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Safe, happy and free: does Finland have all the answers?
The Guardian ^ | 12Feb18 | John Henley

Posted on 02/12/2018 11:31:14 PM PST by qaz123

Western Europe’s last naturally caused famine ended 150 years ago this winter. In a poor and backward part of the Russian empire called Finland, more than a quarter of a million people – nearly 10% of the population – starved to death.

Last year, on the centenary of its independence, Finland was ranked, by assorted international indices, the most stable, the safest and the best-governed country in the world. It was also the third wealthiest, the third least corrupt, the second most socially progressive and the third most socially just.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: finland; islam; safe
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Saw the headline and immediately went to trusty, Bing and entered ... muslims Finland. 60, 000 in the country.

Results:

https://madworldnews.com/finland-muslim-refugees-condition/

The Finnish government will also inspect the asylum seekers’ homes twice a year. If they feel that their free housing has been misused, the residents will be removed from the premises and their permits will be canceled.

“The new set of measures will tighten our practices and erase possible attractiveness factors,” Prime Minister Juha Sipila told reporters.

http://barenakedislam.com/2015/09/26/finland-sucks-say-muslim-illegal-aliens-we-are-going-back-to-sweden/

And this one HAS to be read. I read it thinking it was phony, but who knows. Either way, it gives a pretty clear indication that the things that critics of islam aren't off.

https://islamqa.info/en/110455

It appears that they aren't turning a blind eye to it.,,,,, http://tundratabloids.com/category/islam-in-finland/

So, of course it's great. Amazing how the countries in Eastern Europe seem to have a handle on the very thing that is destroying the rest of the continent with full support of it's elected leaders.

1 posted on 02/12/2018 11:31:14 PM PST by qaz123
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To: qaz123

60,000 too many.


2 posted on 02/12/2018 11:34:13 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: qaz123

The more socially progressive a country is, the more social progressives around the world will work to cover its faults and silence its domestic critics.


3 posted on 02/12/2018 11:48:31 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: qaz123
the UKGuardian doesn't read their older articles.

LINK

Finland ranks third in global gun ownership behind only America and Yemen; has the highest murder rate in western Europe, double that of the UK; and by far the highest suicide rate in the Nordic countries..

4 posted on 02/12/2018 11:49:44 PM PST by LadyDoc (Liberals only love politically correct poor people)
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To: qaz123; Salamander; Windflier; 50mm; JoeProBono; Darksheare

How the typical Finn spends his free time in the summer...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFCqUROWEKU


5 posted on 02/12/2018 11:55:15 PM PST by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: shibumi
Finland: Land Of A Thousand Death Metal Bands
6 posted on 02/13/2018 12:08:52 AM PST by Salamander (And Ezekiel Smiles Again....)
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To: shibumi

I’ve never had a single thought about Finns, but my respect for them just shot up a hundred-fold.

As I type, I’m sitting in front of two 1,500 watt electric heaters in my garage, which is a balmy 27 degrees.

Us SoCal natives have nothing on those guys. Hell, most of us can’t even throat sing!


7 posted on 02/13/2018 12:12:36 AM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier

Thy this one out...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1422579428&feature=player_embedded&x-yt-cl=85114404&v=_YsWvwl3kFQ

Finnish is a bit difficult to translate even with the help of online dictionaries etc. They have a boat load of idoms and really odd word order (at least to me.)

Given that, the title of this thing means something like -

“With The World Laughing”


8 posted on 02/13/2018 12:22:45 AM PST by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: qaz123

Still the most Lutheran country in the world - 72%.

In 1950 - 95%!

Population is 5.5 million, so the 60,000 Muslims are barely 1%, although I assume they are highly concentrated in one or two areas.


9 posted on 02/13/2018 12:40:00 AM PST by zeestephen
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Small population that mostly lives in cities and is very homogeneous

There are areas of the US that would fit the bill nicely but aren’t considered because they are not a stand alone nation

Plus Finland is hardly a world power. They survive by being a remote location of no interest to anyone


10 posted on 02/13/2018 12:40:20 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Salamander

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtMnFJyXFVw

Some American muscle cars in Finland to go with the death metal.


11 posted on 02/13/2018 12:47:13 AM PST by 21twelve
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To: shibumi

Not my fault.
He’d have had to be wearing a hat that was on fire for it to be my fault.


12 posted on 02/13/2018 1:33:56 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Yup!!


13 posted on 02/13/2018 2:11:12 AM PST by qaz123
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He’d have had to be wearing a hat that was on fire

Are you suggesting that would be unusual?

14 posted on 02/13/2018 2:35:21 AM PST by Tax-chick (Harvey Weinstein was married to a beautiful model.)
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Don’t know why, but mention Finland & I think of pretty Finnish girls running naked from a dip in a cold lake to the coziness of a hot sauna.

Oh yes, and Finns massacring Russians by the thousands during the 1939-40 Soviet invasion. They’ll turn back the muzzie tide if anyone can.


15 posted on 02/13/2018 3:19:58 AM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: shibumi

LOL! Thanks for that! Love the singing! Very different!


16 posted on 02/13/2018 3:46:55 AM PST by sneakers (It's not the democraTIC party! It's the demoCRAT party!)
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To: Nifster

except the Russians because of their port


17 posted on 02/13/2018 3:57:44 AM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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Maybe we DON’T want to advertise how many of Finland’s foibles are obscured by MSM. Instead, we should be writing letters to the Editor’s of local and national publications, asking a very simple question: “Since Finland is the embodiment of the wet dream of Liberal Progressives in America, how can we best facilitate their immediate emigration to what has to be their version of Shangri-la?”
18 posted on 02/13/2018 3:59:18 AM PST by cashless (Obama told us he would side with Muslims if the political winds shifted in an ugly direction.)
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They have great gun laws too!

19 posted on 02/13/2018 4:48:26 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: LadyDoc

Isn’t that just like every other Liberal, especially our own politicians, that say one thing in campaign and stump speeches, IE Schumer & his immigration ideas, and then change tacts to appease a desired voting or support bloc


20 posted on 02/13/2018 5:10:28 AM PST by qaz123
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