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Fontenelle is noted for his A Conversation on the Plurality of the World (1686), The Origin of Fables (1724), and Of the Island of Borneo (1686), wherein he defended Copernicanism, critiqued miracles, satirized religions, and presented some of the first discussion of the Bible as myth. [1]
Fontenelle has been cited thinkers including: Julien la Mettrie, Baron d'Holbach (Ѻ), Voltaire (Ѻ), Napoleon Bonaparte, and John Avery.
Quotes | On
The following are quotes on Fontenelle:
"By the first or second decade of the eighteenth century not only the Copernican theory of the solar system but also the belief in other inhabited planets and in the plurality of worlds seems to have been commonly accepted even in highly orthodox circles. The Conversation on the Plurality of the Worlds (1686) of Fontenelle no doubt did more than any other single writing to diffuse these ideas among the educated classes generally."
— Arthur Lovejoy (1933), The Great Chain of Being (pg. 130)
"The modern origins of this understanding of myth (though he used the term 'fable') can be traced to Bernard Fontenelle's De l'origine des fables. He was the first enlightenment thinker to propose a comprehensive theory of myth that argued for its roots in the naiveté and 'childishness' of the ancients and contemporary 'savages'. Although Fontenelle's text was not published until 1724, there is good evidence to conclude that it was written by 1680, thus making it the earliest modern theory of myth."
— Paul Eddy (2007), The Jesus Legend (pg. 159)
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The following are noted quotes by Fontenelle:
"We must confess, dear Madam, that we scarce know where we are, in the midst of so many worlds; for my own part, I begin to see the earth so fearfully little, that I believe that from henceforth I shall never be concerned at all for anything. That we so eagerly desire to make ourselves great, that we are always designing, always troubling and harassing ourselves, is certainly because we are ignorant what these vortexes are; but now I hope my new lights will in part justify my laziness, and when anyone reproaches me with carelessness, I will answer, Ah, did you but know what the fixed stars are!"."
— Bernard Fontenelle (1686), Conversation on the Plurality of the World (Preliminary Discourse, pgs. xxxviii-xlii); cited by Arthur Lovejoy (1933) in The Great Chain of Being (pg. 133)
"The universe is but a watch on a larger scale; all its motions depend on determined laws and the mutual relations of its parts . . . It is now known with certainty . . . that Venus and Mercury turn round the sun, and not round the earth; on this subject the ancient system is absolutely exploded . . . At the appearance of a certain German named Copernicus, astronomy became simplified; he destroyed all the unnecessary circles, and crushed to pieces the crystalline firmaments. Animated with philosophic enthusiasm, he dislodged the earth from the central situation which had been assigned it and in its room placed the sun, who is more worthy of such a mark of distinction. The planets were no longer supposed to perform their revolutions round the earth, and enclose it in the centre of their orbits . . . They all turn around the sun; the earth itself not excepted."
— Bernard Fontenelle (1686), A Conversation on the Plurality of the World [2]
"Behold a universe so immense that I am lost in it. I no longer know where I am. I am just nothing at all. Our world is terrifying in its insignificance."
— Bernard Fontenelle (1686), Conversations with a Lady on the Plurality of Worlds [3]
"Dreadful, Madam, said I; I think it very pleasant. When the heavens were a little blue arch, stuck with stars, methought the universe was too strait and close; I was almost stifled for want of air; but now it is enlarged in height and breadth and a thousand vortexes taken in. I begin to breathe with more freedom, and I think the universe to be incomparably more magnificent than it was before."
— Bernard Fontenelle (1686), Conversation on the Plurality of the World (§4); cited by Arthur Lovejoy (1933) in The Great Chain of Being (pg. 132-33)
"Calculus is to mathematics no more than what experiment is to physics, and all the truths produced solely by the calculus can be treated as truths of experiment. The sciences must proceed to first causes, above all mathematics where one cannot assume, as in physics, principles that are unknown to us. For there is in mathematics, so to speak, only what we have placed there... If, however, mathematics always has some essential obscurity that one cannot dissipate, it will lie, uniquely, I think, in the direction of the infinite; it is in that direction that mathematics touches on physics, on the innermost nature of bodies about which we know little."
— Bernard Fontenelle (1627), Elements of the Geometry of Infinity [3]
"Women react differently: a French woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress; an Italian will kill her husband; a Spaniard will kill both; and a German will kill herself."
— Bernard Fontenelle (c.1730), Publication (Ѻ)
"History is a set of agreed-upon lies."
— Bernard Fontanelle (c.1740), Publication; citing (Ѻ) by Napoleon Bonaparte (c.1820) and John Avery (2017)
1. Hecht, Jennifer M. (2003). Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas (pg. 342). HarperOne.
2. (a) Fontenelle, Bernard. (1686). A Conversation on the Plurality of the World. Publisher.
(b) Grayling, A.C. (2016). The Age of Genius: the Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind (pg. #). Bloomsbury.
3. Bernard Fontenelle – WikiQuote.
● Bernard Fontenelle – Wikipedia.


2-10 Dec. Traditional Christmas market in Milan's Rho fairgrounds.
One of the most popular pre-Christmas activities in Milan, the Artigiano in Fiera market opens again this weekend with over 3,200 stands from more than 100 countries.
The nine-day event, which last year attracted over 1,670,000 visitors, is an occasion to choose gifts from around the world and to discover exotic specialties in the 43 restaurants and 16 snack points spread among the 10 pavilions.
Not only finished products – there will also be many chances to watch the artisans at work in their workshops, a fascinating way to see how the products are created out of their raw materials.
The country of honour this year will be Iran, with Persian food, music and dance alongside the stalls selling artisan gifts. China, too, will be represented not only by craft products such as textiles and toys, but also with a display explaining the "One Belt One Road" project for relaunching trade routes to and from Europe along the old silk roads.
Stands from all over Italy, from food to clothing, from design to high tech, will also include a specialised bridal show for every aspect of the wedding and reception.
For those who can't manage to carry all the products they would like to buy, there is also a courier service to send parcels home.
There is a detailed guide to the fair and its programme of events on the official website.
So popular is the annual market that regional rail network Trenord is offering special reduced-price day-return tickets from all over Lombardy right into the fairgrounds, valid also for discounts in the restaurants. Italo long-distance trains will also exceptionally stop at the Rho fair station for the duration of the market.


