ICC | Manila Times |

Former president Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday night boarded a plane that would take him to The Hague, Netherlands where he would be tried by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity linked to his war against illegal drugs.

A Gulfstream V (GLF 5) jet, bearing tail number RPC5219, left the Philippines and will be making a brief refueling stop in Dubai before proceeding directly [Rotterdam airport] to The Hague. The flight, arranged by Challenger Aero Air Corporation, is being piloted by Captains Johnny Gulla and Elmo Segovia, according to sources privy to the preparations.

Duterte's arrest follows the ICC's issuance of a warrant over his administration's controversial war on drugs, a campaign that left thousands dead, many under murky circumstances suspected to be extrajudicial killings.



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by Oui (Oui) on Tue Mar 11th, 2025 at 02:44:20 PM EST
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President Duterte seen boarding jet in Manila after arrest

U.S. won the vaccine war with China

Philippines-US Relations in a Biden administration and the Changing Global Order* | 30 July 2021 |

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by Oui (Oui) on Tue Mar 11th, 2025 at 02:46:31 PM EST
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Dictator Duterte Invokes Hitler In Mass Killings

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Invokes the Holocaust to Defend `War on Drugs' | 30 Sept 2016 |

Due to his acid tongue and backing of vigilante death squads, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is increasingly likened to a dictator. On Friday, he even made the comparison explicit himself, saying, "Hitler massacred 3 million Jews. Now, there are 3 million drug addicts ... I'd be happy to slaughter them," according to GMA News.

Duterte had just arrived in Davao City, where he served more than two decades as mayor, and first launched the extrajudicial "drugs war" that is now spiraling across the 100 million-strong Southeast Asian nation.

Since his inauguration June 30, police and vigilantes have heaped more than 3,000 bloodied corpses onto the nation's streets, many scrawled with grisly epitaphs like "pusher."



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by Oui (Oui) on Tue Mar 11th, 2025 at 03:24:45 PM EST
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