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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (896670)	10/27/2015 1:53:58 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573922

Austrians are said to be nearly as heavily armed as Americans now ... Europeans are arming: The European Powder Keg Donald Sensing shared Michael Yon's photo. 15 hrs · I have been reading Michael Yon's dispatches from various parts of the world for many years. Here are his predictions for the refugee crisis in Europe, which is far more severe than US news reports are saying. This is a very grim report. However, Yon's analysis is incorrect in this sense: It will be worse than he predicts. Much worse. European media have reported that firearms sales to ethnic Europeans are skyrocketing; Austrians are now almost as heavily armed as Americans.... Swedish media have reported that native Swedes, especially women, are increasingly packing heat every time they leave their homes. I would not rule out actual civil war erupting in at least one country in Europe, though I do not hazard to guess which one now. Europe's future is going to be increasingly violent. If you ever thought of visiting the highlight cities of Europe, you'd better go now. Even a year from now might be too late. Michael YonLike Page Yesterday at 10:31am · Edited · The European Powder Keg Some quick thoughts to close the day. My apologies – no time for an edit: === Europe must make drastic changes before it is too late. ... As refugee invaders continue to swarm into Europe, reports of violence continue to pour in from across the continent. I have been communicating with many Europeans from many countries ranging from Norway to Greece. Some I meet in person, others on the phone or email. Yesterday, I spoke with two Finnish people for about two hours. A man and a woman. Both expressed anger and frustration. They said that reports blindly call the invaders Syrians, but that most in their area are Iraqis and Somalis, or from other parts of Africa. The Finns told me that the refugees have a sense of entitlement, are rude and demanding, and the vast majority are young men. They said that many Finns are becoming angry. Many of us who have seen conflicts and wars are greatly concerned. Most of us who know something about the sorts of people flooding in, and their host nations such as Germany, are extremely concerned. Examples: 1) The invaders will not understand local laws and customs, and most will not care. They will do what they can get away with. 2) They will bring fights from home that most locals do not care about or want any part of. For instance Sunni vs. Shia. Arabs vs. Kurds. Arabs and Muslims vs. Jews. These fights will spill onto local streets in places like Sweden, Germany and Italy. 3) They will bring intolerance toward women and others such as homosexuals. 4) They will throw trash on the streets. 5) Some cultures from the source areas are apt to react suddenly and violently to little more than rumors. For instance, many Iraqis are easily provoked to violence. Been there, seen that many times. That is not xenophobia, that is reality. 6) Sense of entitlement that will certainly anger many European cultures, such as Germans. 7) Economically, this is a disaster unwinding. Even without violence – and there will be violence – housing, feeding, and educating possibly millions of invaders will cost as much as a war. 8) Many will not assimilate at all and will create ghettos, as normal. 9) Outsiders will inject money to build mosques, but not to help care for the invaders. 10) Some will use these mosques to create hate centers and to spread the caliphate beyond even their dreams. There will be attacks on Jews and others. 11) As they gain in numbers and citizenship, voting demographics will change and forms of democracy will become less attractive. In small concentrations, the host nations can absorb this and keep moving. At some point a critical mass will be reached, causing at first local extremists to rise up and grow. First locals argue and bicker with each other – such as normal Germans becoming angry with the rapid growth of neo-Nazis that can be flamed by the refugee invasion. So Germans will likely first argue with other Germans. The inevitable sparks will fly, violence from refugees towards Germans (or whomever), or from Germans towards refugees can spark backlash. The security forces such as police cannot control widespread discontent, and suddenly normally peaceful Germans and the peaceful elements of the refugees are enflamed. Provocateurs will pour on the gas as they always do. We saw this endlessly in Iraq. And remember…many of the invaders are Iraqis. Eventually in Iraq the Coalition had to install miles of concrete barriers to separate various groups not from attack us so much, but from attacking each other. Someone would blow up a mosque, as example, and in a thirst for revenge, Iraqis would grab their AKs and knives and in the morning there were heads in the streets. There is some idea that the US caused all this to happen in Iraq, but in reality a study of their history easily reveals that this is just part of the Iraqi backdrop. There were no “good ole’” days in their modern history. The wisdom of US involvement is a separate question, yet more broadly the endless fighting in the Middle East and parts of Africa pre-dates US involvement. They fight. Some fish just do not get along in the same aquarium. This is not xenophobia – coming from someone who has been to more than 70 countries for about 25 years -- this is experience talking. I and many others have been direct witness many times in many countries. I spent more than 10 years in Europe and the Middle East. It is clear that many sorts of cultures are flooding in, and not all are the same. For instance Kurds normally easily get along with westerners, but Arabs and Kurds often fight – even though most Arabs and most Kurds are Muslim. Most of the fighting is Muslim on Muslim, sectarian, ethnic, tribal, power fights, criminality, etc. In many cases it is just blood feud. Iraqi Kurdish Muslims tend to get along great with Israeli-Jews, but many Iraqi Arab Muslims would kill every Israeli and every Jew on earth. Those who are reacting cowardly in the face of this threat often deflect by saying, “But it’s the fault of America!” The reality is that it does not matter who started the fire at this point. And America did not start the many blood feuds. Some were going long before the Pilgrims landed in America. There no end in view to some of the blood feuds that will spill onto European streets. The fire is on. Europe will either fight it or not. Let the historians sort out who started it. (Hint: Religious and cultural.) Time will be the litmus.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (896670)	10/27/2015 2:00:57 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573922

Gee, I say the companies and workers producing the silica to be made into silicon for solar panels are part of the solar panel industry. If not, then the silica sand producing companies and workers aren't part of the drilling industry .... after all, the silica sand producers aren't drilling oil and gas wells and fracing them. They're just producing a product the drillers use, like the silica miners and workers who produce the silica used to make the silicon used in solar panels. You thought you were being clever but you were just being stupid. Again. And no thanks for the MISimformation. Black lung disease isn't silicosis, it's pneumoconiosis. It's caused by breathing coal dust, not silica dust. Hard rock miners can get silicosis though. Especially silica miners. (Footnote, my grandfather hauled silica from mines to a processing plant back in the horse and wagon days. He knew many men who worked in the mines and plant who died from silicosis. ) Miner's Black Lung disease is called silicosis but has nothing to do with silica....it is caused by coal (carbon) dust. There will be no charge for this information....