‘OVER 100 people turned up to the funeral of a man they never knew – to make sure the former Marine was not buried without mourners.
James “Jimmy” McConnell, who was in his eighties and recently suffered a stroke, died of a chest infection after spending his last days at a care home in Southsea, Hants.
With no known relatives to give him a good send-off, care home staff feared he would be buried with nobody but them in attendance.
But after a rallying cry went around social networking sites, scores of people who had never even met him turned up.
Mourners included veterans, members of the military and care workers – and some came from as far as 140 miles away.
Two buglers from the Royal Marines band service played the Last Post as the plain, wooden coffin was lowered into the ground.
Richie Puttock, operations manager for the Royal Marines Association, said the appeal had “pricked the consciences” of many serving and former marines who were determined to ensure a former comrade in arms was buried with respect.
“Every other royal marine is your brother and will be until the day you die. So although he didn’t have blood family, that didn’t mean he didn’t have another family,” Puttock told AFP.   source

‘We’re fast approaching the point in America where all that is preserved of the history of modern liberty is the veneer of democracy masking the tyrannical structure beneath, as an emasculated humanity “freely chooses” its own slave masters…’

The Endgame for the Destruction of the United States

‘600,000 move out in decade of ‘white flight’ from London’
Enoch Powell was right.  (see right sidebar, “Rivers of Blood” speech)
Update: The Conservative gives a good example of where this madness is headed…and the shameful part played by the government propaganda service. (aka BBC)

Francis Porretto nails it. Perfectly.

‘…Why are politicians, journalists and Jewish leaders now demonising Geert Wilders for warning against exactly the ideology of Islam as preached by many speakers at this conference?
Why do they pretend Wilders has misrepresented Islam when the very things he describes are preached openly?
Why are they silent over or even complicit in attempts to silence or frighten Wilders – who has not advocated violence – yet apparently happy that true hate-preachers who preach death for gays, Jews and enemies of Islam may speak freely in this country?
Why the hypocrisy? Why the fear?..’                        Andrew Bolt

Thanks to Leonidas over at Liberty’s Torch for this.

George Orwell, on his deathbed. via Francis Porretto.

‘COALITION Senator Cory Bernardi tested the patience of his parliamentary leader Tony Abbott by affirming his support for Dutch MP Geert Wilders, who has been forced to cancel a speaking engagement in Perth because no venue was willing to provide him a stage.
…Senator Bernardi contrasted the difficulty Wilders had in obtaining a visa with the Federal Government’s preparedness to issue them to Taji Mustafa, a senior figure in Hizb ut-Tahrir, and Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, who has described Jews as “rats of the the world.”
“There are myriad reports from a previously harmonious and tolerant Dutch society where Jews and gay people no longer feel safe from attack by Islamic fundamentalists,” the Senator said.
“And yet, it is Wilders who is characterised as an extremist.”
…The withdrawal of support for Wilders follows strong public comments from West Australian Premier Colin Barnett, who declared earlier this week that Wilders was not welcome in his state.
Mr Barnett took some credit for Wilders being left without a stage to deliver his stump speech warning about the threat of Islam to free speech and democratic traditions…’
“Credit” eh..for stifling free speech and not issuing a single statement critical of islamists in Australia who call Jews pigs and apes and call for the destruction of our society. You’re a fucking coward, Barnett.

‘NOISY children have been banned from a shopping centre in a move reflecting society’s growing intolerance.
…Parenting expert Dr Justin Coulson said it was a reflection on society becoming increasingly intolerant of young children and parents…’
Seems to me that children have become much louder and behave far worse in public than they used to. Perhaps people are simply sick of it.

Whatever takes yer fancy.