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Confidence Is Essential for a Fiat Currency

23rd September 2026 Patrick Barron 0

Since fiat currencies, per se, are not redeemable for anything other than themselves, their very existence depends upon confidence. The issuing authority must not inflate the currency’s size to the point that it begins to [more…]

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The Neutrality Referendum

22nd September 2026 Going Postal 0

Why Switzerland must tie its politicians’ hands On the 27th of September, Swiss voters will decide on the popular initiative “Safeguarding Swiss Neutrality.” The proposal would insert a new article into the Federal Constitution declaring [more…]

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Questionable Ethics, Philosophical Guidelines, and the Art of Profiting from Instability (Part 4)

22nd September 2026 Going Postal 0

According to F. William Engdahl, a German-American political scientist and incisive commentator, George Soros secured the allegiance of 99 “sophisticated investors,” as mandated by U.S. law for a fund of such ambition. Engdahl distilled the [more…]

19th Century

Mary Ann Cotton: Four Weddings and a Lot of Funerals

21st September 2026 Going Postal 0

The series takes its first (but not final) turn to the darker side of the North East’s historical figures. Mary Ann Cotton of Low Moorsley was the first female serial killer in British history. This [more…]

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Optimism for a change

21st September 2026 well_chuffed 0

In a world of unrelenting gloom and incompetence, much of which I blame on socialism and all things left, may I be allowed to offer a few words of optimism. During my three quarters of [more…]

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Némésis Ch 3

20th September 2026 Blown Periphery 0

Northern Iraq, December 2017 It was Sunday. Ripley had been kept awake by the wailing of the female fighters, mourning the death of the Peshmerga during the fighting of the previous day. They had buried [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Forty-Two

20th September 2026 Going Postal 0

Monday Good Morning, my happy readers. It was dull and grey when I headed out for my morning poo behind the gardener’s shed. On my return, my duty feeder was pottering around, my grub was [more…]

Democracy

Postcard From Jerry, Part Six

19th September 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

A perspiring Prime Minister called for coffee time at Number 10 North. My companion, Miss Blod, and I circulated, made small talk and nodded. There seemed little need for any great subterfuge, despite the fact [more…]

Fiction

Bombs and Betrayal, Chapter Eighteen

19th September 2026 Going Postal 0

Sally was up and looking refreshed, “I saw the TV, he might as well have said it was the Americans, he didn’t hold back. These press conferences usually go one for ages and say very [more…]

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