A joint statement by eleven nations on the last day of the UNFPA Summit in Nairobi condemned UNFPA without mentioning the UN population agency by name. The UN’s Fund for Population activities had hoped the jamboree would pass off without controversy. They wanted to counter ‘the push-back’ against homosexuality and abortion in the developing world. …
Category: Anniversaries
Jan 17 2018
National Archive distorted history
The National Archive has withdrawn a series of displays at its headquarters after accusations it distorted history. A full account appears in The Times, but you have to register to read it. But the story allows us to mention an auspicious period in British history. Historian Tony Adler had said the UK government official …
Dec 21 2017
United Nations comes against Jerusalem
The United Nations meets today in New York to condemn American recognition of Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the state of Israel. A Resolution has been moved by Muslim Arab states. The President of Turkey has also been highly vocal. The BBC reports here that the US is likely to be isolated. Moreover, President …
Jul 27 2017
BBC unwatchable on Gay Jubilee
Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the legalisation of sodomy. Consequently, the BBC will be unwatchable and unlistenable for a week at least. Especially today, all BBC channels will be awash with ‘Gay Britania’. It is exactly fifty years since the enactment of the Sexual Offences Act 1967. BBC reflecting the Establishment One can argue …
Jul 26 2017
‘Choose your gender’ says UK Government
People will be allowed to choose their gender if the UK Government gets its way. Change gender ‘at will’ The Independent reports: ‘Under plans being considered by ministers, adults will be able to change their birth certificates at will without a doctor’s diagnosis, while non-binary gender people will be able to record their gender as …
Dec 03 2012
Celebrating Advent in the Spirit of Saint Boniface
Ye clouds and darkness, hosts of night That breed confusion and affright, Begone! o’erhead the dawn shines clear, The light breaks in and Christ is here. Earth’s gloom flees broken and dispersed, By the sun’s piercing shafts coerced: The daystar’s eyes rain influence bright And colours glimmer back to sight. So shall our guilty midnight …
Dec 28 2011
Feast of the Holy Innocents Highlights Abortion Atrocity
Today is the Feast of the Holy Innocents, a day that Christians have historically set aside for remembering the baby boys of Bethlehem that Herod cruelly slaughtered (Matthew 2:16-18). Also called Childermas, the Feast was instituted between 400 and 500 AD by the Latin-speaking church and intentionally placed within the octave of Christmas to emphasize …
Dec 23 2011
Anniversary of Joseph Smith’s Birth
On this day 167 years ago, Joseph Smith was born. One of the greatest con-artists of all time, his influence is still felt by the many Brits, and even more Americans, who continue to be duped by his prophetic claims. Those who are unfamiliar with the Mormon religion Smith started may find it useful to …
Nov 09 2011
Eurocrats Prop up Dagon
Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagonand set it by Dagon. And when the people of Ashdod arose early in the morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the …
Nov 04 2011
Edmund Burke Would Not Be Pleased
On this very day (4 November) in 1789, the Frenchman Charles-Jean-François Depont wrote to Edmund Burke MP, requesting that he endorse the Revolution that had just broken out in France. Burke’s response to Charles-Jean turned into one of the most celebrated political tracts in history, and for good reason. Not only did Burke’s Reflections on …