#Alfred Milner

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"[...] November 11, 1918.

All across the Western front, the clocks that were lucky enough to escape the four years of shelling chimed the eleventh hour. And with that the First World War came to an end.

From 10 o’clock to 11 — the hour for the cessation of hostilities — the opposed batteries simply raised hell. Not even the artillery prelude to our advance into the Argonne had anything on it. To attempt an advance was out of the question. It was not a barrage. It was a deluge. [. . .] Nothing quite so electrical in effect as the sudden stop that came at 11 A. M. has ever occurred to me. It was 10:60 precisely and — the roar stopped like a motor car hitting a wall. The resulting quiet was uncanny in comparison. From somewhere far below ground, Germans began to appear. They clambered to the parapets and began to shout wildly. They threw their rifles, hats, bandoleers, bayonets and trench knives toward us. They began to sing. —Lieutenant Walter A. Davenport, 101st Infantry Regiment, US Army

And just like that, it was over. Four years of the bloodiest carnage the world had ever seen came to a stop as sudden and bewildering as its start. And the world vowed “Never again.”

Each year, we lay the wreath. We hear “The Last Post.” We mouth the words “never again” like an incantation. But what does it mean? To answer this question, we have to understand what WWI was.

WWI was an explosion, a breaking point in history. In the smoldering shell hole of that great cataclysm lay the industrial-era optimism of never-ending progress. Old verities about the glory of war lay strewn around the battlefields of that “Great War” like a fallen soldier left to die in No Man’s Land, and along with it lay all the broken dreams of a world order that had been blown apart. Whether we know it or not, we here in the 21st century are still living in the crater of that explosion, the victims of a First World War that we are only now beginning to understand.

What was World War One about? How did it start? Who won? And what did they win? Now, 100 years after those final shots rang out, these questions still puzzle historians and laymen alike. But as we shall see, this confusion is not a happenstance of history but the wool that has been pulled over our eyes to stop us from seeing what WWI really was. [...]"

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“Sixty-seven words that led to the creation of the State of Israel”

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Since I’m in the spirit of the season I thought I’d gift some of my audios from this year feel free to trade and gift as normal

Evita Leicester Curve January 11 2024

Martha Kirby (Eva Peron) Harry Chandler (u/s Che) Gary Milner (Peron) Dan Partridge (Magaldi) Chumisa Dornford-May (Perons Mistress)

Harry’s only performance as Che

Evita Leicester Curve January 13 2024

Martha Kirby (Eva Peron) Tyrone Huntley (Che) Gary Milner (Peron) Dan Partridge (Magaldi) Chumisa Dornford-May (Perons mistress)

A Chorus Line UK tour July 13 2024

Adam Cooper (Zach) Carly Mercedes Dyer (Cassie) Jocasta Almgill (Diana) Lydia Bannister (Bebe) Bradley Delarosbel (Greg) Archie Durant (Mark) Joshua Lay (Al) Katie Lee (Kristine) Mireia Mambo (Richie) Kanako Nakano (Judy) Manuel Pacific (Paul) Ashley Jordan Packer (Paul) Kate Parr (Maggie) Rachel Jayne Picar (Connie) Chloe Saunders ((Val Clarke) Toby Seddon (Bobby) Amy Thornton (Sheila) Louie Wood (Don)

Zach calls on Bobby first instead of Mike leading to the song that I can do being cut

Phantom of the opera West End July 20 2024

Jon Robyns (the Phantom of the opera) Chumisa Dornford-May (alt.Christine daae) Joe Griffiths-Brown (Raoul vicomte de chagny) Kelly Glyptis (Carlotta) Samuel Haughton (u/sAndre) Matt Harrop (Firmin) Simon Whitaker (u/s Piangi) Francesca Ellks(Madame Giry) Maiya Hikasa (Meg Giry)

les Miserables West end August 2 2024

Chris Jacobsen (alt. Jean Valjean) Jordan Simon Pollard (u/s Javert) Katie Hall (Fantine) Amena El-Kindy(Eponine’) Luke Kempner (thernardier) Bonnie Langford (t/r Madame thernardier) Jac Yarrow (t/r Marius) Lulu Mae Pears (Cosette) Djavan Van de Fliert (enjolras)

Les Miserables west end November 2 2024

Ian Mcintosh (Jean Valjean) Stewart Clarke (Javert) Anouk van Laake (Fantine) Amena El Kindy (Eponine) Luke Kempner (thernardier) Clare Machin (Madame thernardier) Jacob Dachtler (Marius) Annabelle Aquino (Cosette) Robson Broad (Enjolras)

Phantom of the opera West End November 2 2024

Dean Chisnall (The Phantom of the opera) Colleen Rose Curran ((u/s Christine Daae) Joe Griffiths-Brown (Raoul Vicomte de Changy) Joanna Ampill (Carlotta) Samuel Haughton (u/s Andre) Martin Ball (Firmin) Hywel Dowsell (u/s Piangi) Helen Hobson (Madame Giry) Millie Lyon (Meg Giry)

My Fair Lady Leicester Curve November 23 2024

Molly Lynch (Eliza Doolittle) David Seddon-Young (Henry Higgins) Minal Patel (Colonel Pickering) Steve Furst (Alfre P. Doolittle) Djavan van de Fliert (Freddy Eynsford-Hill) Cathy Tyson (Mrs Higgins) Sarah Moyle (Mrs Eynsford-Hill Mrs Pearce) Jonathan Dryden-Taylor (Harry) Ying ue Li (Jamie) Damian Buhagiar (Zoltan Kaparthy)

During get me to the church on time cast members run down the front row which is caught on the audio causing some disruption

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Honorable Alfred (Ray) Glascor (January 15, 1914 - October 20, 2011) was one of Franklin County, Ohio’s first African American judges. He was born in Augusta, Georgia. His parents, Sebron and Fannie Glascor, were sharecroppers. In 1921 the family relocated to Columbus, Ohio. Glascor had five siblings.

He entered Ohio State University, graduating with a BA in History and an advanced degree in Law. The State of Ohio, along with forty other States, allowed individuals with an advanced law degree of two years to practice law. He was admitted to practice law by the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio.

He began in private practice as a criminal defense attorney where he was mentored by two of Ohio’s first and most prominent African American attorneys, Ray E. Hughes, who served as the Franklin County’s prosecuting attorney for ten years, and Wilbur E. King, who served as assistant Prosecutor for the county for 25 years. During WWII, he served as a member of the Army Draft Review Board.

He married Mary Carter Milner (1946-2011) and they had two children. He co-founded The Second Community Church on the Hilltop and served as the founding trustee, choir member, Sunday School class teacher, and legal adviser. He received a JD from Ohio State University.

He served as a legal counselor for over 37 years and mentored others until his appointment to a seat on the Franklin County Municipal Court. He was elected to two consecutive six-year terms, serving as Administrative and Presiding Judge (1983-86).

Ηε was active in the Ohio and Columbus Bar Association, the Columbus Police Athletic League Board, the Boy Scouts of American Extension Committee, NAACP, the US Special Olympics Foundation, and the Faith (Homeless) Mission. He received a personal acknowledgment of civic service from President George H. W. Bush and First Lady Barbara. He was a member of the Centenary United Methodist Church.

He retired from the Franklin County bench in 1990. He served as a visiting judge for the Ohio State Supreme Court. #africanhistory365 #africanexellence #omegapsiphi

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Dread by the Decade: Son of Ingagi

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½

Plot: A missing link brought back from Africa terrorizes a pair of newlyweds.

Review: While historically significant as the first horror film to feature an all black cast, Son of Ingagi is, otherwise, a terrible, barely coherent slog.

Year: 1940 Genre: Creature Feature, Sci-Fi Horror Country: United States Language: English Runtime: 1 hour 10 minutes

Director: Richard C. Kahn Writer: Spencer Williams Cinematographers: Roland Price, Spencer Williams, Herman Schopp, Laura Bowman Editor: Dan Milner Cast: Alfred Grant, Daisy Bufford, Zack Williams, Laura Bowman, Spencer Williams

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Story: 0.5/5 - A mess of sci-fi and mystery cliches worsened by plot holes and uncompelling characters.

Performances: 2/5 - Range from generic to downright stiff and unnatural.

Cinematography: 2.5/5 - While fairly cheap, there are a few imaginative shots used to imply violence.

Editing: 1.5/5

Sets: 2/5 - Obvious sets, but with some attempted diversity.

Costumes, Hair, & Make-Up: 2.5/5 - N'Gina's make-up is extremely underwhelming. The rest of the costumes and make-up are fine.

Trigger Warnings:

Mild violence

Implied threat of sexual violence

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Thursday edits for angels surrounded by angels Shan'ann Cathryn Rzucek and Bella&Nico and CeCe, Candela Sol Rodriguez, Alyssa Jane West, Emma Nicole Speer, Avielle Richman, Ava Jordan Wood, Leiliana Wright, Saffie-Rose Brenda Roussos, Lily Peters, Olivia Pratt Korbel, Sara Sharif, Charlotte Figi, Jersey Dianne Bridgeman, Lucy Morgan, Mercedes Losoya, Norah Lee Howard, Sloan Mattingly, Audrii Cunningham, Judith Barsi and Heather O'Rourke, Makenna Lee Elrod Seiler, Eliahna Torres, Jackie Cazares, Mary E. Sullivan, Olivia Grace Thompson, Lester Stillwell, Alexis Brianne “Lexi” Stempien, Blake Lee Stafford, Emma Grace Stacks, Kelly Doyle Sparks, Christy Lea Sparks, Kelsey Shelton Smith-Briggs, Michael Daniel Smith, Alexander Tyler “Alex” Smith, Laura Ashley Skinner, James Asa Rudder, Ashley Nicole Romer, Jennifer Jailene Rodriguez, Angel Divine Randall, Miakailah Renee Ramsey-Franklin, JonBenét Ramsey, Kelli Shay Powell, Allyceea Mabel Brynne Ennis, Janet Carol Pierick, Patricia Sue Phillips, Pete Peterson I, Kaitlyn Nikol Pukatsch Parsons, Cheyenne Rose “Chey Chey” Newton, Emanuel Wesley Murray Jr., Maud H. Munn, Doris Denise Milner, Bruce Edward Miller, Ruby Miller, Lucille Miller, Gwenyth Marie McWethy, Natallie Elizabeth McNelly, Minnie E. McKendrick, Bradley Gene McGee, Joanne Ena Lynn, Jessica Marie Lunsford, Brittani Lynn LaFollette, Eva Gladys “Gladys” Kincaid, Elisa Izquierdo, James Alan Ray Hubbard, Catherine Violet Hubbard, Janessa Micheala “Nessie” Horner, Nina Viktoria “Tori” Bashenova Hilt, Angela Dawn Harter, Michelle Heather Guse, Lori Lee Farmer, Anna Katherine Grudziecke, Edith Clare “Edie” Grierson, Aiyana Emily Gauvin, Thomas Edwards Gallagher, Gerald Alfred Gaddy, Annie L Foster, Leah Foster Whitacre, Julie Alliot, Rowan Damia Ford, Kathy Fiscus, Mary Ruth Davis, Ettie E. Davis, Joan Angela D'Alessandro, Tessara Kate “Tessa” Crespi, Samantha Joy “Sammie” Crespi, Nina Craigmiles, Lacy Cheyenne Cook, Eleanor Emily Cook, Edward Parsons Cook, Dakoda James Clapper, Nevaeh Amyah Buchanan, Hayley Renae Reasor Briggs, Noelle Elizabeth Braun, Skylar Mark Brady, Edna Louise Blank, Celeste Elizabeth Berg, Teri Earlene Bender, Katherine Marie “Kathy” Beets, Barbara Ann Barnes, Bessie Barker, Baylee Almon, Marivel Mercedez Alvarez, Jessica Anders, Elli Grace Perez-Speer, Adilynn Holmes Speer, Anniston Noel Speer, Ciara Nicole Floyd, Nelani Ciara Koefer, Jade Nicole Simmons, Elizabeth Ann Byrd, Story Wren Worth, Abigail Elizabeth “Abby” Fedosoff, Kezia Mason, Isabella Sara “Bella” Tennant, Avery Lana Linda Brown, Sadako Sasaki, Sarah McKayla Brooks, Jessica Scatterson,Jessica Marie Bock, Layla Salazar, Emma Catherine Grace Thompson,

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La « Déclaration Balfour ».

Cette « Déclaration Balfour » du 2 novembre 1917 proclame la reconnaissance, par le gouvernement britannique, de l'existence d'un foyer national Juif en Palestine, ce qui fut une étape décisive permettant de poser la première pierre conduisant à la création de l'État d'Israël en 1948.

Elle fut adressée à Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild.

Il est essentiel de rappeler que la « Déclaration Balfour » ne devrait pas afficher ce nom, car le véritable auteur de cette Déclaration ne fut pas Lord Arthur James Balfour, mais Alfred Milner.

Alfred Milner appartenait au groupe de Cecil Rhodes. Il était le bras droit au sein du Cabinet de Guerre, du Premier Ministre Lloyd George. Il était également membre de la Round Table, du RIIA (ou Chatham House) et de la Société Fabienne.

Lord Balfour ne fut qu'un « prête-nom ». La Déclaration aurait dû s'appeler la « Déclaration Milner ».

Et ceci a été prouvé par Caroll Quigley dans son livre "Histoire secrète de l'Oligarchie anglo-américaine" :

« La Palestine, cependant, occupait une position particulière parmi les mandats en raison de la déclaration Balfour de 1917, qui disposait que la Grande-Bretagne verrait favorablement établissement d'un foyer national pour les Juifs en Palestine. Cette déclaration, toujours connue sous le nom de déclaration Balfour, devrait plutôt s'appeler "Déclaration Milner", tant ce dernier en fut le concepteur réel et, apparemment, son soutien majeur dans le Cabinet de Guerre. Il fallut attendre le 21 juillet 1937 pour que ce fait soit rendu public.

À ce moment Ormsby-Gore, s'exprimant pour le gouvernement à la Chambre des Communes, déclara "Le projet initialement affiché par Lord Balfour n'était pas le projet final approuvé par le Cabinet de Guerre. Le projet exact auquel consentit le Cabinet de Guerre et par la suite les gouvernements alliés ainsi que les États-Unis (...) et en fin de compte incarné dans le mandat, fut élaboré par Lord Milner. Le projet final doit être publié au nom du ministre des Affaires étrangères, mais le véritable rédacteur fut Lord Milner. »

- Caroll Quigley "Histoire secrète de l'Oligarchie anglo-américaine" page 263.

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 #ProyeccionDeVida

🎥🎼 La Música en el Cine, presenta:

🎬 “EL DESFILE DEL AMOR” [The Love Parade]

🔎 Género: Comedia / Romance / Musical

⌛️ Duración: 107 minutos

✍️ Guión: Guy Bolton y Ernest Vajda

📘 Obra: Jules Chancel y Leon Xanrof

🎶 Música: W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Oscar Potoker y Max Terr

📷 Fotografía: Victor Milner (B&W)

🗯 Argumento: Por sus deshonrosas aventuras en París, el agregado militar, conde Alfred Renard, es devuelto a su país de origen Sylvania, justo en los días en que los miembros del Consejo de Estado andan preocupados porque la reina Louise I no consigue casarse con ninguno de sus pretendientes... pero al ser llevado ante su presencia a la espera de recibir su castigo, Renard conseguirá seducirla y Sylvania va a tener a un príncipe consorte que ha jurado ante la iglesia ser dócil y obediente.

👥 Reparto: Maurice Chevalier (Alfred Renard), Jeanette MacDonald (Queen Louise), Lillian Roth (Lulu), Eugene Pallette (Minister of War), Virginia Bruce, Jean Harlow (Woman in Opera Box), Ben Turpin (Valletto Strabico), Lionel Belmore (Prime Minister), E. H. Calvert (Sylvanian Ambassador) y Edgar Norton (Master of Ceremonies) y Winter Hall.

📢 Dirección: Ernst Lubitsch

© Productora: Paramount Pictures

🌏 País: Estados Unidos

📅 Año: 1929

📽 Proyección:

📆 Sábado 23 de Marzo

🕚 11:00am.

🏪 Sala Azul del Centro Cultural PUCP (av. Camino Real 1075 San Isidro)

⭐ Organiza: Sociedad Filarmonica de Lima

🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ Ingreso libre

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Various photographs of the Parade Enfilade of Quarenghi - Alexander Palace, Tsarskoe Selo  Today, I wanted to talk more about Quarenghi's Parade Enfilade, which has been discussed at length in several posts now. Recently I made two posts on the decoration of plants and flowers in the Alexander Palace, of which these figured prominently in the State Apartments. The trouble is, there are not many photographs which show the greenery which decorated Quarenghi's Parade Enfilade. From research, I've found some discussion on the plant decorations of the Parade Enfilade, namely that they were only for display during exhibits, gala dinners and luncheons. However, from the photographs that can be found, it is obvious that Their Majesties kept live plants in these three rooms. They varied through-out the reign of Tsar Nicholas II, and as mentioned in a previous post detailing, in depth about the greenery and floral decorations of the Alexander Palace, via the book "Tsarskoe Selo: Familiar and unfamiliar." Written by former, senior archivist Galina Semenova: "In 1913, the last delivery took place, which was stopped due to the First World War. The plants from the state halls were removed in the spring of 1917, from the private apartments –shortly after the removal of the royal family to Tobolsk. The museum exposition opened in the palace without plants. In preparation for the opening of the museum in 1918, all the jardinieres were removed from the front halls, partially left for display in private rooms." Below, I've compiled four photographs which show some of the plant decorations which flourished in Quarenghi's Parade Enfilade. Along with these photographs is some information pertaining to each photograph. Please enjoy! ________________________________________________________________

In one photograph, which comes to us from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, via one of the six albums rescued by Anna Vyrubova, one of the Empress's ladies-in-waiting, a view can be seen from the Portrait Hall through to the Marble Drawing-Room. Some of the furniture pieces have dust covers on them for protection, and there are some plant decorations still in place (namely a palm tree which was one of four, kept in galvanized steel basins, and a fretwork of ivy or another type of greenery which was usually kept at the left corner of the columned arcade leading into the Portrait Hall. This fretwork of greenery can also be seen in the photograph of the Parade Enfilade, Circa. 1909 (which has been posted in two previous posts)), which suggests the Imperial Family was either leaving on holiday or visiting another country, or just returning home. However, there are also some other photographs which were made, one in early February of 1917, and the other two during an exhibition in the early part April, 1910. The photograph from 1917 is of interest as it shows a view of the Semi-Circular Hall, mainly taken for a group portrait of the Tsar with delegates, officials and Mission members of the Allied Mission to Russia which was headed by Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner. During Milner's visit, a state dinner was given on 4 February, 1917. As there is no indication of a visit by Lord Milner to Russia prior to 1917, the photograph could only have been taken in early 1917 at the state dinner mentioned. Lord Milner can be seen, sitting to the left of His Majesty in the group portrait. In the back-ground, to the left can be seen two, low-lying palm trees. As mentioned above, in Mme. Semenova's book, the order for plants and flowers had been halted because of the War. To the immediate right can be seen a sculpture of Tsar Peter I, in-front of a wood and glass folding-screen, and at its base a jardinière for other plant decoration. This photograph was taken by the Court Photographer, Hahn (C.E. de Hahn & Co). The aforementioned photographs made in April of 1910, were taken during the Exhibition of the Imperial Archaeological Commission. This exhibition was opened in 1910, and shows two, L-shaped tables laid out, along with display easels, etc. for exhibiting the finds of the Commission. One notices immediately the tall palm tree groupings which can also be seen in the photograph taken of the Parade Enfilade (1909), also by the Court Photographer, Hahn. ________________________________________________________________ Photographs: 1. The Parade Enfilade of Quarenghi, Alexander Palace. Circa. 1909-1910. 2. Allied Mission to Russia, Group Portrait in the Semi-Circular Hall, Alexander Palace. Circa. 4 February, 1917. 3. Photograph of the Exhibition of the Imperial Archaeological Commission in the Semi-Circular Hall, Alexander Palace. Circa. 4 April, 1910. 4. Photograph of the Exhibition of the Imperial Archaeological Commission in the Semi-Circular Hall, Alexander Palace. Circa. 4 April, 1910. Sources: "Tsarskoe Selo: Familiar and unfamiliar." - Galina Semenova. Published Circa. 2018, revised in 2010. (Царское Село. Знакомое и незнакомое) Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Album No. 4 (1909-1910) New College Library, University of Oxford (Milner Collection) Institute of the History of Material Culture RAS (Институт истории материальной культуры РАН) C.E. de Hahn & Co. (Court Photographer to Tsar Nicholas II) Link of courtesy: http://loveread.ec/view_global.php?id=94414 https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/4 https://www.new.ox.ac.uk/.../3NCN7%20(2013)%20Morgan%20... https://www.archeo.ru/ ________________________________________________________________ As always, please enjoy! If you'd like to re-post the photographs PLEASE credit Galina Semenova, Yale University, the Institute of the History of Material Culture RAS, C.E. de Hahn, Court Photographer, and Oxford University, appropriately. Thank-you!

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Although the concept of a 'scientific dictatorship' was outwardly expressed through the socialist totalitarian systems of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, the concept had not yet reached the global scope of Huxley's Brave New World. Yet, there was another embryonic scientific dictatorship waiting to be birthed. On October 24, 1945, shortly after the fall of the Nazi scientific dictatorship, another one called the United Nations was created.

The United Nations finds its proximate origins with the architects of Pax Britannia, an Anglophile variant of the scientific dictatorship concept. Recall Cecil Rhodes' 'Confession of Faith,' which articulated his vision for a British world government. This vision was inspired by John Ruskin, a professor at Oxford University. However, Cecil Rhodes not the only adherent of Ruskin's imperialistic message. Evidently, others had taken to heart the Anglophilic gospel of Ruskin and, eventually, became associated with Rhodes. Together, this network would establish a secret society devoted to the cause of British expansionism.

Carroll Quigley elaborates: Among Ruskin's devoted disciples at Oxford were a group of intimate friends including Arnold Toynbee, Alfred (later Lord) Milner, Arthur Glazebrook, George (later Sir George), Philip Lyttelton Gell, Henry (later Sir Henry) Birchenough. These were so moved by Ruskin that they devoted the rest of their lives to carrying out his ideas. A similar group of Cambridge men including Reginald Baliol Brett (Lord Esher), Sir John B. Seeley, Albert (Lord) Grey, and Edmund Garrett were also aroused by Ruskin's message and devoted their lives to the extension of the British Empire and uplift of England's urban masses as two parts of one project which they called 'extension of the English-speaking idea.' They were remarkably successful in these aims because of England's most sensational journalist William Stead (1849 - 1912), an ardent social reformer and imperialist, brought them into association with Rhodes. This association was formally established on February 5, 1891, when Rhodes and Stead organized a secret society of which Rhodes had been dreaming for sixteen years. In this secret society Rhodes was to be leader; Stead, Brett (Lord Esher), and Milner were to form an executive committee; Arthur (Lord) Balfour, (Sir) Harry Johnston, Lord Rothschild, Albert (Lord) Grey, and others were listed as potential members of a 'Circle of Initiates'

When Rhodes died, the continuation of his imperialistic vision fell upon the shoulders of the chief Rhodes Trustee Alfred Milner. Under Milner's coordination, the Rhodes network would establish a stateside surrogate organization that would be instrumental in the formation of the United Nations

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) was the chief organizational conduit for the importation of the Anglophile scientific dictatorship into the United States. With the machinations of Rhodes' Pax Britannia successfully relocated, the Rhodes tradition would continue in the United States. The CFR would create the United Nations to act as a vehicle for realizing Rhodes' vision globally...

Phillip & Paul Collins (The Ascendancy of the Scientific Dictatorship: An Examination of Epistemic Autocracy from the 19th to the 21st Century; Chapter: The United Nations: A Global Scientific Dictatorship, pg. 130; 2006)

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The elevation of mediocrity

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Israel and the Anglo American Establishment

http://www.carrollquigley.net

https://youtu.be/OhWNFxpY-ek

https://youtu.be/uTQnzdE_BwA

https://youtu.be/uTQnzdE_BwA

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The round table movement of 1909...

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Cecil Rhodes

Alfred milner

Arthur belfour

Rudyard kipling

Lord Nathan Rothschild

H.G wells

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The royal institute of international affairs (RIIA)

The council of foreign relations (CFR)

The institute of Pacific relations (IPR)

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"The open conspiracy"

Interesting stuff...

Hit the the books, hit the search bar.... Get reading educate yourselves, it's all there.

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The  Silence – November 11th 1919

The  Silence – November 11th 1919

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Jeanette MacDonald and Maurice Chevalier in The Love Parade (Ernst Lubitsch, 1929) Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Lupino Lane, Lillian Roth, Eugene Pallette, E.H. Calvert, Edgar Norton, Lionel Belmore. Screenplay: Ernest Vajda, Guy Bolton, based on a play by Leon Xanrof and Jules Chancel. Cinematography: Victor Milner. Art direction: Hans Dreier. Film editing: Merrill G. White. Costume design: Travis Banton. Music: Victor Schertzinger. It irritates me a little to think that MGM, thanks largely to those That's Entertainment clip shows in the 1970s, is celebrated for its movie musicals, when in fact the genre was pioneered and perfected at other studios: Warner Bros. with its Busby Berkeley dance spectacles, RKO with its Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers cycle, and Paramount, where Ernst Lubitsch virtually invented the story musical with The Love Parade and subsequent re-teamings of Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald. (Oddly, today MacDonald is better known for her inferior and unsexy MGM teaming with Nelson Eddy.) MGM didn't achieve musical greatness until the end of the 1930s, when after the success of The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939), the studio put its associate producer, Arthur Freed, in charge of the film musicals unit. True, MGM had won a best-picture Oscar with The Broadway Melody (Harry Beaumont, 1929), but that was a standard backstage musical, not one in which the songs and dances are fully integrated into the plot. Besides, it's almost unwatchable today, whereas thanks to the charm of Chevalier and the sexiness of MacDonald in her revealing pre-Code frippery, but most of all to what is known as "the Lubitsch touch," The Love Parade is still enjoyable. Lubitsch's "touch" as a director was based on a sly conviction that the audience would get the joke, usually a naughty one, and it was perfected during the silent era, when things had to be shown, not told. So the film opens with a mostly silent demonstration of why Count Alfred Renard (Chevalier) has caused such a scandal with his dalliances in Paris that he has to be recalled to Sylvania and rebuked by Queen Louise (MacDonald). But this is also a film that wittily integrates sound into its sight gags, as the entire Sylvanian court eavesdrops on the burgeoning love of Alfred and Louise. The plot, derived by screenwriters Guy Bolton and Ernest Vajda from a French play, is standard, slightly sexist stuff about the prince consort, Alfred, feeling miffed by the fact that his marriage to the queen leaves him with nothing to do, but it's carried off well by the leads, as well as the saucy servants, Jacques (Lupino Lane) and Lulu (Lillian Roth), and a court full of skilled character actors like Eugene Pallette, Edgar Norton, and Lionel Belmore. It's too bad that the song score by lyricist Clifford Grey and composer Victor Schertzinger isn't better -- there are too many reprises of "Dream Lover," for example -- but Lubitsch's staging compensates for its weakness.

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Male English Masterlist

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Alfie Owen-Allen

Alfred Enoch

Allen Leech

Aml Ameen

Andrew Garfield

Andrew Hayden Smith

Arthur Darvill

Ashley Taylor Dawson

Augustus Prew

Barry Sloane

Ben Davies

Ben Lloyd-Hughes

Benjamin Stone

Ben Aldridge

Ben Barnes

Ben Lamb

Ben Robson

Ben Whishaw

Billy Howle

Bradley James

Charles Mnene

Charlie Hunnam

Christian Cooke

Daniel Anthony

Daniel Kaluuya

Daniel Sharman

David Gandy

Dimitri Leonidas

Ed Weeks

Ed Westwick

Elyes Gabel

Finn Jones

Freddie Stroma

Gary Carr

George Young

Giles Matthey

Gregg Chillin

Harry Hadden-Paton

Henry Cavill

Henry Golding

Liam Garrigan

Jack Donnelly

Jack Farthing

Jason Wong

Jay Ali

Joey Batey

Joe Cole

Joe Dempsie

Joel Fry

John Dagleish

Jon Foo

Joseph Gilgun

Joseph Morgan

Josh Beech

Josh Bowman

Joshua McGuire

Jules Knight

Julian Morris

Kirk Barker

Kit Harington

Louis Cordice

Luke Thompson

Matt Stokoe

Mitch Hewer

Matt Smith

Matthew Beard

Matthew Lewis

Max Brown

Max Irons

Michael Malarkey

Michael Socha

Mike Bailey

Nicholas Hoult

Nick Hendrix

Nyasha Hatendi

Oliver Jackson-Cohen

Peter Gadiot

Rafi Gavron

Rahul Kohli

Reece Noi

Ricky Whittle

Riz Ahmed

Rob Damiani

Rob Heaps

Robert Pattinson

Sam Palladio

Sebastian Armesto

Scott Rose-Marsh

Taylor Hart

Tom Austen

Tom Bateman

Tom Burke

Tom Hiddleston

Tom Hopper

Tom Hughes

Tom Payne

Tom Riley

Tom Sturridge

William Moseley

70s

Andrew Buchan

Andrew Lee Potts

Aynsley Lister

Ben Bailey Smith

Benedict Cumberbatch

Blake Ritson

Callum Blue

Casper Zafer

Christian Bale

Colin Lawrence

Geoffrey Streatfeild

Gideon Emery

Idris Elba

Julian Ovenden

Lee Ross

Neil Jackson

Jude Law

Matthew Goode

Nicholas Bishop

Nick Frost

Orlando Bloom

Richard Armitage

Robert James Collier

Rupert Evans

Rupert Young

Russell Brand

Scott Speedman

Simon Pegg

Tobias Menzies

Tom Hardy

60s

Ace Bhatti

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Andy Nyman

Ben Chaplin

Ben Daniels

Ben Miles

Ben Miller

Brendan Coyle

Colin Firth

Daniel Craig

Dave Legeno

Gavin Rossdale

Greg Wise

Hugo Weaving

Jason Isaacs

James Purefoy

Jason Flemyng

Jason Statham

Luke Goss

Nathaniel Parker

Nicholas Gleaves

Paul Blackthorne

Richard Dillane

Stephen Moyer

Toby Jones

50s

Alex Jennings

Delroy Lindo

Gary Oldman

40s

Alan Rickman

Ben Cross

Ben Kingsley

Bill Nighy

Danny Webb

David Bowie

Jim Broadbent

Michael Gambon

Philip Jackson

30s

Derek Jacobi

Tom Baker

Tom Courtenay

Unknown Birthday

Charlie Anson

Chris J Gordon

Daniel Fraser

Hainsley Lloyd Bennett

Jacob Collin-Levy

Kit Clarke

Mark Strepan

Tom Turner

Tom York

Trey Tucker

Yasen Atour