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Imagine the state of affairs in the UK if the Conservative Party – with its focus on business and increasing the wealth of the “haves” – had been in power for past 54 years. Then imagine the electoral revolution if the perennially hapless Labour Party – with its focus on welfare and reducing the plight… Read more.
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The death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts marks the end of Camelot — a 50-year period in American politics during which the Kennedy family was treated like royalty. No one was more acutely aware that this end would come with his death than Kennedy himself. No doubt this is why he made such… Read more.
It’s bullshit. It’s disgraceful. You wonder which side they’re on. It’s a total breach of faith, and either the president is intentionally caving to the left wing of his party or he’s lost control of his administration. It’s a declaration of war against the CIA, and against common sense. You will have thousands of lives… Read more.
Above left is a picture of the iconic bust of Queen Nefertiti of Egypt, who is regaled as one of the most beautiful women who ever lived. The bust is part of the Agyptisches Museum Berlin collection. Above right is a picture of a British woman, Nileen Namita, made up to look like Nefertiti. So… Read more.
Abdel Baset al-Megrahi is the notorious Libyan convicted in 2001 of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 on December 21, 1988. The explosion occurred over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people, two-thirds of them American. Megrahi was sentenced to life in prison. Nevertheless, Scottish authorities released him on compassionate grounds last Thursday after determining he was suffering… Read more.
Therefore, it makes sense that he’d want to kill it – given all the trouble it’s causing him, right? Read more.
There have only been a few cases of androgynous men competing as women in international competition. The most notorious of course was Polish sprinter Stanislawa Walasiewicz who won the women’s 100m at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, but was found to have a “partially developed male genitalia” after her death in 1980. With all… Read more.
Frankly, I’ve always been stupefied by the fact that Switzerland has been able to thrive in the international community by laundering cash from narco-traffickers, kleptomaniacs and tax cheats while countries like Columbia (during the 1980s) and Guinea-Bissau (today) have been condemned as narco states. Therefore, if you’re one of the hundreds of thousands of Americans… Read more.
