Angela Merkel is TIME's person of the year

[Syt]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35048796?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook

Time Magazine has named German Chancellor Angela Merkel its "Person of the Year".

The move is in recognition of her leadership during Europe's debt, refugee and migrant crises, the magazine said.

Ms Merkel had provided "steadfast moral leadership in a world where it is in short supply", the editor Nancy Gibbs wrote.

[Syt]

Full, LONG article: http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2015-angela-merkel/?xid=homepage

http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2015-angela-merkel/?xid=homepage

"Chancellor of the Free World"

[celedhring]

 

[Tamas]

 

[Gups]

That's fair. She's had a very impressive year.

[Eddie Teach]

Given the apparent opposition, a reasonable choice.

Donald Trump 
Black Lives Matter activists 
Angela Merkel
Caitlyn Jenner 
Travis Kalanick -uber founder
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Vladimir Putin
Hassan Rouhani

I don't know how much control Baghdadi wields over his organization, but my impulse is to give it to him.

[mongers]

That's fair. She's had a very impressive year.

Indeed, even if one or two of her policies come unstuck, there's no arguing she's been the most influential European leader by far. In contrast look at the peripheral figure Cameron has been this year.

[celedhring]

They already relented from giving it to Bin Laden in 2001. I can see why you wouldn't want to give it to ISIS, even though they sadly have a very strong case for the award.

[Syt]

That's fair. She's had a very impressive year.

Indeed, even if one or two of her policies come unstuck, there's no arguing she's been the most influential European leader by far. In contrast look at the peripheral figure Cameron has been this year.

It seems since the Cold War there's been few "big" politicians in Western Europe. I'm thinking of people who had a major impact and influence (for better of worse) like Brandt, Schmidt, Kohl, Thatcher, Giscard D'Estaing, Mitterrand, ...

[Eddie Teach]

They already relented from giving it to Bin Laden in 2001. I can see why you wouldn't want to give it to ISIS, even though they sadly have a very strong case for the award.

They shied away from giving it to Bin Laden, yet they named Hitler, Stalin and me. 

[celedhring]

They already relented from giving it to Bin Laden in 2001. I can see why you wouldn't want to give it to ISIS, even though they sadly have a very strong case for the award.

They shied away from giving it to Bin Laden, yet they named Hitler, Stalin and me. 

Both before WWII and the Cold War. Those were other times, too. They even gave it to Khomeini in 1979, but if they named an "enemy" nowadays, they would probably get shitstormed.

[Liep]

They already relented from giving it to Bin Laden in 2001. I can see why you wouldn't want to give it to ISIS, even though they sadly have a very strong case for the award.

They shied away from giving it to Bin Laden, yet they named Hitler, Stalin and me. 

Both before WWII and the Cold War. Those were other times, too. They even gave it to Khomeini in 1979, but if they named an "enemy" nowadays, they would probably get shitstormed.

Yes, after they gave the title to us we have gained too much control.

[The Brain]

What's her timetable for war?

[mongers]

What's her timetable for war?

Train "Not In Service".

[alfred russel]

Does anyone read Time magazine anymore? Any readers left are probably old, and Merkel is old, so it is probably reassuring to them.