[OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

[heywoodu 15,141]

5 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Taimamen Square Protests, Sudan Uprising, the discovery of concentration camps, Watergate, etc. Journalists do important work. The problem is that they aren’t paid as much as they deserve, or given the credit they deserve, so they resolve to selling themselves out because at least their valued by someone that way.

What’s happening to journalism right now is sad, but I think it will counterbalance soon, or I hate to think a world without people looking for the truth.

Yes, they absolutely do. But it has never been 'simply providing information'.

[bestmen 2,818]

in France they celebrate today the US landing in Normandy to save france against Germany ( you know the story ....:p)

 

 

 

very strange Merkel is in

 

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

So Donald Trump has begun his visit to Ireland. Already words of wisdom from him...

 

 

 

Hmm, yes. A border in Ireland will work out really well, like nothing in history there to say otherwise  

 

 

 

Edited June 5, 2019 by OlympicIRL

[bestmen 2,818]

he meant the wall vs the jellyfish invasion

[Olympian1010 7,976]

2 hours ago, OlympicIRL said:

So Donald Trump has begun his visit to Ireland. Already words of wisdom from him...

 

 

 

Hmm, yes. A border in Ireland will work out really well, like nothing in history there to say otherwise  

 

 

 

I just recently read Liam O’Flatery’s (speller his name wrong, sorry) “The Sniper”. I think Trump should too before he makes statements like that.

[bestmen 2,818]

new law in Canada : all the symbol of religions are prohibited

 

for example :

this cap of hindou                                         the kippa of jew                                                      the hijab of muslims

 

   

 

 

imagine if you combine both

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Wumo 3,002]

The General election in Denmark was held yesterday.

 

The results from the Danish general election:

         Party                                         Votes in %      Seats        Change from last general election (2015)

Social Democrats                 (A)          25.9 %             48                                     +1

LIberal Party                         (V)          23.4 %             43                                     +9

Danish People's Party          (O)          8.7 %               16                                    -21

Social-Liberal Party              (B)          8.6 %               16                                     +8

Socialist People's Party        (F)          7.7 %               14                                     +7

Red-Green Alliance              (Ø)          6.9 %               13                                     -1

Conservative People's Party (C)          6.6 %               12                                    +6

The Alternative                      (Å)          3.0 %                5                                      -4

The New Right                      (D)           2.4 %               4                                      +4 (New)

Liberal Alliance                      (I)            2.3 %               4                                       -9

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------        National Threshold 2.0%

Hard Line                               (P)           1.8 %               0                                       0 (New)

Christian Democrats              (K)           1.7 %               0                                       0

Klaus Riskær Pedersen         (E)           0.8 %               0                                       0 (New)

 

Turnout: 84.5 %

 

179 seats, 175 Denmark, 2 Greenland and 2 Faroe Island. 90 seats are needed for a majority. 

 

We will have a new goverment. It will very likely be a one party minority government with the Social Democrats with support from the Social-Liberal Party, Socialist People's Party and Red-Green Alliance. (89 seats from Denmark, 1 from Greenland and 1 from Faroe Islands = 91 seats)

Some other scenarios could be a Social Democrats/Socialist People's Party, Social Democrats/Social-Liberal Party or a Social Democrats/Liberal Party government, All of these scenarios are very unlikely.

 

https://www.politico.eu/article/denmarks-social-democrats-on-course-to-win-election/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Danish_general_election

 

I guess @Agger can elaborate more about the election.  

 

Edited June 6, 2019 by wumo26

[Agger 1,663]

32 minutes ago, wumo26 said:

The General election in Denmark was held yesterday.

 

The results from the Danish general election:

         Party                                         Votes in %      Seats        Change from last general election (2015)

Social Democrats                 (A)          25.9 %             48                                     +1

LIberal Party                         (V)          23.4 %             43                                     +9

Danish People's Party          (O)          8.7 %               16                                    -21

Social-Liberal Party              (B)          8.6 %               16                                     +8

Socialist People's Party        (F)          7.7 %               14                                     +7

Red-Green Alliance              (Ø)          6.9 %               13                                     -1

Conservative People's Party (C)          6.6 %               12                                    +6

The Alternative                      (Å)          3.0 %                5                                      -4

The New Right                      (D)           2.4 %               4                                      +4 (New)

Liberal Alliance                      (I)            2.3 %               4                                       -9

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------        National Threshold 2.0%

Hard Line                               (P)           1.8 %               0                                       0 (New)

Christian Democrats              (K)           1.7 %               0                                       0

Klaus Riskær Pedersen         (E)           0.8 %               0                                       0 (New)

 

Turnout: 84.5 %

 

179 seats, 175 Denmark, 2 Greenland and 2 Faroe Island. 90 seats are needed for a majority. 

 

We will have a new goverment. It will very likely be a one party minority government with the Social Democrats with support from the Social-Liberal Party, Socialist People's Party and Red-Green Alliance. (89 seats from Denmark, 1 from Greenland and 1 from Faroe Islands = 91 seats)

Some other scenarios could be a Social Democrats/Socialist People's Party, Social Democrats/Social-Liberal Party or a Social Democrats/Liberal Party government, All of these scenarios are very unlikely.

 

https://www.politico.eu/article/denmarks-social-democrats-on-course-to-win-election/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Danish_general_election

 

I guess @Agger can elaborate more about the election.  

 

 

I would love to, but I'm leaving for Northside soon. But let me just say. I don't have much voice left

[VolleyRuller96 264]

Japan - the Parliament will decide on the fate of lawmaker Hodaka Maruyama, which last month got extremely drunk during a trip to Russian-held Kurill Islands,  attempted to convince former Japanese residents to start a war against Russia to reclaim those islands, and attempted to "go outside to grope breasts". Maruyama himself doesn't see a reason to resign, and claims his actions are justified by freedom of expression,

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/05/national/politics-diplomacy/parties-step-pressure-lawmaker-hodaka-maruyama-quit-russia-war-remarks/#.XPqpfSbgrLY

[Olympian1010 7,976]

17 minutes ago, VolleyRuller96 said:

Japan - the Parliament will decide on the fate of lawmaker Hodaka Maruyama, which last month got extremely drunk during a trip to Russian-held Kurill Islands,  attempted to convince former Japanese residents to start a war against Russia to reclaim those islands, and attempted to "go outside to grope breasts". Maruyama himself doesn't see a reason to resign, and claims his actions are justified by freedom of expression,

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/05/national/politics-diplomacy/parties-step-pressure-lawmaker-hodaka-maruyama-quit-russia-war-remarks/#.XPqpfSbgrLY

Yeah, he needs to go. Bye Hodoka