Archives for the 'Britain' Category
Blood For Oil
Published on 30 Aug 2009 at 7:53 am.
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Filed under Britain, Libya, terrorists.
Sounds like the Bush-Blair era is officially over. Times of London: Britain sent back the Lockerbie bomber to curry favor in a Libyan-BP oil deal.
Remember when the United States and Britain used to make murderous, terrorism-supporting dictators tremble? They even made Moammar Ghadafi cry uncle and the Iranians bring their nuke program to a temporary halt [...]
It’s A Small World After All
Published on 29 Jul 2009 at 10:42 am.
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Filed under Britain, Irish, Neanderthals, Obama, ancient mysteries, history, racism.
Here’s something for three Irishmen to marvel at over beers on the White House lawn. Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley may be related, according to ABC, sharing descent from a legendary 4th century Irish warrior. O’Bama, of course, hails from Moneygall.
Anyway, the racism thing didn’t pan out, but if anyone wants to find some [...]
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By George, I think He’s Got It
Published on 5 Jul 2009 at 9:03 am.
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Filed under America, Britain.
“Basil” reports back on his British Fourth of July celebration, after reading yesterday’s Fourth of Old Blighty post:
Ha ha ha ha ha! Laughed so much a bit of wee came out!
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Fourth of Old Blighty
Published on 4 Jul 2009 at 5:01 pm.
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Filed under America, Britain.
Happy Fourth! Just back from taking the kids to get clams and hotdogs at Sullivan’s at Castle Island and watch the USS Constitution’s turnaround. BOOM! Unfortunately, due to budget cuts or something like that, the old girl didn’t make it past Rowe’s Wharf, and no BOOM! So the view was not this good.
A Brit pal … [...]
All War Is Local
Published on 18 Jun 2009 at 9:23 am.
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Filed under Britain, history.
Today marks the day, 194 years ago, the stage was set for our world.
This Day In History
Published on 1 Jun 2009 at 12:01 pm.
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Filed under Britain, ancient mysteries, history, military.
Kent being the center of a spreading revolt against Parliament, sparked by the banning of Christmas celebrations in December 1647, that became known as the Second English Civil War; on the afternoon of June 1, 1648, the New Model Army under Sir Thomas Fairfax fronted up at the bridges over the Medway at Maidstone.
Fairfax, with his force of about [...]
British Savagery
Published on 6 May 2009 at 9:29 am.
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Filed under Britain, free speech.
Brits ban a right-wing yacker. I’ve never listened to five minutes of the guy, don’t have an opinion on him. I don’t get the impression he’s recruiting jihadis. Whatever, their country. It’s not like they actually have free speech over there, though they have made strides in Sharia. Unfortunately, due to our current immigration procedures, when [...]
The Great Michael Caine
Published on 28 Apr 2009 at 11:06 am.
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Filed under Britain, Hollywood, Man Who Would Be King, taxes.
Star of the greatest film ever made (The Man Who Would Be King*) son of a charwoman and a fishmarket porter, Korean War combat vet, self-made man and still one of the hardest working actors in Hollywood, Michael Caine slams Labour’s love of taxes. via Iain Martin at UK Telegraph:
“The Government has taken tax up to 50 per [...]
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It Was About Hope, And Change …
Published on 20 Apr 2009 at 8:21 am.
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Filed under America, Boston, Britain, history, military.
Patriots Day may be the least known American holiday, and the day most deserving of our recognition. Observed by schools and government today in Massachusetts and Maine only. Don’t know it? It marks the day, April 19, 1775, on which Americans took up arms against their king, and bled, at the crack of terrible dawn.
The following collection of first-person [...]
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God Save The Queen!
Published on 2 Apr 2009 at 11:40 am.
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Filed under Britain, Obama.
” … ‘cos tourists are money!” For some reason that fine old Sex Pistols anthem comes to mind, with the news of the new American non-socialists cozying up to QEII, after dissing that commoner Brown and the staunch US ally of a nation of which Liz is titular head.
Times of London: Protocol is abandoned as Michelle [...]
About That Special Relationship
Published on 27 Mar 2009 at 8:48 am.
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Filed under Afghanistan, Britain, Obama.
Brit Army chief says he’s ready to send more to Afghanistan, subject to political approval. Times of London:
The head of the Army is ready to send up to 2,000 extra troops to Afghanistan amid fears that the US-led mission will struggle without significant reinforcements.
