Archives for the 'Europe' Category
Closure Case Erdogan’s Fault
Published on 24 Apr 2008 at 10:37 am.
1 Comment.
Filed under Europe.
European Parliament: Erdogan only has himself to blame for the closure case against his party, the AKP. The reason, according to the enlightened members of this fake Parliament? “The government put on the brakes on reforms. Article 301 [of the penal code, which criminalizes insulting Turkishness] still stands and no step has been taken in […]
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France’s Commitment to Human Right
Published on 23 Apr 2008 at 3:19 pm.
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Filed under Europe.
When it comes to human rights, I can’t help but get the distinct impression that France cares about them, as long as caring about them doesn’t hurt the country financially. If standing up for human rights is bad for the country’s economy, well, French leaders rather ignore that nasty expression.
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Europe Stinks. Literally.
Published on 21 Apr 2008 at 7:38 am.
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You can’t make this up:
Commuters in London and its neighboring towns and villages in southern England woke up to an unusual smell Friday morning: a stink that led many to wonder if the city’s sewers had overflowed.
Not even the queen was spared, as newspapers reported that Windsor Castle also suffered from the effects of the […]
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A Dutch Patriot’s Day
Published on 19 Apr 2008 at 12:35 pm.
1 Comment.
Filed under military, Europe, Afghanistan.
Lt. Dennis van Uhm, son of the Netherlands’ defense chief, killed in Afghanistan. Thank you, Holland, for unselfishly giving him and his comrades to the world.
Van der Galien at the link addresses the issue of whether it was a targeted hit or not. In response to a couple of issues he raises, no, I don’t believe […]
Geezer Heaven
Published on 15 Apr 2008 at 10:30 pm.
3 Comments.
Filed under Europe, sex.
It’s pretty much in a Danish nursing home. Bloomberg:
Reds, Greens Out
Published on 14 Apr 2008 at 11:52 pm.
3 Comments.
Filed under Europe, italy.
They got no seats in Italy’s parlaiment, and Berlusconi’s back in. Ledeen at the Corner notes that Germany, France and Italy have now fallen to conservatives:
Fitna
Published on 28 Mar 2008 at 9:10 am.
11 Comments.
Filed under Islam, Europe, filthy Crusader pigs.
Poligazette posts the Dutch Islamo-slam vid, at arm’s length. UPDATE: Dutch blogger Michael van der Galien’s Poligazette site shut down. He suspects a fitna fit, but as yet no word on what the problem is. Liveleak, meanwhile, took Fitna down due to threats. So much for the Kumbayaism cited below by Weasel Zippers. Liveleak statement […]
Great EuroRace
Published on 21 Mar 2008 at 8:01 pm.
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Filed under Europe, cars, jets.
Must view at Theo’s. Bugatti Veyron vs. Eurofighter Typhoon.
Toon Up
Published on 19 Mar 2008 at 10:55 pm.
3 Comments.
Filed under al qaeda, Europe.
Bin Laden’s a little behind the Motoon curve, but he does live in a cave in Waziristan. The “intelligent ones” will get tooned if they don’t smarten up. AFP:
More Germans
Published on 24 Feb 2008 at 8:49 pm.
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Filed under Europe, Afghanistan.
Please. Under this proposal, there’ll be up to 120 Eurocops training the Afghans, up from 60:
Putin Wants to Play
Published on 10 Feb 2008 at 9:15 am.
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Filed under Russia, pols, Europe, America.
New Arms Race! Just in time for the 2008 election. Maybe we’ll get a president who knows that game. Telegraph:
Great, Briton
Published on 3 Feb 2008 at 10:24 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under Iraq, Iran, al qaeda, Europe, Britain, Afghanistan, Canada, Pakistan.
“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!”
Gutter Press Gets Action
Published on 31 Jan 2008 at 8:10 am.
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Filed under media, Europe, moronocy, money.
Spanish talk jocks put ghoulish driver’s Herald wire:
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Palm Off
Published on 24 Jan 2008 at 10:50 pm.
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Filed under Europe.
