Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Enoch Powell's Warning

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18-4-20 ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech, 50 years on: Setting the scene in 1968 | ITV > .
Not totally wrong, but prophetic, as it tranpires:
20-6-14 Origins of the Muslim Brotherhood - CaspianReport > .

The "Rivers of Blood" speech was made by British Member of Parliament (MP) Enoch Powell on 20 April 1968, to a meeting of the Conservative Political Centre in Birmingham, England. His speech made various remarks, which included strong criticism of significant Commonwealth immigration to the United Kingdom and the proposed Race Relations Act, which made it illegal to refuse housing, employment, or public services to a person on the grounds of colour, race, ethnic or national origins in the country. It became known as the "Rivers of Blood" speech, although Powell always referred to it as "the Birmingham speech". The former name alludes to a prophecy from Virgil's Aeneid which Powell, a former classical scholar, quoted:
As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding; like the Roman, I seem to see 'the River Tiber foaming with much blood'.
The speech caused a political storm, making Powell one of the most talked about and divisive politicians in the country; it led to his controversial dismissal from the Shadow Cabinet by Conservative Party Leader Edward Heath. According to most accounts, the popularity of Powell's perspective on immigration may have been a decisive factor in the Conservatives' surprise victory in the 1970 general election, although he became one of the most persistent opponents of the subsequent Heath government.
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The Society of the Muslim Brothers (Jamāʿat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn), better known as the Muslim Brotherhood (al-Ikhwān al-Muslimūn), is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt by Islamic scholar and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna in 1928. Al-Banna's teachings spread far beyond Egypt, influencing today various Islamist movements from charitable organizations to political parties.
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“How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property – either as a child, a wife, or a concubine – must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the faith: all know how to die but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome.”
― Winston Churchill, The River War .

Enoch Powell Speeches H

69-4-29 Enoch Powell's "River of Blood" Warning ..
Cliodynamic Analysis of History: End Times (2023) ..


Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Toronto - then, now

Yorkville in 1968 - Old Toronto Series > .

Footage of the Bloor streetcar in the winter of 1939-1940. Film shows the streetcar at Bloor St. at Yonge St., the City Hall loop, Bay St. at Albert St., the Jane loop, Bloor St. at Dundas St. W., Bloor St. at the CN/CP underpass, the Bloor St. car loading, and Dundas St. W. at Bloor St. with a small Witt car on King St W. The TTC donated the original 16mm film to the National Archives of Canada in 1981. In return, the National Archives copied the film and deposited it to the TTC.

On July 31st 1955, Marilyn Bell of Toronto became the youngest person to swim the English Channel from France to England, in 14 hours 36 minutes. She had a tumultuous welcome, in her home town.

Old pictures of Toronto - Past & 2014 > .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbTbexguZ2E .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6z6r2YYHZY .


Monday, August 8, 2016

UK Rise & Fall

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24-3-12 Rise and Fall of British Power - Caspian > .> UK~X >>

1907-8-31 Anglo-Russian Entente ..Britain ..Women's Suffrage - 1860s ..

Thursday, July 28, 2016

41-11-13 HMS Ark Royal 41-11-14

HMS Ark Royal (91) > .
Strait of Gibraltar - Chink in Armor >> .

HMS Ark Royal (pennant number 91) was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that served during WW2.

Designed in 1934 to fit the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty, Ark Royal was built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead, England, launched on 13 April 1937, and completed in November 1938. Her design differed from previous aircraft carriers. Ark Royal was the first ship on which the hangars and flight deck were an integral part of the hull, instead of an add-on or part of the superstructure. Designed to carry a large number of aircraft, she had two hangar deck levels. She served during a period that first saw the extensive use of naval air power; several carrier tactics were developed and refined aboard Ark Royal.

Ark Royal served in some of the most active naval theatres of the Second World War. She was involved in the first aerial and U-boat kills of the war, operations off Norway, the search for the German battleship Bismarck, and the Malta Convoys.

Ark Royal survived several near misses and gained a reputation as a 'lucky ship'. She was torpedoed on 13 November 1941 by the German submarine U-81 and sank the following day; one of her 1,488 crew members was killed. Her sinking was the subject of several inquiries; investigators were keen to know how the carrier was lost, in spite of efforts to save the ship and tow her to the naval base at Gibraltar. They found that several design flaws contributed to the loss, which were rectified in new British carriers. The lack of backup power sources was a major design failure, which contributed to the loss: Ark Royal depended on electricity for much of her operation, and once the boilers and steam-driven dynamos were knocked out, the loss of power made damage control difficult. The committee recommended the design of the bulkheads and boiler intakes be improved to decrease the risk of widespread flooding in boiler rooms and machine spaces, while the uninterrupted boiler room flat was criticised. The design flaws were rectified in the Illustrious- and Implacable-class carriers, under construction at the time.

The wreck was discovered in December 2002 by an American underwater survey company using sonar mounted on an autonomous underwater vehicle, under contract from the BBC for the filming of a documentary about the ship, at a depth of about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) and approximately 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) from Gibraltar.


sī vīs pācem, parā bellum

igitur quī dēsīderat pācem praeparet bellum    therefore, he who desires peace, let him prepare for war sī vīs pācem, parā bellum if you wan...