Hmmm... let's start with the Saxons,
and not forget when they got their groove on.
If it wasn't for the seax, and the -ons,
we wouldn't be friends but talking like the Ottomans, mon.
by Martin Braun
3/14/2020
Note: The seax is a long knife, thus a group of people were called Saxons.
Long in the day, the Saxons cross over and dominated 80% of the England portion of the U.K., then combined forces to run out the invading Vikings. Needless to say, the Saxons also drove off the Romans at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, thanks to Arminius. And with a coalition of competing empires and the Holy Roman Empire which included Saxony, drove off the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Vienna. The 90,000 to 300,000 battle in Vienna was certain to fall to the Jihad, but God favored Europe and the world, and the Ottomans were defeated.
Stollen (Pleiades)
So, the story goes, this
Saxony dried fruit bread
specially buttered, spiced,
secured the pope’s blessing,
soon became famous, with
sales booming at Christmas.
Served, sugar sprinkled, sliced.
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Contest: Merry Christmas Party
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich
Placed 4th
© 14th December 2016
King Charles is a foolish megalomaniac.
He constantly sends his armies to the attack.
In the first few years of the eighteenth century,
Swedes have attacked Russia, Denmark, and Saxony.
Sweden exerts its regional hegemony
over the smaller states around the Baltic Sea.
Denmark was overwhelmed by the Swedish army.
We suffered defeat at the Battle of Narva.
Sweden’s military presence threatens Russia.
Charles the Twelfth and the Swedes have refused to refrain
as their forces have encroached upon our Ukraine.
I, Peter your tsar, shall lead our mother Russia.
We shall take a stand and fight at Poltava.
This is our beloved land that we must defend.
We must bring Swedish aggressiveness to an end.
This battle was fought between the Russians and Swedes during the Great Northern War in 1709. It forever changed the courses of both countries.
Enterprising Henry IV declares suzerainty over state
Xenophobic princes seek the royal prerogative to abate
Cautious king uses diplomacy, threats his minions to subjugate
Old rivals in Saxony Henry's consolidation with tyranny equate
Morose princes in the hinterland seek to avoid a similar fate
Manic King Henry sends his forces the opposition to eradicate
Unifying his kingdom, Henry dispatches puppets, builds forts his
subjects to ingratiate
Nouveau Pope, Gregory VII, seeks his spiritual fiefdom to
accentuate
Invoking ban on German King's power to bishops nominate
Calculating King refuses to cooperate with this diabolical dictate
Arrogant Pope responds to Henry's disobedience with a writ to
excommunicate
Terrified, Henry performs penance to wipe clean the slate
Ecclesiastical mantra restored; Pope Gregory VII absolves the
humbled magnate
Demeaned but not demised, Henry continued to temporal, spiritual
power appropriate
Nur schwarzes Wasser
Wie die Nacht ohne Mondschein
Heute die Mandau
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Only black water
As a night without moonlight
Today the Mandau
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Sólo agua *****
Como una noche sin luna
Hoy día el Mundau
Note: The Mandau River is flowing through Zittau, Saxony and meets the Neisse river at the
German/Polish border
Inferno of Floods/ Höllenflut/ Infierno de inundaciones
Inferno of floods
After heavy rain in the mountains
Furious and unexpected
Death toll in muddy water
And nature will strike again
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Inferno der Fluten
Nach starkem Regen in den Bergen
Wütend und unerwartet
Todesopfer in schlammigem Wasser
Die Natur wird wieder zuschlagen
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Infierno de inundaciones
Después de lluvia pesada en las montañas
Furioso e inesperado
Víctimas en el agua fangoso
Y la naturaleza golpeará otra vez
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Note: We had heavy flooding on August 7-8th, 2010 in Saxony
three people drowned and even more in Poland and the Czech Republic
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