by William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full … Continue reading The Second Coming
The TV2 news station in Norway has been reporting lately that the American embassy in Oslo has very close links to Norwegian police. Some of the police working on the database records might even be employees of the US embassy. TV 2 avslørte onsdag at USA i all hemmelighet har bygd opp en etterretningsgruppe for … Continue reading Norway turns heat up on US ‘spies’
Today marks Armistice Day, the 1918 surrender of Germany that ended hostility on the Western Front in World War I. It also is known as Veteran’s Day in the US, thanks to sentiment from Kansas, as I have written before. Poppies are used for remembrance in reference to one of the most heavily contested areas … Continue reading Eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month
CNN seems to have the most complete description so far of a refugee story in Canada. A young Asian man disguised himself as an elderly White man when he boarded an international flight. He removed the disguise during the flight, which hardly made a low profile. Some reports say his young-looking hands were enough to … Continue reading International Flight Disguise Success