THIS IS truly remarkable. Found under a parking lot, the remains have been DNA tested and confirmed to be Richard III. Killed during the War of the Roses, Richard III’s death was monumental to British history, as the video report above confirms. From the New York Times: A photograph from the University of Leicester shows [...]
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A Brit’s View: A Landmark Coalition
TM NOTE: I’d like to introduce you to England’s own AA Birch, who will be writing periodically here at TM about British politics, as well as sports. The turn of the year in Britain has delivered the country a big landmark. A halfway point of something extremely important to the country. To do with an [...]
Prank Call from DJ’s Not Responsible for Nurse’s Suicide *Updated*
Saldhana took the two radio presenters’ call to King Edward VII Hospital last Tuesday and, believing them to be the British monarch and her son, patched the pair through to another nurse, who revealed details of Middleton’s condition. On Friday, Saldhana was found unconscious and then declared dead at her apartment around the corner from [...]
Britain’s Celebrity MP and Cameron Groupie Louise Mensch Quits Parliament
THIS STORY is a hoot on just too many levels to innumerate. But the importance of Ms. Mensch’s bolting from Parliament is given gravitas by Iain Martin of the Telegraph, because he refuses to give the “Twitter queen,” as she’s known in Britain, any room on her excuses. It’s so unlike the typical American angst. [...]
Ron Paul Calls Central Banks’ Action ‘a panicky-type reaction’
The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve, and the Swiss National Bank are today announcing coordinated actions to enhance their capacity to provide liquidity support to the global financial system. The purpose of these actions is to ease strains in financial markets and [...]
Vacationing in Tuscany While London Burns
Well, that’s come to an end. For good reason, as the New York Times outlines the spectacle. “Descent into hell,” said a front page headline in The Sun tabloid which, like other newspapers, published a dramatic photograph of a woman leaping to safety in the arms of police from a blazing building. “Mob Rule,” said [...]
Norway Domestic Terrorist Reportedly Influenced by Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, U.S. Right-Wing
Oh, the inconvenience of facts when met with ugly reality. Pamela Geller and Jihad Watch’s Robert Spencer are cited in today’s New York Times story: Marc Sageman, a former C.I.A. officer and a consultant on terrorism, said it would be unfair to attribute Mr. Breivik’s violence to the writers who helped shape his world view. [...]
Because Dick Morris is a Jackass
The fact that this current State Department covert operation was initiated under Secretary Rice does not lessen Hillary’s guilt for having pursued it. Mrs. Clinton, not Miss Rice, has run for president and is presumed to continue to be interested in the job. Her addiction to spies, dumpster divers, sleuths, and negative research operatives has [...]
Sect. Clinton Announces Middle East Talks
UPDATE via AP: Iranian and Russian engineers began loading nuclear fuel into Iran’s first atomic power plant Saturday amid international concern that the Islamic Republic is seeking a nuclear weapon. State television showed what appeared to be fuel rods being loaded into the core of the reactor, which is on the shores of the Persian [...]
‘Bigotgate’
Immigration is causing a nightmare for everyone. Gallup’s out with the first polling numbers, which asks the question in a way that leaves a lot of pull for analysis: “Based on what you know or have read about the state of Arizona’s new immigration law, do you favor or oppose it?” Not surprisingly, 51% favor [...]
Stuck at State: The Hillary Hole
Joe the Plumber doesn’t like Sarah Palin anymore. Since the Tea Party blast directed at Palin, this is the second greatest news she’s gotten in a while. Having secured her outsider status, getting a little incoming from the right is not so bad for Sarah. As the attention on the former governor continues to rise, [...]
World Newsbites, More Obama Promises Edition
“The international community will not wait indefinitely for evidence that Iran is prepared to live up to its international obligations,” Clinton said at a news conference. – Haaretz According to people in the room, Obama’s big HRC speech wasn’t very big at all. Joe Subday says it all in his post: According to Obama, “we [...]
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Iran Tells IAEA of Second Secret Nuclear Facility
–updated– Talk about an end of the week news dump of news dumps. Another inheritance marker from the Republicans. This secret enrichment happened under George W. Bush’s nose, while he and his team were too busy ostracizing Iran into an “axis of evil”, instead of trying to actually engage them. Not that this would have [...]
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New Poll Shows Joe ‘You Lie’ Wilson In Trouble
Wilson trails Democratic challenger Rob Miller 44-43 in a PPP survey conducted Thursday night and Friday morning. Last year Wilson defeated Miller 54-46. – Public Policy Polling …and Rob Miller is now over $800,000 in donations and according to someone in the know, has also crushed every other candidate, bar none, for a 48-hour period [...]
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C’est Dommage
–updated below– TM.com’s official position on the French is that we love all things French, but especially the wine, the culture, the food, and yes, the people. However, Pres. Sarkozy got on our bad side when he dared to diss the American President after the G-20. Evidently Mr. France didn’t understand what it means to [...]
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