Over others...

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...über alles? Oops. Happy EU flag day. The Union Flag appears slightly higher...and is clearly apart from the EU one. :-)

Europe Day, also Schuman Day after Robert Schuman, one of the 'Fathers of Europe': "The Schuman Declaration was presented by French foreign minister Robert Schuman on 9 May 1950. It proposed the creation of a European Coal and Steel Community, whose members would pool coal and steel production. The ECSC (founding members: France, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) was the first of a series of supranational European institutions that would ultimately become today's "European Union". Worth remembering yesterday was VE Day and also all the countries that celebrate today (9th): Victory Day.

Over others...

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...über alles? Oops. Happy EU flag day. The Union Flag appears slightly higher...and is clearly apart from the EU one. :-)

Europe Day, also Schuman Day after Robert Schuman, one of the 'Fathers of Europe': "The Schuman Declaration was presented by French foreign minister Robert Schuman on 9 May 1950. It proposed the creation of a European Coal and Steel Community, whose members would pool coal and steel production. The ECSC (founding members: France, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) was the first of a series of supranational European institutions that would ultimately become today's "European Union". Worth remembering yesterday was VE Day and also all the countries that celebrate today (9th): Victory Day.

Opposing oecist odium...

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The New Zealand vote to keep or change their flag ended yesterday: the vote was a 56.6% in favour of NOT changing. Well done you Kiwis; there is no need to be ashamed of your history; the government spiel on the vote tried to play on the ex colony status as a downside (and many saw the vote merely as a 'wasteful vanity project' of unpopular PM John Keys).  I must admit to be slightly surprised. The alternative (on the left in image above) is actually a really good alternative - so much better than the pap that the South Africans now have to bear. The official result will be declared on 30th March. Voter turnout was an impressive 67.3%.





Once we escape form the evil clutches of the EU (but still trade with them) we can return to a focus on a much more mutually beneficial relationship with our antipodean cousins...as it should be. 

Opposing oecist odium...

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The New Zealand vote to keep or change their flag ended yesterday: the vote was a 56.6% in favour of NOT changing. Well done you Kiwis; there is no need to be ashamed of your history; the government spiel on the vote tried to play on the ex colony status as a downside (and many saw the vote merely as a 'wasteful vanity project' of unpopular PM John Keys).  I must admit to be slightly surprised. The alternative (on the left in image above) is actually a really good alternative - so much better than the pap that the South Africans now have to bear. The official result will be declared on 30th March. Voter turnout was an impressive 67.3%.

Once we escape form the evil clutches of the EU (but still trade with them) we can return to a focus on a much more mutually beneficial relationship with our antipodean cousins...as it should be. 

Oxygenation...

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OK, no excuses: I needed cheering up. Arsenal won and Spuds lost so it was a start but I'm trying to forget how Wales pounded England yesterday in the title decider of the 2013 Six Nations rugby championship; also, today is the day everyone  - for some reason - pretends they're Irish: it's St. Patrick's Day, which I didn't remember until about 7 pm.  So, considering all these patriot games, what better way to cheer me up than to post a picture of an Italian American fitness guru in Union Flag bikini....what? It makes perfect sense to me. You, better, now. (click image to enlarge...you know you want to).

Oxygenation...

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OK, no excuses: I needed cheering up. Arsenal won and Spuds lost so it was a start but I'm trying to forget how Wales pounded England yesterday in the title decider of the 2013 Six Nations rugby championship; also, today is the day everyone  - for some reason - pretends they're Irish: it's St. Patrick's Day, which I didn't remember until about 7 pm.  So, considering all these patriot games, what better way to cheer me up than to post a picture of an Italian American fitness guru in Union Flag bikini....what? It makes perfect sense to me. You, better, now. (click image to enlarge...you know you want to).