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Geert Wilders Makes Half Dutch Muslims Want to Emigrate

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More than half of the people with Turkish and Moroccan backgrounds in the Netherlands say they would consider leaving the country due to the growing popularity of anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders. A third say they would definitely like to emigrate. The figures emerge from a survey by research bureau Motivaction for public service broadcaster NCRV’s current affairs programme Network. The programme... 

Sony PSP Advertisement: White is Coming

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It doesn’t come as much of a surprise after the virulent reaction it was seen on July 2006, Sony’s pulled the plug on their “PSP White is coming” ad campaign in the Netherlands, which depicted, well, you know… a threatening empowered white woman dressed in white, holding a scared black woman dressed in black by her jaw. We’re not gonna call it an admission of guilt... 

Geert Wilders: EU is not Israel's friend

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Basking in the glow of his spectacular election showing in last week’s European Union (EU) vote, Geert Wilders, the head of the Dutch Freedom Party, told The Jerusalem Post in an exclusive interview on Friday that the EU is “one-sided and always against Israel,” adding that “nothing will happen” if Israel “depends on the Europeans” to stop Iran’s genocidal... 

Wilders Hopes for Flemish Independence

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The Dutch opposition leader Geert Wilders, whose Freedom Party PVV remains the biggest in the polls, wants the Dutch government of Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende to help dissolve Belgium so that Flanders, the Dutch-speaking northern half of Belgium, can be reunited with the Netherlands. Wilders refers to a recent survey of East West Global Index which indicates that Belgium ranks 152nd in a list... 

Dollars harder to sell in Europe

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VIDEO REPORT LINK The U.S. dollar’s value is dropping so fast against the euro that small currency outlets in Amsterdam are turning away tourists seeking to sell their dollars for local money while on vacation in the Netherlands. “Our dollar is worth maybe zero over here,” said Mary Kelly, an American tourist from Indianapolis, Indiana, in front of the Anne Frank house. “It’s... 

Amsterdam Incites Children Against Wilders

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The city of Amsterdam has developed teaching material warning children against the politics of Geert Wilders, newspaper De Telegraaf yesterday reported. Wilders calls the campaign “sickening”. The newspaper quoted from a letter that the city council has sent to three hundred primary and secondary schools in Amsterdam. Primary school heads believe that the letter is intended to anticipate... 
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