UK elderly are “wasting too many bedrooms”
By Anna Grayson Sunday, February 5, 2012
London, England-In yet another outrageous piece of social engineering from our coalition government, pensioners will be encouraged to downsize to smaller properties allowing local councils to rent their homes out as council houses and manage the tenancy.
Local authorities will ‘help’ older people move from their homes into ‘more suitable accommodation’. Grant Schapps, the Housing Minister, who is a conservative member of parliament claims the scheme will solve a so-called ‘housing crisis’ as well as creating a system that will ‘permit access to various sources of wealth’ that are currently not being used to pay for care.
A winter postcardBy Anna Grayson Sunday, February 5, 2012
London, England—When it snows in London, it’s a magical time. Last night it became more Switzerland than the city by the Thames. Any street or park that has even the minutest hint of an incline has a sled on it today. And the British are actually talking to one another in the street, even if it’s just to say ‘Oooch it’s cold today, but rather lovely’. ‘Lovely’ is a superlative for a Brit – it shows they are really happy. I can hear shrieks of delight coming from the kids in my street.
I’ve taken some pictures in my neighbourhood which I think will make some of you hardy North Americans smile. I can almost hear you chuckling ‘Snow – you call that snow? Why that’s a mere dusting of icing sugar on a strudel!’ That may be so, but it’s enough to shake off the mundane and steer even the most hardened Londoner into memories of childhood and stories of winter wonderlands. We were issued a level 3 weather warning (we only have 4) for this. I can hear another wallop of laughter from across the pond.
Auschwitz: Ignoring History, Predicting the FutureBy Alan Caruba Thursday, January 26, 2012
The late Israeli scholar and diplomat, Abba Eban, (1915-2002) said, “History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.”
Similarly, Winston Churchill said, “You can always count on Americans to do the right thing—after they have tried everything else.” In Churchill’s case, he was referring to the U.S. reluctance to become involved in another war in Europe, but the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 changed that overnight. By 1945, along with our allies, the wars in Europe and Asia were over.
Remembering America’s World War II AceBy Frank Milewski Tuesday, January 24, 2012
This January, 2001 photo shows U.S. Air Ace Col. Francis S. Gabreski (left), at the annual post-Christmas observance (Oplatek) the Downstate New York Division of the Polish American Congress held at the Polonaise Terrace in Brooklyn. The Congress used the occasion to also celebrate the late Col. Gabreski’s 82nd birthday. Pictured with him are: PAC President Frank Milewski (center) and Vice President Chet Szarejko.
Brooklyn, N.Y. .. The Downstate New York Division of the Polish American Congress announced it will hold a wreath-laying ceremony at the Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton, Long Island on Sunday, January 29th at 1:00 p.m. to honor the memory of America’s top World War II Air Ace in Europe for whom the airport is named. It will mark the 10th anniversary of his death in 2002.
Sweden Crushing Homeschoolers: Exorbitant Fines, Politicians Call for Gov’t to Seize Home-schooled c
By Christian Newswire Tuesday, January 17, 2012
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, —A leader of Sweden’s Liberal Party last week called for a change in the country’s social services law so that the government can take children away from home-schooling families more easily by allowing social workers to do so.
EU: banana bureaucracyBy Klaus Rohrich Monday, December 19, 2011
Anyone wondering why the European debt crisis is on the verge of sinking the global economy, it’s because there isn’t any matter too inconsequential for it not to be regulated by the cadre of Eurobureaucrats. Understanding that the sovereign debt crisis is primarily about the debt of individual countries, such as Greece, Portugal, Italy, etc. it goes a long way toward explaining why there is a debt crisis in the first place. The cradle-to-grave care lavished by Eurozone nations onto its citizens and the bureaucracies responsible for these programs is the reason there is a sovereign debt crisis.
The PrisonerBy Daniel Greenfield Sunday, December 11, 2011
Few other places turn out dystopian fantasies quite like the United Kingdom and if the United States has never quite become the chrome skyscraper and flying car utopian wonderland of its utopian fantasies, with its ubiquitous cameras and DNA banks, the United Kingdom seems well on the way to its dystopian destination.
1984, The Prisoner and V for Vendetta are all a train ride away nowadays. Say the wrong thing and you can expect to be wearing a prison suit and nominated for a national run on Two Minute Hate.
A UK tale of health care and airport scannersBy Anna Grayson Tuesday, November 29, 2011
London, England - A new report out by the Equality and Human Rights Commission has thrown a light on the abuses that invariably come when you socialise healthcare. This one focused on home care for the elderly run by local councils. The chronic disregard of pensioners was found to be so appalling many have been left ‘wanting to die’. Of the 500k people that are under government care, 250k experienced horrendous neglect. Here are some examples of what ‘carers’ get up to:
Incoming Spanish Prime Minister Promised to Repeal Abortion Law and Other Anti-Family Policies
By Christian Newswire Wednesday, November 23, 2011
ROCKFORD, Ill.,—Spain’s Popular Party won a historic conservative victory in Sunday’s election and the ruling Socialists suffered their worst defeat in 30 years.
Jewish human rights group calls on Belgium to adopt a ‘no tolerance’ policy to antisemitBy B’nai Brith Wednesday, November 23, 2011
TORONTO, 23 November 2011 – B’nai Brith Canada has written to His Excellency Ambassador Bruno van der Pluijm to express its concerns following reports of a brutal attack against a 13-year-old Jewish girl in Belgium by her classmates.
Obama to deploy 500 FBI agents to London OlympicsBy Jim Kouri Wednesday, November 23, 2011
The Obama Administration is prepared to deploy 1000 security agents to the 2012 Olympic Games in London as a result of about terrorists—both foreign and homegrown—who may be planning a surprise attack. The London Olympic Games will be held beginning on July 27, 2012 to August 12, 2012.
Falling like dominoes in EuropeBy News on the Net Thursday, November 10, 2011
By Nevil Gibson, NBR
The market upheavals in Europe, where political inaction has led Italy and Greece to the brink, have barely raised a ripple on the local election campaign.
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