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- German official says that ‘two clowns have won’ in Italy
- McDonald’s in France promises ‘100% French’ French fries
- China moves missiles near coast to target Japan
- No Japanese, Filipinos, Vietnamese or dogs, please
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German official says that ‘two clowns have won’ in Italy
Italian officials are furious and have canceled talks with Germany,after German politician Peer Steinbrueck said of Italy’s recentparliamentary elections: “To a certain extent, I’m appalled that two clownshave won. One professional clown who is also not offended if youcall him one – Grillo – and another who is clearly a clown with atestosterone boost.”
The clown who is not offended would be Beppe Grillo, a former standupcomedian turned renegade politician who did amazingly well, with hisother alleged clown would be former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi,who has long been mired in sex scandals.
Actually, neither Grillo nor Berlusconi won. The problem is thatnobody won, and Italy has no government, and has little hope of havingone soon, perhaps not before another election. What the voters did dois send a strong message to Germany that they don’t want any moreTeutonic austerity forced on them, and the fear around Europe is thatthe euro crisis is returning. Telegraph (London) and Euro News
McDonald’s in France promises ‘100% French’ French fries
Fast Food chain McDonald’s France has promised to serve “100% French”French Fries before the end of the year in all its 1260 restaurants.In 2012, McDonald’s bought 30% of its 200,000 tonnes of potatoes fromoutside France, mostly from Belgium. But now McDonald’s hascontracted with McCain France to contract 100 more potato farmers, whowill supply McDonald’s with all the additional potatoes it needs tomakes its French fries 100% French. Potato Pro
China moves missiles near coast to target Japan
U.S. intelligence agencies have detected that China’s military isshifting its mobile ballistic missiles to the coast near theSenkaku/Diaoyu islands in preparation for war with Japan over theislands. A Hong Kong newspaper, the Oriental Daily News, quotes a military source as saying that the People’s Liberation Army werepreparing to target the Senkaku islands, as well as U.S. militarybases in Okinawa. The report also claims that the multiple-warheadDF-16 missile can defeat the U.S.-made Patriot missile batteriesdeployed at U.S. and Japanese military bases in the region. The fearis that a small-scale military conflict between Japan and China wouldspiral into a major war, since the U.S. military are committed bytreaty to defending Japan. Free Beacon
No Japanese, Filipinos, Vietnamese or dogs, please
The owner of a Beijing restaurant specializing in pigs’ offal dishesfinally took down a sign that said: “This shop does not receive TheJapanese, The Philippines [sic], The Vietnamese and dog.”
China ishaving island disputes with Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam. Theowner is not apologizing, and says, “It was a patriotic action… I just didn’t want toserve Japanese. Am I not allowed to do that?”
He took it down because he was tired of responding to media requests.The picture of the sign went viral on social media sites after aBrooklyn housewife visiting Beijing posted it, drawing hundreds ofcomments. Global Times (Beijing) and Thanh Nien News (Ho Chi Minh City) and Japan Daily News
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