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2025-06-07 Europe

The flames in Paris are not just physical. They are the burning embers of decades of self-delusion.

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-07 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [203 views ] Top

#1 They've murdered 6 million Jews. Then allowed 20 million Muslims in as a replacement. So, how are things working out for you, dear Europeans?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2025-06-07 02:16|| 2025-06-07 02:16|| Front Page Top

#2 In the end, Paris is a mirror – not just for France, but for the whole of Europe – that reflects what happens when we swap vigilance for virtue signaling and borders for blind faith.

Not just for Europe.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-06-07 04:00|| 2025-06-07 04:00|| Front Page Top

#3 There were car-b-ques in the Muslim banlieus 20 years ago. France has long chosen isolation and welfare state over integration. Choices have consequences.

Posted by Vortigern Speaking for Boskone4685 2025-06-07 14:37|| 2025-06-07 14:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Well said, Vortigern Speaking for Boskone4685. Inspired by that, I went exploring.

We have literally a quarter century of articles on the subject in the Rantburg archives — French Moslem yoots have been rioting and burning, and thoughtful native Frenchmen and observers of France have been agonizing about it in exactly the same terms and tones for considerably longer than that. The discussions in the Rantburg archives are erudite, observant, and on occasion a tad pungent — check out the results of a single search here.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-07 17:45|| 2025-06-07 17:45|| Front Page Top

#5 That's quite a resource, tw. A lot of topics have come and gone but this one is a constant.

Posted by Matt 2025-06-07 18:12|| 2025-06-07 18:12|| Front Page Top

#6 Truly. Fred has built us a beautiful thing — I would have more free time if I spent less wandering through its pages, relearning what I’d forgotten.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-07 19:37|| 2025-06-07 19:37|| Front Page Top

#7 President Trump sends National Guard as violent anti-ICE riots erupt in Los Angeles

Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-07 23:34|| 2025-06-07 23:34|| Front Page Top

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