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Herein is the first draft of how the Antichrist might get his start.  For a while, it has been my belief his arising will start with something like this: some random nobody. story by Jeff Ragsdale 4 November 2020 + + + He came to...barely...his face in a pile of dog-excrement and other things I will not mention here. Bones broken. Ribs displaced. A hideous compound fracture of his right femur...bleeding... And it was the heat of the day - the sun directly above, baking his skin as he wallowed in mortal thirst. His mind swam...jeers of " Pig! Pig! "...they had beaten him up good this time. Then - nothing. As though he were simultaneously floating inside his body and outside it. Suddenly, his mind was clear. A round tunnel... Light... and peace… And clarity of spirit. Never in his miserable sixteen years had Ahmed felt such lightness of soul... The quiet of being tucked into bed by the mother he never had... The utter assurance of the father he s...

xx July 2019 10 Downing Street Death, destruction, and a long war...  The world was in flames.  Recently, we and our present allies around the world, including Germany, commemorated the seventy-fifth anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, which for the western theatre of the Second World War was its great turning point. Europe remembers.  And with that memory in the decade following Germany's surrender and that of Japan's, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands came together and formed what would be the original core of what is now the European Union. On 1 January 1973, the United Kingdom joined what is now the European Union, and on 5 June 1975, we voted in public referendum to remain a part of what is now the European Union.  Since that time, we have helped to mold and shape this new Europe, becoming an integral part of the best parts of its mission and purpose: to bring about a framework of the continued cessation of violence which had plagued the c...

10 Downing Street London 5 April 2019 Dear Presidents Tusk & Juncker and Mssr. Barnier: Life is fleeting.  So are the memories of those who experienced the scourge of Hitler.  Of these experiences modern Europe and that which presaged the European Union were founded. Britain was bombed, but we were fortunate to escape the sort of occupation non-German Europe was forced to endure.  With that among other historical factors, our perspective on Europe has always been different. We came to Europe in 1975 with the hope, however, of being part of the grand European experiment that would not only form a framework for lasting peace among our countries, but also to enhance the ability of all constituent members, ourselves included, to be a blessing to the world and to ourselves. Britain has been a key player in shaping the Europe we see today.  But skepticism of Europe has been an issue within the United Kingdom since before accession.  It has reached its zenit...