A British man who was stymied in his attempts to retrieve his passport from a Stockholm postal outlet finally has the document in hand thanks to the service-minded efforts of a “heroic” postal employee. … Read More
Search resumes for missing 10-year-old girl
Rescue divers will resume attempts to find a 10-year-old girl who disappeared in Lake Runn in Dalarna in central Sweden on Thursday following a boat accident. … Read More
Care plan sees dystopian future arriving early
Unfortunately, this dystopian future has arrived a little faster than I imagined, as last week the Scottish Government’s plan to give every child a state guardian from birth was launched. … Read More
What If Obama Signs the UN Arms Trade Treaty?
It needs to be clearly understood that the United States does not need the UN. So one might reasonably ask, what is the purpose of America signing any of the UN-sponsored treaties? … Read More
Britain’s House of Commons votes to legalize gay marriage in England, Wales
The bill will move onto the House of Lords, where it is expected to face opposition.Several Tory MPs spoke out against the bill, which has caused tensions within the party. The Labour and Liberal Democrat leaderships backed the bill.British Prime Minister David Cameron hopes the bill will soon be enacted into law, with the first marriage ceremonies taking place by next summer.Cameron is eager to force the bill’s passage, in attempts to display his party’s liberal and progressive side, particularly following spending cuts and a lurch to the right on immigration policy, which a number of parties are pursuing following a recent surge in the UK Independence Party’s popularity.DETAILS TO FOLLOW. … Read More
FSB: CIA crossed ‘red line’ with agent Fogle
“In case with Fogle, the CIA crossed the red line and we had no choice but to react observing official procedures,” a representative of the Russian Security Service, the FSB, said in an interview with RT. The spy story broke earlier this week after it was made public that Fogle – who had worked under the guise of a third secretary at the US Embassy in Moscow – was detained after being caught red-handed trying to recruit a Russian intelligence officer for the CIA. Following the incident he was expelled from Russia.As early as by autumn 2011, the FSB was aware that the CIA was pursuing a goal to get an informer within the Russian special services, the agent told RT.“Those were not one-off events, which caused our concern,” the operative pointed out. “Therefore, we decided to warn our American colleagues and ask them to stop these activities.”At a time, the FSB did not make public any information they knew about the CIA operations in Moscow, but held a meeting with the head of their station’s chief in Moscow, Stephen Holmes.“We hoped our American colleagues would hear us, given that we also presented to them precise information about CIA officers making recruitment attempts in Moscow and who exactly was doing that,” the source added. … Read More
‘Islamophobia’ and the Atheist movement
Whether or not ‘Islamophobia’ is a valid term, leading Atheists like Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins have been confused, inconsistent and blundering in their attempts to talk about Muslims. Sam Harris is about as consistent as Glenn Greenwald is concise, which made their exchange of…
