Zeppelins Over England – New Inventions For The Modern War I THE GREAT WAR Week 26
22 Jan 2022 Leave a comment
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January 20, 1356: Edward Balliol surrendered his claim to the Scottish throne
21 Jan 2022 Leave a comment
Edward Balliol (c. 1283 – January 1364) was a claimant to the Scottish throne during the Second War of Scottish Independence. With English help, he ruled parts of the kingdom from 1332 to 1356.
Claim to Scotland
Edward was the eldest son of John Balliol and Isabella de Warenne. John Balliol was King of Scots from 1292 to 1296.
As a child, Edward was betrothed to Isabelle of Valois, the eldest daughter of Charles, Count of Valois (1271-1325) and his first wife Marguerite of Anjou (1273-1299).
Charles of Valois was the third son of King Philippe III of France and Infanta Isabella of Aragon, and was a member of the House of Capet and founder of the House of Valois, whose rule over France would start in 1328.
Margurite of Anjou was a daughter of King Charles II of Naples and Mary of Hungary, the daughter of King Stephen V…
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Trust & Truth Deficit: BBC Busted Telling Big Fat Lies About Wind Farm Subsidies
21 Jan 2022 Leave a comment
Never let the facts get in the way of the ‘green’ cult’s narrative, seems to be the BBC’s new motto. Its official line is that: “trust is the foundation of the BBC. We’re independent, impartial and honest”.
‘Independent’, maybe. But the Beeb is hardly impartial or honest when it comes to reporting on Britain’s wind industry.
One of its number, Justin Rowlatt was recently busted for telling lies about the massive subsidy stream that’s directed to Britain’s offshore wind industry. In another one of his typically ‘puffy’ pieces, Rowlatt made the farcical claim that Britain’s offshore wind farms are “now virtually subsidy-free”.
After Paul Homewood took the BBC to task over Rowlatt’s monstrous howler, BBC’s executive complaints unit gave Rowlatt a wrap on the knuckles – but not without leaving the equally false impression that Britain’s new offshore wind farms are “virtually subsidy-free”. That too is another BBC lie, by…
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Star Trek Generations
21 Jan 2022 Leave a comment
Star Trek Generations (1994) Director: David Carson
“Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives. But I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey, and reminds us to cherish every moment because they’ll never come again. What we leave behind is not as important how we lived” -Picard
★★★☆☆
While often critically lambasted by Trekkies, I actually quite enjoyed Generations far more than expected (excluding several key moments). Generations is explicitly a fan-service film as it hands the torch from one generation to the next –James T. Kirk to Jean-Luc Picard –William Shatner plays his delightfully awkward self but the only two other actors from the original series in this film are James Doohan and Walter Koenig (the rest of the original series cast apparently wanted nothing to do with this film). While I thought aspects…
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