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He's a cultured neo-fascist, like Richard Spencer. He owns a piano. And a painting of Goethe!
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# ? May 16, 2017 13:37 |
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He has a very bashable face.
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# ? May 16, 2017 13:53 |
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Edouard Philippe's beard shows he's an energetic executive and confident in his manliness. That's just embarrassing.
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# ? May 16, 2017 14:38 |
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Yeah, it's not even a good beard.
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# ? May 16, 2017 15:09 |
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"The west as a hole", as in, he'd turn western countries into a smoking crater.
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# ? May 16, 2017 15:40 |
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Kassad posted:Edouard Philippe's beard shows he's an energetic executive and confident in his manliness. lmao Imagine being a journo trying to find an angle for the nomination story and landing on 'first bearded PM'
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# ? May 16, 2017 15:41 |
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lost in postation posted:lmao Well, it could have been worse, isn't it. Imagine if Philippe didn't even have the beard.
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# ? May 16, 2017 15:55 |
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Cat Mattress posted:"The west as a hole", as in, he'd turn western countries into a smoking crater. i think he means "as a-hole" actually.
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# ? May 16, 2017 15:58 |
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MiddleOne posted:That would require the state taking an active responsibility for basic human necessities which is not how the market fundamentalists of most of Europe's centre-left parties want to do things. It's the market or nothing. drat. Has any nation done what I suggested?
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# ? May 16, 2017 16:00 |
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Austria didn't want to be left out of the electoral fun so it's going to have an election in October: https://twitter.com/kleinezeitung/status/864481143760048129 Another wonderful opportunity for the peoples of Europe to reject right wing nationalist politics! The current state of play is: https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/864397841015373824 That's yer bog-standard European social democratic party on 28%, yer bog-standard European christian democrat/center right party on 28%, and your definitely-not-pining-for-the-days-of-the-SS nationalists on 26%. LemonDrizzle fucked around with this message at 16:53 on May 16, 2017 |
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LemonDrizzle posted:Austria didn't want to be left out of the electoral fun so it's going to have an election in October: ÖVP is now New ÖVP, which has handed total control of all important party function to Sebastian Kurz - a 30year old who might become the next chancellor of Austria and is well known for his very refugee unfriendly stance.
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# ? May 16, 2017 16:56 |
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wouldnt austrians pin for the dolfuss days, and his tiny mussolini ways
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# ? May 16, 2017 16:58 |
The most pertinent question is - how often will they vote until it counts?
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# ? May 16, 2017 17:00 |
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Also, while I'm mindlessly regurgitating stuff from Twitter, lol: https://twitter.com/Poulin2012/status/864465843450769409 I guess the sultan don't gently caress around when he's intent on violating your airspace.
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# ? May 16, 2017 17:01 |
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Greek Mirages have shot down Turkish F-16 before, they could do so again.
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# ? May 16, 2017 17:09 |
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GaussianCopula posted:ÖVP is now New ÖVP, which has handed total control of all important party function to Sebastian Kurz - a 30year old who might become the next chancellor of Austria and is well known for his very refugee unfriendly stance. The most fascinating thing about Kurz is that he has literally no experience outside of politics. Like the guy didn't even finish his law degree and there's not even a token job or two. I thought the bar literally couldn't get any lower on young and attractive former youth party leaders with a huge support in their local district getting slingshotted into positions of power but apparently I was wrong.
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# ? May 16, 2017 17:15 |
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BIG NEWS IN MANUEL VALLS' CONSTITUENCY https://twitter.com/EssonneInfo/status/864419428506664961
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# ? May 16, 2017 17:18 |
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ElNarez posted:BIG NEWS IN MANUEL VALLS' CONSTITUENCY i can't stop laughing Valls is going to get even fewer votes than a has-been singer who's been a joke for more than 20 years at this point, isn't he? Delicious.
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# ? May 16, 2017 17:28 |
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Add another big meanie to the list
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# ? May 16, 2017 17:46 |
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What makes it for me is that he's pushing a key. OK hold on, I'll go from the other side. Umm, can you hold this for me? No, no, don't pull me. Do you know how much this thing costs? OK, almost there. Yeah I'll just now lie down, and... maybe prop my legs up? How's that look? All right, ready! Tonnnn
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# ? May 16, 2017 19:08 |
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"You ever heard the joke about the 12-inch pianist? Well, hey, I'm bigger than that already!"