170-year-old Austrian Imperial palm tree to get cut, much like its namesake, Empress Sisi.
Perhaps Your Attitude Will Improve … On The Russian Front!
Published on 18 Jan 2008 at 8:28 am.
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Filed under Russia, Europe, crime, punishment.
A new generation of Germans experiments with a traditional motivator.
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Allies Miffed
Published on 17 Jan 2008 at 8:15 am.
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Filed under Europe, Afghanistan.
When maybe they need to look more closely at what Gates said and consider while they’re at it whether it’s time to pull the plug in Afghanistan, just because war is hard. Washinghton Post:
Vhen in Chermany
Published on 21 Dec 2007 at 7:31 am.
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Filed under Europe.
Do as der Chermans do! Siegheiling McNazi headbutts Yank in Amerikanisches imperialistisches burgerjoint. via Boston Herald.
European Heaven
Published on 5 Dec 2007 at 7:50 am.
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Filed under Europe.
In European Heaven, all the cooks are French, the mechanics are German, the police are all British, the lovers are Italian … and everything is run by the Swiss.
In European Hell … all the cooks are British … the mechanics are French … the police are German … the lovers are Swiss … and everything […]
Tide Ebbing
Published on 29 Nov 2007 at 11:05 pm.
2 Comments.
Filed under al qaeda, Europe.
Osama gives the Euros their marching orders. As usual, the blatherfest is somewhat irony-laden.
A Fine Euro-Giving
Published on 23 Nov 2007 at 8:14 am.
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Filed under Europe, America.
We all put on our best American clothes, kept our best American manners, ate lots of turkey and green bean casserole, and didn’t knock too many things over. Our Euro pals all showed up. The Frogman said grace. There was a fine bottle of Rijksuniversiteit Groningen on the table, a Che with Mickey Mouse ears centerpiece, the weather was […]
Be a Dutch Patriot
Published on 22 Nov 2007 at 8:16 am.
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Filed under Europe.
Smoke. MVDG:
Euro-Giving
Published on 18 Nov 2007 at 10:09 pm.
23 Comments.
Filed under Europe, America.
Deep thot, Vanguard of the Commentariat:
I sort of like the way that one day a year turkey is the symbol of excess capitalist gluttony by red state morons whose forebears oppressed Indians, but the rest of the year it is the low fat diet smart choice at toney deli’s across the nation.
The most American holiday […]
Steyn, MVDG On Us, Them
Published on 18 Nov 2007 at 10:38 am.
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Filed under Europe, America.
UPDATE: Speaking of Europe, latest contribution to western civilization … eco-porn.
MVDG, off whacking cowboy diplomacy for the moment, points his six-shooter at Euro-Irrationality. Steyn, a laugh-riot, as usual. And dead-on, re American traditionalism and Euro-fadism:
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Sisu
Published on 16 Nov 2007 at 12:20 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under Europe, America.
Ha. Sid Blumenthal’s “Unprecendented Decline of U.S. Prestige” is so yesterday.
“Americans Are Bonkers”
Published on 10 Nov 2007 at 10:42 am.
8 Comments.
Filed under Europe, America, UFOs.
This from a guy who lives below sea level, whose nation’s, excuse me, continent’s response to Islamo-terrorism is increasingly appeasement, and who gets his Euro-shorts in a twist every time I lump all Euros in one basket. Hey Clogboy! Find a hill!
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War Crimes Smackdown
Published on 27 Oct 2007 at 10:58 pm.
11 Comments.
Filed under pols, Europe, Guantanamo.
Holocaust survivor Lantos does the honors on some Euroweenies:
“Europe was not as outraged by Auschwitz as by Guantanamo Bay”
Surber will take it from here:
Some Noise on the Western Front
Published on 24 Oct 2007 at 10:57 am.
2 Comments.
Filed under Europe.
France arrests AQ recruiters. Spain arrests cyberJihadis. It’s six of one, half a dozen of the other. Jawa warms up to France, contemplates taking the trip he’s been putting off so as to avoid encountering Frenchmen. Certainly encouraging. But I’ve always said … as long as this Frog draws breath, we have an ally in France.
