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The Margaret Thatcher NUT Cracker, In Pictures
Anorak | December 9th 2009
THIS Christmas why not get the Margaret Thatcher nut cracker. Or is that NUT cracker? The National Union of Teachers are a Bolshie bunch who not content with joining institutions to institutionalise the young, join a union to immerse themselves deep read more
Thatcher is Dead! At Least She had Pet Life Insurance
Insurance Blog | December 7th 2009 by Insurance Blogger
A text message reading "Thatcher has died" has sparked a minor diplomatic incident in Canada. The author of the message was the country's transport minister John Baird, who was announcing the death of his pet cat. However Canada's prime minister Step read more
Manufacturing has declined more under Labour than in 1980ies
The Chronicles from the Empire | December 4th 2009 by Sten A. Hankewitz
Manufacturing has suffered a sharper decline under Labour than it did in the 1980ies under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s leadership, the Daily Mail reports. The revelation will be an acute embarrassment for the Government, which have sough read more
Interesting People # 144 - Margaret Thatcher
Interesting Facts | December 2nd 2009 by Lynne Hand
Margaret Thatcher only suffered one parliamentary defeat during her "reign" as prime minister - on Sunday trading laws.(The UK trading act was eventually passed eight years later. But it still faced stiff opposition, and not just from religious grou read more
Helen Mirren podría interpretar de nuevo a la Reina
El Cine Según Mushutiti | December 2nd 2009 by Alejandra
Como que ya les gustó el chiste, pues una vez más, la actriz inglesa Helen Mirren, podría volcer a interpretar a la reina Isabel II en la película “Mother: The Indira Ghandi Store”, que relatará la biografía de la primer ministra India ases read more
Attacking fundamentalism with risque humor
The Daily Clarity | December 2nd 2009 by The Daily Clarity
If you have read many of our editorials you will know that we are of the mind that the best way to effect change in a country is from within. We also believe that the way you best get your point across is not by sanctions or ostracizing but by engagi read more
Matt Helm novel The Terminators – Warnings from the Past for To…
The Shanks Dimension | November 29th 2009 by Don W. Shanks
This past month, I decided to re-read all 27 Matt Helm novels before the end of this year. Being a long time Matt Helm fan, I had discovered news articles about a possible relaunch of the character in movies. Production is expected to begin in 20 read more
The campaign for racism...
SpiderBoz | November 29th 2009 by SpiderBoz
Around 1,000 people set off on a march against racism in Glasgow today and yesterday. Their cause was vocally supported by a plethora of politicos - Alex Salmond, Gordon Brown, Jim Murphy, Annabel Goldie, Tavish Scott, Patrick Harvie and Grahame Smit read more
Funny Famous Faces
Bookmarked! | November 29th 2009 by blooey singson
Impulse buying at the bargain bookstore has gotten me a lot of books I have no earthly use for (as you probably know), but I like buying them anyway (as you probably also know). This is another one of those books — Famous Faces by Norman Messen read more
Efemérides
Moonmentum Blog | November 27th 2009 by Moon Momentum
Acontecimientos 1821 - Panamá proclama su independencia de España y se adhiere a Nueva Granada, posteriormente denominada la Gran Colombia (Panamá, Colombia y parte de Venezuela). 1912 - Albania se independiza del Imperio Otomano. 1960 - Maurita read more
THE CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY OF GLOBAL WARMING
NAVITOR - Welcome to The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy! | November 24th 2009 by Ted Pethick
Reprinted here without commentary being needed, but I will say this:The Global Warming scam has the international communist conspiracy in it's debt.Who would have thought that what was so roundly defeated on the battlefield, at massive cost economica read more
Best Finds
The Augur's Well | November 23rd 2009 by The Augur
Margaret Thatcher on Socialism I hope the President sees this… Americans Say “NO” to ObamaCare Support drops to 38% !!!! http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/september_2009/health_care_r read more
Clothing controversy
Vice President Education, RUSU | November 23rd 2009 by Tommy Gilchrist
Today is a day of controversy what with my comments on why Copenhagen will fail and it being a Monday and all. I started off the day with a controversial fashion statement – thought I’d share that with you whilst I take a lunch break read more
GOOD TO KNOW OUR LEADERS HAVE GOT THEIR PRIORITIES RIGHT
Caledonian Comment | November 22nd 2009 by Caledonian Jim
UK Business Secretary Lord Mandelson (pictured above) reportedly “went behind Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s back” last week in a last-ditch attempt to snatch the job of EU foreign supremo and abandon the Cabinet, it was claimed over read more
Bye-Bye US Constitution, Hello World Goverment
The Shanks Dimension | November 20th 2009 by Don W. Shanks
