31-12-2015, 05:14 PM
As I write this it is 5pm Central European Time. Moscow, Brussels, Paris and others have completely cancelled fireworks displays and some have cancelled just about everything related to a New Year's celebration due to what officials are calling 'actionable and real' terrorist threats. Of course we can't know at this point if this is true or invented. One thing is for sure - under darkness and with the sounds of fireworks, explosives and/or gunfire would hardly be noticed! The Belgian Police and Intelligence authorities cited having arrested six men today they say were going to do a terrorist action in the heart of Brussels tonight. Here in Prague the fireworks were not cancelled, but moved to a much more remote site and one that no one will be able to get near. Also, all cars were banned from the city center from dark until daylight tomorrow...also in response to 'possible' terrorist threats. I expect in the next few hours some other larger cities may follow suit.
Happy New and Strange Year 2016 Everyone! [1984 was a LONG time ago!..or was it?....]
Happy New and Strange Year 2016 Everyone! [1984 was a LONG time ago!..or was it?....]
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass