-------------------------------------—————— ————————--Ignorance is a powerful tool if applied at the right time, even, usually, surpassing knowledge(E.J.Potter, A.K.A. The Michigan Madman)
February 18, 2024, 06:17 PM
Bytes
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Originally posted by sgalczyn: Charlotte had a similar issue:
WTF??? Eritrean? I'm trying to figure out who vetted these assholes.
February 18, 2024, 06:27 PM
corsair
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They are often men, and frequently young men, who fled the dictatorship to avoid military service. According to Amnesty International, critics, journalists and activists abroad are often monitored and harassed by the regime.
Military-age males dominating a population, concentrated in a country where the language and culture is notorious to assimilate and adapt into. What could go wrong?
February 18, 2024, 06:34 PM
Bytes
OK I'll say it, I don't think the fix for this problem will be pretty. I don't see how it could be.
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
February 18, 2024, 06:57 PM
Bytes
Well since Satan has take over my soul, I'm thinking everyone of these "immigrants" needs to be detained until we can vet them. I know a big job but maybe spend a bit of the Ukraine money on this one? Perish that thought Bytes!!!
February 18, 2024, 07:20 PM
vthoky
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Originally posted by Bytes: maybe spend a bit of the Ukraine money on this one?
A hundred and thirteen billion goes a long way....
God bless America.
February 19, 2024, 11:32 AM
chongosuerte
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Originally posted by Bytes:
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Originally posted by sgalczyn: Charlotte had a similar issue:
WTF??? Eritrean? I'm trying to figure out who vetted these assholes.
Yep. Totally screwed a lot of peoples’ Saturday afternoon. Mine included.
Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here.
Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard. -JALLEN
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February 19, 2024, 12:48 PM
ensigmatic
The odd thing about this is it's at least the second or third go-around like this for the Netherlands.
Decades back, as kind of a way to make up for past colonization and slavery sins, I guess, when they cut Suriname (formerly Dutch Guiana) loose in 1975 they offered any Surinamese that wanted it the opportunity to move to the Netherlands.
The results were nothing short of an utter disaster.
Eventually, IIRC, they mostly kind of solved the problem by giving Surinamese residing in Netherlands a big chunk cash to go back to Suriname with the provision they'd not seek to return to the Netherlands. (A promise which, I'm told, many of them failed to keep. [Surprise!])
They created a similar problem for themselves shortly following WWII. They had a manpower shortage, so they started mass-importing labor from Morocco.
Now they turn around a few decades later and repeat the mistakes, only worse
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." -- George Satayana; philosopher, essayist, poet, novelist; 1863-1952
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher
February 20, 2024, 09:49 AM
sse
netherlands turning into the netherworld
February 20, 2024, 11:26 AM
corsair
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Originally posted by ensigmatic: They created a similar problem for themselves shortly following WWII. They had a manpower shortage, so they started mass-importing labor from Morocco.
Now they turn around a few decades later and repeat the mistakes, only worse
A major part of how Germany rebuilt itself (idlcd most of N.Europe) post-WWII was their guest-worker program which started in the 60's, allowing workers form Turkey to stay for 2-years and send remittances back home. The workers eventually stuck around as growth continued and labor was in short supply. Citizenship was offered, some took it up but, many others did not owing to poor command of German language and non-adaption of German culture/customs/mores.
February 20, 2024, 04:38 PM
cas
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Originally posted by Bytes: I know a big job but maybe spend a bit of the Ukraine money on this one?
We should be rounding them up shipping them to Ukraine. Let's see them walk back from there.
