Talk politics.

I've realized this has become rather lengthy, so I'm thinking of occupying you with it on two consecutive days. I beg for your forgiveness if it appears too ranty to your tastes.

So here's the thing. Angela Merkel has been having a problem lately. The Greeks view her more like an Euro-dictator despite all her efforts to not look like one when she's refusing to donate them money. But saying "No" to what you believe to be the preposterous demands of leftist populists throwing threats at you - that's one thing; making a little girl cry on the TV is quite another. Unfortunately for Merkel, the entire Europe did see the video where she was seen explaining to a teary young Palestinian girl how her family could no longer stay in Germany and they'd have to return back to their refugee camp in Lebanon. Frau Merkel's logic seemed unshakable in a very typically German way: you see kiddo, there are just too many people in that camp who want to come to our promised land, and if no lines are drawn in the sand, they'll all certainly do that eventually. But the thing is, even the German logic is helpless in the face of the problem that's befalling Europe as we speak. But first, the video:

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