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“Governments . . . deriv[e] their just powers from the consent of the governed[.]” — one of five “self-evident” truths enumerated in our Declaration of Independence. One surprising thing about our world today is the extraordinary influence of English...
by dratler
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on Mon Mar 06, 2023 at 11:53 AM PST
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🔥 🔥 Some Spiritual Supernatural Beliefs 🌑 Native Americans believed that powerful beings, or spirits, were present in all natural things. Invisible but everywhere, this supernatural force of the spirit world touched people,...
by Angmar
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on Fri Dec 30, 2022 at 04:00 PM PST
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“I feel like something’s been lifted off of my shoulders.” Finally speaking his truth, Olympic legend Sir Mohamed “Mo" Farah shared that he was taken from his family and trafficked to the U.K. at the age of 9 in BBC’s upcoming documentary, The Real Mo...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Tue Jul 12, 2022 at 01:29 PM PDT
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What follows is the second part of a transcript of a conversation I overheard in a bar restaurant in Marseilles, France, a while ago. Both the woman and the man looked to be in their twenties. She had a French-inflected British accent. He sounded Texan...
by ShamballaJones
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on Mon Jan 03, 2022 at 09:02 AM PST
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What follows is a transcript of a conversation I overheard in a bar restaurant in Marseilles, France, a while ago. Both the woman and the man looked to be in their twenties. She had a French-inflected British accent. He sounded Texan (but intelligent)....
by ShamballaJones
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on Sun Jan 02, 2022 at 12:57 PM PST
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This is a Brexit drama in 7 acts, with each day bringing a new chapter. Follow the link to read acts if you missed it and want to catch up: Prelude & Act 1: I'm gonna wait 'till the midnight hour Act 2: Game of chicken on the White Cliffs of Dover...
by Kent Moorhead
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on Fri Dec 18, 2020 at 06:16 AM PST
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This is a Brexit drama in 7 acts, with each day bringing a new chapter. Follow the link to read the first two acts if you missed it and want to catch up:
Prelude & Act 1: I'm gonna wait 'till ...
by Kent Moorhead
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on Thu Dec 17, 2020 at 04:00 AM PST
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A brief history of some British idioms… "Hidden History" is a diary series that explores forgotten and little-known areas of history. So a friend of mine in London emailed me a little while ago�
by Lenny Flank
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on Tue Dec 15, 2020 at 12:39 PM PST
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Wall Street Journal and others report British have decided that everyone is going to get CV-19 anyway so just let it happen and get it over with. . Two things about that: . 1) There is no evidence one way or the other as to whether or not exposure and...
by Robert Norman
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on Sat Mar 14, 2020 at 09:40 AM PDT
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I’m so angry I could spit into me tea. I’ve just been watching “Vital Global Information” video by an ‘expert’ putting out in that ever so calm, condescending British way, absolute bollocks, to use the technical term. It amazes me that this mouthpiece...
by VeganPrincess
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on Fri Mar 13, 2020 at 04:53 PM PDT
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As we all know, the British are well known for their quirkiness and nowhere does it show better than in the strange and often hilarious names they give to towns and streets.
But before we get into ...
by Gwennedd
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on Fri Nov 29, 2019 at 10:00 PM PST
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The 2019 model is also effective at protecting your lawn against black teenagers wielding deadly candy bars.
by Raging Pencils
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on Thu Aug 08, 2019 at 03:01 PM PDT
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Yesterday was just a preview of of the British “welcome” for trump’s ill-advised trip to the UK where he fatuously claimed that the British people love him. The British are demonstrating their love for him today in full force.
You have probably seen...
by AKALib
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on Tue Jun 04, 2019 at 06:03 AM PDT
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trump started this ill-advised trip to the UK fatuously claiming that the British people love him. The British sure have a strange way to show their love, when it comes to trump.
You have probably seen many of these tweets, but here is a selection...
by AKALib
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on Mon Jun 03, 2019 at 06:02 PM PDT
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There have been many, many great television shows from Britain.
In fact the British Film Institute chose a list of the top 100 shows, ranked by industry professionals.
The top show they ranked I have to admit that I love...Fawlty Towers....
by BFSkinner
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on Tue Feb 19, 2019 at 06:18 PM PST
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Someone on Quora asked the question ”Why Do British People NOT Like Trump?” One response goes viral. My sister forwarded me an email that had gone viral after a Quora commenter asked the question ”Why Do British People NOT Like Trump?”. Normally I would not share viral posts, but after having read the response from a writer named Nate White, (who I am...
by Pakalolo
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on Sat Feb 16, 2019 at 04:58 AM PST
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This week Trump succeeded both in undermining the NATO alliance and British Premier Theresa May. Vladimir Putin must be pleased, although he may have expected more.
The first Secretary General of NATO from 1952 to 1957, Hastings Lionel "Pug"...
by bmethven
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on Sat Jul 14, 2018 at 06:45 PM PDT
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Trump is not just getting greeted by the British with the “Trump Baby” balloon, he is also being greeted by the protest song ‘American Idiot’ sung by the American group Green Day which topped the charts in 2004 and is now strongly trending in the UK.
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by AKALib
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on Fri Jul 13, 2018 at 10:51 AM PDT
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impulsive People Lead Everyone to get involved in War. Book 2. Professor Prestome Ungyobrock. Sample Afternoon Daily Kos. This is my sample of my/Professor Prestome Ungyobrock’s 2nd Book. imortalone is simply my username around the internet.
Impulsive People Lead Everyone to get involved in War,
Example: Vietnam. + EGGS
A...
by imortalone
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on Sat Jun 23, 2018 at 07:03 PM PDT
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Regarding the issue of Donald Trump's incorrect belief that Canadians burned down the White House during the War of 1812. The facts are since there was no Canada as we know it until July, 1867, no Canadians could have fought in that war. Sir George...
by PA Voter
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on Sat Jun 16, 2018 at 11:53 AM PDT
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