Even if you've been driving for years in another country, it can be a challenge to get used to UK roads. We've compiled some rules and tips you might want to keep in mind during your first UK roadtrip (or commute 😅).
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Don't drink and drive. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Blood Alcohol content limit is 80 micrograms per 100 milliliters of breath. The fine for being caught over the limit can be as high as £5,175, and you may lose your driving licence.
You and your passengers must wear a seatbelt, or each of you could be fined up to £440.
Long distances are always measured in miles and shorter distances in yards. That's why it's always useful to remember, for example, that 1 yard = 3 feet and 1 mile = 1760 yards.
Speed limits will be signalled on circular signs that will be posted regularly along the roads. Speed limits are displayed in miles per hour, both in the vehicles and on the roads. However, fuel is measured in litres.
Primary roads, "A" or "B" are smaller and slower roads, composed by single or dual carriageways. They're indicated by green signs with white text.
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The Healing of Natalie Curtis
By: Jane Kirkpatrick
Narrated by: Leah Horowitz
Something Worth Doing
Narrated by: Christina Moore
In 1853, Abigail Scott was a 19-year-old school teacher in Oregon Territory when she married Ben Duniway. Marriage meant giving up on teaching, but Abigail always believed she was meant to be more than a good wife and mother. When financial mistakes and an injury force Ben to stop working, Abigail becomes the primary breadwinner for her growing family. What she sees as a working woman appalls her, and she devotes her life to fighting for the rights of women, including their right to vote.
A great book and a great story of a great woman!
By Linda Reagan on 04-27-21
All She Left Behind
Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
Already well-versed in the natural healing properties of herbs and oils, Jennie Pickett longs to become a doctor. But the Oregon frontier of the 1870s doesn't approve of such innovations as women attending medical school. To leave grief and guilt behind, as well as support herself and her challenging young son, Jennie cares for an elderly woman using skills she's developed on her own. When her patient dies, Jennie discovers that her heart has become entangled with the woman's widowed husband, a man many years her senior.
By Christina Burian on 01-12-20
Everything She Didn't Say
After 25 years of traveling and shaping the American West with her husband, Robert Strahorn, a railroad promoter, investor, and writer, Carrie Strahorn decides to write down what was really on her mind during those adventurous nomadic years. Certain that her husband will not read it, and in fact that it will only be found after her death, Carrie is finally willing to explore the lessons she learned along the way, including the danger a woman faces of losing herself within a relationship with a strong-willed man and the courage it takes to accept her own God-given worth apart from him.
Unique story-telling appreciated!
By Lindy on 05-25-21
This Road We Traveled
Narrated by: Donna Postel
Three generations of the Brown women travel west together on the Oregon Trail, but each seeks something different. When the trail divides, a decision must be made that could bring survival or tragedy. The challenges faced will form the character of one woman - and impact the future for many more.
This book should come under the genre of Christian novel
By Peggy Calcagnie on 11-12-19
A Light in the Wilderness
Narrated by: Karen Chilton
Letitia holds nothing more dear than the papers that prove she is no longer a slave. They may not cause white folks to treat her like a human being, but at least they show she is free. She trusts in those words she cannot read - as she is beginning to trust in Davey Carson, an Irish immigrant cattleman who wants her to come west with him.
Wonderful historic portrayal - a 10
By Deb on 11-01-19
A Name of Her Own
Tender Ties Historical Series, Book 1
Narrated by: Stephanie Brush
During the fur-trapping era of the early 1800's, Marie Dorion refuses to be left behind in St. Louis when her husband heads west. Faced with hostile landscapes, an untried expedition leader, and her volatile husband, Marie finds that the daring act she hoped would bring her family together may, in the end, tear them apart. History records that on the journey, Marie may have briefly met Sacajawea, the famous interpreter who accompanied Lewis and Clark. She too was married to a mixed-blood man of French Canadian and Native American descent, and was raising a son in a white world.
In 1844, two years before the Donner Party, the Stevens-Murphy company left Missouri to be the first wagons into California through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Mostly Irish Catholics, the party sought religious freedom and education in the mission-dominated land and enjoyed a safe journey - until October, when a heavy snowstorm forced difficult decisions. The first of many for young Mary Sullivan, newlywed Sarah Montgomery, the widow Ellen Murphy, and her pregnant sister-in-law Maolisa.
Sad but interesting
By oldgal on 02-14-21
Where Lilacs Still Bloom
Narrated by: Kimberly Farr, Susan Denaker
German immigrant and farm wife Hulda Klager possesses only an eighth-grade education - and a burning desire to create something beautiful. What begins as a hobby to create an easy-peeling apple for her pies becomes Hulda's driving purpose: a time-consuming interest in plant hybridization that puts her at odds with family and community, as she challenges the early-twentieth-century expectations for a simple housewife.
Amazing Book!
By Dana Southwick on 10-01-16
A Sweetness to the Soul
Narrated by: Susan Denaker
Filled with heart-warming insight and glimpses of real-life pain, A Sweetness to the Soul paints a brilliant picture of love that conquers all obstacles and offers a powerful testimony to the miracle of God's healing power.
Unexpected Treat
By Sarah D. on 12-15-11
Memory Weaver
Narrated by: Erin Moon, Alma Cuervo, Suzanne Toren
Eliza Spalding Warren was just a child when she was taken hostage by the Cayuse Indians during a massacre in 1847. Now the young mother of two children, Eliza faces a different kind of dislocation; her impulsive husband wants them to make a new start in another territory, which will mean leaving her beloved home and her departed mother's grave - and returning to the land of her captivity.
Historical Fiction at its best!
By Beth Krause on 08-07-18
By: Jodi Picoult
Narrated by: Marin Ireland
Diana O'Toole is perfectly on track. She will be married by 30, done having kids by 35, and move out to the New York City suburbs, all while climbing the professional ladder in the cutthroat art auction world. She's an associate specialist at Sotheby's now, but her boss has hinted at a promotion if she can close a deal with a high-profile client. She's not engaged just yet, but she knows her boyfriend, Finn, a surgical resident, is about to propose on their romantic getaway to the Galápagos - days before her 30th birthday.
Amazing Jodi + excellent narration = 5+++
House of Rougeaux
By: Jenny Jaeckel
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Following echoes between generations which defy normal time and space, a multilayered narrative celebrates the Rougeaux family triumphs while exposing the injustices of their trials. It begins with Iya, born in Africa in the 1700s, and brought to the Caribbean island of Martinique as a slave, and her two children, Adunbi and Abeje, who grow up on a sugar estate. The siblings endure because of the kindness of fellow bondsmen and their uncommon abilities.
An amazing journey.
Destined for You
By: Tracie Peterson
Narrated by: Stephanie Cozart
In 1869, Gloriana Womack's family is much smaller since smallpox killed her mother and two of her siblings. She lives in a modest cottage in Duluth, Minnesota, with her father and young brother, and she has dedicated her life to holding her tiny, fractured family together - especially as her father is frequently gone on long fishing trips. Their livelihood may come from the waters of Lake Superior, but storms on the lake can be dangerous, even to those who know it well. Luke Carson has come to Duluth to help shepherd the arrival of the railroad to the city's port.
By Sandy Jansen on 12-01-21
A Fable
By: Kristin Hannah
Narrated by: Sandra Burr
Joy Candellaro once loved Christmas more than any other time of the year. Now, as the holiday approaches, she is at a crossroads in her life; recently divorced and alone, she can't summon the old enthusiasm for celebrating. So without telling anyone, she buys a ticket and boards a plane bound for the beautiful Pacific Northwest. When an unexpected detour takes her deep into the woods of the Olympic rainforest, Joy makes a bold decision to leave her ordinary life behind - to just walk away - and thus begins an adventure unlike any she could have imagined.
Like Reading a Hallmark Movie
By Anastasia on 12-29-20
The Giver of Stars
By: Jojo Moyes
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So, when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt's new traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically. The leader, and soon Alice's greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking, self-sufficient woman who's never asked a man's permission for anything.
Weird Similarities to "The Book Woman..."
By MMinSouthernCA on 11-21-19
Sunflower Sisters
By: Martha Hall Kelly
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld, Shayna Small, Jenna Lamia, and others
Georgeanna "Georgey" Woolsey isn't meant for the world of lavish parties and the demure attitudes of women of her stature. So when war ignites the nation, Georgey follows her passion for nursing during a time when doctors considered women on the battlefront a bother. In proving them wrong, she and her sister Eliza venture from New York to Washington, DC, to Gettysburg and witness the unparalleled horrors of slavery as they become involved in the war effort.
It is a hard book to "listen" to.
By Anna on 04-09-21
The Irish Cowboy
By: D.W. Ulsterman
Narrated by: Greg Patmore
He gave his word, refused to break a vow, and lost his one chance at true love. Now they've come for his land. Hap Wilkes is a man facing a painful past, an increasingly uncertain future, and now fights with everything left in a broken and failing body, to keep the one thing still left to him - his pride. The Irish Cowboy is a story of loss, secrets, redemption, and the always present human yearning for love and forgiveness, and marks the most personal novel to date from best-selling author D.W. Ulsterman.
I wanted to like this novel but ended up aghast at it!
By cn berg on 05-30-17
By: Susan Meissner
Narrated by: Alana Kerr Collins, Jason Culp
Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly handsome. Sophie quickly develops deep affection for Kat, Martin's silent five-year-old daughter, but Martin's odd behavior leaves her with the uneasy feeling that something about her newfound situation isn't right.
The Nature of Fragile Things is a 5 star listen!
Classically trained pianist and singer Natalie Curtis isolated herself for five years after a breakdown just before she was to debut with the New York Philharmonic. Guilt-ridden and songless, Natalie can't seem to recapture the joy music once brought her. In 1902, her brother invites her to join him in the West to search for healing. What she finds are songs she'd never before encountered - the haunting melodies, rhythms, and stories of Native Americans.
But their music is under attack. The US government's Code of Offenses prohibits American's Indigenous people from singing, dancing, or speaking their own languages, as the powers that be insist on assimilation. Natalie makes it her mission not only to document these songs before they disappear but to appeal to President Teddy Roosevelt himself, who is the only man with the power to repeal the unjust law. Will she succeed and step into a new song...and a new future?
Award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick weaves yet another lyrical tale based on a true story that will keep listeners captivated to the very end.
©2021 Jane Kirkpatrick (P)2021 Recorded Books
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What listeners say about The Healing of Natalie Curtis
a wonderful book of Natalie's healing
this was wonderful. Natalie was wonderful in helping to record all the Indian songs and bringing help to them. as well as they helped her heal.

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(Was a top pick on Mar 23 up 6.7%) Still likes. Has been volatile. But thinks it has bottomed out.
Good long term. Great patent holdings. Good value.
Have started buying as they are starting to see some value.
Sector is small, but growing rapidly. Stock is very cheap now.


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The 2006–07 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets season was the team's 5th in the NBA. The Hornets split their games between the New Orleans Arena and the Ford Center, playing the majority of their schedule in Oklahoma City as they had in the previous season. The Hornets improved by one win, finishing 39-43, but failed to reach the playoffs.

Although the Hornets moved back to New Orleans full-time for the 2007-2008 NBA season, Oklahoma City was not without basketball for long as the Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma for the 2008-09 campaign and became known as the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Draft picks

Roster

Roster Notes
 Small forward Peja Stojaković played 13 games (his last game being on November 24, 2006) but missed the rest of the season after dealing with back spasms and undergoing surgery to remove a disc fragment in his lower back.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 1
| November 1
| @ Boston
| 91–87
| Chris Paul (20)
| Tyson Chandler (9)
| Chris Paul (10)
| TD Banknorth Garden  18,624
| 1–0
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2
| November 3
| @ Indiana
| 100–91
| David West (20)
| Tyson Chandler (15)
| Chris Paul (6)
| Conseco Fieldhouse18,165
| 2–0
|- style="background:#cfc;
| 3
| November 5
| Houston
| 96–90
| David West (22)
| Tyson Chandler (11)
| Chris Paul (16)
| New Orleans Arena 18,202
| 3–0
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 4
| November 7
| Golden State
| 97–93
| Chris Paul (22)
| Tyson Chandler (14)
| Chris Paul (11)
| Ford Center  19,164
| 4–0
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 5
| November 9
| @ Golden State
| 116–121
| Chris Paul (34)
| Tyson Chandler (11)
| Chris Paul (16)
| Oracle Arena  16,927
| 4–1
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 6
| November 10
| @ Portland
| 91–92
| Peja Stojaković (21)
| David West (13)
| Chris Paul (8)
| Rose Garden Arena  14,122
| 4–2
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 7
| November 12
| @ LA Clippers
| 76–92
| Chris Paul (20)
| Tyson Chandler (13)
| Chris Paul (3)
| Staples Center  18,273
| 4–3
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 8
| November 14
| Charlotte
| 94–85
| Peja Stojaković (42)
| Tyson Chandler (15)
| Chris Paul (10)
| Ford Center  16,623
| 5–3
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 9
| November 15
| @ Detroit
| 100–99
| Chris Paul (20)
| Hilton Armstrong (9)
| Chris Paul (13)
| The Palace of Auburn Hills  22,076
| 6–3
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 10
| November 15
| @ Minnesota
| 99–96
| Chris Paul (35)
| Cedric Simmons (9)
| Chris Paul (6)
| Target Center  16,151
| 7–3
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 11
| November 21
| Miami
| 101–86
| Peja Stojaković (23)
| Tyson Chandler (15)
| Chris Paul (10)
| Ford Center  19,329
| 8–3
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 12
| November 22
| @ Phoenix
| 83–92
| Desmond Mason (21)
| Tyson Chandler (16)
| Chris Paul (4)
| US Airways Center  18,422
| 8–4
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 13
| November 24
| Minnesota
| 79–86
| Chris Paul (18)
| Tyson Chandler (10)
| Chris Paul (7)
| Ford Center  18,258
| 8–5
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 14
| November 25
| @ Dallas
| 73–85
| Jannero Pargo (19)
| Hilton Armstrong (8)
| Chris Paul (4)
| American Airlines Center  20,315
| 8–6
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 15
| November 28
| Toronto
| 77–94
| Chris Paul (16)
| Tyson Chandler (17)
| Chris Paul (11)
| Ford Center  15,647
| 8–7