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Money Changes Everything
Published on 9 Oct 2007 at 10:12 pm.
4 Comments.
Filed under Islam, Europe.
Salman Rushdie arguing for the Dutch government to provide Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch-Somali women’s rights activist, the perpetual, anywhere security from Islamic extremist terrorists she apparently was promised.
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Murdered, Defiled
Published on 18 Sep 2007 at 8:19 am.
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Filed under GWOT, Europe.
Someone vandalized a memorial to Theo van Gogh. Michael van der Galien doesn’t know who, though he has some ideas.
9/11 Revenge Fantasies
Published on 14 Sep 2007 at 8:23 am.
16 Comments.
Filed under GWOT, Europe.
No, not the kind that 9/11 survivors, their families and fellow citizens might have. The kind some Euros and other ostensibly civilized people had when we were attacked.
Jens Blauenfeldt of Danmarks Radio, remembering his 9/11 reaction:
“Hey, it’s the Americans; now they are getting spanked. That serves them right … finally someone is striking back.”
Talk about something […]
Sprechen Sie Deutsches Mit Einer Tauben Welt*
Published on 14 Aug 2007 at 12:56 am.
10 Comments.
Filed under Iraq, military, Europe.
Written by a German in a brutally honest, harsh-lit multi-part article in Der Spiegel. The dirty secret the world doesn’t want to know. America, in heavy sacrifice of blood and treasure, is doing something right in Iraq. Quick version follows below. Scroll past that for thoughts on what this says about the American media’s shameful failure in Iraq:
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When in Milan
Published on 29 Jul 2007 at 8:31 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under Islam, Europe.
These ladies need to get their own plane:
Moeffigy Burned
Published on 27 Jun 2007 at 9:06 am.
4 Comments.
Filed under Islam, Europe.
Danish rage here. That’s different. The usual rage here.
Ix-Nay on the Ar-Way
Published on 22 Jun 2007 at 8:25 am.
7 Comments.
Filed under Europe, history.
Poles demand more EU votes to make up for WWII population losses. Sounds fair. I say take theirs from France.
Hans Brinksmanship
Published on 30 May 2007 at 11:25 pm.
7 Comments.
Filed under Europe, human organs.
I always had this vague sense that … wooden shoes, dikes, bicycles and dollhouses notwithstanding … the Dutch were somehow superior to us. The ones I’ve known sure act like it, and they own all the supermarkets around my neighborhood and God knows what else. Well, turns out they are superior to us:
“Who gets the kidney?”
It’s a sort of […]
Eurochimp = Person
Published on 4 May 2007 at 9:59 pm.
4 Comments.
Filed under Europe.
“In many ways, Hiasl is like any other European. He expects his necessities to be provided inexplicably by unseen powers, gets excited and makes hooting noises for no apparent reason, and is accustomed to living in a small enclosure.”
OK, that’s not what it says.
Assimilate, Please
Published on 22 Apr 2007 at 9:14 am.
2 Comments.
Filed under Europe.
How do you say that in Dutch, anyway? Europe’s pushback starts with a Dutch(-speaking Belgian) finger in the dike. MVDG at Moderate Voice on a Dutch-only at work rule. Because too many languages disrupt the workplace. Just ask the Babylonians.
PC Racists
Published on 17 Apr 2007 at 11:01 am.
20 Comments.
Filed under Europe.
It’s worse than I thought.
What we did to the German people, I mean.
Here’s that Bundeswehr training vid.* The sausage-eater sergeant actually says “drei Afro-Amerikaner.” So the reported comments weren’t sanitized after all, though the quote was truncated for reasons of taste. Spike-top NCO instructs cabbage-gobbling trainee to shout aggressively “Motherfucker!” In English. Which Pvt. Kartoffelmasher shouts obediently and repeatedly like a good […]
Und auch yo Mutti!
Published on 16 Apr 2007 at 1:08 am.
8 Comments.
Filed under Europe.
