In this image provided by the Imperial War Museum, World War I German and British soldiers stand together on the battlefield near Ploegsteert, Belgium in Dec. 1914. Soldiers who had been killing each other for months climbed out of their soggy trenches to seek a shred of humanity amid the horrors of World […]
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December 25th, 2014 | Tags: Belgium, Christmas Eve 1914, Sainsbury's Supermarket | Category: France, Germany, Great Britain, History, Military, Video, World War I | Comments are closed
BigFurHat iOwnTheWorld 10/4/2014 Via: ECDC: As reported to ECDC by Belgian authorities, on 2 September 2014, following a human error, 45 litres of concentrated live polio virus solution were released into the environment by the pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), in Rixensart city, Belgium. The liquid was conducted directly to a water-treatment plant (Rosieres) and released […] October 4th, 2014 | Tags: Belgium, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), polio | Category: Environment, Europe | Comments are closed
The U.S. president spent a single night in Belgium’s capital, but taxpayers of both countries are on the hook for millions His brief stay required the use of 387 rooms, and 143 rental cars from a luxury limousine service Obama took three planes and 45 vehicles – including his personal armored Cadillac limo – […] April 6th, 2014 | Tags: "The Hotel", Belgium, Crowne Plaza, luxury | Category: Barack Obama, Europe, Federal spending, Taxes | Comments are closed
An American Housewife (occasionally) in London 11/11/2012 In the US we know, vaguely, of November 11th as Veteran’s Day, which follows the Marine Corps birthday by a day. Sadly, it isn’t much noticed. Memorial Day in May is bigger in the national consciousness. In the UK Remembrance Sunday is held the closest Sunday […] November 11th, 2012 | Tags: "Animal in War" memorial, "In Flanders Fields", Alexis Helmer, Belgium, Boston, Dog Tag Memorial, Enda Kenny, Gen. George S. Patton, George Orwell, Ireland, John McCrae, London, Nowzad Dog [Animal] Rescue, Old North Church, Pen Farthing, poetry, President Ronald Reagan, Queen Elizabeth II, Remembrance Day, service animals, Veterans' Day, Ypres | Category: Afghanistan, Canada, Europe, Great Britain, History, Iraq, Massachusetts, United States, World War I, World War II | Comments are closed
John Verum Serum 9/29/2010 Here’s video of the “day of action” in Barcelona, Spain: Sky news has a report that explains who is protesting and why: Tens of thousands of demonstrators from across the EU converged on the streets of Brussels, and up to 5,000 protesters marched in Warsaw. Spanish unions staged a general […] September 30th, 2010 | Tags: "One Nation Working Together", "The Coming Insurrection", 10-2-10, Belgium, Spain | Category: Communism, Economy, Europe, Marxism, Socialism, Unions, Video | Comments are closed
Baron Bodissey Gates of Vienna 9/9/2010 I just received this press release from Vlaams Belang about a protest against the GZM on 9-11 in Brussels: Demonstration Against Ground Zero Mosque On Saturday 11 September 2010, the organization “Cities Against Islamization” will hold a demonstration nearby the American embassy in Brussels to protest against the construction […] September 10th, 2010 | Tags: “Cities Against Islamization”, 9/11/10, Belgium, Ground Zero, Mega-mosque | Category: Europe, European Union, Islam, terrorism | Comments are closed
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