General Sir Richard Dannatt told The Times yesterday that elements of 12 Mechanised [...]
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Manners
Published on 11 Mar 2009 at 9:50 am.
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Filed under Britain, Iraq, Islam.
Turns out Obama’s not the only one who’s rude to Brits. UK Telegraph: Muslims shout abuse at returning Tommies.
“Ass-Kissing Carnival” Pelted
Published on 8 Mar 2009 at 9:56 pm.
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Filed under Britain, Egypt, Palestinians, dummkopf!.
This is terrible. A Gaza relief convoy carrying America-bashing, Saddam-loving, Islamic extremism-embracing British MP George Galloway has been pelted with stones by naughty Egyptian children who also took advantage of a blackout to scrawl bad words and anti-Hamas slogans. AFP:
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Manners
Published on 5 Mar 2009 at 8:01 am.
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Filed under Britain, Obama.
Iain Martin at the UK Telegraph to the Charmer in Chief: Get some.
… Obama’s merely warmish words (one of our closest allies, said with little sincerity or passion) left a bitter taste with this Atlanticist. Especially after his team had made Number 10 beg for a mini press conference and then not even offered the PM lunch.
We [...]
Sir Ted
Published on 4 Mar 2009 at 2:43 pm.
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Filed under Britain, moronocy, pols.
Why not? It’s already a dynasty. Complete with dissolute royals. Times of London on the knighting of Sen. Sir Edward M. Kennedy (D for Dynastic-Mass.), with a nice picture of him looking lordly. They should knight Bill and Hill while they’re at it. George should be a duke, though. Duke of Earl. Brits want Ted, they can [...]
Mau-Mau’d
Published on 15 Feb 2009 at 8:46 am.
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Filed under Britain, history.
Winston’s out of the Oval Office, out of the White House entirely, packed off to the British Embassy. UK Telegraph thinks ”We will fight them on the beaches” got Mau-mau’d.
Rule No. 1 Amended
Published on 4 Feb 2009 at 8:46 am.
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Filed under Australia, Britain, booze.
New age tolerance championed at the Royal Mail Hotel in Meekatharra, W.A., via Spark:
Spark are also has fun with Australia’s empty trophy cabinet, while Down Under, that damned colonial Blair cruelly mocks English drivers.
How To Make Jihadis Like Us Better
Published on 3 Feb 2009 at 9:55 pm.
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Filed under Britain, Guantanamo, terrorists.
AP: British terror suspects held under house arrest have been in contact with other jihadis and are plotting attacks. Good thing they aren’t someplace secure and unpleasant, like Guantanamo, or they might get PO’d and really start plotting stuff. Gateway with more on Gitmo graduates and how closing the hated Crusader Gulag will make us safer.
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Selfish Adults
Published on 2 Feb 2009 at 9:20 am.
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Filed under Britain, kids, moms and dads.
Damage childhood, as economic independence of women has led to more two-career families and rising divorce rates, reports the Church of England. via BBC. Bit of a mixed message from a church founded on Henry VIII’s pressing need for a divorce, which more recently has been shilling for Sharia family values and bitterly divided over gay marriage. Never [...]
The War Over England
Published on 10 Jan 2009 at 11:05 am.
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Filed under Britain, history, military.
WSJ reviews Michael Korda’s ”With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain.” Praise for Korda’s “bold and refreshing” new history includes these gems:
George Bush, Liberator
Published on 27 Dec 2008 at 11:16 am.
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Filed under America, Britain, Bush, history.
Considering that it’s published in the UK, the Telegraph is a great American newspaper. Today, hosting Nile Gardiner on the vision and action of the much-reviled George Bush, champion of western values:
Merry Alternative X’Mas!
Published on 24 Dec 2008 at 6:04 pm.
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Filed under Britain, Iran, moronocy.
Brit twits at Channel 4 give Ahmadinejad the alternative Christmas “seasonal goodwill” message. Art via Israel Matzav who notes “these multi-culti dhimmis just won’t get it until a nuclear missile hits them in their rear ends.” News starts with UK Telegraph:
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We Wish You A Merry Christmas …
Published on 23 Dec 2008 at 7:42 pm.
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Filed under Afghanistan, Britain, military.
… And a HE New Year! Royal Marines got into the spirit of giving after their festive caroling was interrupted in Afghanistan last year. Daily Mail:
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Smart Brit
Published on 21 Dec 2008 at 10:39 pm.
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Filed under Afghanistan, Britain, Iraq, military.
