Hungary is redoubling its efforts to close its border with Serbia:
After weeks of chaos, Mr. Orban has warned in recent days that “the tolerance period is over†for migrants, most of whom are fleeing the war-torn Middle East and Afghanistan.
He announced the deployment of troops along Hungary’s southern border to enforce a battery of new measures, including prison sentences of up to three years for illegal border entry beginning Sept. 15. Mr. Orban also ousted his defense minister for taking too long to finish the fence, which will run alongside a smaller, existing barrier.
and Germany has announced it’s closing its borders, too:
BERLIN — Facing an unstaunchable flood of migrants and refugees, Germany on Sunday said it was reaching a breaking point and would implement emergency controls on its border with Austria, temporarily suspending train service along the main pipeline for thousands seeking sanctuary in western Europe.
The English are still refusing to accept the streams of migrants trying to enter Britain through Calais.
See also this story from the New York Times from two weeks ago: “Migrant Crisis Tests Core European Value: Open Borders”. Clearly there are values and then there are values.
I think they meant open borders to those already members of the EU.
Steve
“. . . routine passport-free travel between Hungary and Austria is no longer routine.”
I can hear Ellipses now, . . . this would never of happened if the Austro-Hungarian Empire was still around. 😉
I can hear Ellipses now, . . . this would never of happened if the Austro-Hungarian Empire was still around.
Damned straight! Surely there’s some inbred Hapsburg left somewhere we can put on the twin thrones? Why, yes there is! Meet Karl Thomas Robert Maria Franziskus Georg Bahnam Habsburg-Lothringen. He looks a lot like of friend of mine, back when that friend still had hair.
Actually, if I were to see an old empire reestablished, I’d prefer to bring back the Ottomans and give them all the damned Arabs east of Egypt. Let’s here it for Padishah Åžehzade Bayezid Efendi! Of course, he’s old and doesn’t have children (and is possibly American), but what the Hell. Surely there’s some other Osman to take his place… Alan, Wayne, Merrill. Donny, Marie, someone….
Never work ice. The conservative Muslims will just claim he is a Christian American, even after they see his long form birth certificate.
Steve
I watched a lengthy interview w/ “Karl” on BBC last year. He provided a revisionist explanation of the Empire, as an enlightened multicultural model that was superior to the nation-state. He is a big supporter of the “European” project and at one point it struck me that perhaps the Habsburgs seek to make a comeback in some sort of “head of state” role for the EU. The “Comeback Kings.”
They should put the them on non-stop trains to Sweden. We can then determine just how much Sweden is willing to pay for their smugness. It appears that as each country reaches a limit their innate self preservation instinct takes over.
It looks like Donald Trump was just ahead of the curve.
The problem with liberal values are liberals. The first generation liberals understand that the values must be built upon a solid foundation, and that foundation must have a metaphysical and epistemological basis. The second generation begins to stray, and by the fourth or fifth generation you have liberal values hanging in mid-air.
Liberal values are akin to Wile E. Coyote physics. As long as you do not look down, gravity does not apply, or as long as you do not examine the reasoning, rationality does not matter. In both cases, it does.
Liberal values are akin to Wile E. Coyote physics. As long as you do not look down, gravity does not apply, or as long as you do not examine the reasoning, rationality does not matter.
That sums it up well, Tasty.
Liberalism, under the social progressive banner, has taken some big steps backwards from liberal-minded behavior. In fact, they now turn out some of the most facetious memos of intolerance, rationalized through an imposing politically correct filter, that I’ve ever seen! Take the latest University of CA stance on dealing with what they intellectually refer to as “micro aggressive” speech to be avoided while on campus This includes anyone using the terms “melting pot,” or “land of opportunity” in their conversations! What’s next — electric shock zaps for an “inappropriate” eye roll!!