This never happens - crime in our town. OK there's a little burglaring but in the 6 years we've lived here, no killing until yesterday.
It was the barn manager at a local riding club/stable where 35 horses live in stalls. Her body was found yesterday at 6 AM by the barn, her belongings strewn about. It rained all day yesterday so the police had to put up a tent so the evidence wouldn't wash away.
My first thought was "barn drama" but it hasn't been proven to be a murder yet.
I have some acquaintances (the pony party people) who live two houses down from that barn, who use their arena. I wonder if I'll hear details.
I know, murder is so common back home that it's nothing to blog about, but it is the opposite here.
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There is an organization called Pegida that marches weekly against the Islamization of Germany. I wonder who these openly racist people are in of all places, Germany. They say they're not Nazis, but I'm sure there is some overlap.
Good job Cologne - they turned off the lights on the Pegida demonstrators:
I regularly get emails from the US government telling me what cities to avoid at what times, to keep me safe from violence against Americans. It makes me feel good that my government tries to keep Americans overseas safe. The emails explain which violent groups are operating in Europe and elsewhere.
I was asking J about the lights going out at the Cologne cathedral, an he started snickering and told me a funny story. The NPD, an extreme right political party (made up of Nazi members) applied for a permit to speak in some city, and they were granted permission. However, the pastor of a church next door, being anti-NPD, chose to ring his church bells for an entire hour, so the speech could not be heard. In Germany, church bells are part of daily life in every city.
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It's ironic to me that I live in a country - again - that is considered a haven for people seeking refuge from brutality. The US and Germany are the most popular asylum destinations in the world. Most Germans are welcoming them, a million of them this year, but some, like Pegida, feel Germany will lose its national identity, and they set fire to the shelters and flip off Merkel when she visits. What a mess.
J went to London last week and saw some immigrant camps. I haven't seen a trace yet, but I probably will. He says they will be integrated into his schools - by law the refugee children must attend public schools. They will go straight into classes teaching them German, and then placed into the classes they can manage.
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J just called me an immigrant, to which I replied, "I'm not, I'm just hanging out here for a while."
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Ya I been thinking about you when I keep hearing all those refugees trying to get in. They want here too but Im pretty sure I dont want them of course my opinion is just me. Just seems scary.
Had to laugh at your NPD party. We have and NDP party and we hate them, they got voted in our province cause people wanted something different and now they are realizing this is not it (of course I didnt vote for them but lots of city people did and there is way more of them)
Yesterday 150 of the refugees came to our own little village, they're living in a sport hall (I think it's called a gym in English). This is a 5 minute walk from my house so I assume I'll be seeing them soon.
Funny stuff - Europeans do love church bells. We just don't have nice enough churches around here to have those lovely bells. :0)
With the population of Germany forecast to fall by a quarter over the next forty years or so, younger immigrants with skills will have an important role to play. Otherwise who will work and pay taxes to support the elderly?
WHP - that is exactly what J said: ) Germans don't seem to want children anymore.
That's sad about the barn manager... I hope it wasn't murder. That's scary!
I've been away from news reports for almost a week, it's so interesting to get caught up via reports from friends around the world instead of the BBC!!
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