On the difference between America and Britain in Iraq, a thing or two Britain could learn from America and from Iraq, posits Britain has “lost its stomach for a fight.” Harsh view falls apart a little at the end, though…
Plaintive Cry From al-Britainiyah
Published on 15 Dec 2008 at 10:30 am.
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Filed under Britain, Europe, Islam.
“Goodbye to My England,” via Theo abu Spark of al-Norfolkiyah, Islamic Union of Europistan.
Personal to “Theo” in comments: It could only be an improvement. There are upsides, by the way. Wish I could invite you over here, to the United States of (for the moment) Free Anglospheria. But as long as there is a Theo, there [...]
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Get Sex
Published on 4 Dec 2008 at 9:45 pm.
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Filed under Britain, sex.
Globe & Mail reports that Brits say sex is up as free entertainment in cash-strapped times.
Just Like Old Times
Published on 13 Nov 2008 at 7:43 am.
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Filed under Britain, middle east.
As the Royal Navy stops taking crap. Times of London on two boatloads of Royal Marines vs. a dhow full of Somali and Yemeni pirates:
Guy Fawkes Day
Published on 5 Nov 2008 at 9:06 pm.
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Filed under Britain, history, religion.
That’s the Guy enroute to his annual torching in Lewes, Sussex, traditional hotbed of anti-Catholicism that’s big on the Nov. 5 observance due to a matter of 17 local Prots having been burned there by Queen Mary. Brits have burned the Guy every year for most the last 400 to celebrate the thwarting of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, when Fawkes and other English [...]
Christians For Atheism
Published on 22 Oct 2008 at 9:10 pm.
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Filed under Britain, Christianity, God.
Apparently we can all just get along. An awww moment as British Christians give money to help float an atheist advertising campaign. They like the idea of even getting people talking about God/No God. UK Telegraph:
Rights Concern Prompts Poesy In Al-Britainiyah
Published on 12 Oct 2008 at 2:18 pm.
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Filed under Britain, GWOT, literary, moronocy.
Outraged Brit scribblers publish poetry, satire, essays vs. Brit anti-terrorism 42-day detention law. Online Advent-style calendar makes a great Christmas gift, nicely complements ”There Once Was a Man from Riyadh …” the collection of limericks decrying car bombs and beheadings that they published back in ‘04 …
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Nelson at 250
Published on 1 Oct 2008 at 11:40 pm.
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Filed under Britain, history.
A nod to Nelson on his 250th, via Blair. Melbourne University’s Daniel Mandel on why Nelson’s great victory, Trafalagar, is relevant today:
Leftover Stuff
Published on 26 Sep 2008 at 10:58 am.
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Filed under Afghanistan, Britain, guns, military.
Michael Yon, getting ready for an unembedded jaunt around Afghanistan, gears up to go native in the market at Jalalabad. You’ll never guess what he found. Neptunus Lex helps him out.
X/Y Chromosomism, Civilizatio-centrism Decried
Published on 24 Sep 2008 at 10:35 am.
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Filed under Britain, English, free speech, linguistics, moronocy.
Brit linguistic do-gooders on PC jihad. New hate speech to include: Old Masters, immigrant, developing nations, black, patient, the elderly and special needs. Seminal and disseminate, as if you needed to be told, are vile sexist terms. Civilized … well, yeah, of course it’s racist, you moron. Uh oh, I’m in trouble already with the [...]
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Loonie Left Fringe Extinct
Published on 21 Sep 2008 at 1:29 pm.
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Filed under America, Australia, Britain, pols.
UK Telegraph reports hopefully, noting that Britain’s surrender enthusiasts are choking on surge success. “Top 100 Left Wingers: Success is More Stable Than Failure.” h/t Tim Blair, who reports the loonie left is alive and well in the Antipodes … hey, can we sentence ours to transportation? The delusional left is alive and well in these 13 other former British [...]
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Two Incompatible Americas
Published on 8 Sep 2008 at 8:45 am.
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Filed under BS, Britain, bigotry, moronocy, pols.
Brit conducts research among the aboriginals, tries to understand their strange ways. Open-minded UK Guardian sophisticate Linda Grant to gap-toothed Yank hillbilly Republicans: What makes you so small-minded, bigoted and stupid?
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Waterloo
Published on 18 Jun 2008 at 3:45 am.
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Filed under Britain, Europe, France, history, military.
The following was produced at the request of Norm Geras and originally ran at his site in November 2006 as a book review, though it was as much an ode to war and an exploration of the experience as anything. Today, on the 193rd anniversary, here’s ”The Battle,” with some art and links added:
Theo-Palooza
Published on 2 Jun 2008 at 10:46 pm.
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Filed under Britain, blogs, boobs, history, pols.
Theo shows his deep understanding of the American political situation:
And other important stuff:
Bring Out Yer Dead Royals
Published on 29 May 2008 at 10:14 pm.
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Filed under Britain, ancient mysteries.
Stonehenge as royal burial ground? Could be. You gotta stick your dead royals somewhere. I prefer to think of the old rockpile as Party Town. I bet they had a big party whenever the king bought the farm.
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It Takes A Hummer Village
Published on 22 May 2008 at 9:52 am.
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Filed under America, Britain, Neanderthals, ancient mysteries, cars, hated Crusaders, oil.
Hummer Village of Norwood is where you go if you want to buy a Hummer in Massachusetts. We sent Mike Underwood there for a story on gas prices and people who don’t give a damn. They offered him a Hummer for a day. No “hummer” jokes please. I already made them all, until Underwood begged [...]
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Bin Laden Concerns
Published on 1 May 2008 at 8:33 pm.
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Filed under Britain, al qaeda.
Peace ambassador/Frank Zappa look-alike Omar bin Laden has been denied British residency, and his tattooed cougar of a wife is irked about it. Gulf Times:
Among the Gun-Toters
Published on 29 Apr 2008 at 9:49 am.
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Filed under America, Britain.
Barcepundit channels Brit shock at the tranquility of bloodthirsty, armed-to-the-teeth American society. Not only are they surprised to find how civil, restrained and sober we are in our public conduct compared to old Blighty. I think I’ve already mentioned that a Brit I know who dwells among us colonials says visiting friends also like the way we jingoistically fly [...]
Masterpiece Theatre
Published on 6 Apr 2008 at 10:25 pm.
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Filed under Britain, cars.
Is supposed to be showing the great classics of Brit TV. So how come we don’t get this? Porsche Boxster and Mercedes SLK55 AMG roadtested vs. Irish Guards. Is there a reason why this hasn’t been ripped off by the Military Channel yet?
Previously:
Toyota 4×4 vs Dogsled to the North Pole
Range Rover vs. Challenger Tank
Great Eurorace
Sharia Traffic Law
Published on 4 Apr 2008 at 10:54 pm.
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Filed under Britain, Islam, cars, moronocy.
The Sex Pistols couldn’t have been more wrong. It’s Sharia in the UK, as a Scottish court accepts the demands of two wives and a restaurant as the reason why Mohammed Anwar needed to put everyone else’s life in danger, by doing 64 in a 30 mph zone. Daily Mail.
Earning Honors the Old Fashioned Way
Published on 1 Apr 2008 at 12:02 pm.
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Filed under Britain, military.
By rolling on a grenade for his friends. Royal Marine Lance Cpl. Matt Croucher saved them and got to live, too. He may now be a candidate for the Victoria Cross. He ought to be.
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Here’s a Tip
Published on 26 Mar 2008 at 12:17 am.
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Filed under Britain, crime, food.
Try better service:
Range Rover vs. Challenger Tank
Published on 24 Mar 2008 at 8:35 am.
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Filed under Britain, cars, tanks.
Stop, click, view now. Laugh riot off-road test loaded with thrills and spills, even more audacious and astonishing than the great EuroRace. Though if that tank commander would pop up on his machine gun, this competition would be over a lot sooner.
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Ix-Nay on the Atriotism-Pay
Published on 23 Mar 2008 at 10:46 am.
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Filed under Britain, moronocy.
Brit Iraq vet’s culturally insensitive “ENGLAND” tattoo nixes his bid to be a cop. SUN:
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Mental Health Issues
Published on 16 Mar 2008 at 10:07 am.
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Filed under Britain, abortion.
Another abortion side affect. Surber joins in as Britain debates the issue.
Sad Commentary
Published on 7 Mar 2008 at 7:31 am.
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Filed under Britain, Germans, military.
Diss this uniform, would you? UPDATED below.
Brits compelled to have a policy debate over whether soldiers and airmen should be encouraged to wear their uniforms in public.
Brits Still Party Like Its 1066
Published on 5 Mar 2008 at 9:51 am.
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Filed under Britain, booze.
As effort to turn them into sophisticated continentals fails. via Boston Herald:
