John Cleese: ‘Syria and Alert to threats in Europe’

21st Century Wire says… When this story was originally published there was speculation as to who the real author was, with most people saying that it was he of Monty Python fame. Based on the skilled prose, we’d have to agree with the mob on this one. A masterpiece nonetheless…

By John Cleese

The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent events in Syria and have therefore raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.”

Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to “Irritated” or even “A Bit Cross.” The English have not been “A Bit Cross” since the Blitz in 1940 when tea supplies nearly ran out. Terrorists have been re-categorized from “Tiresome” to “A Bloody Nuisance.” The last time the British issued a “Bloody Nuisance” warning level was in 1588, when threatened by the Spanish Armada.

The Scots have raised their threat level from “Pissed Off” to “Let’s get the Bastards.” They don’t have any other levels. This is the reason they have been used on the front line of the British army for the last 300 years.

The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level

A rare collection of sources verifying the Greekness of Ancient Macedonians

1) Bury & Meiggs (1985) “A History of Greece”, page 415

 The Macedonian people and their kings were of Greek stock, as  their traditions and the scanty remains of their   language combine to testify.

 2)  H. Bengston  (1988) “A History of Greece: from the beginnings  to the Byzantine era”,  page 186.

Bengston makes the following statement pertaining to the origins of the Macedonians:

They should be included in the group of North-West Greek  tribes.

On the same page he also states that :

The majority of modern historians have correctly argued for the Hellenic origin of  the Macedonians.

 

Pictures at a Demonstration / Εικόνες μιας πραγματικότητας

Source/Πηγή: http://blogs.sacbee.com/photos/2011/10/violence-erupts-as-two-day-str.html#more

A riot police officer runs after a protestor near the Finance Ministry during clashes in Athens, Wednesday Oct. 19, 2011. AP