Archives for the 'Britain' Category
Lt. Windsor
Published on 2 Mar 2008 at 10:22 pm.
4 Comments.
Filed under Afghanistan, Britain.
Wants to go back. VOA:
Last Harrah
Published on 1 Mar 2008 at 9:50 am.
4 Comments.
Filed under Afghanistan, Britain, media, military.
The best part about a combat deployment in Afghanistan? No paparazzi. A chance to be normal. via Boston Herald:
Royal Shame
Published on 29 Feb 2008 at 10:34 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under Afghanistan, Britain, military, moronocy.
As the Poms yank Harry. Donkeys. I’ll let the colonials do the honors. Sydney Morning Herald, Back to Blighty for Prince Harry:
Tally Ho!
Published on 28 Feb 2008 at 11:59 am.
4 Comments.
Filed under Afghanistan, Britain, military.
Lighthorse Harry “exemplary” vs. the Taliban. Frontline combat tour in Helmand. That’s the great news. The crappy news is that, now that its news, the brass are mulling bringing him back. Times:
Banner Day for Gaia
Published on 25 Feb 2008 at 8:31 pm.
4 Comments.
Filed under Britain, warmalism.
Eco-infiltrators scurry across Heathrow’s tarmac, scale a plane, drape a banner for the planet.
It took 90 minutes to arrest them. Al Qaeda, you paying attention?
Fine Print
Published on 25 Feb 2008 at 8:29 pm.
3 Comments.
Filed under Britain, Iran.
Read by Brits, who say Iranian nuke program continued past 2003. They must know something U.S. Intelligence doesn’t. AP:
Lighten Up
Published on 17 Feb 2008 at 9:01 am.
1 Comment.
Filed under Britain, butts.
Brit “License to Smoke” proposal makes a lot of sense, considering that the individual Brit’s health is the property of Her Majesty’s Government, and it’s the business of Her Majesty’s Government what people do with it.
The Austin Powers of the Internet
Published on 15 Feb 2008 at 12:01 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under Britain, blogs.
He’s got your Bedtime Burka. The burka doesn’t quite reach the bum, don’t go there if you don’t want to see it.
He’s got rockets. You know about the United States Navy’s magnificent plan to shoot a bit of tumbling space junk out of the sky, right? Inshallah they won’t screw it up.
He’s got the Bondian submarine [...]
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Church of Hank’s Convenience
Published on 13 Feb 2008 at 8:06 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under Britain, moronocy, religion.
Shamelessly mocked as Iowahawk channels Chaucer vs. the current A of C: Heere Bigynneth the Tale of the Asse-Hatte. Iowahawk needs to quit screwing around and just change his name to Geniushawk.
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Frog Affronted
Published on 12 Feb 2008 at 9:40 am.
2 Comments.
Filed under America, Australia, Britain, France, moronocy.
Support the Dissident Frogman’s campaign for compensation from Her Majesty’s Government for all the centuries of anti-Froggism: Exhibit A in the Frogman’s case. Hey, if they’re doling out $$$ for cultural slams, then as an first-generation Australian-American … small but fiercely proud minorioty … I’ll take mine in beer.
Perv Alert
Published on 4 Feb 2008 at 1:19 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under Britain, pervs.
May want to have a look at the hard drive of the marketing genius who came up with this idea.
Great, Briton
Published on 3 Feb 2008 at 10:24 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under Afghanistan, Britain, Canada, Europe, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, al qaeda.
“We shall abandon them in the mountains! We shall abandon them in the cities! We shall run like frightened children! Out of my way, I’m trying to surrender!”
Blasphemy!
Published on 29 Jan 2008 at 9:53 pm.
7 Comments.
Filed under Britain, moronocy.
Archbishop of Canterbury pushes law vs. “thoughtless and cruel” speech. Times of London:
US, UK = Russia, PRC
Published on 2 Jan 2008 at 8:50 am.
13 Comments.
Filed under BS, Britain, China, GWOT, Russia, USA.
