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Re: Brits Are So Bored By Their Election They'd Prefer To Talk About Vacuum Cleaners	31 Jul 2005 19:49 GMT	3
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Inside Edge tips	31 Jul 2005 19:37 GMT	1
I've been having a look at the daily lay tips at www.inside-edge-mag.co.uk, and I'm very impressed. So far less than 1 in 6 tips have been wrong, but I've only been counting for a few days.
battle of doggerbank	31 Jul 2005 08:47 GMT	7
I#m from Germany and since I've been diving at some historical wrecks in the North Sea, I tried to find out, why and when they sunk. My Investigations led to a "battle of the Doggerbank" 1781. But I was not able to find out more details about it, only about the battle in the First ...
Re: Saddam Hussein Was NOT A Threat To Anyone	31 Jul 2005 07:07 GMT	80
\| The prime minister said the police would have been criticised for \| failing to act had the man turned out to be a terrorist. \| This story is a tragedy, but if people need a target for their anger, \| they should look to militant Islam and the Muslim "holy" men
Creative & Mundane Vituperation	31 Jul 2005 03:31 GMT	7
Don't forget Ambrose Bierce, Voltaire, Oscar Wilde and H. L. Mencken. Masters of the Art of Creative Vituperation. Don't call them "INSULTS" -- that is girly-man language, as Arnold might well say.
The Knights Templar in Britain	30 Jul 2005 20:15 GMT	3
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR IN BRITAIN On Friday the 13th of October 1307 the persecution and torture of the Knights Templar began. The Templars in England were eventually tortured too, even though torture was illegal. Under terrible torture it was
A heraldic diversion	30 Jul 2005 18:02 GMT	5
The College of Arms in London designed all badges for the Canadian Armed Forces until the setting up in 1988 of the Canadian Heraldic Authority as part of Government House. The CHA has just put on line a searchable database of grants of arms, badges and flags at
Suspected terrorist shot 8 times	30 Jul 2005 11:07 GMT	20
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4714691.stm These two paragraphs sum up the story: The prime minister said the police would have been criticised for failing to act had the man turned out to be a terrorist.
royal veto	29 Jul 2005 22:20 GMT	36
Although the monarch of the United Kingdom has not vetoed a bill in a long time, it is my understanding that they have never actually relinquished this power. Am i correct?
What people from history would you most like to have met ?	29 Jul 2005 21:57 GMT	7
What reasonably high profile people from history (from any century, up to present day) would you most like to have met and please say why, for each person/s named. Please answer two ways.
A lesson to the West haters	28 Jul 2005 20:58 GMT	43
Unless I somehow missed it I cannot recall Egypt invading Iraq or Afghanistan, so why do the half-wits, lefties and West haters keep parroting the phrase 'We are suffering terrorist attacks because of our invasions of those countries'. Sharm-el-Sheik palpably demonstrates that this ...
Re: Kingdom Of Heaven -- Ridley Scott Scores Again	28 Jul 2005 06:39 GMT	8
"The Usama Bin Laden Version Of History"? Hilarious! Allah Akbar! Sholem Aleichem!
Re: Viking Age	27 Jul 2005 00:31 GMT	9
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Stonehenge	26 Jul 2005 05:33 GMT	7
Could someone please tell me the approx age of Stonehenge? I have read several different estimates in various books. Also was it a Druid place of worship or an ancient building for astronomy? When I was in England last, I did not have the opportunity to see it. grrrrrr :-(
Re: Attacks On U.K. Will Continue, Radical Cleric Says	26 Jul 2005 05:15 GMT	8
It will be interesting to see if any appeasement-oriented, Left-Wing pogues and/or poguettes come forward -- Brits -- saying the man should not have been shot -- especially five times in the head. Stay Tuned.