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Matt Damon is moving his family to Australia — in part because the liberal star’s fed up with President Trump.

The German court system has been brought “to the limits” due to the massive number of asylum cases waiting to be challenged, the Association of German Administrative Law Judges warned Thursday. Robert Seegmüller, the organization’s chair, said the courts have piled up a huge backlog, with 250,000 asylum decisions waiting to be challenged in court. “The situation is dramatic for administrative courts,” Seegmüller told German news outlet Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND), according to The Local. “We are now completely stretched to our limits.” Seegmüller warned that a collapse of the court system is inevitable unless authorities invest more resources and hire...

President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama departs Washington After saying goodbye to President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama boarded Marine One to depart Washington putting an end to his 8 year presidency.

CHICAGO — A well-known revisionist and holocaust denier, wanted in Germany for inciting racial hatred by denying that thousands of Jews were gassed to death at Auschwitz, was deported last night by the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “ICE is focused on protecting America and promoting public safety by ensuring that fugitive aliens are removed from the United States as expeditiously as possible,” said Deborah Achim, field officer director for Chicago’s detention and removal program. “We are restoring integrity to the immigration system by finding and removing individuals ordered deported by federal immigration judges.”...

<p>Administration officials are preparing long-range plans for indefinitely imprisoning suspected terrorists whom they do not want to set free or turn over to courts in the United States or other countries, according to intelligence, defense and diplomatic officials.</p> <p>The Pentagon and the CIA have asked the White House to decide on a more permanent approach for potentially lifetime detentions, including for hundreds of people now in military and CIA custody whom the government does not have enough evidence to charge in courts. The outcome of the review, which also involves the State Department, would also affect those expected to be captured in the course of future counterterrorism operations.</p>

Well Freepers, I am still gloating over the recent Republican pickups in this past election and I feel like partying, so I thought we could get several Freepers together and throw Tom Daschle a going away party. What would be better than a party for the Outgoing Minority Leader(GOD I love that title) of the Seante as he joins several of has fellow Democrats on the unemployment line. Freepers could bring balloons, cakes, cards and share their funniest Tom Daschle Story as we give him a Washington Farwell to long be remembers by those in Washington.

With the USA being the sole super power in modern world some organizations look as servicing its sole interests. They are biased in their estimates, I mean. Take HRW for instance. They initiated a big cry over the alleged tortures of prisoners in Egypt, Syria and some other countries. The timing looks strange. I see it this way. After the leakage into mass media of the reports on monstrous humiliations of the Iraqi war prisoners by the GIs HRW ‘got the order’ to divert attention of the world community. The ‘beacon of democracy’ can’t find itself in this disgrace alone....

WARSAW, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Poland has launched negotiations with Washington on hosting U.S. military bases on its territory, Defence Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski said on Thursday. "We expect the second round of consultations on the issue of bases early this year. It's too early to give any details," Szmajdzinski told the parliament's defence committee. He added Poland was generally in favour of hosting the bases, but the issue of who would cover their operating costs remained open. The United States began a diplomatic offensive last month in a dozen European capitals to discuss a redeployment strategy expected to involve closing...

Oh holy night! The stars are brightly shining It is the night of the dear Savior's birth! Long lay the world in sin and error pining Till he appear'd and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn! Fall on your knees Oh hear the angel voices Oh night divine Oh night when Christ was born Oh night divine Oh night divine Led by the light of Faith serenely beaming With glowing hearts by His cradle we stand So led by light of a star sweetly gleaming...

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