As surveillance-rating group fails to tell the difference. Here’s your world:
Great New Site
Published on 1 Jan 2008 at 8:29 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under Britain, blogs.
Last of the Few. Hang on. Why does this look so familiar?
Unpardonable Pardoned
Published on 3 Dec 2007 at 9:05 am.
11 Comments.
Filed under Britain, Islam.
British blasphemer freed:
Thinning Red Line
Published on 27 Nov 2007 at 7:59 am.
2 Comments.
Filed under Britain, Iraq, military.
The magnificent Michael Yon looks back at the Brits in Iraq, with thoughts on their role there and accounts of heavy combat by units blooded from the Peninsular War to Rorke’s Drift to Basra: Men of Valour I, Men of Valour II.
Yanqui Imperialistas, Wot?
Published on 25 Nov 2007 at 8:40 am.
20 Comments.
Filed under America, Britain, God.
Archbishop of Canterbury thinks we’re worse than the Brits.
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Brit Go Home!
Published on 23 Nov 2007 at 4:37 pm.
5 Comments.
Filed under America, Britain.
“Over-sexed, over-paid, over here.” That was the gripe when Yanks were saving Brit bacon. Well, clearly the sex part of our insidious plan worked. Now Surber reports some Brit who earns U.S. dollars over here is sqawking about our presumed efforts to undermine political institutions over there. Brit historian is not only fast and loose with the presumptions, a little vague on [...]
Sleep Disorder
Published on 26 Oct 2007 at 8:03 am.
8 Comments.
Filed under Britain.
Figures surprising.
Mobile Kill Groups
Published on 13 Oct 2007 at 11:08 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under Britain.
Descendant of Norman invaders charmingly advocates medieval methods versus latest voracious interloper upon green and pleasant land: the American grey squirrel. Hilarious must-read from D.T. Max at NYT:
Office with a View
Published on 10 Oct 2007 at 7:29 am.
2 Comments.
Filed under Britain, blogs, boobs.
Find out why Theo’s such an earthy guy. Everybody’s favorite Norfolk spud stud in the saddle. And where he’d rather be.
(More) News of the Stupid
Published on 22 Sep 2007 at 8:53 am.
7 Comments.
Filed under Britain, moronocy.
Here. Beantown, the launching point for the World Trade Center attacks, emerges as a hotbed of faux terrorism.
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Incredibly Bad Idea
Published on 3 Sep 2007 at 9:41 am.
4 Comments.
Filed under Britain.
British exit Basra. Leaving as Shiite militias are fighting for dominance, and Iran has been stepping up its involvement. Basra was once the showcase of stability. The Brits, facing a growing challenge from the militias, used that as an excuse to leave.
Undersized Brit Army has legitimate issues with being overextended, and is playing a leading role [...]
2 VCs
Published on 2 Sep 2007 at 9:45 pm.
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Filed under Afghanistan, Britain, Iraq.
In the offing in Afghanistan. One earned the customary way … posthumously:
Last month Capt Hicks, 26, refused morphine when mortally wounded in order to lead a counter-attack against a Taliban rocket assault.
In May L/Cpl Ruecker fought off Taliban riflemen to rescue a badly wounded comrade from a burning armoured car. One VC has already been [...]
Domino Effect
Published on 19 Aug 2007 at 12:03 pm.
5 Comments.
Filed under Britain, media.
First it was Der Spiegel. Now, as Protein Wisdom notes, some reality in The Guardian which, in fairness, occasionally has a glimmer. It describes a liberal-who-got-mugged process of awakening. Unfortunately, it wallows its way into domestic crime, challenging liberal assumptions and reactions there, but fails to venture over to troublesome ground in Iraq:
Je Me Souviens Too
Published on 10 Aug 2007 at 3:17 pm.
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Filed under Britain, Canada, France, history.
Montcalm descendant* will show up and play his ancestor’s role in the re-enanctment of the massacre and mutilation of the garrison and camp followers at Fort William Henry in 1757, followed by lengthy captivity for the survivors, at the hands of French troops and Indians. The Baron Georges Savarin de Marestan’s hosts will dress him up in breaches [...]