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# ? May 16, 2017 20:13 |
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MiddleOne posted:The most fascinating thing about Kurz is that he has literally no experience outside of politics. Like the guy didn't even finish his law degree and there's not even a token job or two. I thought the bar literally couldn't get any lower on young and attractive former youth party leaders with a huge support in their local district getting slingshotted into positions of power but apparently I was wrong. So just like Swedish politicians, irrespective of party then? Gabriel Wikstrom comes to mind.
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# ? May 16, 2017 20:17 |
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Doctor Malaver posted:What makes it for me is that he's pushing a key. If I wanted to be fair to the guy, I would add that he does appear to be a reasonably accomplished piano player and this photo was apparently staged for some music magazine, but he's basically a xenophobic reactionary and a darling of the extreme right, so I don't. Besides, the photo does communicate a certain existential truth about him, which is why everybody in the Netherlands uses it.
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# ? May 16, 2017 20:24 |
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Cardiac posted:So just like Swedish politicians, irrespective of party then? Gabriel Wikstrom comes to mind. That's exactly who I had in mind. 'No relevant experience and a history of burning out? Give this man one of the highest positions of responsibility in the country!' - Some idiot in Stockholm You can also fit Ebba Busch and Gustav Fridolin into this example who are both currently busy killing their respective parties.
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# ? May 16, 2017 20:28 |
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MiddleOne posted:You can also fit Ebba Busch and Gustav Fridolin into this example who are both currently busy killing their respective parties. Good riddance?
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# ? May 16, 2017 20:35 |
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Pretty much.
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# ? May 16, 2017 20:38 |
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Pluskut Tukker posted:If I wanted to be fair to the guy, I would add that he does appear to be a reasonably accomplished piano player and this photo was apparently staged for some music magazine, but he's basically a xenophobic reactionary and a darling of the extreme right, so I don't. Besides, the photo does communicate a certain existential truth about him, which is why everybody in the Netherlands uses it. Except for the ridiculous pose, the whole photo is very Dutch.
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# ? May 16, 2017 23:05 |
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Doctor Malaver posted:Except for the ridiculous pose, the whole photo is very Dutch.
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# ? May 16, 2017 23:14 |
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Hambilderberglar posted:The ridiculous pose makes the photo so Dutch. He had so many opportunities in that entire setup to go "no wait this will make me look like a massive loving tool", but neglected to do so. Maybe this is the VOC mentaliteit Balkenende was talking about? Right now he looks like someone drew the outline of a man but forgot to include morals, dignity or a sense of shame. It's the political equivalent of a photo of a king's day reveler pissing in a canal. Blissfully unaware of his own trashiness. I think you may be on to something and that photo would indeed fit rather well with this collection of Dutch people photos (frequently not safe for work, lunch, or even sanity).
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Pluskut Tukker posted:I think you may be on to something and that photo would indeed fit rather well with this collection of Dutch people photos (frequently not safe for work, lunch, or even sanity). No mullets? So New Kids Turbo was a lie...
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# ? May 17, 2017 00:23 |
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http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/emmanuel-macron-policies-beliefs-philosophyquote:Emmanuel Macron is a centrist to his core quote:Emmanuel Macron says France is still reeling from the French Revolution
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# ? May 17, 2017 03:44 |
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well he's not wrong, the president might has well be a king in french politics
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# ? May 17, 2017 04:02 |
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And we need to renew with chopping off kings' heads
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# ? May 17, 2017 06:45 |
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metaphorically speaking
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# ? May 17, 2017 07:39 |
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Grapplejack posted:http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/emmanuel-macron-policies-beliefs-philosophy Is that quote recent, or something in his past writings/interviews?
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# ? May 17, 2017 07:59 |
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He also said "class corporatism" is bad so it's a wash I guess? Truly a centrist for the ages.
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# ? May 17, 2017 08:02 |
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Yeah, the more that comes out about Macron he doesn't sound like even sound like a centrist....but Fillon's younger brother who happens to not like Russia.
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# ? May 17, 2017 08:04 |
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Ardennes posted:Yeah, the more that comes out about Macron he doesn't sound like even sound like a centrist....but Fillon's younger brother who happens to not like Russia. ... who is also not a delusional crook* nor an homophobic traditionalist catholic. We dodged two bullets last election... *that we know of !
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# ? May 17, 2017 08:12 |
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Europol drinking game: take a shot every time someone mentions decapitation.
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# ? May 17, 2017 08:45 |
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"I'm a centrist, I'm at the center between LR and the Modem."
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