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"...The reasons, he said, were climate change and population growth...."
Really? Climate change means there's less water now?

Because JUST LAST YEAR I saw everyone complaining that Climate Change had caused TOO MUCH water and heavy rainfall/flooding generally, consistently, and broadly across the UK.

"...new Met Office report, based on figures stretching back 100 years to 1910- shows that rainfall has actually gone up by 8 percent. ...The annual State of the UK Climate Report also revealed UK summers have been notably wetter over the last decade from 2008 to 2017, with 20 per cent more rainfall compared to 1961-1990...."

https://www.express.co.uk/news...

Oh, also, since they're focusing on the South and East of England, also last year:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ne... ...also predicted heavier and more frequent rain across southern England.

So which is it? Climate change means the UK is running out of water, OR climate change means the UK is flooding with water. You really can't assert both.

If you leave the EU, you won't even be able to wipe your own asses! Do you want dirty asses?

without the EU telling them how to wipe their asses

Haven't you heard? According to the EU, without them, Brits won't even be able to wipe their own asses. Brits will just have to go around with dirty asses all day. Won't someone PLEASE THINK OF THE ASSES!

OK, I researched, holy shit, there are some heavy restrictions on dash cams in certain European countries. I wouldn't have thought that:
https://www.express.co.uk/life...

They are legal in the US with the basic restriction being how much vision it obscures and where it is mounted (I only travel in states where windshield mount is allowed, but mine's on the dash, I wasn't even aware there were such restrictions):
https://dashcamerasreviews.com...

You have shown me the error of my ways, specifically the "forever" part for videos (they will go private). I figure leaving them up long enough to report is fine in the US.

Crazy.

Look up Yellow stone and what NASA wants to do.
That alone is capable of powering 2/3 or more of America.

You have record cold Niagara falls is frozen https://www.accuweather.com/en...

Very first paragraph: "It's that time of year when the Niagara Falls transform into a majestic winter wonderland. - sure sounds like that's unusual. NOT!

Record Snowfalls https://www.miamiherald.com/la...

55 years - for that day. Of course the temperature was actually above average for that day, too. Warmer, with more precipitation - gee, what does that sound like?

Power outages in Europe from the snow https://www.express.co.uk/news...

Funny how the BBC video in that article mentions nothing of what the headline claims. Odd, ehh?

Meanwhile we have record heat in Australia, and a sunny 40F in Anchorage, Alaska.

You have record cold
Niagara falls is frozen
https://www.accuweather.com/en...
Record Snowfalls
https://www.miamiherald.com/la...
Power outages in Europe from the snow
https://www.express.co.uk/news...

And they have the balls to scream about global warming meanwhile at the Davos Summit focused on climate change
You have 1500 private jets flying in
https://nypost.com/2019/01/23/...

Sad thing is the crazy people who actually worry about this don't realize they are the butt of a colossal joke and actually get upset when you try to explain it to them.

Well yes if you want to nitpick, I wasn't literally correct to say "no safety" if you compare the safety of a person installing any random app from inside vs. outside the app store, although that's not something a person will normally do. Similarly in my analogies, of course you'd be in more danger inside the lion cage or strapped to the outside of the submarine. If you assume a person would be stupid enough to go there, which they generally aren't.

Title nitpicking aside, you'd have a good argument if you had the scale of the malware problem in app stores correct. Which you didn't...you were at least a couple of orders of magnitude low:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/...

https://www.express.co.uk/life...

https://bgr.com/2015/09/21/ios... (In which a piece of software used by over half a billion people was infected, among many others).

So yes, there is a helluva lot of water getting through that submarine hull.

I suspect the marketing is being laid on pretty thick here. They're claiming that a 72 Wh battery will run this 17" laptop for up to 19.5 hours, while the 15" MacBook Pro's 83.6 Wh battery is rated for up to 10 hours. I know it's a different CPU, but I have a hard time believing that Intel made a 2x improvement in performance-per-watt without a die shrink, much less enough extra improvement beyond that to make up for the extra power required by a significantly larger screen.

That's because everyone but Apple lies like a dog when it comes to battery life claims.

Seriously. Don't believe me, read for yourself:

(Sorry, I can't find the original Report; just this thorough article about it) :

https://www.express.co.uk/life...

The sun is already doing a great job of dimming itself, thanks much.

The sun is not "dimming itself". This is the sunspot cycle, which involves a "dimming" in total solar irradiance (TSI) of 0.1%, not enough to make a difference in climate... and the sun's been doing this for as long as we've been observing.