Virgins for Loser?
Published on 2 Aug 2007 at 10:52 pm.
6 Comments.
Filed under Britain, GWOT.
Suffering over for hapless loser jihadi. Good thing he didn’t manage to do this to anyone else. You know, if anyone has any good hapless loser jihadi suffering vid, get it up on YouTube or mail it off to al-Jazeera. Maybe some other hapless loser jihadis will think twice. But I doubt it.
Britalia
Published on 30 Jul 2007 at 2:45 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under Britain, blogs, italy.
Favorite site of the last five minutes: Tuscan Tony.
Sort of like a sophisticated, erudite, cosmopolitan Theo Spark. Less literal, more theoretical. Not to suggest of course that Theo is anything less than sophisticated, erudite or cosmopolitan.
Get Naked for America
Published on 25 Jul 2007 at 11:07 pm.
3 Comments.
Filed under America, Britain, GWOT, boobs.
It’s a plan. Here’s how it works.* You must do this.** It’s for America.
Belgian Wannabes
Published on 23 Jul 2007 at 12:36 am.
7 Comments.
Filed under Britain, UN.
Memo to AP. If you want to be in the analysis business, study this guy. Bolton re Britain:
Latest Crusader Outrage
Published on 14 Jul 2007 at 11:21 pm.
5 Comments.
Filed under Britain, Iraq, military.
Poms release a plague of giant man-eating badgers on Basra. They’re attacking women. Swift as a deer, size of a dog, head of a monkey. It’s pretty bad.
UPDATE: Moqtada al-Sadr in comments takes credit for giant killer wasps. That’s funny, I thought all the killer WASPs were hated Crusaders.
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Usefulness At End
Published on 12 Jul 2007 at 9:58 am.
2 Comments.
Filed under Britain, GWOT, Iraq.
The Anglican priest who lived and operated in Baghdad, trying to effect reconciliation between factions there, hung around some pretty nasty people, heard stuff, and apparently was passing it on. No more.
Doctor Evil
Published on 5 Jul 2007 at 9:52 am.
7 Comments.
Filed under Britain, GWOT.
So, the big question is, how much does the United States currently know about the Islamo-docs it is letting into the country? How much scrutiny do medical doctors get when they apply for visas? Might be worth looking at any who came here from the UK, for starters. Among other foreign Muslims, professional and otherwise.
45 Muslim docs [...]
Terrorists Win
Published on 3 Jul 2007 at 2:44 pm.
13 Comments.
Filed under Britain, GWOT.
In the wake of three bungled attacks by Islamic extremists last week, Britain has capitulated. Prime Dhimmi Gordon Brown’s new edict: Don’t say terrorists are Muslims. Daily Mail:
Physician Heal Thyself
Published on 3 Jul 2007 at 10:32 am.
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Filed under Britain, GWOT.
Plot hatched in British hospitals. Suspect Islamo-docs must have thought they were taking the “Hypocritic Oath.”
Pay for Play OK
Published on 2 Jul 2007 at 11:40 am.
7 Comments.
Filed under Britain.
The Poms attempt to address that age-old question: Is the world’s oldest profession really more of a folkway, lifestyle or pastime?
South Asian Wrongfulness Update
Published on 2 Jul 2007 at 9:01 am.
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Filed under Britain, GWOT.
Two more arrested in Britain’s Islamo-flambe case. AP doesn’t indicate whether these are more disenfranchised South Asians engaged in international wrongfulness.
Clarification: “Terrorists are criminals.”
But here’s some news. They may not be South Asians after all. Iranian Kurds, linked to Ansar al-Islam? Sounds more Middle Eastern to me. Somebody may owe the disenfranchised South Asians an apology. What’s that [...]
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Jihadi U. Grade Inflation
Published on 1 Jul 2007 at 11:19 am.
9 Comments.
Filed under Britain, GWOT.
The bumbling raises the question of whether we are just lucky in this case. I’d still like to know what the smart ones are up to.
