Spindrift Spindrift Spindrift (more rarely spoondrift) usually refers to spray, particularly to the spray blown from cresting waves during a gale. This spray, which "drifts" in the direction of the gale, is one of the characteristics of a wind speed of 8 Beaufort and higher at sea. In Great Britain "spindrift" is the telltale sign used by mariners to define a Force 8 (Beaufort Scale) wind (not higher) when observed at sea. See this example of information provided by Lymington Harbour authority, Hampshire, England, UK, explaining the whole scale, the associated wind speeds, and its telltale signs. Text from the site
Hostile Takeover: How Islam Impedes Progress and Threatens Society Hostile Takeover: How Islam Impedes Progress and Threatens Society The book Feindliche Übernahme: Wie der Islam den Fortschritt behindert und die Gesellschaft bedroht ("Hostile Takeover: How Islam Impedes Progress and Threatens Society") was written by the German politician Thilo Sarrazin of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. It is published by the Finanzbuch Verlag (a member of the Münchener Verlagsgruppe GmbH) and has been released at the 30 August 2018. The book made it to #1 of the "Spiegel bestseller list", which is listing the best selling books in Germany per week. Thilo Sarrazin's best-known book "Deutschland schafft sich ab: