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A NYC radio station is asking designers to give the traditional 6-color symbol a facelift because it's "a little too 1978." (The original flag, you may already know, actually had 2 more colors -- pink and turquoise.)
What would you do to make it more relevant to today's queer community?A NYC radio station is asking designers to give the traditional 6-color symbol a... more
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Why is that Giant Baby on the American Flag?
And why is he smiling so mischievously? Is he pooping on the Flag?Why is that Giant Baby on the American Flag?
And why is he smiling so... more
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I was astonished at how Israel is deeply rooted in freemasonry, in the New World Order and in the system of the beast of which number is 666.I was astonished at how Israel is deeply rooted in freemasonry, in the New World Order... more
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As I searched the Internet for pictures I found more evidence on this issue. The Israeli flag is a clear freemasonry sign.As I searched the Internet for pictures I found more evidence on this issue. The... more
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It doesn't have to make sense, it's British, and it was made by Charles Hodges. If British things made sense, how would you explain Gordon Brown!
Head to http://Blommit.com the rest of this week to see what else come out of the topic "British Comedy".It doesn't have to make sense, it's British, and it was made by Charles... more
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Tuesday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch or listen to the show on Tues, Thurs & Sats here at WWW.UNITEDKINGDOMTALK.CO.UK
In today's show :
Chicken.
Tomato plants.
Bed & breakfast.
South London English.
A date set for decorating.
Seal.
Coffee.
Thank you Ivona.
Tick news.
Adams diet advice.
My niece & nephew on the phone.
Carpet ordered.
Duck.
Bug bombs.
A new shirt.
Something for Tom in Chicago.
Become a regular correspondant.
Let me be your virgin.
The Union Jack was fine.
A kind old sort.
Knocking the tea over.
Out of date.
A vase of flowers.
Pigeon impressions.
I hope they don't look in my cupboards.
How to destroy a creme egg :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrCb_fNmSTA
Faster broadband is here !
A good teacher.
Seeds have been purchased.
Plastic.
How do you have your corn ?
Easter eggs.
A stain.
Fleas in the bed.
Seagull.
Hi to Roway in China.
chris@unitedkingdomtalk.co.uk
www.chrisreardon.co.ukTuesday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch or listen to the show... more
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A worker has filed a lawsuit against his employer, BJ's Wholesale Club, over a Confederate flag flap, his attorney confirmed on Tuesday.
Bobby Tillett first spoke with Channel 4 in May of 2008, when he said he was told he couldn't park his pickup truck, which flies a Confederate flag, in the employee lot.
Tillett said his managers told him if he did not remove the flag, he couldn't park in the employee lot. Instead of removing the flag, Tillett decided to park on public property about a half-mile from the BJ's off Pritchard Road.
Nearly one year later, Tillett's attorney confirmed that Tillett plans to sue BJ's.
"I'm a firm believer it's not about winning or losing, it's about right and wrong. It's definitely wrong," Tillett told Channel 4 last May.
BJ's made the following statement about the controversy:
"Like all employers, we have guidelines of appropriate personal behavior and expression at work. While the policy does not identify any specific type of expression, it generally prohibits expression that is rude, abusive, hostile or intimidating. Under these guidelines, we asked this team member to not display the Confederate flag in our parking lot. We are confident that we have struck the right balance for all of our team members and their work environment."
However, Tillett disagrees with the company's stance, and he will fight it in court.
"It's about heritage; it's about pride," Tillett said in May. "I don't look at it much different than the American flag. There's been a lot of blood spilled over that flag, too, and I love that flag, and I'll fly it 'till the day I die."
Despite the lawsuit, Tillett continues to work at BJ's, parking a half-mile away on public property and walking to work. He said the work environment has been tense.
When asked about if he's concerned about losing his job, Tillett said, "I hope firing comes up. Makes things worse for them."
