Maildotcom: It often starts as a voice in the wilderness, but can swell into an entire nation’s demand for truth. From Ireland to Germany, Europe’s many victims of child abuse in the Roman Catholic church are finally breaking social taboos and confronting the clergy to face its demons. The recent spread of claims into the [...]
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In 1912, Anna Jarvis trademarked the phrases “second Sunday in May” and “Mother’s Day”, and created the Mother’s Day International Association. As Ann Jarvis said: A printed card means nothing except that you are too lazy to write to the woman who has done more for you than anyone in the world. And candy! You [...]
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At the fourth annual conference of the Institute for the Scientific Study of International Relations at Copenhagen in June 1931 which was published in the magazine of the Council on Foreign Relations in December of that year, the following Statement was read out: “We are at present working discreetly but with all our might, to [...]
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Welshcakes Limoncello, of Sicily Scene is one half of a Welsh tag team, the other being Simone de Beauvoir Limoncello and they blog on all things Sicilian. She also keeps up with all things British or at least did until Sky shut them down in Italy. Could this be the start of an attempt to [...]
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The thing is, people rarely do things for other than two reasons – money or personal obsession about some point. This blog was begun because of an obsession with Them. What was the reason for Herve Falciani [pictured] doing as he did? If it was for money, who was going to pay it? The [...]
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Time for a break from European politics. Your humble blogger had never heard of Aum Shinrikyo, Yoichi Clark Shimatsu or Archipelago before today, nor had he heard of Shoko Asahara, Harry Mason or Dan Gerber – shows what a sheltered life he’s led. Probably any twelve year old gamer could tell him about these things [...]
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The Quiet Man is an English stalwart who is part of the large rump of this country that does NOT appreciate the way the place has gone down, especially in the past 13 years. As QM says: Once I was British and proud, now I’m English and proud, I wonder what’s going to go next? [...]
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Only two pieces this evening:
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Peter Hain addressed the Welsh Labour Conference held in Swansea from 26th to 28th February 2010 and accused his opponents of falling in with: …the aims of the extreme right-wing “Albion Alliance”, a dubious organisation whose Chief organiser, John Higham, has posted on his own blog this highly offensive diatribe against Muslims … I’ve been [...]
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You’ll be aware, of course, that Crufts is well under way [11-14 March] and already, two winners have caught the eye of afficianados: Mrs Zena Thorn-Andrews had the tough task of judging the Best of Breed winners in the Working Group. Mrs Thorn-Andrews selected Rottweiler Ch Olearia Blaze of Gold, owned by Mrs Marie Monk [...]
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The Indonesian President gave the Australian Prime Minister an interesting gift: ”The President and his first lady gave Mr Rudd and Therese Rein some rare luwak coffee. It’s made from beans that have passed through the digestive system of a monkey-like creature called a civet cat. A new treat at the Lodge: crappuccino!” Coffee, anyone?
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The Beeb, on Rumpy Pumpy. This is how it might have been: “Voters appreciate politicians who keep their cool – it’s a distinct advantage being a damp rag, better than being a dry wit and I’m very cool under pressure and when I was in the Belgian parliament as prime minister, if people said nasty [...]
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Here’s the Wiki entry on Shadowstatsdotcom and Lorimer Wilson is a financial analyst. Apart from the prattiness of putting up a “you must be logged in” to even quote from the article – it’s just an article, after all – it does quote some good things: The intensifying economic and solvency crises, and the responses [...]
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“2009 is also the first year of global governance, with the establishment of the G20 in the middle of the financial crisis. The climate conference in Copenhagen is another step towards the global management of our planet.” Herman van Rompuy I apologize to Nigel Farage for saying his comments were a little OTT.
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Circling on heat, she signalled her willingness to mate by lowering her head, bending her front legs and raising her rear quarters; her tail was held up and to the side of her body. She moved her back legs rhythmically, as if walking in place. There was no subtlety here. This position and behavior definitely [...]
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11,825 spams caught, 5,617 legitimate comments, and an overall accuracy rate of 99.708%. Thought that was interesting and about 10 000 of those spams have been since early February. Hotting up. One who called himself Z with exclamation marks got through the system and we’ve since analysed him and dealt with it in our own [...]
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Some say yes they’re both committing naughties, some say not, the laissez-fairers ask so what but it seems to your humble correspondent that it all comes down to definitions. This blog is probably out of step with public opinion, especially that which is shocked by something like this and then supports sleeping around for themselves. [...]
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With this situation in mind: Identity Fraud is one of the UK’s fastest growing crimes, affecting individuals and businesses alike. The crime is of greater concern than other more traditional illegal activities such as burglary, mugging and pickpocketing. Around 81% of the British public are concerned about becoming a victim of identity theft according to [...]
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The triple glazing Cherie asks why and I reply – I’ll tell you when they turn up at 8 a.m. to finish the job. They left gaping holes to the outside last night and it was an interesting thing sleeping in the next room with little heating. It looks good though and should both cut [...]
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I’d like to report that I’m as jober as a sudge after that marathon in Cheshire – not a bad place, Cheshire and an amazing discovery was made – an anthracite Maserati is not designed for slow travel. The real ale Spitting Feathers is also not designed for one glaththth only and it makes a [...]
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When I arranged to go out today, I just knew they’d suddenly arrive to put in the triple glazing. It will not affect much because the posts are already up. Hopefully they’ll be done by nightfall and I’ll get back to you then.
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Not an intellectual feast but a nice summary of Jehanne’s trial: The trial was a very testing experience for Joan. Initially the trial was held in public, but, her responses were much sharper than her prosecutors expected. She held her own and produced some strong rebuttals, which gained her public sympathy. For example, the prosecution [...]
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A severe bout of self-renewal up in the Scottish paradise: “I’m starting with the man in the mirror… I’m asking him to change his ways… No message could have been any clearer… If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change… A willow deeply scarred… [...]
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No doubt you’ve read this: The European Commission on Monday signalled its willingness to swing into action with a plan for a monetary fund equipped with sufficient resources to assist highly indebted eurozone nations such as Greece. Commission officials said preliminary work was already in progress and a proposal for a European Monetary Fund could [...]
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Good to see Obnoxio in there. Actually, they forgot one tag team.
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Talking today about the last two weeks of less than pristine health, with the dental work gone wrong added to the mix and a few other little matters, I mentioned the heart tightness and opined that hopefully it was just stress related and not something in the plumbing brought on by adipose tissue atrophying the [...]
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In the past few days, in my lucid moments, I’ve been looking at this and that and one topic which was most interesting, for two distinct reasons, was Jehanne la Pucelle, otherwise known as Jeanne d’Arc or Joan Darc or Joan of Arc. The first aspect will be a post tomorrow morning, if I can. [...]
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These are in no particular order: Hatshepsut is generally regarded by Egyptologists as one of the most successful female pharaohs, reigning longer than any other woman of an indigenous Egyptian dynasty. As Hatshepsut reestablished the trade networks that had been disrupted during the Hyksos occupation of Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, thereby building a [...]
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