The part of the article you linked saying that the "thermosphere (the uppermost layer of air around our planet) is cooling and shrinking" refers to the thermosphere, which is the part of the atmosphere above 100 km altitude-- basically, orbital altitude and above. That has nothing to do with the lower atmosphere, which is where we live.

Try to avoid getting your science news from the Express; they're not scientifically literate. Check real science sites, maybe Scientific American or Science Daily.

The biggest danger so far I see from Global Warming is the people who want to use drastic measures to mess with climate on a global scale.

The sun is already doing a great job of dimming itself, thanks much. Maybe see how long that goes on for and see if anything needs to be done after that.

Re medical problems in Antarctica, you might be interested in this: https://www.express.co.uk/trav.... There was also a Russian doctor who did a self-appendectomy while stationed in Antarctica. And the Australians require their doctors (but nobody else) to have had an appendectomy before going to their Antarctic station, so they won't have to do a self-appendectomy. (Sort of like the town where the barber shaves every man who doesn't shave himself.)

Incidentally, while car drivers kill around 10 pedestrians a year jumping read lights, cyclists do not, which is the key difference.

The issue of pedestrian safety was highlighted earlier this year when cyclist Charlie Alliston, 20, was jailed for 18 months for knocking over and killing a woman as he sped through east London.

His victim Kim Briggs, 44, was crossing the street when she was struck by Allistonâ(TM)s racing bike, which it later emerged had no front brakes.

https://www.express.co.uk/news...

Its a man bits dog story. Its noteworthy exactly because its so rare. But good laws and policies are based upon the common occurrences, not the rare ones. Which is why biting a dog isn't a crime.

Incidentally, while car drivers kill around 10 pedestrians a year jumping read lights, cyclists do not, which is the key difference.

The issue of pedestrian safety was highlighted earlier this year when cyclist Charlie Alliston, 20, was jailed for 18 months for knocking over and killing a woman as he sped through east London.

His victim Kim Briggs, 44, was crossing the street when she was struck by Allistonâ(TM)s racing bike, which it later emerged had no front brakes.

https://www.express.co.uk/news...

• Fortnite (Switch) online free. Sources:
• Gamespot
• Polygon
• Express UK

I'm willing to bet Epic makes more money off skins than they would if they received a portion of the Nintendo Online subscription proceeds.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1018970/Syria-conflict-russia-aircraft-plane-shot-down-Latakia-province-russian

BREAKING: Russian military aircraft 'SHOT DOWN' over Mediterranean during assault in Syria

However, a US official with knowledge of the attack, dismissed Russia’s claims and told CNN the maritime patrol aircraft was actually inadvertently shot down by the Syrian regime.

France exports its CO2 production to the uranium mines.

Just like how the UK exports its CO2 production from wind to the mines for the copper, steel, aluminum, and rare earth metals?

Looks like off shore wind and nuclear are at a tie on greenhouse gas emissions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

The UK already has had problems with too much wind power and has been paying wind farms to sit idle.
https://www.express.co.uk/news...

That's assuming the wind farms weren't producing power anyway, or forced to shutdown because of high winds.
https://stopthesethings.com/20...

HIGH WINDS!?!?!?!? They had to turn off the devices to collect power from the wind because the wind was too powerful.

Do you really believe that the people that do these calculations don't consider the CO2 from the uranium mining? Nuclear and wind produce 1/2 the greenhouse gases of concentrated solar power and 1/4 of that from solar PV. Solar is just a bad idea. Wind is only a good idea if there is some storage to go with it. For that I like hydro, it's not as good as wind and nuclear on GHG emissions but both wind and nuclear need storage and so it would be wise to use the means of storage with the best record on cost and GHG emitted.

From the parent comment: Why did they go out of their way to call this one "free"?

Microsoft has, apparently deliberately, been releasing Windows 10 updates that cause problems.

