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b*********3
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Humiliations in neo-imperialist ventures abroad, followed by the rolling
calamity of Brexit at home, have cruelly exposed the bluff of what Hannah
Arendt called the “quixotic fools of imperialism.” As partition comes home
, threatening bloodshed in Ireland and secession in Scotland, and an
unimaginable chaos of no-deal Brexit looms, ordinary British people stand to
suffer from the untreatable exit wounds once inflicted by Britain’s
bumbling chumocrats on millions of Asians and Africans. More ugl... 阅读全帖
w********2
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来自主题: Military版 - 1910年的武汉有多牛
The Gnome 7 Lambda was a French designed, seven-cylinder, air-cooled rotary
aero engine that was produced under license in Britain and Germany. Powering
several World War I era aircraft types it was claimed to produce 80
horsepower (60 kW) from its capacity of 12 litres (720 cubic inches)
although recorded figures are lower.[1]
Just under 1,000 units were produced in Britain, the majority (967) by the
Daimler Company of Coventry. A 14-cylinder variant was known as the Gnome 14
Lambda-Lambda.
In ... 阅读全帖

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Despite persistent U.S. allegations of Chinese state spying, Britain said it
is able to manage the security risks of using Huawei telecom equipments and
has not seen any evidence of malicious activity by the company, a senior
official said on Wednesday. Asked later whether Washington had presented
Britain with any evidence to support its allegations, he told reporters: "I
would be obliged to report if there was evidence of malevolence [...] by
Huawei. And we're yet to have to do that. So I hope ... 阅读全帖
b********n
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来自主题: Military版 - 盟国大使对床铺的评价很糟糕呀
Britain's man in the US says Trump is 'inept': Leaked secret cables from
ambassador say the President is 'uniquely dysfunctional and his career could
end in disgrace'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7220335/Britains-man-says-Trump-
inept-Cables-ambassador-say-dysfunctional.html
c*****t
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来自主题: Military版 - 英国人给川普跪了
Britain to apologize for leaked cables calling Trump ‘inept’ amid hunt for
leaker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/britain-to-apologize-for-leaked-cables-
calling-trump-inept-amid-hunt-for-leaker/2019/07/08/ed62d946-a162-11e9-b732-
41a79c2551bf_story.html?utm_term=.d91ca037f85b
w********9
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来自主题: Military版 - 大清其实是个帝国

联合国大会再一次要求英国尊守决议,不再拖延
记住:直布罗陀的情况是西班牙人的耻辱。英国在这件事上在耍小赖皮,用2万多殖民
者搞跟西班牙人作对的公投。弄得好像还像模像样的。
Question of Gibraltar
Publisher UN General Assembly
Author UN General Assembly
Publication Date 18 December 1968
Citation / Document Symbol A/RES/2429
Reference Twenty-third Session
Cite as UN General Assembly, Question of Gibraltar, 18 December 1968, A/
RES/2429, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3b00f05654.html [
accessed 10 September 2019]
XXIII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPOR... 阅读全帖
b********n
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Britain Furious Iran Tanker Broke 'Promise' Not To Sell Its Oil To Syria
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/britain-furious-iran-tanker-broke-
promise-not-sell-its-oil-syria
g**1
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来自主题: Military版 - 路透社采访越南亿万富翁村ZT
In Vietnam’s ‘Billionaire Village’, migrant cash can buy a palace
DO THANH, Vietnam (Reuters) - Vietnam’s “Billionaire Village” doesn’t
sound like a place people would want to leave, but at least three of the 39
victims found in the back of a truck in Britain last week set off from there
in search of their fortunes.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-bodies-palaces/in-vietnams-billionaire-village-migrant-cash-can-buy-a-palace-idUSKBN1X916L
f******o
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来自主题: Military版 - 特没谱开始抢占私人土地建墙
The Trump administration is dialing up efforts to 'build that wall,' records
show
By Bob Ortega, CNN Investigates
Updated 12:56 PM ET, Fri November 22, 2019
Private land can be seized to build wall
Pause
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Current Time0:03
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FullscreenNow PlayingPrivate land could be...
