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"(The EU is) a customs union. It protects itself from outsiders with walls of tariffs. It is in many ways very reactionary. Those who c...

Some pretty straight talk from the Belgian Foreign Minister on the situation in Iran. Keep up the good work Michael., you're bringin...

WELCOME TO BELGIUM, MR. PRESIDENT!!! ...and if you got some spare time, MFBB will be more than honoured to show you another Belgium you may ...

THE DANES DID THE RIGHT THING... With all the spotlights on Iraq’s January 30 elections and their aftermath, it was easy to miss Denmark’s s...

Attack of the Belgians Part I "There's nothing better than a game of golf, is there, Agent Smith?" "I wouldn't know, ...

MR. SCHNABEL ON US/EU RELATIONS. Belgium has three US Ambassadors. Indeed, both NATO HQ and the EU Commission – say, Europes government ...

GET MFBB SOME DRAMAMINE PLEASE. HE FEELS KIND OF SICK... On Friday January 28, two Dutch students at the Cals College in IJsselstein , T...

EURO ROUNDUP. 1.) SPAIN. February 1, 2005 MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- Spanish police have arrested four Moroccans who are they believe ar...

Enough said.

SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK... From Dutch Report – News from Holland I get you this: At the schools in Holland there are man...

The Hasselhoffian Recursion Go ahead. Check it out. You'll never be the same again. Hat tip to Jonah at The Corner .

CAPITALISM ALIVE AND KICKING IN POLAND (1/2) Ok ladies and jerks, around New Year’s Day we spent a week in Poland to visit my wife’s fam...

MAYBE IT AIN'T THAT BAD AFTER ALL... While Belgium unfortunately chose not to join the so-called "Coalition of the Willing...

THREE KILLERS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT a.) Mark Steyn Oh man, where the fuck did you learn to write??? You kill me! ...As for the most...

CLUELESS ABOUT SEIF I don’t know if you have already heard of the fella, but I did back in 2003 already: the guy in question is Seif al-...

Even though I really don't like cats (although they're not as bad as clowns or monkeys), I don't really condone this behavior. ...

This U.N. toady needs a beatdown. ...adding that politicians in the United States and Europe "believe that they are really burdenin...

THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE... SIXTY YEARS ON A.) Introduction. In December 1944 the Allied armies had recaptured most of Hitlers conque...

THE POSITION OF THE VLAAMS BLOK/VLAAMS BELANG ON THE HOLOCAUST Friend of Downeast and regular reader Drazil posed the following question...