Tag Archives: European Union

GLEANINGS FROM THE PASSING SCENE … (Politically Uncorrected)

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Jack Curtis

From this week: Columbia: Deciding  whether to follow Venezuela’s socialist trail? (Report) Californians will choose between standard auto license plates or $700 little digital message boards (Report) Britain: Gov’t uses Soviet style disappearance to vanish pesky journalist (Report) Update: Embarrassing … Continue reading →

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GLEANINGS FROM THE PASSING SCENE … (Politically Uncorrected)

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Jack Curtis

The week’s collection: The War on Living Space: America’s homes are shrinking (Report) (No cash, no drivers and tiny homes an the government’s vision of our future) Austria: Followed the U.S. as its voters elected a very unlikely president in … Continue reading →

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Britain, the E.U. Exit and Illusion vs. Reality

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Jack Curtis

Chronology: Britain voted to exit the European Union. Leaders and experts announced: The sky will fall. We’ll be better off. Wait and see. With numbers of powerful people heavily committed to the E.U. still committed to interfering with the evident … Continue reading →

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Will Britain Exit (BREXIT) The E.U? (Does It Matter?)

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Jack Curtis

Soon, Britons will vote their desire to remain in the European Union or to leave it. All significant political leaders are clamoring to remain in the wanna-be superstate; other voices sustain independence as the only road to any future better … Continue reading →

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Why Are Refugees Now Managing Europe?

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Jack Curtis

Refugees from Islamic violence now number in millions, most of them Moslems.  They have been piling up in Turkey and in the less violent neighboring countries for years, many in refugee camps with poor conditions, The U.N. does what it … Continue reading →

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Do Greece Plus Iran Amount To Double Dealing?

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Jack Curtis

Our wise leaders have saved us again, right? Greece is under control and the Obamfolk et al have nailed an end to the Iranian nuclear threat. Isn’t it wonderful? We wonder a few things, sure enough. The Eurofolk and the … Continue reading →

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The World Financial System: TITANIC!

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Jack Curtis

If  a bullet kills you after a trigger is pulled, who has killed you? The trigger, the gun or he who held it? The ongoing and irreversible Greek financial collapse we are watching is a trigger; the E.U. is the … Continue reading →

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Greece’s Wiley E. Coyote Moment?

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Jack Curtis

To begin: We are more opinionated than knowledgeable;. apply salt. For youngsters, Wiley E. Coyote chased the little Roadrunner (a Southwestern American ground-loving bird) off cliffs; the bird would take wing but the wingless coyote would not notice his predicament … Continue reading →

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Margaret Thatcher’s Ghost Stalks Halls The Halls Of The Euro …

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Jack Curtis

Tomorrow, Monday: We are to know whether the E.U. financiers (Germany) will hand Greece the additional money needed to repay them their loans on time, thus papering over the debt cesspool once more, or on the other hand, the Greek … Continue reading →

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Truth Arrives on Monday (But It Won’t Make Anybody Free ..)

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Jack Curtis

The truth we are told, shall make us free. Except when it shows how much our politicians have indebted us. The share of national debt owed by U.S. taxpayers passessed $150,000 some time back but we assume someone else will … Continue reading →

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