Is Great Britain becoming a police state as we speak?

The United Kingdom is becoming a police state. While our rights are commonly violated in the U.S., we don't see the rampant violations of liberty as we do with our English speaking cousins across the ocean. This is ironic, because our nation is built largely upon the...

King maker: the royal statute

King maker No leap-frogging is permitted by statute, unless of course the Prince of Wales would yield or otherwise abdicate to his son. Could Queen Elizabeth change the order by nodding preference to her grandson...

Natural resource & welfare states: Saudi Arabia and West Virginia

Political bizarreness The world’s most successful welfare state is Saudi Arabia. " “Saudi Arabia has the world's largest oil reserves and is the world's largest oil exporter. Oil accounts...

Old data reveals something about the cost of royalty

Given that the Queen of England has cut expenses by $4 million a year as a gesture to the recession, I am looking for data to put this in perspective. One source is rather old, 1997, though lists the cost of...

Official: Queen Victoria's Panties Were Massive

As Kensington Palace prepares to re-open after a £12 million refit, British newspaper The Sun was allowed a sneak preview of one of the most unusual - and certainly most personal - items of Royal memorabilia yet seen... Queen Victoria's 52" knickers. The voluminous pants...

Wright County MN Massive Financial Cover up Continues 2

" When I first started investigating this issue, I had no idea how difficult it would be. This has taken an enormous amount of time and patience. You would not know this was America. Was all the information we learned in High School Civics about "Public Servants", "Open...

Local Radio Freedom Act Gains Support

"WASHINGTON, DC -- The Local Radio Freedom Act, introduced in late October by Reps. Gene Green (D-TX) and Mike Conaway (R-TX), is now backed by 148 members of the House of Representatives. "Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge...

Princess Beatrice's BMW is stolen

Princess Beatrice, the fifth in line for the British throne, has had her BMW stolen after she left the car unlocked with the keys inside, according to reports. The princess is the grandaughter of Queen Elizabeth....

QE2 runs aground on final voyage

The Queen Elizabeth II oceanliner from the UK is about to be put into retirement. But on its last voyage it ran into some trouble off the coast of Southhampton, becoming trapped on a sandbank. The boat is set to become a floating hotel in Dubai."It was hardly the most regal...

Brazil to produce generic AIDS drug

" © AP 2008-09-18 03:43:04 - BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's health minister says Latin America's biggest country will produce an inexpensive generic version of an AIDS drug made by Merck & Co. Jose...

Sex & Drugs for Oil Contracts & Royalties at US Interior Department

"(CBS/ AP) Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties engaged in illicit sex with employees of energy companies they were dealing with and received numerous gifts from them, federal investigators said Wednesday. The allegations of bad behavior...

Palin: Running for Elected Office or ROYAL EMPRESS DEVINE?

EMPRESS PALIN will speak when the media promises to treat her with the proper "deference" due someone of her exalted rank and stature.  Who are the American people to dare expect the GOP vice presidential...

Berlin's Electronics Trade Fair stormed by Customs officials

"220 German customs agents swarmed through the IFA consumer-electronics fair, hunting for non-payers of royalties, shortly after the expo opened Friday in the German capital of Berlin.   German customs agents swarmed through the IFA consumer-electronics fair shortly...

Pandora Internet Radio to go Silent?

If you haven't used Pandora.com yet, this might be your last chance. Pandora, aka the Music Genome Project, helps you find music you like, no download needed; just go to the site and type in the name of a song or...

Rap Royalty in Check!

Opinion Barry Artiste. Now Public Contributor (New NP Highlighter not working) Certainly a case where Rap means Bling to a whitebread  hippie 1970s group whose one big hit "Signs" is  world wide...

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