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Wiki: Started as a Socialist political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries, primarily Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet block. In many regions, the day lost its political flavour, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love for women in a way somewhat similar to a mixture [...]

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In a Russian university room, I asked a group of girls which country they were from.  Some said Tatarstan and some said Russia.  To those who said Tatarstan, I asked why they were then speaking in Russian.  To a group of students in Melbourne, I asked which country they were from, Victoria or Australia.  I [...]

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In the sentence below, add further clauses to give the statement some appearance of verisimilitude: The recent appointment by Mr Barroso of a close ally to the post of EU representative to Washington was widely viewed as undermining Lady Ashton’s authority, and angered many foreign ministers who would have expected to be consulted … One [...]

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You all saw the story and most likely shook the head.  Why can’t people get it right?  Why can’t they strike a balance? Ordering the family to cover up the remarkably good, zaftig rendition of Venus simply meant the sculpture looked, as the artist said, “more objectified and sexualised” than before, something Alison is always [...]

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Iceland is a nice microcosm, particularly since it dabbled in the globalists’ playground and learnt how to be nationally self-destructive.  It’s no different to us but where we can’t see the forest for the trees,  in Iceland, it is staring everyone in the face: Iceland has all but given up on agreeing a new deal [...]

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What to say to the professional and estimable Cherry Pie for her 600 comments?  Thank you from all one of us here at Nourishing Obscurity!   May our association be long and fruitful.  Just a warning to the others out there – although it’s relatively safe to approach Cherry Pie, never be lured into playing board [...]

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Dear oh dear: Traditionalist bishops and peers fear that vicars could be taken to court and accused of discrimination if they turn down requests to hold civil partnerships on religious premises. Their concerns have been raised following a landmark vote by peers that will allow the ceremonies for same-sex couples to be held in places [...]

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Chuckle – Tiberius Gracchus is running this: It really does label a person.  Mine are Radio 4, The Telegraph, Macintosh and no television at all.  TV/Radio choices would have been Yes Minister [and PM], Fawlty, Python, Goons, Wogan, Seinfeld, Village Hall, All Gas and Gaiters, Fox on Sunday, HIGNFY [with Angus], I’m sorry, I haven’t [...]

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European Union Directory of Community legislation in preparation: 01 General, financial and institutional matters (number of acts: 55) 02 Customs Union and free movement of goods (number of acts: 41) 03 Agriculture (number of acts: 110) 04 Fisheries (number of acts: 47) 05 Freedom of movement for workers and social policy (number of acts: 33) [...]

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European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) highly critical of proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA): Press Release (pdf) and Opinion: full-text (pdf) Insofar as the current draft of ACTA includes or at least indirectly pushes for three strikes Internet disconnection policies, ACTA would profoundly restrict the fundamental rights and freedoms of European citizens, most notably the protection [...]

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In the 3rd book which I’m currently rewriting sections of, there is an impasse.  The government has fallen in the UK and the usurper government has agents up and down the country, as they do in China, from where they learned how to do it. The exiled government sends teams back into the old country, [...]

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We’re an incredibly trusting lot. Take the expenses scandal.  Why did it all blow up on such a massive scale and why at that time in particular?  Surely the MSM has always had a nose for a good story of this nature but suddenly, it was as if the shackles had been removed.  Why? Let [...]

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Sometimes, you know, our current circumstances read like a bad movie, sort of like a meshing of dystopic sci-fantasy The Rise of the Pod People with 1984 and you only know these creatures by the marks on the back of their necks, if you can get a look.  Our hero, an MP called Quan Billgo, [...]

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