TWO BOMBING ATTACKS AT BRUSSELS AIRPORT - DEAD AND INJURED

Difficult for me. I am not a European, but I live there. And my loyalty these days is to France which has treated me well, better than UK ever did, and without even having to ask. I am never treated with disrespect, and help and good manners are always there.

Did anyone else watch, "Heimat?" It was riveting.

I didn't see it, Sabot - I wish I had done now. I just googled it for information, and it's the sort of thing I would choose to watch.

I can understand you feeling conflicted; IMO, there's nothing wrong with Europe or Europeans, the problem is with the way the EU is being run by bureaucrats for the benefit of other bureaucrats. And do not start me on Merkel - if the UK does Brexit, she will share a huge part of the blame for so arrogantly deciding she is the head of the EU.

I agree, Bonny. The centre of it all seems to be totally isolated from reality and the common people.

France does tend to ignore a lot of the directives, or at least makes it easy for it's citizens to ignore them. If there is a loophole, which there often is, then it gets exploited. This leads me to suspect that Brussels doesn't have quite the power we think they've got.

Yes, it's interesting that France seems to get away with ignoring EU stupidity - I wish more nations would follow their example.

Good posts from both of you.

https://charliehebdo.fr/en/edito/how-did-we-end-up-here/

HOW DID WE END UP HERE?
Par Charlie Hebdo - 30/03/2016

Every single one of the candle-lighters and #lovewins crew needs to read that and UNDERSTAND that piece. But they won't, they'd rather tell themselves its raycist or 'islamophobic' or something equally virtue-signalling.

http://news.sky.com/story/1677691/bono-suggests-using-comedy-to-fight-extremism

U2 frontman Bono has suggested that comedy should be used to fight extremist groups.

In testimony before a Senate subcommittee at Capitol Hill, the musician called on members to take swift action to deal with the global refugee crisis and terrorism.

"It's like, you speak violence, you speak their language. But you laugh at them when they are goose-stepping down the street and it takes away their power," he said.

No, it doesn't actually, you privileged moron. Ask the Charlie Hebdo people how well that worked. Oh, sorry, you can't. Most of them were slaughtered for laughing at terrorists.

Mind you, if anyone wants to start a petition to send Bono to ISIS to laugh at them, I will be happy to sign it. Luvvie ar@ehole.

People laughed at Hitler - where did they end up? Auschwitz. People laughed at Stalin - where did they end up? Siberia. People laughed at Pol Pot - where did they end up? The Killing Fields. Nuff said? LL

Precisely, LL.

Old Holborn ✘ ‏@Holbornlolz 1h1 hour ago
Bono could prove he can defeat ISIS using comedy by simply posting a funny picture of Mohammed.

I know a lot of people who would happily sign that petition.

People like him should stick to what they do best.

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/04/15/brussels-terrorist-swedish-documentary-successful-integration-immigrants/

The Syrian-origin Swedish passport holder arrested in Belgium last week for his involvement in the Brussels bomb attacks is a former poster boy for Sweden’s efforts at integrating migrants into their society.

Now accused of murder, and captured on CCTV cameras carrying bags which contained the explosive devices which killed 32 civilians, Islamist Osama Krayem had once been hailed as a model of integration. A former employee of the city of Malmo, at the age of 11 Osama starred in a documentary about migrants in Sweden.

Both of Osama’s parents are Syrian migrants to Sweden, and have told tabloid Aftonbladet they wanted to see their son integrate into Swedish society. The family featured in a 2005 documentary called ‘Without Borders — A Film About Sport And Integration’, in which football-mad Krayem demonstrated how the Malmo football team had helped him settle into Swedish society.....etc.

So...what do the viewers of that documentary think now?

https://www.rt.com/news/339835-isis-drivers-european-parliament/

Two drivers for European Parliament members have reportedly been caught in possession of Islamic State propaganda, German media said. It adds new details to the terror group’s strike capabilities and highlights serious security lapses.
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Islamic State
CDs containing Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) propaganda have been found in the possession of two drivers. They allegedly worked for the European Parliament, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Saturday, citing sources familiar with the situation.

One driver is said to have worked in Strasbourg, the main venue for the EP plenary sessions, while the other held a job in Brussels where parliamentary committee meetings usually take place.

Both employees were later fired from a private chauffeur company, Der Spiegel reported, providing no further details. According to Der Spiegel’s report, it was also revealed that a number of other drivers “had serious criminal records,” prompting the EP administration to cease outsourcing transportation services and recruit drivers directly from the parliament’s personnel.....etc.

I wish I could say I'm surprised. Mind you, if the eurocrats realise just how close the jihadists are to them, it might wake them up?

Nah, who am I kidding? Not one damned thing changed after the heart of Brussels was blown up - except for Merkel kow-towing to Turkey even more.

http://news.sky.com/story/1685938/salah-abdeslams-lawyer-says-he-is-a-moron

Paris terror attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has been branded "a moron" by his own lawyer.

Belgian brief Sven Mary delivered a scathing assessment of his client as Abdeslam was transferred from Belgium to France to face charges over the attacks that killed 130 people on 13 November last year.

Mr Mary told French newspaper Liberation: "He is a moron petty criminal from Molenbeek - more a follower than a leader.

"He has the intelligence of an empty ashtray. He is the perfect example of the GTA (Grand Theft Auto video game) generation who thinks he lives in a video game.

The lawyer said that in meetings with his notorious client, Abdeslam had admitted never to have read the Koran.

Mr Mary said: "I asked him if he had read the Koran and he said he had read an interpretation of it on the internet."....etc.

He has the intelligence of an empty ashtray

I must remember that.

Saw that yesterday and thought it was rather good.

I cannot imagine why you would want to remember it though?