Crucial 2020 battleground weighs in on impeachment
Jason Brown
DOJ says Chicago gang leader radicalized by ISIS
Sam Hunt arrested for DUI in Nashville
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 01: Chairman of Burton Snowb... 阅读全帖
j***w
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https://news.yahoo.com/boris-johnson-turned-britain-petri-130300274.html
In point of fact, Britain is effectively encouraging a potentially deadly
virus to spread to the majority of the people who live here.
这不就是完全放弃了。听天由命
c******r
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pear1234, governments don't have the crystal ball. They attempt to make the
best judgement possible given the said situation. Even then, they make wrong
calls, with consequences. And they ought to be held accountable for things
that they could have prevented. If they broke the law, they ought to be
brought to court. For things that they have reasonable excuses, such
situations are to be understood and forgiven.
What is not forgiven is outright lying to the public.
Should Great Britain closed its... 阅读全帖
P***y
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8163707/Chinas-efforts-blame-
coronavirus-army-delegation-Wuhan-infuriate-No-10.html
“pariah state ”贱民国家
China's behaviour during the coronavirus pandemic will eventually result in
a 'reckoning' in relations with Beijing, close allies of Boris Johnson have
warned.
Senior Ministers think China risks becoming a pariah state unless there are
sweeping reforms when the crisis abates, and they are demanding an urgent
review of Britain's relationship with the Co... 阅读全帖
u****n
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【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: ubcumn (ubcumn), 信区: Military
标 题: 看到你的祖国死去很痛苦,只有止不住的叹息和哭泣zz
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Jan 13 14:16:38 2011, 美东)
http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?q=7835.6441.0.0
It’s Hard to Watch Your Country Die -One can’t help but sigh and cry.
看到你的祖国死去很痛苦,只有止不住的叹息和哭泣。
America suffers with several ills from which it will not recover. This
reality is becoming inescapably plain.
美国正在遭受好几个病痛的折磨,这些病好不了了。这是一个不可避免的(inescapable)而且很简单的( plain)事实。
原文链接+全文
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It’s Hard... 阅读全帖
v**e
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来自主题: Military2版 - 土鳖真的露脸了
土鳖真的露脸了
U.S. Struggles To Evacuate Libya; Others Don't
U.S. efforts to evacuate hundreds of Americans from Libya are being stymied
by bad weather on the coast — and by the refusal of Moammar Gadhafi's
government to allow American charter planes to land there.
Some 285 people have been sitting on the Maria Dolores, a chartered ferry,
since Wednesday, as the ship's crew waits for the stormy seas to calm,
according to State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley says.
The ship isn't likely to leave port... 阅读全帖
c****g
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来自主题: Military2版 - 阴地国核潜艇火并
一挂。
LONDON – A British sailor aboard a nuclear-powered submarine apparently
shot dead a crew member and seriously wounded another Friday while the
vessel was on a goodwill visit to an English port, officials said.
The suspect was overpowered by colleagues and visiting dignitaries aboard
HMS Astute and arrested on suspicion of murder.
Police and military officials said the incident was not related to terrorism
, but offered few details about what may have prompted a sailor to open fire
during a t... 阅读全帖
v**e
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来自主题: Military2版 - 利比亚叛军首领被干掉了!
利比亚叛军首领被干掉了!
送交者: 走肖圼昱 2011年07月28日
http://www.cnn.com/
Libyan rebel commander Abdel Fattah Younes assassinated in Benghazi, the
National Transitional Council says.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/07/28/501364/main20085027.s
Libyan rebels' military chief shot dead
A May 2011 file photo of General Abdel-Fattah Younis, the senior military
officer leading rebel forces against Muammar Qaddafi. A former interior
minister and head of Special Forces, Younis was considered a key supporter
of Qaddafi ... 阅读全帖
v**e
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CIA 利比亚反叛者们是来自伊拉克的基地武装分子ZT- 到底是谁利用了谁还真难说
来源: 没底 于 2011-10-30
CIA Libya Rebels are Al-Qaeda Fighters From Iraq
Politics / Al-Qeeda Mar 29, 2011 - 07:54 AM
By: Global_Research
Politics
Diamond Rated - Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleDr. Webster G.