Tillett said the case has bounced between federal and state court. He would not release many specifics about the case, but said he is seeking less than $75,000.A worker has filed a lawsuit against his employer, BJ's Wholesale Club, over a... more
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Let's face it, Puerto Ricans love to show their flag. Whether it's on a car or permanently inked to their skin, just give a Puerto Rican the opportunity, and they will come up with some novel approaches to express their pride. Here are the 10 most gratuitous and unnecessary displays of the Puerto Rican flag that have nothing to do with the PR Day parade (we all get a free pass on that day):Let's face it, Puerto Ricans love to show their flag. Whether it's on a car... more
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Iraq's flag is deemed to cause more division than warm feelings of patriotism says Iraq. They are going to create a new flag in order to try to increase patriots of Iraq.Iraq's flag is deemed to cause more division than warm feelings of patriotism... more
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An antiques dealer has been barred from selling vintage American flags on eBay because of restrictions he placed on who can buy the flags.
Mark Albino, owner of C&M Antiques and Collectibles in Waterbury, Conneticut, prohibits sales to buyers in the Middle East, France and Californians, unless they are in the military in that state.
Albino, 43, of Plymouth, served eight years in the Navy, including five years of active duty.
"I refuse to be a party to anyone desecrating or burning the U.S. flag," he said. "Too many good people have died defending that flag."
An antiques dealer has been barred from selling vintage American flags on eBay because... more
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It seems if you're a Peruvian model who wants to celebrate your country, using a national flag draped over a horse to cover your modesty, isn't the best option.
Leysi Suarez appeared on the front cover of the magazine claiming it was 'patriotic' to cover her bits with the Peruvian flag, but unsurprisingly the country's defence minister is a little displeased, saying the flag sitting has offended national symbols.
The magazine's editor has hit back at the criticism summing it up with:
"All we want to do is celebrate national holidays with a beautiful girl with our national flag, that's all that's going on here"It seems if you're a Peruvian model who wants to celebrate your country, using a... more
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RALEIGH - L.F. Eason III gave up the only job he'd ever had rather than lower a flag to honor former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms.
Eason, a 29-year veteran of the state Department of Agriculture, instructed his staff at a small Raleigh lab not to fly the U.S. or North Carolina flags at half-staff Monday, as called for in a directive to all state agencies by Gov. Mike Easley.
When a superior ordered the lab to follow the directive, Eason decided to retire rather than pay tribute to Helms. After several hours' delay, one of Eason's employees hung the flags at half-staff.
The brouhaha began late Sunday night, when Eason e-mailed eight of his employees in the state standards lab, which calibrates measuring equipment used on things as widely varied as gasoline and hamburgers.
"Regardless of any executive proclamation, I do not want the flags at the North Carolina Standards Laboratory flown at half staff to honor Jesse Helms any time this week," Eason wrote just after midnight, according to e-mail messages released in response to a public records request.
He told his staff that he did not think it was appropriate to honor Helms because of his "doctrine of negativity, hate, and prejudice" and his opposition to civil rights bills and the federal Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
Eason said in an interview Tuesday that he did not typically lower the flag himself, but that, as head of the lab, he supervised the technician who did. He also trained new employees on proper flag etiquette, including a one-person folding technique he learned in Boy Scouts.
When the lab opened Monday morning, the flags were not out at all. An employee called Eason's boss, Stephen Benjamin, who worked in another building in Raleigh. About 10:45 a.m., Benjamin told one of Eason's co-workers to put the flags at half-staff.
Another of Eason's superiors later drove by the lab to make sure the flags were up properly.
No one in the Governor's Office was aware of any time in recent memory when a state employee refused to lower a flag. Brian Long, a spokesman for the Agriculture Department, said Eason's refusal was unexpected.
"We've never had any conversations like that," he said.
An ultimatum
In a string of e-mail messages with his superiors, Eason was told he could either lower the flags or retire effective immediately.
Though he's only 51, Eason chose to retire, although he pleaded several times to be allowed to stay at the lab. Eason, who had worked for the Agriculture Department since graduating from college, was paid $65,235 a year as the laboratory manager.
Several people, including his wife, argued to Eason that the flags belonged to the state, as did the lab. But Eason said he felt a strong sense of ownership.
