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Stifling competition, secretly livestreaming and hijacking SIMs + this day in history w/the kitchen debate and our song of the day by Stickybuds on your Morning Monarchy for July 24, 2018.

MALTA — (Report) The standoff in June between Malta and Italy over the fate of over 600 migrants on board the Aquarius — a rescue boat operated by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) — made headline news for the wrong reasons.

Nine European countries are set to put the finishing touches on the creation of a new European military organization. The new European military force has enjoyed significant support from Germany and France and is presently looking at becoming a reality. The military organization is to realize the participation of France, Germany, Britain, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Estonia.

Aquarius, the ship carrying 630 migrants that was turned away from Italy, docked in Valencia, Spain and many students were kicked out of their housing to accommodate the migrants. Citizens across Europe have been booted out of their own homes to be replaced by migrants. [...]

Russia has been invaded… by FIFA. And the city is welcoming the invaders with open arms.
The 2018 FIFA World Cup began over the weekend, with soccer (football) matches at the three main Moscow sports stadiums.
The FIFA games have been a tremendous boon for Moscow and will be for many cities across the Russian Federation as the fans sweep across European Russia, following their teams as they play in a total of 64 matches in 12 different venues located in 11 cities.

Spain's new Socialist Workers' Party government announced it wants to remove the border fences in Ceuta and Melilla, the country's territory in Morocco on the coast of North Africa.  This will effectively open the border for mass crossings by illegal African immigrants to enter the welfare states of Western and Northern Europe. [...]

In August 2001, Australia’s dour Prime Minister John Howard demonstrated to the world what his country’s elite soldiers could do. Desperate, close to starvation and having been rescued at sea from the Palapa I in the Indian Ocean, refugees and asylum seekers on the Norwegian vessel, the MV Tampa, were greeted by the “crack” troops of the Special Air Services.

Monkey memes, Greece fires and high levels of vog + this day in history w/Lucky Lindy's ticker tape parade and our song of the day by Stephanie Hatfield on your Morning Monarchy for June 13, 2018.

Spain today offered to take in a rescue ship that is drifting in the Mediterranean Sea with 629 migrants stranded on board after Italy and Malta refused to let it dock.
The Aquarius picked up the migrants from inflatable boats and rafts off the coast of Libya at the weekend, and the United Nations refugee agency said today it was running out of provisions.
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who took office just over a week ago, has given instructions for the boat to be admitted to the eastern port of Valencia, his office said in a statement.

Spain’s new government has stepped up and offered to take in a rescue ship that is drifting in the Mediterranean sea with 629 migrants on board after Italy and Malta refused to let it dock.
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, a socialist who took office just over a week ago, gave instructions for the humanitarian vessel to be admitted to the eastern port of Valencia, his office said in a statement on Monday.