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Saturday, March 19, 2011

SATURDAY NIGHT NEW MUSIK, AFGHAN WHIGS.

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They all run after the carving knife . From a short-lived (1977-1982) British new wave band, New Musik. This number is on the band's sec...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

DEAD JEWS NO NEWS FOR BELGIAN "QUALITY" NEWSPAPER DE STANDAARD.

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In light of the terrible situation in Japan, I find it almost heartbreaking that I feel just as well compelled to write a post on another to...
Saturday, March 12, 2011

TIME TO STAND BY JAPAN.

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No music this night because I deem it inappropriate at a time when Japan has to cope with the consequences of one of the biggest ever natura...
Friday, March 11, 2011

FETULLAH GULEN: A DARK FORCE BEHIND TURKEY'S ISLAMIC RADICALIZATION - AND A TROJAN HORSE INSIDE THE US.

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The time has come to consider throwing Turkey out of NATO. A compelling article by Janet Levy over at American Thinker: "Turkey and th...
Monday, March 07, 2011

AMERICA'S EXPLODING BUDGET DEFICIT.

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Over at Townhall.com, Mike Needham has a clear message for the GOP: "BE BOLD, OR GO HOME." "Over thirty years ago, in 1978, ...
Sunday, March 06, 2011

MARK STEYN ON THE FRANKFURT SHOOTINGS.

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Mark Steyn sheds light on the killing of two US servicemen at Frankfurt Airport by a muslim. From the OC Register, March 6, 2011: "Acco...
Saturday, March 05, 2011

SATURDAY NIGHT THE WATERBOYS, ELASTICA.

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The Waterboys with The Whole of the Moon . Lead man Mike Scott is, afaik, the only consistent member of the band, and must have burned throu...
Friday, March 04, 2011

SOME NEWS TIDBITS TO CHEW ON...

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Still haven't noticed a certain pattern? Do you live on Phobos? Are you a horse? Or have you got Alzheimer? Primo. From the New York Pos...
Tuesday, March 01, 2011

FIRST PRODUCTION F-35 TAKES TO THE AIR.

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On February 25, 2011, the first production F-35 made its maiden flight: The West's prime new tactical fighter, the fifth generation F-35...
Sunday, February 27, 2011

IRENE KHAN IS A SCHTOOPID CUNT (2).

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Almost to the date four years ago I posted the first "Irene Khan is a schtoopid cunt" post. Let's recap a little. Back then, ...
Saturday, February 26, 2011

SATURDAY NIGHT SMASHING PUMPKINS, PETER GABRIEL.

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Smashing Pumpkins with 1979. Peter Gabriel with Humdrum. Got to know this number through a friend who lent me a Live album, from 1983 I thin...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN!!!

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Via Dick Morris : Proud of it, aren't we? Sources: (1) U.S. Energy Information Administration (2) Wall Street Journal (3) Bureau of Labo...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

OUTRAGE: AFGHAN CHRISTIAN CONVERT SAID MUSA ABOUT TO BE EXECUTED BY AFGHAN GOVERNMENT.

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Regular reader Traveller forwarded me a link to the following appalling story. Via National Review Online , February 18, 2011: AMERICA QUIET...
Saturday, February 19, 2011

SATURDAY NIGHT CREAM, PHIL COLLINS.

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Cream with White Room . 1968. Easy Lover , by Phil Collins and Philip Bailey. 1984. Goedenacht. MFBB.
Thursday, February 17, 2011

JOHN SINGER SARGENT (1856-1925).

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Not much time. What follows are three works by an American painter I admire very much, John Singer Sargent . I say "American" pain...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

TIM BLAIR BLASTS THE GREEN WIZARDS OF OZ.

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We don't let our light shine too often on Oz, but today I came across a marvellous Tim Blair observation in his Daily Telegraph blog: Th...
Monday, February 14, 2011

GRATUITOUS VALENTINE'S DAY PIC.

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Hey, any excuse to post a Gemma Atkinson pic is good. MFBB.
Sunday, February 13, 2011

GOOD NEWS FROM SWITZERLAND - AGAIN! CONGRATULATIONS TO "THE MOST ARMED AND THE MOST FREE"!!!

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Between gnarling teeth and a lot of hissing the BBC published this update on the Swiss referendum held today, dealing with tighter gun cont...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

SATURDAY NIGHT DANZIG, THE CULT.

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Danzig with Blood and Tears . This heavy metal band around singer/songwriter Glenn Danzig , saw the light in 1987 in Lodi, New Jersey. The ...
Friday, February 11, 2011

SHAME ON YOU, BARBARA BUSH.

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Maybe it's the dark winter months. Maybe it's the continuous strain. Maybe it's the gloomy news all around the globe. Maybe it...
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