tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post1393424504469442406..comments2023-10-18T12:55:50.552+00:00Comments on At Flores in the Azores: By the Queen, a proclamation ...Neil Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567487892239196569noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-20405398989861430972010-04-16T03:41:07.464+00:002010-04-16T03:41:07.464+00:00Isn't Iceland also one of the non-signatories ...Isn't Iceland also one of the non-signatories to the anti-whaling treaty, if memory serves? This surely does not settle well with Portugal or the UK (not to mention my US).Kathiehttp://www.mycalifornianfriends.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-57360192377950048632010-04-16T01:08:50.919+00:002010-04-16T01:08:50.919+00:00Indeed yes, Kathie, the volcanic cloud is the real...Indeed yes, Kathie, the volcanic cloud is the really big story being masked by the election debate headline.<br /><br />Iceland achieves what Al Qaeda failed to on 11/9, the closure of UK airspace.<br /><br />Not content with refusing to repay the billions they owe us for bailing out their bank, they go and dump their volcanic ash on us as well. We fought these people in the Cod War, you know ...Neil Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15567487892239196569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-69291688535726409702010-04-15T13:24:51.792+00:002010-04-15T13:24:51.792+00:00On an entirely different topic (also on NPR this A...On an entirely different topic (also on NPR this AM):<br /><br />"'Huge Disruption' As Icelandic Volcano Eruption Grounds European Flights":<br />http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/04/iceland_volcano_flights_europe.html<br /><br />Apparently the sulfurous volcanic stench has already reached the Hebrides, and all airports in the UK (even Heathrow) were being closed this AM due to volcanic ash that's drifted eastward at the same elevation as that at which commercial flights travel.<br /><br />The remaining question is how much farther south this menace will spread (Paris is reported to be watching closely now) -- hope it doesn't reach the Azores, for your sakes, as well as for Californian friends of mine who just flew in for 3 weeks' vacation on four different islands.Kathiehttp://www.inolongerlikechocolates.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-17573819903694622472010-04-15T13:00:58.178+00:002010-04-15T13:00:58.178+00:00A report on National Public Radio this morning cha...A report on National Public Radio this morning characterized the current political campaign as the "Americanization" of UK politics:<br />http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126010305<br />(click on the sound icon on the page to hear the entire story)<br /><br />Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon<br />Going to the candidates' debate<br />Laugh about it, shout about it<br />When you've got to choose<br />Every way you look at it, you lose<br /><br />-- Paul Simon, "Mrs. Robinson"Kathiehttp://www.mycalifornianfriends.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-68494272900859203732010-04-11T11:23:15.931+00:002010-04-11T11:23:15.931+00:00As always a good and interesting postAs always a good and interesting postbashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05607745322376576377noreply@blogger.com