The Iconoclast
Saturday Country Jamboree: Ray Price
I was fortunate to meet Ray Price and his steel player, Jimmy Day in 1999 just before Day’s death. Here they are in their heyday.
Flowers to Stifle the Screams
{Author’s adaptation of the original French version} by Nidra Poller Paris 19 July 2016 It may not be crafted by the media that encourage it, it’s not the fault of […]
Sunni Suicide Attack on Shi’a Demonstration in Kabul, 61 Dead
.The Sunni-Shi’a conflict spreads into Afghanistan.
Munich gunman dead – 18 year old of dual Iranian/German heritage.
From the Some witnesses describe hearing him yelling anti-foreigner insults before opening fire outside the McDonald’s restaurant, near to the mall. In a later conversation with a witness, recorded on a mobile […]
Multiple deaths at shooting rampage in German shopping mall:
From Telegraph and the German eiditon of
Nice truck attacker had at least 5 accomplices, plotted for months: French prosecutor
Elaine Ganley and Thomas Adamson write in
Multiple Personality Disorder: How many passports do you need ?
by Theodore Dalrymple The Canadian government, I see, is thinking of issuing sex-neutral identity cards, presumably on the grounds that some people have not yet chosen the sex they want […]
The Brilliant Donald Trump Deserves to Win
by Conrad Black Almost anyone who has followed the US presidential selection process closely could realise what a brilliant campaign Donald Trump has conducted. He saw that in its […]
Iran Preparing to Reopen Prohibited Nuclear Sites
Let’s see, Obama withheld details of the agreement from Congress. Congress finds out and is upset it was misled. That is perceived as provocation by the Iranians; they have no choice but […]
Brazil arrests group plotting ‘acts of terrorism’ before Olympics:
From BBC Brazil’s federal police on Thursday arrested 10 members of a group that was preparing “acts of terrorism,” a justice ministry source told Reuters, just over two weeks before […]
Marham serviceman targeted in ‘attempted abduction’- armed men on the loose
This happened yesterday but it is now being treated as a very serious incident. From local newspapers the Norfolk Constabulary Detectives investigating an incident in which a serviceman was threatened with […]
Nigel Farage at the GOP Convention
U.S. Sanctions Top Al Qaeda Operatives Working in Iran
Adam Kredo writes in the announced Wednesday that it has sanctioned “three al Qaeda senior members located in Iran” for funneling money and moving terrorist operative across the Middle East, according to […]
Turkey’s Relationship with the West
by Conrad Black I will maintain, until next week when the Republican convention will be over, my self-imposed gag on substantive comments about the presidential race. But I would like […]
10 FICTIONS PAWNED AS FACT
Ardie Geldman writes in
France Must Survive
by Michael Curtis On August 7, 2014 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a French television program transmitted a timely warning to his French audience. The fight against terrorism he […]
