Chronica majora – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder

Cameron’s Pole-tax

When a deal’s not a deal, & a regrettably shy Moses – somehow I doubt the Nige & George show will ping it. Re desert peoples: What to do with the discovery that one can more or less understand the Yiddish of the Stamford Hill Jews? They say such boring things – not a word…

Pegida Nederland ≠ NSB, Syriërs ≠ Tsjechen, Assad ≠ Hitler etc. etc.

Maar dit artikeltje van 7 april 1939 over een clandestiene zender in Oldenzaal blijft toch interessant.

The Eastern European & Balkan press, even less interested in Brexit than everyone else

Several hypotheses.

Een natje en een droogje

Something wet and something dry (i.e. a drink and some food) is ahead in the ghit count, but I’d like to see more of something wet and something warm, if you get my drift.

El Confidencial thinks the Ottoman Empire still exists

Wait till they discover the Romanov dynasty.

Can anyone tell me more about this Russian/Ukrainian security forces doll?

I think it’s from the Ukraine State Emergency Service, though it might also be a tribute to the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.

The death of god, by Arthur Loesser

Can He still be sued?

Back in the Fatherland

The off-red sofa of Ulster.

“Aan ‘t moven”, anno 1885

Denglish in De Volksvriend (eigenaar: Henry Hospers), Orange City, Iowa, Joe Naait Het Steeds, 13-08-1885: Met de oude Herald-office is men aan ‘t “moven.” Ze komt nu Zuid van de nieuwe store van Pas & Co. Wat mooi!

Mellow travellers

That Ealing feeling.