Wednesday Being prepared is a great virtue, but underneath it sits the ability to successfully predict, the intelligence to formulate appropriate strategies in accord with those predictions and, most importantly, the courage to implement them. Only then can one truly be prepared. Such are the marks of success in all human endeavours. But, how can one 'be prepared' in this … [Read more...]
Migrants, Passports, Chaos and Gold
Tuesday Until WW1 (1914 - 1918 ), there were no passports. People could go wherever they wanted. All that they had to do was pack their bags and head off. History records no instances (that I could find) of Anglos or Europeans protesting the mass arrival of migrants. Apart from military invasions (and the Jewish people expelled from here, there and everywhere), there … [Read more...]
Be Prepared
Monday 'Be prepared' is the Baden Powell motto. Being prepared is a great virtue, but underneath it sits prediction - the ability to successfully predict, the intelligence to formulate appropriate strategies in accord with those predictions and the courage to implement them. Only then can one be prepared. Such are the marks of success in all human endeavours. But, how can … [Read more...]
Cultures are Important
Tuesday Cultures are important. They went a bit out of focus after WW2, being replaced by ideologies. But they never went away. It was during WW1 that the communists noticed that troops were more inclined to die for their country (merely the physical location of their culture) than their ideology. In the 1930s, and based upon this realisation, National Socialism … [Read more...]