<blockquote><p>Spain’s long tolerant attitude to immigration seems to be hardening amid steady arrivals of African boat people and opposition charges that leaky borders have led to a rise in violent crime.
A poll conducted for Monday’s El Mundo newspaper showed <b>70 percent of Spaniards think the country has too many migrants</b>, 10 percentage points more than [...]
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<blockquote><p>French media said some 150 youths armed with baseball bats fought around 250 police for four hours in Montfermeil north of Paris after the arrest of a youth suspected of attacking a bus driver…
Youths smashed windows, hurled two petrol bombs at the town hall and stoned the mayor’s home, the media reports said.
Seven police officers [...]
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Beginning on April 2, 1453, the Turkish army of over 100,000 had <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople”>besieged Constantinople</a>, defended by only 7,000 Byzantine and foreign soldiers and knights. Repelling assault after assault, the defenders were finally worn down and the city’s walls, weakened by artillary bombardment, succumbed on May 29:
<BLOCKQUOTE><P>… at sunrise the Turks entered the city [...]
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<i>AP quoted Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov as saying during a radio interview yesterday that gay-pride parades ”may be acceptable for some kind of progressive, in some sense, countries in the West. But it is absolutely unacceptable for Moscow, for Russia.“ ”As long as I am mayor, we will not permit these parades to be conducted,“ [...]
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Unfortunately, not from <i>our</i> President…
<blockquote><p>Regarding migration policy, our priority remains to attract our compatriots from abroad. In this regard we need to encourage skilled migration to our country, encourage educated and law-abiding people to come to Russia. People coming to our country must treat our culture and national traditions with respect.- from President Vladimir Putin’s [...]
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<i>It may not be their aim but the Republican Senate is doing its best to build a third party constituency.
The only thing missing now is the Party.</i> – <a href=”http://fautedepire.blogspot.com/2006/05/where-two-parties-fail.html#links”>Faute De Pire</a>
An excellent case in point is Senator and would-be GOP Presidential candidate John McCain, who recently appeared at a New York City fundraiser:
<blockquote><p>“What kind [...]
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to us (besides our own elites)
<blockquote><p>The Pentagon’s annual report to Congress on China’s military power, released this week, reveals that Beijing’s buildup has advanced well beyond what most analysts considered likely just 10 years ago….
Simply stated, as China’s military power has grown, so too, it appears, have the strategic tasks that it may be assigned. [...]
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<blockquote><p>Mexican President Vicente Fox kicked off a four-day U.S. visit Tuesday by decrying congressional proposals to build a wall to keep illegal immigrants in Mexico, saying that “we won’t resolve this problem with fences, but hand in hand, working together.” – From the <a href=”http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fox24may24,0,5347812.story?coll=la-home-headlines”>LA Times</a></blockquote>
Undoubtedly, Mr. Fox’s planned 4 day trip will provide many, [...]
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As the West continues its seemingly inexorable rush towards a thoroughly de-racinated, atomized and globalized future, the US and the EU are pressuring Russia to remake herself in their image. Within Russia, however, there is considerable and powerful opposition to this, with the Orthodox Church playing a leading role in articulating an alternative view [...]
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<i>Bush opposes English as national language: Gonzales</i> – <a href=”http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-05-19T193106Z_01_N19233580_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-IMMIGRATION-GONZALES.xml”>Reuters</a> headline
<blockquote><p>”The president has never supported making English the national language,” [Attorney General Alberto] Gonzales said after meeting with state and local officials in Texas to discuss cooperation on enforcement of immigration laws.
He said <b>Bush has instead long supported a concept called “English-Plus,” believing that it [...]
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