watch?v=PMe5dOgbu40 Video of a October 14, 2009 presentation by British Lord Christopher Monckton in St. Paul, MN on the subject of global warming. And also his warning to Americans about what PResident Obama intends to do in Copenhagen in December read more
Some Words of Wisdom from Lady Margaret Thatcher
The Shanks Dimension | November 19th 2009 by Don W. Shanks
Here are some wise words of wisdom from former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. They were correct back then, and they are even more correct in our current times. Especially check out the video of her talking about there is no such thing read more
5 Christmas Gadget Gift Ideas For Dad (2009)
Zath Games Tech | November 16th 2009 by Simon Barker
Over the next few days I will list a number of the best Christmas gadgets you can give to your family. First up is dad. Whether you’re a wife, son or daughter these are great gifts for the father of your household. If you’re struggling ideas this read more
Labour’s election message, fighting not quitting
Plenty2say | November 16th 2009 by Chris Gaynor
++++++++++++++++++++LABOUR’S CAMPAIGN POLITICS: WE ARE THE REAL FIGHTERS FOR REFORM+++++++++++++++++ It was the Lord Prince of Darkness Peter Mandelson, who once came up with the phrase, “I am a fighter, not a quitter,” when he had read more
Margaret
Vice President Education, RUSU | November 16th 2009 by Tommy Gilchrist
For any of you who absolutely love those drama-documentaries that the BBC are so good at, along the lines of The Day Britain Stopped and the If dramatisations, you need to watch Margaret. One of the most highly charged programmes I’ve had the read more
THATCHER E’ MORTA: MA E’ UNA TREMENDA GAFFE!
Esperto Seo | November 15th 2009 by Emanuele Tolomei
E’ nato tutto da un sms inviato in modo non corretto e in fretta. Margaret Thatcher Il ministro di Trasporti di Ottawa, John Baird ha scritto un sms ad un amico che si trovava ad una festa con quasi 2000 invitati. Il testo era il seguente: &# read more
Thatcher the cat passes away!
A View From Middle England by Arden Forester | November 13th 2009 by Arden Forester
John Major had trouble with the Downing Street cat Humphrey in those last episodes of Spitting Image. The cat had a fairly low opinion of the prime minister's abilities as he struggled to keep his cabinet in place. Now it appears that Margaret Thatch read more
News of John Baird's cat's death goes international
A Bcer In Toronto | November 13th 2009 by Jeff Jedras
News of the death of John Baird's cat, Thatcher, and how the Conservative government actually called 10 Downing Street to confirm the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (the Iron Lady is very much alive) has gone international w read more
The Berlin Wall: Twenty Years Ago. And a Day.
The Fat Limey | November 10th 2009 by Richard
Twenty years ago today I remember my history teacher excitedly coming into class. Given that this was Britain and my history teacher was usually the soul of reserve, this was pretty remarkable. "You must all watch the news tonight," he said, "this read more
The Berlin Wall Came Down, But Now The Washington Wall Goes Up
POLITICS 24/7 | November 10th 2009 by Anthony Del Pellegrino
This week marked the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is the anniversary of an event worthy to revisit and rethink. Of the dominoes that remained standing during the Cold War, the Berlin Wall’s fall, set in motion, the end read more
The Fall of the Berlin Wall: Reminiscence and Reflection
Acton Institute PowerBlog | November 9th 2009 by Johnny Tree
Excerpts from remarks delivered at the Acton Institute annual dinner in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Oct. 29, 2009: Twenty years ago today, a growing tide of men and women in Eastern Europe and northern Asia were shaking off the miasma that had led so man read more
Berlin Wall Fall: 20 Years Later
Outside The Beltway | OTB | November 9th 2009 by James Joyner
Twenty years ago today, I was leading a rocket artillery platoon in live fire exercises at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Eastern Bavaria. Some 400 kilometers to the north, the Berlin Wall was coming down. Back in my teaching days, I jokingly read more
In commemoration of the fall of the Berlin wall
The Atheist Conservative | November 9th 2009 by theatheistconservative
Today, November 9, 2009, is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was one of the greatest events of history. The wall both literally and symbolically marked the division between tyranny and freedom. It was erected on Sunday, August read more
A well of poison
The Atheist Conservative | November 7th 2009 by theatheistconservative
A diary has been found in the US National Security Archive which reveals details of the relationship between the British Labour Party and the Soviet Union. It was kept by one Anatoly Chernyaev, the man who pandered between the Kremlin and the Labour read more
The Women in Parliament.
Anna Raccoon | November 7th 2009
Back when Noah was still drawing up the blueprint for his Ark, long before I was born, my Aunt stood against a certain Bessie Braddock as Conservative candidate for St Anne’s Ward in Liverpool. Aunty vanished without trace of course, apart from read more
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