Tag: Britain

Will this be a nail in the coffin of Western Civilization?

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We learn today that the new totalitarian Labour government of Great Britain is considering a blasphemy law, making it a crime to criticize Islam. Islamophobia will become criminal, in the country which has admitted thousands of Third-world asylum-seekers, both legally and illegally. Here is the story. https://twitter.com/jihadwatchrs/status/1823826971152855378?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Do Muslims need protection? Given that Islam is …

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The latest news from the Police State of Great Britain

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Most of us already know that Britain has been admitting South Asian immigrants for decades; for nearly a century India and what is now Pakistan were essentially British colonies, and when they gained independence they retained special status, so were admitted as immigrants easily. In fact, most English cities have thriving neighborhoods of Indian immigrants, …

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Why is the so-called Mainstream Media ignoring the story of the century?

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No, it's not the Partisan Impeachment of President Donald Trump. It's the Exit of Britain from the European Union (Brexit for short), which is to happen tomorrow.  In the last election, Boris Johnson's Conservative Party won in a landslide, taking veto-proof control of Parliament, and flipping many districts that had voted Labour for generations.  That …

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Easy Being Green…Gardens I’ve Seen

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I hate green.  Green is my least favorite color, at least in clothing and accessories and household goods.  I don't wear green on Saint Patrick's Day, or any other day, for that matter.  And I'm the opposite of an "environmental wacko", since I don't believe that humans are a blot on the landscape, or destroying …

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Photo Essay: University of Cambridge, Summer 1991

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I admit it.  I am a total Anglophile.  I'm a sucker for a British accent, and since a trip around Britain in 1984, I fell in love with the city of Cambridge.  In the summer of 1991, I was fortunate enough to attend a three-week program put on by UCLA in Cambridge.  Attendees could take …

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