[Daily Caller] Great Britain’s oil industry is making a comeback, according to a report published Monday by the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
The country’s oil production increased in 2015 for the first time in a decade and is expected to keep growing. Great Britain is now the second-largest oil producer in Europe last year, after Norway.
An experimental onshore oil well in England struck more oil than it could pump last week. It’s located in an untapped geologic formation which contains an estimated 10 billion barrels of oil, according to a study published in February.
U.K. government data shows the rest of the country has 2.98 billion barrels of proven oil reserves. American horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, techniques could allow the U.K. to access even more oil.
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Last year a Brit company planned to frac its first well in the west, in the lakes region as I recall. The effort was stopped by the locals. NIMBY is alive and well, so the best laid plans....
"Any society that tolerates no go zones has signed its own death warrant."
I would add that the same applies to any society that has safe zones.
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American Muslims are actually a little richer on average than the general population. European Muslims, by contrast, are much poorer on average.
In keeping with yesterday's math theme, it's a numbers game. Smaller numbers are more easily subsidized by big government. The appearance of wealth is deceiving.
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Brought to you by the same politically oriented cabal that leans to the Left.
Our betters in the media and politics have always pitched Europe as something to be admired and emulated. An amusing assertion given the events of the 20th century. But Europe does represent the future, just not a very nice one. God help us all.
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"Europe has so many ISIS-supporting extremists ... ... its not facing mere terrorism any longer, but ... a GUERILLA WAR OR INSURGENCY".
WHEW, DATS A LOT TO REMEMBER.
AS THE GLOBAL [Nuclear?] JIHAD IS AKA "GLOBAL/WORLDWIDE MOHAMEDDAN [Muslim, IsLamiC] CONQUEST", METHINKS THE MORE CORRECT LABEL IS "COUP DE ETAT(S)"???
At least until June.
[Oliver Stone's "JFK" here].
* "DEADPOOL'S MOODY TEEN BABE "NEGASONIC NUCLEAR WARHEAD" = D *** NG IT, YOU GOT ME IN A BOX"!
h/t Gates of Vienna
...Yes, Trump is bombastic and sometimes crude. He succumbs to sleaze and abusive campaign tactics as his brouhahas with Ted Cruz demonstrate. But if this bothers the squeamish of souls, they should read a history of political campaigns in the early days of America. Our past history of politics has been equally as scurrilous and sleazy, if not more so. This attitutde is built into the political animal. Politics is a blood sport, not meant for milksops and sissies.
Granted, Trump is not a fountain of eloquence like Reagan. Nor does he roll off his tongue intricate policy specifics like the glib shamans of Washington do. But what he does do is bring to America its last best hope to right the sinking ship of a once great country through the sheer force of his personality. No one else out there is strong enough to stand up to the CFR authoritarians, the Trilateral Commission, and the hordes of neocon traitors to the "American ideal" gallivanting around Washington and Wall Street. Remember, he can recruit all the policy experts needed to run a successful administration. Policy wonks are a dime a dozen.
Trump’s strength is this. He possesses the ability to, as Ayn Rand said about Hank Rearden, "see through his own eyes." This means he sees reality as it is, not as the Orwellian corrupters tell us it is in our disgraceful schools and contemptible media. He sees the lies, the propaganda, the half-truths, the cover ups, the fiscal insanity, the sinister conspiracies, and the egregious perfidy of America’s dominant intellectual-corporate-political class.
Throughout his adult life Trump has watched as most of the business and political leaders he dealt with have sold their souls to the World Government vision of oligarchs like George Soros. He has observed how our slimy Demopublican politicians and bankers have sold out the interests of the American people via trade deals that sixth-graders would realize are toxic for jobs and prosperity if they were explained at that level of schooling.
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God almighty. The author of this steamer is a member of an org called Americans for a Free Republic. In thier mission statement they rail against such things as Big goverment, statism, and progressive tax policies. All things Trump represents. And he's gonna stand up to the oligarch class? Yeah right.
-Another fraud writing a resume.
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I am not promoting or explaining a candidate here - my pick is out anyways; just not the winner of the Bennie Hill Show.
Writer does make a valid point about politics, one only has to look up Benjamin Franklin Bache to get started on the press surrounding Adams & Jefferson, etc.
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I think Cruz has accrued enough hate from the usual suspects that he might be the real deal. I think if the establishment assholes had given him (or Perry or Walker) the sort of support they wasted on ¡Jeb! and Mario Romo... also, I think the other establishment's Assholes did their malicious prosecution of Perry for a _reason_...
Anyway, I guess people wanna delude themselves into thinking Trump's gonna be a good candidate in the general. It'll be the third lousy republican candidate in the general in a row for me. One of y'all do me a favor, call him up and tell him he's making things worse by attacking Walker for... not raising taxes.
h/t Instapundit
Most Republicans and their presidential candidates (when they're not bashing each other like four-year-olds) are focused on Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee, living in fear that the Department of Justice will give a pass to the former secretary of state on her email and foundation malfeasances, even if the FBI recommends indictments.
And where is the FBI anyway? What's taking them so long?
But this has not been a good few days for Mrs. Clinton. First she lost in three states by stunning margins to Bernie Sanders, who garnered 71% of the vote in Hawaii, 73% in Washington, and and a huge 81% in Alaska.
Then it got worse.
Cue the theme from 'Jaws'...
The L.A. Times reported that FBI interviews were finally looming for Mrs. Clinton and her close aides Huma Abedin, Jake Sullivan, Cheryl Mills and Philippe Reines. And 147 FBI agents are now officially said to be involved. That's a lot of investigative power being applied to one case (or group of cases) and a lot of potential leakers if the DOJ rejects an indictment.
Republicans should be paying attention to this phenomenon -- the rise of Bernie -- because it's scary. Its results could be worse than a Hillary presidency, actually a lot worse. And, as I just mentioned, he's beating everyone in the polls in both parties. You may think that will evaporate by itself or in the back and forth of a general election campaign -- and I hope you're right. But what if it doesn't?
Remember, in June 2008 the Pubs thought they had the opponent they wanted...
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FBI is taking so long for two reasons (1) If Bernie pulls ahead there will be less heat than if they indicted the frontrunner (2) If they do have to indict the frontrunner they better be certain of 100% guilt or they are all going to be the villains of the century as far as the media is concerned.
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If you look at Bernie just right, and he's holding his head just right, you can kinda sorta see a resemblance to Vladimir Lenin.
What? You say that's not the same as comparing someone to Adolf Hitler?
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One of the comments asked In what way is Sanders intrinsically more socialist than Hillary Clinton or Obama?
Good question. Can't say that I really have the right answer. But my impression is that Sanders is more genuinely committed to his ideology while Obama and Clinton are just plain criminals.
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I think that's it Abu, or the impression I get. During their debates or whatnots The Fraggle comes across as genuine while Hillary! going through the motions like a drinking bird.
I think the reason everyone is freaking out about the coming election is that whatever ass is elected, for the last 8 years Congress has bid itself out of any check vs. Executive and Judicial branches.
[DAWN] EVEN as tragedy struck Lahore with full force, a disturbing set of events was transpiring in Islamabad on Sunday.
A situation requiring the state to act delicately but firmly turned dangerous when rioters stormed an area that is supposed to have watertight security.
While organisers had earlier claimed that the chehlum of executed assassin Mumtaz Qadri was going to be a peaceful affair, it turned out to be anything but, as protesters marched from Rawalpindi’s Liaquat Bagh to parliament -- a considerable distance -- largely unhindered by police and paramilitary forces that were deployed in the area.
The mobs caused much damage and army troops had to be called in in aid of civil power. At the time of writing, many protesters continue to occupy D-Chowk.
Handling such large crowds gathered for an emotionally charged event was never going to be an easy exercise, although having experienced the tension and violence of the PTI-PAT dharna days, the state should have had some plan in place.
