Book Review: A Pillar of Iron: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Taylor Caldwell (Four Stars)

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Book Review: A Pillar of Iron: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Taylor Caldwell

Four Stars

“Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.” Aristotle

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.) is probably the most important man in history most of us never heard of. That he was one of Rome’s greatest orators and writers is secondary to his impact on modern western political thought. “The influence of Cicero upon the history of European literature and ideas greatly exceeds that of any other prose writer in any language,” wrote classicist Michael Grant. Cicero’s thoughts undergirded much of the Renaissance and Enlightenment. America’s founders often quoted the Roman.

“His own existence was less secure because his father no longer existed. Another statue had crashed in his hall of life and its senseless rubble littered the floor.”

Taylor Caldwell tried to change that in 1965 with this historical fiction biography. Drawing…

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No surprise! UN Secretary General (Socialist) Antonio Guterres pushing mass migration

Refugee Resettlement Watch

Update: Leo Hohmann has more on this story at his new website, here.

In his argument posted atThe Guardian, he says more legal pathways are needed because they (from the third world) are coming illegally (whether we like it or not).  Sounds like blackmail to me!

He also confirms my oft-repeated contention that it is the desire by industries for labor that we should be satisfying in the new borderless (dream) world.

Aspiring migrants, denied legal pathways to travel, inevitably fall back on irregular methods. This not only puts them in vulnerable positions, but also undermines governments’ authority. The best way to end the stigma of illegality and abuse around migrants is, in fact, for governments to put in place more legal pathways for migration, removing the incentives for individuals to break the rules, while better meeting the needs of their labour markets for foreign labour

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Video; Iranians are risking their lives to bring freedom to Iran

via Video; Iranians are risking their lives to bring freedom to Iran

The Muslim Brotherhood

Thunder on the Right

“Few Americans are aware of America’s largest terrorist prosecution in U. S. federal court, U. S. v. Holy Land Foundation, et.al. During the trial, in November of 2008, the government presented evidence that the Holy Land Foundation and five defendants provided approximately $12.4 million in support to Hamas and its goal of creating an Islamic Palestinian state by eliminating the State of Israel through violent jihad.” Mark A. Hewitt

Stopping the Muslim Brotherhood’s Strategic Plan to Infiltrate America

Mark A. Hewitt, American Thinker, December 22, 2017

Few Americans are aware of America’s largest terrorist prosecution in U.S. federal court,U.S. v. Holy Land Foundation, et al. During the trial, in November of 2008, the government presented evidence that the Holy Land Foundation and five defendants provided approximately $12.4 million in support to Hamas and its goal of creating an Islamic Palestinian state by eliminating the State of Israel…

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Going Underground to Explore London’s Secret Tunnels — Discover

Guy Shrubsole digs up land-registry data to discover a secret network of Cold War-era tunnels just beneath central London — maps included.

via Going Underground to Explore London’s Secret Tunnels — Discover

BREAKING: NHS data corruption surfaces. Jeremy Hunt and Atos under the spotlight….again

The Slog.

 Jeremy Hunt has easily verifiable form when it comes to abuse of his position, corporate favouritism, exploitation of nepotism and a penchant for crony capitalism. Are his headless chickens finally coming home to roost?

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On one of its better days in recent years, the Daily Telegraph this morning leads with the news that the long-suspected illegal NHS data sharing scam has surfaced at last. There is a lot more to be revealed about this….although doubts must remain as to whether the highest levels of it will see the light of day.

It’s almost four years since The Slog revealed that disgraced DWP supplier ATOS (caught cheating the Civil Service in a series of concurrent frauds ranging from false invoices, false cases of job-filling and rampant overcharging) had inexplicably been appointed to manage data for the NHS. The company’s appointment directly involved Jeremy Hunt…the chap also serially involved in dealings…

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Time for Mullah’s in Iran to GO!

via The mullahs’ time is up, the time has come to march forward

Syrian RAPEugee problems

https://philosophia-perennis.com/2018/01/17/prenzlau-tochter/ 

Celebrating the Christian Legacy of Robert E. Lee

http://pulpitandpen.org/2018/01/15/celebrating-the-christian-legacy-of-robert-e-lee/

While the rest of U.S. workers are worried about sexual harassment allegations, workers in Oklahoma are worried about beheadings.#movingUSforward 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/lMfyaLSjgi

— The Scoop (@thescoop_us) December 18, 2017