Spanish Data Point to Further Decline

PARIS — Data underscoring the depth of Spain’s economic problems dampened investor enthusiasm in Europe, but most stock markets turned positive as Wall Street opened. Spanish retail sales fell in April by a record 9.8 percent from a year earlier, the 22nd consecutive monthly decline, the government statistics institute said […]

Louis XIV railway carriages take to Paris-Versailles line

Rfi: Possibly the most glamorous local railway carriages in the world started operating on Wednesday between Paris and Versailles. They may look like any old beat-up railway train on the outside but inside they are decorated with reproductions of interiors from the royal Palace of Versailles. More: http://www.english.rfi.fr/visiting-france/20120516-louis-xiv-railway-carriages-take-paris-versailles-line

Islamophobia in Europe: Racism repackaged?

Arwa Al-Rikabi ARAB NEWS “Islam and Muslims are incompatible with rationality”…Who do you think said this? It sounds like something Geert Wilders (leader of Party of Freedom-Netherlands) or Nick Griffin (chairman of British National Party) would say, but it is the French Orientalist Ernest Renan who declared this in the […]

Basra to make renewed push for autonomy

AFP | May 28,2012 | 22:56 JORDAN POST BASRA, Iraq — A top politician in Iraq’s oil-rich Basra Province moved on Monday to give the area more autonomy from the central government, three years after the failure of a similar bid. Basra provincial council chief Sabah Al Bazzouni told reporters […]

Modern Survivalism Tenet Number Five

LewRockwell.com Food is increasing in cost faster than just about any investment right now and certainly faster than the rate of inflation. It seems the media has become fascinated with people practicing the modern survival philosophy. Indeed I would say that disaster prep has become one of the topics de jour […]