Apparently, if you pay a monthly fee, in the future Microsoft will remove the problems. Three of the articles:

Microsoft's got a new plan for managing Windows 10 devices for a monthly fee. (July 27, 2018)

Windows 10 Leak Exposes Microsoft's New Monthly Charge. (Aug. 4, 2018) Quote: "Ever since its creation, Microsoft has described Windows 10 as a service. The fear has always been that this meant Microsoft would start charging users a monthly fee to maintain the operating system, and now a new leak has confirmed this is exactly what will happenâ¦"

Windows 10 SHOCK: Is Microsoft about to start CHARGING a monthly fee? Stunning claims made. (Aug. 6, 2018)

Some of the many articles about Windows 10 update problems:

Windows 10 Essential Updates Have Serious Problems (Jan. 10, 2018)

Windows 10 April 2018 Update could break a ton of critical features on your PC (May 3, 2018)

Microsoft Admits July 10 Patches Caused Skype and Exchange Server Problems. (July 18, 2018)

Windows 10 April 2018 Update problems: how to fix them. (Aug. 23, 2018)

This article says that Microsoft should pay users:

Windows 10 update 'fail' -- Microsoft MUST pay out as users still 'plagued with problems' (June 13, 2018) Quote: "Windows 10 users should be compensated after Microsoftâ(TM)s updates have caused havoc with PC owners 'plagued with problems' and some facing huge bills to fix software issues."

Windows 10 is Spyware:

Windows 10 is possibly the worst spyware ever made. "Buried in the service agreement is permission to poke through everything on your PC." (August 4, 2015) Microsoft and Microsoft employees have full access to everything on every computer? I don't know of anyone or any company that should allow that.

2 issues, IMO:

A huge social problem: Conflict of interest. People who do Windows OS support make more money if there are many problems.

Microsoft employees and managers seem to me to lack social ability.

From the parent comment: Why did they go out of their way to call this one "free"?

Microsoft has, apparently deliberately, been releasing Windows 10 updates that cause problems.

Apparently, if you pay a monthly fee, in the future Microsoft will remove the problems. Three of the articles:

Microsoft's got a new plan for managing Windows 10 devices for a monthly fee. (July 27, 2018)

Windows 10 Leak Exposes Microsoft's New Monthly Charge. (Aug. 4, 2018) Quote: "Ever since its creation, Microsoft has described Windows 10 as a service. The fear has always been that this meant Microsoft would start charging users a monthly fee to maintain the operating system, and now a new leak has confirmed this is exactly what will happenâ¦"

Windows 10 SHOCK: Is Microsoft about to start CHARGING a monthly fee? Stunning claims made. (Aug. 6, 2018)

Some of the many articles about Windows 10 update problems:

Windows 10 Essential Updates Have Serious Problems (Jan. 10, 2018)

Windows 10 April 2018 Update could break a ton of critical features on your PC (May 3, 2018)

Microsoft Admits July 10 Patches Caused Skype and Exchange Server Problems. (July 18, 2018)

Windows 10 April 2018 Update problems: how to fix them. (Aug. 23, 2018)

This article says that Microsoft should pay users:

Windows 10 update 'fail' -- Microsoft MUST pay out as users still 'plagued with problems' (June 13, 2018) Quote: "Windows 10 users should be compensated after Microsoftâ(TM)s updates have caused havoc with PC owners 'plagued with problems' and some facing huge bills to fix software issues."

Windows 10 is Spyware:

Windows 10 is possibly the worst spyware ever made. "Buried in the service agreement is permission to poke through everything on your PC." (August 4, 2015) Microsoft and Microsoft employees have full access to everything on every computer? I don't know of anyone or any company that should allow that.

2 issues, IMO:

A huge social problem: Conflict of interest. People who do Windows OS support make more money if there are many problems.

Microsoft employees and managers seem to me to lack social ability.

...founding fathers of a number of allies, such as South Africa.

Who, coincidentally enough, is going through a simultaneous gun confiscation and land grab.

They're WAY ahead of you on this one.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/1001356/alien-spaceship-bermuda-triangle-discovery-channel

Probably because Muslims are more often the victim than the perpetrator. There's a lot of countries in Africa too where xians are performing ethnic cleansing on Muslim populations.

You might want to research. The west practices tolerance, but in areas that are majority Muslim, not so much.

Here, you can find a list of countries that allow the DEATH PENALTY for apostasy and blasphemy. You will never guess the dominant religion for most of them... http://www.pewresearch.org/fac...

Well, "blasphemy" laws can be applied to pretty much anybody that you disagree with. In Pakistan, a Christian woman was pretty much railroaded and sentenced to death, despite the lack of any actual evidence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

One telling quote (from the article):

In December 2010, a month after Noreen's conviction, a Muslim cleric announced a 500,000 Pakistani rupee award (the equivalent of $10,000)[7] to anyone who would kill her. One survey reported that around 10 million Pakistanis had said that they would be willing to personally kill her out of either religious conviction or for the reward.