Tarpley writes: “Serpents, thirst, heat, and sand … Libya alone can
present a multitude of woes that it would beseem men to fly from.” Lucan,
Pharsalia
Washington DC, March 24, 2011 — The current military attack on Libya has
been motivated by UN S... 阅读全帖
s***p
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这文章和那表演一样,又臭又长
英国人,真臭

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S***n
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来自主题: Olympics版 - 冰壶女子排名
Rank Team Games Played Wins Losses Tie Break Note
1 Canada Canada 4 4 0
2 Sweden Sweden 5 4 1
3 China China 6 4 2
4 Great Britain Great Britain 6 3 3
5 Japan Japan 4 2 2
6 Germany Germany 5 2 3
6 Switzerland Switzerland 5 2 3
6 United States United States 5 2 3
9 Russian Federation Russian Federation 6 2 4
10 Denmark Denmark 6 1 5
l******8
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来自主题: Olympics版 - 支持刘翔!
看看下面NY Times和AP的文章
Liu of China Crashes Out of 110-Meter Men’s Hurdles
By ANDREW DAS
761 words
8 August 2012
NYTimes.com Feed
NYTFEED
English
Copyright 2012. The New York Times Company. All Rights Reserved.
LONDON — The champion hurdler Liu Xiang, the most prominent athlete from
China competing in the London Games, suffered another painful Olympic exit
on Tuesday morning.
Four years after Liu had to withdraw from the men’s 110-meter hurdles in
the Beijing Olympics, devastating his millions of ad... 阅读全帖
m***i
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鸦片国这次看能不能过80,过则也属于第一集团,不过也不过是个第二世界领头羊。
而中国这次过80应该有没有问题,力争过90。
美国过100的可能性还是很大。
到目前为止,伦敦2012奥运(金牌排序)
1 China 34 21 18 73
2 United States 30 19 21 70
3 Great Britain 22 13 13 48
4 Korea 12 5 6 23
5 Russia 10 18 20 48
〉〉〉〉
这是北京2008奥运最后的数据(金牌排序),中美均过100。俄国估计只能算第二集团
领头羊
1 China (CHN)* 51 21 28 100
2 United States (USA) 36 38 36 110
3 Russia (RUS) 23 21 29 73
4 Great Britain (GBR) 19 13 15 47
5 Germany (GER) 16 10 15 41
以下分别是悉尼和雅典的最终数据
悉尼2000(金牌排序):
1 United States (USA) 37 24 33 94
2 Russi... 阅读全帖
a*****e
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来自主题: Olympics版 - China should pay more attention to Cycling
look at Britain
Country Total Gold Silver Bronze
Great Britain 12 8 2 2
Germany 5 1 3 1
Australia 5 1 1 3
China 3 0 2 1
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2012/#ixzz22yfCGEgD
l***g
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来自主题: Olympics版 - 德国体育体制受批评
拿到的奖牌数量不如预期,赛前的期望落空,各种对德国运动员的批评不绝于耳。可
是没拿到奖牌真的都是运动员的错吗?
(德国之声中文网)罗伯特·哈廷(Robert Harting)素来说话口无遮拦,有着想什么
说什么的性格。因为给德国夺得了奥运金牌,所以他现在也格外受到媒体的青睐。这位
84年出生,高达到2米01的铁饼冠军公开表示,只做职业运动员让他的生活非常窘迫,
所以他正在寻找赞助商。哈廷明确的表示,与其他国家相比较,德国体育扶持制度并不
完善,他说:"在扶持体育这一方面,德国政府还有很大的改进空间。"
德国体育体制受批评(音频)
场地自行车选手列维(Maximilian Levy)在夺取了一枚银牌和一枚铜牌之后,也利用
这个机会发出呼吁,他表示现有的制度远远落后于国际水平,希望德国的体育制度能够
得到彻底改革。男子单人划艇金牌得主米布伦德尔(Sebastian Brendel)和德国女子击
剑选手杜普里策(Imke Duplitzer)也表达了相似的观点。
待遇不好 伯乐难找
德国游泳联合会(DSV)职业运动主任布舒高(Lutz Buschkow)也认为,今年奥运会,
导致德国队表现不... 阅读全帖
y*****g
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Peter Tatchell writes:
“We wish William and Kate every happiness. May they have a joyful
marriage and a wonderful married life together.
“The royal couple are lucky. They have the option to get married. Gay
couples don’t have this option. They are barred by law from marriage.
