OUR BEAUTIFUL FRANCE....OUR PARIS- City of love and lights- My father’s family left Ireland in 1100’s for France and arrived in Canada 1632 at Lawn, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland as Fishers. Canada and Atlantic Canada’s French roots run deep... especially in Nova Scotia and Acadians.

U Are a Child of the Universe - u matter

Canada has two languages French and English and over 200 cultures and our First Nations are the first to sign up when our freedoms are challenged and to often the first to die...

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FROM CANADA WITH LOVE- Animals, Children and Watermelon Wine... and love 2 our troops-God bless our Canada..some tidbits-come visit Getcha Canada on folks - OUR NATION'S FLAG HISTORY

http://nova0000scotia.blogspot.ca/2014/03/from-canada-with-love-animals-children.html

NOVA SCOTIA’S FRENCH ACADIAN AND FRENCH ROOTS-

In 1606 , The Theatre of Neptune, a form of dramatic spectacle known as a masque, was performed by Frenchmen and natives in barges and canoes on the waters off Port Royal, now Annapolis Royal. Directed by its author, Marc Lescarbot, it was the earliest known entertainment conceived and performed in New France by Europeans. The masque included a four-part song, Great God Neptune, which was the first choral work either written or arranged in Canada. The Theatre of Neptune was written to welcome Port Royal's founders, Samuel de Champlain and Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt, on their return from coastal explorations.

In 1940 , during the Second World War, German bombers destroyed most of the English city of Coventry.

IMHO

FRANCE- November 13, 2015- reminds me of Hitler and the Jews and any person, gay, Catholic, Christian, not pure white and blonde and blue eyed.

We asked, as WWII babies, why this happened, as a global society (as white trash poor white kids- education was power – the biggest power)... “Why didn’t u do something – we asked our parents, grandparents, our vets etc... ?” Too many said, “they just didn’t know... whilst 2 many Jews ; in their innocence, truly never believed such madness and cruelty could exist –YET AGAIN... on this earth.

Today- as we watch yet another Islamic Horror Show in France... There is no excuses for the tolerance of the constant butchering by evil, vicious youngbloods who happen to use the banner of Islam’s beautiful religion to rape and murder and destroy like an x-box game....

So today we ask Islam’s beautiful people, Why are u letting this happen to your girls, your women, your children and your fathers? Why?”

United Nations u are useless as titties on a bull.

My father’s family left Ireland in 1100’s for France and arrived in Canada 1632 at Lawn, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland as Fishers. Canada and Atlantic Canada’s French roots run deep... especially in Nova Scotia and Acadians.

Islamic Hatred is just pure hat and evil that makes God cry and the devil turn his back because – sinners go to hell... and devil says this filth has no human soul... just worthless as Mars dirt.

And unlike Jews, gays, Catholics, Christians, all Faiths, Gypsies and those not purest of white, blonde and blue eyed in WWII; as the world ignored the relevance because ‘it’s not in my backyard.’ – where over 60 million died – because of IGNORANCE-

This Islamic Hatred; imho, is in your face on the electronic world – that takes no prisoners and loves to mix lies, propaganda and truth brilliantly.... the freedom of our electronic world is destroying the very innocence of who we are... and the basic decency of humanity’s society on our planet in the 21^st century.

UNITED NATIONS- has become powerless and useless with their $$$TRILLION fancy smancy comfortable sitting b4 the fireside talking with their cigars and tea and crumpets with a few women here and there... but mostly made up by old $$$ men at humanity’s expense.... quietly muttering- weapons and war make us rich... whilst humanity’s poor – well we don’t need them anyway do we?

This is our Ireland- and the horrific Christian wars between Catholics and Protestants once again- but under the Islamic banner of Persian vs Arab purest hatred on the world stage.

Our CANADA’S biggest and cruelest problem- has always been the Christian hatred between Catholics (of which I am one) and Protestants (where I grew up attending Sunday School and Church- because in little ole Nova Scotia- u went to God's house on Sunday and prayed and gave thanks...period).

CANADA'S RELIGIOUS CHRISTIAN WAR ON OUR SOIL... was dragged here by the new Immigrant movement and their faraway nations... Catholic France and Prottestant England.

CANADA'S First Nations peoples were constantly at tribal wars before the Immigrant settlers movement of the 1500 and 1600s- and the tribal nations of First Peoples were vicious, cruel and absolute.... as history attests.... and also extraordinary- 10,000 years.

THE PARIS... our Paris- City of Love and Lights.. we f**king weep.

Nova Scotia - New France and the Acadians history is long and steep and pure.... as is evidenced by the French names.... especially Newfoundland..... .

IN NOVA SCOTIA... we look forward to our Islam refugees - our sisters and their children; ONE BILLION RISING, no more excuses or abuses #1BRising, living in nightmare condition in refugee camps in beloved Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey- and TODAY FOR THE CHILDREN- 'F**k This War- I'm Going to School'

NOW ABOUT NOVA SCOTIA AND CANADA'S REFUGEES AND HELPING OUR SYRIAN SISTERS...and the horric betrayal of our sisters and their children in NIGHTMARE REFUGEE CAMPS IN beloved Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. Let's git r done - Nova Scotia style. Told my grandbaby... daddy and moma that this year her big gift is going to b a NOVA SCOTIA- CANADIAN RED CROSS CERTIFIED MONEY ORDER - FOR THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SYRIAN REFUGEE MOVEMENT...

and CLIMATE CHANGE.... Environment Conference - France this month.... WE MUST CHANGE.... BUT... until...USA- China- Russia- India- Pakistan (largest populations and fossil horror on the planet and they dump it on the poor nations)... u need to get to the basics.... posted on this blogsite - we must change... the world... and USA- u have over 2 MILLION FRACKING WELLS!!!!

In closing, the Persian-Arab War has UNITED NATION'S approval to destroy our planet and humanity/environment for the sake of $$$rich men's war...

SO PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU- and Canadians let's focus on our Canadians and maintain our culture and embrace our new and horrific abused Syrian refugeee women and children in2 our hearts and minds.

Let's get our Canada environment kept beautiful.... for the future generations....

The Wolves -2007

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20SWz2Gf_BY

Canada is God's last environment nature's paradise on this planet Earth and we all know it.... our First Nations, Immigrant Settlers and us WWII babies kept this Canada glorious and beautiful from coast to coast to coast- USA/RUSSIA/JAPAN/CHINA REFUSED TO SIGN KYOTO... SO HOW COULD CANADA???- Canada must never sign bullshit and beans crap that USA and China ...India and Pakistan (the world's worst polluters refuse to acknowledge let alone sign) ignore- over 90% of the world's pollution is owned by these guys and Japan... Canada's huge nation and small population is so small...

Remember youth... education is the greatest power on this planet..... own it... embrace it...

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TODAY WE MOURN AND WEEP AND PRAY FOR PARIS.... WE LOVE U SO MUCH... prayers and hugs... Peace of Christ....cause that's how I roll.. Viva la France

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Canada's new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

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http://nova0000scotia.blogspot.ca/2015/11/straight-shooters-honest-one-our-usa.html

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CANADA'S NEW DEFENCE MINISTER- Lt.Col. Harjit Sajjan- love ya... love ya

Canada's new badass Minister of National Defense, Lt. Col. Harjit Sajjan: 3 tours of Afghanistan, 1 of Bosnia, first Sikh to command a Canadian Regiment and a detective in the Gang Crime Unit of the Vancouver Police Department.

http://i.imgur.com/j4yxrrq.jpg?1

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CANADA MILITARY NEWS- Hey Canadians lets hug our troops close and just make Canada great- USA CHINA IMF OWN WORLD ECONOMY… so let’s just make our Nature’s last home on this planet, our Canada, totally self-sufficient like our forefathers/mothers did/VOTE/ April 6/15

http://nova0000scotia.blogspot.ca/2015/04/canada-military-news-2015-love-our.html

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Am so impressed with this General Campbell - he's just not taking any democrat or republican or independent BULLSHIT.... his troops matter...afghan troops matter and Afghans matter..... Afghan women scream- where are the women of this world.... #1BRising One Billion Rising- why aren't u helping us....instead of just talk?...help us?" and we who have supported our troops and yours for so long continue to weep in despair... because monsters shouldn't be the superstars and bloodstains of innocents matter..... what happened to our world.

This week Canada troops and military leaders praise HYENA ROAD- AFGHANISTAN movie about the real deal in Afghanistan and all the games of politics globally versus our troops on the ground playing by rules and codes and laws that vicious cowards cld care less about.... they wipe their asses with the Geneva Convention and we all know it living day by day in the real deal world of humanity's poor... and that's it'.... am done.... love u.... but can only take so many breaks in my heart, soul and conscience..... sacrificing our sons and daughters to UN and Nato is wrong on so many levels.... Rwanda taught us that.... Peace of Christ....

General Campbell... u raise America up.... with their reality politic tv politics and more interest in the Kim and Kanye story than the real world.... and Canada is getting the same... imho...u Nato nations troops deserve more from us nations.... and politically our hands are still tied in their lies and betrayal of so many innocents.... u are the face of dignity, honour, courage, intellect and grace.... John Wayne would love u.... and Sammy Davis Jr. thank....u...-

Am tired (as we said way back since 2003) of Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders (and donate tons of $$$) continuing to help the monsters who butcher the innocents - yet get the same care privileges... and remember the nightmare stories of Afghan kids and women hacked and tortured raped and horribly wounded waking up and the monsters who committed the evil were right there in the same rooms...