Also, even if you DON'T actually commit blasphemy, here is a list of 13 countries where begin an Atheist can get you killed. You get three guesses about the dominant religion for 12 of these countries (the 13th country, Nigeria, is evenly divided between Christian and Islam). Yes, being the wrong religion (or lack thereof) is LEGAL grounds for execution. https://www.theatlantic.com/in...

Another page with a similar map: https://www.indy100.com/articl...

But as to who is the VICTIM of persecution, I will leave this article (cliff notes: Christians). The source data appears to be Pew (who is generally regarded as unbiased), but you can analyze the data for skew yourself.

https://www.express.co.uk/news...

Yeah it seems to have plummeted exactly because of enforcement.
https://www.express.co.uk/news...
Look at 2015: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

See: https://www.express.co.uk/news... "SCIENTISTS have concluded a spike in banned chemicals which threatens to cause fresh damage to the ozone layer can be traced to badly recycled air conditioning units and fridges in China."

The only thing this site is good for now is to give Kim Jong-un a diplomatic trump card.

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2143171/north-koreas-nuclear-test-site-has-collapsed-and-may-be-why-kim-jong-un

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/958444/North-Korea-nuclear-missile-nuke-bomb-Punggye-ri-test-site

Yes, that means updating. Keeping your systems patched and updated is the best way to reduce attack surface, regardless of what OS you use

And that's not what people are complaining about. What they are complaining about is that they have to patch for security but they have to accept patches which at the same time expose themselves to less privacy. What they are complaining about is that these updates are causing BSODs and other major bugs.

Keeping old and familiar things is comfortable, but it's also keeping around the broken permissions model that Microsoft has been trying to improve since Windows Vista. Remember how much that broke? It was mostly because Vista had a decent security model, rather than the crap from XP.

While some people refuse to change, that wasn't the major complaint of Vista. The major complaint was that it broke many things that took a while for drivers to be updated. Yes there were major changes to the security model but Vista chirping to ask for every single permission was annoying to many. Also another major complaint was how many brand new systems were sold as "Vista Capable" when they could only use the most crippled version of Vista.

Microsoft doesn't care about the porn you watch or how many hours you spend on My Little Pony forums. They care about whether the worm infections causing havoc in Brazil all started from a website on a common domain, or use binaries with the same hashes.

If MS doesn't care about those things then why are they increasingly gathering more data about what their users do? MS cares about all of that. It's a not a binary thing.

Finally, please stop complaining that your hardware from 1994 doesn't work with the new updates. I'm terribly sorry that your vendor doesn't bother to support driver APIs less than a decade old, but it's time to move on. Those random bluescreens and lockups are usually not Microsoft's fault; it's that the third-party vendor doesn't think stability is enough of a priority to actually test their drivers.

This is kinda a strawman argument isn't it? I think many admins care that Windows updates have been causing BSODs.

That was another big story from a few years back. They blocked investigation of the charges until the last documented parliament member with ties to the sex abuse had died, because MI5 had been using 'protection' for the ring of them to get favorable financing passed through parliament.

http://yournewswire.com/britis...
https://www.express.co.uk/news...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/maga...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
http://listverse.com/2015/09/0...
https://www.pri.org/stories/20...
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/1...

You can read and decide for yourself.

to this one, he'll be able to upgrade to a rat brain after?

Article from Dec 2016: "1.2 MILLION migrants arrived in Germany in two years: just 34,000 or 2.8% have found a job"
These "refugees" aren't coming for jobs. They're coming for welfare and handouts.

...Earthworms can grow in simulated Martian soil...

Unless the medium contains simulated organic material, no; no, they can't (fauna - including earthworms - require more than water, minerals and energy).

You are right - Wieger Wamelink adds pig manure. The experiment slightly raises the chance of life already existing on Mars, and the greater possibility of colony sustainability. The point being that, either way, life is possible there. https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/888415/life-on-mars-nasa-space-red-planet-humans-to-mars-elon-musk-earthworm

Uh, hate to break it to you, but Europe depends utterly on the Americans to keep Putin's panzers out of Paris.

GOOD! Go the fuck home and leave the rest of the world alone for once. FFS.

Statements like that are exactly the kind of shitty, smug European attitude that results in Americans questioning the usefulness of NATO. Not only are you ungrateful, you go in the opposite direction and have a derisive view of the US despite how much you depend on it. Also what you just said has no grounding in reality, at all. You can't even base your hateful attitude on facts.

