Saturday The history of economics and war tells us that the world is in a bad place. Empires are in collision. It is 1914 – with nukes. The West’s softest and silliest ever generation, is about to get a real life lesson in Reality – the Big R. It will be an unrecognisable concept to most. Despite the giddy euphoria of the stock market, we have … [Read more...]
The New World Disorder
Saturday Russia is in fast decline, demographically, economically and morally. It is predicted to cease to exist as a culture within this century. China is headed toward the usual collapse of centrally-planned economies. Sabre-rattling can’t alter that. The US has a terminal debt and border problem and is no longer the world’s light on the hill. Like the rest of the … [Read more...]
The Strange Death of Europe
Friday An excellent, but long, interview (by Mark Steyn) with Douglas Murray, author of The Strange Death of Europe. Worth watching, except for the end where it limps to an unspoken conclusion. Let me spell out the conclusion – or the only two options. Either the West submits to Islam, or there will be civil war. We are past the point where any other option is … [Read more...]
They Know Not What They Do
Saturday The traditions of Islam and those of the West are entirely different. The West evolved into a free society that valued tolerance and self-responsibility, including the development of personal ethics and integrity. The legal system evolved to represent those views. The Christian Church encouraged (with notable lapses) the use of reason to interpret the scriptures … [Read more...]
PC
Friday The further that the PC brigade extend the boundaries of unreality, the more easily are normal people able to bring reality into focus and to understand it when they hear it. Thus we see the rise of Donald Trump, Nigel Farage, Marine Le Pen, Pauline Hanson and other spokespeople for those who are sick to death of nutty social engineering schemes. We don’t wish to … [Read more...]