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The Dangers of a “Cashless” Economy

9th October 2023 Patrick Barron 0

What Is Legal Money? Before delving into the dangers of eliminating cash and mandating that all transactions be conducted by digital means, let us briefly discuss the legal aspects of money. In the United States, [more…]

Authoritarianism

The slow, stealthy but steady spread of absolutism

4th October 2023 Going Postal 0

The struggle and rivalry between the “West and the rest” might be grabbing news headlines due to the Ukraine war these days, but in truth, it is anything but newsworthy. This antagonism, this battle for geopolitical, [more…]

Authoritarianism

Internal Combustion Fraught With Danger

2nd October 2023 Emile Woolf 0

“Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad”. This ominous observation, made by nineteenth century American poet Henry Longfellow, confronts rulers riven by internal discord so deep that it immobilises any capacity for coherent action. [more…]

Economics

The Swiss franc’s “phenomenal” bull run

25th September 2023 Going Postal 0

The strength of the Swiss franc (CHF) has been the topic of countless “expert” analyses for over a year and it has received considerable coverage in the mainstream financial press. In fact, the last time the [more…]

Communism

Intentional Causes and Unintentional Effects

18th September 2023 Emile Woolf 0

Ursula Von der Leyen, Chief of the European Commission, complains bitterly that the Chinese are keeping the price of their electric cars artificially low by “giving their manufacturers huge state subsidies, and this is distorting [more…]

20th Century

2,4,6,8 Motorway

13th September 2023 Going Postal 0

Back when motoring was fun…. Tom Robinson was singing this song about our road network to us back in the Seventies, when he wasn’t sharing his anthemic “Sing if you’re glad to be gay”. That [more…]

21st Century

Colonialist Le Grand Fromage, Part One

13th September 2023 Going Postal 0

Le Grand Fromage Lands Although elected under the banner of the Socialist Party (which obviously holds pro “European” views), Hollande attempted to govern in the interest of the “Colonial Party known as French Colonial Union”. [more…]

21st Century

Cocaine Importation Agency and Qatari bagman Agent Sarkozy

6th September 2023 Going Postal 0

Nicolas Sarkozy, American agent1 (The Frog on the Seine is all mine all mine) On 2nd September 2005 Jacques Chirac suffered a serious stroke and ceased to govern. He was no longer able to execute [more…]

Democracy

OTF: Land Reform

5th September 2023 Going Postal 0

Intro Why all the reforms in the world may prevent us from getting wealthier. Having read Henry George, I am having my doubts about the ability to easily bring long-term prosperity for us serfs. I [more…]

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