|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 16
| December 1
| Chicago
| 108–111
| Rasual Butler (33)
| Tyson Chandler (17)
| Chris Paul (18)
| Ford Center  19,164
| 8–8
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 17
| December 6
| @ LA Lakers
| 105–89
| Chris Paul (26)
| Tyson Chandler (12)
| Chris Paul (11)
| Staples Center  18,535
| 9–8
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 18
| December 8
| @ Seattle
| 74–94
| Chris Paul (16)
| Tyson Chandler (13)
| Chris Paul (6)
| Key Arena  15,913
| 9–9
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 19
| December 9
| @ Golden State
| 80–101
| Desmond Mason (24)
| Jannero Pargo (12)
| Jannero Pargo (8)
| Oracle Arena  17,105
| 9–10
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 20
| December 11
| Cleveland
| 95–89
| Chris Paul (30)
| Tyson Chandler (10)
| Chris Paul (11)
| Ford Center  19,164
| 10–10
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 21
| December 14
| San Antonio
| 77–103
| Rasual Butler (17)
| Desmond Mason (9)
| Chris Paul (12)
| New Orleans Arena  15,140
| 10–11
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 22
| December 16
| Dallas
| 79–90
| Chris Paul (30)
| Chris Paul (12)
| Chris Paul (8)
| New Orleans Arena  16,331
| 10–12
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 23
| December 18
| @ Miami
| 99–101
| Chris Paul (26)
| Tyson Chandler & Rasual Butler (8)
| Chris Paul (8)
| American Airlines Arena  19,600
| 10–13
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 24
| December 20
| @ Orlando
| 83–86
| Chris Paul (19)
| Tyson Chandler (11)
| Chris Paul (10)
| Amway Arena  17,020
| 10–14
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 25
| December 22
| Memphis
| 100–97 OT
| Marc Jackson (19)
| Tyson Chandler (17)
| Chris Paul (14)
| Ford Center  18,097
| 11–14
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 26
| December 23
| San Antonio
| 77–112
| Chris Paul (20)
| Tyson Chandler (9)
| Chris Paul & Devin Brown (3)
| Ford Center  19,164
| 11–15
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 27
| December 26
| @ Seattle
| 94–102
| Jannero Pargo (23)
| Tyson Chandler (11)
| Chris Paul (7)
| Key Arena  15,319
| 11–16
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 28
| December 27
| @ Portland
| 80–101
| Desmond Mason (16)
| Desmond Mason & Tyson Chandler (7)
| Jannero Pargo (5)
| Rose Garden Arena  13,905
| 11–17
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 29
| December 29
| Denver
| 99–89
| Rasual Butler (20)
| Devin Brown (10)
| Devin Brown (7)
| Ford Center  19,334
| 12–17
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 30
| December 30
| @ Dallas
| 80–94
| Marc Jackson (24)
| Devin Brown (10)
| Jannero Pargo (5)
| American Airlines Center  20,433
| 12–18

|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 31
| January 2
| Golden State
| 89–97
| Rasual Butler (30)
| Tyson Chandler (15)
| Jannero Pargo (8)
| Ford Center  16,617
| 12–19
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 32
| January 4
| Detroit
| 68–92
| Jannero Pargo (16)
| Tyson Chandler (16)
| Jannero Pargo (6)
| Ford Center  18,079
| 12–20
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 33
| January 6
| Indiana
| 93–100
| Desmond Mason (28)
| Tyson Chandler (10)
| Jannero Pargo (6)
| Ford Center  17,422
| 12–21
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 34
| January 8
| LA Clippers
| 90–100
| Desmond Mason (28)
| Tyson Chandler (10)
| Devin Brown (7)
| Ford Center  15,501
| 12–22
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 35
| January 10
| @ Atlanta
| 96–77
| Jannero Pargo (24)
| Tyson Chandler (9)
| Jannero Pargo (7)
| Philips Arena  10,120
| 13–22
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 36
| January 12
| Washington
| 104–97
| Desmond Mason (22)
| Tyson Chandler (10)
| Devin Brown (9)
| Ford Center  16,899
| 14–22
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 37
| January 16
| Orlando
| 84–78 OT
| Jannero Pargo (25)
| Rasual Butler (11)
| Four Players (2)
| Ford Center  17,610
| 15–22
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 38
| January 19
| @ San Antonio
| 86–99
| David West (19)
| David West (11)
| David West & Jannero Pargo (3)
| AT&T Center  17,153
| 15–23
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 39
| January 20
| LA Lakers
| 113–103
| David West (26)
| David West (12)
| Devin Brown (6)
| Ford Center  19,329
| 16–23
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 40
| January 23
| @ Philadelphia
| 96–102
| Devin Brown (24)
| David West (11)
| Devin Brown (4)
| Wachovia Center  12,328
| 16–24
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 41
| January 24
| @ Toronto
| 88–90
| Rasual Butler (30)
| David West (11)
| Bobby Jackson (6)
| Air Canada Centre  14,173
| 16–25
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 42
| January 26
| Sacramento
| 88–84
| Desmond Mason (24)
| Tyson Chandler (12)
| Bobby Jackson (7)
| New Orleans Arena  16,607
| 17–25
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 43
| January 27
| Utah
| 94–83
| Bobby Jackson (21)
| Tyson Chandler (15)
| Devin Brown (6)
| Ford Center  18,774
| 18–25
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 44
| January 29
| Portland
| 103–91
| David West (21)
| Tyson Chandler (16)
| David West (4)
| Ford Center  17,745
| 19–25
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 45
| January 31
| Philadelphia
| 94–83
| Devin Brown (17)
| Tyson Chandler (15)
| Bobby Jackson (4)
| Ford Center  16,956
| 19–26

|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 46
| February 2
| @ Minnesota
| 90–83
| Chris Paul (24)
| Tyson Chandler (18)
| Chris Paul (8)
| Ford Center  18,032
| 20–26
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 47
| February 3
| @ Houston
| 87–74
| Devin Brown (18)
| Tyson Chandler (12)
| Chris Paul (9)
| Toyota Center  18,081
| 21–26
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 48
| February 5
| @ Sacramento
| 99–105
| Chris Paul (24)
| Tyson Chandler (13)
| Chris Paul (6)
| ARCO Arena  17,317
| 21–27
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 49
| February 7
| @ Denver
| 114–112 OT
| Desmond Mason (23)
| Tyson Chandler (16)
| Chris Paul (7)
| Pepsi Center  15,298
| 22–27
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 50
| February 8
| Milwaukee
| 109–101 2OT
| Desmond Mason (24)
| Tyson Chandler (22)
| Chris Paul (10)
| Ford Center  17,364
| 23–27
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 51
| February 10
| Memphis
| 114–99
| Chris Paul (23)
| Tyson Chandler (16)
| Chris Paul (11)
| Ford Center  17,139
| 24–27
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 52
| February 13
| @ Memphis
| 104–108
| Desmond Mason (23)
| Tyson Chandler (23)
| Chris Paul (10)
| FedEx Forum  10,641
| 24–28
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 53
| February 14
| Sacramento
| 110–93
| Desmond Mason (18)
| Tyson Chandler (15)
| Chris Paul (6)
| Ford Center  16,753
| 25–28
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 54
| February 20
| @ Charlotte
| 100–104
| Chris Paul (20)
| Tyson Chandler (20)
| Chris Paul (7)
| Charlotte Bobcats Arena  13,007
| 25–29
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 55
| February 21
| @ New Jersey
| 111–107
| David West (32)
| Tyson Chandler (12)
| Chris Paul (11)
| Continental Airlines Arena  15,751
| 26–29
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 56
| February 23
| Seattle
| 98–97
| David West (23)
| Tyson Chandler (19)
| Chris Paul (8)
| New Orleans Arena  17,961
| 27–29
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 57
| February 27
| @ Cleveland
| 89–97
| David West (25)
| David West (10)
| David West (6)
| Quicken Loans Arena  19,619
| 27–30
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 58
| February 28
| Atlanta
| 107–100
| Chris Paul (24)
| David West (14)
| Chris Paul (13)
| Ford Center  17,402
| 28–30

