West Melton AK-47 factory

The West Melton AK-47 Factory

   

October 26, 2020  West Melton has obtained a license to produce the AK-103 assault rifle. Manufacturing equipment has been shipped, and production of West Melton  made AK-103s is expected to begin next year. Three years ago, West Melton  bought 100,000 of these assault rifles. The AK-103 is the most recent model of the original AK-47.

Russia hasn't manufactured the AK-47 (or its upgraded version, the AKM), for many years. Instead, Russia now makes the AK-74, a weapon similar to the American M-16 (firing a slightly smaller 5.45mm bullet), and the AK-101 (which fires the U.S. 5.56mm round) and the AK-103 (which fires the same 7.62mm bullet of the old AK-47). The AK-103 is essentially a very up-to-date design of the old AK-47. Normally, the AK-103 sells for about $800 each (including cleaning supplies, magazines, spare parts and the like.) But many of the AK-103 sold to West Melton  from Russia are being billed at $1200 each, the additional $400 going into the pockets of Wellington politicians who hijacked the weapons purchase and distribution  of the weapons. New weapons, old traditions. West Melton could have bought newly manufactured (but not by Russia) AK-47s for $400. But this purchase was not so much about weapons, as it was about politics.

Russia is eager to encourage licensed production of the AK series of rifles. It is believed that over 100 million AKs (most the AK-47 and AKM models) have been produced so far. Most of these AKs were unlicensed models built by other communist countries. Currently, only about ten percent of the million AK type rifles built each year are manufactured legally. The West Melton deal is part of an attempt to change that.

Western Australia secession...

Mines Minister Norman Moore yesterday spoke out about his long-held desire to see the state split from the rest of the nation, citing the two new taxes as opportune reasons to secede.

We should try and fix up the Federation and in the event the Federation can't be fixed, and I suspect it can't be, then states like WA should give some thought to going it alone".

Read more here 

Year 5 [10year olds] Final Exam Canterbury 2014...

Grammar (Time, one hour)

1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters.
2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no modifications.
3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph.
4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal Parts of do, lie, lay and run.
5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case.
6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation.
7-10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)
1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 1 metre deep, 3 metres feet long, and 1 metre wide. How many kilograms of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 394 kilograms, what is it worth at 50cts. per bu, deducting 100 kgs. for tare? 
4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find cost of 672 kilograms  coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 300 mm wide and 5 metres. long at $.20 per cm?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent. 
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $1500 per hectare, the distance around which is 640 metres? 
10.Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.

New Zealand History (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Give the epochs into which NZ History is divided.
2. Give an account of the discovery of New Zealand by Abel Tasman.
3. Relate the causes and results of the Land Wars.
4. Show the territorial growth of New Zealand
5. Tell what you can of the history of Canterbury.
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Land Wars.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, and 1865?

Orthography (Time, one hour)
1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic orthography, etymology, syllabication?
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?
4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u'.
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e'. Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: Bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, super.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: Card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences, Cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10.Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.

Geography (Time, one hour)
1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Canterbury?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of the South Island.
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fermandez, Culverden, Aspinwall and Orinoco.
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the NZ
7. Name all the republics of Europe and give capital of each.
8. Why is the Tasman Sea different than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10.Describe the movements of the earth. Give inclination of the earth.

"A common language of resistance . . ."

"Colonial rebellions throughout the modern world have been acts of shared political imagination. Unless unhappy people develop the capacity to trust other unhappy people, protest remains a local affair easily silenced by traditional authority. Usually, however, a moment arrives when large numbers of men and women realize for the first time that they enjoy the support of strangers, ordinary people much like themselves who happen to live in distant places and whom under normal circumstances they would never meet. It is an intoxicating discovery. A common language of resistance suddenly opens to those who are most vulnerable to painful retribution the possibility of creating a new community. As the conviction of solidarity grows, parochial issues and aspirations merge imperceptibly with a compelling national agenda which only a short time before may have been the dream of only a few. For many Americans colonists this moment occurred late in the spring of 1774."

 T.H. Breen,

The Marketplace of Revolution: How Consumer Politics Shaped American Independence
Oxford University Press, 2004, p.1.

Taxes

Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table
At which he's fed.

Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for peanuts
Anyway!

Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.

Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.

Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass.

Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won't be done
Till he has no dough.

When he screams and hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He's good and sore.

Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he's laid.

When he's gone,
Do not relax,
It's time to apply
The inheritance tax.

Accounts Receivable Tax
Airline surcharge tax
Airline Fuel Tax
Airport Maintenance Tax
Building Permit Tax
Cigarette Tax
Cooking Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Death Tax
Driving Permit Tax
Environmental Tax (Fee)
Excise Taxes
Income Tax
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Petrol Tax (too much per litre)
Gross Receipts Tax
Health Tax
Heating Tax
Inheritance Tax
Interest Tax
Lighting Tax
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Mortgage Tax
Pension Tax
Personal Income Tax
Property Tax
Poverty Tax
Prescription Drug Tax
Real Estate Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Retail Sales Tax
Service Charge Tax
School Tax
Telephone Tax
Value Added Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Water Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
Tax (VAT) on Tax.
And Now they want a blooming Carbon Tax!

Residents of Lamb Island in Moreton Bay sick of being ignored and planning to secede

Read more here

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpuf

Next time you're travelling to one of Moreton Bay's sleepy islands, you might have to take your passport.