I haven’t seen the infamous German Army training video, but does the guy really say:
“You are in the Bronx. A black van is stopping in front of you. Three African-Americans are getting out and they are insulting your mother in the worst ways. … Act.”
That would be ”Afrikanische Amerikaners,” but I’m guessing that quote has been through the PC […]
Not Safe for (UN Human Rights Commission) Work
Published on 31 Mar 2007 at 1:01 am.
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Filed under Europe.
Meanspiritedly insensitive cowboy thoughts oppressing others in response to the news that the Schnitzel-Schnauzers take a dim view of our It-Takes-A-Brigade-Combat-Team foreign policy and consider us more dangerous that the mullahs. Here’s what one hopelessly unenlightened Yank wrote back on Spiegel’s comments forum. Warning: contains material that may be offensive to the UN Human Rights Commission.
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Gallic Gall
Published on 19 Mar 2007 at 11:14 pm.
4 Comments.
Filed under Israel, lebanon, Europe.
See, the reason we don’t understand the French is because we are a simple frontier cowboy people who lack their sophistication. Which is why, sitting here eating beans by the chuckwagon with the other cowpokes, I’m having such a hard time figuring out why France would encourage Israel to attack Syria then get worked up about a […]
Back to the Future
Published on 12 Mar 2007 at 10:42 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under GWOT, Europe.
This should be a big heads up to the Euros. Jews heading for the exit door. What’s the thing they say about Jews in Europe? Oh yeah …
March 11, 2004
Published on 11 Mar 2007 at 11:04 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under al qaeda, Europe.
Jose at Barcepundit names the names. Scroll down and you’ll see what 2 million Spaniards think about Zapatero’s anti-terrorism policies.
French Execute Flawless Precautionary Surrender
Published on 3 Mar 2007 at 7:15 pm.
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Filed under Europe.
Because you can’t be too careful. Important maps, reports describing key military actions in European conflict.
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A Scampering of Mice
Published on 3 Mar 2007 at 12:47 am.
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Filed under Europe.
The mice aren’t even roaring. Swiss troops busy cleaning their nails with their famous pocket knives wander over the border from one archaic Euro postage stamp state into another.
Pilgrims For Israel
Published on 21 Feb 2007 at 12:59 pm.
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Filed under USA, middle east, Europe, Britain.
Michael Totten’s interview with Michael Oren, author of “Power, Faith and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present” ends up at Plymouth, down the road from my house. Michael van der Galien picks up the thread.
Do You Want The Terrorists To Win?
Published on 19 Feb 2007 at 1:33 am.
11 Comments.
Filed under pols, GWOT, USA, Islam, Europe.
Take the quiz here.
This is a test you want to fail. I got 15 percent, and was informed I’m a proud flag waving American who wants to kill terrorists, something like that. I think I effed up on “Did you start calling French Fries ‘Freedom Fries’” by checking “No, That’s Retarded.”
“Who wants the Terrorists to Win the […]
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Blogger Faces Sharia
Published on 18 Feb 2007 at 10:56 pm.
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Filed under blogs, middle east, Islam, Europe.
Egyptian Sandmonkey reports that imprisoned blogger Abdel Karim’s father has disowned him and would like to see Sharia law applied to him. That reportedly means death. Background on Karim, arrested last year for criticizing Islam, here.
While mullahs mull whether to execute a free thinker, Europeans are debating whether their culture of multicultural tolerance should tolerate […]
Islamo-Outrage
Published on 7 Feb 2007 at 1:20 pm.
2 Comments.
Filed under Islam, Europe.
Unsolicited advice to Europe in your struggles with Islamofascism: Institute actual freedom of speech. So people can’t get sued for talking about … you know … current, important relevant stuff.
Not Moving On
Published on 5 Feb 2007 at 10:47 pm.
11 Comments.
Filed under Iraq, military, Europe.
It figures anything named Palestine would turn into a protracted, messy and ultimately stupid business.
Barcepundit reports that a Spanish judge wants to suspend Spain’s treaty of judicial assistance with the United States over the lack of US cooperation with three warrants issued for US soldiers over the Hotel Palestine incident, in which a Spanish and a […]