|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 59
| March 2
| @ Chicago
| 93–104
| Chris Paul (16)
| Tyson Chandler (13)
| Chris Paul (6)
| United Center  22,056
| 28–31
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 60
| March 4
| Utah
| 94–108
| Tyson Chandler (20)
| Tyson Chandler (19)
| Chris Paul (13)
| Ford Center  17,304
| 28–32
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 61
| March 6
| @ Denver
| 91–106
| Tyson Chandler (15)
| Tyson Chandler (18)
| Chris Paul (14)
| Pepsi Center  16,409
| 28–33
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 62
| March 9
| @ Phoenix
| 103–104
| David West (19)
| Tyson Chandler (11)
| David West (4)
| US Airways Center  18,422
| 28–34
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 63
| March 10
| @ Utah
| 86–96
| Jannero Pargo (15)
| David West (10)
| Chris Paul (11)
| EnergySolutions Arena  19,911
| 28–35
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 63
| March 13
| New Jersey
| 108–112
| Chris Paul (25)
| Tyson Chandler (11)
| Chris Paul (12)
| Ford Center  16,451
| 28–36
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 65
| March 16
| @ New York
| 92–90
| Chris Paul (20)
| David West (12)
| Chris Paul (8)
| Madison Square Garden  19,763
| 29–36
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 66
| March 17
| @ Washington
| 103–125
| Chris Paul (21)
| Tyson Chandler (10)
| Chris Paul (8)
| Verizon Center  20,713
| 29–37
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 67
| March 19
| Boston
| 106–88
| Rasual Butler (18)
| Tyson Chandler (11)
| Chris Paul (6)
| Ford Center  19,164
| 30–37
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 68
| March 20
| @ Memphis
| 114–103
| David West (26)
| Tyson Chandler (11)
| Chris Paul (9)
| FedEx Forum  10,916
| 31–37
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 69
| March 23
| LA Lakers
| 105–111
| Chris Paul (28)
| Tyson Chandler (22)
| Chris Paul (12)
| New Orleans Arena  18,535
| 31–38
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 70
| March 25
| Houston
| 106–94
| Chris Paul (28)
| Tyson Chandler (10)
| Chris Paul (5)
| Ford Center  19,164
| 32–38
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 71
| March 27
| Dallas
| 89–105
| Jannero Pargo (23)
| Tyson Chandler (8)
| Chris Paul (3)
| Ford Center  19,164
| 32–39
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 72
| March 28
| @ San Antonio
| 88–92
| Chris Paul (20)
| Tyson Chandler (12)
| Chris Paul (9)
| AT&T Center  18,334
| 32–40
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 73
| March 28
| New York
| 103–94 OT
| David West (20)
| Tyson Chandler (13)
| Chris Paul (6)
| Ford Center  18,521
| 33–40

|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 74
| April 3
| @ Milwaukee
| 119–101
| David West (24)
| Tyson Chandler (20)
| Chris Paul (14)
| Bradley Center16,031
| 34–40
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 75
| April 4
| Seattle
| 101–92 OT
| David West (18)
| David West (14)
| Chris Paul (9)
| Ford Center17,021
| 35–40
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 76
| April 6
| Phoenix
| 95–103
| David West (17)
| Devin Brown (7)
| Devin Brown (6)
| Ford Center19,164
| 35–41
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 77
| April 7
| @ Minnesota
| 95–103
| Chris Paul (18)
| Marc Jackson (11)
| Chris Paul (10)
| Target Center15,907
| 36–41
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 78
| April 10
| LA Clippers
| 103–100 OT
| David West (33)
| Devin Brown (9)
| Chris Paul (10)
| Ford Center17,704
| 37–41
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 79
| April 13
| Denver
| 105–107
| David West (31)
| David West (14)
| Chris Paul (8)
| Ford Center19,164
| 37–42
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 80
| April 14
| @ Houston
| 112–123
| David West (33)
| Chris Paul (8)
| Chris Paul (15)
| Toyota Center18,238
| 37–43
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 81
| April 16
| @ Sacramento
| 125–118
| David West (25)
| Hilton Armstrong (7)
| Chris Paul (12)
| ARCO Arena17,317
| 38–43
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 82
| April 18
| @ LA Clippers
| 86–83
| David West (32)
| David West (9)
| Chris Paul (10)
| Staples Center18,392
| 39–43

Player statistics

Regular season

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| 56 || 5 || 11.3 || .544 || . || .597 || 2.7 || .2 || .2 || .5 || 3.1
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| 21 || 3 || 7.7 || .341 || .000 || .750 || 2.0 || .1 || .1 || .1 || 2.0
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| 58 || 49 || 28.7 || .420 || .357 || .794 || 4.3 || 2.6 || .8 || .2 || 11.6
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| 81 || 38 || 27.4 || .398 || .369 || .644 || 3.2 || .8 || .5 || .7 || 10.1
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| 73 || 73 || 34.6 || style=";"| .624 || .000 || .527 || style=";"| 12.4 || .9 || .5 || style=";"| 1.8 || 9.5
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| 56 || 2 || 23.8 || .394 || .327 || .774 || 3.2 || 2.5 || .9 || .1 || 10.6
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| 56 || 25 || 18.3 || .410 || .000 || style=";"| .874 || 3.4 || 1.0 || .4 || .1 || 7.3
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| 54 || 0 || 13.3 || .489 || .333 || .811 || 3.0 || .3 || .6 || .3 || 4.2
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| 75 || style=";"| 75 || 34.3 || .452 || . || .663 || 4.6 || 1.5 || .7 || .3 || 13.7
|-
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| style=";"| 82 || 7 || 20.9 || .409 || .388 || .852 || 2.2 || 2.5 || .6 || .0 || 9.2
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| 64 || 64 || style=";"| 36.8 || .437 || .350 || .818 || 4.4 || style=";"| 8.9 || style=";"| 1.8 || .0 || 17.3
|-
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| 43 || 4 || 12.4 || .417 || . || .485 || 2.5 || .3 || .2 || .5 || 2.9
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| 13 || 13 || 32.7 || .423 || .405 || .816 || 4.2 || .8 || .6 || .3 || 17.8
|-
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| 13 || 0 || 7.9 || .467 || style=";"| .429 || .714 || .8 || .4 || .2 || .1 || 1.7
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| 52 || 52 || 36.5 || .476 || .320 || .824 || 8.2 || 2.2 || .8 || .7 || style=";"| 18.3
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Transactions

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Israeli president hosts Christian leaders – reassures them of Jewish state's commitment to protecting freedom of religion
Herzog pledges to "firmly oppose any form of racism, discrimination or extremism" against Christians and their churches
Israeli President Isaac Herzog (seated, center) welcomes Church leaders to his residence for a traditional New Year's reception, Dec. 29, 2021. (Photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO)
Just two weeks after the heads of traditional churches in Jerusalem issued a statement condemning racist acts against Christians in Israel, the nation's president hosted these same leaders at his official residence for the traditional New Year's reception.
President Isaac Herzog reaffirmed Israel's commitment to freedom of religion and called for unity among all the "children of Abraham."
"As president of the State of Israel, I wholeheartedly commit to preserving absolute freedom of religion and worship for members of all faiths in this Holy Land," he said.
In an unprecedented statement issued earlier this month, these same leaders said "extremist groups" were attempting to drive the Christian presence from the Holy Land and that they felt betrayed by the Israeli government for failing to protect them.
While the statement was met with outrage by Israel's Foreign Ministry, Herzog sought to reassure the leaders that the diverse Christian community in the Holy Land "is an integral part of the vibrant mosaic that makes up the State of Israel.
In honor of #NewYear2022, delighted to welcome so many Church leaders to the President's Residence in Jerusalem. We miss our Christian friends across the globe and look forward to welcoming you back soon! May we all be blessed with a happy and healthy New Year. pic.twitter.com/TNyUHg3UJY
— יצחק הרצוג Isaac Herzog (@Isaac_Herzog) December 29, 2021
"I know Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked joins me in assuring you that we will firmly oppose any form of racism, discrimination or extremism, and that we will reject any aggression or threat against communities, their leaders or places of worship," Herzog said.
Shaked was present at the reception as well along with dozens of Christian leaders and Supreme Court Justice George Karra, an Arab-Israeli Christian.
"You have truly enriched our nation and our land, as have our many Christian friends around the world," the president continued.
Theophilos III, patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, said the church leaders "remain grateful for the declared commitment of the Israeli government to uphold a safe and secure home for Christians in the Holy Land and to preserve the Christian communities as an integral part of the tapestry of the modern community."
Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III
He said that "fringe radical groups" that perpetrate attacks on Christians do not represent the State of Israel and he called for dialogue in order to quell increasing attacks on Christians.
"In a state committed to the historic rights of the various religious communities, as well as to religious freedom, we cannot but call out the activities in Jerusalem of fringe radical groups who are in no way representative of the State of Israel or the Jewish people," Theophilos said.
"The action of these extremists is a direct assault against our shared values and ideals that we hold as essential for the good order and flourishing of our common life," Theophilos continued. "For we all must work together to curb these unbridled ambitions of all radicals within our communities for the well-being and safety of all our peoples."
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Gilley Coat of Arms / Gilley Family Crest
The surname of GILLEY was a baptismal name 'the son of Giles'. This is a curious form of Egidius. 13th and 14th Century records have Egidius entered, and thereafter absorbed as Giles. The small villages of Europe, or royal and noble households, even large religious dwellings and monasteries, gave rise to many family names, which reflected the occupation or profession of the original bearer of the name. This was the name of a 7th century Provencal hermit, whose cult popularized the name in a variety of more or less mutilated forms: Gidi and Gidy in Southern France, Gilli in the area of the Alpes-Maritimes and Gille elsewhere. This last form was brought over to England by the Normans, but by the 12th century it was confused with the Germanic name Gisel, a shortened form of Gilbert. Following the Crusades in Europe in the 11th 12th and 13th centuries a need was felt for an additional name. This was recognized by those of gentle birth, who realised that it added prestige and practical advantage to their status. At first the coat of arms was a practical matter which served a function on the battlefield and in tournaments. With his helmet covering his face, and armour encasing the knight from head to foot, the only means of identification for his followers, was the insignia painted on his shield, and embroidered on his surcoat, the draped and flowing garment worn over the armour. Early records of the name mention Egidius Gowell of the County of Lincolnshire in 1273. Jordan filius Egidu, ibid. William Gilis of the County of Kent was recorded in 1317. Nicholas Giles and Christone Newell were married at St. George's, Hanover Square, London in 1564. St. Giles (died circa.700) according to legend was an Athenian of royal descent, devoted from his cradle to good works. After giving away his patrimony, he lived two years with St. Caesarius at Arles, and then retired to a hermitage where he lived on herbs and the milk of a hind. The Frankish king, hunting the hind, discovered him and was so impressed with his holiness that he built a monastery on the spot and made him its abbot. He he died. The associated arms are recorded in Sir Bernard Burkes General Armory. Ulster King of Arms in 1884.


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Ruffian Rerun
TheaterJerk September 4, 2014
BBC Radio Four Extra, the online channel that reruns the network's old drama shows, is currently—woo-hoo!—rebroadcasting Joe Orton's classic one-act The Ruffian on the Stair.
You can listen to the still-audacious 50-minute play here, but only through next Tuesday morning (Sept. 9). Radio Four Extra shows are only up for a week.
The Ruffian on the Stair still gets staged all the time, especially by college students, but it began as a radio script, and this is the genuine world premiere 1964 radio production. It stars Avis Bunnage (of Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop troupe), Kenneth Cranham (the Scottish actor who also appeared in the successful 1966 production of Orton's Loot and the 1975 West End revival of his The Entertaining Mr. Sloane) and the familiar Irish comic actor Dermot Kelly (from the film The Quare Fellow). Popcult buffs known Cranham as Dr, Philip Channard in Hellbound: Hellraiser II, while Kelly and Bunnage were both in the 1968 Herman's Hermits movie Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter.
Listening to Ruffian on the Stair now, you can hear exactly how deliberately and deftly Orton balanced his shards of sharp-tongued modern satire with his send-ups of conventional drama. "Wantonness!," a woman tsks.
The radio version has a different ending, and beginning, than the stage play which grew out of it. (Both scripts are based on an unpublished novel, The Boy Hairdresser, which Orton co-wrote with his roommate and eventual assassin Kenneth Halliwell.) Much of the middle has been messed with as well. But all the essentials are in place in this original rendition: the gallows humor, the working class self-pity, the casual insults and depredations…
If you've wondered how this stuff played when first done, the answer is: speedily. The actors (and director John Tydeman, who headed the BBC's Radio Drama department from 1986 to 1994, and had produced and directed plays there since 1960) intuitively grasp Orton's mix of deadpan and shock. It's not quite a sitcom pace, but it's much quicker and livelier than, say, what was being done with Pinter plays of the same era. Pinter was, as John Lahr details in his masterful bio of Orton, Prick Up Your Ears, stylistically beholden to Pinter, being self-consciously derivative of him in Ruffian on the Stair and advancing to being openly parodic in his later plays. But when penning instructions for the stage version of The Ruffian on the Stair, Orton is adamant that it be played briskly, without improper pauses. On the other extreme, he insists that it not be campy or comically unrealistic. The characters need to be believable, he says. "REALISTIC PLAYING AND DIRECTING," he upper-cases. "Pace, pace, pace, as well."
It's remarkable that the radio production had already nailed this style before Orton had the opportunity, and power, to demand it. The Ruffian on the Stair, after all, was his first produced thing. It led to him getting an agent, getting his stage plays produced, and becoming an adjective ("Ortonesque") in deservedly rapid succession.
Ruffian on the Star remains so bracing, so suspenseful, that it still causes you to wonder, 50 years after it first aired, how it ever could have gotten on radio. Granted, the BBC has always been progressive and open-minded in the sorts of plays it commissions and broadcasts. The network's embrace of big political and social themes puts most American public broadcasting to shame. Yet Orton's stuff is stark and snarky, openly disdainful of its own audience. It really sparks on the radio. Its ironic and off-color comments, delivered in normal speaking voices (and not as verbal cattle-prods as we're accustomed to from right-wing talk shows or drive-time spectacles) really jump out at you. It's insidious.
On the rebroadcast, the BBC offers just a meek disclaimer, that The Ruffian on the Stair "reflects the attitudes of its day," presumably for a few lines that mock black and queer stereotypes. If it only The Ruffian on the Stair truly did reflect the attitudes of its day, and not just the singular black-comic genius of Joe Orton. Imagine if all radio theater was this oddball and mysterious and laidback.
Radio drama is horribly underappreciated in America, which is frustrating since this country dominated the form throughout its pre-TV golden age, to the benefit of many great stage actors. England's still got it going on, and even in the mid-'60s, when radio drama seemed especially doomed, was taking chances on new writers with deliciously disturbing new ideas.
Here's another great deal about radio theater: I just experienced an historic broadcast that's half a century old, and was so awestruck I listened to it two more times right away.
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Conium (/koʊˈnaɪ.əm/ or /ˈkoʊniəm/) is a genus of flowering plants in the carrot family Apiaceae which consists of four species accepted by The Plant List. One species, C. maculatum, also called hemlock, which is highly poisonous, is native to temperate regions of Europe, North Africa and Western Asia, while the other three are from southern Africa.
^ "No good reasons appear to have been advanced for maintaining the southern African representatives of this genus as a separate species (C. chaerophylloides), and accordingly it is here reduced to synonymy." "Flora Zambesiaca volume:4 part:0 (1978) Umbelliferae by M. L. Gonçalves". eFloras. Kew.


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Is Alana De La Garza Actually Leaving FBI?
By Helen A. Lee/June 1, 2021 4:35 pm EST
Contains spoilers for "FBI"
Crime drama "FBI" has come to an end for the season, as have many of the big networks' series. Although "FBI" has been renewed for a fourth season (via Deadline) and is getting a third spin-off series, "FBI: International," as CBS grows the Dick Wolf-created franchise, there's still a question that needs to be settled after the events of the Season 3 finale: Is actress Alana de la Garza, who plays Isobel Castille, leaving the show?
Fans have speculated about her departure since reading the synopsis for the third-season finale, which states, "When five prominent men are gunned down at a trendy New York restaurant, the team's investigation brings them into contact with a lieutenant in Antonio Vargas' cartel, triggering a showdown between Isobel and Vargas" (via CBS). Anytime a showdown is in the offing, and with a charismatic recurring nemesis like Vargas (David Zayas), it's natural to wonder about how his reappearance will affect the team — especially since "FBI" didn't get a real ending in Season 2 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic (via TV Insider).
Amping up the drama at the end of Season 3 seemed like a given, but it would be a real shame if something bad ultimately happens to Isobel and causes de la Garza to exit the series, or if de la Garza is leaving and the writers need to write her out of the show. It would be especially disheartening since de la Garza has fit in well with the show since the second season, when she jumped ship at "FBI: Most Wanted" to replace Sela Ward on "FBI."
Here's what we know about the possibility of de la Garza leaving the series and taking Isobel with her.
Alana de la Garza doesn't seem to be leaving the FBI fold
Prior to the final episode of "FBI" Season 3, Alana de la Garza leaving the show seemed like a possibility, but CBS didn't make made any announcements that de la Garza would be exiting. Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean anything except that the network might want her departure to be a surprise. De la Garza's IMDb profile doesn't indicate she's working on other projects — which again, doesn't necessarily mean anything. Still, with no evidence to the contrary, it's hard to know what's going on behind the scenes.
When the final episode of the "FBI" Season 3 aired on May 25, 2021, however, the fears of viewers didn't appear to come to pass. While there were some tense confrontations between Vargas and Isobel to liven up the hour, it doesn't look like de la Garza is going anywhere. As the final scenes of the Season 3 closer "Straight Flush" indicate, it only looks like Isobel and Rina (Kathleen Munroe), who was introduced early in the season, could be headed for some showdowns themselves in the next season — despite the fact that they seemed to acknowledge one another positively in the moments after realizing they've succeeded in stopping the bombs at Grand Central Station.
In the final minutes of the Season 3 finale of "FBI," Rina tells Isobel that she's now an assistant director in charge (ADIC) at the FBI, making her Isobel's boss. Given Rina's skepticism of Isobel's methods and seeming willingness to believe the worst about her — not to mention the fact that Rina and Jubal (Jeremy Sisto) appear to be romantically involved now — this could definitely lead to some conflict in the future.
Fans will have to wait until "FBI" Season 4 to find out whether or not de la Garza and Isobel are here to stay, and exactly how the situation between her and Rina plays out.


