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Elton John with Song for Guy . From the 1978 album A Single Man. The guy in question was a certain Guy Burchett, a 17-yo messenger b...

Over at American Thinker, an excellent take by Noel S. Williams on the ludicrous Barbie movie now wreaking havoc in theaters across the pla...

From Filip Dewinter's twitter account, images from Brussels South, which is Brussels most important railway station since most lines fro...

George Harrison with the Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp . From his 1970 album All Things Must Pass . Harrison wrote it as a tribute to F...

Over at Townhall, a must read by Gina Loudon : “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believ...

A yearly NATO exercise involving 10,000 personnel and some 250 aircraft. Magnificent images of, a.o., the venerable MRCA Tornado, still in s...

Bruce Springsteen with Brilliant Disguise . From the 1987 album Tunnel of Love . Single is about his doubts about his marriage to act...

A legendary intercontinental bomber caught between two eras. We've shown this clip from the movie Strategic Air Command, starring...

A magnificent video on yet another brilliant Napier product, the Deltic: As you heard, before Napier, Junkers too found out there wer...

A must watch, even if physics is not right away your strong suit: Good night. MFBB.

It's been twelve years since my father died: On Monday, May 2nd, 2011, at about 22.05, my father passed away after almost one month ...

Alanis Morissette with Thank U . Album Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998). Canadian-American singer/songwriter from Ottawa, w...

Dire Straits with You and your friend . Album On Every Street (1991). Once called the greatest British rock band of the 80s by the m...

Like every year, DowneastBlog wishes all its readers of good will a Happy and Blessed Easter! If I am allowed to make a special recom...

For the umpteenth time a bomb attack near the center of Antwerp. Serious damage in 4 streets. The house against which the explosive was used...

Thilo Sarrazin is a former high ranking German public servant , a.o. Finance Senator to the Senate of Berlin. He is also a (former) socialis...

Rob Lee always has incomparable footage. Video from Ukraine’s 72nd Mechanized Brigade in Vuhledar. It shows a Russian T-72B-series tank h...

Spending more time on Twitter has, through getting acquainted there with aviation enthusiasts, rekindled the fascination of my youth for any...

One year into the war, the military of supposed superpower Russia has essentially confined itself to areas which even before the conflict we...

To all my followers and all people of good will, a very happy New Year!!! Sorry for the far too light blogging but I really don't...