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• The remarkable George Martin has died at 90
• Descendants of Rollo, Viking founder of Normandy, exhumed
Rollo is a cool name
• Luxurious College Apartments, Built on Debt…
I hope that Trump can sweep the March 15 primaries…so we can end this PAINFUL nomination process. We’re going to need a little time for wounds to heal, before we unify against Hillary.
And PLEASE no more debates!…
…On this day in 1888 the Great Blizzard of 1888 began along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400 people.…
The Public Prosecutor in the Netherlands has finally released the list of charges that Geert Wilders will face in his upcoming trial. They are:
1. Deliberately insulting a group of people because of their race; and
2. Inciting hatred or discrimination against these people.
Mr. Wilders is being charged with four variants of each of these offenses — complicity, commit, incitement and “doing it complicity”.
In other news, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, and Macedonia have now announced that they will close their borders, effectively shutting off the migration route through Greece to Central Europe. This action was undertaken with EU approval, which is surprising, given that just a few weeks ago the European Commission told Austria it was violating international law and the human rights of migrants by limiting the number of “refugees” that could cross its borders every year.… …
Female residents of the northern Swedish town of Östersund have been warned by police officials not to leave their homes at night, after six recent incidents in which unaccompanied women were viciously attacked by men of “foreign appearance”. There is no official indication that these brutal incidents had anything to do with either Islam or mass immigration.
In other news, more than 1,300 new cases of Female Genital Mutilation were reported in England over a three-month period, according to the government’s health statistics agency.…
• Restoring the world’s oldest library
• Looking for Satan in All the Wrong Places - Some think the Devil can be found in the Hebrew Bible. Are they right?
• Via Drudge: AG Lynch Testifies: Justice Dept. Has ‘Discussed’ Civil Legal Action Against Climate Change Deniers
• Why Are Liberal-Run Institutions Such Hotbeds of Racism and Sexism?…
Methane Has Never Looked So Beautiful
The problem with tariffs
I Love My White Male Privilege! (video) …
The local chapter of AfD (Alternative für Deutschland, Alternative for Germany) made significant gains in local elections in the German state of Hesse. AfD received 13.2% of the vote, making it the third-largest party in Hesse.
In other news, a 14-year-old Muslim girl in Bologna filed a complaint with the police alleging that she had been hit with blunt objects and otherwise abused by members of her family for acting too “Western”.…
The local chapter of AfD (Alternative für Deutschland, Alternative for Germany) made significant gains in local elections in the German state of Hesse. AfD received 13.2% of the vote, making it the third-largest party in Hesse.
In other news, a 14-year-old Muslim girl in Bologna filed a complaint with the police alleging that she had been hit with blunt objects and otherwise abused by members of her family for acting too “Western”.…
The Wussification of America
Inside Bob Dylan's Historic New Tulsa Archive: 'It's an Endless Ocean'
Scientists who found gluten sensitivity evidence have now shown it doesn't exist …
• 14,000 Abandoned Wind Turbines Litter the United States
• What the haters miss about the joys of New York living
• Student Claims Sorority Rush Counts as Hazing Because it’s Stressful…
Miramax, one of the largest movie production and distribution companies in the world, has been acquired by a media group based in Doha in Qatar. The group is associated with Al Jazeera, and already owns some thirty TV channels.
In other news, some German cafés have stopped selling pork sausages to avoid offending newly-arrived migrants.…
An eight-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by an unidentified “Asian” man in a bakery in Leeds. The unfortunate victim was targeted while her mother was checking out at the cash register.
In other news, migrants who have given up trying to cross over to Britain from Calais are relocating to other ports in Normandy to try their luck there.…
French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron warned that if Britain chooses to leave the European Union, France may withdraw permission for the UK to maintain border controls in Calais, which would cause migrants to flood the Channel tunnel. Meanwhile French President François Hollande said that Britain would definitely face “consequences” if it left the EU.
In other news, two Italians held hostage by the Islamic State in Libya were killed. According to one report, they were used as human shields by ISIS during an attack by Libyan government forces.…
…On this day in 1836 after a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.
• A Gentleman’s Club That Turns Boys Into Men
• I will be Helen Mirren when I am 70, goddammit.
• Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar Is Getting a Makeover …
Gov. Scott Walker… Reforming the Criminal Justice System… Rep. Jim Jordan… Fighting for Victory Against Radicial Islamism… Sen. Tim Scott (SC)… Amb. John Bolton… Reince Priebus & Sean Hannity… Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX)… Religious Liberty and Marriage… Dana Loesch… Mark Levin… Michelle Malkin… Sen. Ted Cruz… Dr. Ben Carson… Marco Rubio…
…On this day in 1770 the Boston Massacre occurred in which five colonists were fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War five years later. Most school children are not taught that the crowd that the British troops shot into instigated the event.
As always, many thanks to Caped Crusader for helping to compile this marvelous collection of visual commentary:…
• Today's masters of the universe are less likely to work on Wall Street and more likely to work in Silicon Valley.
• The Ultimate working lunch: Inside the envy-inducing canteens at companies like Dropbox, Google and Pixar that offer free food, extensive menus, and gourmet desserts
• Teaching economics to the sixth grade…
…On this day in 1913 the United States Department of Labor was formed.…
P.C. fatigue: Progressives Suddenly Realize They’ve Created Frankenstein
The Expression ‘TMI’ Is Sexist
School Reportedly Creates ‘Safe Space’ for Students Hurt by ‘Tequila Party’
U. OF SOUTH CAROLINA PROMISES ‘NO LIMITS’ … EXCEPT WHEN IT COMES TO FREE SPEECH
You Are Richer Than a 19th Century Billionaire…
I’ve been collecting articles for days, so I’ll try to share them with you as efficiently as possible in a single post. My goal — no more than two sentences per recommended article.
The states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar) have declared Hezbollah to be a terrorist organization. The GCC took this action in response to the recruitment of young men in their countries for acts of terror.
In other news, Jesse Matthew Jr. pleaded guilty today to the murder of two co-eds in Charlottesville, Virginia. He received four life sentences, in addition to the three he is currently serving for a rape committed in Northern Virginia.…
As French police began demolishing the migrant shantytown known as “The Jungle” near Calais, residents of the camp began torching their shanties to protest the demolition. Meanwhile, 7,000 desperate migrants have backed up on the border between Greece and Macedonia. Conditions along the border are worsening, with shortages of food and water, and deteriorating sanitation.
In other news, “Super Tuesday” primaries have brought additional victories to the front-runners, Hillary Clinton for the Democrats, and Donald Trump for the Republicans. Mr. Trump looks to have won all the states except for Oklahoma and Texas (which went to Ted Cruz) and Minnesota (which went to Marco Rubio). …