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The Old Inheritance
English America
Tag Archives: ethnonationalism
bonnyblue1607 9:02 am on August 10, 2017
Tags: American history ( 51 ), ancestry ( 68 ), Anglo-Saxon ( 56 ), English culture ( 34 ), ethnicity ( 49 ), ethnonationalism, kinship ( 55 ), mass immigration ( 19 ), multiculturalism ( 36 ), Southern states ( 16 )
English America?
Under the blog title above, on the header, you see the phrase 'English America.' It's a simple enough phrase, and it was once taken for granted, but today everything has to be argued all over again, and 'proven' to those who were not properly educated in our failing educational system, or who have been mind-conditioned by the media.
Can Texas rightly be considered a part of English America, that is, those parts of America which were predominantly settled by original stock Anglo-Americans? There is that persistent claim that Texas — and all of the South, for that matter, was Celtic, and I've addressed that at length.
There is some confusion, not just about 'English America', but also about the South and its place within America, amongst the younger generations. Many of them have somehow been taught that the South does not include Texas, whereas there was formerly no confusion about this: Texas considered itself part of the South; after all, Texas was part of the Confederacy. The school of thought which denies this makes Texas something of an orphan amongst the States, though the people who hold this view maintain that Texas is part of the Southwest.
Why does it matter? Well, history matters. Truth matters.
I think it is the same kind of crowd who like to rewrite history according to some political agenda they have; these people exist on the right as well as on the left.
"Somewhere near or at the location of the present international boundary on the south, is the logical (geographic) line of demarcation betweeen English America and Latin America. A glance at a rainfall map, a plant map, a crop map, and a population map of North America shows clearly that Texas is in every respect a continuation of the South that lies east of the Sabine [River]. Geographically, Texas is peripheral to Mexico and continuous with America." – from A.E. Parkins, The South, its Economic-Geographic Development, 1938
In the quote above, Parkins does not specifically mention the culture of the South, but I believe it applies culturally and ethnically too.
Though there were many Scots-Irish and 'Celtic Irish' from Southern Ireland who came to Texas as settlers and colonists, I see no reason to believe that the demographics of the original colonists who were invited to settle Texas were any different from those of the South overall. Until the late 20th century (that is, very recently) few people questioned the general belief that the South was Anglo-Saxon. The term 'Anglo-Saxon South' persistently recurs. It was accepted as true by the older generations who were closer to their roots and who knew who they were. That in itself is more convincing than the word of a few writers and 'activists' with an agenda of their own.
If the culture of the original Southern states, since their inception as colonies, was Anglo-Saxon in origin, then this is also true of Texas, as it shares, for the most part, the broader Southern culture: a shared history, shared culinary habits, political leanings. And then, for another example, the speech and dialect of Texas was very much Southern; not surprising since most of the original Texas colonists came from Southern states. As I mentioned, Texas was part of the Confederacy, and has, until the reign of 'political correctness', been very proud of our Confederate forefathers.
Another feature which makes Texas a part of the South culturally is that it is part of the Bible Belt, so-called, and most of the population is Protestant. This is a big factor which distinguishes the South from the other regions, and also the kinds of Protestantism which historically dominated in the South differ from the Northern varieties of Protestantism in style if not in substance.
But isn't Texas heavily Hispanic, and wasn't it always populated by lots of Mexicans? The answer is yes, thanks to uncontrolled immigration, legal and illegal, Texas is now much more Hispanic than it was in the colonial days, or even into the latter part of the last century. There were once, believe it or not, areas of Texas where few Hispanics lived. But when the original colonies of White Americans began in Texas, there were few Mexicans; the Spanish had been unable to subdue the fractious Comanches and the Anglo colonists, known for having dealt with Indian aggressions successfully were brought in to help get this under control.
Texas in recent years has been much more open to Hispanic influence on the local culture, thanks in part to political correctness and the desire to be 'inclusive' and fair to their Hispanic neighbors. But that does not nullify the fact that Texas was part of English America — though whether it remains so, and will remain so, is up in the air.
Do present-day demographics, though, make Texas 'Hispanic' more than Anglo? Maybe in those areas where Mexicans are the majority, and the White population has either moved away or adapted themselves to Mexican ways.
But if we say Texas is no longer 'part of the South' or part of Anglo-America because of demographics, could the same argument be used to say Louisiana is not part of the South? After all, it has a very large black/Creole population, and also many Cajuns in South Louisiana, people with a distinct culture who until fairly recently were French speakers — as well as being mostly Catholic, unlike the rest of the South. However I don't think that is even a persuasive argument; the Cajuns have maintained their culture to a great degree (though they have been 'enriched' with illegal immigrants in Cajun country, to some extent) but they are also very Southern, and have not rejected the larger American society, or adopted the 'victimhood' mentality so popular amongst most ethnic minorities everywhere. My experience is that they see themselves as American (and Southron) as well as Cajun. Louisiana, though demographically different, is part of the South. And even Louisiana has a large Anglo population in the Northern part of the State.
The people make the place, however, and if the demographics of all the Southern states keep changing, with fewer White old-stock people represented, then these states will lose their original identity in proportion to the demographic changes. Nonetheless the past can't be changed; these states were part of English America, and the original Anglo-Celtic culture of the South is still there as long as there are enough of the people who created that culture.
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bonnyblue1607 9:37 am on August 8, 2017
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'Who controls the past…'
Recently I wrote of how the history of Britain was being re-written by the diversity-obsessed left, using the complicit media to propagate false information. As an example I cited the numerous movies and TV shows depicting blacks and Moslems showing up in the Robin Hood story, as well as a black or mulatto Guinevere in the 'Merlin' series of a few years ago.
Now the BBC is lying to children in its recent series about Roman Britain, in which the main purpose of the lessons seems to be to convince gullible children that Britain has always been heavily populated by blacks and other nonwhite races.
Do the propaganda merchants really believe that everyone will fall for these outlandish lies? Sadly, too many will simply accept these false representations, mostly the young, who have deliberately been maleducated and force-fed these contrived deceptions. The population across the generations have been so mind-conditioned over the last several decades that they too are slowly acquiescing and accepting what they, deep-down, must know is not true.
As of now, there are still many images of life in Britain before the onslaught of mass immigration, images showing a White Britain, with little 'diversity' to be seen anywhere, at least, not diversity in a racial sense. There are You Tube videos (as long as they are allowed to remain up, on politically correct You Tube) showing London, now heavily non-white, as a decidely White city. There are books with photos showing the true Britain of old, before 'diversity' set in.
But will such resources continue to be allowed, considering that they contradict the 'false history' cooked up by the UK propaganda-pushers and diversity Kommissars? I doubt it, sadly.
Here in America, some years ago (after the 2008 election) there was a story that showed up in some news outlets about some kind of government edict that all books, textbooks I believe, published before a certain year, were to be recalled from libraries, schools, and even second-hand booksellers. They were to be destroyed, and the reason given was that these old textbooks had some kind of toxic materials.(!)I've done internet searches to find these articles (which I blogged about back then) and come up empty. So is it being done, this destruction of old books? I suspect it is, though I can't prove it. The local library where I live appears to have purged a lot of classic books, choosing to focus on more current popular tripe, stuff that will probably be of only passing interest, as well as buying lots of pop-culture materials like rap/hip-hop CDs and other such high culture. There is also a recent dearth of old books at the local thrift shop which used to be a real treasure-trove of old and rare books. Where are all these books going? To landfills, or to be burned, as one librarian tells on her blog. She justifies getting rid of old books because they are dated; they are too politically incorrect — for example, a book that recommends traditional female roles, or a book from long ago which states that the races have evolved unequally. Can't have books like that around in case someone gets ideas, or starts to question the diversity dogma, and the egalitarian faith.
So the establishment, which is the left now, wants to remove the truth from the marketplace of ideas, and wants to prevent people from even dreaming of other ways of looking at things, ways that conflict with the coerced 'diversity' dogma that is force-fed to us and our children.
And not being satisfied with that, they want to erase the past and replace it with this grotesque parody, in which Britain was always multiracial, never a predominantly White country, never a Christian country, never homogeneous, never the home of a particular people with a distinct way of life, a way which is being destroyed relentlessly.
Do the 'Mary Beards' and all the other propaganda hacks really believe the lies they churn out and defend? To the left, there is no objective truth; it's just whatever suits their purpose. It's all relative, and the past is what they make it, in their eyes anyway.
"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past," repeated Winston obediently."
The same process is occuring in all Western, White majority countries. Thanks to the orchestrated 'refugee' invasion, these countries will not be majority White for long, as there is no end in sight to the invasion. Maybe this is why the powers-that-be, with their controlled media, are working so hard to condition the indigenous British to accept minority status and second-class (at best) citizenship in their rightful country.
An excerpt of a comment that appeared on Vox Day's blog:
"It's a direct, deliberate effort to extinguish all sense of European history as anything distinct or even European.
They are attempting to erase our own identity from us, to cut us loose and make us the descendants of foreigners.
They are scum, and this is a deliberate, profoundly evil, genocidally motivated attack on even the MEMORY of our existence. An effort to obliterate past whites as thoroughly as they want to obliterate the current ones."
And (apologies for quoting myself), as I wrote on the King Arthur post:
"This is all more than just frustrating; it's an outrage, because it robs a people of their sense of who they are, and a sense of their history and accomplishments. Shouldn't all of this be considered a type of genocide?
I am not much in favor of throwing the word 'genocide' around, because like the word 'racism' it has become too widely employed to describe anything that a 'victim' group objects to. But when you lie to people about their origins and their past, when you 'gaslight' a whole nation of people, you strip them of their sense of themselves as a people, and of their bond with their real kinsmen."
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bonnyblue1607 1:21 pm on July 20, 2017
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A nation with no borders?