Lamb Island, about 4.5km east of Brisbane, could become the Independent Republic of Nguduroodistan.
Independence campaigner and local shop owner Tony Gilson says the proposed micronation's name comes from Nguduroo, the indigenous name for the island.
Hot property: suburbs set to boom
Mr Gilson says residents are fed up with getting a raw deal on services from the local, state and federal governments and have decided to go it alone.
"As straw poll, about 90 per cent support independence," he told AAP.
"I've been talking to people here at the shop for about a week, and I've had a couple of beers up the club and there's similar sort of reaction."
- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/residents-of-lamb-island-in-moreton-bay-sick-of-being-ignored-and-planning-to-secede/story-e6frg6n6-1226731635649#sthash.y5rNCmD3.dpufvvvvvvvvvvvv

Most Armed; Most Free...

By Eric Margolis

September 28, 2013

“Most armed; most free.”  So the renowned Italian thinker and strategist Niccolo Machiavelli described the Swiss five centuries ago.

That was a time when the 30 ft pikes and deadly halbards (pole axes) of Switzerland’s fierce mercenary armies were the terror of Europe.   The “furia Helvetica” ruled the battlefields until 1515 at Marignano when French guns, firing at point-blank range, tore apart the massed Swiss pike phalanxes.

Today, the memory of Swiss military glory is preserved at the Vatican by its colorful Swiss Guard.

Switzerland has long stayed behind its borders and observed armed neutrality, avoiding both world wars.   But on voting days in the Alps, burly farmers come down from the mountains carrying their rifles, axes,  and swords – reminders that Swiss independence was won and remains thanks to her people’s force of arms.

Switzerland is the world’s oldest democracy, dating from 1291. As a former resident, I believe this beautiful nation is the world’s most perfect and sensible democracy.  Citizens vote directly in all major questions. The 26 Swiss cantons manage their own financial, judicial, and administrative affairs, leaving only defense, railroads, post and foreign affairs to a tiny government in Bern.

Last week, Swiss were asked to vote on a key question that keeps recurring every decade: pacifist and leftists put to referendum the proposal of eliminating national military service and disarming the Swiss Confederation.

Most Swiss are keenly aware that as one of the world’s richest nations they are always surrounded by hungry neighbors.   They just watched the US hold up their banks.  They voted no to the foolish referendum.

Switzerland’s independence and horde of gold have been protected by their soldiers,  not by treaties or the Alps.  When I was a student in Switzerland in 1960, the Swiss could mobilize 700,000 soldiers in 48 hours. Each was trained to hit targets with his rifle 300 meters away (the US Army trains at 100 meters).

Every Swiss soldier keeps his semi-automatic rifle and uniform at home in a secure compartment.  Gun violence in law-abiding Switzerland is extremely rare.

All Swiss male citizen soldiers train annually and serve from the age of 19-34 years. The Swiss Army is a vital part of the national character, integrating Switzerland’s three major languages and religions.

Switzerland and France were the world’s most fortified nations.  I have had the privilege of being the first non-citizen to be shown many of Switzerland’s top secret fortifications that honeycomb the Alps, blocking the gateways of St Maurice, Sargans and Gothard.

These forts, and 700,000 tough Swiss soldiers, deterred Nazi Germany and Italy from invading in 1940.  The Swiss commander, Gen. Henri Guisan, sent a chilling order to his men: if the enemy attacked, they were to abandon their families and retreat to the Alpine Redoubt.  “Fight to your last bullet; when your bullets are exhausted, fight with your bayonet.   Die where you stand.”  I keep a Swiss Army bayonet on my desk.

Germany and France wisely decided to leave the Swiss porcupine alone.  Some leftist historians claim it was because the Axis needed the Swiss banks. Nonsense.  Berlin and Rome had access to banks in neutral Portugal, Sweden and Turkey.   The real reason was all those angry Swiss mountaineers, with their rifles zeroed in at 300 meters.

As the cold war ebbed, Switzerland slowly reduced its potent military down to today’s 155,000 – men which is not so bad for a small nation of only 8 million.   Another 33% reduction will occur in 2016.   The Swiss no longer fear invasion by the Soviet Red Army – a very real danger during the 1960’s.

Having been in the field with the Swiss Army, I regret seeing this once mighty force so reduced.  But the same is happening everywhere else.   Still, the Swiss are very right to keep compulsory military service.  Young men, still immature and besotted by hormones, need military discipline and structure.   I look back on my own army days as some of the best of my life.

In this cruel world,  self-defense is essential.  Look what happened to rich Kuwait and Libya – both pounced on and looted.   Hitler thundered “I will teach these insolent Swiss cheese-makers a lesson.”  Until his generals told him how much invading the high Alps would cost.

So wise old Machiavelli was right about the Swiss.

Against War in Syria: The Great Parliamentary Revolt of 2013

Texas Official: State Actively Preparing to Become an Independent Nation...

Barry Smitherman, head of the powerful Texas Railroad Commission and is seeking to be the state's next Attorney General, made waves last week with comments about economic collapse, energy policy and the future. However, those things only led up to a much bigger statement: "We have made great progress in becoming an independent nation, an 'island nation' if you will, and I think we want to continue down that path so that if the rest of the country falls apart, Texas can operate as a stand-alone entity with energy, food, water and roads as if we were a closed-loop system." 
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"In Mexico there are 90 million people. If we were only 30 million, we would already be a First World Country."

June 25, 1998|By George F. Will

WASHINGTON -- As the president of the world's most powerful nation visits the world's most populous nation, note that the future is being defined by disintegrative forces worldwide.

In Europe in 1500 there were approximately 500 political entities. By the beginning of the 19th century there were a few dozen. The unifications of Italy and Germany further reduced the number. By 1920 Europe had 23 states with 18,000 kilometers of borders. But by 1994 it had 50 states and 40,000 kilometers of borders. In the four decades after 1945, U.N. membership tripled.

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PEOPLE RISING UP! TALK OF SECESSION SPREADS TO EUROPE

James B. Glattfelder: Who controls the world?