A series of three one hour programmes, presented by leading archaeologist and sheep-farmer Francis Pryo, re-examine Britain A.D, the Arthurian myth, the British national character and the mysterious period of British history known as 'The Dark Ages'. Finding new and previously unexplained evidence Francis Pryor overturns the idea that Britain was crushed under Roman rule, then reverted to a state of anarchy and disorder after the Romans left in 410 AD. Instead of doom and gloom Francis discovers a continuous culture that assimilated influences from as far a field as the Middle East and Constantinople. Francis is confronted by evidence that confounds traditional views of Britain as a powerless bunch or warring barbarian tribes. Nor was there the invasion of bloodthirsty Anglo Saxons, rampaging across the countryside, which our school books have always depicted. With new archaeological evidence Francis discovers a far more interesting and complex story, one that puts the continuing energy of the Ancient Britons at the core. According to conventional wisdom, native British culture was suppressed by 400 years of Roman rule, and the withdrawal of the mighty imperial army in 410AD threw the country into a state of primitive barbarism, which only came to an end with the invasion of the more advanced Anglo Saxons. With detailed archaeology, cutting-edge academic research and his own brand of iconoclasm, writer and broadcaster, and presenter of Britain AD, Francis Pryor argues that we've got this version of British history wrong. Francis shows how archaeologists are beginning to reveal that the early history of Britain was in fact a vibrant period in which the population thrived from a series of foreign influences from as far afield as the Middle East and Constantinople without losing its own cultural identity. In the first episode Francis tells the story of Roman Britain from the perspective of the native Britons rather than the conquering army, and reveals that the invasion was not a brutal suppression of indigenous culture, but a mutually beneficial experience which the Britons may have actually instigated.
A lawsuit accuses Hertz of intentionally creating a “hostile work environment owing to religious, race and national origin discrimination” by terminating the drivers.
Is this discrimination or is the company justified in terminating the workers? Why?
Before the show while chatting with the roadie M.C. and Steve pulled up while I was leaving. I wished them a good show and shouted that the last two nights were great. They both said "thanks" and I responded the same.
I ran into Paul Page before the sound check to tell him I am glad that All American Alien Boy was still in the set, it was moved to a later point in the show and I thought perhaps at World Cafe Live it was not to be played: otherwise, I would miss his bass solo which is first-rate. Paul introduced me to his buddy Pat Fitzgerald, the drummer from Martin's Folly, who had driven down with him from NYC.
On 2003's "From Hope," Martin's Folly featured a cameo appearance from Ian Hunter on "I Wish I Was Your Mother."
Ian Hunter visits Som Records for an interview with Kid Congo Powers.
Excerpt from "All The Way From Memphis"
Ian Hunter and the Rant Band, "Sweet Jane," ripped from YouTube clip with Jing
After "Sweet Jane," when the band leaves for an encore, James Mastro, guitar, flings his guitar pick into the crowd. I was looking down at my camera but I felt something light, such as a guitar pick hit my left wrist. Sure enough, as I looked around on the floor, it was James' pick, which says "James Mastro," on one side, and, "Picks the hits" on the other.
James Mastro Pick
Picks the Hits
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Ian Hunter & the Rant Band -- Howard Theatre - Sep 15th
Doors open 6 pm
Show 8 pm
1st part of "Once Bitten, Twice Shy"
Bruce Remy version
Unsteady Freddie version
snippet of "Saturday Gigs"
Ripped from YouTube clip by Jing
Featuring Jesse Hunter
Ripped from YouTube clip with Jing
Proud Papa Ian embraces Jesse after singing lead.
Christine Ohlman and Andy York were on and off the stage throughout doing backup vocals. Ian backed up his son Jesse on I Don't know What You Want. Jesse, Andy, Christine, another gal who I missed her name when introduced, and Lisa Ronson finished with Dudes. Songs from the new CD included Comfortable, Fatally Flawed, WIP, What For, Black Tears, Just the Way you Look Tonight, Ta Shunka Witco, I Don't know What You Want, and Life.
Friday, September 14, 2012, Showtime @ 8:00 PM, Doors open @ 6:00 PM
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Israel's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Danny Ayalon explains the historical facts relating to the issue of refugees in the Israeli Palestinian conflict. The video explains the reason there are still refugees after more than six decades is because of Arab leaders' recalcitrance to accept their brethren and the United Nations which created a separate agency with unique principles and criteria. The video also highlights the issue of the Jewish refugees who were forced out of their homes in the Arab world, and were subsequently absorbed by the State of Israel.
Encore:
Roll Away the Stone
(Mott the Hoople song)
Saturday Gigs / Life / All The Young Dudes
Ian Hunter, as good as ever, at World Cafe Live
Thursday, 13 Sep 2012, Philadelphia PA, World Cafe Live, Doors 7pm, Show 8pm, Downstairs Live
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This week, Egyptian political activist Cynthia Farahat testified before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the House of Representatives. Reps. Frank Wolf and James McDermott presented Under Threat: The Worsening Plight of Egypt's Coptic Christians.
Ms. Farahat spoke about her experiences as an activist and co-founder of the Liberal Egyptian Party in 2006, while in her twenties-- the platform of which argued for "secularism, human rights, capitalism, the rule of law, and rejection of pan-Arabism and Islamic imperialism," not to mention the rejection of Shariah.
“I‘m a woman and I’m a Copt. I’m a fourth-class citizen in Egypt.”
That was among the many chilling revelations put forth in a testimony to Congress this week by Egyptian political activist Cynthia Farahat. The Coptic Christian and co-founder of the Liberal Egyptian Party, testified before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the House of Representatives, sharing her experience on the worsening plight of Christians under sharia law, and soon-to-be Islamic authoritarian regime in Egypt.
Reps. Frank Wolf and James McDermott presented the hearing, “Under Threat: The Worsening Plight of Egypt’s Coptic Christians.”
According to the Center for Security Policy, the organization that organized the hearings and brought this must-see video to The Blaze’s attention, describes Farahat’s political platform as advocating, ”secularism, human rights, capitalism, the rule of law, and rejection of pan-Arabism and Islamic imperialism.”
Below is a partial transcript of Farahat’s moving testimony before Congress. The video follows:
In 1971, President Sadat introduced shariah law to the constitution and now I think it’s, qualifies to say that Egypt is a constitutional theocracy and it’s not a modern state. The consequences were that Copts are no longer, according to shariah law, identified or defined as citizen. I have an Egyptian passport, but I’m not a citizen. The concept of citizenship is a Western concept that does not apply to us in Egypt. I‘m a woman and I’m a Copt. I’m a fourth-class citizen in Egypt. A first-class citizen in Egypt is the Sunni male, Muslim male. The second-class is the Sunni female. The third-class is the Coptic male. And fourth-class is the Coptic female.
And that’s why none of the people that committed crimes, none of the criminals that committed crimes against Copts were prosecuted in any way. Because it is against shariah law and that’s a fact. It’s not an opinion. To persecute someone for – a Muslim, for killing, raping, torturing, or vandalizing the property of a non-Muslim or a dhimmi. So this is our legal status. And this has been happening under the Mubarak’s so-called moderate regime, an ally of the West, and it’s now happening now. It was only inevitable that they take their radicalism a step further and start killing Copts in the street in front of TV cameras with live ammunition and running them over with armored military vehicles they probably got from the United States of America.
Indonesian protester holds picture of a disfigured Obama at an anti-US demo in Jakarta (the Muslim country Obama grew up in.)
Tom Schad was a Gainesville man who originally paid for the ad along I-35; the sign, inspired by an email, shows two camouflaged, armed men, and references the Navy Seals removal of a threat to America. It then tells viewers to remove another threat in November.
Sam Bacile, 56, the movie’s writer and director, is an Israeli, Bacile lives in California and works in real estate development. The self-described Israeli Jew told the Associated Press, from an undisclosed location, that Islam is a cancer and that the film was intended to make a political statement, while condemning Islam on the whole. The English-language movie spans two hours and is entitled, “Innocence of Muslims.” Bacile claims that more than 100 Jewish donors helped put up the $5 million to make the film, which has reached no measurable level of success, possible.
The background of the film is even stranger; nothing about this production makes much sense.
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A tax on toilet paper; I kid you not. According to the sponsor, "the Water Protection and Reinvestment Act will be financed broadly by small fees on such things as . . . products disposed of in waste water." Congress wants to tax what you do in the privacy of your bathroom.