Random Charts - EU opinion

 

 

Source: Pew Research: Europeans Credit EU With Promoting Peace and Prosperity, but Say Brussels Is Out of Touch With Its Citizens

Random charts - euroskepticism

 

 

Source: Euroskepticism Beyond Brexit

"... a new multi-nation survey from Pew Research Center finds that Euroskepticism is on the rise across Europe and that about two-thirds of both the British and the Greeks, along with significant minorities in other key nations, want some powers returned from Brussels to national governments."

Random chart - Refugees

Source: What are the economic challenges of Europe's refugee crisis?

Random charts - world crises

 

 

 

Source: Munich Security Report 2016: Boundless Crises, Reckless Spoilers, Helpless Guardians (80-pg PDF)

Random chart - gay marriage

Source: Where Europe stands on gay marriage and civil unions

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Source: EAHP’s 2014 medicines shortages report now published A problem in Europe as well...

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Source: Watch an Entire Day of Air Traffic in One Astonishing Visualization

"...  Some 30,000 flights criss-cross Europe’s airspace on a typical summer day. In this video, you can watch them all in just under two minutes..."

Great quotes - did we say that?

"The European Parliament... Is concerned about the rising nationalistic sentiment in Ukraine, expressed in support for the Svoboda Party, which, as a result, is one of the two new parties to enter the Verkhovna Rada; recalls that racist, anti-Semitic and xenophobic views go against the EU's fundamental values and principles and therefore appeals to pro-democratic parties in the Verkhovna Rada not to associate with, endorse or form coalitions with this party..."

- European Parliament , 13th December 2012 resolution on the situation in Ukraine

That was then, this is now... Svoboda now has three members in Ukraine's interim cabinet - the Deputy PM (!), the Defense Minister (!), and the National Security & Defense Council Secretary.

Random charts - curbing immigration

Source: Vote Results 

The cantonal breakdown of the vote, unsurprisingly la Suisse francophone voted against... plus Zurich, Zug, and Basel-Stadt.

Press release of the Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation: "The Swiss population has adopted a popular initiative aimed at stopping mass immigration. This brings with it a change of system in Switzerland’s immigration policy. The new constitutional provisions require that immigration be restricted by means of quantitative limits and quotas. The Federal Council will set to work on implementing these without delay. 

The new constitutional provisions require that residence permits for foreign nationals be restricted using quantitative limits and quotas. These limits and quotas will apply to all permits covered by legislation on foreign nationals, including cross-border commuters and asylum seekers, and must be geared towards Switzerland’s overall economic interests. Businesses must give Swiss nationals priority when hiring staff. 

The new constitutional text does not specify how high these quotas should be, nor does it specify who should set and allocate them and according to what criteria. These details now need to be defined at the legislative level. The new constitutional provisions stipulate that the Federal Council and parliament have three years to implement the new system"

Two posters in favor of the measure, one against:

 

 

Swiss Vote to Curb Immigration in Referendum
Swiss vote to set limits on immigration from EU
Swiss agree to curb immigration and rethink EU deal

Random charts - modern slavery

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Source: The Global Slavery Index 2013 (136-page PDF)

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Aerial view of a system of trenches dating from World War I, recently uncovered in eastern France near the town of Carspach.

From The 'Pompeii' of the Western Front: "The bodies of 21 German soldiers entombed in a perfectly preserved World War One shelter have been discovered 94 years after they were killed... French archaeologists stumbled upon the mass grave on the former Western Front in eastern France during excavation work for a road building project... Many of the skeletal remains were found in the same positions the men had been in at the time of the collapse, prompting experts to liken the scene to Pompeii... As well as the bodies, poignant personal effects such as boots, helmets, weapons, wine bottles, spectacles, wallets, pipes, cigarette cases and pocket books were also found..."

Random charts - Europe & U.S.

Source: L'impact de la crise sur l'emploi

Source: Businomics

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Source: 'Get Back on Board, Signora Merkel!'

Bush, Obama, Islam, and Vlad the Impaler

After the bombing in Oslo and the mass murder at the Youth Camp on Utøya Island in Norway, folks are studying up on the perp, one Anders Behring Breivik (a.k.a Andrew Berwick). Apparently he posted a 12-minute video manifesto to the Web, in addition to a 1,500 plus page written manifesto. Although YouTube yanked the video, it is available in a number of locations, including here. The following are some screen captures from his video:

Here are some of his enemies and what he is fighting against... Apparently the Marxists actually won (although the U.S.S.R succumbed to the cold war); the multiculturalists assisting Islam's takeover of Europe include both U.S. Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama; and he has a grudge against the media, most especially the BBC!

His heroes apparently include Vlad "The Impaler"...

Were it not for the actions and resulting bloodshed that all this lead to, it could easily have been dismissed as the overwrought ramblings of an immature, fevered mind... No longer.

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Source: EU arms exports to Libya: who armed Gaddafi?