Only 2.7% of European troops are trained and equipped to a sufficient degree to be deployed in combat.

The Germans have literally had to use broomsticks in place of machine guns and only 8 of their 109 Eurofighters are operational.

All of the military forces of the entire EU combined only have 10% of the capability that the US military possesses. Russia is way closer to the US in military capability than the EU is.

In general, Europe depends on the US for defense and to protect their interests

NATO "allies" flat-out refuse to pay their fair share for their own defense. Mr Schulz said: "Of course, we are a strong and reliable Nato member. However, I'm not of the opinion that Nato member states have agreed to achieve this goal of spending two per cent of their GDP for defence. This would mean a substantial financial burden for Germany."

You mean this one? The one caught by Google Earth satellite imagery?

https://www.express.co.uk/trav...

And things like that are happening, at least in England. For example, the BBC did that openly in their advertising for new hires saying the positions are open only to those “from a black, Asian or non-white ethnic minority background”.

Outrage as BBC World Service internship scheme only open to people who aren't WHITE

The Democrats are like that too. Citation: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...

- Posting AC to preserve my moderation

And things like that are happening, at least in England. For example, the BBC did that openly in their advertising for new hires saying the positions are open only to those “from a black, Asian or non-white ethnic minority background”.

Outrage as BBC World Service internship scheme only open to people who aren't WHITE

Then let's also be honest that netflix doesn't mean their service to be one physical house only.

Please link the ToS that explains where you can share your account with other households / other people not at your billing address. Can't? Okay, then be quiet.

FYI, I bothered to Google it. Here it is from the CEO's mouth:

"The terms of use is sharing within the household and that's our expectation," he added.

Source:
https://www.express.co.uk/life...

EU is just as capable as Turkey at controlling their border so if Turkey tried EU would just close the border to Turkey and then Turkey is fucked.

EU countries all signed up to the ECHR which says

1) They can't just shoot migrants arriving

2) They're not allowed to return them because that would violate the principle of 'non-refoulement'

https://eulawanalysis.blogspot...

Basically, the dogmatic point of departure is simple: the EU principle of non-refoulement is anchored in Article 19(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, which contains a prohibition to remove, expel or extradite any person to a State where there is a serious risk that he or she would be subjected to the death penalty, torture or other inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The Charter should govern the uniform interpretation of the principle of non-refoulement in Union law, both in the Treaties and in secondary legislation (like the Returns Directive and the Qualification Directive). As the prohibition of refoulement is absolute in the ECHR, it should universally be interpreted to be absolute regardless of the legal context of EU law in which it appears. Article 19(2) of the Charter corresponds to Article 3 ECHR, and so must be interpreted the same way (Article 52(3) of the Charter). See the ECtHR ruling in Chahal, and more case law in Kees Wouters, International Legal Standards for the Protection from Refoulement, Intersentia, 2009, p. 307 - 314. The Court of Justice has recognized the absolute nature of the rule in its judgment in Aranyosi (paras 85-87).

https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/eu-...

3) Inside the EU the migrants can claim asylum and even if they are refused they're unlikely to be deported

https://www.express.co.uk/news...

4) The numbers of asylum seekers who are likely to find work is minimal. Of the million plus migrants who arrived in 2016 only 54 found a job

http://www.breitbart.com/londo...

In a survey by the Frankfurter Allgemeiner Zeitung, however, most of the top 30 companies on the German stock exchange (DAX) said they were unable to employ any of the new arrivals. The companies said migrants lacked the necessary qualifications needed to fill any of their roles.

Although the companies surveyed employ four million workers, FAZ reported that between them, they had only hired 54 migrants.

Fifty of these are employed by the German post office, and the vast majority of top German companies hired none at all. Software giant SAP reported having two migrants working for them, and pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck also said they had hired two.

I.e. if Turkey or Libya open the floodgates then there's nothing the EU can do legally to stop large numbers of people being dependent on benefits in the EU indefinitely.

Bubble + North Korea hacking and theft + loss of confidence probably all play a roll

North Korea Hacking War on Bitcoin Exchanges Is Part of “Biggest Global Sting”

The bankruptcy of a bitcoin exchange has been blamed on North Korean hackers, prompting concerns for the cryptocurrency’s future. Around $72 million worth of bitcoins were stolen from the South Korean exchange Youbit in April, before a second more recent cyber heist forced the exchange to shut down on Tuesday. Cryptocurrency exchanges from neighboring South Korea—which account for 15 to 25 percent of world bitcoin trading—appear to be the main target of the hackers, with the country’s largest exchange platform, Bithumb, hacked in July. Other Seoul-based bitcoin exchanges, including Yapizon and Coinis, have also been the target of cyber thieves suspected of being from North Korea this year.

