Category Archives: England

Redcoat Boston Suspect

April 17, 2013 – 1:22 pm

AP and I were sitting in the garden of the Fort Greene Observatory, discussing the lack of a video declaration from the Boston Marathon bomber(s). I had bought us big cans of ‘Gansett beer. It came from New England. “It was only one person,” I voiced my hunch. “He carried the two bombs in bags […]

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The Iron Lady Restem In Infernum

April 17, 2013 – 9:53 am

This morning the funeral cortege of Margaret Thatcher was taken from Westminster to a funeral service at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Millions lined the streets of London to pay homage to the Old Lady, who was Britain’s longest serving prime minister of modern times. The funeral service was simple in accordance with the deceased’ wishes. Members […]

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1984 Plus 29

April 14, 2013 – 11:26 am

CCTV was used instituted by Siemens AG at Test Stand VII in Peenemünde, Germany in 1942 to observe the launch of V-2 rockets according to Wikipedia. After the defeat of Nazi Germany the technology was adopted by the West to protect military and security installations. In 1973 the NYPD installed several cameras in Times Square […]

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Neigh For Horses

February 24, 2013 – 2:17 pm

Horses have been worshipped by Man, but also hunted as a food source since the Paleolithic Era. Upon my arrival in Paris I was surprised by the number of butchers offering ‘cheval’, which has been a part of the French culinary history since the Revolution. The Haute Bourgeoisie regarded horse as a meal for the […]

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Her Naked Breasts And My Moobs

September 17, 2012 – 10:43 am

The Royal Family of England was outraged by the publication of topless photos of the potential future queen of Britain. No one back in the 1940s would have dared shot HR Princess Elizabeth skindipping at Balmoral Castle. Newspapers respected the Crown back then and now newspapers strived to violate the privacy of the rich and […]

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