“We urge Kate and William to support marriage equality: the right of
same-sex couples to get married. Their support would mean a lot. They
take for granted the right to marry. Marriage is something that many
lesbian and gay... 阅读全帖
m******1
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来自主题: QueerNews版 - 公开男同性恋再次竞逐伦敦市长
By Lucas Grindley
BRIAN PADDICK LONDON MAYOR CANDIDATE 390x (GETTY) ADVOCATE.COM
Brian Paddick
London's highest ranking gay police official will try again to become the
city's first openly gay mayor, after winning his party's nomination earlier
this week.
Brian Paddick ran as the Liberal Democrats' nominee in 2008, coming in last
place. And history is repeating itself as the exact same field of candidates
will compete for mayor once again in May 2012.
Still, Paddick says his chances of beating t... 阅读全帖
g********d
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来自主题: QueerNews版 - UK to Lift Lifetime Ban on Gay Blood Donors
"On Thursday, British gay rights activist Peter Tatchell praised the UK
health department's policy change but called the 12-month deferral period "
excessive and unjustified.""
看到这个,我要同意2姐的话,政治是可怕的(如果凌驾于科学之上)。
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Posted on Advocate.com September 09, 2011 11:25:00 AM ET
Kerry: End of Britain's Gay Blood Donor Ban a Tipping Point
By Andrew Harmon
JOHN KERRY X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Thursday’s news that British health officials will lif... 阅读全帖
j***j
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more than anyone else in the world
http://qz.com/134064/the-industrial-revolution-destroyed-the-li
Do Americans—and many Europeans working in American-dominated fields such
as investment bank, consulting and ventures—work too hard?
+
Economic data show that in 1950, Americans worked around 1,900 hours per
year. That’s now down to 1,700. But the French, who used to work 2,150
hours annually, now clock up fewer than 1,500 hours—they used to work much
more than Americans, now they work less. And Ge... 阅读全帖
B*V
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来自主题: Talk版 - 大英帝国也有petition
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/37980
Democracy in Hong Kong
Responsible department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Increasingly Hong Konger's are beginning to resent the Peoples Republic of
China (PRC) and there failure to bestow democracy on Hong Kong. Many also
would like to see a British Democratic rule restored in the region. Britain
can help by entering discussions for the PRC to either ceed back the
territory to Britain where we can establish a devolved government or for it
to ... 阅读全帖
l****z
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动物庄园离我们还有多远?答案:看看英国:英国的今天,就是美国的明天?根据人造
全球暖化的骗局,英国环保局准备给每一个英国人设定“二氧化碳”排量配额。超过的
,罚款!
Everyone in Britain could be given a personal 'carbon allowance'
Everyone in Britain should have an annual carbon ration and be penalised if
they use too much fuel, the head of the Environment Agency will say.
Lord Smith of Finsbury believes that implementing individual carbon
allowances for every person will be the most effective way of meeting the
targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
It would involve pe
l****z
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The boy brimming with pride, the fanatics burning with hate... two faces of
Armistice Day
By Paul Harris
Last updated at 10:07 AM on 12th November 2010
He was 3ft tall in his shiny black shoes and he wore his great-uncle’s
medals with pride as he stood to attention in the rain.
Jonny Osborne, seven, symbolised the face of a new generation yesterday as
he marched shoulder to shoulder with servicemen and women to honour those
killed by war.
But three miles across London from the Armistice Day cere... 阅读全帖
l****z
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异口同声:多元文化主义失败了!法国总统萨科齐也这么说,继德国总理默克尔和英国
首相卡梅伦之后
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110210/wl_afp/francepoliticsimmig
PARIS (AFP) – French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared Thursday that
multiculturalism had failed, joining a growing number of world leaders or ex
-leaders who have condemned it.
"My answer is clearly yes, it is a failure," he said in a television
interview when asked about the policy which advocates that host societies
welcome and foster distinct cultural and religious immigrant groups... 阅读全帖
l****z
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深陷债务危机的西班牙失业率达到21.3%,另一个深陷债务危机的国家希腊的零售额比
去年下降10%
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/apr/29/euro-nations-fal
Greek and Spanish economies falter ahead of expected rise in interest rates
Spanish Job Centers as Spain Meets Deficit Goal
Jobseekers wait for an employment centre to open in Madrid, Spain. Almost
five million workers are unemployed in the country. Photograph: Bloomberg/
Getty
Europe's north-south divide has worsened as figures show Spain and Greece
faltering, with rising unemploymen... 阅读全帖
l****z
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Obama Isn't Working: Mitt Romney adapts Maggie Thatcher slogan that
destroyed her opponents at election
If it gets results, do it again. And if it means a change of government,
definitely do it again.