Bitcoin exchange collapses after second cyber attack in a year

Bitcoin fails its test as a haven in times of global turmoil

North Korea bitcoin WARNING: Kim regime hacking cryptocurrency to fund nuclear weapons

It will be interesting to see someone propose funding such a probe, to be ready for launch if (when) another interstellar object is detected. Can they get traction with anyone with money?

If NASA, the ESO and China won't spring for it, maybe some group of billionaires? Musk, Bezos, Gates, Buffet, are you guys in? Maybe if Stephen Hawking asks?

Fortunately this dumb stunt will not affect the French Air Force too much, as over half their aircraft are unfit to fly anyway: https://www.express.co.uk/news...

The other half are being protected from the elements by white flags.

He maybe meant the ECJ.

Great so he voted not knowing which institution was which.

I'm keen that we no longer come under ECJ

So, not keen on a trade deal with out largest export market then?

Nonetheless, we already have a full country. Being unable to prevent further immigration while Germany is wide fucking open to all and sundry would only lead to further pressure on housing, public services, wages, etc.

FFS we have no obligation to take in non EU citizens who have emigrated to Germany.

Stopped? No. https://www.express.co.uk/news...

That article is a pile of doublespeak.

We already have tons of joint defense agreements and that has nothing to do with an EU army. And what part of the "the UK had the veto" do you not understand?

I look forward to the great war of 2032 in which the USA, Britain and Russian ally (again) against European hegemony by the Germans (with France this time).

Great, another delusional Brexiteer. Is there any other sort?

Out of interest, what did you think would happen with the Irish border?

I figured it'd remain open, including free movement of (Irish) people, and customs provided at source and/or destination not at the border.

ECHR is a separte thing and exiting the EU won't take us out of the ECHR.

He maybe meant the ECJ. I'm keen that we no longer come under ECJ but also very keen that we remain within the European Convention on Human Rights as guided by ECHR.

The EU is not, Germany is. And it never happened

Nonetheless, we already have a full country. Being unable to prevent further immigration while Germany is wide fucking open to all and sundry would only lead to further pressure on housing, public services, wages, etc.

Some people proposed it, it went a bit forward then it stopped.

Stopped? No. https://www.express.co.uk/news...

I look forward to the great war of 2032 in which the USA, Britain and Russian ally (again) against European hegemony by the Germans (with France this time).

When was the last robbery in Germany that involved a weapon (knife or a stick ... most certainly not a gun)? It is December 6th now ... definitely not this year.

Here's an armed (yes, with a gun) bank robbery from this year, as a bonus he got into a gunfight with police:
http://www.dw.com/en/german-po...

Here's an armed (yes with a gun) bank robbery from this year, this one took hostages:
https://www.express.co.uk/news...

Here's a group of armed (yes, with submachine guns) people who robbed several million euros from a bank this year:
https://www.thelocal.de/201702...

I think I have proven my point, just because you aren't aware of armed robberies happening in Germany doesn't mean they don't happen. Get over your self-righteous attitude.

Service sector jobs like prostitution are always an option...

Not for long, thanks to Japan.

Maybe you would like to chew on this for a bit.

Swedish police admit race cover up on crime
This cover-up of sex assaults in Sweden is a gift for xenophobes
It’s not only Germany that covers up mass sex attacks by migrant men... Sweden’s record is shameful

Don't you think it is problematic when the government is hiding facts from the public? Including for the purpose of political manipulation and the prevention of the discussion of public policy based on the facts?

Of course some things are more difficult to hide than others.

Sweden gang rape ‘live-streamed on Facebook’

That’s because the San Andreas is horizontal, not vertical.

According to one study, land could plunge three feet after an earthquake.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/...

You missed out that team of Chinese engineers who had worked on a patent to optimize the layout of chip dies to maximize yield on silicon wafers. The patents got transferred away from them:

http://www.express.co.uk/news/...

Just have the delivery people leave your package hidden outside under the doormat

http://www.express.co.uk/trave...

How many people daily drive their Veyrons?

Probably not this guy anymore. or this guy. or this one. or ....

http://www.express.co.uk/news/... Much sadness as the war against humanity continues.