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    Brazil far-right candidate Bolsonaro in serious condition after stabbing

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-b...-idUSKCN1LM2YJ
    The leading candidate in Brazil’s presidential election is in serious but stable condition after being stabbed by an assailant at a campaign rally on Thursday, doctors said, pushing an already chaotic campaign into further disarray.

    Far-right firebrand Congressman Jair Bolsonaro, a controversial figure who has enraged many Brazilians for years with divisive comments, but has a devout following among conservative voters, could take two months to fully recover and will spend at least a week in the hospital, said Dr. Luiz Henrique Borsato, who operated on the candidate.

    “His internal wounds were grave and put the patient’s life at risk,” Borsato said, adding that a serious challenge now would be preventing an infection that could be caused by the perforation of Bolsonaro’s intestines.

    The attack on Bolsonaro, 63, is a dramatic twist in what was already Brazil’s most unpredictable election since the country’s return to democracy three decades ago. Corruption investigations have jailed scores of powerful businessmen and politicians in recent years, and alienated infuriated voters.

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    Banana republic politics at its finest. I hope nothing else happens to him.

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    This is like peering into a crystal ball and seeing the future of the United States...

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    Except its not just Banana Republics anymore.
    https://www.france24.com/en/20180907...come-uncertain
    Swedes vote in legislative elections on Sunday expected to see the far-right surge amid a deep rift over the integration of hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers, with the election outcome seen as uncertain.
    Neither Prime Minister Stefan Lofven's left-wing bloc nor the centre-right opposition were seen obtaining a majority.

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/swedish-f...113525268.html
    The far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) on Friday said their leader Jimmie Akesson has received a letter with a death threat as the party is on course to win record support in Sunday's legislative election.
    "We hope that this threat is not real," party spokesman Oskar Cavalli-Bjorkman told AFP, adding they're awaiting the Swedish security and intelligence service Sapo's assessment.
    A copy of the threat letter, with the Islamic State group's flag at the top, was published by Swedish media.
    "We will behead you if you do not withdraw from the election by the end of this week," the letter reads, adding a similar threat against Akesson's four-year-old son.

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    What a lovely bunch, threatening a child over politics. It almost makes you wonder if that’s a compatible ideology with Western values, doesn’t it?

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    When you invite animals to come live with you, it's a little late to complain about the flea's.

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    Oh, that ship sailed, my friend.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kerplode View Post
    This is like peering into a crystal ball and seeing the future of the United States...

    One could argue however we are already there, Congressional baseball game attack, Rand Paul attacked at his home, and this story from last August:

    Anti-Donald Trump campaigner 'shoots Republican neighbour twice in the head'
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    "We have to stop demonizing people and realize the biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the right, and we have to start doing something about them." — CNN's Don Lemon 10/30/18

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