Category Archives: Europe

Surprise! Belgium Grenade Attack Might Be Linked To Islamists

We’ll have to see if it shakes out (UK Telegraph) At least one person was killed and up to 25 others wounded Tuesday when up to four grenades exploded outside the main courthouse in the eastern Belgian city of Liege. The attack took place around noon on Saint-Lambert square, home to the town’s courthouse and […]

Snort: Geithner Wants “Decisive Signal” On European Debt

Starting off the day with some humorous talk from a guy who isn’t capable of using TurboTax correctly, and whose boss has racked up 4 trillion in debt in two years US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has called on European leaders at the G20 in Washington to send a “decisive signal” that they have a […]

England Plans To Lower Tax Rate On Evil Rich…Wait, What?

Apparently, they’ve finally had enough of the liberal talking points and started looking at the cold hard mackerel of reality David Cameron and George Osborne are plotting to slash the top rate of income tax to 45p in the pound as early as next March. The Prime Minister and Chancellor want to make the change […]

Norway Killer Was Obviously A “Right Wing Extremist”

Anyone think the AP would term the guy an Islamic extremist or left wing extremist if he was? The 32-year-old suspected of massacring at least 80 young people at a summer camp and setting off a bomb in downtown Oslo that killed at least seven is a mystery to investigators: a right-winger with anti-Muslim views […]

Obama Admin. Betrays Britain Over Nuclear Secrets For START

After whining about Republicans blocking the START treaty months ago, Obama finally signed it on Tuesday morning, and the US media was a bit miffed that they weren’t allowed in the room. And now we find out from the UK Telegraph Information about every Trident missile the US supplies to Britain will be given to […]

Norway: That’s Super You’re The Norwegian Of The Year. Bye Bye!

They’re really not too keen on illegals in Norway The decision to deport Madina Salamova, 25, has sparked a nationwide debate about Norway’s immigration laws, triggered public protests, and put the country’s centre-left government on the defensive. The girl, who is better known under her literary pseudonym ‘Maria Amelie’, moved to Norway in 2003 with […]

Spain Learns That Solar Really, Really Needs Government Handouts

Apparently, without government money, solar power might not even be able to power its own life support The Spanish government has launched a new regulatory framework that will result in subsidized tariffs for ground-mounted solar energy projects drop 45% this year, killing future investment in the trade, which industry leaders expect will be frozen in […]

ClimaHypocrite Obama Heads To Europe For More Fail

I’m not sure how this is going to stop the seas from rising and start the healing of the Earth If President Barack Obama is not yet convinced that his international star power has faded, his next round of transatlantic summitry should clear up any lingering doubts. Coming off a marathon Asia trip where Obama […]

Europe In A Panic Over Portugal

Things are not going well, as Portugal make take the Euro down The euro is facing an unprecedented crisis after another country indicated last night that it was at a “high risk” of requiring an international bail-out. Portugal became the latest European nation to suggest it was on the brink of seeking help from Brussels […]

Britain Slowly Doing Away With Government Health Care

As America slowly moves towards full government run health care, Britain, a country 1/40th the size of the USA in geography (#79 on the size chart, with the USA at #3) is moving away from single payer and government control, and has actual plans to do this Perhaps the only consistent thing about Britain’s socialized […]

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