Eason and a previous boss had sketched out the building's rough design on a napkin at the Atlanta airport in 1984 after attending a national conference on weights and measures.
He then worked to get funding for it in the state budget, and he recently helped snag state money to study building another lab.
"I designed and built that lab," he said. "Even though technically the bricks and mortar belong to the state of North Carolina, I feel very strongly that everything that comes out of there is my responsibility."
It was not the first time Eason felt uneasy about lowering the flag.
A registered Democrat who frequently votes a split ticket, he said he had no problems lowering the flag for former Sen. Terry Sanford or President Reagan. But he remembers wondering whether he would be willing to lower the flag after President Nixon's death.
He never had to make that decision, since it rained both days.
Monday was sunny. And Eason was out of a job. RALEIGH - L.F. Eason III gave up the only job he'd ever had rather than lower a... more
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In 1959, when Alaska and Hawaii were added to the Union, the flag had to be redesigned and, apparently, thousands of ideas were submitted, this among them. According to American Heritage Magazine, the winning design which we, of course, now use, was designed by a high school student who received (of course!) a B- for lack of originality!
BTW, you can download this photo of the paper design as wallpaper!In 1959, when Alaska and Hawaii were added to the Union, the flag had to be redesigned... more
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Clarity of Touchette's art indicts George W. Bush for Crimes against Humanity.
American Artist and mother of four, Charleen Touchette wrote, "How can I tell my children the U.S. doesn't torture when they see pictures everyday of our soldiers forced to do unspeakable things to other human beings."
"I feel like the good Germans who stood by helpless while Hitler used their tax money in an imperialistic unprovoked war to torture and murder people. Over 53% of our tax dollars go for war and destruction. How can this be Christian?"Clarity of Touchette's art indicts George W. Bush for Crimes against Humanity.... more
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During the Vietnam War, Americans saw pictures of flag draped coffins loaded onto transport planes bound home with dead American soldiers.
That was over 35 years ago, before corporate and government control of the media.
In today's war in Iraq, our American soldiers die and are buried out of camera range and don't get the honor of the nation's gratitude.
"Mission Accomplisher" by Charleen Touchette created in 2004 shows President George W. Bush with the flag draped coffins of American soldiers, which today in 2008, now number nearly 4,000 dead.During the Vietnam War, Americans saw pictures of flag draped coffins loaded onto... more
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The image displayed is the Nantucket flag. But I'm confused, I thought "we" realized the brutality of whaling decades ago.
I can say nothing other than this video infuriates me to no end. I cannot believe that this sort of practice carries on.
Check out http://www.seashepherd.org/ to learn more.The image displayed is the Nantucket flag. But I'm confused, I thought... more
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Kurds had rejected the old flag because of the three stars that were a symbol of Saddam Hussein's Baath party, and the writing in the middle stripe, was in Saddam's handwriting. On the new flag, the stars are removed and the handwriting has been replaced with an old arabic font. The words Allahu akbar, meaning God is great, are unchanged. The flag is a temporary one, to be used for a year while a new flag can be selected.
Unfortunately, the agreement in the Iraqi parliament did not do anything to change the violence on the ground in Iraq, as explosions and suicide bombings ripped across the northern part of the country.Kurds had rejected the old flag because of the three stars that were a symbol of... more
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The culture minister, Margaret Hodge, has said she will consider a redesign of the union flag to incorporate the Welsh dragon to represent the country's "true place in the region." Much easier said than done. I can't imagine the rebranding nightmare this would cause for the UK. But does Wales deserve a spot on the Union Jack? What are your thoughts?The culture minister, Margaret Hodge, has said she will consider a redesign of the... more
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This feels mildly seditious, but it's also tons of fun: an online app that helps you construct your own personal flag from components of other (real) flags that mean something to you. Make one and post it here!This feels mildly seditious, but it's also tons of fun: an online app that helps... more
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The comments section on this local new affiliate's website have been jammed with opinions both for and against this.
What do you think?The comments section on this local new affiliate's website have been jammed with... more
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