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We have been actively supporting our troops for so many years as the underground - and boy could we oldies and young find the news and share with our friends from different countries... amazing.... and we know this is true....

FOR THE FIRST TIME.... in all the years of donating and $$$$thousands and $$$$thousands in donations... am going to take a real good look at the organizations who rule that they will help each and any one who comes to their door... butcher and/or victim PERIOD- all those taliban alqaeda (whatever) baby killers in that hospital..ewwwwww makes many of us oldies feel...dirty

.... love u Jesus... but this is wrong on this day in this age.... victims matter.... imho.. Soldier Claims Insurgents Were Hiding in Hospital At Time Of Air Strike http://bit.ly/1MexEaj

Am so impressed with this General- he's just not taking any democrat or republican or independent BULLSHIT.... his troops matter...afghan troops matter and Afghans matter..... Afghan women scream- where are the women of this world.... #1BRising One Billion Rising- why aren't u helping us....instead of just talk?...help us?" and we who have supported our troops and yours for so long continue to weep in despair... because monsters shouldn't be the superstars and bloodstains of innocents matter..... what happened to our world.

This week Canada troops and military leaders praise HYENA ROAD- AFGHANISTAN movie about the real deal in Afghanistan and all the games of politics globally versus our troops on the ground playing by rules and codes and laws that vicious cowards cld care less about.... they wipe their asses with the Geneva Convention and we all know it living day by day in the real deal world of humanity's poor... and that's it'.... am done.... love u.... but can only take so many breaks in my heart, soul and conscience..... sacrificing our sons and daughters to UN and Nato is wrong on so many levels.... Rwanda taught us that.... Peace of Christ....

General Campbell... u raise America up.... with their reality politic tv politics and more interest in the Kim and Kanye story than the real world.... and Canada is getting the same... imho...u Nato nations troops deserve more from us nations.... and politically our hands are still tied in their lies and betrayal of so many innocents.... u are the face of dignity, honour, courage, intellect and grace.... John Wayne would love u.... and Sammy Davis Jr. thank....u...

http://www.c-span.org/video/?328604-1/general-john-campbell-testimony-us-military-operations-afghanistan&live=

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.... love u Jesus... but this is wrong on this day in this age.... victims matter.... imho.. Soldier Claims Insurgents Were Hiding in Hospital At Time Of Air Strike http://bit.ly/1MexEaj

http://www.c-span.org/video/?328604-1/general-john-campbell-testimony-us-military-operations-afghanistan&live=

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AFGHANISTAN- the bravest share of all..... Canada must keep focusing on birth control and women and children's health.... NOT ABORTIONS... because learning about birth control helps men and the women.... this is this bravest film... and it's Afghanistan's..... sometimes educated westerners get so frustrated with the lack of knowledge of empowerment of birth contol....neglecting the fact that 2/3 of the world's population live on less than $2.00 a day and we should be helping our sisters around the world in the hard places to learn about birth control for men and women and education. It's like in the year2015, we truly believed in the 60s that United Nations (whom we entrusted unaudited $$$trillions) were going to actually be on the ground helping humanity.... instead of feeding war and $$$ rich man's greed.... and here are these simple brilliant Iman gents.... and brave Afghan women.... trying to bring some hope and protection to Afghans so they can prosper, educated and have the incredible social fabric they had in the 60s.... Afghanistan was the jewel of the Middle East right up to the late 60s..... We love u all so much. Our Canadian and Nato troops love u.... and so do we.... God bless - heroes.

https://www.facebook.com/theguardian/videos/vb.10513336322/10153733480876323/?type=2&theater&notif_t=like

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FREEDOM RISING IN CANADA'S BELOVED AFGHANISTAN...Protesters carrying coffin of beheaded Hazara girl storm Afghan presidential palace

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CANADA MILITARY NEWS: My Christmas gift to grandbaby- help Syrian Refugees/Lets help like boatpeople- f**k politicians and UN/news and links- let's git r done Canada and by the by.... let's use some of the enormous $$$Climate Change booty UN is hoarding...people matter 2/OCT. miracle- Canada's Vietnamese Community steps up for Syrian Refugees

http://nova0000scotia.blogspot.ca/2015/10/canada-military-news-canadians-need-to.html

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NOVEMBER 11, 2015 prince harry visits canada house to honour canadian troops

Prince Harry, 31, met Canadian soldiers for Armistice Day in London- NOVEMBER 11, 2015

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3314376/Prince-Harry-calls-double-amputee-lunatic-planning-row-Atlantic-second-time-meets-veterans-Armistice-Day.html

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Just love you Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip.... God bless our troops and our Commonwealth of 2.4 billion .... u raise us up.

https://www.facebook.com/BritishMonarchistLeague/photos/a.157836244257410.26068.108881722486196/978305982210428/?type=3&theater

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Kentville-based volunteer centre first of its kind in NS

http://www.novanewsnow.com/News/Local/2014-01-29/article-3593932/Kentville-based-volunteer-centre-first-of-its-kind-in-NS/1

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U.S. climate stance rapped

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PARIS -France's leadership is bristling at U.S. resistance to making a global climate accord under negotiation in Paris next month legally binding.

French President Francois Hollande, whose country is hosting UN climate talks Nov. 30-Dec. 11, told reporters in Malta on Thursday that ‟if the deal is not legally binding, there is no accord,because that would mean it's not possible to verify or control commitments that are made." He was responding to comments by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to the Financial Times saying an eventual agreement would have no legally binding targets.

The deal being negotiated in Paris would be the first asking all countries to reduce emissions. Some 150 countries have already submitted targets for cuts of greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming.

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CANADA'S ENVIRONMENT BEING QUESTIONED BY UN?- seriously how about Golden Five - Russia, USA, China, Japan and India- who are pure toxic... and will never sign anything???- seriously u have audacity 2 approach Canada and NOT Golden Five?

http://nova0000scotia.blogspot.ca/2013/11/canadas-environment-being-questioned-by.html

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Environment Conference France- hey CANADA AND WORLD - we got's us a sheeeeeeety sewage problemo..... as Montreal, Quebec, Canada righteously screams to the world- we need to fix our global sewage issues- and UPPITY 'rich' nations- this ain't just the poor folks of the world problem/ DID U KNOW THAT FIRST PEOPLES CANADA HAD ONE OF THE BEST SANITATION SYSTEMS AMONG ALL THE TRIBES- BECAUSE NATURE MATTERED?- then the Immigrant settlers came and it all went to hell...kinda/MILITARY- WHEN NATURE CALLS AND UR ON THE BATTLEFIELD /Hey Global Environment big meet- CANADA STEPS UP- let's fix the world's sheeeet problem and fix pipes etc.

http://nova0000scotia.blogspot.ca/2015/11/canada-and-world-we-gots-us-sheeeeeeety.html

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HEY CANADA AND NOVA SCOTIA- OUR BLIND MATTER- Can u believe all the liberal nova scotia cuts- films, mental health, blind, homeless- come on now pls. ur better than this -Nova Scotia healthminister meets with group CNIB funding | The Chronicle Herald http://herald.ca/xFP#.VkY78tcj5Lo.twitter via @chronicleherald

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Oh God is counting our tears!!! One Billion Rising-no more excuses or abuses; women make up 64% of this planet - ‪#‎1BRising Mother, midwife, sheikh guilty in Australia's first genital mutilation trial http://www.smh.com.au/…/mother-midwife-and-sheikh-guilty-in… via @smh

Mother, midwife and sheikh guilty in Australia's first genital mutilation trial

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/mother-midwife-and-sheikh-guilty-in-australias-first-genital-mutilation-trial-20151112-gkx0b3.html

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YES!!!- them Kurds are like ninjas- Kurdish forces seize Iraq's Sinjar town from Islamic State

Kurdish forces seize Iraq's Sinjar town from Islamic State

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/11/13/uk-mideast-crisis-iraq-sinjar-idUKKCN0T10BS20151113

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FREEDOM RISES IN OUR BELOVED AFGHANISTAN:

BRAVE PROUD AFGHANS- TAKING NO MORE OF THIS- April 5, 2014 Afghan women voted in the millions with their mommas, daddies, brothers from the hills to the valleys to cities against the tabliban baby killing machine - shaming the world media and politiicans who barter our troops and Afghans again and again- the Afghan women said, 'We want the world to know the foreign troops and ours did NOT DIE IN VAIN!" - God is watching and counting their tears and even the devil says these monsters have no soul to barter- so he wipes his hands of pure evil- so proud of Afghan women and men and children- FREEDOM RISING FOLKS... FREEDOM RISING - Protesters carrying coffin beheaded Hazara girl storm Afghan presidential palace

Protesters carrying coffin of beheaded Hazara girl storm Afghan presidential palace

http://tribune.com.pk/story/990586/protesters-carrying-coffin-of-beheaded-nine-year-old-hazara-girl-storm-afghan-presidential-palace/

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Kurdish ninjas honour Canadian..... and f**k it so do many of us.... imagine ISIS latest hanging girls and women up by their genitals in cages on top of their buildings... so they don't get bombed.... Canada's hero Romeo Dallaire - Rwanda's Saviour is right- these monsters just don't care.... imho - Fellow fighters parade coffin of fallen Canadian anti-ISIL fighter John Gallagher

Fellow fighters parade coffin of fallen Canadian anti-ISIL fighter John Gallagher through streets

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/fellow-fighters-parade-coffin-of-fallen-canadian-anti-isil-fighter-john-gallagher-through-streets

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YES BABY...YES!!!!- our Canadian who fought alongside the Kurds and died - did NOT die in vain... they are like ninjas.... seriously... and their women..... God loves them Kurds and even the devil is clapping his hands....

Peshmerga forces wrest Sinjar from ISIL, raise Kurdish flag in town

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/11/13/peshmerga-wrest-control-of-sinjar-from-isil-raise-kurdish-flag.html

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Come getcha Nova Scotia on.... how could the Liberal government of Nova Scotia... sell out this brilliance? COME TO NOVA SCOTIA- GETCHA NOVA SCOTIA ON... we'd love to have u.

NOVA SCOTIA- EXTREME GROUP ADVERTISING-

DEMONT: Celebrating as Extreme vision of Nova Scotia goes viral

JOHN DeMONT
Published November 13, 2015 - 8:27pm

Extreme media’s billboard in Toronto, advertising Nova Scotia as a destination has taken on it's own life on social media. (CONTRIBUTED)

Shawn King wants to thank somebody. He’s just not sure who.

The president and chief creative officer of Extreme Group said he’s heard that credit goes to a single Facebook post by a Toronto radio guy that went viral. Somebody else told him a Reddit post is behind the sudden burst of interest in his company’s droll Nova Scotia tourism billboard campaign.

It’s a mystery because all he really knows is that it’s been nearly 18 months since someone last stood on a street in Toronto and looked up at one of the billboards.

But you wouldn’t know that on social media, where the campaign is suddenly creating more buzz than it ever did.

“I’m surprised for sure and a little confused,” King said.

It’s great, from his point of view, that the campaign is finding new life so long after it hit the marketplace.

Of course it’s ironic, too.

Late last month Tourism Nova Scotia made the head-spinning announcement that it was awarding a $12-million, two-year contract to market the province to DDB Canada. (A Halifax company, Trampoline, will partner with DDB Canada, although all creative work will happen in Toronto.)

“It was a shock to the system,” said King, whose firm held the previous three-year tourism contract.

“We felt the way things were going we had a good chance of retaining it.”

The relationship with the client was good. The results of the campaign — improved tourism numbers — were undeniable.

As for the work, well I’d suggest you judge for yourself.

Context is important. Extreme’s creative group was trying to have some fun with what was going on in Toronto in 2014, when the city was still all hot and bothered about a new observation deck for the CN Tower as well as the Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada.

I’m not sure which ad I like better: the one pictured above showing a whale’s tail breaching the ocean surface as a boatful of agog people bob nearby. The text emblazoned across the billboard makes the point: “We heard you have an aquarium. That’s nice.”

In the other, a family stands atop a low, wooden, observation platform above the majesty of Cape Breton’s Cabot Trail, the juxtaposition between Nova Scotia and Hog Town is equally sweet.

“We heard you have an observation deck,” it reads. “That’s nice.”

None of us should be really surprised by this kind of wit and flare coming from the Extreme studios.

The company has been catching people’s eyes ever since 2004 when it used the “hoser” leads from the Can-cult movie Fubar to de-glamourize smoking for Nova Scotia’s Office of Health Promotion.

If you’ve seen it, you will also remember their “nail” campaign for the Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia, which was effective enough to win a bronze medal in the product and service, public health and safety category at the 2008 Cannes Lions advertising festival.

“We are good at finding the right way to communicate with people,” King said. “We do what is right for the challenge before us.”

The tourism billboards provide a little insight into Extreme’s way of doing things.

Nothing glamorous about it, said King. They started as they do every campaign by ensuring that they’re positioning the client the right way.

When the client is a destination, like Nova Scotia, the challenge is getting people thinking about the destination as somewhere they might want to go.

In the ad business that’s known as “creating desire.”

After putting their heads together, the Extreme folk came up with the notion that Nova Scotia represents the spirit of the perfect road trip — the kind of place where you’re free metaphorically and literally from all the hassles and mundane details of everyday life.

“Take yourself there” became the mantra, not just of the billboards but also of the bigger advertising blitz that included television, print, digital and social media.

It worked in 2014.

For the folks in Extreme’s Halifax office, now down to 20 people, about half as many as a few years ago, it may be remembered as one of the few good things about 2015. too

http://thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/1322319-demont-celebrating-as-extreme-vision-of-nova-scotia-goes-viral

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CANADA- HALIFAX HERALD- VOICE OF THE PEOPLE – FREEDOM....

FREEDOM TO DISSENT

Your Nov. 12 Opinions section carried two letters expressing views on what appears to be Canada's evolving and somewhat galumphing but perhaps poorly-thought-out response to the Syrian refugee crisis: one from Judy Haiven lamenting our lack of similar charity toward Palestinians over the years and another very thoughtful piece from David Beresford-Green regarding the lack of our collective charity toward Canadians who live in chronic desperate need.

Thank God that we live in a nation that allows papers like The Chronicle Herald to publish such views to everyone who can read even if the writers disagree with the policies of the democratically empowered.

All Canadians who can read should therefore be capable of researching the truth for themselves. They will soon wake up and realize that those who stood up for them during the past 70 years to defend humanity against anti-democratic oppression, whether it be communism, Nazism or Salafism, represent Canada's true legacy.

Larry McWha (veteran), Debaies Cove

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ECONOMIC MARTYRDOM

The Ecology Action Centre doesn't seem to think high prices for renewable energy should be an impediment to weaning the province off coal.

Why would they want to cause financial hardship to our citizens with even higher power rates? Is it their mandate to make our province an economic martyr? This is a very small minded view if they think this would accomplish anything to diminish global warming, a phenomenon that has to be dealt with on a planetwide scale. That battle isn't going to be won in Nova Scotia.

If they really want to make a difference where it matters, I'd suggest flying to Beijing and convincing the Chinese to shut down their coal-fired plants.

Charles Sullivan, Halifax

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DRIVING WAGES FURTHER DOWN

Re: ‟Security pick at hospital faces queries" (Nov. 12 story). Once again, a large contract that would have benefited Nova Scotians and the Nova Scotia economy is awarded to an out-of-province company. Once again, the new contractor expects the current employees to transition over and to accept a wage cut in the process.

The management of the provincially-run hospitals would have you believe that it has to do with more than just wages. But we all know that wages are first and foremost in their minds. Paladin Security, a British Columbia company, submitted the lowest bid, and from all I've heard, it provides no better service than any other security company. The only difference is they want you to get paid barely minimum wage.

One could argue that the Commissionaires, who've handled hospital security till now, are already on pensions from their prior military or police service and that working another full-time job could be considered double-dipping.

Yes, some have pensions, but many do not. I have no pension and no benefits. Everything I make goes toward living expenses, just like anyone else. In fact, the only difference between now and 20 years ago is that the cost of living has more than doubled. My wages haven't moved and, in some cases, I've made less.

This whole country has been on a race to the bottom when it comes to wages for years, and this needs to stop. I can see myself in a couple of years living in a box in an alley and paying rent equivalent to what I pay now just for that cardboard box.

When contracts are being renegotiated, wages should never be any lower than what is already being paid.

No one should have to take a wage cut if they are already a poverty-wage employee.

But that is what it amounts to.

Now, tell me our provincial government works for the people and say it with a straight face. Better yet, maybe these people who purportedly work for us should have their accounts frozen and take a pay cut to minimum wage for just a year and try to survive. Interesting thought.

Roy Davis, Elmsdale

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KEEP BEAR-HUNT BAN

The Nova Scotia Federation of Anglers and Hunters is upset because Nova Scotia is the lone holdout in the country opposed to a spring bear hunt (Nov. 5 story). Good for Nova Scotia!

I have lived near black bears since I acquired my lakefront property in Gavelton, Yarmouth County, 36 years ago. Mixedwood forest and open fields offer me a unique opportunity to observe wildlife and birds in their natural habitat. Never have I had a problem with bears. Bears become a nuisance when people's garbage and improperly used composters attract them.

With increasing loss of their habitat due to improper forestry practices, land development and increased access, bears seek easy food sources from orchard operations, beehives and dump sites.

My father was an avid hunter and angler. I recall him stating that some people live their entire lives without seeing a bear in the wild. To me, that is unfortunate.

Jeff Turner, a world-renowned wildlife filmmaker, has filmed black bears, grizzlies and Kermode bears in B.C. His views on bears echo mine. It puts a whole new perspective on the slaughter of bears.

I feel a spring bear hunt in Nova Scotia puts mothers and cubs at great risk. Nova Scotia needs to ‟stick to its guns" and continue to oppose a spring bear hunt.

Veralyn Rogers Bonnar, Gavelton

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HUMANS ON THE RAMPAGE

What on Earth does the government have against animals?

First the bounty on coyotes that is still in place - has anyone seen a coyote of late? Then Sunday hunting despite the survey that showed well over 50 per cent of Nova Scotians were not in favour. The proposed moose cull in Cape Breton - in a national park, no less - despite the experts on the ground there who say it is not necessary because so many moose suffered from the recent harsh winter. Now a spring bear hunt when the animals are at their most vulnerable.

The problem is humans: we continue to destroy animal habitat. What are they to do as more and more of their ‟land" is ruined by human intervention? People should back off and let nature have a chance to reestablish itself. A natural balance exists when humans respect nature and stop wanting to control and change it.

Dianne Powell, Wentworth Station

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Romeo Dallaire says the truth siren like no other on war... because he was there.... stayed when not one UN/G7/Mainstream Media gave a sheeet... in Rwanda... and nails todays's monsters with integrity, bravery and honesty... from Chronicle Herald... thank u.

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Proud to b Canadian

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A Statement from the Commander of the Canadian Army on Remembrance Day

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Commander's Message / November 11, 2015 / Project number: 15-0202

Today, we honour our soldiers, sailors, airmen and airwomen, who have fought valiantly in the service of our country and who continue to serve with courage and dedication, at home and abroad. Let us take time to pause and remember the men and women in uniform who have given their lives in protection of our security and freedoms.

From numerous conflict zones around the world, including the two World Wars, the Korean War through to operations in Cyprus, Bosnia, Haiti and up to Afghanistan, the Canadian Army has always stood and will continue to stand ready to defend Canada and help preserve international peace and security.

Let us remember not only the bravery of all members of the Canadian Armed Forces, whose selfless sacrifice shall always remain an inspiration to us all, but also their families, friends and communities across the country. Their unwavering support is invaluable to our collective morale.

On behalf of the Canadian Army, the Army Sergeant Major and I would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and support to our troops and their loved ones. Together, we remain proud of our military traditions, grateful in our remembrance and ever mindful of our duty to preserve peace and freedom.

Lest we forget.

Lieutenant-General Marquis Hainse
Commander Canadian Army

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Remembrance Day ceremony in ‪#‎Lithuania during ‪#‎OpREASSURANCE. ‪#‎RememberThem http://www.forcesimages.ca

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The Queen of the Grand Banks Schooners

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Oct 18, 2007

Rare footage of the original Bluenose schooner, racing against her Gloucester rival, the Gertrude L. Thibault, set to Stan Roger's inspiring music and voice.

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our current PM Trudeau's father was a great fan of country music... here is PM Trudeau (of my youngblood days) with Nova Scotia's HANK SNOW... 1969..

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The Real Heroes of this world.... RIP Sandy... trying to save anothers life.... in Afghanistan..... Afghan women are becoming ferocious about their freedoms after marching and voting April 5, 2014 in the millions and millions in Afghanistan... they shamed the world's media looking for more butchering....and tunnel crawling after the monsters.... history will remember u Sandy and all who sacrifice for basic freedoms and dignity - of Afghanistan... and it's working - just like Bosnia/Serbia and Lebanon and Ireland.... Afghan women turned to the world's media... and said, 'we want the world to know that the foreign troops...and ours did NOT...DIE...IN...VAIN. This week Afghan women and youngbloods marched with the body of a little girl beheaded to the parliament- in the thousands... men and women side by side.... FREEDOM IS RISING IN AFGHANISTAN... all because of u and your troops and ours and Afghans... God is lucky.... and is hugging u close baby ... thank u.- Tears and prayers...

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COMMENT; (actually she may be Spanish or Canadian) American Woman Soldier
Corporal Sandy Levit.She was recently killed in action in Afghanistan when she tried to rescue a wounded ranger pinned down by insurgents. She didn't hesitate when she tried to save his life.She believed that his life was more valuable than hers and put herself in immediate danger. Acts of Heroism and Brotherhood are what society needs.

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SEE CANADA VET... MATTHEW WORTH... nails it.... come on Canada... ignore the UN and WHO messup.... let's organize and bring our Syrian refugees from Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey camps here now - we said 25,000 - let's get r done.... the World Health Organization is so f**ked up again.... and UN is useless..... Canada...we've done it b4... let's do it again.... fantastic idea Matthew... and u will be loved forever and a day for always keeping us on the homefires uptodate on Afghanistan on your tours... and Nato troops... THOUSANDS... OF THESE REFUGEES ARE JUST GOING BACK TO SYRIA TO DIE.... they can't live on dirt and eat dirt and be treated like dirt in these camps anymore... they say they would rather just go back home to Syria and die.... now how can u not cry over that.... our Canadian troops understand humanity and see/seen so much suffering by people in hard hard and evil places... and yet... our troops never give/gave in... not once... imho

Canada's son- u define us Andrew.... way too many don't realize the absolute horrific conditions of women and children, especially girls, in hard parts of the world where in our Canada - women equal men by law. PERIOD. u all understood/understand this with your mommas, grandmas, sisters, cousins, friends, daughters ... and even with all the vicious vicious cowardice of Taliban baby killing machine hiding under their women and children in hospitals... u persevered in utmost bravery intelligence and the soul and heart born of a young nation where each and every one matters. U did as a brave Canadian soldier at the hands of deliberate sneaky cowards who deliberately march over their own dead neighbours and children they butcher- to become a bit of 'roadkill' news.... Andrew.... our forefathers of the First Nations and First Immigrants and mothers are holding u close and u soar through a gentler kinder place that hugs you close and still allows u to be one of the angels among us... keeping us Canadian and proud and respectful. We breath clean free air in our Canada.... we all do.... thanks to u and those who came b4 u- Look at u... this is the face of Canada....

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Afghan women screamed to the world's women in 2003- where are the women of this world... why aren't u helping us. BUT IN APRIL 5, 2014 MILLIONS OF AFGHAN WOMEN ROSE UP... MARCHED AND VOTED FOR DEMOCRACY IN THE FACE OF THE PUREST EVIL ON THIS EARTH.... they brought their mothers, sisters, children and youngbloods.... and marched so bravely from the mountains, valleys, hills, towns, villages, farms and cities... and voted.... in the sleeting freezing horrific rain.... AFGHAN WOMEN STUNNED THE WORLD AND SHAMED THE MEDIA AND UN POLITICAL GAME PLAYERS.... they voted for freedom.... and defiantly told the world's press... 'We want the world to know that the Foreign soldiers...and ours... DID...NOT..DIE...IN...VAIN...... on this day.... history will remember Andrew- all of u... Nato nations and that u never gave up...u never gave in... and u truly loved the everyday people of Afghanistan. Afghans still love the Canadians so much and the Nato troops... because they believe/d and never gave up.... POLITICAL GAMES DID... but troops... never..... God knows...and loves u ... and so do we honey. Old momma nova... still here since 2001. God is lucky baby.

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Blog: A marathon achievement for Afghan women

When I heard that the first ever Afghan women's team were attempting an ultramarathon across the Gobi Desert, I knew I had to make this film

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/dateline/article/2015/11/03/blog-marathon-achievement-afghan-women

Saleyha Ahsan
3 Nov 2015 - 11:58 AM UPDATED YESTERDAY 10:24 PM

Sport for most women in Afghanistan is a taboo - so how were these girls going to get to the start line, let alone complete a 250km race?

The Gobi Desert in China's Xinjiang Province is a vast, extreme and beautiful environment rising over snow peaked mountains and then falling to iconic black desert sands.

The annual ultramarathon that takes place there is organised by Racing the Planet and this year, saw 168 competitors from 48 different countries gather at the start line.

Amongst them were Zainab, 25, and Nelofar, 20, from Afghanistan, selected to race by the charity, Free to Run.

Nelofar and Zainab had only started running five months before the Gobi Desert race.

Two young women with a love of sport but because of strict cultural barriers at home were limited in how to pursue their passion.

The charity's president and founder, Stephanie Case, held a selection process to find the right team.

"We picked them because of their mental strength and their attitude which is all you need to get through these races."

It was something I witnessed for myself as I followed them during the seven-day course, for a story broadcast on Dateline.

By night we camped in freezing temperatures inside rain soaked tents. Sleep was snatched in between prolonged shivering. Then under the scorching desert sun, the tents would become furnaces. Rest was hard to come by.

The 80km penultimate stage of the race proved to be my toughest filming experience ever.

On one 10km stretch I walked with them in 50 degree heat filming with 3kg worth of camera kit.

It took every bit of will not to sit down in the sand and stop. If I had done so in that environment during the hottest part of the day - it would have been deadly.

Crossing the Gobi Desert means tackling extremes of temperature, plus sand and snowstorns.

The girls had only started running five months earlier and yet their determination and courage had brought them here in a fight for the finish line.

Nelofar explained her motivation for doing the race. She plans to open her own running club in Afghanistan.

“I want to make a place for other women to do sports. This is the big thing that I can do. Opening the way for the other women.”

Witnessing this reminded me of the freedoms in my life I enjoy and it humbled me. It kept me on my feet during the hardest parts of the race.

For Zainab, after suffering the pain that all endurance athletes know all too well, she described her baptism-like experience.

