Back off, Barack! Britain will leave EU

Christopher Monckton of Brenchley WorldNetDaily 1/15/2013

A senior official of the Obama “administration” has gotten himself into hot water by telling Britain what to do. Obama’s view, apparently, is that it is in the interests of the United States that Britain should remain a mere satrapy or vassal state of the hated European tyranny-by-clerk, and […]

'In Flanders Fields'

 

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 […]

Poland dreams of energy independence — through fracking

Eager to end reliance on Russian natural gas, and largely untroubled by environmentalists, Polish officials are embracing hydraulic fracturing to unlock potentially huge deposits beneath their soil.

Henry Chu Los Angeles Times 7/15/2012

GDANSK, Poland — Dreams of freedom from Soviet oppression were nurtured and realized in the shipyards of this seaside city, where the […]

‘Trapped Inside an Economic Prison’

NigelFarageFans YouTube 12/13/2011

A collage of speeches by UKIP Leader Nigel Farage MEP in the European Parliament in Strasbourg and Brussels as Co-President of the Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group (EFD).

Excerpts relate to the euro currency crisis leading up to the bailouts of Greece (May 2010), Ireland (November 2010) and Portugal (April 2011).

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Soros Speech in Italy on Eurozone Crisis Goes Viral

In my judgment the authorities have a three months’ window during which they could still correct their mistakes and reverse the current trends. By the authorities I mean mainly the German government and the Bundesbank because in a crisis the creditors are in the driver’s seat and nothing can be done without German […]

Euro Unravel

Glenn Reynolds Instapundit 3/30/2012

The central bank of Germany will no longer accept bank bonds backed by Ireland, Greece and Portugal as collateral.

From the article:

…Last week, the ECB [European Central Bank] gave the 17 national central banks in the Eurosystem permission to reject collateral bonds backed by governments that have received a bailout […]

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