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Steve Miller Band. Serenade. REM. All the way to Reno. Sorry. Very short on time. MFBB.

In July, two more Belgian F-16 fighter bombers joined the four already present on Kandahar Airfield. This means that there are currently six...

OK, Sunday night. Fell asleep on the sofa yesterday night before I could make it to the puter. I actually wanted to post "Step On"...

Our favorite rightwing extremist in the USN, CDRSalamander , linked to a magnificent Thomas Sowell column . Very appropriate nowadays: ...

Belgian band Soulwax , in a later life known as the Flying Dewaele Brothers . Much against everyone's advice , from the 1998 album of th...

In France since at least 2004, muslim youths living predominantly in the now 800 or so ZUS [Zones Urbaines Sensibles, or sensitive urban zo...

Over at Townhall, Salena Zito sheds some light on the Obama Administrations 'czaring' phenomenon: "... Czars have been used si...

Since Flanders is not an independent state, this day, the most famous of our history, is no celebration of our independence in the manner th...

The islamization of Europe is entering a new and even more frightening dynamic, and in all western countries (the Iron Curtain had one advan...

I wish all Americans of good will a superb 4th of July! ... and save a prayer for the soldier missing since June 30th in Paktika Province, A...

Via Grouchy Old Cripple : What If George W. Bush Had ... 1.) made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved? 2....

From The Daily Mail , 29th June, 2009 : Britain has 85 sharia courts: The astonishing spread of the Islamic justice behind closed doors. ......

The Stranglers were instrumental in bringing punk rock to the UK, although you wouldn't say so for a lot of their songs. They originate...

Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson deceased. May they rest in peace and if you are a christian, say a prayer for them. I chose iconic pictur...

Although considering Eric Burdon 's voice and style, he'd possibly be offended by my labeling The Animals' music as "pop...

At least one third of the Parti Socialiste (PS) for the Regional Elections of Brussels Capital Region was made up of the following individua...

"Tom Sawyer" from the album Moving Pictures (1981). Damn good video of "Witch Hunt" , also from Moving Pictures . ...

The European elections are over. From June 4th to June 7th, of the about 500 million Europeans, 375 million were entitled to elect 736 MEPs ...

Working on that euro elections update, did not get it ready. In the meantime, savor Takuan Seiyo's twelfth installment . WARNING. You m...

"Face downward, as far as eyes could see in either direction were the huddled bodies of men living, wounded, and dead, as tightly packe...