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via militaryschools.us

Forget charter schools.  How about schools run by the military?

Thousands of former members of the Armed Forces wanting to become teachers will be fast tracked into the profession under a Government scheme launched today.

Ex members of the Army, Navy and Royal Air Force will be lured into teaching with bursaries, salaries during training and fast track qualification courses.

The move could see thousands of former soldiers, sailors and airmen enter classrooms each year and is the latest initiative by the Government to promote a military ethos in schools.

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Green Energy? Why is it that Greens don’t believe in visual pollution?

Don’t expect to see the Green Taliban talking about their precious windmills like that, but in the UK Tory politicians have the courage to expose the fact the Green King is wearing no clothes:

Wind farms have been branded a ‘complete scam’ by Environment Secretary Owen Paterson, reigniting coalition battle over green power.

As the government unveiled new powers for local residents to block turbines blighting their villages, Mr Paterson condemned many planned schemes as ‘deeply unpopular’ and causing ‘huge unhappiness’ across the country.

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Helen Yates / via The Telegraph

-13 degrees.  Time to get into some shorts and a cotton tee.  ’cause global warming is certainly here.

More than two inches of snow fell in some parts of the country and temperatures were predicted to fall as low as 9F (-13C) overnight, making it one of the coldest nights of the winter.

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The City of London houses 11,000 people.  No, really.  Check this out.

H/T: Paul Brislen

Solent, via The Telegraph

She started at age 13, and at age 22 finds herself in jail for 11 false rape claims in less than 10 years.  I bet she ruined a few lives along the way.   Read more »

via christchurchstar.co.nz

Melanie Hall at the Telegraph reports

Muslim preacher urges followers to claim ‘Jihad Seeker’s Allowance’

Anjem Choudary was secretly filmed mocking non-Muslims for working in 9-5 jobs their whole lives, and told followers that some revered Islamic figures had only ever worked one or two days a year.

“The rest of the year they were busy with jihad [holy war] and things like that,” he said. “People will say, ‘Ah, but you are not working’.

“But the normal situation is for you to take money from the kuffar [non-believers].

“So we take Jihad Seeker’s Allowance. You need to get support.”

He went on to tell a 30-strong crowd: “We are going to take England — the Muslims are coming.”

With the European Horse meat scandal in full swing, the butchers that sell “the other red meat” are doing a roaring trade as Britons are curious:

“While people are putting horse into their shopping cart on the website they are also putting in things like zebra, llama and alpaca,” said Paul Webb, director of central England-based speciality meat supplier Exotic Meats.

Horsemeat, which has a sweet, gamey flavor, is cheaper and healthier than beef, containing half the fat, more Omega 3, and high in protein and iron.   Read more »

via: roomyverse

If I was Cameron’s strategist, I’d probably be looking at a pile of sleeping pills next to a bottle of vodka right now:

David Cameron told Tories they are “no longer the party of ­privilege” – at their swanky Winter Ball, where £100-a-bottle Dom Perignon “flowed like water”.

The £400-a-head fundraiser saw wealthy backers served the vintage champagne in true-blue glass flutes, while members of the plush Hurlingham Club complained to staff about Rolls-Royces and Daimlers clogging the drive.    Read more »

via: talesfromthelou

The traces of horse meat found in some burger products in the UK that I reported on earlier has nothing on what’s being discovered now the disinfecting power of sunlight is being applied to the rot that’s moving through the European processed meat industry.

Worst one, so far, are ready to eat meals labeled to contain only beef, that have been found to contain 100% horse meat instead.   Read more »