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True in part, but incomplete. Slavery existed well before the 7thC in the Middle East: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery#Middle_East.
Incidentally, slave caravans would pass through the oasis of Siwa in Western Egypt, having travelled from Central Africa en route to the Mediterranean coast or the Nile Delta, as recently as the 1940s.
I myself spent a month in Siwa in 1998 (out of 3 months in Egypt that year). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siwa_Oasis.
Yes. One frequently sees Jews on Twitter etc [pretending to be] upset that “their family” died, or were displaced, or inconvenienced, during the early 1940s; people that those descended from them and alive today never knew, of course.
British or German people just do not weaponize (or, indeed, monetize via books, films, “reparations”, and “restitution”) their family histories in that way.
My own maternal grandfather [b.1901] was at Dunkirk in 1940, and later in Burma. My maternal grandmother [b.1900] lost two brothers in the First World War (both, I believe, captains of the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry).
British (and German) people accept such events as historical, and do not constantly try to use them as tags on which to hang contemporary socio-political issues.
The question is, “replaced by what“?
I wonder whether he was the one who (ultimately) ran agents Epstein and [Ghislaine] “Maxwell” when they were still in play? See also https://ianrobertmillard.org/2019/08/11/the-jew-epstein-and-prince-andrew-the-british-royal-family-has-another-scandal-maybe-its-time-to-just-get-rid-of-them/.
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These people should be on our side!
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Britain 2024
Strange minor incident. Taking a nap this afternoon, after having had a very early start today, I was awoken by a knock at the door of our tiny flat (the days of country houses and Caribbean villas being now long gone). I heard my wife agreeing to donate to the county’s air ambulance charity.
I was rather suspicious about the man at the door wanting bank details “to set up a direct debit“, so intervened and told the fellow that we would give another way. He left with superficial politeness; I could see that he was unhappy at being challenged (though I am not particularly aggressive).
I was concerned, so thought to call the police on their 101 non-emergency service. It then took something like 20 minutes to get beyond the recorded messages and just to get to talk to a human being (a pleasant-sounding lady) from the police and give her the details.
I also tried, twice, to telephone the air ambulance charity people themselves but, after an initial recorded message, was informed “your call cannot be transferred” and an unobtainable signal.
I looked up what the CEO of that charity gets paid: about £119,000 a year.
That small incident was typical of the way in which everything in this country is so screwed and just does not work. For a start, the air ambulance should be an official service, not a ragbag of private charities across the UK.
Secondly, it should be illegal for fundraisers to go around knocking on doors like itinerant gypsies. The public need to be protected.
Thirdly, how is it that the CEO of such a small charity (30 employees) gets a fairly generous salary? Yet their only public telephone number is non-operational. It’s poor.
There are too many boondoggles around, to use the American phrase. The “Major Tom” nonsense, with the quasi-fraudulent daughter and son-in-law, has surely brought that to public attention.
Fourthly, the police are almost absent when you need them. At the same time, the county police have apparently spent many many hours snooping upon and “monitoring” this blog, as they do the social media posts of others. The police need to get back to doing actual, real police work.
As a matter of fact, the Police and Crime Commissioner for the county will be elected this week. At present, it is some useless and enormous woman, a Conservative Party member.
Britain 2024— terminally sick.
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Shut up and get on the train…
Bravo! End the war.
If the Kiev regime imagines that a new army of forced and unwilling recruits will save the day, it is very much mistaken.
When the weather is warmer, and the Stavka gives the order, it is likely that the Russian armies in the east will start to roll, covered by massive artillery barrages and air cover. Any new forces recruited by the Kiev regime will simply be rolled over.
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My crowdfunder remains open: https://www.givesendgo.com/GC14J.
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Ian Robert Millard 
I’m glad to hear that you got rid of that fellow; I am sure it was a con man.
About Ukraine, I found today that Zelensky´s people formed a new infantry brigade mobilising the whole force of border guards. Those are not proper soldiers, although the Ministry of Defence said they were given an intensive 60-day training. That is another proof that they are scrapping the barrel.
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Claudius:
Thank you.
Maybe. Fundraising that way should be banned anyway, even where genuine.
My wife is still saying that I was aggressive and rude (and mistaken), but I beg to differ.
I am not usually very aggressive. When I was *much* younger, my instructors would shout at me, “more aggression, Ian! More aggression!” as I failed to properly deal with my opponent (on one occasion possibly cracking a rib— my rib, I mean).
Re. Ukraine: yes, I think so. The map of Eastern Europe is about to be redrawn.
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Although I never met you, we have exchanged a lot of messages and the “dialogue” we had for several years taught me that you are a very nice and patient person. (well, compared with me almost everyone is nice and patient 😁😁😁) I cannot imagine you being rude to anyone. Your wife should be thankful to you because, had not been for you, I am sure she would have given that con man your bank account details.
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Claudius:
She says she would not have done so but, well, there it is…
Not that it would have been very profitable for the con-man (if he was a con-man) but what would be a trifling sum to a wealthy individual is of significance to us these days.
I admit, though, that my patience is not inexhaustible.
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I remember seeing a mention of Peter Cushing yesterday in your blog; well today I came across this very nice tribute to a great British actor. What a beautiful and rather sad voice he had. I learned he was very depressed by the death of his wife and perhaps that was the reason for the underlaying sadness in his voice.
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Claudius:
Like you and me, Peter Cushing was a great friend of our animal companions.
You should get his memoirs, if you get the chance.
I used to have a copy. Very interesting. Unfortunately expensive and rather a collector’s item now. About £40 on UK Amazon.
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Thank you very much. I recommend the YT channel called RABBIT & SNAIL which uploaded the tribute to Peter Cushing I sent you. I am watching now another video dedicated to Derek Fowlds, the unforgettable “Bernard”, the loyal secretary of “Jim Hacker”, in “Yes Minister”
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The cynicism of that mass-murderer Netanyahu is almost unbelievable, but so it is the one displayed by most Israeli leaders. Anyway… “What goes around comes around”
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Perhaps your useless Tory Police and Crime Commissioner will be unceremoniously dumped by the electorate or not. However, if she is she will probably be replaced by another PC drone from a ‘system’ party. There is only one minor party candidate standing.
Look at your ‘choice’ in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight policing area:
https://choosemypcc.org.uk
The Indian Lib Dem fellow wants to stop allegedly disproportionate stop and search of ethnics. Where is his evidence that is actually occurring? Might a reason be, if it is happening, that the ethnics are committing crimes at a rate higher than Brits?
These posts should either be abolished especially as the fake Conservative Party showing its usual disdain and hatred for democracy by instituting First Past The Post voting for them instead of the previous Supplementary Vote (SV) has reduced the choices available to the electorate as this change of electoral system has discouraged minor parties and independents from standing or make it a requirement that ALL candidates have to be independents.
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John:
The whole PCC idea is and always was totally stupid. They are completely unnecessary office-holders.
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I agree and I can’t see how that government website claims the posts are not political. If they are not then why are political parties with their own ideologies running for them? What would be the point? Inevitably, a candidate’s political viewpoints will influence them in the post and they do have a few powers such as appointing or dismissing a Chief Constable of a police area. Either make it the law that only independents can be candidates as is the requirement for running for the post of Singapore’s President or abolish them.
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John:
Also, some PCCs have been suborned by the malicious cabal, “Campaign Against Antisemitism”.
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