Archive for the ‘Europe’ Category

Has the EU lost its mind?

March 19 | Posted by mrossol | Coronavirus, Europe

Pecksniffery via Has the EU lost its mind? – UnHerd. Quite interesting article to me- independent of my learning a new word (Pechsniffery), illustrating several things: the suggestion that COVID is all about science, the contortions that the EU will go through to put forward a good face when the reality is otherwise, and the very “normal” ways in which nations continue... Read more

The Crucifix in Every Building?

August 11 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, Christianity, Europe, Losing Freedom, Religion, Western Civilization

I am thinking through this one. I appreciate that a country is certainly shaped by it’s culture and religious history, but is this the best way to present it? But why should a people not want to retain their heritage? Hmm. ==== BY FRANCIS X. ROCCA AND DREW HINSHAW WSJ 9/10/2018 ROME—Lawmakers in Italy’s new parliamentary majority want a crucifix to hang in every... Read more

Death by Diversity

June 20 | Posted by mrossol | Europe, Politically correct, Socialism, Western Civilization

And this is what some folks are trying to sell to America. ========= WSJ – 6/19/2017 By Douglas Murray Europe in 2017 is racked with uncertainty— the eurozone crises, the endless challenges of the European Union, national elections that resemble endless rounds of bullet- dodging. Yet even these events are insignificant compared with the deep tectonic shifts beneath the Continent’s politics, shifts that Europeans—and... Read more

Targeting Down Syndrome

May 28 | Posted by mrossol | Abortion, Europe, Social Engineering

=== WSJ – 5/25/2017 By Sohrab Ahmari Paris You can learn a lot about a society by paying attention to what it censors. The Soviet Union went to great lengths to block the truth about freedom and prosperity in the West. Today China’s ruling Communists suppress historical memory of their crimes, above all the Tiananmen Square massacre, while the censors in my... Read more

The Dutch, Welfare and Immigration

March 14 | Posted by mrossol | Europe, Immigration, Losing Freedom, Politically correct, Socialism, Western Civilization

Interesting comment regarding America liberals trying to turn an “immigrant country into a welfare” state.  Not sure its really true, but, nonetheless. A good article to focus on what the press seems to MISS. ======= WSJ 3/14/2017 By Leon de Winter To hear the international media tell it, my country has changed from one of the most tolerant, affluent and easygoing nations on the... Read more

Europe is Hopeless, No?

July 27 | Posted by mrossol | Europe, Politically correct, The Left, Western Civilization

Europe needs some backbone, or its over. ============== At last count, members of the European Union spent more than $200 billion a year on defense, fielded more than 2,000 jet fighters and 500 naval ships, and employed some 1.4 million military personnel. More than a million police officers also walk Europe’s streets. Yet in the face of an Islamist menace the Continent... Read more

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