This is the cup, and it's running over.

Once upon a time...

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June 24th 2006
...in a far off land, two Americans found themselves dizzy on vodka and knee-high in pigs. How could they possibly have arrived in such a magical, new world? Well, probably on a first-class flight across the Atlantic, by way of a crack town in London, via a green stretch of London earth, through a few stale English pubs, and on a creaky old RyanAir plane that goes bump through the air. That's pr ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more