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07-06-2017 , 03:50 PM

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No thread on the G20 summit yet? Any expections? Thoughts?

Here's a link to the SPIEGEL live newsblog in English. As the SPIEGEL is located in Hamburg it should be pretty solid. It also has a live stream included; the commentary is in German though.

07-06-2017 , 04:18 PM

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water cannon action atm.

07-06-2017 , 06:14 PM

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I don't exactly want violent street protests in the US, but damn is our radical left pathetic compared to Europe.

07-06-2017 , 06:27 PM

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i believe that hamburg was a hotbed of german socialism pre-ww2, looks like it still might be

prolly a bad place to hold the meeting

07-06-2017 , 06:28 PM

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07-06-2017 , 09:32 PM

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I don't exactly want violent street protests in the US, but damn is our radical left pathetic compared to Europe.

inorite

07-06-2017 , 09:33 PM

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I'm about to the point where I want to say **** it, burn everything down and kill everyone you see. Maybe we need a new civil war or something.

07-06-2017 , 10:03 PM

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the only reason poland isnt in the g20 is due to bad accounting.

07-06-2017 , 10:43 PM

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I don't exactly want violent street protests in the US, but damn is our radical left pathetic compared to Europe.

Yaya, they can't even murder Congress good.

07-06-2017 , 10:51 PM

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I like the no knives and no sandals. It makes me think of the no fighting no bare feet sign in Caddyshack.

07-07-2017 , 04:29 AM

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i wish gl to all the protestors.

may they archieve their goals and drown the meaningless words of our so called leaders with the things that really need to be said.

07-07-2017 , 08:22 AM

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police eating some pellets

more intresting: Protestors block nex and melanie trump so they cant leave their hotels :-P

07-07-2017 , 10:14 AM

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Quote:

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i believe that hamburg was a hotbed of german socialism pre-ww2, looks like it still might be

prolly a bad place to hold the meeting

It's been ruled by people from the right wing of the social democrats or by christian democrats for decades. So, the short answer is no.

However it has been a hotbed for anarchist-leftist violence for the 1st of May and such. Both the Hamburg police and the Hamburg anarchists have a reputation of escalating things quickly.

I would say it's a bad place to stage this whole thing.

07-07-2017 , 11:30 AM

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I don't exactly want violent street protests in the US, but damn is our radical left pathetic compared to Europe.

not exactly how to win friends and influence people

07-07-2017 , 12:39 PM

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07-07-2017 , 01:03 PM

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today's live newsblog

07-07-2017 , 01:40 PM

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The police seems to employ some Roman army tactics:

https://media.scribblelive.com/2017/...e6683ec8fd.mp4

Also Putin is late to the concert lol.

07-07-2017 , 01:49 PM

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Right now the live stream shows the concert (Beethoven's 9th) on one side, and the protest one the other. Pretty bizarre.

07-07-2017 , 01:57 PM

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The concert is actually a real treat. Trump looks bored though.

07-07-2017 , 02:24 PM

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I always wonder why they do this in a big city. This basically shuts the city down for a week. Why not have it at camp David or a similar location?

07-07-2017 , 02:58 PM

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Some impressions from the concert stream:

07-07-2017 , 03:06 PM

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The police seems to have largely retreated; the violent protesters feed the fire undisturbed.

edit: the police is now coming back in force.

07-07-2017 , 03:13 PM

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Quote:

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i believe that hamburg was a hotbed of german socialism pre-ww2, looks like it still might be

prolly a bad place to hold the meeting

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They probably wanted to show off the new concert hall. It is a nice concert hall though.

07-07-2017 , 04:00 PM

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Pretty cool pic:

07-07-2017 , 05:47 PM

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