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The Netherlands may represent the first time that the counterjihad stars have aligned in a single country. Wilders’ popularity is rising and tolerance for Islamic terror is declining. More than three quarters of the Dutch (77 percent) believe that Islam is no enrichment for our country. More than two-thirds – 68 percent – say that there is enough Islam in the Netherlands. It is striking that a majority of voters from all political parties (from PVV to VVD, CDA, D66, PvdA, SP and 50plus) share this view. PvdA is the Netherlands Labour Party. SP is the Socialist Party. ... Maybe...

(Guns Save Life.com) – Yesterday, the McLean County State’s Attorney Ron Dozier released a statement to the media (republished below) saying that he would not prosecute FOID-card holders who are arrested for merely exercising Heller and McDonald affirmed 2nd Amendment rights. As we mentioned in our original news release ahead of the announcement, all sorts of higher ups in Illinois are highly consternated over Dozier and his peer in Edwards County, Mike Valentine’s, refusal to prosecute Illinois laws they see as unconstitutional. Today, the pushback begins. The McLean County Sheriff Mike Emery, who has long claimed to be a supporter...

Billionaire investor George Soros has warned that European leaders have a "three-month window" to save the euro, or risk the destruction of the eurozone and a "lost decade".

Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats have drafted proposals forcing all those over the age of 25 to pay a proportion of their income to cushion Germany against a looming population crisis. The German Chancellor's ruling party is seeking extra sources of cash to pay for soaring pensions and bills for social care costs at a time when Germany's "baby boomer" generation is ageing amid a decline in the birth rate.