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That there are now more overweight humans than starving humans is one of mankind’s greatest achievements. – Damien Counsell has said it many times. Good for him.
View ArticleThe Art of (No) Deal
Via Instapundit I came across this fine editorial from the New York Sun: “Sometimes You Have To Walk” The collapse of President Trump’s summit with the North Korean party boss, Kim Jong Un, certainly...
View ArticleA draft speech for Mrs May’s approval
After pondering deeply the general trends of the world and the actual conditions obtaining in Our Empire today, We have decided to effect a settlement of the present situation by resorting to an...
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British woman faces Dubai jail over Facebook ‘horse’ insult Shocking news from Dubai, a British woman, formerly an expat in Dubai, has been arrested there and is facing up to 2 years in jail, after...
View ArticleDiscussion point: have you kept the libertarian faith on freedom of movement?
The Independent reports, Let Us Vote: New campaign launched to give everyone living in UK the right to vote in elections The “Let Us Vote” campaign, which has the backing of more than a dozen MPs and...
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Mr Putin said people living in Donetsk and Luhansk who considered themselves Russian were entitled to Russian passports. On Saturday, he said: “We’re considering providing a simplified procedure [of...
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At a news conference last week in Brussels, Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of U.N.’s Framework Convention on Climate Change, admitted that the goal of environmental activists is not to save...
View ArticleJohn Lewis Gaddis on good versus evil in the Cold War
One of the particular pleasures of twenty-first century life is that it is now easy to purchase interesting books which have been around for quite a while, cheaply and easily rather than expensively...
View ArticleWhy is Russia trying to influence other countries’ elections by means of...
“Nick Clegg denies misuse of Facebook influenced Brexit vote”, reports the Guardian. Umm, okay. A lot of people are saying “Well, he would say that, wouldn’t he?”. Sir Nick Clegg, for those readers who...
View ArticleImagine there’s no countries
Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion, too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You, you may say I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one I...
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The ASI has renewed its call for British passport holders in Hong Kong to be given the full rights of British citizens, including the right to settle here. If this were to be done, the People’s...
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South Park says sorry
Yes, South Park grovels: Some background here: After the “Band in China” episode mocked Hollywood for shaping its content to please the Chinese government, Beijing has responded by deleting all clips,...
View ArticleHow to defeat the Chinese Communists
How can the HongKongers defeat the Chinese Communists (hereinafter termed ChiComs), and preserve their HongKonger way of life approximately as it now is? In the short run, they probably can’t. During...
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What is the intellectual origin of the foreign policy views of Jeremy Corbyn’s inner circle? It is Lenin’s theory of imperialism. In the early 20th century, building on the work of liberals such as...
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The forgotten defence of the Falklands
April 2, 1982 is a date seared into my memory, for that was the day that Argentina invaded the Falklands: British sovereign territory. (Or should that be European sovereign territory? Not quite sure.)...
View ArticleFree Carlos Ghosn
In other low probability news, Carlos Ghosn has escaped from house arrest in Japan, possibly in a cello double bass case. Mr Ghosn strikes quite the Randian hero. Grandson of a Lebanese entrepreneur...
View ArticleFive, six, seven, eight, who do we assassinate?
Please try not to get arrested, but in the shadow of the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, might it not be interesting to have a discussion about the rights and wrongs of assassination? Most states,...
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How a standard rut gauge created a standard rail gauge
Some MapPorn: This is a map of the world’s different railway gauges. Fun fact, if fact it be. In the schmoozing after a talk I attended earlier in the week, someone told me that Britain’s four foot...
View ArticleRandom thoughts about our predicament
With the virus encouraging more people and businesses to develop online, remote working models, it is going to put a premium on things like high-speed, reliable internet, video, two-way video, etc. And...
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