German government unsure about visa-free regime for Georgia & Ukraine, fearing spike in crime rate

Italy’s Eurosceptic, anti-establishment party candidate winning Rome mayoral race – exit polls

AUSTIN, TX – Lord Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount of Brenchley, thinks Texas should secede from the United States. In his native Britain, voters are preparing to decide whether they will remain in the European Union. Here in the United States, Texas just last month considered putting secession on the ballot.  The Republican Party of Texas killed the measure. This week, Monckton — former adviser to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher — pushed for Texas independence in an exclusive interview with The Daily Caller. Monckton is a prominent conservative voice on issues such as climate change and the possible collapse of the … Continue reading

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Switzerland celebrated the opening of the world’s longest train tunnel, a 17-year project that cuts through the Alps and cost €11 billion to construct – but all anyone’s talking about is its ridiculous opening ceremony. Efforts to highlight the incredible engineering accomplishment of the 2,300 meter-deep Gotthard tunnel resulted in an utterly strange opening ceremony that reported cost €8 million. Co-ordinated by German director Volker Hesse, the performances were supposed to represent various aspects of Swiss culture, but, at times, ended up resembling a Kanye West fashion show. More than 600 actors reportedly took part in the show, which at … Continue reading

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Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed. I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple him over, but simply that you support him no longer; then you will behold him, like a great Colossus whose pedestal has been pulled away, fall of his own weight and break in pieces. –        The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude, Etienne de la Boétie Guess who this is, regarding the upcoming Brexit vote: In a passionate plea to Europe’s top conservatives, he accused the EU elites of living in a fool’s paradise … Continue reading

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Muhammed Ali has died at age 74. I am 74. He loomed large when I came to adulthood. He was the most famous athlete on earth after he beat Sonny Liston in 1964. He was the greatest fighter of my generation, as he never tired of reminding us. He was also the greatest self-promoter in sports of any generation. Most men of my era had an opinion about Cassius Clay/Muhammed Ali. I was a fan, although I never cared much for boxing. I liked his style. I liked it for a reason: it was all about marketing. In November 1962, … Continue reading

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Presumption of a Cover-Up … Judges and lawyers know that – if someone intentionally destroys evidence – he’s probably trying to hide his crime.  American law has long recognized that destruction of evidence raises a presumption of guiltfor  the person who destroyed the evidence. So what does it mean when the US government intentionally destroyed massive amounts of evidence related to 9/11? Judge and Prosecutor Destroy Evidence For example, it was revealed last week that the judge overseeing the trial of surviving 9/11 suspects conspired with the prosecution to destroy evidence relevant to a key suspect’s defense. And see this. (The … Continue reading

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If you like solving math puzzles, read on. In this TED-Ed video, we’re confronted with the “locker riddle.” In it, your wealthy uncle has just passed away, and 100 of his relatives—yourself included—arrive at the reading of his will. Being an eccentric fellow, your uncle’s will is bizarre. It stipulates that if all 100 relatives work together to solve the problem (by opening the lockers following a series of rules), you’ll share in the inheritance together by unlocking a giant safe, using clues contained in the lockers. But if one person can figure it out without “doing the legwork” (opening … Continue reading

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