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Month: August 2020

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Authoritarianism

What have they done?

27th August 2020 Rookwood 4015 Comments

I generally hate supermarkets. Memories of being dragged by my neurotic mother, quite probably screaming, around the shops as a dysfunctional, short-sighted and asthmatic child probably doesn’t help much. While most people focus on the [more…]

Doc Mike Finnley, Going Postal
19th Century

Holography, Part Two

26th August 2020 Doc Mike Finnley 3629 Comments

A Holographic Camera Standard photography uses a lens system to focus an image onto a film or an electronic sensor. If you recall from part one, Dennis Gabor had a problem with his electron microscope’s [more…]

Economics

“Central banks, not elected governments, run the world”

26th August 2020 Going Postal 3548 Comments

Interview with Chris Powell Since the beginning of the pandemic, we’ve seen many crucial and historic developments in the precious metals market. For long-term physical gold investors, who recognized the importance of the precious metal [more…]

Arts

Artwork in my Home – Part Three

25th August 2020 Going Postal 7242 Comments

Following on from parts 1 & 2 of this series I thought I would stick with tradition and number this “part 3” – stunning and brave! The delay in producing this article is entirely due [more…]

Arts

In Cathar Country, Part Two

24th August 2020 Tom Pudding 2906 Comments

Introduction Although the castles in the Aude department of France are now referred to collectively as ‘Cathar Castles,’ the term is misleading in that while their sites may once have provided refuge for Cathars fleeing [more…]

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Basic Principles: More Than Meets The Eye

24th August 2020 Emile Woolf 1888 Comments

Every primer on economics cites the familiar factors of production, land, labour and capital, as prerequisites for productive activity. Sometimes entrepreneurship is added to represent the gifted brain who brings the other three together in [more…]

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A meeting with an illegal migrant

24th August 2020 Joe Slater 1846 Comments

Liège, autumn 2018 It was pouring with rain in Liège, so I decided to store my backpack in a station locker before spending a few hours traipsing in the wet around the place. Unfortunately, the [more…]

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War Crimes Chapter 22 – SERE

23rd August 2020 Blown Periphery 3235 Comments

Chapter 22 – SERE The Nimrod MR4A had been replaced by a USAF Rivet Joint flying out of Incirlik in Turkey. The updated Boeing 707 was in a gentle holding pattern, 35,000 feet above Falluja. [more…]

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Larry’s Diary Week Fifty Five

23rd August 2020 Going Postal 2831 Comments

Monday What’s going on, yet another hot day. I woke up in the middle of the night really hot and in need of a drink and some rotter hadn’t refilled my water bowl. I was [more…]

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