"The White Nation has no borders. It is an international community. A "committee of the whole" the whole being the entire White race, worldwide."
The above was a comment posted on a pro-White/White nationalist forum a couple of years ago; I saved some of the comments because they are very illustrative of the confusion many White people display when talking about their race and ethnicity.
The comments I quote were made anonymously; many of the commenters were British. The original post seems to have been from an American of mixed European nationalities, namely Italian, Irish, and French-Canadian. She says that all Europeans are of the same race and that there is no reason not to mix ethnicities because she includes all of them as part of 'her' race, adding the cliche about there being 'no pure races in the 21st century'; everyone, in her view is equally mixed, and strangely, she says that only one's recent ancestry makes us who we are; our entire ancestral line is irrelevant, only recent ancestors count.
This person is somewhat typical of a lot of Americans of mixed heritage; they often adopt a very defensive attitude, or a chip on the shoulder about their ancestry, and seem to need to assert that 'nobody is pure anything'; we are all just mixed and what does it matter anyway?
Another self-described 'mixed' person says
I think thats delusional, in our day and age, to say germans with germans, british with british, Swedes with Swedes etc…
Do you think there is abundant of pure breed Europeans left ? I don't think so. We are lucky to have mixed race sub-european races left on earth. "
This commenter adds that Europeans seem to identify with their ethnicity more than their race — which is the natural thing, in my opinion — while Americans see themselves as White first, then as their ethnicity, which he seems to think is preferable.
Among the British commenters, someone brings up the subject of Eastern European immigration to Britain. Polish is now the second-most-spoken language in Britain, a fact that many Americans are surprised to hear — though they think the mass immigration is fine — as do some British people, but not all. This exchange occurs between some British commenters:
"I'm really not bothered by fellow European immigration, at least to a degree. If it wasn't for the Poles coming to Britain, it'd be a damn sight less white. I wish them great success anyway, I'd love to join them. Oh, that's good for you. I wish Poles in Poland all the luck in the world."
A response:
"You do realize that Poles in Britain are not British? All Europeans are not the same sorry. I am sorry we don't live in some utopian world where everyone is accepted, oh crap I forgot, we do live in a jew world where every "immigrant" is accepted. BTW, I would also like to add that the English are different from all the other British peoples as well. There is no shame in real diversity. "
The above comment makes an important point: the English are a distinct people, and they are, ironically, some of the most marginalized in their own country.
On White (Eastern Europeans) coming to Britain, this sarcastic response:
"Yes but at least they're White and they're all uber ultra mega super White Nationalists who are all coming over here to offset the White minority[…] and help us reclaim our nations! They're all better White Nationalists than us anyway doncha know? Heck when they were born their first words were the 14 words! Geez come on its White Pride World Wide!
Doncha know its against the rules to criticise other White groups […]
I mean yeah if it was non Whites coming over to do the exact same thing then yeah our indignation would be justified but these guys are White and therefore its alright!
Just remember the 28 words. "we must sacrifice our own childrens futures in our own nations for the benefit of every parasite and economic mercenary who lands here as long as they're White."
There does seem to be some division amongst British people as to the presence of colonies of Polish immigrants. If nothing else, this kind of immigration divides the native-born people, as it has in America as well; White Americans are divided, with those who argue fiercely in favor of the immigrants vs. the 'nativists'. Mass immigration can often be a divisive and polarizing thing for the host societies. Maybe that is one 'feature' that the elites like about introducing strangers by the millions into White majority countries.
In response to a comment calling for more Eastern Europeans (instead of non-whites) to immigrate to the U.S., a Southern American poster responds:
"I'm so sick of this idiotic reasoning. No one should have to choose which group of immigrants pours into his country. Dixie does not need or want immigrants. Period. The idea that one group of immigrants is better than another is absurd because it accepts the internationalist position that there must be immigrants at all. Mississippians, like Southerners in general, are an Anglo-Saxon people. Large-scale immigration from eastern Europe will replace Mississippians and end our civilisation. The blacks are not half as much a worry as people here make them out to be. Southerners have always known how to deal with blacks. We could do so again if we were not ruled by outsiders. It is white outsiders who have always caused us problems. The most certain way to end Dixie's racialism is to fill Dixie with non-Southern whites. Look to the liberal bastions of Maryland, northern Virginia, Delaware, and southern Florida to see what a South populated by white outsiders looks like. It is pure fantasy to think that a white melting pot white turn into fertile ground for a racialist uprising. Your fantasy is effectively promoting Southern genocide and declaring that the Southern people – who have always been leaders of racialism on this continent – are too incompetent to do anything without the help of mass immigration."
I second much of what this commenter says.
I especially like that he emphasizes the fact that most Southern Americans are an Anglo-Saxon people. That needs to be emphasized for the sake of the truth.
Too many people, as he says, have accepted the idea that immigration is inevitable; it's a given, and we are lucky if we can only choose which kind of immigration we want; which group of strangers we want introduced en masse into our stable communities.
Why is immigration a given, a must? Why do so few of us question its inevitability, even as our communities and neighborhoods are changed beyond recognition?
My concern is that our people will slowly acclimate to this constant flow of outsiders and strangers, and the slow transformation of our world into something we hardly recognize. I see signs of it happening, and the more intermarriage and social fraternizing (part of the 'integration' that our political classes insist on) the more enmeshed will we become with the others, so that we are no longer a people.
The 'White nation' with no borders described in the opening paragraph of this post cannot be a nation if it has no borders and no fences.
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Is there a place for our religious heritage…
In a restored West? If we are able to successfully stop the globalist juggernaut and if we can secure the continued existence of our people and a future for our children, is there a place for our Christian heritage and traditions?
There are a number of persistent voices which answer a vehement 'no!' to that question. As blogger "Hengest" at Faith and Heritage writes, Christianity is, according to some, a debilitating thing which has sapped our strength and our will.
In another thought-provoking post, Hengest answers those charges in his piece, titled Alfred Against the Vikings: Then and Now.
Hengest quotes from G.K. Chesterton's poem, Ballad of the White Horse, which Hengest describes as an allegory of the conflict between Christianity and nihilism, a conflict which he perceives as with us still today — on which I agree with him. Those on the right who oppose Christianity and the Christian heritage of Europe seem to want to jettison our heritage as being so much baggage, and as being a feminizing influence, a failed belief system. In its place they would put — what? Any number of post-modern belief systems, political 'isms', non-Christian religions-of-convenience, (seen as mere means to an end; some say we 'need a new religion' and they seem to believe we can cook one up to order, preferably one that is appropriately martial). But as I've written before, religion cannot be created out of whole cloth, to order. A religious tradition can't be conjured up overnight. It took millennia to create the civilization that was Europe, or Christendom.
England was, up until the mid-20th century at least, still a country with a strong Christian heritage. The two World Wars, in which Christendom bore the brunt of the destruction, seem to have produced a loss of faith amongst many of the European people, including the English. It would not be impossible to revive the 'faith of our fathers' in Europe; it is not completely extinct, though it is obviously quiescent. But once that faith was at the heart of European civilization; now that it is all but gone, the heart seems to have gone out of Europe.
"We are told that if we Christians would just let go of our Savior and King, we could make our way unencumbered toward the New Right utopia of a race-conscious, agnostic white superman. This is a difference only in degree from the Christless, traditionless, monochromatic, mocha-skinned utopia promised to us by the globalists and liberals. If we would just let go of any meaningful attachment to our people and religion, we would have world peace. Both of these utopias are based on wholesome, but warped, values and flattery of different sorts of pride"
Hengest points out the importance of a living, intact culture to the health of a people:
"There are very few, if any, historical examples of one people resisting another without an intact culture, which always includes religion. The fork in the road appearing in America and the rest of the West is between an organic cultural revival for our various peoples, and an artificial utopian vision touted as a cure by cosmopolitans quite understandably disaffected with what our civilization has become."
The 'proposition nation' for White people, championed by the secular right, seems just as unnatural as the 'global community' which is being forced upon us. Hengest points out that the secular right, many of whom have wholeheartedly embraced Nietzsche, have plenty of zeal for their cause, but lack a real connection to the people they claim to represent. This is something that is seldom addressed.
Not only is an organic, living culture necessary to the continued existence of a healthy folk but in order for this to exist, there has to be a core of people connected by a bond of kinship and loyalty. I don't see much of this sense of loyalty. We often hear the phrase 'no enemies to the right' (which should be 'no enemies to your right', I think) meaning that there should be a willingness to tolerate differences in the name of loyalty to a cause or a political belief system — but what about loyalty to blood and to kin and kind? There's not much of that out there.
Much of the division amongst us is based on political, religious, and generational animosity. If we could reclaim the faith and the outlook that sustained many generations of our fathers, this situation would not exist. If we were united by faith and once again regained a sense of brotherhood and loyalty amongst our own, and a common purpose and goal, we would not be easy prey as we are now.
Interestingly, there was also a recent piece at Faith and Heritage, written by Adi, in which he reports that there is an upsurge in 'British nationalism' which is tied to a 'revival of Christianity' in Britain. While that sounds like welcome news, I will take it with a grain of salt until there are more visible signs of it. Adi writes that it is supposedly the younger generation which is receptive to 'British nationalism' and Christianity. But which Christianity? The liberal, politically correct kind we have here in the U.S.? Or the real Christianity? And does British nationalism mean civic nationalism? It almost has to; the term 'British' includes not just English, but Scots, Welsh, Cornish, and Northern Irish (Ulster) folk. The Welsh, Scots, and Cornish have their own particularistic nationalisms whose interests are often in conflict with those of the English. Also there are probably millions of immigrants from many countries who hold British passports, as well as their children born in Britain, and they can legally claim to be 'British'. England needs a true English nationalism. I am hoping for a day when the English can be a nation as it once was, with its own identity. Christianity prescribes that a people choose their leaders from amongst their own people; Britain has had a succession of Scots and others as Prime Ministers, with few Englishmen in that role in recent years.