Yet the state seemed to lack any strategy, in contrast to the protesters who appeared to have a fairly good idea of what they were doing. Apart from the state’s ineptitude, the religious parties contributed a great deal to the ugly turn of events.
In the days leading up to the chehlum, all over the country the religious right whipped up the emotions of its supporters through statements and public events organised in memory of Mumtaz Qadri. In fact, the breaking out of violence on Sunday was not a question of if, but when.
While the bulk of the violence was witnessed in the capital, other parts of the country were not immune. For example pro-Qadri demonstrators in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... attacked the Press Club; the gates of the institution had to be locked until police showed up and dispersed the mob.
People have a right to peacefully protest and express their emotions. But there is no justification for resorting to violence.
Such incidents are indicative of the high intolerance levels in society. While the majority of the population may be moderate in its outlook, all it takes is a tiny minority of charged-up obscurantists to cause mayhem.
For the state, the challenge is how to handle this fringe with minimal force but unambiguous resolve. As for the religious right, through its inflammatory rhetoric, it is only aiding the cause of religiously inspired militancy.
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I read the headline and thought it meant Washington DC.
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[DAWN] TO the despair and horror of a nation it has become clear that not all terrorist acts are equal. The obligatory anguished editorial follows, as it does with every major atrocity in Pakistain.
While all lives are equal and the loss of every citizen, young and old, is rightly and necessarily mourned, some terrorist acts are so grotesque and shocking that the mind struggles to comprehend them.
Terror once again struck Pakistain on Wednesday, but this time it attempted to tear at the very fabric of humanity. A crowded recreational park on an Easter Sunday overflowing with families, non-Muslim and Muslim alike, was what the Jamaatul Ahrar ...A Pak Taliban splinter group that split off from the Mullah Fazlullah faction because it wasn't violent enough... deliberately and purposefully targeted.
As the scale of the carnage that apparently a jacket wallah left behind became obvious, it was clear that something in Pakistain had changed.
The long fight against militancy has entered an even darker and uncertain new phase. The immediate question, though, was how? With the political and military leaderships vowing week in and week out to prosecute the fight against militancy and terrorism relentlessly and everywhere, how was a suicide bomber able to operate so easily and reach the middle of a huge crowd?
Critical as that question is, past experience suggests that neither are lessons learned nor is accountability practised.
The country’s leaders simply tell us that absolutely everything will be done to keep the public safe -- until nothing is done and something terrible occurs. Then the vows of action are renewed. This time perhaps the military and politicianships of the country do mean to do something more to fight terrorism -- particularly in Punjab, but across the country too. The TTP faction/splinter group Jamaatul Ahrar originated in Mohmand Agency ... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar... It is believed to have found sanctuary along the Pak-Afghan border in eastern Afghanistan and has recruited murderous Moslems from Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... to its cause. To defeat groups like the banned TTP, a truly national action plan will be required -- not the piecemeal actions that have been taken so far.
Yet, Punjab has long loomed as the biggest unaddressed problem. Fata has witnessed multiple military operations, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... and Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... have been zones of conflict for well over a decade and Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... is undergoing a sustained anti-criminal, anti-militant operation.
Punjab -- because of its size, because of the scale of the Death Eater problem there and because the problem has largely remained unaddressed over the years -- is where the war against militancy now needs to be seriously fought.
But the war will not be won if the military and civilian leadership do not learn to fight together and in complementary ways.
In the recent past, when the military has insisted rather than tried to convince the civilian leadership, the results have been uneven: the National Action Plan; Fata reforms and IDP resettlement; and the Karachi operation.
If the same happens with a new, bigger counter-terrorism phase in Punjab, the results could be devastating for Punjab -- and the country. The political and military leadership must act quickly, but definitely together.
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[DAWN] EVEN as tragedy struck Lahore with full force, a disturbing set of events was transpiring in Islamabad on Sunday.
[DAWN] TO the despair and horror of a nation it has become clear that not all terrorist acts are equal.
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