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News of Londonistan
Published on 30 Jun 2007 at 10:37 am.
9 Comments.
Filed under Britain, GWOT.
UPDATE: Flaming Jeep with two flaming, combative Asians in it rams terminal at Glasgow Int’l. BBC. Vid, photos, running updates at LGF.
UPDATE: Two in custody in Glasgow, linked to London bombs, Brown wants Brits to be “united, resolute , strong” and support the cops. Apparently still no word on anything of substance.
Big question: Given the way Gordon Brown has loaded [...]
The Long Blairwell
Published on 27 Jun 2007 at 10:08 am.
43 Comments.
Filed under Britain, middle east, pols.
Our pals across the pond view Tony Blair ambiguously at best but like Brown less. From this side of the Atlantic, Tony Blair was a towering figure who recognized the threat and at a critical moment in history acted, standing unapologetically with us, unwavering in the face of domestic and international opposition. Well, except when he was apologizing for [...]
Hail to the Sheets!
Published on 22 Jun 2007 at 11:49 pm.
4 Comments.
Filed under America, Britain, history, pols.
At Iain Dale’s:
Two young American females overheard on the tube…
Girl 1: Every girl would sleep with the President of the United States, wouldn’t she?
Off To The Races
Published on 21 Jun 2007 at 11:00 am.
7 Comments.
Filed under Britain, GWOT, Islam.
Pak clerics knight Sir Osama bin Laden, “Sword of Allah.”
Evacuation Day*
Published on 20 Jun 2007 at 8:50 am.
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Filed under Britain, pols.
TOL’s Gerard Baker on Gordon Brown: The famously America-loving Brit PM-in-waiting has a delicate game of distancing himself while remaining America’s staunchest ally, particularly with Sarkozy and Merkel angling for the spot.
BBias
Published on 17 Jun 2007 at 7:32 pm.
4 Comments.
Filed under Britain, media.
Beeb holds up the mirror, is shocked at what it finds. Liberal bias. Good thing they didn’t go looking for pro-Jihadi sentiments. That could have got ugly quick. h/t plus commentary at Newsbusters, who doesn’t think U.S. news organizations would do this. Reynolds, encouragingly, “admitting the problem is the first step.”
UPDATE: Forget the debate over one [...]
And The Winner Is …
Published on 14 Jun 2007 at 11:52 am.
6 Comments.
Filed under Britain, blogs.
… thanks to you, the very naughty Theo Spark, Austin Powers of the Blogosphere, “Most Non-Politically Correct.” Oh, behave!
Hey, that half-naked chick has a Star of David on her chest and American flag trousers! Whose embassy do we burn!?!*
* Unclear whether there’s a semi-serious political point or just some gratuitously inflammatory iconclasty here. I was looking into [...]
His Toniness
Published on 12 Jun 2007 at 2:34 am.
1 Comment.
Filed under Britain, blogs.
Look for Tony Blair to show up with the Clintons, predicts Theo Spark. Why not, Bush’s dad can’t seem to get enough of Bill. Only Tony will be doing it for cash, not charity, Spark predicts. Oh yeah, and don’t forget to vote for the Austin Powers of the Blogosphere here.
The Austin Powers of the Blogosphere
Published on 9 Jun 2007 at 11:42 am.
4 Comments.
Filed under Britain, blogs.
… is running neck-and-neck with Devil’s Kitchen for “Most Politically Incorrect.” Study the issues here. Vote here. Then, you can go back and study the issues some more, you perv.
My considered endorsement: There may well be more politically incorrect blogs in this competition, and I invite you to rate and comment on them. Like all good [...]
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A Dhimmi Proposal
Published on 8 Jun 2007 at 2:32 pm.
20 Comments.
Filed under Britain, Islam.
The debate is on, whether “Is London’s Future Islamic” is inspired satire or cloying relativistic multi-cultural surrenderism.
Nose Art Approved
Published on 7 Jun 2007 at 9:59 pm.
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Filed under Britain, Islam, military.
Riyadh Air Force. “Ad Astra Per Allah Akhbar.”