“When I’m running I really feel free. It makes me strong. When I was walking I was just thinking about my past life... I feel I’m reborn and it's a new life for me.”

Saleyha Ahsan produced the Dateline story, Afghanistan’s Marathon Women.

LUCY WATSON, REPORTER: This is a beautiful area of the planet spanning two countries but it's also an extreme one. In winter, temperatures plummet as low as minus 40. In summer they reach plus 50, with powerful winds whipping across it, it can be a brutal environment. This year, 163 competitors from more than 40 countries participated in the Gobi march, an ultra-marathon that stretches for 250km across China. But never before has anyone from Afghanistan entered the race.

ZAINAB: It's a challenge between mind and heart. If you listen to your mind, you should stop because you will hurt your body, your feet, everything. But if you listen to your heart, your body can do anything.

And for 25-year-old Zainab and 20-year-old Nelofar, just getting to the startline has been a challenge.

NELOFAR: Running is so, so difficult in here. If you - if you're a girl or you want to run in the street, people think that you're crazy, and it would be lot of race for you.

For many women, life in Afghanistan comes with restrictions, access to sport can be impossible.

ZAINAB: When I was about 17 or 16, I started to go to the gym, but after I think - I think after two weeks, a policeman came to the gym and he said, "You should stop. The girls shouldn't do sport. It's not good for the girls."

Social stigma wasn't the only obstacle facing both women. Training for this marathon for five months in the hills of Afghanistan often put them in grave danger.

NELOFAR: We were training on small hills and lots of times, we would find bullets and also one day we find a mine on there. It was so difficult.

The remnants of war did not discourage them but a lack of support did.

ZAINAB: For the first time in history of Afghanistan somebody is going for marathon. It makes me really sad that nobody - nobody encourage us. When we are travelling outside, the people they think we are not good girls. It's not enough that just your mother encourage you. It makes me really, really sad.

HALIMA, ZAINAB’S MOTHER (Translation): I don't care of people's talk. I support my daughter however I can. I hope my daughter goes there and comes back in good health.

With the help of charity Free to Run, the girls were able to participate in the race, which is part of the four desert series. And so this summer, camping for the first time in their lives and carrying everything they'd wear and eat for a week, they were take on the start line.

STEPHANIE CASE, FOUNDER, ‘FREE TO RUN’: We picked them because of their mental strength and their attitude, which is all you need to get through these races. The physical ability is not as important.

CROWD: Good job, everyone! Alright!

No sooner did the race start that a freezing snow storm began.

STEPHANIE CASE: Let's go, let’s go. Come on.

It wasn't too long before they were both lagging behind and when they started to move up the field, the effort came at a cost.

NELOFAR: Ouch!

STEPHANIE CASE: Come on, let's go the way down. Let's get your shoes off hun. This is good. No blisters.

They took strength from each other and their faith in Islam.

ZAINAB: When I'm running, I really feel free and it makes me strong. During the race, when I was running or walking I was just thinking about my past life and after this, I will start a very very new life.

Heading into day 6, an penultimate stage, a gruelling 80km trek under the scorching desert sun. This stretch took them through day and night, but with 20km to go, Zainab hit the wall.

STEPHANIE CASE: Just put your shoes back on. You don't... No, but they're gross. Just put your shoes on and let's moving.

MAN: Pain is temporary. Quitting will last you for the rest of your life.

ZAINAB: My feet was really painful and I thought I can't continue. I said, "You can leave me team. You can go. Nelofar is enough for Afghanistan. She can bring a medal for Afghanistan. It's enough."

STEPHANIE CASE: You've got to... Yourself. We're not pulling you through. You got to make this decision.

ZAINAB: I think it was a challenge between my mind and my heart. My mind said you should stop and my heart telling me for one second, "Zainab, you can go. Just go."

With the aid of her team, Zainab stood and walked on with Nelofa, but the Gobi Desert was to have the last word.

STEPHANIE CASE: Everybody who is inside the tent, please come out of the tent and go against the wall on the other side.

A mighty storm was looming. Another challenge with this unpredictable environment are sand storms, and one is here right now and everyone was trying to recuperate and rest. There was nothing Zainab or Nelofar could do but lie low in the open. All of us had to shield ourselves and sit it out, while the winds raged, organisers had to make tough decisions. As light faded, conditions worsened and the camp had to be evacuated.

STEPHANIE CASE: They have cancelled the last stage now.

The race was over. The elements dictated Zainab and Nelofar's journey so mant times during thius race, and although the last stage was deemed too dangerous to go complete, it was their spirit that saw them to the end.

NELOFAR: Right now, I'm so, so proud of me because of this. Because I wasn't thinking that I could finish it. If I can do this race, I can do anything in my life.

ZAINAB: I feel I'm reborn and it's a new life for me.

These two women are transformed, relieved and empowered. They're determined to share what they have learnt.

NELOFAR: I want to make the place for the other women to do sports. This is the big thing I can do - opening the way for the other women.

reporter
LUCY WATSON

story producer
SALEYHA AHSAN
TIM MAYNARD

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JOEL VAN HOUDT
MARK DAVEY
KUBRA JAFARI
DR ALMAN SIU-CHEU CHAN
YAT LAM LUK

editors
MICAH MCGOWN
DAVID POTTS
RYAN WALSH

title music
VICKI HANSEN

3rd November 2015

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QUOTE:

According to Dutch prosecutors, the "commando unit under [Alamyar's] orders took part in several killings" while he also "allegedly fired shots himself."

Human Rights Watch described the massacre as "one of the most horrific crimes of the early years of Afghanistan's long wars."

Following the collapse of the Afghan government and a decade of imprisonment, Alamyar was granted asylum in the Netherlands in the 1990s and later became a Dutch citizen.

News

Nov 2 2015, 10:02 am ET

Head of Afghan Commando Unit Detained Over 1,000 Killings

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THESE RICH $$$WHITE MEN - HAVE STOLEN OUR WORLD AND ALL THE GOOD WE HAVE TRIED TO DO ...AND THE COST OF OUR NATIONS TROOPS HAVING THEIR VICTORIES SOLD FOR $$$ BEHIND UN CLOSED DOORS....IS CREEPY!!!

QUOTE:

It would be easy to blame all of this on the Afghans, and of course the state’s corrupt, ineffectual government is playing an important role. But the United States, its aid agencies, and its contractors carry a lion’s share of blame. A few weeks after Hillary Clinton took office as secretary of state in 2009, she was despairing about the effectiveness of aid to Afghanistan: “There is very little credibility for what was invested,” she said. “It’s heartbreaking.” From that day forward, she promised, the government would “look at every single dollar, as to how it’s spent and where it’s going, and trying to track the outcome.”

Well, almost two years later, when Pentagon Inspector General Gordon Heddell was testifying before Congress, Representative John F. Tierney, a Massachusetts Democrat, asked him about still another case when a contractor overbilled the government—by more than $500 million this time. Heddell acknowledged: “Obviously this is an example of just about how bad it can get. And, clearly, this happened. It wasn’t a well designed, well thought out contract.”

Money Pit: The Monstrous Failure of US Aid to Afghanistan

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THE ONE GOOD MAN-GENERAL CAMPBELL.... THAT ALL NATO TROOPS TRUST...

COAS discusses Afghan border coordination with Gen Campbell

RAWALPINDI: General John F Campbell, commander of the Resolute Support Mission and United States Forces in Afghanistan met with Pakistan’s Army Chief General Raheel Sharif here at the GHQ on Monday.

During the meeting matters of mutual interest and regional security with particular emphasis on coordination along Pak -Afghan border were discussed, said a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

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Canada Military News: After 150 years International Red Cross and UN must dump Geneva Convention that butchers wipe their arses on/ FUNDING WAR OR CLIMATE CHANGE- what's it going to be- humanity and our planet matter- stop funding war and destroying our Military who's souls are being stolen by Int. Red Cross and UN catering to the monsters over the innocents-posts and links November 1, 2015

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out of China

Afghanistan to accept its citizens being deported from Germany

KABUL--Afghanistan will take back all its citizens being deported from Germany as the European country struggles to accommodate hundreds of thousands of refugees and other migrants who have arrived there this year, a Kabul official said.

Afghans currently make up the second largest nationality, after Syrians, arriving in Europe. So far this year, an estimated 120,000 Afghans have left the country, legally and illegally, according to authorities. The International Organization of Migration says more than 76,000 Afghans have migrated to Europe so far in 2015.

Germany, a longtime contributor to international forces in Afghanistan and with currently 944 soldiers in NATO's support and training mission there, has increasingly been feeling the pressure of the rising numbers of people coming in.

Last week, Germany's home minister complained of an "unacceptable" influx of Afghans from relatively safe areas of their country, and warned that many of them would have to return home. The minister, Thomas de Maiziere, said Afghans arriving in Germany included "increasing numbers of members of the middle class — including many from Kabul."

It isn't clear how many Afghans Germany might try to send back. However, German officials have been keen to stress that only people genuinely fleeing war and persecution are entitled to asylum, and that economic migrants must leave the country. Fewer than half of the Afghans who apply for asylum in Germany are granted it.

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Afghan Taliban Splinter Faction Chooses Own Leader

RFE Monday 2nd November, 2015

A splinter faction of the Afghan Taliban has reportedly selected its own chief to challenge the militant group's new leader.

Mullah Akhtar Mansur was appointed Taliban leader in July after Afghan intelligence leaked the news that the movement's longtime leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, had been dead for more than two years. Mullah Mansur was Mullah Omar's deputy.

An unidentified commander within the dissident faction said on November 2 that they had chosen Mullah Mohammad Rasool Akhund as their leader to lead the fight against U.S.-led foreign forces and the Kabul government.

A second militant commander was quoted as saying Akhund had "spent 10 years with Mullah Omar and was one of his trusted men."

Other militants have split from the Taliban movement and pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group following the announcement of Omar's death.

http://www.afghanistannews.net/index.php/sid/238193191

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Canada we must take ONLY women and children refugees from Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt ..... it's just right.... over 75% of refugees and migrants racing to Europe are young men.... (with rationale that makes some sense) come on... with $$$$- an Egyptian billionaire even wants to buy Greek Ilands for Muslims only!

Danish politicians want immigrants to be taught about sex

Danish parliamentrians wants language courses for immigrants to include a component on national attitudes to sex. The calls come with recent figures showing a disproportionate number of rapes in the country are committed by immigrants and their descendants.

Representatives from four parties, including the centre left Social Democrats and anti-immigration Danish People's Party, want sex education for immigrants to be introduced. According to official figures, between 2013 and 2014, 34.5% of all rapes were committed by immigrants or their descendants, despite this group making up only 12% of the country's population.

Supporters of the measure point to the success of a similar scheme in Norway, where residents in asylum centres can choose to take a five-hour course focussing on attitudes to sex.

"We talk about opinions toward sex and we explain Norwegian law. Some asylum seekers think that Norway is a very liberal country when it comes to sex and misunderstand women's signals," Linda Hagen, who leads an organisation that runs 34 asylum centres in Norway, told Denmark's Metroxpress.

"In reality, we are doing asylum seekers a disservice if we do not teach them about this. They really want to talk about it and learn more and they have a lot of questions," she added.

According to figures from Statistics Denmark, of the 615 people who received a rape conviction from a Danish Court between 2004 and 2013, 212 were immigrants or descended from immigrants.

"New Danes are clearly over-represented among those convicted of rape. Some immigrants do not know and do not understand Danish gender culture, and that if a Danish woman is drunk going home at night that does not mean that she is accessible," sociologist and immigration expert Mehmet Ümit Necef told Metro after the release of the figures in August.

The measure is backed by representatives from the Social Democrats, the Radicals, Danish People's Party and Conservatives.

Peter Skaarup, chairman of the anti-immigration DF told Metroxpress that the measure should be introduced immediately: "If what they are doing in Norway is working, we should copy it," he said.

Denmark's new centre right government has introduced a range of measures designed to stem immigration, including restrictions on the benefits immigrants can access. An all-time high of almost 65,000 immigrants moved to Denmark in 2014, up 15% from the previous year.

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ISIS shuts down all women's clinics, threatens male gynaecologists with death

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-shuts-down-womens-clinics-in-raqqa-to-prevent-male-gynaecologists-treating-female-patients-a6713266.html …

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HOW DID UNITED NATIONS LET THIS HAPPEN???

Every child left behind in the Islamic State’s new elementary schools

http://syriadirect.org/news/every-child-left-behind-in-the-islamic-state%E2%80%99s-new-elementary-schools/ …

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Citizenship

Five reasons why the majority of refugees reaching Europe are men

I come from a very, very tiny village in the Southern part of Sweden. About 14% of the population around my village voted for a party with right wing and xenophobic roots last time there was an election, to mine and many people’s dismay.

Because of this right wing political movement growing in Scandinavian countries, I’m starting to see a lot of the same old ignorant and racist conspiracy theories seep out on social media. The arguments and complaints are usually the same, but one question that has come about lately is; “Why is it just men that come to Europe? They don’t care about their women and children and they just leave them behind in warzones to survive themselves!”

Nope, nope, nope. That theory is simply not true, and I’m about to give you 5 arguments and explanations to why it isn’t:

1. According to the UNCHR, women and girls comprise about half of any refugee, internally displaced or stateless population. That’s that. There’s not more men that flee their countries than women, which makes sense since about half of the population is men and the other half women. Simple as that. However, the majority of refugees reaching Europe is at the moment a majority of men, according to the UNCHR, and my upcoming arguments will explain why;

2. Young men can handle a dangerous and risky trip like the one refugees are taking better than women and children. Women and children are often left in the refugee camps in neighboring countries while the men decide to leave the camps in order to take the risky and often deadly trip to Europe by boat. According to statistics, the split between men and women in refugee camps is almost fifty/fifty. The number of Syrian refugees is currently approaching 4 million, with UN data showing women and children make up over three-quarters of that total. In Lebanon, the majority in the refugee’s camps are actually women and children. The families then stay behind and wait until the men have made the trip to Europe, applied for asylum and then are able to have the rest of their families follow in a much safer way.

3. Another reason is that a lot of women and children die on their way to Europe. The majority of those who have died in the Mediterranean waves are women and children. Men are usually physically stronger and will live longer in the water than women and children. This theory can be supported by the gender division of the survivors during the disaster in Estonia. A study of 18 catastrophes over the past 300 years was carried out by Swedish researchers Mikael Elinder and Oscar Erixon and shows that captains and their crew (men)are 18.7 per cent more likely to survive a shipwreck than their passengers. The research also showed that Out of 15,000 people who died in 18 sinkings, only 17.8 per cent of woman survived compared with 34.5 per cent of men.

4. Families that travel together in a big group have a harder time with the logistics, simply because it’s hard to look after multiple people. Often the groups get stuck in countries on the way, don’t have enough energy for everyone to continue or decide to stay in the first place where they feel safe. It’s also easier for men travelling by themselves to get past border patrol or military than it would be if a whole family was travelling along

5. Last but not least: No one would send their daughter to do this trip by herself. No one. The risks for a girl travelling by herself on a dangerous route such as from Syria to Europe, are too high. Along the coastline, criminal gangs are reportedly charging Syrian families tens of thousands of dollars to transport them to Greece. According to the UN, women and children are at an extremely high risk of sexual abuse, violence and exploitation on the route from a war zone to a safe zone. Much more so than men. Sending your young daughter instead of son is basically guaranteeing exploitation and abuse. No sane parent would do that

This is not about saving men and leaving women behind, which is what many right-wing politicians and supporters are trying to portray. This is about trying to get everyone to survival without suffering. Images of children and mothers and phrases such as “among the dead were X many children and women” are being portrayed in media on a daily basis and somehow it is as if people have forgotten that men, too, have the right to survive. We can’t dehumanize men just because they’re men. They're also human. They’re also terrified of death.

People need to stop letting racist and xenophobic social media try to control the narrative. The world needs to realize that everyone is equal and everyone deserves dignity, a right to life and humane treatment. No one should be left behind; and, trust me when I say this, I’m quite sure that most Syrian fathers and brothers agree with me on this. The hardest walk to take is the one you have to take alone.

Written by Anna Strindberg

Anna is a Global Policy and Advocacy Intern at Global Citizen. She is originally from Sweden, the motherland of meatballs and IKEA, and has been an advocate for women’s right and race- and gender equality in countries reaching from New Zealand to Jamaica. She enjoys political debates, dance hall and spending her lunch money on everything but lunch.

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/five-explanations-to-why-the-majority-of-refugees/

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Refugees

The complex costs of integrating refugees in Germany

A German organization representing local municipal governments sounded the alarm this week, saying Berlin will need to feed more money down the chain. So what's the government planning to spend, and what's the shortfall?

Refugees: Germany faces stiff bill

Housing, food, supplies, a personal monetary allowance, policing, education, childcare - there's a long list of potential costs when a country takes in refugees or asylum seekers. To complicate matters further, these costs will vary from person to person, and place to place. Cities such as Munich or Stuttgart, two of the German property ladder's priciest rungs, might have particular problems finding affordable accommodation. In former East Germany or northwestern cities struggling to overcome the decline of heavy industries such as mining, integrating migrants into the labor market or schools might pose the greatest problem.

Munich's real estate market, for instance, is notorious - this house-hunting couple is offering a 1,000-euro reward to anyone who can put them on the trail of a suitable rented home within budget

Despite these potential discrepancies, the federal government has agreed on a new, unified approach to the funding issue starting in 2016. It was a key part of the package of asylum laws passed on a fast track this month . Starting in January, the national government will award each of Germany's states a fixed sum of money - 670 euros (currently $740) - per asylum seeker, per month. It will then be up to the states and to their municipalities to divvy up this money to cover their specific costs.

"The risk here is self-evident," warns a new report from the Deutscher Städtetag (Organization of German Cities), which represents municipal governments in Germany's highly decentralized system. "The agreement completely neglects to obligate German state governments to pass these means on to the municipalities."

Who pays what, where?

Stephan Articus, managing director of the Deutscher Städtetag, suggests a "transparent, unified and national process" to solve this, in which states simply pass the entire premium they receive straight on to the municipality or city where the person is living. "For, up to now, different states' financial contributions towards the costs for municipalities have differed vastly."