Mitt Romney has adapted a poster and slogan used by former British Prime
Minister Margaret Thatcher to boost his Republican presidential bid.
Mr Romney is likening President Obama's America to the economic blight that
dogged late 1970s Britain.
The frontrunner: Mitt Romney after meeting a group of ... 阅读全帖
l****z
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Families of suicide bombers given £5m in British aid cash
By Matthew Kalman
British aid cash is being given to the families of suicide bombers, it was
claimed last night.
The Palestinian Authority, which gets £86million of British aid a year,
has authorised payments of almost £5million to the families of ‘
martyrs’.
Another £3million has been given to 5,500 Palestinian prisoners held in
Israeli jails. The payments, using taxpayers’ cash donated from Britain
and the European U... 阅读全帖
l****z
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By Karen Lugo
A young Muslim woman moved to America from Morocco with her husband in 2008.
She was married at age 17 to a man that she did not know before the
wedding. She filed for divorce after arriving in America the next year,
complaining of abuse and what her husband called "punishment." She told the
courts that her husband continued to torment and rape her during the
divorce process.
This 18 year-old girl asked the New Jersey judge for a restraining order but
the request was denied aft... 阅读全帖
l****z
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来自主题: USANews版 - The Hundred Years’ German War
Dr. Hanson:欧盟最后一刻的决定背后,是清清楚楚的德国的新欧洲秩序:如果你想过
德国人那样的生活,那就必须象德国人一样工作和节省。或者接受,或者离开
Germany’s dominance was won by national character, not arms or handouts.
The rise of a German Europe began in 1914, failed twice, and has now ended
in the victory of German power almost a century later. The Europe that
Kaiser Wilhelm lost in 1918, and that Adolf Hitler destroyed in 1945, has at
last been won by Chancellor Angela Merkel without firing a shot.
Or so it seems from European newspapers, which now refer bit... 阅读全帖
l****z
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Secret slush funds dominate French politics to an extent that makes the
Tories' funding troubles seem pedestrian
Allegations of a funding scandal within Britain's Conservative party have
barely been reported in France. That intimate soirées chez David and
Samantha Cameron may have been worth hundreds of thousands of pounds towards
the prime minister's career fund is considered trivial in a country where a
master of the political backhander was president for 12 years. Jacques
Chirac was rightly –... 阅读全帖
l****z
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I see the G8 has a brilliant solution to the problems of the eurozone.
President Obama says it’s time for “growth and jobs”. Jolly good. That’s
the stuff. Let me show you how to create employment – the Brussels way.
Come with me through the streets of Athens, not far from Syntagma Square,
and your mind will reel with the horrified realisation that history is not a
one-way ratchet, that human progress is not guaranteed, and that a proud
country can be reduced – by years of torture and bullying – ... 阅读全帖
l****z
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By: John Glover / Bloomberg News
Posted: 06/23/2012 3:57 PM | Comments: 0 (including replies)g
As in the lead-up to the Second World War, extremists are gaining new ground
as European countries are forced to adopt strict austerity measures not
unlike what happened in 1930s Germany.
LONDON — The spectre of the 1930s financial crisis that culminated in the
rise of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party and the Second World War is stalking
Europe.
In May 1931, Creditanstalt, founded in Vienna by the Rothschild ... 阅读全帖
l****z
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By Victor Davis Hanson
Sometimes societies find themselves in pernicious cycles in which the
perceived medicine seems worse than the known disease. The Roman satirist
Juvenal lamented the ill effects of free food and free entertainment for the
masses (“bread and circuses”) in part because he knew there was no remedy
for the pathology in sight — and thus only a slow decline toward fiscal
insolvency or riots were on the horizon. Any Roman emperor bold enough to
rein in the Praetorian Guard, charge... 阅读全帖
W*******n
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来自主题: USANews版 - Joke: Obama Venting on SNL
Joke: Obama Venting on SNL
08/31/2012
By Limin Wang
After the Republican National Convention (RNC), Mr. President Obama drank
some funnels more of his home-made beer and stumbled into the Saturday Night
Live (SNL) for venting. Unfortunately, the Watergate 7.2 bugs still work as
hell well as any new ones, and they still leak.
SNL: Hello, Mr. President? The real you? No mocking?
Obama: Hell-O. SNAIL.
SNL: What?! It is pronounced as S, N, L.
Obama: I call it snail, because it is sticky, gooey, nast... 阅读全帖
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新加坡 was built by Britain, in case you did not study history.
the best part of Shanghai was also built by Britain and French.
and Hong kong and Macao.
LOL
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新加坡 was built by Britain, in case you did not study history.
the best part of Shanghai was also built by Britain and French.
and Hong kong and Macao.
LOL
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阿尔及利亚政府消息,23个人质死亡,参与劫持人质的全部32个恐怖分子被杀
Algeria: 32 militants killed, with 23 hostages
By PAUL SCHEMM and KARIM KEBIR
Associated Press
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- In a bloody finale, Algerian special forces stormed
a natural gas complex in the Sahara desert on Saturday to end a standoff
with Islamist extremists that left at least 23 hostages dead and killed all
32 militants involved, the Algerian government said.
With few details emerging from the remote site in eastern Algeria, it was
unclear whether... 阅读全帖
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Vogue Editor Wintour’s Boyfriend Owes $1.2 Million in Taxes
January 30, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston
Only a month ago, Vogue editor Anna Wintour was being floated as an ideal
candidate to become President Obama’s next ambassador to Britain but now
the fashionista is in the news for another reason. A British newspaper has
found that her boyfriend, J. Shelby Bryan, owes $1.2 million in back taxes
to the IRS.
Despite owing the IRS such a hefty amount–he is also in arrears in Texas–
Bryan was a high... 阅读全帖
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来自主题: USANews版 - Dr. Hanson:美国的衰落
The Decline of America
By Victor Davis Hanson
February 14, 2013 12:00 A.M.
Why do once-successful societies ossify and decline?
Hundreds of reasons have been adduced for the fall of Rome and the end of
the Old Regime in 18th-century France. Reasons run from inflation and
excessive spending to resource depletion and enemy invasion, when historians
attempt to understand the sudden collapse of the Mycenaeans, the Aztecs,
and, apparently, the modern Greeks. In literature from Catullus to Edward
Gibb... 阅读全帖
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Countries That Cut Debt, Taxes And Spending Are Thriving
By ALAN REYNOLDS
Posted 04/03/2013 05:24 PM ET
Several European countries, including Cyprus, have been mired in economic
stagnation or decline for five years or more.
Yet other countries in Asia and Latin America have flourished. What are the
weakest economies doing wrong? What are the strongest doing right?
Economist Jim O'Neill coined the acronym BRIC in 2001 to refer to four
economies which showed great potential then and now — Brazil, ... 阅读全帖
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在伦敦大街屠杀英国士兵的伊斯兰恐怖分子曾在2010年被肯尼亚抓获,指控他试图加入
索马里的伊斯兰恐怖组织,但英国政府提出将其释放
The full extent of British involvement in securing the release of Michael
Adebolajo was disclosed for the first time, raising further questions about
how much MI5 knew about the alleged murderer.
It also emerged that Adebolajo benefited from the help of British diplomats
to avoid a formal deportation after his arrest in Kenya in 2010.
Contrary to previous reports, a Kenyan immigration source told The Daily
Telegraph Adebolajo was r... 阅读全帖
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Power costs shrink as share of Europe's rising energy bills
* In EU15 about half the household bill is charges, tax and subsidies
By Karolin Schaps and Barbara Lewis
LONDON/BRUSSELS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Europeans are paying the steepest energy
bills in four years and face ever higher payments as governments pile on
extra charges to help finance a 1 trillion euro ($1.4 trillion)
modernisation of Europe's energy infrastructure.
Politicians from Britain to Germany, Italy to Romania, under pressure fr... 阅读全帖
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Chimney Sweeps Making Comeback in Great Britain
Rising energy costs the cause
BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff
November 13, 2013 12:49 pm
Great Britain is in the middle of the largest boom in chimney sweeps since
Victorian times, the Cato Institute reports.
The boom is a result of high gas and electricity prices.
According to the Cato Institute:
Why are the energy prices so high? The British government’s
pathological obsession with renewable sources of energy. Converting
renewable energy (e.... 阅读全帖
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