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German police call for reinforcements and Melania Trump is trapped inside her hotel as streets of
Reuters, AFP ^ | 7/7/2017 | David Burke for Mailonline and Reuters and AFP

Posted on 07/07/2017 4:24:53 AM PDT by simpson96

(Full article title: German police call for reinforcements and Melania Trump is trapped inside her hotel as streets of Hamburg turned into a warzone with protestors throwing petrol bombs in violent clashes with police)

A police station has been firebombed and cars and buildings set alight in the German city of Hamburg, where world leaders are holding crunch talks today.

Police have called for reinforcements after tens of thousands of protesters descended on Hamburg, causing chaos.

US First Lady Melania Trump is reportedly trapped inside her hotel room and some world leaders were late arriving to the G20 summit because of the protests.

Shocking footage shows smoke billowing from vehicles as the city hosting the G20 summit looked like a warzone.

German police confirmed this morning that the police station had been targeted by 'perpetrators of violence', as thousands of officers flood the streets anticipating violent demonstrations.

It comes after more than 70 people were injured in clashes between riot police and anti-capitalists last night, with a march named 'Welcome to Hell' descending into chaos.

This morning Hamburg police used a water cannon to clear a blockade by protesters ahead of the opening of the summit.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: firstladymelania; flotus; g20; melania
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To: The_Republic_Of_Maine

Most of them are 100% Germans!


101 posted on 07/07/2017 9:00:41 AM PDT by Lukasz
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To: DOC44

Napoleon ended the Jacobin street terror in Paris—I believe in 1795—with artillery loaded with grapeshot. But Angela Merkel does not have the will to protect her own people.


102 posted on 07/07/2017 9:11:12 AM PDT by Ohioan
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To: DoodleDawg
Basically, the Left is now, the Left has been for over two centuries, at war with reality. Until more of us, throughout the West, begin to really grasp how totally true that statement is, our daily lives will continue to be troubled by this idiocy.

All the premises that drive these insane actions are fallacies. Thus the growing phenomena of insane mob behavior is the logical result. Delusion does indeed lead to delusional behavior.

103 posted on 07/07/2017 9:19:25 AM PDT by Ohioan
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To: Russ

They are in Germany to keep an eye on Germans.


104 posted on 07/07/2017 10:08:38 AM PDT by Lukasz
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To: JayGalt

These meetings usually are held in isolated places. There are always protests, but they are separated from the attendees and held under control. Merkel chose Hamburg to show the world that free societies allow protests. I wonder if she is getting more than she bargained for.


105 posted on 07/07/2017 11:03:13 AM PDT by Freee-dame (Best election ever.)
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To: SMARTY

Right-WE were following the rules.

The Republicans and Conservatives DIDN’T travel abroad trashing the “O” adm; we didn’t launch a 24/7 MSM campaign to discredit and defame him (never mind that the MSM wouldn’t ALLOW that); we DIDN’T burn cars, trash communities, take off work to march and demonstrate, etc.; former Republican Presidents DIDN’T openly and routinely interfere with “O” policies and plans.

So-Right! When you follow the rules...Liberals regard THAT as a weakness!
____________________________

The only rules they follow are the rules we should follow. And in these following rules they are counting on conservatives to follow the rules of common decency.

That is one of the ways they achieve and maintain power.

Saul Alinsky’s Rules from Rules for Radicals

Saul Alinsky describes 24 rules in Rules for Radicals. Of those 24 rules, 13 are rules of “power tactics”:

1. “Power is not only what you have but what the enemy
thinks you have.”

2. “Never go outside the experience of your people.”

3. “Wherever possible go outside of the experience of the
enemy.”

4. “Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules.”

5. “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.”

6. “A good tactic is one that your people enjoy.”

7. “A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.”

8. “Keep the pressure on, with different tactics and
actions, and utilize all events of the period for your purpose.”

9. “The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing
itself.”

10. “The major premise for tactics is the development of
operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition.”

11. “If you push a negative hard and deep enough it will
break through into its counterside.”

12. “The price of a successful attack is a constructive
alternative.”

13. “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.”

The remaining 11 rules Alinsky describes are concerned with “the ethics of means and ends”:

1. “One’s concern with the ethics of means and ends varies inversely with one’s personal interest in the issue … Accompanying this rule is the parallel one that one’s concern with the ethics of means and ends varies inversely with one’s distance from the scene of conflict.”

2. “The judgment of the ethics of means is dependent upon the political position of those sitting in judgment.”

3. “In war the end justifies almost any means.”

4. “Judgment must be made in the context of the times in which the action occurred and not from any other chronological vantage point.”

5. “Concern with ethics increases with the number of means available and vice versa.”

6. “The less important the end to be desired, the more one can afford to engage in ethical evaluations of means.”

7. “Generally success or failure is a mighty determinant of ethics.”

8. “The morality of a means depends upon whether the means is being employed at a time of imminent defeat or imminent victory.”

9. “Any effective means is automatically judged by the opposition as being unethical.”

10. “You do what you can with what you have and clothe it with moral garments.”

11. “Goals must be phrased in general terms like ‘Liberty, Equality, Fraternity,’ ‘Of the Common Welfare,’ ‘Pursuit of Happiness,’ or ‘Bread and Peace.’”


106 posted on 07/07/2017 12:11:43 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: DOC44

Don’t even need active duty Marines. There are plenty of us Marines in civilian life to do the job. Heck, we’ll even bring our own ammo.

The oath we swore has no expiration date.


107 posted on 07/07/2017 1:04:00 PM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: simpson96

The nozzles on the water cannons are set too wide. With a narrow nozzle the force is stronger and you can actually sweep the protesters off of the pavement.


108 posted on 07/07/2017 1:49:38 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: SVTCobra03

or some REAL street sweepers....KAPOW... KAPOW


109 posted on 07/07/2017 9:29:59 PM PDT by DOC44 (Have gun will travel.)
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To: DOC44

I find it interesting... This is the G20... If a bunch of the good guys had some G20’s they could calm things down... anybody know what a G20 is... give you 10 guesses.


110 posted on 07/07/2017 9:35:05 PM PDT by DOC44 (Have gun will travel.)
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To: Mouton

My Dad’s second cousin, who lives in Hamburg told us about hiding in the fields with his family. During the war.


111 posted on 07/07/2017 9:45:37 PM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (God did help the Republic, can we keep it.)
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To: Russ
We have a lot of troops in Germany. They should be deployed to protect our citizens.

How about protecting our President?

I'm pretty sure a few words from the CIC would get a detail there in minutes. Some general should already have a plan ready to fire.

112 posted on 07/07/2017 10:04:42 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" month.)
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To: simpson96

This is “Fake News”. Melania was never trapped anywhere.

Thanks for playing.


113 posted on 07/07/2017 10:21:09 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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