In principle, German states are legally responsible for the reception, accommodation and provision of benefits to cover the vital needs of asylum seekers. In practice - with exceptions such as Bavaria and the city-states of Berlin, Bremen and Hamburg - most states pass this responsibility on and then reimburse local governments for the costs incurred. As a 2014 federal government report from the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) put it: "It is, however, virtually impossible to compare these [state figures] with one another because of different accounting periods and different variable shares." Most states, the report continued, were aiming to shoulder between 70 and 85 percent of the municipalities' costs at the time.

Articus' second-in charge at the Deutscher Städtetag, Helmut Dedy, wrote an editorial to accompany Thursday's report, playing on Angela Merkel's now-notorious "wir schaffen das" ("we can do this") refugee motto. Entitled "We can do this, if…," Dedy's thesis points out that Germany is essentially in stage one of three when it comes to refugees: reception. Stages two and three, "beginning with the approval of the refugees' asylum applications," will pose challenges on the local level more than for states, he posits. After identifying integration in the community, which "also requires financial resources," as stage two, Dedy comes to the third step: "Refugees - just like other residents - need a flat, and access to the city's schools and childcare facilities."

Has Berlin earmarked enough?

What's more, the Deutscher Städtetag estimates that the 670 euros is only likely to cover around two-thirds of the actual costs. The group suggests 1,000 euros per person, per month, as a more realistic level.

Like many governments, Germany's has been unwilling to offer predicted figures, waiting instead for the data to come in - but that's a problem for planners

One reason why per-person figures are favored over lump sums - even in the legislation - is the current uncertainty as to how many people will arrive in Germany in the coming months and years. The report offered two scenarios, one based on 500,000 new arrivals in 2016 and the other on 1.2 million. This put the total estimated costs for states and municipalities at between 7 billion and 16 billion euros - and, perhaps more importantly, it put the shortfall after implementing Berlin's new laws at between 3.5 and 5 billion euros.

However, the report did not call for responsibility to be taken out of towns and cities' hands - arguing that only they had the flexibility to find solutions tailored to the lay of the land.

"In economically weak regions, major programs will be needed to integrate refugees into the labor market. In regions with low unemployment, but an expensive real estate market to go with that, massive investment towards social housing will be necessary," Dedy said.

http://www.dw.com/en/the-complex-costs-of-integrating-refugees-in-germany/a-18818095

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The US & Europe Will Collapse Regardless Of Economic "Contagion"

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/26/2015 22:25 -0400

In order to understand what is really going on around the globe in terms of the collapsing economy, we must set aside false mainstream versions of reality. When it comes to the EU and its current fiscal turmoil, it is very important to, in some respects, ignore Greece entirely. That’s right; forget about all the supposed drama surrounding Greek debt obligations. Will they find a way to pay creditors? Will they default? Will they make a deal with Russia and the BRICS? Will there be last-minute concessions to save the system? It doesn’t matter. It’s all a soap opera, an elaborate Kabuki theater run by international financiers and globalists.

It is most important to remember the fundamentals. Greece will default on its debts. Period. There is no way around it. Maybe Greece makes a deal today, maybe it makes a deal tomorrow; but eventually, the country’s ability to stretch out its resources in order to meet its exponential liabilities will end. It is inevitable, and no last-minute “deal” is going to change the math at the core of it all.

Why are so many economists so worried about a little country like Greece? It's all due to a great lie: a dishonest narrative being perpetuated by the establishment that if Greece falls, defaults or leaves the EU, this could trigger a domino effect of other nations hitting a debt wall and following suit. The lie embedded in this narrative is the claim that Greece will cause a “contagion” through the act of default. Let's be clear - there is no contagion. Multiple countries within the EU have developed their own debt problems in spite of Greece over the past couple of decades, not because of Greece. Each of these countries, from Italy, to Spain, to Portugal, etc. has its OWN sovereign debt disasters to deal with caused by its own fiscal irresponsibility. The only legitimate reason for a so-called contagion is the fact that these countries have been forced into socialist interdependency through the EU structure.

Never forget this: The EU is in trouble not because of Greece, but because of forced supranational interdependency. The EU by all rights should not exist, nor should any centralized supranational single currency system.

I would also point out that globalist institutions like the International Monetary Fund are highly motivated to initiate disaster in the EU, despite some people’s assumptions that the EU is some kind of representative model of globalization. It’s not. If this were the case, then the IMF would not be stiffing Greece on debt aid while continuing to help Ukraine despite Ukraine’s similar inability to pay.

Why would the globalists want a partial breakup of the EU? What would they gain from such an event? That’s easy; they gain crisis, chaos and an opportunity to present a false dialectic.

Europe is not at all representative of what globalists really want in terms of economic and political structure, no matter what many people assume. It is a, rather, a kind of facsimile; a half measure. When Europe hits the bottom of the financial abyss and the bewildered public begins asking what the hell happened, the elites will be there with an immediate explanation. They will claim that it was not the EU’s interdependency that was the problem. Instead, they will assert that the EU was actually not centralized ENOUGH. They will claim that in order for a supranational economy and currency to work, we must also have supranational governance. In other words, the system failed because it needs to be stabilized by global government.

The Fabian socialists will argue that it was the barbaric and outdated institution of national sovereignty that caused the full-spectrum crisis. They will completely gloss over the negative effects of an interdependent economic system and the fact that a lack of redundancy leaves cultures simpering and impotent. We’re all one big human village after all, so we should accept the idea that we all succeed or fail together. Free markets and individual innovation apparently have nothing to do with a thriving economic structure. What we really need is a hive mind amalgamation that turns us all into easily replaceable parts in a massive rumbling lawnmower that chews up our heritage, history and principles for the sake of some arbitrary greater good and the promise of alchemical floating cities in the sky where no one has to work anymore.

The fall of the EU is a means to an end for globalists. There is almost no nation or institution they will not sacrifice if that sacrifice can be exploited to further their goal of total global political and economic dominance. They don’t just want a completely centralized system; they want all of us to BEG them to put that system in place. They want the masses to think it was all our idea. This is the most pervasive and effective form of slavery, when the slaves are manipulated into demanding their own enslavement. When the slaves are fooled into believing their enslavement is something to be proud of — a badge of honor in service of the collective, if you will.

The fall of the U.S. will be no different in this regard. We do not necessarily have a supranational structure like the EU. So our narrative for collapse will be slightly different, and the engineered lesson we are meant to learn will be carefully crafted.

You see, Americans are meant to play the role of the spoiled imperialists who are finally getting what we deserve, an economic punch in our tender parts. We are the new Rome, bread and circuses and all. And when the U.S. comes crashing down like Europe, the Fabians will be there yet again to admonish the greed inherent in national sovereignty and the destructive aspirations of power that must be squelched by a more evenhanded global political system. I don’t really know how many people out there realize this, but we are meant to play the bad guys in the global theater being put on by the elites. Americans are the villains, the rest of the world plays the role of innocent victim, and globalist centers like the IMF and the BIS are meant to play the heroes, coming to the rescue of humanity when all appears lost.

Our debt generation by far outmatches that of the whole of EU nations combined, a fact I outlined in Part 3 of my series One Last Look At The Real Economy Before It Implodes. Unlike Greece, though, the U.S. has the direct option to print fiat at will in order to prolong punishment for our massive debt spending. However, as we have seen with recent market reactions to the very notion of an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve in September, such an event will trigger extensive outflows from stock markets and herald the end of the “new normal.” Again, why would the banksters do this? Why not keep interest rates at a constant near zero? It is not as if there is any public pressure to raise rates; in fact, it's quite the opposite. Why is the Fed ignoring the hundreds of signals showing that the U.S. is in a recession and pushing ahead with discussion of interest rate hikes despite what one might logically conclude would be in the Fed's best interest?

The Fed knows that the only things propping up American markets are free money and blind faith by the public that banks and government will act to stop any pain or economic suffering, should such a potential for crisis arise. When the free money is gone and that faith disappears, then we will have an epic catastrophe on our hands. The globalists within the Fed know this, and they want this - at least , they want a controlled version of this. The elites NEED the fall of the current U.S. system exactly because this will make way for the rise of what they often term the “great economic reset.” This reset is the next stage in the plan for total global economic centralization.

This is not about contagion. There is no such thing. It is an excuse, a scapegoat designed to distract from the real problem. This is about a concerted effort over the past several decades by internationalists to maneuver Western cultures into a position of vulnerability. When people are weak and frightened, they become malleable. Social changes you would have never thought possible today become very possible tomorrow in the midst of a crisis. I believe we are now seeing the onset of the next great crisis, and the fundamentals of economy support my view. When the entire European system hangs by the thread of Greek debt and the entire U.S. system hangs by the thread of near zero interest rates and blind market faith, something is about to shatter. There is no going back from such a condition. There is only the path forward, and the path forward is not pleasant or comfortable and it cannot be ignored.

We cannot forget that crisis is in itself a distraction as well. Whatever pain we do feel tomorrow, or the next day, or the next decade, remember who it was that caused it all: the international banks and their globalist political counterparts. No matter what happens, never be willing to accept a centralized system. No matter how reasonable or rational it might sound amid the terror of fiscal uncertainty, never give the beast what it wants. Refuse to conform to the dialectic. This is the only chance we have left to get back to true prosperity. Once we cross the line into the realm of worldwide institutionalized interdependency, we will never know prosperity or freedom again.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-06-26/us-europe-will-collapse-regardless-economic-contagion

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“The New Face Of EU Immigration Is Young, Fit And Overwhelmingly Male,”

by Simon Kent, Breitbart, September 6, 2015:

BUDAPEST,Hungary (Sep. 6) – Meet the self-styled ‘Aleppo Boys’. Pictured above, they are the collective face of mass immigration entering Europe from the Middle East. Their story is indicative of so many you can hear right now at Budapest Keleti railway station.

They are young. They are fit. They clearly know what they want. They have no intention of staying and fighting in Syria. Instead they have travelled overland through Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia and into Hungary. They say their last stop is Germany.

None of them wants to stay in Hungary or any of they countries they have transited. As one they see Germany as a future because Chancellor Angela Merkel told them so. Besides, Hungary police want to fingerprint them, check any travel documents and stop their progress as specified by EU regulations.

The Aleppo Boys want none of it. They understand why some of their compatriots broke out of a refugee camp on Friday night and decided to try and walk to Germany.

“No good here in Hungary. No good,” said their leader Muhammad. “They try and lock us up. But we want Germany, there it is good. We have to worry about nothing there. They give us food and house and job.

“Hungary just want to watch us all the time.”

Which is not to say they aren’t grateful. As one they seem tremendously happy and unfailingly polite. They are also in the majority amongst the thousands who arrive each day on their way north.

Yes, there are families in the throng at Keleti. Plenty with young children. But if you stand and take a rough count it is hard not to come to the conclusion that young men are in the overwhelming majority. They have been dressed by charity and have cash for tickets. They want to charge their iPhones, eat more pizza and board their trains.

The families sit in tight groups or they sleep underneath the station concourse waiting for their chance to leave. Local Budapest volunteers have delivered food and clothing, showing goodwill which the travellers are only too willing to accept.

Moving around the station the sheer scale of the tide of humanity now crossing Europe is apparent. I spoke to two young men from Bangladesh. There were Pakistanis and Sudanese. I even met a family from Nepal. Syrians are the highest number followed by Iraqis and some Jordanians and they all seem amply versed in the ways and means of securing a passage to Germany.

Social media is the one connecting link. Everyone either has an iPhone or knows someone else who does. They use them to talk to family members on the other side of the world or network with each other sharing information. It also helps them to know what lies ahead.

According to local police, up to 10,000 immigrants crossed the Austrian/Hungarian border over a 24- to 48-hour period after Budapest station was closed to all travellers on Friday afternoon due to the surge in numbers.

Around 1,500 spent Saturday night in Nickelsdorf waiting to be processed, half in the open air, the Austrian Red Cross said. Those left in Budapest heard the news and waited knowing that when trains resumed they would be ready to board them.

For the young men travelling on their own, there is safety in numbers but a deep suspicion of anyone who is not another fellow immigrant. Most do not want their photograph taken but if they agree, it is under the strict understanding their family name will not be included.

Like Ahmed (pictured right). He refused to let me have his family name. Ahmed, 21, just wants wants to get to Norway and settle in Oslo. He has also made the overland trip from Damascus in Syria, a journey he said cost around US$5,000. He was waiting to board a train to Vienna and when he arrives in Oslo he feels he will be safe.

He told me: “I want new life. I want to go to university. Make money. I want to work in a bank, be a banker. Bring my family.”

I asked why he didn’t stay and fight. His answer revealed he thinks there is nothing left to fight for.

“Oh no, no. There is no future there. I see babies and…” He makes a cutting motion across his neck. “I see families killed. Women die. All people killed who not want to work with terrorists… no future. Europe is the new hope for all of us.”

As Breitbart News has already reported from Budapest, nobody knows how many more are to follow across the Mediterranean, although it could be ‘uncountable millions.’

This is the future that awaits Europe today.

http://pamelageller.com/2015/09/refugees-in-europe-young-fit-and-overwhelmingly-male.html/

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Syrian wives and mothers left behind condemn men who have fled the country, and ask: ‘Who will free us? Who will protect us?’ It is wrong to leave your country’

Women living in refugee camps in Syria asked about men fleeing to Europe

They accuse men of abandoning their country in times of crisis

Another say it is forbidden under Islam to leave your home nation

By Sara Malm for MailOnline

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3263593/Syrian-wives-mothers-left-condemn-men-fled-country-ask-free-protect-wrong-leave-country.html

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Benedict Cumberbatch to a UK Government Not Doing Enough For Syrian Refugees: “F**k the Politicians!”

by Teresa Jusino ( ) Friday, October 30th 2015 at 3:04 pm

Benedict Cumberbatch is a vocal campaigner for the Syrian refugee crisis, and during his current run as the lead in Hamlet at the Barbican, he’s been doing a nightly collection for Save the Children, using his celebrity to try help children suffering as they flee their war-torn home. However, after Tuesday night’s performance, Cumberbatch showed that there are some problems that are so big and so deserving of attention that even a typically unflappable British actor has permission to lose his cool.

Cumberbatch gave his usual speech about the crisis in Syria and his plea to the audience to donate to Save the Children in the provided baskets. Then, his speech became more emotional and more political. He passionately criticized the UK government’s plan to accept only 20,000 refugees over the next five years, (which is considered too meager by opposition, considering that there are more than 3 million refugees that have been displaced in Syria) and ended his speech by saying, “Fuck the politicians!”

Cumberbatch has never shied away from using his celebrity to educate the public about important issues as they’re snapping photos and taking video, and this seems to have had the same effect. Audience members have come away emotionally affected and thinking about something they might not have otherwise. According to NBC News, audience member Charlotte Fletcher said:

He stayed at the front and gestured for silence. He burst into this magnificent monologue about Syrian refugees, about how they are all fathers, mothers, daughters and sons, just like us. Then [after discussing the UK’s refugee plan] he just shouted, ‘F*** the politicians!’ It was a wonderful moment. It was very impassioned and from the heart. It was amazing to see an actor just being so impassioned and raw.

It seems that the idea that “British accents making curse words sound less crass” extends to British people themselves! In any case another audience member, Rachel Martin, said:

[The speech was] so moving. The show was fantastic but you left in tears after his speech. It was very eloquent, emotional and beautifully put … He gave a four-letter word to the politicians and said, ‘We’ve got to do something about it.’

Now, hopefully, those people will carry that emotion into actual activism and perhaps petition their government on behalf of the Syrian refugees.

In case you’re wondering, the United States has only agreed to take 10,000 refugees over the next year. If this matters to you, the phone numbers of your congresspeople are easily researched.

Meanwhile, here’s a video of one of Cumberbatch’s speeches. Sadly, this one is expletive-free, but it doesn’t make the message any less urgent:

VIDEO

http://www.themarysue.com/benedict-cumberbatch-fk-the-politicians/

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Canada's Military..... Afghans adore our Canadian troops.... because Canadian troops adore Afghans - the everyday people.... they knew they are respected, treated as equals.... and honoured.... AFGHANISTAN'S FREEDOM RISING.... thank to our troops, Nato and Afghan troops and the people.

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Momma used to say.... be good to them.... it's Jesus in disguise... don't u ever 4get that.... and someday u may walk in his shoes.... u share what u got. period.
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WorldLink: Identity and acceptance

On this week’s show: A DW reporter is attacked by anti-immigration protesters, whilst another colleague is invited for tea and cupcakes with a Syrian refugee and his German housemates. Also, the woman who shamed US Athletics into letting women run marathons and the plight of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar.

http://www.dw.com/en/worldlink-identity-and-acceptance/av-18817949

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BLOGSPOT:

Canada Military News- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier- Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (adored her as our Queen and King George VI- Canada loved them so- 1939 vist raised the bar on Canada's love of this Royal couple that lasted still to this day)- their picture is still on my prayer table with our Pope's- the Queen's fittingly is on my fridge because that's where all the kids like it and her smile

http://nova0000scotia.blogspot.ca/2015/11/canada-military-news-tomb-of-unknown.html

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Well now many of us know how Israel feels 2day..... sigh.... all those poor millions of Syrian Refugee women and children... and these xbox gameboy killers gleefully destroying their own mothers and sisters and brothers....

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ONE BILLION RISING-No More Excuses or Abuses- 64% of the world's population is women- ‪#‎1Brising

Guatemala bans child marriage, big change for rural areas

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Oh Sweet Jesus, Mother Mary and Joseph.... millions of Syrian Refugee women and children sacrificed because of their f**king teen and youth x-box Gameboy killing machines.... who think real butchering is more fun that the destruction on f**king video games.... oh God is weeping and even the devil is turning his back on this evil that has no soul....

Report: Paris Attacker Was Syrian “Refugee” Who Arrived in Greece Last Month

Stade de France suicide bomber identified as would-be asylum seeker by Greek government

http://www.infowars.com/report-paris-attacker-was-syrian-refugee-who-arrived-in-greece-last-month/

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U WILL NOT DETER US.... our hamanity and helping our syrian refugee women and children in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey camps.... eating dirt...no bath, no decent food, schools or dignity.... God spits on u... so do we....

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