And are the 'young' in Britain (which age group?) more receptive to ethnonationalism? The only true English nationalists I'm aware of are men of middle age or so, people who remember a time before the madness set in. I am not aware of many young people who are so inclined; they have no experience of it. However I would be more than glad to be proven wrong on that score.
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bonnyblue1607 6:52 am on July 13, 2017
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Ulster and Dixie
Every year on this day, July 12th, the people of Ulster — or at least the Unionists, celebrate the Battle of the Boyne, which was a victory for King William of Orange, and a defeat for King James II.
"The Battle marked a turning point in Protestant history in the country. Over the years the day has also been marked by sectarian violence between pro-Unionist groups and pro-Republican forces.[…]
Why is there often trouble surrounding Orange Day?
Ulster's population is split roughly in half between those from the Protestant and Catholic communities.
For Orangemen, this almost a sacred day has been associated with violent scenes almost since the beginning. Starting before the Twelfth, the Orange Order and other Ulster loyalist marching bands hold large parades along routes decorated with British flags. Huge bonfires are lit. Many Protestants argue the marches are a cultural event."
This history is not taught much in American schools, so the many Americans of Ulster ancestry are often not conversant with it. It should be better-known so that people here in the States might understand the history of the conflicts there through the centuries. Most Americans have simply heard that it's Irishman-against-Irishman, with the only differences being over religious doctrine. That isn't strictly true, because the conflict, though having a religious component, is more about ethnic and historical differences. Put most simply, the 'Celtic' Irish see the Ulster Protestants as interlopers, being descendants of those who came to Ireland as part of the Ulster Plantation, which placed Protestants from Scotland and the border counties of England in Ireland as colonists.
Many people in the Southern states claim mostly Ulster ancestry, or at least partially, and it is good to see that there is increasing awareness about the South's links to Ulster. As I've tried to demonstrate on this blog, the Ulster folk were not all Scots, nor were they mainly Irish as we understand Irish; they were in many cases English, that is, of Anglo-Saxon descent, though few Americans seem to know this.
It seems as though there is an increasing awareness of these roots on the part of many people from Dixie, and it's gratifying to see this. At the Ulster Awake blog, there's a nice piece about the bond between Southron Americans of Ulster descent and the Ulster folk. It's encouraging to see the photos of the murals and other tributes to their common roots.
It's good to see that the Confederate Battle Flag is being displayed there by some Ulster folk as a mark of their solidarity with their Southron cousins, and I hope they continue to stand up against the propaganda onslaught, which apparently is taking place on that side of the Atlantic as well as on the American side.
Solidarity amongst all the Anglosphere peoples is a good thing; I hope it increases, but in order for that to happen, more of us have to become aware of our roots and our commonalities.
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bonnyblue1607 7:16 am on July 2, 2017
Tags: Britain ( 2 ), English ( 85 ), ethnonationalism, folklore ( 7 ), heroes
Of sleeping heroes
Some of you may be familiar with old folk ballads from Britain about Thomas the Rhymer, also known as Thomas Rymer, True Thomas, or Thomas of Erceldoune. He was a Scottish semi-legendary figure who apparently did actually exist, though the stories told in the ballads are often fantastic in nature.
There are a number of cryptic prophecies credited to him, including the following verses about the future of his native Scotland:
"Tho' wont to win, may be subdued,
And come in under yoke,
Strangers may reign, and you destroy
What likes him by sword's stroke.
A foreign foe whom neither thy force
Nor manners do approve,
Woe is to thee, by guile and sleight
Will only win above.
This mighty nation was to force
Invincible and stout,
Will yield slowly to destiny,
Great pity is, but doubt.
Then mark and see what is the cause
Of this so wondrous fall:
Contempt of faith, falsehood, deceit,
The wrath of God withal.
Therefore this cause the prophets
Of long time did presage;
And now has happened every point
Into your present age.
Since fate is so, now Scotland learn
In patience to abide,
Slanders, great fears, and sudden plagues
And great dolours beside.
And yet beware thou not distrust
Altho' o'erwhelmed with grief,
Thy stroke is not perpetual,
For thou shalt find relief.
Old prophecies foretell to thee
A warlike heir be born,
Who shall recover anew your right,
Advance this kingdom's horn."
The last verse, I've bolded, because it relates to the theme of this post. The last verse states that a 'warlike heir' will be born whose role it will be to defend Scotland in her 'time of great need.' According to some of the lore about Thomas, he will return, after a mysterious departure centuries ago, to act as the defender of Scotland in a dire crisis. The verses above refer to a 'foreign foe' who conquers and oppresses Scotland. For many people that verse has been fulfilled, with the English (as usual) filling the role of the conqueror/oppressor. But as with the Fox's Prophecy, which I've posted in the past, some future event seems to be implied in both prophecies.
It's interesting to me that I've read a similar story about Sir Francis Drake returning to defend his countrymen.
The most famous legendary 'sleeping hero' coming back to defend his folk is King Arthur, the subject of my recent post, who is said to be sleeping, awaiting a time of great need, when he will return to act as champion of his folk. Now opinions differ as to just who are King Arthur's folk in modern-day Britain; I believe the Welsh legends say Arthur will come back to defend the Welsh against the Angles, Saxons, Normans, et al. However the popular belief today seems to be of a more all-inclusive King Arthur who will defend the people of Britain.
It is interesting to me that these stories of a hero or warrior from past ages 'awakening' to champion his besieged people are so widespread in Europe, as you will read on this page. These 'sleeping heroes' include Frederick Barbarossa of Germany and Holger Danske, or Holger the Dane, who is apparently hailed as a symbol by some in the 'counterjihad' movement.
It would seem that this would be the ideal time for these 'sleeping heroes' of Europe to awake, as their countries are in dire need right now; how much worse does it have to be?
The fact that these legends are so widespread in Europe makes me wonder if the Europeans of olden time, being more in tune with the mystical and supernatural, had intuitions or intimations that Europe would one day be in very dire straits. It seems that time is here.
As for America: are we bereft of a 'sleeping hero' who will come back to fight for us? America has the 'Grey Champion' of Nathaniel Hawthorne's story. Was the story of the Grey Champion based on an existing legend, or did Hawthorne base the character on the European "sleeping heroes'?
Sadly for Americans, I don't see any champion, 'Grey' or otherwise, on our horizon. It may be that one will emerge when our need is greatest. But we seem to be so disunited that I wonder just who could succeed in uniting us.
If this is all fantasy, then humor me in it; we all need something to keep our spirits up and to offer us some hope in these difficult times.
Christians, however, have the very real promise of a more-than-human champion who will ultimately prevail for us.
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bonnyblue1607 7:12 am on June 27, 2017
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Defacing the past
The King Arthur lore is part of our culture even in America — although all such 'Eurocentric' materials are probably going to be casualties of political correctness if they haven't already been banished from our school curricula. However there's more than one way to 'kill' our European heritage, and just exiling it to the outer darkness, excluding it from our culture, is perhaps a less satisfying method for the left. It seems they would prefer to deface and distort our heritage, our folklore and legends and heroes, and the "entertainment" media have been busily doing that for some decades now.
Back in 2008 or so, there was a British TV series about King Arthur and Queen Guinevere — and Merlin; I think the series was titled 'Merlin', and it gave us a multicultural, multiracial Camelot, with Queen Guinevere played by a mixed-race (black/White?) actress. Recently, Guy Ritchie, the former Mr. Madonna, concocted yet another of these politically corrected travesties, with a 'diverse and inclusive' Round Table. Sir Bedivere is played by a black actor with an apparently African name. I suppose when the Norse god Thor has already been Africanized, why not Sir Bedivere too? Soon Arthur himself will be played by a black actor. Why not? Verisimilitude and accuracy are irrelevant to this crowd of vandals who make movies and TV series, and Ritchie is decidedly on the side of those who want to rewrite the past — even though in this case it may be a semi-legendary world being depicted.
One reviewer, at Forbes.com, writes of the Ritchie film:
"Let's start by talking about the out of place and anachronistic things that repeatedly take us out of the film, which caused me so much eye-rolling I was getting dizzy. This story is set around the 5th Century, and yet Arthur grows up watching mixed martial artists with a highly diverse and multicultural Fight Club in his neighborhood (this isn't a complaint about diversity, it's just the fact literally nobody even remarks upon it at all or notices, and there's no attempt to really even offer a passing explanation for this, when explanations would've added greater backstory and characterization and flavor to those proceedings). Arthur also wears red-brown leather pants and hip stylized jackets that look like he raided Jim Morrison's wardrobe, has a slick hipster haircut and goatee, and uses casual modern slang (when asked several questions about himself, he replies, "Why, you writing a book?")."
The same sort of treatment was given to a BBC series The Tudors about 10 years ago; the 'modern' hipster look, haircuts that belong more to our time period than to the days of Henry VII and Elizabeth I. But the anachronisms of outward style grate far less than this crazy, arbitrary imposition of "diversity" on medieval Britain. And the writer above questions the lack of explanation for it; it needs no explanation; diversity just is, or it must be imposed and shoehorned in, regardless of how implausible and just plain surreal it is. But the BBC, being a crowd of lefty ideologues, have no regard for fact or truth; ideology, their ideology must be served, first and foremost, and the truth be damned.
And the whole apparatus of the 'British' government and media are brought to bear to convince at least the up-and-coming generations that ''Britain has always been diverse. England was always multicultural and multiracial. There was a black soldier in Queen Victoria's army, didn't you know that?"
Sadly the younger generations will grow up knowing no better, and believing that Britain has always been the home of all races, and from that they will conclude that everybody in Britain probably has mixed ancestry; they will believe, as the powers-that-be want them to, that they likely have some distant African or Middle Eastern or even South Asian genetics.
I am not much in favor of throwing the word 'genocide' around, because like the word 'racism' it has become too widely employed to describe anything that a 'victim' group objects to. But when you lie to people about their origins and their past, when you 'gaslight' a whole nation of people, you strip them of their sense of themselves as a people, and of their bond with their real kinsmen. Telling people that they are 'citizens of the world' or 'just a mongrel nation' leaves them bereft of any real ethnic and racial identity.
All the media and government deception is meant to weaken the cohesion and the viability of the English (and other British) people, that is, the rightful inhabitants of Britain. And for what? So that the globalist megalomaniacs can have a deracinated, blended, passive group of people over whom they can rule.
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